KK is 14 months old!

What a big, independent, fun girl we have on our hands! It's amazing how vivid my memories of being pregnant, being in the hospital, and bringing KK home are - it really does feel like it all happened a week ago. But, it's been more than a year and without question it has been the best year of my life.

KK knows what she wants, and has quite a temper if she doesn't get it. She'll stomp her feet, and will kick and push if necessary to try to get her way. This doesn't happen often, but it is strange to see how determined she can be (after all, it really does feel like I just brought her home!) She is pretty much done teething; she's only missing the two sets of second molars. I think she has handled teething pretty well. She has had a bit of a cold this week, but we've also been fortunate that she has hardly ever been sick - really the only time was over Easter. Thank goodness!

Most of all, KK is fun and funny!!! She has an abundance of personality and is so much fun to be around. She makes silly faces, and knows that she is being silly. She LOVES to be read to, and brings us book after book after book - and then turns around and scoots backward to sit in our laps so we can read to her. She really likes books with animals and can make dog sounds (a cute little "woof woof") and cow sounds ("booooo!") I have been looking forward to reading stories with my baby for as long as I can remember - it's intoxicating!

KK's vocabulary is great so far. She can say: Dada, Mama, Hi!, Hi dere!, Boston (comes out as "buddy", but really sounds like "body"...and ALL animal-looking-creatures, including Sesame Street characters, are "buddies"), baba, weeee! (eeee!), balloon (ba'woo), thank you (tank'ooo), Uh-oh!, mmm-mmm-mmm!, wow!, ball, boom, woof woof, moo (boo), and 'mornin!

She can also clap, wave, blow kisses and sign "more", "touchdown!", and "I love you" (patting her heart).

I've been doing a lot of patting my heart lately. :)

Happy 14 month birthday KK!