Kendree's Birthday Party

We celebrated Kendree's birthday on Saturday, the 19th of February.  We were happy to host both sets of Grandparents and the local aunts and uncles at our house.

Obviously, Kendree was thrilled to be the birthday girl!

Aunt Sassy took care of all of the present opening and Kendree loved it.

Easton was a very good boy during the present opening and only played with things after Kendree had moved on to the next item.  The corn popper was a particular favorite.

I just loved this shot of Kendree crawling in her tutu.

Then, while we ate lunch, Kendree chilled with various family members.  Here she is with Grandpa Wyo.

After lunch, it was time for CAKE!  Easton helped to blow out the candle...

And then Kendree got to dig in!

The final result:

Next, we had a quick sink bath...

and then posed for some pictures!

Grandpa and Grandma Wyo

The whole clan that traveled over from Laramie

Grandma and the Kenny-girl.

Kenny and Sassy playing games with braces and glasses.

Thanks to everyone who came...it was a great party and we had a great time!

Oh yeah, and Kendree has a brother too...

Hanging out on the floor during the FREEZING cold days we had a few weeks ago.

 Wearing Kendree's tunnel

 A picture of the potty training prizes...these worked wonders!

 Eating a Popsicle, watching a movie on the ipod and going potty.  Multi-tasker.

 Pulling silly faces when we were out to eat in Denver a month ago.

 Cheesing on the couch (Note the beloved container of cars...the thing goes EVERYWHERE with him throughout the house.  Mama has a not in the car rule).

Recent Videos

Kendree having ice cream for the first time:




Easton naming all of his cars (sorry for the sideway-ness of it all)


Easton eats a lemon. He begged for it. Literally begged for it.

Kendree - 1 year

At one year, Kendree:

• Is finally crawling.  About 2 weeks before her birthday she started to experiment with it more regularly and then about a week before she turned one there was no more army crawling!
• Has seemed to grow a lot more hair in the front...now mama is forced to think about what to do with it!
• Wants to be wherever you are, doing whatever you are doing.  If I stand still for more than 30 seconds, you can bet I will have a little friend attempting to crawl up my leg and see what is going on.
• Is a master at the stairs (going up that is).  Leave her unsupervised for a moment or two and she is up 6 stairs and on the landing (where the stairs turn).  Scary, scary and the baby gate is a permanent fixture around here now.
• Is starting to prefer to feed herself.  She will tolerate just one container of baby food before she decides that she has had enough of the spoon feeding (although she is no where close to full at that point).
• Has no qualms about getting dirty or having things on her hands (a LOT different than her older brother).
• Says mama, dada, more (mo), hi and bye.
• Signs more, all done, food, and attempts mama, dada, grandma, grandpa.
• Eats anything put in front of her.  Seriously, we have yet to find something she will turn her nose up at.
• Takes two naps a day.
• Still doesn't sleep through the night (one feeding, if she is feeling well. more, if she has a cold like she does currently).
• Is an expert couch "cruiser."
• Will take a few steps when holding onto mama's hands
• Has no idea what the walker toy is for.  She holds onto it and then proceeds to fall forward as it rolls and her feet don't move.
• Is nursing to sleep at night (and has a feeding during the night) but that is it.
• Weighs 19 lbs. 13 oz. and is 29.5 inches long
• Might be getting teeth?  Because she is a year now and still shows no sign of teeth, anytime she is cranky, I always assume that she has teeth coming in.  Last time, that was a mis-diagnosis, just a runny nose-cold.
• Loves baths with her brother.  Mama loves that she can get away with one bath for the time being.  However, she hates to get her hair rinsed (laying down, sitting up, it doesn't matter).  Both of my kids are that way (Easton still!) what am I doing wrong?
• Is exclusively in 12 month clothes currently, but shirts and onesies are starting to get tight so mama is starting to think about pulling out the 18 month stuff.
• Is still a little bit stranger shy around men.  It hits at the weirdest times.  For instance, the Applebee's waiter a few weeks ago.  Took one look at him and bawled like she was going to die. 
• Worships her brother and is starting to hold her own when they "wrestle."  Easton is really good at laying down fairly "dead-like" and Kendree crawls all over him and then gets in a few face slaps for good measure.  Mama figures it is payback for the many, many times he has been not the nicest to her.

Now, on to some pictures. You can see a month by month post of our Kenny-girl on mama's blog here if you missed it.

Tackling mama

 Ahhh....a cute picture of the siblings.

 We were picking up Ronnie's parents from the airport on Kenny's actual birthday, so she got to wear a "I'm One" bib at Red Robin when we stopped for dinner on the way back. Here she is cheesing for mama.

 Clapping with daddy.

 Watching intently as she was sung to.

 And SOOOOO excited for her ice cream dessert (a girl after her mother's heart).

Next up...a post all about the birthday party!

January Videos

Easton singing Ring Around the Rosies



Kendree in her crib, with Easton trying to be the star (what else is new)

Kendree - 11 months

Well look who is thisclose to a year old?

I can't believe it.

At 11 months, Kendree:

• shows NO signs of teeth
• prefers to army crawl, but can crawl for reals when she feels like it
• pulls up on all furniture.  Easton doesn't know quite what to make of this as his "safe spot" i.e. the couch is no longer out of her reach.
• tries to climb the stairs.  She's made it up two stairs a few times before mama catches her.  I suppose I really need to start putting up that gate (it is just such a pain!)
• says mama and dada.  I think she gets who we are since she doesn't really really say dada during the day and doesn't say mama nearly as much when Ronnie is home.
• vocalizes when she doesn't like something...like me taking away a baby wipe, or the remote.
• crawls over and tries to pull up on your leg when she wants you to pick her up.
• follows Easton and I everywhere around the house (hence the climbing the stairs business).
• loves Baby Signing Time.  She's not signing quite yet (at least that I have caught on to), but boy does she love those DVDs.
• takes two naps a day and sleeps from 8pm to 7am (getting up once).
• eats like a champ...4 "meals" a day plus some nursing sessions.
• devours Ritz crackers.
• loves to be "stuck" in Primary with mama.  She will sit and flap her arms up and down when the kids are singing.  cutest. thing. ever.
• snuggles with mama for one verse of "Teach Me to Walk in the Light" before her naps.
• nurses to sleep at night.
• pats mama on the back when mama pats her back (one of my favorite things that both of my kids have done).
• waves (kinda) bye-bye.
• adores her big brother and tries to interact with him whenever he will humor her (and many times when he is not quite as patient).

Now on to the pictures:

The official 11 month picture.

Other "hanging out in the bouncer" shots. (in the first one she is intently watching Baby Signing Time).

I've always given her pens to play with on the floor while I am getting some work done.  The other evening I looked over and she had gotten the cap off and was having the time of her life "eating" the pen.  She cried huge crocodile tears when we took it away.

Ignore the closed eyes due to that darn flash, but this was her first stair climbing experience.

And hanging out in her car seat on our trip down to Denver a few weekends ago.

Christmas Videos

Easton sledding times two:





Super Easton!


Kendree the crawler: