New Things

This past week, Kiera was walking and she tripped and hit her mouth on the coffee table. We didn't think it was a big deal until blood started pouring out of her mouth! We quickly got kleenex and a cloth and tried not to freak out because we didn't want Kiera to see that. Thankfully, it wasn't any of her teeth. She cut the inside of her lip, but it sealed up immediately. No stitches necessary. That's the first time she's done anything to draw blood, so that was a bit scary for us!

We discovered that Kiera likes to eat sunflower seeds. We crack them open for her and then give her the seed and she really likes it! Jared also taught Kiera her first German word: zoat. For those of you who don't know low German, that's the word for seeds or sunflower seeds. The full word is knokzoat. So, Kiera got it right the first time, but then kept calling them "yoat." SO funny! She also learned the word raining yesterday as that was what the weather was like. Whenever we hold hands and pray together at supper or when we lay hands on her to pray with her at night, she always says, "Amen," at the end. I love that! Jared's stepsister is coming home from Africa in 2 weeks and she's been gone for 10 months, so Kiera is basically a completely different person from when she left last August! I was really praying that Kiera would be walking by the time she came home, so I can check that one off. :) I love seeing her growing and changing.