The past few months, it has been amazing watching as Kennedy develops from a little baby into an intelligent little toddler. It makes me sad to say that T word (toddler), but that is really what she is now.
She is now surprising us daily with her ability to communicate through sign language. Telling mommy and daddy "more, all done, please, help" etc has really allowed us to understand some of her needs and reduces her frustration.
She knows a few words (dada and finally mama, duck, uh-oh, tickle) as well as many many animal sounds (and some actions). Whenever somebody is visiting, Kennedy likes to show off her tricks by doing the sounds for cow, dog, cat, snake, pig, lion, tiger, bear, elephant, and actions for butterfly, fish and lizard. It is the cutest thing in the world.
She's finally obsessed again with books (we went on a little strike from books for a couple of months and this teacher-mommy was sad as I want her to be a reader!) She loves to sit with mommy or daddy or by herself and (quickly) read through the pages, looking for animals she knows. It's adorable when she picks up a familiar book and brings it over to me saying the animal sound that she knows is one one of the pages. We will flip flip flip through the pages quickly until she recognises the page that she wants and will point and make the animal sound. Adorable.
She loves to tickle and be tickled. She tickles all over the body saying her cute little "ticka ticka" sound and even enjoys tickling inanimate objects.
She has thirteen teeth and uses them well when eating! She's a fruit eater that's for sure. Give her a peach, some grapes or blueberries and we have a happy girl!
When she runs she "gallops" like a horse. Her little legs move so quickly and she still stumbles upon her feet at time as her feet move faster than her body will let her go.
She loves going to the park. Up and down the slide, the ladders, and swinging on the swings (she signs swing too!). We also like our neighbourhood park as it is surrounded by little rocks, which of course she loves to put in her mouth.
She has her babies that she rocks, burbs, and gives bottles to. When we cover her baby with a blanket she says "shhh" in her own little form. Adorable.
She climbs up and down the stairs when minimal assistance (although we are always right by her side as she sometimes gets distracted and wants to look down the stairs). We still have baby gates up though as we aren't 100% confident on them yet.
She loves being outside and going for walks. Less time in the stroller these days and more time walking the streets on her own.
She still loves the bath tub and really enjoyed time at the cottage in the water this summer. She splashes like a little fish!
It's all these little things that we see on a daily basis that melt my heart and I'm worried that one day I won't remember all of the cute things she used to do. Thank goodness for pictures, videos and blogs (well, if they are updated).
