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.

New tricks

Kenna can put a blanket over my face and pull it off for peek-a-boo. She can clap with a toy in her had. She can wave with her hand side to side and open and shut. She is starting to say "hi" when she waves. She is starting to put her hands on the ground to support her, and she is reaching more.

Avery McKenna's favorites: peek-a-boo with blanket, her blanket, tim's zipper in gray jacket, waving to people, laundry baskets, Vince.

I just put kenna in her booster seat for dinner. She seemed to beam with pride when I pushed her up to the table. She barely dropped any food. 9 months baby!

Fever

McKenna was really fussy last night before bed, and she woke up with a 101.5 fever. Her whole body was hot except for her left leg. Weird. I thought maybe her sock was cutting off her circulation. I took it off, gave her some Tylenol and put her back to bed. She ate a big breakfast (supper cakes with pear butter yogurt) and is now watching The House of the Lord movie while playing in her exersaucer. I put some lemon and lavender oils on her feet and ear lobes. Tim is sick too, but he won't allow the foot rub. I put lemon oil in his orange juice. My poor babies.