18 Months

Kensi,

Have I told you you're amazing? You are 18 going on 3. Everything anyone else does you have to do too (especially if it's your big sister). Whether it's climbing the ladder at the park, or eating Mom's salad, you have to try it. This summer you are especially loving parks, bouncing on beds and couches, swimming, water tables and anything else that involves being outside. You have started to dance, which usually involves "side-eye spinning" as we call it. You keep your eyes on one spot and then spin around in circles giving you side eyes. With your flexibility and coordination, I think you would make a great gymnast, but we'll see if you want to follow in your sister's footsteps and become a dancer too. 

Your big personality is really starting to show. You love to laugh and make everyone else follow. You are even starting to get humor. When you have a dirty diaper you'll say "Stinky" and hold your nose, followed by a fit of giggles. (Guess who taught you that one [Dad]) You've gotten really good at hiding. You'll find a spot and stay super quiet until we find you. Then you laugh and laugh. You've even had me worried a couple times when I couldn't find you. Luckily this was only at home and hasn't happened in public...yet. I foresee the day in a store when you are hiding between the racks and I'm panicking. Your personality is also full of determination and you always know exactly what you want. Lucky for us we can understand you a good half of the time. Mama is still your favorite person, but you have finally opened up to others! Nana has become your good friend and you warming up to friends much quicker.

You are learning new words everyday. You repeat everything and anything. You are even putting a few words together. Everything is "Iwant ____." To other people you call me "my Mama." Your favorite word is "sssshoe" and you are still obsessed with taking them on and off. You have also become obsessed with "teeth" aka your tooth brush. When I can't find you, the first place I look is the bathroom and usually I find you standing on the stool brushing them.

Already love to dress up with Sienna.

Those eye teeth are still working on coming through. One top one completely broke and 2 are very close. It has been a very long, and painful experience. We got your measurements and no surprise you are still off the charts. You held very consistent percentage wise as last time. Still long and lean. We are going to have a very hard time finding pants that will fit you this winter.

Height: 34.3 inches (98%)
Weight: 24 lbs 10 oz (76%)

You love your sister so much.

15 Months

Kensi,

I wish I could take this age, bottle it up, and keep it forever. Everything you do is new and exciting. You change by the day and it's so fun to watch it unfold. I was really hoping by this post I could say you are walking and you are! You've been steady on your feet for months, but haven't had the desire to stand up and do it. Instead you enjoyed walking/running on your knees. It was much more efficient for you - and you still do it, but every day you walk more on your feet. I love how you first decided to walk. I got a new app on my phone called 7 Minute Workout. I wanted to get your Daddy and Sienna to do it with me. We were all running around, being crazy doing this workout. You were trying to join in, but no one was really paying attention. As we are all laying on the ground doing our crunches, I look over and see you stand up and start walking to us. Big smiles and all proud. I think you either wanted more attention or wanted to join in. Either way it worked and I started yelling for everyone to look at you. Besides being a new walker, you are also a climber. There are many times I find you sitting on top of the play table looking out the window. You are also just tall enough to get up on the couch, which leads to bouncing and delight.

You want to be just like your big sister and do everything she does.

Your girly side is starting to show. You are obsessed with shoes. If Sienna leaves any of her dress shoes laying around, you immediately try to put them on. Took you awhile but you now have enough coordination to get them on most of the time. I will also find you in the laundry where we keep all the kid shoes and you'll have them all pulled out, trying on as many as you can. If I ever have my slippers or a pair of shoes off but close to me, you will grab them and try to put them on my feet.

Dress shoe obsession.

It looks like we have another chatter box in the house. Like your sister, you are an early talker. You have a solid 15-20 words that you use. Your favorite is "Doggeeeeeeeee", which you also sign while saying it. Mama has now become "Mommeeeeeeeee." A few others are hi, bye bye, book, ahhh done, Boo Boo (for Sienna), and Mi Mi (for Minnie).

With Sienna's Mi Mi - you do have your own smaller version to cuddle.

