As most kids do, Makenna has a typical bedtime routine or things she likes to do at bedtime. One of those things is having me tickle her back and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" while she is trying to go to sleep. Well one night recently while I was singing to her she very hastily says to me "Mommy turn it up!" Apparently she thinks mommy is just like the radio :)
Makenna kept trying to play in some of the sand/gravel laid down for our new driveway despite the fact that Josh was continuously telling her not too. Josh finally had enough and was reprimanding her for not listening to which she stormed off in a huff and yells at him "You're a naughty boy!" Josh and I seriously had to turn our backs to her so she wouldn't see us smiling and laughing.
Maryn was in bed one evening and I had the baby monitor sitting on the counter. For some reason on this particular night, Maryn was having difficulty falling asleep and we could hear her squawking over the monitor. Makenna walks by the monitor, picks it up and yells into it "Go to sleep Maryn Leigh!"
Josh and I were lucky enough to be able to go out for dinner on the night of our anniversary. My parents came to town to baby-sit and we were trying to explain to Makenna why we were leaving and that we were going on a date. She obviously doesn't know what a date is so I was trying to explain it to her. I then told her that she couldn't go on a date until she was 16. Almost immediately both my dad and Josh chimed in in unison with "18!" Little Makenna was sitting there all quiet acting like she didn't know what we were talking about and then responded with "How about 15!?" Looks like we might have our hands full!
On a typical morning at our house, Maryn will go back down for her morning nap before Makenna ever even gets out of bed. So one morning, Maryn was laying in her crib talking very loudly to herself instead of going right to sleep. All of a sudden from behind the closed door to her room we hear Makenna shout "Stop It!" Apparently Maryn was disturbing her beauty sleep :)
Makenna has also come up with a bunch of new sayings lately...
"Sweet!"
"Awesome"
"You can say that again!"
"I don't want any, but thank you for asking."
"Here we go again"
Maryn is in a crawling craze! She is going everywhere and getting into everything. It seems to have happened over night. She could make 3 - 6 crawling movements for the first few days and then she overnight made a jump to crawling clear across the room without having to stop! And of course the main attraction in our house is the stairs. She almost immediately heads for them anytime I put her down. And I forgot how little kids can be like a little vacuum cleaner... she is finding every little speck of dirt, lint or whatever I didn't see on the ground. This has also brought us to a new stage regarding Makenna and Maryn's sibling relationship - Maryn is now getting into all of Makenna's stuff. Makenna liked sharing before when she could control it, but now that Maryn moves and can start taking stuff on her own Makenna isn't so sure about sharing stuff with her. Looks like we have some practicing to do.
Maryn is also getting much better at eating foods by herself. She can pick up little Cheerios or Puffs and put them in her mouth by herself and can even pick up a sippy cup and drink it by herself. We upped the amount of solid food she is eating and she seems to be doing very well with it. Poor little child has to eat those pureed meats with her vegetables at dinner.
Sister Hug!
Is Makenna hugging too tight?
Makenna's way of helping out... standing behind Maryn to catch her when she falls!
Nice catch Makenna!
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