I haven't really blogged lately on what's going on with our two littles ones. This may get wordy- but it's mainly for me to have something to read later. :)
Kensley- 25 months, almost! She is a little firecracker! She's starting to talk in sentences; short sentences, but sentences. It's too cute. She'll know what she wants to say and you can see her trying to get it out but she has to slow herself down. She loves to paint her fingernails and toe nails now. I never painted her fingernails because I knew she'd just chew on them. It was HER idea to have me paint them- and she doesn't mess with them! But the fast dry paint, in one coat, does NOT stay on very long! So sometimes I find myself being requested to paint her nails 3+ times a day. ::sigh:: She has also received quite a few time-outs and spankings lately. She tells me "No momma!" and then she'll hit at me. She won't actually hit me because she knows that's a "no no" but she just pushes the boundaries. I tell her to not touch something, she'll move her hand right next to it, but not touch it. I tell her to not hit me and she will hit herself- or hit at me but not touch me. When I put her in timeout, sometimes she sits there and doesn't talk, sometimes she's lets out this horrible, ear piercing scream. It's a short, quick scream. But she knows that she isn't suppose to do that. So then she'll get a spanking AND have to sit in time-out. whew. What a little mess!
Eating: She is still pretty picky. She eats breakfast really well. I always scramble us some eggs and we either eat pancakes/waffles or oatmeal. It is so funny because lately she LOVES syrup. So much so I walked in the kitchen one day and she had got it out of the pantry (it was almost empty) and had it turned up trying to drink it! YUK! Her reply was "it's goooood!". Then one day I was upstairs putting Kallie down for her nap and I walked back to the kitchen and Kensley had got the syrup out and poured it on her pancakes (I had left her breakfast sitting on the table because she never finished it). I asked her what she was doing and she told me she "put syrup on my pancakes". So other than eating a great breakfast, the rest of the day is unpredictable. She will ALWAYS have her vitamins; not because Mommy makes her take them, but because she NEVER lets me forget! As I am typing- she is chasing McCoy around with her stroller (which he HATES) but she dies laughing! She has a blast! She just laid on the ground and let out some fake cries- because "Coy boy" ran upstairs to get away from her. haha.
Sleeping: She is still taking an afternoon nap- about 2 hours. She goes to bed between 8-8:30 and wakes up around 7:30. She's such a great sleeper!
Kallie- 6 months
What a big girl! She started sitting up on her own around 5.5 months. She can sit there for an hour without tumbling over. She never really had many tips. She has just recently started making FORWARD progress when she's on her tummy! Kent put his phone out in front of her the other day and she was inching towards it! She'll be crawling soon, I'm sure. But I'm not going to rush it! :) She loves to spit right now- it's so funny. When she gets on a roll, it'll last 10 minutes! She's starting to say consonants- bababababa, nanananananna..... her tongue- it's hilarious and I really need to try to get video footage. It's long and she sticks it out all the time! She is starting to really notice when I leave the room. She'll start crying. She'll also let you know when she wants something, that's for sure! She loves water bottles- she'll chew on one of those for forever! You can get one out and when she sees it she starts getting all excited.
Clothing wise- she is wearing 9 month clothes now. Size 3 diapers.
Eating: this is a touchy issue right now. I waited until 5 months to start cereal. Then at about 5.5 months (when we got back from Texas) I started fruits. She loves bananas and I think she likes applesauce and pears. However, none of that she will eat plain. It has to be with cereal. She will tear into some cereal. Now with that said- I started pears last and she developed a HORRIBLE diaper rash. Poor thing had pooped after EVERY diaper change. I am still not sure if it was a stomach bug or if it was the fruit. I cut out all fruit and am just giving her cereal now. The rash is SO much better today, thankfully. She was in so much pain. I let her roll around on towels for about an hour a day so she could get some relief. I'll go to veggies this week, probably. Then I will slowly put fruits back in her diet.
Sleeping: She takes two naps a day- her morning nap is a bit sketchy. Just depends on what we're doing with Kensley. She'll take a 2 hour one in the morning (if Kensley doesn't bust in her room before then- she loves to wake Kallie up) and then she'll take another afternoon nap for a couple hours. She's been going down between 7:45-8 and gets up between 7-7:20.
I believe that's about it for now!
