Kaida's Birthday

Kaida had her birthday party in Pittsburgh on the Saturday before her birthday.  We had a lot of fun.  And sugar.

Aunt Jen, Addy, and Brooke came, and Aunt Jamie, Melanie, and Claire.

Kaida and Addy welcome Aunt Jamie, Melanie, and Claire

Colin and Claire

Brooke

She got a doctor kit, a toy camera, color wonder finger paint, and an interactive elmo that talks about the blocks you hand him.  And a balance bike and helmet.

We played and had pizza and then we had cake!

Her cake was Minnie Mouse with Minnie Mouse cupcakes.  The cupcakes had fruit roll up bows so she and daddy got to eat a lot of the scraps and mistakes during the day.

When we had the cake she ate some of her cupcake and then she wanted the bow from the big cake.  That bow was made of fondant so she chewed it for a while before she decided it wasn't worth swallowing.  Chewed up fondant is pretty gross.  I'll spare you the picture.  Instead here's the miracle picture of all 6 cousins looking toward the camera with no one crying!

On Her birthday we watched some princess movies and played with her new toys.  Then she wanted to eat dinner at a "westahwant" (we think because they run a restaurant in the one epidsode of Bubble Guppies") so we went to Arby's for dinner. 

We had cupcakes when we got home and then skyped with Grandmom and Pop Pop.

We went to the Doctor on the 20th.  She was getting pretty excited because we had been talking it up a lot and then she got the Doctor kit for her birthday and we played with it a lot on Sunday and Monday.  She even started to say Dr. Kovatch please! ("Dahtor Tovasch peas"). 
I think it would have gone really well except that we waited outside for a half hour and then another 15 minutes inside, then we had the student come in first.  45 minutes of waiting and then two doctors was a little too much for her.  But she got back at them.  Pretty much as soon as they came in she said "Potty please", so she made them wait for her while we went to the bathroom.
She didn't like it when the student looked in her ear 'cause it hurt and then she cried a little during Dr. Kovatch's exam.  I think she realized that the real instruments weren't quite the same as her toys and that made her a little scared.
She cried a little after the shot but I think downplaying it helped.  She was just sitting there in my lap while the nurse prepped her arm and then the nurse jabbed her and it took a minute for Kaida to realize what was going on.  She was like, "What just happened?  Holy cow!  That hurt! OWWww... A sticker you say?  Why yes I would like a sticker!"
She is 24.4 pounds and 34" tall and her head is 49.53 cm.  So her percents are pretty much the same as they've been, 20th for weight, 55th for height, and 93rd for head.  Seriously, how does this kid walk around without toppling over?!