You broke your 4 molars and now appear to be working on the eye teeth. I can't wait until this is all done! Hopefully by 18 months you will give us a break until the 2 year molars come in.

Lots of teeth.

We got official measurements and no surprise your height is still off the charts. Dr said you are as tall as the average 2 year old
Height: 33 inches (98%)
Weight: 23.5 lbs (79%)
Head: 19.3 (99%)

Can't wait to see what you bring us next. Love you so much my baby!

She's Off!

1 year

Kensi,
1 year old!! Time goes so fast. It's so hard to believe that a year ago I was holding this tiny little baby in my arms on the coldest day of the year. You've changed so much in 1 year and add such joy to our family. You will always be my little baby, even though you've long lost the littleness and squirm away when I try to hold you like one.

Always moving - you would not sit still for this months pictures

After your early crawling at 7 months, I thought for sure you would be walking by now. But nope. You don't show much interest and would much prefer the turbo crawl. You are starting to stand without holding onto to anything but end up dropping to your knees instead of trying a step. I know as soon as you want to do it you'll be going and won't look back. We had to finally put up the baby gate on the stairs. I was in the laundry room folding clothes while your Dad was doing something near the TV. I came out and asked, "Where's Kensi?" I could hear you but didn't see you. Without missing a beat, Sienna replied, "I think she's upstairs." Like it was no big deal and happened everyday. Sure enough I looked and you were on the landing halfway up, so proud of yourself. Full of big smiles for me. Now anytime you hear the gate open you make a beeline for it and are very mad when we don't let you up.

Your big smiles

You learned to sign for milk and sort of do eat. You put your whole hand up to your mouth for eat. Close enough. You got your 8th tooth this month and those 4 molars are working on coming though. You'll have a mouthful soon! You decided fruits are now your favorite food, especially strawberries. You'd live off those if we let you.

You took your first big spill this month. You were sitting backwards on your riding car. When you scooted, it tipped over and you smashed into the corner of the toy box...hard. It looked painful and oh did you scream. And then your nose bled. Not a ton but enough to make a Mom worry. Poor thing. The only thing to comfort you was your froggy. You love to rub his soft fuzz against your face. It puts you to sleep and this did the same. After a quick nap you were back to my giggly girl. Left a good mark on your nose though.

Mark on the nose

You have the cutest curls in the back of your hair. I hope they stay!

We got official Drs measurements! No surprise that you are still off the charts for height.
Weight: 22 lbs 67%
Height; 31.5 inches 98%
Head: 19 inches 99%

Happy Birthday Kensi!! We love you so much.

11 Months

This year has gone so fast. I can't believe you are going to be 1 in a month! Your personality is really starting to shine. You've always been my little giggler and now you are turning into a cuddler too. I love it. You'll crawl over to me, stand up and snuggle your head into my shoulder. You love to lay on your back and be tickled while you roll around. You are imitating everything we do. I'll be in the kitchen putting on lotion and I'll look at you watching me from the family room. You'll start rubbing your hands together like you are putting it on too. This also means you are signing!! You've masted more and all done. I'm trying to teach you eat, water, and milk next. Right now whenever you are hungry (which is most of the time) you'll start signing more. It's soo cool to start this communication. I am thinking you might be an early talker too. When you sign more you say "Ma" and when you sign all done you say "Ahh Daa". You've also started to say "Hi."

You are so long!

You love your sister more than anything and always follow her around. You 2 are starting to interact more. The other night she was rolling you a ball and you would hand it back to her. All while giggling of course. At the dinner table you 2 makes sounds back and forth, which also ends in fits of giggles.

Making raspberries while showing off your new bows.

The past couple months you have finally started getting into books. Pulling out your bin of books is the best way to keep you occupied. You'll even let me read a couple to you before bed. Before you'd cry and squirm away every time I tried. Your second favorite activity is pulling everything off the end tables. With your long arms and height nothing is safe. Remotes and coasters are your top choices.

