Kianna's 4th Birthday

It is hard to believe our little "Nana Bear" is four years old and will be going to pre-K three full days this fall. She is growing up fast. She weighed 36 lb and was 39.75" long today at her check-up. Kianna has a wonderful smile and loves to laugh. She is a very generous and giving little girl. For example, she gave Kaylee one of her birthday presents today! I don't know of too many kids that would do that. Kianna has a wide range of interests. She enjoys playing with Princess Barbie dolls, Polly Pockets, and dolls in general; but also enjoys playing with dinosaurs and likes Spiderman and Batman. Kianna likes reading books while cuddling with Mommy and loves finding things in "I Spy" books. She also enjoys riding her bike, going for walks, and playing outside. Kianna loves playing with her brother and sister, and wants to do pretty much whatever Kaylee is doing. Kianna likes to color, draw pictures, and do crafts. She also enjoys getting tickled by Daddy and running through the house screaming happily. She just learned how to write her name and can count to 14. She is getting so big!

This year Kianna couldn't decide exactly what theme she wanted for her birthday party. It changed day by day and sometimes even hour by hour from a dinosaur pool party, to a Barbie pool party, to an Ariel pool party, and finally to a princess pool party. The one constant was that she wanted to have a pool party and invite four of her little friends. The day of her party it began to rain hard. I began panicking as we really didn't have much of a backup plan in case the pool party didn't work out. However, God shut the rain off from 2:15-4:00 PM, which worked out perfectly for our 2-4:00 PM pool party. Thanks God for answering our prayers perfectly!

Kianna invited her friends: Haley, Callie, Davis and Carter to her party. They had a fun time eating cupcakes, opening presents, swimming, and getting their faces painted by Daddy. Kianna got a couple Barbie Princesses, some jewelry, a purse, and some sand and bead crafts from her friends. She got a "Kianna" Little Sister Barbie doll from Kaylee. We thought it was pretty cool that one of the Barbies had her same name, as it isn't a very common name. She thought that was pretty neat too. That evening after her friends had left, Kianna chose to go to McDonald's for her birthday meal. The kids all had fun playing in the play area. Happy Birthday Kianna, we love you!