1,642 days

That's exactly the number of days I have been a mommy to this 4 1/2 year old!

Here is what Kenadie says she likes: "I like playing with my little ponies and my little pet shop pets.  I like to play with my little sister and watch TV and be with my mom and dad and spend the night with someone and read books.  I like to go to Papa and Kay Kay's house and eat popcorn and watch a movie.  I like going to D and Papaw's house and sitting in Papaw's chair.  I like to play games.  I like to play hide-and-go-seek, I was wondering if we could play it today?  I like to do everything, and go to school and church!  That's all I like.  Well, I do like to color.  I can't wait to grow up and that's what my Daddy always tells me not to do."

And here is what she says she doesn't like: "I don't like getting in trouble.  It makes me cry when you give me a spanking.  And I don't like to take a nap because it's boring and I don't like to take my night sleep because it takes too long to get up.  Well, there's nothing I don't really like.  And I don't like to eat salad.  I don't like lettuce.  Oh, and I'm afraid of wolves.  That's the only thing I don't like!"

She is 45 1/2" tall and weighs 46 lbs.  That means in 4 1/2 years she has grown 23 inches and gained 37 lbs!  She is such a girly girl, with her latest obsession being her "make-up bag!"  It goes WHEREVER I allow it to, and is quite often the item of choice to sleep with!  Thank goodness I have held on to ALL of those bags the Clinique bonuses come in!  Her eyes were as big as saucers when I showed her my "collection" for her to pick one for her "lipstick" aka chap stick and fingernail polish when she became OBSESSED with my make-up bag!  She also LOVES her jewelry!  So, I think it's safe to say I at least have one shopping partner in my future!

Love this little girl, and love being her mommy!  She keeps us entertained, amazed,and on our toes, that's for sure!            

15 Months

Today, our sweet Berkley is 15 months old!

I say "sweet", and she is... 95% of the time, but if you catch her in her "off" 5%... BEWARE!  Who knew BIG tempers could come in such small packages :)    

 31 3/4 inches (85th%)

23.6 lbs. (60th%)

Head circumference: 18 inches (40th%)

This little girl loves being outside, swinging, riding in the Barbie car, and doing anything Kenadie is doing!  Well, what I should say is, she pretty much enjoys doing anything that involves moving!  Easily, she walks 75 miles a day! :)  And about walking, she is sooo close to running.  She can move so fast!  To her, she probably thinks she is running :)  She has recently started becoming a little silly :)  and it's hilarious :)  That's thanks to Kenadie!

Although she is might near not talking, she understands pretty much EVERYTHING we tell her.  She says da-da most frequently and ma-ma ONLY when in SEVERE desperation as a call for help... and it's also hilarious :)  She makes the sweetest sound when she is mumbling her gibberish :)  Kenadie never mumbled gibberish, she just went from having no words/sounds to speaking words as clear as an adult, all by 12 months old.  So, I'm getting a bit antsy for Berkley to start talking, and stop all this "grunting" she likes to do that we totally give her what she wants when she does it...

She still takes two good naps and prefers to go to bed around 7:30.  If she is sleepy, she will start fretting and go stand by the bedroom door for you to put her in her bed :)   She's a great eater at this point, and I have only found one thing she didn't seem to like... salt and vinegar chips! 

I must note what a GREAT patient Berkley is!  I mentioned in my last post that when she had blood drawn, she didn't make the first whimper.  She always lets the nurse/doctor examine her without nearly bringing the building down, like her big sister!  Now, she's not a fan of having her ears looked in, but this little rascal has some high tolerance for pain apparently, because this was our 3rd ear infection to be discovered at a well baby visit!  And... she takes her medicine like a champ!  POLAR opposite of Kenadie even taking just Tylenol, or being weighed for that matter! 

That about sums up my little Berkley pie!               

She thinks she's big...

And it turns out, she IS!!!  Berkley definitely thinks she's big when she gets to sit with Kenadie at the table and color!  Like, how growny is she to be doing this??? 



And, it's quite impressive when a 14 month old can use an iPad... correctly!

You're getting a little too growny for your Mama when you can go down the slide and have THIS much fun doing it!

You're especially BIG when you are sitting in the driver's seat!  Who cares if it's not moving though, right???

And when you're BIG, you definitely need a calendar to keep up with all of those important dates you have!

But the number one reason you are considered BIG at 14 months old, is when you have blood taken, you don't even flinch!  And this Mommy of yours was definitely flinching/grimacing etc!!!  Berkley was tested for allergies this week, the skin "scratch" test or what have you, and then we were sent to the hospital to have some blood work done, in an effort to get to the bottom of whatever seems to be bothering her skin.  The skin test revealed that she wasn't allergic to anything, yay on that, but boo on not getting an answer...  Who knew skin could be so tricky!!!

Alright, Berkley... you can return to being little again, enough of the BIG stuff you've been doing as of lately!  THIS is who I like to think of you as, doing these types of baby things... :) 

   



Easter Sunday

On our way to church! 

Our church had two services this year, one at 8 a.m. and one at 10:30, with Bible Fellowship being in the middle of the two services at 9:15.  I casually suggested we go to the early service and then to Sunday School... The above picture was taken at approximately 8:30.  Needless to say, we didn't quite make it :) and I really don't think anyone in my family took me serious on my suggestion :)  Oh well...

    They quickly checked out their Easter baskets...

