Lefty or Righty? Or maybe both!

Lately Makenna has been throwing us for a loop. Ever since she was little she favored doing things with her right hand. So naturally we assumed she was a righty. Assume nothing. Now she is doing things with her left hand. Or both. Like eating- she eats on her own with a spoon or fork now (has for a few months) and more often than not she is using her left hand. In the beginning I corrected her and put it in her right hand but now Im not so sure. So I let it go and if that's easier and feels natural for her then maybe she is a lefty. My Mom caught her kicking a ball with her left foot the other day too. Silly girl. She always keeps us on our toes, never being predictable.

A few things I forgot about in the last post-

Her Bubba

She picked up on me sometimes calling Neiko, Bubba. Ive always done it but don't do it too often so I was kinda shocked when I heard her call her "Bubba" for the first time a few weeks ago. Sometimes is for him to come to her, sometimes its for him to "Go-way". Sometimes she sings a Bubba Song. I guess at 15 months Bubba is much easier to say than Neiko. But in the last few days she has been practicing saying Neiko, randomly. It usually comes out as "ek-KO" but thats close enough!

Last night she was sharing her cheerios with Neiko (she had enough and was concerned he didnt) and we taught her to tell him to "sit" first. She thought it was the best thing ever. And was even more funny when Daddy showed her all the other tricks we could make him do.

Shoes

She knows how to put her shoes on. She has velcro sneakers that she LOVES to put on herself and wear around the house. More often than not they are on the wrong feet but she has it down. She will even close the velcro. This has come in handy when she takes them off in the car, which she has done since she was about 6 months old. She hated shoes or socks on in the car. BUT this is usually what happens in the car, EVERY time she gets put in her seat (even if we are going to a store a block away)

-the shoes and socks come off

-the shoes go back on.

-I park the car, open the door on he side to see the shoes on, socks missing and the velcro out of the loop of her shoes

-She looks at me and says "Elp?" (aka help)

-I say "I thought I told you to leave the shoes on silly, where are your socks?"

-She says "ocks" and points to the seat or floor, or hands me a sock if she has it handy.

Everytime. No exageration.

 I decided I am going to create a new post every month (on the 29th) called "What I like". Since this blog is mostly for her and something to look back on, it will be fun to see what he current favorite or must haves were at the time. Hopefully I stick to it though! 

Latest happenings?

Yesterday she learned to lock doors... bad part of that was I was on the other side of the door when she figured it out. The door to our basement steps has a knob that's reverse (the lock is on the kitchen side instead of the basement side of the door) and we have a child saftey thingie on the doorknob. Well, I ran down the basement to get a shirt out of the dryer real quick. Literally takes less than a minute. Our basement steps are SUPER steep so I don't really like taking her down them if I don't have to. Well she didn't like being left (she LOVES to visit our snakes and ferret down there). So there she yelled at me. I heard the knob jiggle and figured she was spinning the lock thingie to try to get the door open. I run up the steps to realize, I'm locked in the basement by my 16 month old. Nice. Luckily our basement has a door (picture something out of Alice and Wonderland- this "door" is only about 4 feet tall) leading outside. So I was able to go outside and come back in through the backdoor (which luckily I didn't lock this time cause I usually do).
Lessons learned?
1. Turn the knob around and dont let your kids have access to locking you in the basement
2. Always have your phone on you
3. Dont piss off Makenna.

We have been going to the library once a week for Under 2 yr old "Rhyme Time" (this past Thursday was the 2nd time). They sing songs, dance, read a book, do interactive things.  Its really cute. Makenna is so shy around people she doesn't know or in big groups (wonder where she gets that from ;o). So most of the time she just sits on my lap and watches the teacher and the other kids. Majority of the stuff she knows what to do (like jump, clap, stomp, animal noises, etc) but she is too shy to do any of it. This past time she did clap a little though so hopefully each time she will build up some confidence. We dont know too many kids her age in our area so I really like her to learn how to interact and see how other kids interact. She is nice to the other kids, she just doesn't get how to interact and play with them yet. At the end of the session they let the kids free play and she always tries to share the balls and toys with the other kids and babies though so I guess that's a start!



The first set of molars- I hate them! This poor little girl. I feel awful. A month ago they were swollen and she had a slight fever over these darn teeth. Then things calmed down. She wasn't cranky, started sleeping more normal (well, "Makenna normal"), started self weaning and she even started putting herself back to sleep when she woke up. Then BAM the darn teeth pain comes back full force and she is back to waking up constantly, wanting to nurse more at night, avoiding naps and being a total crank-ster during the day (which cause also be from the lack of sleep). Not fun. I can feel them spiking through though so hopefully they pop in soon so she doesn't have this crazy pain...and so I have some sanity.

~These are a few of her favorite things~

- Telling Neiko to "Go Way". He does get in her face a TON but Im trying to teach her its not nice to say "go away"...esp since she has said to to people a few times, and today we caught her singing "la ah la da la...go way" in the car today.

- Elmo. And she is spot on for saying his name.


- Babies. She loves singing about them, talking to them...pretend crying like them (which sounds very similar to her "cat" noise). She loves it. He cousin Miranda was here a few days ago (I think she is 5 months?) and Makenna kept talking to her and when she cried Makenna would bring her bottle and say "baby...baby". She will make a great big sister someday <3

-Apples. Grapes have been a staple in our house but lately they have been replaces with apples. I think part of it is she just loves saying "apple". She really says it clear too.

 - Playing dress up. She loves picking up random pieces of clothing and "trying them on". Whether it be a pair of our shoes, a pants turned hat, shirt turned dress or bra turned necklace (true story) its fashionable. And she will often leave the room, and come back in and if you aren't paying attention she will get all excited to show off and say "Hello!" and giggle like crazy when you see her new fashion statement.

Here are some super blurry pics...

And some not so blurry but super cute pics from the park when her cousins Andre and Miranda came.

NOTE: The matching shirts were a TOTAL coincidence. Before we left the house for the park we both had to change the girls and did so separately, (not realizing we picked identical clothes)...and went with it anyway. They are too cute.

A little girl and her NEW best friend

Makenna has a new love. Of course Neiko (our dog) has not been replaced as the bff...he just isn't as easy to carry every where as Mickey Mouse. She has always liked when he walks out in the beginning of Disney Jrs Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...she would smile so big and giggle. My Mom and I found a Mickey Mouse at Target in the clearance section... $10! Win! She immediately wanted him out of the box and was kissing and hugging him. And has rarely put him down since. He goes EVERYWHERE with us. To the store, to the park, down the slide, to bed, even if we are only going down the basement to flip the laundry. He is always right there by her side...



Its so cute. The funny part of it though is he is almost as big as her.



It totally threw me off guard when she became so attached to him. She has never had an attachment to anything (except me). But this is love. And since she cant say "Mickey" she calls him "E". And if he isn't there, she is asking me for her "E".

She really just has a new love of stuffed animals. Which is awesome cause we have PLENTY since my ridiculous self couldn't part with my childhood stuffed animals so I saved them. Yanno, in case the world ran out of stuffed animals and my kids needed them. Sometimes I catch her trying to carry Five Plus stuffed animals at a time including Mickey, Two Giraffe (Raff as she calls them), a Monkey (aka an Eek Eek), a duck (her Uck). She doesn't like to leave anyone out of her little parties. Those five seem to be the more special ones lately. The VIP list.

She also loves putting them on her random walkers and ride on toys and pushes them or takes them for a ride. Santa is already planning on a nice baby stroller under the tree this year. Or maybe he should bring a wagon that way E, Eek Eek, Uck and the Raffs can all travel together!