This past Saturday was Kian's one year birthday. We celebrated it by having a party down at Troy's mom's house. We also combined it with Kerala's three year party. In the past, we have held two parties on one day - the am party was for family/friends and the afternoon party was for friends with little ones Kerala's age. This year we decided to do the family/friends party on Kian's birthday and the crazy kids party closer to Kerala's birthday. I like this format better because the two parties on one day was absolutely exhausting and left little time for us to enjoy and take in the special day.
We had a great time down at Troy's mom's house. Kerala and Kian were pretty psyched about the party and getting to spend time with the gang from down state. I am so happy that Kian is over all of his illnesses from February - he was in a fabulous mood at the party. Since the party, Kerala has been talking about her friends, Bonnie, Sandee and Jeff which has been pretty cute. Kian was psyched about the cake and Kerala was willing to help Kian with his smash cake. The kids were also pretty psyched about Grandma Smith's doggie Harley, who is really gentle and sweet with the kids. The only negative was that Kian had a pretty rough time sleeping. Kerala, on the other hand, did fabulous sleeping - she went to sleep on her own and on the way home on Sunday she told us she was going to sleep and shut her eyes and slept the entire ride home. Overall, we had a great trip - thanks Grandma Smith for the lovely party.
As far as milestones, Kian stood quite a few times by himself today. Also, we introduced milk to him yesterday. I am psyched about the milk introduction because I'll start reducing the number of pumping sessions I have at work. Kerala is doing really well - she has been super into the alphabet and knows the sounds for most letters and has been sounding out some words with Troy. She loves books, so I think we will have an avid reader with her. Kian on the other hand is still developing his love for books - a lot of times he still wants to chew the book.
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