The holidays were great. It is so much more fun when you have a little one. Especially since this year she kinda got it. She was excited every time she saw a Santa. We would be driving down the street and she would say "HooooHoooo!". Sure enough I would look out the window and see a Santa in someones yard. She loved the tree and the lights also. Every morning she would walk up to the tree and say "on? peas?" for me to turn the lights on.
One of my favorite parts of the holiday festivities was going to the holiday parade in the next town over (which is only about a mile from our house so we walked over). She LOVED all the firetrucks, kids and lights. I will admit I actually got a bit emotional watching her reaction and seriously had to fight back some tears. Her eyes just lit up and she was so amazed each time. I have no clue how I will ever take her to Disney World if a silly town parade makes me a sap.
Another one of my faves was when our town came around in the firetruck with Santa to hand out candy canes. She LOVED it. She was so excited watching them go around the neighborhood. All she kept saying was "Ho Ho!". Then, when the truck stopped in front of our house those big amazed eyes lit up again (I was battling holding back the emotions again!). And she nicely thanked the fireman when he handed her the candy cane and waved "bye bye". So cute. The one thing I was super bummed about was that my husband wasn't home to witness that one.
She loved the gift opening on Christmas morning. We started at our house, of course. She didnt show too much reaction to what the gifts were, except for her Elmo slippers. When she opened the box she said "Elmo!". Everything else she would unwrap and put to the side and say "more?" for another gift. Once we got to my parents house though- the game was on. She knew EXACTLY which gifts were hers (wrapped in Mickey and Spongebob). And quickly caught on that the Spongebob paper was toys and Mickey was clothes so she bee lined for her "BumBob" gifts...even climbing over everyone else's gifts to get to them. Too funny. She made out like a bandit too.
Then New Years weekend we went to Delaware to spend some time with the Potts side of the family. Always a good time. Makenna has a BLAST playing with all her cousins. She goes from not having many kids to play with around here to having 4 big cousins (7, 5 and 2 two year olds) and 1 little cousin (6 months) there.
Aside from the holidays,
Some more milestones in the life of Makenna?
She is talking a ton. Putting a lot of phrases together like "tan tu, Mommy" [Thank you, Mommy], "sit Eiko...down Eiko...no Eiko" [Neiko], She picks the main words in sentences we say to repeat. Example if I say, "No, No don't touch that's hot." She will say "hot" and nod her head. Sometimes I feel like there is an echo in the house :o) Also, "I see youuuuu" is a common phrase and she has been saying "coming" a lot. I guess I say "Im coming" to her frequently because now when she wants to to come with her somewhere she will hold out her hand (for you to take/follow) and say "coming Mommy". She does use it in the correct context too though.
She loves to sing and dance. And this little girl has rhythm- clearly she didnt get it from her Mother or Father. At the toddler Rhyme Time that we go to at the library, they sing a "Hello" song with the kids names in the verse (ie "Hello Makenna, Makenna is my friend, Hello Makenna and here we go again" repeating for the next kid in the circle). Makenna is a huge fan of this song. We sing it in the car all the time but we change the verses for our friends and families names. Now she sings the hello song by herself- well, she makes a darn good attempt. I will catch her in her car seat singing "Helwo Eiko...Helwo Mommy...helwo". She also likes when I sing the verses and she tells me whose name to use. I will sing the verse and ask her "now who?" and she will say "daddy" or "nana" etc.
She is doing awesome at eating on her own with a spoon or fork. She has always been a good eater- and always fed herself since we did Baby Led Weaning. But now she is becoming a master. Today we were out at Ikea and she sat in a chair (big girl chair, she hates high chairs- she wants to be one of the big people) and ate a half of a yogurt with a spoon and didn't spill a drop on herself. I was impressed!
She loves to be silly, loving (when its on her terms), loves to learn. As always loves when she has the attention of the room and will make sure everyone is watching (unless its people she doesn't know- then she needs about a half hour or so to warm up before she steals the show). She loves to make us laugh and totally knows when she is being funny...or bad...or smart.
Every stage of her life I say to myself "this is the best" until I get to the next stage and think the same thing. I know I am a little bias since I am her mother but she really is an amazing little girl. I'm so incredibly proud to call her ours. <3
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