Kiera is 2

Our little Kiera is 2 and she is really not so little anymore.  I still like to refer to her as my baby, but got to thinking the other day how silly that is.  She is not a baby, she is nearly as tall as Jade and is super independent.  She will always be my little baby though!

 We started off the day by going into her room and singing happy birthday to her as she got up.  This has become our little family tradition.  Poor girl was a little sleepy and had no idea what was going on, other than maybe she thought it was crazy that Mommy, Daddy and Jade were all in her room singing to her! We wanted to do something special as a little family just to make Kiera the star of the day, make her feel special.  So we decided to go swimming at the Lehi pool which is way more fun than the Orem one and she loves to play in the water.

We then had her favorite for lunch, Chicken "nuggies" as she calls them.  She really could eat 20 of these all by herself!

This is her current smile...gotta love it!

We let her open 2 gifts from us on her real birthday.  The rest will have to wait for her party on the weekend.  She was super excited to open her presents!

 

She loves Elmo and played with this toy for the rest of the day.  Whenever she sees Elmo, she starts singing "La, la, la, la." Funny, it must be the kid reaction because Jade did the exact same thing!

All snuggled up next to her bear pillow that Mommy made. Kiera is still obsessed with bears and will growl on command! Funny how this love of bears and growling has lasted from her first and actual "birth" day all the way to now.

All in all it was a special day for Kiera and she got all of our attention (and I know she loved it) because you could not wipe the smile off of her face!  Happy Birthday to our wonderful, energetic and loveable 2 year old!