And we're back!

Man, I sure have been bad lately with keeping this blog updated!!! Life has been so busy with this little toddler running around and changing before our eyes! But no more excuses, here are some fun pics and updates over the last several weeks!

Kenna's been brushing her teeth lots lately and she even likes to get up on the stool from time to time with Daddy to be just like him :)


She has also become super independent and has to feed herself and do anything she possibly can by herself! She just figured out how straws work too and although we've had a few messes because of it, it sure is cute to see her be such a big girl!


One of the cuter moments she's had lately is when she found one of my poms from my MVC days and fell in love with it! She has it in the car each morning on the way to Pati's and just loves to hold and shake it!


Mackenna has always been a joy, but lately she has just been SO MUCH FUN! She's talking SO much and has added quite a bit to her vocabulary these days since the last update, including, but not limited to:

"Here you go!"
"Baby"

She also has a favorite song - Foster the People's,'Pumped Up Kicks'! She gets really excited and does some pretty funny dance moves (picture a mini sumo wrestler!) it's so great to watch!

We can't believe she's almost 18 months (17 months tomorrow) - time is going by way too fast so we're just trying to soak it all up while we can and can't wait for the holidays and all the new traditions to start with our family!

All Bundled Up!

Kenna and I haven't been able to get to too many of Daddy's games to see him in action this season, so of course on the day we picked it was a chilly fall day!!!!! But Kenna sure looked the part and cute as ever!

16 Months!!

Hi Everyone!

Been way too long (kinda ironic since my last post was titled been awhile and was almost 3 months ago)!



Kenna is 16 months now and doing so well!!!!! She is just becoming a little lady and it's been so fun to see her these last couple months with her awesome personality! She's saying so much, here are a few:
* "What's that?
* "Minnie!"
* "More!"
* "Thank You!" Sounds like KU, but it's her way of saying thank you :)

She plays on her own, is enjoying discovering EVERYTHING and has even enlightened us to the world of tantrums (Not in public yet thankfully!). She is totally into feeding herself and prefers it and absolutely loves to be outside!

At her 15 month check up she weighed 23lbs! Growing steadily, just the way we like it!!!!! Dr. Jones was so impressed with her development and her words, etc. She has LOTS of teeth too! All her molars are in and she's working on her "K9"s as we speak (I think those might be the worst yet, but we're almost there!!!!!

Life is perfect! Can't believe we're getting into the holiday season with Halloween right around the corner! We have a family day planned at the Pumpkin Patch this weekend, so I'll be sure to update again at that time!

Til Then...

Been Awhile!

Its been awhile since my last post so I thought I would do some quick updating!

We have a full on walker in our house!!! She has her routine walking paths and all! She is getting so comfortable that she doesn't necessarily look like my 'drunk off milk' little girl anymore! We love this new adventure but can't believe we already have a toddler!

She still continues to campaign everywhere we go with saying HI to everyone!! It is definitely her favorite word and she loves the reaction she gets from everyone she says it to! She has also mastered "more" and "no", but not the actual word "no" just the head shake to imply no. With daycare she seems to be way more talkative as the days roll on...I already know what that means...PAY BACK, uh oh! I never knew when to stop talking so she's going to get me now!

Two of her top molars are completely through and she is working on one bottom one right now...that's 11 total!!!! The top 2 were just there one day, as we had no clue she was even working on any to begin with...she continues to be our little warrior with all this teeth stuff!

Aside from that, all is well with the Schlieman clan! Nate is getting back into coaching this fall and I'm going to judge with the MSHSL for dance...both of us continuing to do what we love in some way or another, can't complain about that!!! We are looking forward to fall and cooler temps...OK maybe that's just me :) but can't believe summer is already winding down! Looks like the state fair will be calling us back soon...

BONK!

With Kenna walking all over the place, we have gotten used to the fact that a bruise here and there is a must have accessory for her :) Some of them have been worse than others, but for the most part, she gets right back up and walks it off - literally!

Here is one right on her forehead - had a meeting with the corner of our couch!

The next Vanna White??

Mackenna absolutely LOVES Wheel of Fortune - we might have the next Miss White on our hands!!!!

LICORICE!!!!

With Mackenna's new found freedom of walking, also comes the curiosity for all of our cupboards now :) She has found on the bottom shelf of our pantry Daddy's licorice and she LOVES to dump it upside down to play in it...



And of course try and eat it too!