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.
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