Kensie and Clara are growing up...
Kensie still loves to go to the park any chance she gets. She can tell us what she wants to do and not do. She says "wing!!" to go on the swings. We ask if she wants to stop, and she says "
Nooo!" She is pretty agile for a toddler, and can run pretty fast and climb just about anything. She can even climb up our bar stool height chairs in the kitchen. This sounds great, I know, but it is also pretty scary, because she can also push the chairs where she wants to go... and that means she can get to just about anything she wants on the counters and shelves. She is also perfectly at ease walking up and down stairs, holding on to the rail or pushing against the wall.
Kensie is also progressing well with feeding herself. She does
ok with a fork and spoon, getting most of the food to her mouth and keeping the food on top of the implement from plate to face. She is still a very picky eater and we often have to offer her 5 different things until she agrees to eat a decent amount of dinner. I never thought I would be so
accommodating as a mom, but she is so skinny... I truly worry about her calorie intake! She still easily fits into many of her 18 month old clothes, because the waists still fit. Though some of her jeans look like
high waters, I don't want to buy her more jeans since summer is just around the corner! For now, she is rocking the "ankle" jean look.
Kensie is getting more interested in learning new things. She asks what things are, over and over again. She doesn't usually say things back, just asks. She will point to my necklace and poke at each stone, one at a time, asking what they are. Stickers are definitely a new favorite thing, which I think is great, since it helps her with fine motor skills. The new stamp set was a big hit... as a puzzle! She didn't quite get the whole concept of stamp the ink, then stamp the paper. She just wanted to stamp the ink a million times. But after I put the ink away, she spent 20 minutes putting the blocks in and out of the case. She also showed me that she could stack them... getting up to 6 on top of each other without crashing!
Clara is growing in less
noticeable ways, but surely growing. She sleeps for a 6 hour stretch at night now. I wish I could pick which 6 hours, but it is still kind of random. Sometimes 7pm until 1am. Sometimes midnight to 6am. She is still putting away 5-6oz of
milk at each feeding. Her stability and focus still amazes me. She never really felt like a fragile newborn!
Clara's face is looking more and more like a little girl. Her wisps of hair slowly grow and she looks less like a little old man with a receding hair line! She is fitting well into all her 3 month old clothes... which she has a lot of, thanks to the generosity of all our friends and family!
As with any trip to Michigan, I always look forward to getting together with my closest friends. After the sprinkle, Heather, Keri, and Sabrina and I got to go out on the town! Having dinner on Main St. in Ann Arbor, drinking Oberon's and catching up on each others' busy lives was a welcome change from my mommy world.
Kensie wore a special dress for the occasion, a Polly Flinders that I found at a consignment shop (with the tags still on!). I know I am biased, but I thought she looked heavenly! 
After...
I took a stab at cutting Kensie's bangs again, since they were falling in her eyes. I tried this trick I read about online where you take a piece of tape and put it accross the hair where you want to cut it. Then, when she moves, the hair doesn't and you can start back up where you left off. After my initial cuts, Chris decided to give her some "texture," pulling chunks of hair between his fingers and cutting on an angle like they do at the salon. The result is not bad... but we still haven't gotten the knack of doing this right at all... sorry, Kensie! Maybe when you get a little older and learn to sit still we will take you to a professional again!
