Kiki meets her Halmoni

Kiki spent a quiet morning playing near her halmoni. I think they both enjoyed it!

First walking, now talking

These days, Kiki wakes me up every morning by pointing to her nose and saying, "noooooooo" which means nose. Then she points to her eye and says "aye", her ear and says "eeeeee". Every morning. So weird that that's the first thing she thinks of every day.

Scott said she went up to him this morning, handed him her shoe and said "here is a sock". I'm convinced he was hearing things, because I don't think she really has sentences down yet.

She is still very attached to her pink hoodie. On the day she went to the playground without it on (it was in the wash), she kept grabbing for all the other babies' pink things. I guess she felt something was missing...

Kiki's walking!

Kiki started walking last week!

And right around that time, she started INSISTING on wearing her favorite jacket that Lisa Eemo gave her and carrying her little Easter basket all over the apartment. Sometimes, she wants to wear her hat and shoes, too, like she's always ready to head out the door and do a little shopping.

Oh, we're doomed.





(Sorry for the bad images -- camera phone is the best I can do these days.)

Here's a pic of Kiki wearing a cute tank sent by our babysitter's mom in Canada, her very own fashion fairy godmother. As you can see, Kiki still doesn't have a lot of hair, but what she has is getting longer. At least she's finally getting a couple of new teeth!



After getting her 12-month immunization shots (at 13.5 months--oops), we decided to hang out on the front stoop with the other babies in our building. (Of the 8 apts in the bldg, 3 of us had babies in one year...and now 2 of us are pregnant again!) Cecilia (the girl next to Keeks) is 6 months older, and Jacob (in front) was born within minutes of Kiki. Amazing!

Time to pick up the laundry.

Spring brings romance!

The snow and cold finally let up for a weekend, so we took Kiki to the park on Saturday and Sunday for a long overdue romp in the playground. This was Kiki's first real social encounter with other little ones, and it didn't take long for the kisses to come out!



Still, she's only a baby and she got bored pretty quickly.

Christmas in Montana

Note: I've been having some technical difficulties with blogger and a few pics were lost. I'll try to reload the pics later.

The flights to Montana were a mixed bag...
We often got an empty middle seat for Kiki to play and nap in, but because the flights were longer and later, she was much more restless.

After flying through snow, we arrived in Montana to see Grandma and the rest of Scott's family.

We went sledding, which Kiki didn't "get"...

But the rest of us had fun.

Actually, Kiki had a lot more fun on the swing in the playground in front of Scott's mother's house.





Back at the house, Kiki had fun playing with (i.e. pulling the tails of) the pets...



...and running around without clothes. Until she peed on Scott's mom's nice rug. Then the naked-time was over.

Snow day!

On the first big blizzard of the season, we all went out to Prospect Park to introduce Keeks to snow. (Actually, there was a blizzard during her first week of life, but I don't think she remembers.)



Kiki didn't "get" the snow for a long time. She just sat there, looking at turns bored or miserable.

Here's the miserable look.

Finally, after her mother threw herself into the snow and rolled around like a dog making barking noises, she livened up.