Keara turns 2

My gosh, how time flies! I can clearly remember the easy labor and quiet bonding time that Keara and I had for 2 whole days in the hospital. How dark and wavy her hair looked, and that she, unlike Abby, fit into her newborn clothes to go home in. I loved having the 12 weeks off to be home with her and it was the best time ever. Nursing went so much easier this time around, but she never quite slept like her older sister. I think with Keara it is when I truly realized how precious my kids are, and how much I want to do nothing other than be a mom. Now my sweet little baby girl is a big 2 year old.
She has had so many obstacles to overcome with her food allergies, seasonal allergies, eczema, asthma, so on and so forth. Yet she is the most smiling, happy, and cuddling child of all. She will interact with just about anyone she comes across.
We had small little celebration, and their friend Amelie cam over to have cupcakes with her. Abby was proud to sing "Happy Birthday" all by herself. Keara wasn't up for much smiling, she had a cupcake to devour.




Keara enjoying her first chocolate cupcake!



She just can't get enough of it

I took the girls to the Fort Worth Zoo for the day. Keara was beside herself! She wanted to climb up on every railing she could to see what her big sister was looking at. And that she got to see so many animals that she could recognize was the coolest part. I think if left alone, she might have stayed with the monkeys :)






These 2 photos were of the most awesome part of all, the Parakeet Cove (?). It is a huge walk-in "bird cage" where the parakeet's, cockatiel's and dove's fly around freely. I purchased a "seed stick" one for each so they could feed the birds. Abby had no trouble at all, but Keara was a wee bit on the short side and needed some help. They both had birds sitting on the sticks eating seed and they had the biggest smile's on their face!! Poor Keara, she kept trying to pet the birds and they wouldn't let her :(