Update on the Lil Peanut

Life is always changing these days for Mackenna!  Her vocabulary is growing like crazy, her personality is really coming out and we think she might even be working on her 2 year molars!!! 

Here are a few new words to add to her vocab:

• Bubbies (Bubbles or could also mean Bubble Guppies, one of her favorite shows!)
• Choo Choo
• Nana (banana not Grandma)
• MOM (this is what she calls both her Grandmas)
• PaPa (this is what she calls both her Grandpas)

She has had 2 big moments using the potty!!!!!!  Her first incident was a fluke #2 which of course we celebrated and then more recently she asked to use the potty and actually went potty!!!!  We know she's getting closer to making the switch, but we're not pushing and will start to focus more if she's not doing it more on her own by her 2nd birthday!

As I said in a previous post, she absolutely has fallen in love with airplanes and every time she hears one, she stops whatever she is doing and says, "WHAT'S THAT!!!" and gets extremely excited :) Because Nate is traveling these days, I think her love for planes is even stronger.

She prefers NickJR to Disney these days with The Fresh Beat Band and The Bubble Guppies, but we still watch Disney here and there and of course Sesame Street and our friend Elmo.

She is very much into Wrigley these days and Wrigley is learning to love Mackenna, especially when she throws the ball.  We've moved Wrigley's food and water upstairs now so Mackenna loves to make sure Wrigley is eating and even this morning, I let her pour her food in her dish and she thought that was pretty cool!

Things are going very well at Pati's and her personality is shining.  She has her best friend Rebecca who she embraces on a daily basis in bigger hugs than she gives me or Nate :)

I can't believe my lil lady will be 2 in less than 2 months!  And I'm stoked to start planning her Elmo & Cookie Monster Birthday Party!