All you wanted for Christmas was your two front teeth and you got them! They poked through at the beginning of the month and are showing nicely now. You have 7 chompers already! Very useful since you love to eat. You have out eaten your Mom at meals.

10 Months

Another month in the books. This month you have started to imitate. You are doing So Big! and said your first 2 words besides Mama and Dada. The first one was, "Uh oh". It's not usually in context yet but so cute. Daddy and Sienna taught you that one. You are also starting to say, "Bye" when you wave goodbye. It sounds more like Buh. :) You started to dance a little and tap a beat on your legs when we play music. I am trying to get you to clap but you refuse! We're also working on teaching your first signs but no success so far. I think it'll come soon.

So Big!!

You wanted nothing to do with laying down for this photo session or sitting still. My busy girl! You continue to crawl and pull up on everything. You seem very content with that and now I think you might save walking for a couple more months (I hope). 

You got 2 more teeth this month on top. And no it wasn't the front 2! You got the ones next to them instead. The front 2 are on their way. I feel like you have been teething for almost the whole month. Poor baby.

You keep growing. We were at the Dr last week and you were 21.4 lbs with your clothes on. Not sure on height. 18 months clothes fit you very well. You are out eating all the kids at daycare. Bita says at lunch they all race to the table and try to eat quicker than you. You beat them all!

9 Months

9 months going on 14...It's been another monumental month. Every since you hit 7 months you have been going, going, going and not looking back. This month you are pulling yourself up on everything. At Bita's you love to walk behind the push car. At home you are up on all furniture and toys. You especially love to stand next to Sienna's chair at the dinner table and watch her eat.

Showing off your one handed squats

Everyone thinks you will be walking before you hit 10. You've taken a few tumbles but nothing more than a head bump. You aren't phased by much and usually just keep going. I am predicting you will be my first child taken to the ER. The only part of the house you stay away from is the stairs. I am hoping that lasts cause we still don't have to gate anything yet! (keyword is yet)

You got one more tooth this month on the bottom. A few more appear to be on their way soon. Teething bothers you a lot. Not so much with fevers but you get a little runny nose, clingy to Mommy, and have trouble sleeping. No fun for anyone. When you aren't teething you are still such a happy kid. You already play pretty well on your own too, in small spurts. You are most happy when someone will sit close to you while you alternate between paying with toys and climbing all over that person.

You weren't really having pictures this time. Who can blame you when there are fun door stops in the room?

I figured our scale was a little high last month. We got the official Drs measurements for this one:
Weight: 20 lbs 3 oz - 74%
Height: 30 inches - 99%
Head: 18.5 inches - 98%

They said you are the average size of a 14 month old. Just to compare Sienna was about 18 months when she was 30 inches. Crazy! I can't wait to see when you 2 are the same size.

8 Months

Kensi,
You amaze me. Less than a week after you turned 7 months you decided to hit every milestone I could think of in one day. You got on all 4's and figured out how to crawl (very slowly but you could get where you wanted to). Then you rolled all the way back to where you started. You ended up on your stomach and pushed yourself back up into a sitting position. If that wasn't enough you did it all while saying "Mama, Mama." It was quite the afternoon. Every day you get faster and faster. I was hoping the wood floors would keep you in the family room but a week later you conquered those too and crawled to me while I was in the kitchen. I could sit and watch you crawl and climb all day. I can see you learning and processing with every movement you make. It's fascinating. This also means you are starting to be trouble. Shoes, cords, curtains, Conner's food/water and toys not meant for babies are no longer safe. You are also starting to pull yourself up. You can easily get to your knees, and a few times you've gotten all the way up. You are going to be walking before I can even blink! Slow down kid!

Sienna loves to get in on the monthly photos.

Pictures were hard this month because keeping you in one place is pretty much impossible (as are diaper changes)

You got your first 2 teeth and I think a couple more are on the way. You are now wearing 12 month clothes pretty exclusively. I weighted you on our scale and it said you are 21 lbs! I know you sure feel heavier in my arms. We'll get some official measurements at the Dr next month.

