New and Improved!

So... how do you like the new and improved blog design???  : )  In my free time (i.e. during Kiera's naps) I have been learning how to use Photoshop and learning some html to design blogs!  I got a macbook too so I have been getting used to a mac since I have always used PCs in the past.  I am mostly teaching myself so I still have a few things I'm trying to figure out how to do, but I love it!  I have been daydreaming that maybe someday this could make me some money so I could stay home and take care of Kiera... at this point I am not going to hold my breath, but hey, maybe someday!  I have always loved paper products and hope to keep learning and design blogs, invitations, announcements, baby books, who knows what else.  I will post again when things really get up and running, but for now I hope you like the new design and let me know if you would like a facelift for your blog!

And because no blog post is complete without a photo...

Vacation recap!

We had such a wonderful trip up to see my parents in Idaho!  We were away from home for 2 weeks which did a number on Kiera's sleeping through the night progress (she is pretty much back to eating once around 4am at this point), but it was well worth it!  Here's what we were up to:

We did some boating...

Took a few trips across the lake to our favorite restaurant Eddies...

where we dipped our toes in the water...

and took a few naps...

Mommy and Grandma did some golfing...

Kiera met her cousins Matthew and Mitchell, Uncle Michael and Aunt Deann...

and got baptized...

Kiera got to spend some quality time with Grandma Jean and Grandpa Bob...

What a trip!!!

Kiera was talking up a storm while on vacation and I got a few adorable videos of her chatting, but for some reason I'm having a hard time getting them to upload (may be too large?).  Please let me know if you have any tips for uploading videos!  Thanks!  : )

3 Months!

Holy cow!  Where does the time go??  I cannot believe Kiera is 3 months old already!  I plan to take her monthly pictures in the rocking chair so we can see how she grows.  She is growing so fast and changing so much we can hardly believe it!  There is no 3 month pediatrician appointment so we don't have her length and weight stats, but I can tell you she is packing on the pounds since her last appointment at 2 months!  I have a feeling she has surpassed the 50th percentile.  : )

So little Kiera, here is what you are up to at 3 months...

- You are now wearing 3-6 month clothes with a few 0-3 month sleepers still fitting, but the 3-6 month onesies don't seem all that large so I'm not sure they'll last until 6 months!  You wearing size 2 diapers which are still on the large side.

- You love to sleep with your arms stretched out above your head or out to your sides.  I think you are telling us you is happy to not be swaddled for sleeping anymore!

- You like to sit up with assistance, look around, and practice standing with help.

- You talk up a storm and even surprise yourself with your coos, noises and squeals.

- You are a drooler!  Don't know if this has anything to do with an early start to teething but I am constantly wiping your drool from your chin.

- You love to watch your hands.  You could just stare at them, open/close them, and put them in your mouth for hours.

- You are a HAPPY girl!  We feel so blessed to have such a happy, easy going baby.  At this point we can still take you anywhere and you will smile at strangers and nap in the stroller, car, etc.

- You still sleep a LOT!  You generally cannot go more than two hours without taking a nap so you is still sleeping between all feedings which are about every three hours throughout the day.  You can go from wide awake to sleeping in a matter of minutes.


- You are sometimes sleeping through the night.  Prior to our vacation you would either sleep through the night with an assist from the pacifier here and there or get up for one feeding during the night, but while on vacation you decided to wake up every couple hours all night long.  : )  We are hoping the sleeping through the night independently begins soon... mommy is tired.  : )  You will fall asleep on your own if placed in your crib calm, tired and with a pacifier.

- You like to grab onto your toys and try to put them in your mouth if they're close enough.

- Your hair is getting lighter and you still have quite a bit of it although you have lost some on the back of your head because you like to turn your head from side to side (and kick your legs up and down) when falling asleep in your crib.

- You still like bathtime as long as we don't try to bathe you too late (past your bedtime), although sometimes the hair washing makes you mad.

On vacation...

I apologize for the delay... we have been on vacation!!  Kiera took her first flight last Wednesday to her grandparents house in Idaho and we have been there ever since so I have been slacking on my blogging!  But now that things have slowed down (the DeGards went back to Seattle, daddy went back to San Diego, and Kiera has been baptised!) I will try to be better!  : )