1 year later...

One year ago today was really a wonderful day. It's funny how most of the painful memories of that day are pretty much gone and now most of what I think of are the good things. I had both of my kids by C-section and I have to say the second time around was so much easier! It was planned and I knew what was coming. The best part that differed from Evan's Birthday was the fact that I got to hold little Makiah right after she was born. Rather than having to wait a few hours I got to hold her during the rest of the surgery. I think the first thing I noticed about Kiah was her cute little nose and the crease right above it. She still has that crease when she is thinking and it makes her look so serious.

One month old, and still so tiny. I LOVE this picture, Candi took Makiah's 1 month pictures and they are beautiful! At one month Kiah took her first plane ride to our new home in Indiana.

Two months old, smiling and was as beautiful as ever!

Three months old, by now Makiah had the cutest little giggle. She was getting ready to roll over. This wiggly girl couldn't wait to move.

Four months old and rolling over...

Five months old and crawling, well an army crawl at least. She sure knew how to get around.

Six months old. By now she was defiantly crawling up on her hands and knees. She loved to follow Evan around everywhere. She started to babble saying dada. The only way we could get her to sit up was to sit her by Evan's mini piano.
Seven months old. Not quite sitting up on her own but she could stand! She would pull herself up by the couch and then not know what to do with herself. She had two little teeth pushing their way through.
Eight months old and finally sitting on her own! She had two teeth and two more coming in. She loved to babble saying dada, mama, and baba. She loved her family and she loved playing with her Daddy and brother.
Nine months old and this girl loves to eat! She really would eat anything we would give her, and she would eat a lot! She loved to swing and play outside. She still had a hard time sleeping through the night mostly because of those darn teeth coming in.
Ten months old and she just loves her family! Makiah got to spend a lot of time with extended family on our trip to Utah and Wyoming. She loved her grandmas and grandpas. She was learning to wave, play peek-a-boo and she loved to flip through books. She was also getting better at night and started to sleep till about 4 am!
Eleven months old and sleeping through the night! Yeay! She makes it to about 6 am now which is great! She could stand without support and loved to clap for herself. On July 8th she took her first step! She loves puzzles and her little kitchen. She does not like it when Evan gets in her way or when he bosses her around and she lets him know it!

Twelve months old...

One year old! She has grown so much and I have to keep reminding myself she isn't a baby anymore. Sometimes things she does surprises me because I still expect her to be the little baby she was only a year ago. Some of the things she loves to do or is learning are:

• learning to say Mama and Dada
  
• cleaning up
• learning to walk
• hugs
  
• pointing
• clapping
• waving bye bye
• talking on the phone
• peek-a-boo
  

She is such a sweet heart and every night Dallas and I brag to each other about how wonderful our kids are. They really are great and we are so lucky to have this little girl in our lives!