This has been one of the best weekends of my whole life. Kennedy turned one on Friday. (pictures will be coming soon.)
Saturday May 8: Jay was out of town. Kennedy grabbed her ears. I knew she was getting a tooth, but does this cause you to pull your ears? Hmm not sure? Off to the pediatrician’s special sick hours. Yep, they pull their ears when they are teething.
Thursday May 13: NOT! Back to the pediatrician. Still pulling ears. Still coughing. Still snotty. Tooth is completely in. Diagnosis, ear infection!
Friday: I took off of work a little early on Friday to throw Kennedy a party at daycare. It was so special. The kids enjoyed pizza, capri sun, and ice cream cone cupcakes. Kennedy ate almost her entire cupcake! Kennedy got some sweet toys from the kids and for the first time in her life she actually stood up for herself. Typically Kennedy is the kind of kid that is called “easy going.” Older kids would take toys from her and she would smile and find another toy. She was always being taken advantage of because she was “easy going”. Well not any more ladies and gentlemen! As of Friday when her friend tried to take her toy she fought back! She grabbed. She pulled. She went to pull hair. She may have even gotten a slap in on the other child! I have never been so proud. I am Proud that she stood up for herself. The “easy going” label was just getting old. Way to go Kennedy! You are now a strong independent woman who Will Not be taken advantage of!
Saturday: 35 of her closest friends and family came together at our family lake house. We had a pink and green celebration which included boat rides, tubing, kiddie pools, swimming in the lake, cake, hot dogs, and so much fun. I was told that people had never seen a one year old have so much fun at her party. She played and she played hard. She went on her first boat ride which she LOVED. She waved and said “wee” the whole time! We decided the lake may be the annual location for the birthday party. She partied so hard that she actally fell asleep at 6:30! (this is VERY early for our little girl.) My friend and photographer of the day, Sarah, just posted pictures on facebook. Check them out there until I can upload my own.
Sunday: Doc, Dori, Blake, Papa Lovett, and Grammy all stayed at the lake with us. We enjoyed an early morning breakfast and Kennedy really enjoyed checking out the sprinkler with papa lovett. It was sad to see out special weekend come to an end.
Monday: Happy birthday Jay! We didn’t forget about you!
Cool 1 year old facts:
Words: Mama, Daddy, La la, uh oh, see, what’s that, mine, go, dog, duck, balloon, night night, potter, hi, bye bye, boat, and no
Motor skills: crawling, pulling up, cruising
Fine motor skills: eating all kinds of food with her fingers, scribbles on paper with a pen
Favorite: monkey stuffed animal that we named Blink, house toy, wagon rides, boat rides
Dislikes: baked beans, cranberries, drinking from a sippy cup
Cool facts: still nursing 4 times a day, sleeps from 8:30-6:30, naps once a day 2 hours for sherry 1 hour for me, only a few more week before school gets out!
