Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Kaelia's 1st Birthday

Kaelia had a lovely 1st birthday at her Grandma and Grandpa Pepera's house. We started off the day with a BBQ and went right in to presents and birthday cake. Kaelia had no problem trying to unwrap her presents - she enjoyed the wrapping quite a bit actually. Then the birthday cake provided an interesting experience for her. This was her first real "sweet" and she wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake. She ended up taking of layers of the frosting and cake and smooshing it off to the side. But once she had a taste of the cake, she couldn't get enough. She even went back to her smooshed pile and starting eating that part of the cake!

Thank you to everyone who came to the party and to everyone who thought of Kaelia on her special day!

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Kaelia - 1 Year

Kaelia is quite the big girl now at one year! Her vocabulary and communication has increased tremendously. She will often point to something and say a word to tell us what she wants. When she wants to go out of the room, for example, she will point to the door and says "doe" (door). And she will say "ba ba" and point to the kitchen when she wants her bottle. Kaelia also has learned some farm animals. She says "hay" for a horse, "moo" for a cow, and "baa" for a sheep. Body parts are her latest thrill as she learns parts of the face. So far she knows nose, eyes, and mouth, and she attempts to say nose but it sounds more like "doe."

Kaelia has also been very busy this month with teething. She finally got her top teeth - all four of the middle ones in fact! The outside teeth actually came in first, so she had a pretty comical smile without the middle top teeth. And when she closed her jaw, her bottom teeth (the middle two) fit in between her top teeth!

Kaelia's measurements are right on track at the year at 20.5 lbs. in weight,33.6 inches in height, and with a head circumference of 18 inches.

Here are some of the great moments we have captured with our little girl during her first year.

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