I can't believe we are just 3 months away from our little baby turning TWO!!! I feel like she is changing so much everyday, I can't even figure out where to start this update!!
Accomplishments and Changes...
- McKenley is turning into quite the little parrot!! She repeats just about everything we say and is starting to use 2 and 3 word phrases to communicate with us (unless shes just screaming at us... see struggles, haha). Her favorites right now are, "Thank you momma/daddy," "more please," "whats this?" and "whos dat?"... so polite and sooo inquisitive!!
- Her swimming skills are becoming more and more advanced with each week!! She is SUCH a little fish, absolutely NO fear in the water!! I can now drop rings down on the second step and she will dunk her head under and pull one up, it is the cutest thing. She is swimming under water for 10 seconds, and jumping from the side of the pool or the tower in the middle of the pool :). Her teachers say she is more than ready to move up to the class where momma no longer gets in with her!!! Don't know quite how I feel about this, is she ready? Am I ready?? So many changes, my little baby is growing too fast! But, this will help a lot when Miss Parker arrives!!
- MOO, OINK, NEIGH, QUACK, SSSSSSS, ROAR!!! I think she communicates most thoughts through her animal sounds!! She pretty much knows all of her animal names and sounds and is SOOOO animated when she tells them to us :)
- Colors!! We are now working on memorizing colors and it is pretty darn cute :) She is OBSESSED with coloring right now and if we could just get her to associate the right color with the right crayon it would be great... everything is "BU" (blue) right now, haha.
-Counting - She is familiar with numbers and LOVES to count things down, the digits just don't always come out in the correct order... "3, 4, 2, GOOOOO!!" haha, so cute!
- The pretend play is just getting better and better. Yesterday she was trying to put her baby to sleep and was patting her on the back saying "shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh" just like her momma does to her. She makes herself "lunch" and "dinners," and was even trying to get Minnie mouse to balance on the rocking horse because I guess she wanted a pony ride :)
Struggles:
- McKenley has decided she is going to be a picky eater again!! I am hoping if I stay persistent this too shall pass. We pretty much stick to a pasta, hot dog, chicken nuggets, yogurt diet!! haha... those and snacks!! Eesh
- The lovely 2's are just around the corner, and the fits and tantrums are starting to rear their ugly head! We are trying to do the timeouts and reason with her... but unfortunately that doesn't always work, haha... should be interesting with a new baby around the house... prayers are appreciated!!
- Our daughter is a TORNADO!!! nuff said :)
Overall, I'd say we are pretty luck. She definitely makes us laugh NUMEROUS times a day and if we are lucky enough for Parker to be just a fraction as cute as McKenley is every day, then we are going to be kind of a perfect family of four :) And now to leave you with another classic McKenley shot to make your day...
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