18 months

ahhh i can't even believe my baby is a year and a half old. that is crazy! she is so amazing and learning something new everyday. i can't wait to see her as a big sister, she loves to kiss the baby right now and if you ask her who the big girl is she raises her arms up in the air! i am thinking she will do pretty well with the change except when she is tired. she is a big cuddler when she is tired so that will be hard if i am feeding the baby or busier then i am these days. we will just have to see how it goes.

lately kinsley has been gaining words everyday. just today she said ouch for the first time. she says poopy alot and i have been noticing that shortly after she tels me poopy she will poop in her diaper. so we are getting close to potty training but right now i don't have the energy to do it fully. i would rather not start and stop so we are just waiting til after the baby to dive into that fun. she has sat on the potty and flushed it altho she did not like the flushing at all!!!

she loves her cat for sure and talks about stella (lella) all day long. she torments that poor cat and i have to say stella is pretty good wit her but will bite after being hit and squeezed several times. i can't blame her! the neighbors got a puppy and Kinsley loves it so i am sure a puppy will be here in our future but not for awhile. other then that she loves books and music. she plays pretty well during the day and sometimes just wants to sit with me on the couch and rest. we watch a few cartoons when we catch them on. i haven't learned the schedules yet but there are a few i will leave on if i see them, mostly ones with music and dancing!

there is just so much she is doing i can't possibly write it all, she is such a lover and can be a stubborn little thing too. she had temper tantrums already, well she was born that way! her personality is great and everywhere we go she makes friends and people will comment on her smile, her eyes, her talking, her friendliness, etc. she is outgoing and just loves everyone. my dad used to say i was running for mayor when i was little and i think kinsley is following in my foot steps!

i tried to get a picture today but couldn't get anything good, she just moves to fast these days! i will do a big picture post soon of the past month.

6 teeth and more

kinsley has 6 teeth coming in so that has been fun. she is actually holding it together pretty well just some tough nights. she also has been a little sick from the weather change and teething combo, but nothing major.
she seems to be gaining words by the day and putting them together in 2 word phrases a lot. she is also following directions like crazy. it always shocks me when i ask her to go get a toy and put it away and she does!!!!!! although she still thinks i am joking when i say no! she should be fun at 2 and even more fun at 3...yikes!!!!

Smarty pants! and teeth!

we had a HMG visit the other day an the SLP came out to do her assessment on kinsley. i told her to start we had no real speech concerns it was mainly the swallowing issues. and she confirmed we have nothing to worry about right now. kinsley did everything on the 15-18 month assessment and even had a few items score on the 21 month assessment. as far as swallowing they aren't really able to help with that either. both the SLP and the home teacher asked if we had thought about putting her in the preschool as a peer when she is 3. i said we would like to, but where her birthday falls they probably won;t take her till she is 4. there is another local preschool that seems great, i know alot of moms that have kids that go there and they are all happy and from what i have seen i think i would like it too, at least for her 3 yr old year. can you believe this time next year i will be signing her up for preschool!!!!!!

we have more teeth!!!!! we have the 2 bottom cuspids (the pointy ones) and one for sure molar on the top and possibly a second!!!!