Kiran Turns One!

I can't believe it and I'm sure most of you can't believe it either.  Little Kiran is one year old!!!

We celebrated his big day with lots of quality and much needed family time.  By the end of the day, after hearing "Happy Birthday!" so many times throughout the day, it seemed like Kiran even got it a little bit! 

At one year old Kiran is: crawling, pulling up to stand, and cruising; pushing his walking toys but not walking on his own,  calling his family "dada," "mama," "bubba," (brother) and "mo mo" by name (sorry Koko!), trying to imitate many words and sounds that he hears, pointing to his nose and saying "nooos," playing with his big brother more and more, playing independently with toys like cars and making "vroom, vroom" sounds, eating finger foods and enjoying anything and everything offered to him, trying his best to get a set of teeth (he's up to two teeth and four little nubs!), sleeping from 7-5 or 5:30 and eating and then going back to sleep until 7 or 7:30, taking two solid naps a day with no sign of dropping one, sitting forward in his carseat (no, we are not following the new recommendations), loving the water and practicing his kicks and bubbles, loving books and asking for them repeatedly before naps and bed with "book! book!!" and pointing, going with the flow in his usual style, and loving being one of the boys in the Harmeling household.

 Kiran has made the transition to two kids SO much easier than we anticipated.  He is such a joy to be around for so many reasons.
Here are some special shots of Kiran over the last year...

We love you Kiran!  Happy First Birthday!