Kiara's first Swim

Today Kiara had her first swim at 33 days old. We warmed up the jacuzzi to about 92º F to see what she thought.

And she loved it!! She floated all by herself with Daddy only holding her head for support.

Brianna loved having little sis in the pool with her. This was a totally new experience.

There will be many many years of great memories made here...

1 month old!!!

Kiara turned 1 month old this past Sabbath. Our church had a rose for her, commemorating her birth, as well as an announcement in the bulletin. Pr. Chad had Bibi stand up and show off Kiara to the congregation. It is a neat ritual our church does for all babies born to members.

Sisters for a month and going strong! Brianna is a wonderful big sis. She's doing much better about being gentle with baby Kiara and loves to hug her and give her kisses. Kiara keeps on eating well and gaining weight and has smiled a few times. Her neck is very strong and she is very alert. She's already looking around and staying awake for longer periods of time. We ARE LOVING having two girls!!!

Our adventures, birthdays, celebrations and fun times of late

April 15th!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEST DADDY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!

Mommy treated the whole family to dinner at our fave spot in the area. We had very yummy food that J&C particularly enjoyed (all amazing veggie meat dishes). Daddy and Bri blowing the candle on a vegan piece of vanilla cake.

Big sis showering Kiara with love

Not so little anymore! Kiara is gaining weight at record speed! She was all dressed up for Daddy too.

Keeping up the celebration ...

Marina, Brianna and Mateo enjoying some yummy pasta

Ready to blow the candles yet again. Thank you, Suzana for the out-of-this-world Croatian cake. Too good!!!

Kiara is getting chunky! She's started to look at Mommy attentively for a while now ...

Our friends Matt, Roxana and the kids brought us a very delicious dinner that we all shared to celebrate Jer's birthday. We had asparagus soup, pasta with bolognese sauce, a green salad, garlic bread and Croatian cake for dessert. Best of all, of course, was the time we spent together. Great memories!

Jeremy's "HAPY" birthday celebration

Though his actual birthday is tomorrow, April 15th, Jeremy celebrated his special day with the staff today.
Balloon and colorful leis made the occasion extra special

A very yummy chocolate cake with non-dairy frosting

Char holding Kiara. This was Kiara's first visit to the office. The girls were all over her!

The old man (he'll be turning 34) with his new baby

Daddy's Girls

We found some pictures of Bibi when she was Brianna's age... and this will make you smile! Here's Bibi when she was 3 year old.

Here's the best picture we have so far of Brianna with the same look. We're going to continue trying to get a picture with a more exact pose.
Here's another picture of Bibi when she was around 2 & a half years old.

And here is Brianna with a similar look on her face.

Like Mother, Like Daughter... Well, we'll see what we're saying about Kiara in the next few years.

United Tour Concert

This Friday evening we ventured out to our first concert after baby. Our friends (from left to right) Matt & Roxana and David & Sherri (and us three) attended a United Tour Concert. Michael W Smith with Steven Curtis Chapman put on an awesome show. It was definitely a blessing to start a great Easter Weekend. We were particularly blessed by Steven's testimony of his family's journey of the last 11 months following his little girl Maria's passing in an unfortunate accident in their driveway.
It's a little blurry but Michael and Steven packed a full house and rocked old favorites and new ones mixed with powerful words of faith and wisdom. Mommy and Kiara enjoyed the concert right outside the venue so the loud music wouldn't hurt the little ears. We had a tv right in front of us and our friends took turns visiting and chatting. Great times!

A happy girl after a feeding

Mommy and K at church on Easter Weekend

The birth of our precious Kiara

Kiara Charlisse has Arrived!!

Welcome Kiara Charlisse to the Pierson Family.
She arrived today, April 2, 2009, at 12:34 pm.
She weighed 6 lbs 1 oz and is 18.5 inches long.

Contractions started around 3:30 am at home and by 7 am we started getting ready to go to the hospital. We arrived at 8:30 am, the epidural was put in allowing some relaxation time for Bibi. The water broke at 11 am and after 45 min of pushing, Kiara arrived at 12:34 pm.

Everyone is doing GREAT! Brianna is very excited about her little sister and is very taken with the idea that she is the Doctor who needs to take care of Kiara when she cries.

We'll keep you up to date and post more pictures soon.