More Teeth

I noticed yesterday that Kenna has two more little teeth poking out of her upper gums. So cute. More teeth. All the better to down a banana with, right baby? Not sure when they poked through, but I just saw them yesterday. If nannies are smart, they would never tell moms things like, "She walked today" or "She got her first front tooth." That is a sure way to get fired. :) When Kenna walks, I want to THINK that I saw it first.

So cute

Oh, my sweet McKenna! I just about fell in love with this baby all over again today. She took a bath with me after my half marathon. She was so cute and so happy. She is starting to nod her head "Yes," and I love it. And she likes to play games with Tim where they pass a bath toy back and forth in their mouths. She copies him perfectly and shakes her head with the toy in it so he can't get it. She loves it. She is still doing her gymnastics scoot as I like to call it. She sits in a straddle position, and then uses her hands to push herself forward like a gymnastics strength trick. She is getting really fast at it, too.

Not sure what happen, but her hair stinks. It used Selsen Blue shampoo on it about a week ago, and ever since then, it has smelled like burnt hair. I used oils and all kids of yummy smelly shampoo, and it will not go away. Too bad. Tim thinks the hair got fried my the shampoo, and it will stay like this until it grows out. So sad, stinky baby.

Done. 3 hours, 34 minutes. Three smiling faces waiting for me at the finish. Waiting for Grandpa John.

Kenna is army crawling today!!

10 Months

My angel is 10 months today. She is scooting around the front room like a gymnast. The girl just likes to have her butt on the ground. She doesn't like to stand or hang out on her hands and knees. She keeps her back really straight and her legs open in a "V" shape. Then she puts her hands on the ground and puts her whole body weight on her hands. Then she scoots forward. It seems like a lot more work than it is worth, and I think she knows that. So, she likes to sort of stay put. Today she is "crawling" all around. And she crawled to me for the first time.

Kenna's got two teeth that she got 2 weeks ago at 9 and a half months. They are the two bottom front teeth. She seems to really enjoy them. She sticks her tongue out a lot to feel the teeth on the bottom of her tongue, and she already has the hang of biting things. She eats her bananas a lot faster now. And she left little teeth marks on a toy baby bottle today.

I call Kenna my 6 month angel because until the last few days with the crawling, she has just sat on the ground and acted like a 6 month old. This is, of course, wonderful because 6 month old babies are gods gift to new moms. They are the best. They do all the fun stuff and none of the crappy stuff. Amen for a 6 month 10 month old. I love it.

McKenna is very social and loving, and I love to cuddle and squeeze her.

She still takes a bottle of formula about every 3 hours. And today for the first time she gestured to a bottle I was putting away and screamed with a "Hey, Give me that," tone of voice. I loved it. So amazing.

Call it wiggling or scootting or whatever, but Kenna can move!! She just came to me for the first time. I doubt she'll ever crawl. Walking? Someday, I'm sure.

I think it is so cute to see a kid holding a toy microphone. But it gets a lot less cute when they start screaming into it. -- Deep thoughts about Kristie Quinn

McKenna loves bananas, and she squealed when she saw a banana in her easter basket this morning. I peel them and hand them to her whole. She just dives in.