I hadn't made a big deal about the Easter bunny, he hadn't even been mentioned for that matter, but on Saturday night, I decided to tell/remind Kenadie about the Easter bunny leaving "treats" in her basket.  I was trying not to make a big deal about it, and I just wanted her to know the real meaning of why we celebrate Easter, to which she has been learning for years now, and so after my attempt to make sure she didn't get the message that Easter was all about a bunny, which I know she doesn't :) she just maturely and nonchalantly replied "Thanks, Mom!" and I was like, "Ha!  So, she couldn't care less about the Easter bunny apparently!" :)

After church, we came back to my parents for a delicious lunch, followed by about 3 hour naps for the girls, and then finally, a long awaited egg hunt!

This little girl was pretty proud to be sitting at such a "fancy" table and drinking from her fancy cup!

Berkley woke up a little before Kenadie, so we let her start her little egg hunt :)  She immediately knew what to do!  It was the cutest thing you ever did see!  Now, of course, once she found her two eggs, she was kinda over the hunt...  but cute nonetheless!

And who can resist a baby escaping in her bunny ears!?!

Sleeping Beauty FINALLY awoke!

The day ended with a beautiful drive off into the sunset :)  This would also be Berkley's newly discovered favorite pastime!!!  It's a shame I don't fit in the driver's seat of that thing, or I would be driving her around ALL afternoon, EVERY day!  Kenadie is already getting tired of "driving Berkley around in her pink car :)" 

Easter Field Day

Due to yucky weather, Kenadie's Easter Field Day at school had to be moved indoors, BUT no rain was going to spoil their fun!  There were games set up literally ALL over the church!  The kids had a great time, and Berkley was happy as a lark sitting in her stroller taking it all in. 

This was what she said was her favorite of ALL the games they played!  Bunny tag :)

Kenadie's class, minus two sweet little girls

Sack race fun!

We took a tumble :)

Friends :)

Enjoying the entertainment!

And there's that lady who takes ALLLL those pictures :)

After all games were played, we went back to their classroom for them to tell the parents the Easter story.



Comparison

The other day, my mom made the comment of how much Berkley looked like me at this age when I was a baby.  This was around the same age that Kenadie also favored me a lot, so I thought I would compare the two to see how much they favored :)  Kenadie looks tanner than normal in this pic, and Berkley looks fairer than normal.  Definitely Kenadie has a darker complexion for sure though, and that kind of throws off how much they favor to me.  Anyway, here they are at 14 months :)



Egg-Stravaganza!

I'm feeling a little back in pregnancy mode, minus the pregnancy part :)  It's 12:45 a.m. and I am UP WIDE AWAKE!!!  Oh, and I should mention it's Sunday morning, and in just 5 short hours, the lovely and ever so relaxing event of getting everyone dressed and loaded in the car by 8:30 to be on our merry way to church begins :)  Don't get me wrong, I have very willing participants, I just don't have enough time, but for some reason, I REFUSE to wake before 6 a.m. :) 

From the looks of my title, you're probably thinking we've been watching a little too much Miss Patty Cake's EggggStravaganza, or perhaps it's merely 1 a.m. and that was the best I could come up with... fitting nonetheless!  We had our first little egg hunt for the week today, I mean yesterday, which just so happened to be Berkley's 1st egg hunt to participate in.  Now, granted, she only cared about 2 eggs, two because that's how many hands she has :)  A blue one and an orange one, with more emphasis put on the orange one :)  We had great fun, and I got some really cute pictures, but what I learned most from today's experience is that Aaron WILL MOST DEFINITELY be putting a Canon Rebel on his Christmas list this year, because with two children, BOTH need their own photographer!  It's just a MUST!  Okay, so maybe that would be a little much... nah... yep, that's what he needs!  A camera just like mine :)  I was like a chicken with my head cut off trying to keep up with two kids going in separate directions, while attempting to photograph both of their every move!!!  Do you get the visual?  First, I was like "Well, I have to take more pictures of Berkley because it's her first egg hunt!"  And then I was like "No, Kenadie looks way different than she did last year doing this, so maybe it's her I need more pictures of???"  All in all, I captured cute moments from both.  I'll just try to not let my mind go to the moments I most definitely missed...

My adorable little family, minus me.  My hair was looking some kind of terrible, and that's kind of a big deal, ya know...

Here's that orange egg I was telling you about :)

And here's that adorable little girl who is just growing up way too fast!

All the kiddies.  This is not all, but a large portion of all the kids on Aaron's mom's side of the family. Acknowledging that that was probably grammatically incorrect, but remember, it's 1 a.m., and I got up going strong at 7 this morning.  Kinda thinking this is the first time I've sat all day...

"Mommy!  Candy!!!"

Again, that beloved orange egg...

Kenadie and cousin, Lily

I wonder if back when Aaron was a star football and baseball player, picture Aaron rolling his eyes here, but it's the truth... if he ever imagined he would be chasing two giggly, pink-wearing, little girls around :)  He's great at it though :)

We're at Aaron's grandparents, by the way.  The girl cousins: Ava, Kenadie, Berkley, Lily & Miriam 

She got a little thirsty :)  Noting here, we have YET to find a food Berkley doesn't like!  Poor thing can't have wheat or milk, but she doesn't know she's missing out :(

And this little girl hasn't found a candy that she doesn't like :)

Peek-a-boo!

This about wraps up our first egg hunt of 2012.  Now, off to try to catch my zzzzzz's..... because I've got some super sweet 2 year olds who will be ready to play with me when I get to church in the morning :)  Too-da-loo!