"Nooo Baby!"

Lyon is turning 2 years old tomorrow. Looking back, I can't believe what we went through the first year with him. Looking at him, I am so thankful that he is so healthy and full of life. He is such a joy to be around...always smiling, giggling, playing. And now he is finally starting to talk. We hear words like "horse, ba-bus, moooo, mommy, daddy, truck, thank you, please, and of course...."baby". As older brother, Lyon is the regulator of what Kiri (also known as Baby) can and can't play with. We often hear him telling her "ohhhh nooooo Baby...no no no!!" if she gets into something he doesn't want her playing with. He also loves playing Peek-a-boo with her. But instead of starting with his hands covering his eyes and then removing them and saying "PEEK-A-BOO!" He says "PEEK-A-BOO!!" and then covers his eyes and starts laughing. Kiri finds that a hoot and starts laughing.
Kiri loves her brother. They play together around the house, swim together and even feed eachother. Kiri, now almost 11 months old, has been practicing standing up without holding on to anything. She had a couple good stands today in her little swimming pool. We call her "The Lady with the Big Hair" because her hair is so darn curly and cute. She is so darn cute. She's like a little brown macadamia chocolate chip cookie you just want to squeeze over and over. Or at least I think so...cause I keep squeezing her!!
We are so thankful and lucky...Look where we were on the 23rd of July two years ago....Happy Birthday Lyon!! We've come a long way, baby!!