So I Caved...

K needed a trike. She needed it bad. I bought this awesome Dora trike, with bells and horns and music and all other delightful sound effects. Have we used it yet? No. It snowed 2 days after I bought the thing. So, lucky us, we get to play around the house with it. Actually, she is able to scoot around on it (can't reach the peddles, but I didn't expect that yet) but mostly she watches TV on it. With her helmet.

A few updates:

1- we have started potty training. K goes everyday on the big potty at Lorie's after lunch (#1 and #2!), so I dedicated this past weekend to "potty training". Bought some training pants and set the timer starting at 30 min intervals. She did great - went every time she sat on the potty. But, I came to the conclusion that she just isn't ready quite yet. She doesn't know NOT to go in the pants. So, Saturday, w/ the timer, it was great, but, Sunday, w/o the timer - we had 3 accidents before noon. So, we will keep trying. She will get it soon!

2- Kennedy is starting to repeat sentences - you may not hear it at first take, but if I tell you what she is saying, you will be like, "Oh, yeah, that is EXACTLY what she said!". For example, when she falls, she will look up at you and say, "I'm okay!". Or if she is hiding under her blanket, she will say, "Where'd she go? Hmmmm?" and then she pulls the blanket down and says, "There it is!" She is also really big on "Hi, Daddy!" She says this all the time. Most of the time, it doesn't matter who walks in the garage door and you hear a "Hi, Daddy!" and she will come running from the kitchen to the top of the stairs to greet you. Super cute! Oh, and she LOVES Barney. Loves him! If you say, "Kennedy, do you love me?" She will reply, "Yeah, I love Barney!" And if you try to correct her, she will scream, "Nooooooo, I love BARNEY!" Precious:)

3- She is no longer afraid of actually having a live person on the other end of the phone. Kennedy has always had a HUGE fascination with phones. She turns everything into a phone; her hand, a card, a Maggie toy - ANYTHING. And she will ramble on and on to whoever is on the "other" end - until there is a sound on the other end and she clams up. Until today. She heard her daddy on the other end of the phone on his way home from work. She said, "Hi Daddy." He must have asked how she was, because the next thing I know was, I heard a "good" and then a series of "yes", "uh-huh", "mm..hmmm" and "Yah!" 's. So, then we called Papa Brian and Grandma Julie and talked to them.

She is just growing up so quickly, I am so thankful to have such a precious little pumpkin biscut! LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Buggy.

After much deliberation, I purchased a little buggy for Miss K. I needed something else to push her around the block. I went back and forth on this buggy thing, because, as you can see, it's operation fully relies on someone pushing it. Kennedy doesn't get to do any of the work. But I finally chose this because it will serve the purpose of allowing us to go on "fun" walks to see the other kids in the neighborhood. I will probably get her a little trike type thing at her 2nd birthday, or once summer begins, but I went to Toys R Us this morning and they have all of their scooters set up. One guy pulled his kid out of the cart and set him on a few of the options. I asked how old the child was, and low and behold, he is 2o months. Perfect. Since I didn't have K w/ me, I was having a terrible time estimating whether K was tall enough to scoot or pedal...Basically, she wouldn't be able to do either, so I chose my original choice of the buggy. Thanks to Erin for measuring Hailey on her Barbie trike - that was going to be my next choice, but I just don't think K would appreciate it yet. Maybe in a couple of months.

And, I must say, K agreed w/ my choice. She saw the picture on the box - it was right after nap, so she was a little groggy. But, man, her eyes perked up when she saw that box! I opened it up and pulled it out, and she hopped RIGHT ON!!!! She loved it instantly. Of course, this meant I had to push her all around the house since it was too cold out today. It will def be an OUTSIDE toy.

Growing Big. She is.

I am just amazed every day at how big my little princess is getting! She is talking more and more and she is actually beginning to make some sense. Don't get me wrong, you still can't understand most of what she is saying, but SHE sure knows what she is talking about. She just rattles on non stop. And she repeats whatever she is saying, so I just know that one day she will surprise us with full blown sentences. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish what it is she is trying to say because she uses the same word for multiple words - like, she says Barney and Bunny and they both come out "Baaaawney" so you have to be careful how you reply. If she is saying Bunny and you think it is Barney and you say "Barney?" - then she HAS to watch Barney.

Yesterday, we went to our friend Asher's 4th birthday! It was so much fun to let the kids play. They are getting old enough now that they don't need our constant attention and it makes it a whole lot easier. Once the weather warms up, we will have people over for play dates in our new play room! Yeah!

After the birthday party, we had our friend Ian over (his mommy needed to use the computer!) and he and Kennedy played sooo well together - he drove the car and Kennedy rode in the back. Yes, he DOES have a barrette in his hair. And no, they are not TOO close to the TV. Well, maybe, but they did it all on their own. It was too cute:)