16 Months

Kensie has been such a sweetheart lately giving us lots of hugs, kisses, and cuddles.

One thing I love about Kensie is that it isn't hard to get smiles and giggles out of her.

I feel like she understands just about everything we say. It's evident in how she responds to what we say.

She recently learned to say, "yeah" (d-yee-a). I love it. It is so much easier to find out what she needs. I love asking her questions like, "Do you love mommy?" or "Do you think my necklace is pretty?" because it's cute to hear her say, "D-yee-a".

We've been going to story time every week and she loves it.

She likes organizing objects/toys. She picks up her toys one by one and organizes them into piles or puts them inside things. Then she takes them out and moves them into a new pile.

She likes sitting on my lap while she plays with her toys and when I read her books. She also likes climbing and crawling all over Niel and I.

She knows and points to ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and belly button. Pointing to her belly button is her favorite. She thinks it's funny.

One odd thing she started doing is fighting her bed time. Bedtime has never been a problem with her up until now. Usually, she submissively lets us put her in her jammies, say prayers, sing songs, and lay her in the crib. Lately, she does everything in her power to postpone bedtime. Running from us, kicking, screaming, etc. She just wants to keep playing with her toys! Oh boy. Didn't know this would start at such young of an age.

Whenever music comes on she dances. She waves her arms up and down and stomps her feet really fast in place.

She LOVES babies and gets so excited when she sees one.

She pushes around her baby and puppy in the stroller all the time. When she gets tired of that she grabs her little bucket and carries it around the house looking for random objects to fill it with like socks, bracelets, necklaces, blocks, etc.

One of her favorite things to do is play hide and seek with her dad.

She has been playing so well by herself lately and I love it. Kensie has always been pretty needy, making it hard for me to get stuff done except when she is sleeping. She continues to get better as she gets older, especially lately.

She likes to shake her head no to tease us. If she knows she is supposed to do something, she shakes her head with a big, mischievous smile on her face. Stinker.

She is very interested in the toilet and watching us go to the bathroom. She won't let us shut the door to the bathroom. No privacy around here. Hopefully this means she will potty train early!

She has started to run away from me when it's time to brush her teeth, change her diaper, wash her hands, or get ready for bed.

After finishing her string cheese the other day, she threw her wrapper in the trash without me asking. I was amazed. I didn't know she could distinguish what goes in the trash and what doesn't. Since then we ask her to throw things in the trash for us.

Getting on the computer when Kensie is awake is almost impossible. As soon as either of us get on the computer she does one of two things: 1)cries or 2)tries to climb up on our lap and pound on the keyboard.

She is starting to follow simple commands like grabbing a book or getting her shoes. The other day I told her we were going bye bye and asked her to get her kitty and puppy. A few minutes later she was standing by the door ready to go with her kitty and puppy. Too cute.

We switched her to a forward facing car seat and she LOVES it. The first couple of times we put her in it she was giddy.

Words: Hot, yeah, dog, no, there, hi, boo, mom, dad, socks, all done, thank you, here you go.

Nighttime sleep: Between 7:30 & 8 p.m. until 6 or 7 a.m. I don't get her out of the bed until 7 or 7:30 a.m. though. She plays in her crib until I get her.

Diapers: She poops 3-5 times a day. ugh. Usually it's three times.

Nap: One nap around noon for one and a half to three hours. It's usually about two hours long.

Food: Getting less picky. Won't eat her green veggies though. Loves fruit. Eats what we are eating; I never give her pureed baby food anymore (haven't for awhile).