Kennedy 47 Weeks

My sweet, angelic Kennedy... Kidding!  She is sweet but angelic... that's funny!  She keeps us on our toes every single day and she sure gets more and more personality each and every day.  She pretty much understands everything that we say to her but she has yet to say a word.. she just has her little sounds that she does.  One sounds like she is clearing her throat and one is nah!  I think her nah sound pretty much is her word for just about everything for the time being.  She will point and say NAH!  Quirky little kid.  She wakes up and goes straight to the sliding door wanting to go outside but its too cold and early for that!  She gets mad and then we distract her and she is fine!

In the past week, I have started only feeding her mornings and nights and by the end of this week, I am only feeding her nights.  I plan to use what I have left in the freezer and then give her 1-2 bottles of regular milk so that that by the time we use up what we have saved, she can transition straight to regular milk full time.  So far she has not had any issues with the 1-2 bottles of regular milk.  For me it's bittersweet because nursing her has always been "our" time and now that I am only doing it one time a day, I realize just how fast the last year went.  At times it has felt like groundhogs day and nursing and traveling while nursing has quite a few challenges but I wouldn't change it for the world.  I am happy that I got both kids to almost a year and never had to give them formula.  I am sure once I am done 100% it will be sad but also very freeing...

Kennedy got to go to her first pumpkin patch this year.  I still have fond memories of being here last year with Aves right before I  had Kennedy.  I am sure that each year that we go, I will reminisce about the previous year and say "remember when".

Fall us upon us and we are having to go through her clothes pretty much every single day.  She is growing like a weed and in 18 month clothes for the most part.   She never crawls, gets faster at walking every singe day, and gets a little more spitfire with each waking moment.  I can see a glimpse of what Avery and Kennedy will be like one day - sweet and caring and then hitting and smacking each other.  I keep trying to tell Avery that she needs to teach Kennedy what she is not supposed to do but so far it hasn't worked yet.  All in due time:)  She still loves to throw food over the side of her high chair and she gets flicked each time she does it.  She hates to be yelled at and gets her little pouty face which is pretty funny actually!  She has such a fake cry and it is so pathetic that you can't help but laugh at her.  She has been waking up again at night for who knows why but we are about at wits end and ready to just let her cry and cry until she realizes that she won't win:)  Our little troublemaker!!!

Kennedy 46 Weeks

Kennedy is 100% a walker.  She rarely crawls anymore and when she falls, instead of crawling, she gets right back up.  I laugh changing her diaper because she always has little bruises all over booty!  Schedule wise, she has not changed.  Still taking two naps a day and asleep by 8.  She has been great at night and rarely waking up.  She still have those 6 teeth and eats just about anything that you put in her way.  She is more feisty, willful, turbo, and naughty than ever.  She has learned to hit Avery from time to time which I have no idea how she learned that.  

Every morning the first thing she wants to do is go outside and she climbs right into the trampoline.  She tends to eat the blue walls in there which is pretty gross so we have to keep our eyes on her.  She loves to climb up the stairs inside and out and has yet to learn how how to down them the right way.  I need to start planning her birthday party!  I can't believe she is almost 1 years old.  She has been waking up a few nights this week and I think that she is getting a new tooth... fun times!!!

Kennedy 45 Weeks

Kennedy walks more than she crawls these days.  She still is a pretty fast crawler but she is getting better on her feet every single day.  We spent the day as a family at Sea World with the Hamric's and had a fun time. The following weekend we went back to Sea World but this time I took the girls alone and met Autumn there... Needless to say I don't think I will be taking them alone for awhile with them both wanting to go in different directions!  We had a fun time but it was hot and exhausting!

I am actually a week behind on the  blog so in the effort to stay caught up, I am just going to post some pics to show what Kennedy has been up to!

Kennedy 44 Weeks

And we have a walker.  Kennedy has really turned a corner this week and she is taking about 6-7 steps at a time.  She is still quite the lazy walker and could walk much more if she really wanted but she knows she can get there faster for the time being crawling.  She has become quite the acrobat crawling through tables and chairs and the bottom of her high chair.  She will crawl over things rather than around them.  She is quite the the little daredevil who loves to climb stairs and go face first down down things.  She has learned to go out the back door and gets braver by the day.

I had to go out of town for four days so she spent some time with Daddy, Boo and Nana and Papa.  Every day she keeps us on our toes and brings more and more joy to our lives.  Aunt Boo has nicknamed her "Little Ricky"  because with the length of her hair, she can pretty easily look like a little boy and most of the time she acts like one as well.  She is may just be my sports star and want nothing to do with princesses!  She has become quite the good kisser, although they are open mouth kisses and can give some pretty good snuggles.  She is still taking 2 naps, around 10 and 3 and going to bed about 730 or 8.  She is getting easier to put to bed and not fighting it as much.  She has 6 teeth now, 4 top, 2 bottom but I am sure more are on the horizon.

Avery got to go to Disney on Ice with Nana and Boo.. One day Kennedy will be old enough to do those fun nights but for now she gets to stay home with me:)