Natalie at 16 months

Here are some fun facts about our happy Nat-bug:


~ She loves to run


~ She is adventurous and full of life


~ She likes to be coy and pretends she is shy, and then will just break out in the biggest grin


~ She likes to pull out all her books and then will sit for quite some time and "read"


~ She likes to play hide and seek


~ She is a terrific eater and will usually out-eat her sister


~ She is fearless


~ She likes to look out the window and front door


~ She likes to see the dog and is not afraid of going right up to one


~ She loves the bath and always tries to drink the water


~ She can be sneaky


~ She loves her sister, and gets excited to "wake her up" after a nap


~ She knows these body parts: head, hair (not a body part, but let me slide on that), ears, nose, eyes, teeth, belly button, hands, leg, and feet


~ She knows how to say "please", "more", and "all done" in sign language


~ She hasn't said many words yet, but just lately, seems to try and repeat things we've said.  So far we know she can say: Dada, Mimi, dog, good, truck, hi, bye, ball, out

WE LOVE YOU NATALIE!!!

 

Kennedy at 16 months

So I need to share some fun facts about our sweet Ken-Ken. 

~ She loves to carry around a cup and a spoon.  A lot.

~ She is getting braver

~ She likes to see a dog and wave to the dog and say "dog" but she does NOT like for them to come close to her!

~ She loves milk and sometimes drinks more than she eats, but likes most foods

~ She likes giving hugs, especially to her sister

~ She is very content to play by herself

~ She likes to pretend to talk on the phone

~ Lately, she does NOT like to have to lay down for me to change her diaper

~ She loves bath time and will play and laugh and splash

~ She is very attached to mommy lately, and probably says "Mommy" 100 times a day

~ She enjoys just watching people, and laughs at the silly things Natalie does

~ She loves books and will point to different things in the book and want you to tell her what they are

~ She knows these body parts: head, nose, ear, belly button, hands, leg, and feet

~ She babbles a lot, and from what I understand, she says: Mommy, Dada, Mimi, Papa, baby, hi, bye-bye, out, sister, dog, book, yes

WE LOVE YOU, KENNEDY!!!

Saturday Fun

Just some fun stuff we have done around here the past few Saturdays ~

* The girls went with me to Centennial Park to do the one mile walk for the annual "Runnin' to Beat the Blues" that my agency (Mental Health Association of Middle TN) sponsors.  It was a pretty day, the girls were perfect, and afterward we walked around the lake and pointed to the ducks.

* The girls love being outside, so whenever possible, we go for a spin in their pink cars, run around in the front yard, or go to the park.  Lots of adventure!  

Okay, on to the photos:

Easter Sunday

I've certainly got some catch-up to do, so let's start with Easter.  It gets harder to take a decent family shot with both girls looking, let alone smiling.  Most of their individual shots are "action shots" but of course they still look cute doing whatever it is they are doing.  I love the picture of the girls riding the swing, with Kennedy holding onto Natalie.  Precious.  Natalie loved pushing around the lawn mower and Kennedy just likes to take it all in and watch everyone.  They did hunt for Easter eggs, and found goodies inside like goldfish, cheerios, and some jelly beans (which Joel & I decided was our duty to eat!)  Mimi made the girls t-shirts with a bunny embroidered on the front and their name on it, but of course I don't have any pictures of it!  We still wear them, so I will try and get some posted.  More new blog posts to come... stay tuned  :)

Outside!

The girls really enjoy being outside and now that it is finally spring, we are making the most of our outdoor time. We chose to bring some blankets and toys outside and see how that went (I was just hoping they wouldn't run off in two different directions!) But we had a lot of fun. Thely love exploring and every time they see their pink cars, they want to get in and ride around. So we spend as much time as we can outside!!!

Owl Park

We went for the first time to the park (well, since the girls have been big enough, walking and all)
It was a semi-warm day the first weekend in March and after being couped up all winter, we couldn't resist. Joel was out of town, so my sister Emily was staying with me, so we loaded up the girls and had a picnic lunch at the park, and then introduced Natalie and Kennedy to the swings and the slide. As I would have expected, Natalie loved it all, and had a big grin the whole time, as we pushed her high on the swing and as she went "Weee" down the slide. SO CUTE. Then Kennedy was much more reserved and hesitant about all the new stuff (also what I would expect) but did okay going down the slide, cried in the swing, and mostly she loved walking around and exploring and watching the big kids. ADORABLE. Here are some photos from that day.