Saturday, January 9, 2010

14 Months!!

Kenadie is 14 months going on teenager! She has quite the personality and is oh so dramatic! She is on the verge of starting tantrums. I've caught her a few times on the floor whining. Don't teenagers do that?!

She is the biggest mommie's girl you'll ever meet. She loves her daddy but only wants mommy every second of the day. I can't complain. :)

Here are a few highlights:

Her favortie thing to do right now is help me unload the dishwasher. She hands me every piece of silverware and says ta tu, which translates into thank you. When she hears me open the dishwasher to put dirty dishes in, she rushes over to it and wants to empty it. I tell her we can't empty it right now cuz the dishes are dirty and she gets mad. Or she'll randomly run over to the dishwasher and try to open it. When she can't get it open she grunts, begging me to open it.

She loves to eat cheese and could eat that all day if I let her. She is such a picky eater (i don't know where she got that from!) and doesn't like a lot of stuff. She used to eat everything when food wasn't her main source of nutrition. But now that she really needs to eat it, she doesn't. No wonder she's in the 8th percentile for her weight!
My favorite thing she does is imitate me when i get mad at her when she takes her bib off. She pulls it off when she's done eating, usually after 1 bite, and I get mad and say grrrrrr. She does the exact same noise, and her eyebrows draw together like she's mad too but she has a little smile on her face, knowing she shouldn't have done that, but she's so cute I can't help but smile at her!

She loves to say hi to everyone she sees. When we're at any type of store and someone walks by, she says hi to them and waves. Everyone loves it.

She is folding her arms when we pray at dinner time and says amen. She usually reminds me that we need to say the prayer when I put her in her highchair for breakfast or lunch by folding her arms.

She is a big chicken! She gets scared of a lot of things that are loud, especially the vacuum. When I open the door to where it is, she starts crying and will run away. Then she runs and hides in a corner, farthest away from it as possible, when I actually turn it on.

She talks sooooooo much! Here is a list of all the words she says:
NO - her favorite one, Mama, Dada, Mimi (Bule's mom), Pa (my dad), Oma (my mom), up, down, cheese, more, peas (please), cacka (cracker), hat, sock, shoe, binky, ball, milk, pen, bye, hi, br (bread), ta tu (thank you), all done, nack (snack), buckon (button), baby, tie, ow, stinky, coke (coat), knee. cucka (cucka, as in yuck!), bum, pee. And she knows exactly what each of those words mean! There are probably a few more I'm forgetting, but still, this is A LOT for a 14 month old and I'm quite proud!

Enjoy a few pics!



trying on her new hat


we haven't been out in the snow yet, but i had to try this on and make sure it fit.


showing off her new 'do. love the hair straight up!


she likes to play under the table

Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas

I guess I should write about our Christmas.

I was more excited about it this year than last because Kenadie is older now and can get more excited about things. We didn't even do anything for her last year cuz she was so little (7 weeks), she had no clue what was going on.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents. She liked her new toys and books but was really interested in climbing the stairs. After that, we went to Bule's parents house and had breakfast and opened more presents. Of course, I didn't have my camera.

Later that night we went to Bule's sister's in-law's house for dinner. Every year, the grandkids do The Navitity Story, complete with costumes, music, and narration from the scriptures. Last year, Kenadie was baby Jesus, this year she was a wiseman. Oh so cute!



















I feel a little out of place

Monday, December 21, 2009

8 years

Last Monday was our 8 year anniversary. I can't believe it's been 8 years already! But at the same time it feels like it's been forever!

We celebrated by staying one night at the Zermatt in Midway the friday before. That was the first time we left Kenadie overnight. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We saw a few little girls that were around Kenadie's age there and that's when I missed her a lot. Anyway, we went on a sleigh ride around the Homestead, ate a Seafood buffet at Schneitter's, and sat in the hot tub. The next day we at breakfast ate Matty's Bistro, played pool, then came home and saw a movie. It was a great weekend; we really needed some time to ourselves.
Some things I remember about our wedding day...

I froze my butt off.
Bule left me at the temple. After we took pictures and changed into our clothes to go home and get ready for the luncheon, I couldn't find him anywhere. Good job, babe.

We ate really good food for lunch.

I was really tired before the reception even started.

But it was a beautiful day and am thankful to have such a great husband who took me to the temple!


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Seeing Santa

Yesterday we went to see Santa. I knew Kenadie wouldn't like him because she's scared of everything. The second I put her on his lap, she reached for me and started crying. Bule only got one picture. This one....
The store we were at got a better one, you can at least see her face, but it's still not that great. They gave us a print out of it so I don't have it on my computer to upload.
I'm glad to know that at least half the kids in the world are scared of Santa too, and that their parents have pictures of their kids crying on his lap!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Ahh, the Dentist

I love how everytime I go to the dentist (and I do go every 6 months. That is why I have prerfect check-ups every time, thank you very much!) the hygienist asks me questions when my mouth is wide open and I have a sharp instrument in there. Not sure how they expect me to answer. But I do my best and say, "ahabbl i isia ahal aya soao whoaoaoa ahalal aruhu uh."

Thursday, November 19, 2009

While I make dinner...

....this is how I keep my child entertained.


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

My Birthday

This is what my birthday consisted of:

Aunt Flow
Arthritis
Awesome dinner at The Cheescake Factory

The older I get, the less exciting my birthday's are. But that's ok. Why do I want to celebrate me getting older?