Kaiya- 16 months!

So, there's been nothing but radio silence coming from the Murphy family blog as of late and I know someday I'll kick myself for the giant gap in chronicling this amazing stage of Kaiya's development. In all seriousness, I honestly can not wrap my head around how much more amazing each stage has been than the last. It's not at all what I expected! I fully expected to get a bit sadder the further she got from being that sweet little peanut of a newborn, all perfect and angelic. I may just be a glutton for punishment because I think I like that devilish glint in her eye even more ;)

Speaking of devilish, this toddler stage isn't for the weak or lazy. Kaiya keeps us moving from sun up to sun down and it's so much fun! She's learning so crazy fast and every day she's coming out with something that amazes me. Today she say me editing pictures of her and she pointed at the screen and said "Kaiya!" Sweet girl recognizes herself! She says a ton of words, like "more, ball, diaper, apple, blueberry, kittie, doggie," the list just goes on and on. Her favorite toys are her baby dolls, and she treats them with so much love and sweetness it physically hurts the heart. I walked in to her nursery with a load of laundry to fold today and she had climbed up on her toddler bed and was sitting on the side with her feet hanging down and was cradling her baby and saying "Awww Baby," while cradling it in her arms and patting it's legs with her little hands. I about melted. She is such a sweet and gentle soul!

Kaiya having a conversation with her bear

We used to get pictures taken of Kaiya every other month, but after having laid out so much cash for the new house and the tiny house, we've been trying to limit those type of expenses. I got to the point where I couldn't take not having decent pictures of her though, so I decided to have a little mini shoot and force myself to figure out how to use the Photoshop program I have on my computer. I'll warn you here that I might have gotten a little carried away, but it was so much fun once I got started! 

So here you go, Kaiya's 16 month photo shoot:)