A Rough Month for the K Man

 

Kian has had quite a month or so. At the end of last month/beginning of this month, he came down with a terrible stomach bug. He finally got over that bug and then got hit with the flu, an ear infection, and three new teeth all in the same week. We defintely had a pretty rough patch here. Kian is generally the happiest little guy and he was just so miserable the past week. He did not want to have anything to do with food which resulted in him losing quite a bit of weight. Fortunatley, he seems to have recovered and has his appetite back, so hopefully he will regain everything he lost before his one year appointment. We will definitely try to stuff him with some birthday cake to beef him up.

As far as positive news, Kian is babbling away and today he was saying "no no" and consistently will say "Da" for Troy. I am also convinced that he said "Kerala" but no one (other than Kerala) beleives me. He will also shake his head sideways for "no" and move his body back and forth for saying "yes." He is getting really fast at climbing stairs and stood up in our bed all on his own the other morning. For awhile now, he has been catching a ball if you throw it to him pretty slowly. I am still amazed that he has figured out that he has to close his hands to catch the ball.

Kerala is doing great - she is getting really excited for her birthday party. The other day she asked me if her best friends, Griffina and Ella, will be there. She does not quite get the fact that Kian has begun to get birthday presents and that she can't open them. Also, everything that Kian gets she tells us that it really belongs to her because "Kian actually has enough." I am shocked at the things Kerala says. For instance, the other day Troy asked her if she would like a little bit of cookie for dessert. Her response was "No Daddy, I would like a lot of cookie."

I hope to have another post on Sunday with pictures from the kids' birthday party down at Grandma Sue's.

An Update...Finally

 

Yes, I know it has been a while and I do apologize for not blogging more frequently. With the holidays and it being my busy season at work, blogging has not been a priority.

The family is doing really well. We had a great Christmas and New Year's, although it will be known as the year of the pink eye. Kerala developed pink eye right in the middle of Christmas dinner and it made it's way through the whole family the following week while we were on vacation with about 20 other people in the same house. Fortunately, we were able to quarantine the infected family members and no one else got sick. It was not a pleasant experience however. The kids did really well on Christmas and Kerala got the gift she asked for from Santa - a big thing of chocolate. I think she was more excited about hte chocolate than any of the other gifts she received.

We have had ton of excitment here since the holidays. My friend Tania and her husband Charu were visiting from Ethiopia. Kerala fell in love with Tania and keeps talking about her and whether Tania and Charu will go to the park with us. When I explain that Tania lives in Ethiopia, Kerala says that she would like to go there. Kerala has also insisted that Tania is her friend and not mine. Kerala also went to her first musical - Curious George Live. I think she was a little freaked out about it at first, especially after Troy set her down in the stadium chair and it folded up on her because she is such a peanut.

 

Kian is doing great. He has been saying Mama and Dada indiscriminately for awhile and this past week or so he seems to be making the connection that we are mommy and daddy. He was also waving bye bye to Troy yesterday and about 2 minutes after Troy left the house he said "Bye Bye." He hasn't repeated it since, but we will count it as a word. He is still crusing like crazy and has finally started to get interested in books. He will now sit through a couple of stories which is good since I was a bit worried about his language development since he didn't seem interested in books.

Other than that, we are doing great. I will post more often this month especially since the K-man is turning the big one this month! I can't believe it.