October and Our One Year Anniversary!

October 30th is just a day or two away- our Family Gotcha Day! We can't believe that we have been a family for a year, and are eager to celebrate. We decided to celebrate this great occasion with a visit to one of the many fabulous Ethiopian restuarants in the Bay Area. And Kylia will get to wear her special Ethiopian dress (the bigger one we bought because she has already grown out of the first one). October also included visits to the pumpkin patch and the chance to dress up as a cowgirl. One of the biggest changes involved mommy finally learning a hairstyle for Kylia, seen in the last pumpkin picture. She has been at it three days now and is starting to get the hang of the twists, although the constantly moving head is a challenge. I say not bad for a white girl. Pictures of Kylia in her Ethiopia dress coming soon...

Kylia turns one and then some

So- like the doctor appointments, the entries have a little more space in between them now. The coy smile is a fabulous photo taken by our friend Gary on Kylia's first birthday. About a week later, when my friend Jen was visiting from Colorado, Kylia took her first steps, and has pretty much never looked back. She loves to walk everywhere and explore everything. She reaches her hand up in a very cute manner to get help going up or down stairs, but I'm sure she will conquer those soon too.