big girl in her big girl bed

 Mckenzie helping dadda set up her crib into a toddler bed.

 With Kenzie's 'new' bed, the girls have been sleeping together a lot in it. These are some ways we'd find them sleeping together.

Her new spot for nap time. Out of bed and right by the door

SIX MONTHS

Our little Kenzie girl is 6 months old today. I can't believe how much she has grown. She is THE most relaxed baby ever and is always so happy. She has so much patience (i'll admit, she gets that from her daddy). She can sit ... I mean, lay anywhere and wait quietly to be picked up. In the mornings, I don't exactly grab her right away from her crib when she wakes up because I just love listening to her talking to herself thru the monitor. It's the sweetest thing. She is now an expert at rolling over. I lay her on her back in one spot and immediately, she'll roll over onto her front. Then a few seconds later she will roll over on her back and so on. I would leave her for a minute or so and when I come back she is off the matt and chillin on the carpet. Now that she has aced rolling over, she is now trying to get on her hands and knees so she can start crawling. Poor girl, it's hard seeing her struggle and get frustrated over it. She will push herself up with her arms and slowly try to get up on her knees but always ends up falling forward cause her arms give out. She tries and tries and tries, so I know she'll get there soon. And when that day comes, that's when the gates go up ha ha. 

It honestly seems like yesterday when I was watching Sadie try to crawl. Now it's Mckenzie. Speaking of Sadie, her birthday is in 9 days. Her THIRD birthday that is. Where does the time go??

here's a little video of Sadie and Mckenzie. Mckenzie sure loves her Sadie and Sadie sure loves her Kenzie.

 

play together, stay together

Sisterly Love

Growing up, i've always wanted a little sister. I have two brothers and when it came down to it, I was always the one that was picked on. Sometimes it would be me and my older brother picking on our younger brother... but most of the time it would be me who was the victim. As much as I love my brothers, I'm sure having a sister would have been a ton of fun. But oh well, I was stuck being the only girl.

I'm actually happy with the outcome of having two girls. Something i've always wanted and now I'm able to give Sadie and Kenzie that experience of having a sister. Sadie has been such an awesome big sister. She always wants to hold her saying, "hugs hugs hugs" (that's her way of saying "I want to hold Kenzie"). And it melts my heart when I see her trying to comfort Mckenzie. When Mckenzie is crying, she'll ask me for her soother so she can put it in Mckenzie's mouth. And if that doesn't work, she'll pat Mckenzie saying "it's ok".

Mornings are the funniest. Mckenzie and I will be sitting on the couch (sometimes with Mike with us as well), and when Sadie wakes up, she'll come downstairs and walk towards us pointing at Mckenzie and say, "mommy, who's that?". I'll say, "it's Mckenzie." her response will be "right, Kenzie.... awwwe cuuuuute" lol Mike and I laugh everytime she does it.

I was so worried about how Sadie would act not being the baby in the house anymore but she has honestly been great. She has her days where she isn't pleasant to be with, but she's only young - she's slowly understanding.

I love my girls so much and i'm so thankful to have them in my life. I am excited to see them grow.