New happenings?
Makenna has been dressing herself up a ton. Socks on the arms, legwarmers on her arms or over her pants, various shoes and hats on (she is playing with her snow hat on as I type this). Its so cute, my little fashion girl. And much cuter than the way I would catch her dressing up a few months ago- bra's as necklaces or underwear hats.
She is also putting more and more words together. She plays and talks to her toys now, which usually consists of her entire population of Little People (she has a zoo, a zoo train, a safari truck, some of the Noah's Arc animals, a SUV, a bus and an airplane). She will lay them down on something (usually the entertainment center) and say "seepy? all-white, night night". For those of you who do not speak toddler, that translates into "sleepy? Alright, night night".
The word of the day today seems to be "cute" but she says it more like "cuuuue-te". I was shopping for new running/walking shoes today and I held up a pair and asked her if she liked them, she said "cuuute". Haha No idea where she got that from, we tell her babies or animals are cute but never clothes. Could I have a little fashion-savvy toddler on my hands?
Other common phrases are "what happened?" with both hands in the air...usually there is an "ut oh" in there too. Or "ut oh, dropped it" when she drops something.
One of the latest heart melting moments was the other morning when I brought her into bed with us and she looks at Waylon sleeping and says "hi, my Daddy.. Shhh, seeping"
Also a word she just picked up in the last few days that I cant get enough of is zebra or "See-bra" as she likes to call them. Its so cute, and that see-bra is one of her current must have toys. He comes everywhere. Im so excited to take her to the Bronx Zoo this year. She will love seeing all the see-bras and raff's (giraffes). Im thinking the DC zoo is a must for this summer too because she seems to really like pandas.
I'm sure I have said it before, maybe many times. But I absolutely love this stage. Watching her learn so much each day and be so excited about little things (like finding out we had blueberries and strawberries in the fridge) is so much fun. I love how independent she is, how she doesn't need to cling to me at all or for more than a minute when we are in new situations. She will stand there quietly, taking everything in until she is comfortable to unleash the silly Makenna. Not that there is anything wrong with being clingy or shy! I was just a VERY shy child (still kinda shy) and I feel like I may have missed out on a lot because I was so quiet and shy and tend to sit on the sidelines instead of up in the action. So I just hope my kids are a little bit more outgoing than I was, but if not- that's okay too. So far though, she is at the perfect point of being cautious but still outgoing.
Until next time...
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