The Roberts Family: 14 Months Old...

Friday, January 7, 2011

14 Months Old...

This is a few days late, but Kensley turned 14 months old this past Tuesday. Every month seems to go by so quickly and each stage seems to be more fun. Kensley is so funny these days and she is constantly keeping us on our toes. She is such the little entertainer and loves to make us laugh.

Kensley is definitely more vocal these days and seems to "talk" all the time. She is trying hard these days to say words. She'll try to repeat words that we say and every once in a while it sounds somewhat like what we just said. We've been working on her consonant sounds d's, b's and m's lately and she's been doing great. She also continues to point and grunt at everything.

Along with "talking", Kensley likes to sing. She has the sweetest little voice and will often "sing" a few notes when we ask her to. It's usually more of a "ya, ya, ya.." and it's so cute. She still enjoys music and will dance (however it looks like more of a squat up and down) to familiar songs or when we do.

Kensley still has a strong love for her baby dolls and stuffed animals and loves to snuggle with them. It's so sweet to see her hug them and love on them. We say she's a little hoarder as she's always trying to hold or gather as much as possible (stuffed animals, blocks, blankets, etc.).

As mentioned above, Kensley is quite the little entertainer. She's well aware when she has a captive audience and tends to show off. As soon as she gets a laugh she'll repeat the same action over and over again while smiling and laughing.

Kensley is super curious and always seems to want to be where we are. She follows us around the house, into bathrooms and even pushing aside the shower curtain to make sure, she's right there. When we're in the kitchen, she'll pull on our pant legs or try to push us out of the way to get us to pick her up and show her what we're doing. One of her favorite spots is sitting on the kitchen counter so she can be in the middle of all the action.

This little girl still loves her paci. Although we've restricted it to bedtime, naps and emergency situations (church, long car rides, etc.), she still sometimes fights to give it up. When we come in to get her in the morning she'll often scramble to pick up all of her paci's in the crib, pop one in her mouth, hold the others and sit in the corner. It's like she's trying to get every last second in with the paci before we pick her up and ask her to put them down. Our hope is to completely take away the paci's before baby #2 comes, but I'm nervous to think how that will go.

This past weekend, we decided to turn Kensley's carseat around. She's been pushing her feet up against the backseat for a while and really rocking her carseat. We took her for a little drive once Jeremy got it installed and she was so cute. We could tell she was trying to figure out what was going on and she had the sweetest little smile as we pulled out of the driveway. She's still in the middle for now, but before long we'll have to move her to the side to accommodate her little brother or sister.