Toddler Territory

Mckinlie is 22-months right now & SO much fun.

She:

*constantly comes out of her room all dressed-up. She loves to wear heels, jewelry, "purses and gabs" (bags) and fun headbands.

*while she is dressed-up she loves to push her doll stroller. Sometimes it has a baby in it, other times it has random toys like: her phone, a sippy, her snacks, etc. She is so awesome at being a little mommy. She gets dressed up, makes sure she has her diaper "gab" and hangs her toy keys on the handle of the stroller. It cracks me up.

*is talking SO much. She repeats everything, and knows exactly what she is trying to say even if we don't understand it. Just this month she started stringing words together. This morning she came up to me and said, "more crackers" "more juice". It's so crazy to think that she used to be as small as Kennedi and now she is a big girl.

* loves to dance & sing. She sings. "The Wise Man" song from nursery & does almost all the actions to it. She heard a song with actions on this show and picked it up pretty well the very first time. There are a few songs that she randomly just LOVES and goes crazy when they come on.
This is her current favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_nponhytw


* still loves her "pilla" (pillowpet). She WILL NOT go to bed without it & don't you dare try. She gets this pained look on her face and cries out, "Pilla! Pilla!". We just got her a few full-size pillow-pets for Christmas and she is in heaven.

* is an awesome helper. She throws things away for us and unfortunately I think some prized belongings have ended up in there. We are missing 2 remotes, one of which is pretty pricey to replace. She is awesome at going and finding a binky for sister when she is crying, rocking her carseat, etc. Every morning and after naps, she will come out of her room and search for Kenna. She runs up to her to say, "Hi Kenna" and is back to playing.

                                        She got into her dresser & found a fun hat to wear during snack

                                         Demanding treats as she relaxes and watches a movie

                          She loves to dress-up in dance clothes, and random things of mine that she finds

           I found her like this one morning. She had taken her pajamas off & was wearing the feet as mittens.

                      She is obsessed with lotion and finally found a way to get it off her dresser

 I have an outfit almost exactly like this and wear a pearl necklace with it. I dressed her one day and she ran to her dressup box and came out wearing her play pearl necklace.She is so smart.

 She loves to get ready while I am and comes into the bathroom to show me how pretty she is

 I love to dress her up and have her be my little doll. I use all of my energy on her and sadly I don't have much left to make myself look good, haha

                                               She loves to wear sunglasses and be "cool"

       This little girl loves to wear snow clothes. We took Dad to work & she didn't want to take them off

                                                     

She is an awesome shopping buddy. I love to take her out at night after Kennedi is in bed. One day we went past the baby clothes and she grabbed a shirt and said, "Oh pretty, Kenna". I of course had to buy it. After all, she picked it out just for her sister.

Dad's thoughts:

Mckinlie is at a very fun stage right now. She is almost two but at times acts older. She's very observant and smart and wants to copy everything we do or say. She loves attention and making people laugh, that will benefit her long term because she will always find a way to be happy no matter what struggles she will have. My favorite thing right now is how loving she is, she's alway making us kiss the pillow pets or other toys she has. She gives randoms hugs and pats on the back to show her love.

We love this little girl & her fun personality. In the next few months we are going to be potty-training, getting rid of the binky, switching to a big girl bed, and getting ready for her to turn 2! We can't believe it.