These last two months have made me realize, more than ever, that Kinsey is no longer a baby. She's a little girl! Her face has become more grown up in just a few months, she says new words out of the blue, understands EVERYTHING, and tries to tell you everything. We're still working on the pronunciation aspect of her speech.
She still needs lots of love and attention and wants to be held quite a bit. A tear-free breakfast has been a struggle lately so I let Kinsey sit on my lap or in a big chair. She is on cloud nine when that happens!
Kinsey LOVES any opportunity to be a big girl, like drinking out of a real cup. We still have to watch her quite closely because her temper can explode in less than a second and the drink will go flying even faster.
She loves living with Grandma and Grandpa and knows just where to go when she wants to get her way. It's also adorable when she yells "Papa" to Grandpa in the middle of church.
Kinsey is constantly getting in her drawers and putting on (or taking off) clothes. Her favorites are pants and SOCKS. She has a serious obsession with socks. It's also not uncommon to get her out of bed and find her in only a diaper or with her pants on inside out.
She listens so well now...when she's in the mood. For example, when I put Kinsey down for bed I tell her to close her eyes and she does! It's so cute.
Little K loves Eric's old rocking chair. I think it's precious that she loves what once was his when he was her age.
Now that she's a little older I can experiment with her hair more. Like braiding...
or even semi-straightening it!! Doesn't she look so grown up?
I would love to give her more activities to do but everything still ends up in her mouth--crayons, colored pencils, pencils, and play dough! Yup, that blue snot is thanks to play dough. But I guess that was in her mouth AND nose.
Our absolute biggest struggle has been Kinsey playing with her poop. She tends to poop during nap time (worst timing ever) and started taking her whole diaper off and poop got EVERYWHERE! Now, she just reaches in her diaper, pulls poop out, and spreads it on her crib. Disgusting, I know. We've implemented cold showers into her punishment. Surprisingly that didn't do the trick, so now we watch her through a baby monitor to make sure she's not being a stinker.
On the plus side, we've been enjoying some summer activities like playing in Kinsey's new pool!
And a family favorite of snow cones!! I was pretty excited to find sugar free flavors for Kinsey. It's really like she's just eating ice haha!
She makes the cutest faces that just crack me up. Like this.
And this. Despite the gross mayo she's holding.
And her gorgeous smile. I LOVE that smile.
The girl's got style.
But my favorite part about Kinsey is how loving she is. She's been interacting a lot more with her sisters. She doesn't really like calling them by name and just says "baby" when referring to them. She definitely notices how they are growing and takes advantage of this by playing with them.
She likes to be a part of whatever they do.
But lately Kinsey has really just enjoyed giving Scarlett and Shayla lots of hugs and kisses.