Love you sweet girl!

7 Months

Kensi,

My busy, busy sweet, smiley girl. You've had a big month and accomplished a lot! I see my little baby fleeing before my eyes. You fully mastered sitting on your own, started saying Dada and Baba, and are getting super close to crawling. You are skipping the army crawl and are going straight for the real thing. Right now you get up on your knees and rock back and forth but haven't quite figured out how to move forward. I have a feeling you are going to be fast once you start. Time to really baby proof! 

Ready to go - so close!

You are really loving foods and prefer real solids to the purees. We still haven't found anything you like better than guacamole. You've tried almost all the fruits and vegetables and have now started on dairy. You loved yogurt but are not so sure about cottage cheese. 

You finally love your tummy sleeping as much as side sleeping. You also love having your arms or shirt/dress cuddled up around your face. I think when you find a lovey, it'll be all snuggled around your head. A few of your other favorites - playing peek-a-boo, listening to anyone sing, and anything Sienna is playing with.

Such long legs!

I actually got a couple cute ones of them both!!!

I didn't measure thing month. You are still long but feel like you are gaining more weight too. Maybe your weight will catch up to your height. 

6 Months

Kensi,
You are becoming so fun and interactive with us. I love hearing your chatter (sort of screaming but it's really the only way to be heard with your sister around) and seeing your big smiles. You've hit some big milestones this month. Right after you turned 5 months you started rolling over from back to tummy. Unfortunately, you've forgotten how to go back and get stuck often. This is really only an issue in your crib because you don't like to sleep on your tummy either - still loving the side sleeping (so darn cute). Most of the time you are quite content to be playing and spinning around on your tummy. You have also really improved in your sitting skills. You are very close to being stable. I would guess in the next couple weeks you will have it down.

Current favorites

• Any time your sister pays attention to you, you are full of smiles. You especially love it when she sings.
• Mommy!! Still a big Mama's girl. We're working on making you like other people...
• Guacamole is your favorite food. You must love garlic like your Nana.
• Dancing, jiggling, flying in the air. You love moving!
• Tickles and kisses from Daddy always get big giggles out of you.

My tall and lean girl. I had to check Sienna's stats when she was a baby and you are currently as tall as she was when she was 1 year old! We got the Dr's official measurements.
Height: 28 inches (99%)
Weight: 16 lbs 13 ozs (70%)
Head: 17.8 inches (98%)

5 months

Kensi,

I have a new name for you this month: wiggle worm. As Sienna would say, you like to "move it, move it." If you are laying on your back you'll be spinning circles. If you are on your tummy, you'll scoot yourself forward. You aren't quite rolling over yet, but are very close. Even at night you like to sleep on your side. You are starting to sit up on your own, usually for just a few seconds. I think you are starting the beginning process of teething. I don't see any bumps yet, but something is starting to set. You've been a little fussier than usual and NEED something to chomp on. Plus you are drooling even more than before which I didn't think was possible. You also had your 2nd ear infection this month. Poor little girl. 2 ear infections under 5 months is no fun! You are still so full of smiles - for mom at least. You are back to being a major Mama's girl. Your hair is starting to come in more and it's very blonde (makes me excited and hopeful for a towhead!) So far, your eyes are staying bright blue too.

Rolling and smiling for Mama.

Showing how you can sit up.

Still loving those toes!

We hit a very fun milestone this month - first foods!! So far we have only done rice cereal. The first time you ate, most of it ended up on your face. After every bite, you'd stick your fingers in your mouth, chomp on them for a bit, and then smear it all over your face. In fact, you still like to eat that way. Sometimes you'll also suck on a toe between bites if I don't put the tray up. 

You are so going to catch up to your big sisters' height soon. I didn't do measurements this month but I can tell you've grown a bit. We'll get official ones next month to see where you are at. I'm sure it's off the charts. My big munchkin!!