BALLOONS

This weekend we went to Grammy and Grampy's house for Grampy's 60th bday celebration! Kenna found the balloons and was immediately entertained for the afternoon, as were the rest of us! She is SUCH an entertainer (gee, wonder where she gets that??) and when she knows people are laughing at her or enjoying what she is doing, she'll do it more and more :) She's so funny!

We were lucky enough <-- enter sarcasm :) to get to bring the balloons home with us and Mackenna couldn't have been more excited! Her eyes were barely open the next morning and she was already holding on to all the balloons with her cheesy grin!

She even had to have them right next to her while she was eating her breakfast :) balloons in one hand and waffle in the other! Oh the little things in life!!!

Silly Minnie!

Mackenna is just adorable with her giant Minnie she got from Santa. Minnie's permanent resting spot is in Mackenna's chair that we keep in her room. Well now we have a routine that before bed, Kenna has to give Minnie a kiss and watch mommy and daddy tuck her in (in her chair) with her own blanket. In the morning, the first thing we have to do is take the blanket off and say, "Good Morning, Minnie!" Here are a few pics of her enjoying snake time with Minnie and just loving her up with her cheesy smile :)

Lover Girl

This picture was sent to me from daycare the other day - Kenna looks to have a new love interest in her buddy Chase :) She is just in love with babies these days, so this picture is only fitting!

Chilly!

Well I think Winter is finally here to stay! It was a balmy -7 degrees this morning on our way to daycare, but Kenna was all bundled up and cozy!

Smiley

Just wanted to post another adorable pic of Kenna being all smiley as usual :)

Kenna's World...

I can't believe Kenna is going to be 19 months on Monday!!!! As I always seem to be asking, where is the time going?!?! This morning when I dropped her off for daycare, she turned, gave me a big hug and then headed into the kitchen all on her own (maybe doesn't sound like a big deal, but for me, it was) she's just growing up so fast!!! It was pretty darn cute to watch :) She's been doing lots of new things these days - aside from perfecting her dance moves, she's talking a lot more and seems to be trying to have full conversations, even though you can't understand most of it. She's absolutely in love with Wrigley (dee dee) and Wrigley is becoming fond of her too. She is very conscious of babies!!! She loves to say 'baby' and sometimes she will call an older kid 'baby', so we think she just likes to say it :) She is quite the grazer these days and loves to hang out in front of the pantry and pick out exactly what she wants to eat :)


She's been trying to eat with her fork and spoon, but we kind of have a messy eater as is, so adding the utensils has been a tad interesting to say the least; but we're trying!


Her 18 month well check went well too! They did another x-ray on her tummy to see how things were moving in there and thankfully it looked better, but we still have a ways to go to get her digestive system and colon back where it should be! She was just over 24lbs (55%) and growing tall at over 32 inches(80%)! We couldn't be more proud of her and are taking each day at a time and enjoying everything to its absolute fullest!

Dance, Dance, Dance!!!!!!

Kenna truly has a love for dance! She stops dead in her tracks to dance if she hears ANY music :) she has even figured out how to turn music on with my iPhone so she can move and groove!!! Jess at daycare even told me at pick up yesterday that she can't sit still because all she wants to do is dance (makes me smile ear to ear!!!) can't wait to get her into class hopefully in the fall!!!! She has mastered what Nate calls the 'snowboarder' move and of course,her hip shaking! Here's a little taste of her dancing for herself in front of the big mirror!