2 1/2

On Sunday Kenzie turned 2 1/2! I can't believe she is closer to 3 now than 2! I can say, I love 2 so far! Don't get me wrong, 2 can also be veryyyy hard but overall I think it's rather fun and quite amusing! I'm sure I'll say this at 3 and at 4 too! :) What I love about 2 is how excited she gets for little things like: going outside, making a craft with mommy, helping mommy make something to eat, etc...it makes me excited for the little things in life too!

One thing I've learned about 2 is that she's either verrry good or verrry bad! It reminds me of the Mother Goose poem that my best friend posted when her daughter was 2:

*There was a little girl,

Who had a little curl,

Right in the middle of her forehead,

When she was good,

She was very, very good,

When she was bad,

She was horrid.*

Describes Kenzie...right down to the curl on her forehead! :)

I was looking back at old posts a couple days ago and I was so happy that I wrote down a lot of Kenzie's favorite things/funny things she does/etc....because as I was reading them I realized I would never have remembered them if they weren't on the blog!
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Some things I don't want to forget about Kenzie at this age:

*Loves movies...her favorites are: Beauty & the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White & Toy Story. I can't remember when the last time we watched something other than those 4 movies! She watches them so much she'll even copy the lines as the characters speak!

* Loves crafts!

*Sticks her tongue out when nervous or in awkward situations!

*Will often say "o, p, y"....Jeff & I have yet to figure out what it means! She has said it in so many contexts, in so many different situations, we have no idea!

*Could possibly eat mac & cheese every day and still love it!

*When she gets excited/happy she'll randomly kiss me! I love it!

*Very affectionate: will rub our faces and say "I love you so much"

*When angry she'll will copy what I say...

me: Stop hitting

Kenzie: Stop hitting

me: Stop copying mommy

Kenzie: Stop copying mommy

(you get the picture!)

*Also when angry she will say (to whoever is disciplining her) "I go tell Mommy, Dada, or Grampy" and then she will usually (in a very sad voice) say "Dada, mommy yelled at me".

*Favorite toys: Jessie (from Toy Story) doll, tiny princess dolls, plastic Toy Story dolls, puzzles, fake food/dishes and Little People

*This hasn't happened recently but a few months ago Kenzie started blaming things on her blankie & doggie....

Example 1: I was washing dishes and Kenzie came in holding a Willow Tree figure with the hand broken off. I asked her what happened and she said doggie did it (talking about her stuffed doggie)....trying not to laugh I asked her again and she said blankie did it.

Example 2: Kenzie often takes books to bed (usually hard, baby books that she can't rip), on this particular day I let her take a big girl book to nap with her. I came in later to find a page ripped out....I asked what happened...she said "blankie did it".

Example #3: Well this time she didn't blame it on an inanimate object but it's similar...she was playing with a plastic Santa Clause I put in her room for decoration. I noticed she was playing with it but didn't mind b/c I didn't think it could break. Kenzie played with it for about 5 minutes or so when she very causally walked out of the room saying "I didn't break Santa, Mommy, I didn't break it". I didn't even mention her breaking it so I thought it was a weird comment for her to make so I started walking over to look at the Santa and she took off running....She actually did break it....when I went to find her she was hiding under the kitchen table!

I know lying is not funny but sometimes I have to try so hard not to laugh when she makes up these crazy stories! :)

*Weighs 26 lbs

*Favorite books: Three Billy Goats Gruff, The 3 Bears, Llama Llama Red Pajama (I love this book!), Green Eggs & Ham, and a Disney princess book that she has to find objects on every page!

*Still LOVES her blankie

*Will call me when she's in bed to cover her tootsies (feet)!

*Has only had 2 accidents during nap time since July!! And now she has more dry diapers than wet diapers in the mornings!

*Very independent when using the potty...she will often not tell me when she has to go, she will try to go by herself and wipe and flush on her own!

*Will call me "keekee" instead of mommy sometimes!

*There is a commercial on TV that has a guy on it that looks like Jeff....every time we see the commercial she gets so excited and says "there's Daddy!"

*Will run away from me and hide as soon as she knows I'm going to comb her hair, get her dressed, etc...

*Will often start telling us a short story about something specific but then it will turn into a huge random story about everything she sees around the room...most times she'll throw in Grampy's name, Neenee's house, her cousin's names...anything that comes to her mind! :) And she will usually say something that sounds like "nee how" in between some of her thoughts! Not sure what it means but it's so cute to listen to her never ending stories!!

I might have to add more as I think of more but that's it for now!! :) We love you Makenzie Faith....You make us sooo happy! :)