Kiera's First Birthday

Today, Kiera celebrated her first birthday! This year has gone by so quickly. This little girl has each of us wrapped around her finger with those big brown eyes and sweet smile. She has grown up so much in the past few months. Just a couple of weeks ago she was taking her first tentative steps and today she lets go and just walks halfway across the room on her own. She tries so hard to talk and has such an animated voice (even though she doesn't have a lot of real words yet). She points at everything and says, "this" because she wants to know what it is.

She spent the morning playing at the WonderLab with her brother, Gabe. Then we were off to lunch at the mall and a quick trip through Target. We stopped by Barnes and Noble for her free birthday cupcake and then headed home for a much needed nap. The boys helped me make a simple, but delicious cake (and by helped I mean they licked the icing beaters).

After nap, we spent some quality time playing outside. Kiera LOVES being outdoors and doesn't mind getting dirty, in fact, I think she prefers it.

Kiera really enjoyed her cupcake after dinner!

Gabe serenaded Kiera with several renditions of "Happy Birthday." It was so sweet, but I can't get the video on here. The boys also decided that she should open one of her presents today since her party isn't until Saturday. She really seemed to like her new Minnie Mouse. Luke and Gabe were also very interested in playing with Minnie :).

Now they're all upstairs sleeping (at least we assume they're sleeping since we hear no obvious noises). I have to say one of the best parts about today was seeing Luke and Gabe dote on their baby sister. She has the best big brothers! Happy birthday to the sweetest little girl!