My baby girl is A YEAR old!! The first part of the month I couldn't really wrap my head around it, but now that we're half way through it, I am not only ready to embrace it, but I can confidently say it is my FAVORITE stage yet!!
Kaiya is walking and talking and fully expressing all her Kaiyaness and it's AMAZING. John is blessed to be home with her full time at the moment (though he would also say he'd love to be employed already) and I am soaking in every single moment of this stage.
I'm sure those of you who were unable to share her birthday with her are eager to see some pictures, so let me indulge you:)
The Outfit (courtesy of Ahma)
The Decor
Kaiya with some of her guests
Her Gift from Mommy & Daddy! (The bike trailer and the helmet)
What a wonderful day. She won't remember it, but I will remember how awesome it was to be so close to family that so many of them were able to share in the special event. <3
Once again, I'm sending out Kaiya's monthly update in the 11th hour. It's no secret that John and I have had a busy month. We moved to Nashville, put our condo on the market and are now in contract on it, tried over and over again to purchase some land in the Nashville area and finally found something we loved AND was available (see here) and are now in the final stages before closing, were delayed on our tiny house, I started a new job, John has been on probably 100 interviews and informational interviews, and now, to cap off our baby girl turns one tomorrow. ONE! It blows my mind that just 364 days ago instead of our now almost one old we had this:
and now we have this:
How does that happen in only 364 days?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm getting ahead of myself though. This is about her 11th month. Here are this month's stats: My Favorite Toy: Ahma's ipad My Favorite New Word: "Hot" My Favorite Food: Beef
My Favorite Song: 10 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Newly Learned Skill: I'm a full-time walker now! She can also count to 2 :)
The Strangest Thing I Do: She refuses to stay covered at night. She could be freezing and still kick off the covers. Mommy has to make sure she dresses me just a touch too warm before I go to bed.
Mommy's Favorite Thing that I Do: Mommy still loves that I dance to everything.
Daddy's Favorite Thing that I Do: Daddy loves how talkative I am these days!
Mommy's Least Favorite Thing that I Do: Mommy isn't a fan of this new scream-cry that I've started doing when I don't get my way.
Daddy's Least Favorite Thing that I Do: Sometimes, when I decide I don't want to sleep, I toss and turn and wiggle to keep myself awake.
Thing Mommy Wants to Remember About This Month: Mommy wants to remember how independent and personable I was. I learned so much so fast this month. It was a month of great growth and great fun.
Our story began all the way back in 2004 on a little island called Shelter Island, though our "love" story didn't begin until early 2006. After a year in Ithaca, NY while I got my masters at Cornell we moved to Washington, DC. In 2010 we were married in the beautiful St. Leonard, MD, in April 2013 we welcomed into our lives and family our first little one, Kaiya Paige Murphy. In February 2014 we moved our family to Nashville, TN and started our lives in the south. Now we're expecting our second beautiful daughter in June of 2016! In honor of our growing family, and because family has become ever more important since deciding to build our own, I started this blog as a place to document our amazing lives together:)
