As we've said many times before, it's hard to believe time is flying by so quickly.
Kennedy is already 10 months old!
She's been crawling for several months now and pulling herself up on furniture.
This month she got brave enough to let go.
She stands on her own for several seconds before plopping to her bottom or reaching back for the sofa, wall, etc...
She still wants EVERYTHING in her mouth
as you can see
She found her sister's car, too.
Usually she pushes it around the house up on her knees until she crashes into something
then tries to figure out why it stopped.
Sometimes, though, she gets brave and starts to climb behind the wheel while up on her feet.
The car usually takes off and leaves her face planting (note Mommy's foot as a stopper).
She does much better if we help her get situated while the car is stationary, then let her go.
She also figured out how to open and close the front hatch AND put the colored shapes in the correct shape sorting holes.
Another example of everything in the mouth- finger puppets from Aunt Kristi.
One of her new favorite activities is climbing onto her sister's rocking chair.
Notice I didn't say climbing INTO the chair- she likes to climb ONTO the chair
facing backward, standing on the seat
Yes, we are working on the word and sign 'sit' for our little dare devil.
Kennedy also likes crawling through the tunnel of the toy Uncle Daniel got for Madison her first Christmas when she was just a baby.
It's fun to hide in the middle
and crawl through.
Did you notice the little Hello Kitty toy car in her hand (it's from the awesome Advent calendar Aunt Dar and Uncle Michael made for the girls last Christmas)- that car makes an appearance later in the post.
This time through she found a spoon to carry
Lucky for us, Kennedy is pretty much wearing the same sizes her sister did.
With their birthday's only 3 days apart one would think we hit pay dirt on hand me downs...
Well, since Miss Kennedy made her debut over a pound and a half larger than her sister, that hasn't exactly been the case.
The clothes Madison was wearing at the end of her first summer are the clothes Kennedy is wearing now.
Only seasonal transitions have been tough as far as clothes go.
As it turns out, lots of Madison's 9 month and 12 month outfits were dresses.
Kennedy is not too fond of dresses.
They get in the way of her knees when she is trying to crawl.
Most of the time, when she is wearing a dress, she crab walks through the house.
with a toy in her mouth, of course (the pink car is back!) Note: Madison Snow White in the background. She loves her dress up.
Apparently being the second child means you have to entertain yourself.
Kennedy likes to take the big bouncy balls and push them, then chase after them.
Crab walking, of course.
Note the car made it from the hand in the previous shot, back to the mouth for her trip into the kitchen.
It's just too funny seeing her little bottom up in the air as she cruises through the house.
Destination achieved.
She usually crawls into the kitchen looking for Sierra's water bowl to play in and ultimately over turn.
Mommy's onto this little Monkey, so if the baby gate between the kitchen and gathering room (yes, gathering room- our dining room is the same size as our living room and in our little 1000 sqr ft 1950's rental house, we can use all the play area we can get. This is the room everyone has always gathered, so we have a banquet style table with benches along 2 sides and a love seat along with the girls kitchen and toys in this room- it works.) isn't up, Sierra's water isn't down.
She also likes to sit in the laundry basket with Madison and go for pretend rides.
Kennedy hasn't had a real ride through the house in a laundry basket yet.
We'll have to work on that.
She's getting pretty good at using those pipes.
Although she doesn't have much of a vocabulary, verbal or signing, as of yet- she sure does know how to use her voice to get attention.
She can be quite loud when she doesn't think she's getting enough attention.
We are still working on signing with her. She pays attention when we show her something new, but no reciprocation yet- other than her first sign 'Milk'- which she uses whenever she is ready to nurse.
Kennedy is still in size 3 diapers and is wearing mostly 12 month clothing. She even wears some 18 month pieces, although most are still too big for her.
We've all but abandoned baby food since Kennedy decided she wants to eat everything on her own.
She tries to take the spoon away if we attempt to feed her and ends up flinging food everywhere.
Luckily, other than strawberries, she doesn't seem to have any adverse reactions to food so she is pretty easy to please. She's still happily nursing with Mommy throughout the day and only wakes up once a night for the most part.
Oh-and she has 6 teeth. 4 on top, two on bottom.
No new weight because we haven't been to the doctor (knock on wood).
We go back for her 12 month well baby check up.
