My sweet girl is already 16 and 1/2 months! But most days I feel like she might as well be 3......she seems like such a big girl! I have been home with her for a couple months now since its summer time and I can hardly believe how much she's changed  in such little time.  She is talking like crazy, I feel like she learns a few new words every day. I'll say something once and then all of a sudden she's added it to her vocabulary (mommy sort of thinks she's a genius, haha!).  I wish I could remember all of her words right now but a few of them are: dog, no-no dog, no-no Ba-ma (Boomer), Osh (Cash), moo, brush, hot, wow, more, water, ball, moon........and more! And even though she's been able to say Ma-ma for awhile, she for some reason likes to say it all day now........which I love :) And every time she says Da-da, she says it in a whisper......we think its funny :)


She also definitely started entering her "terrible twos" this summer even though she's not two! She has gotten much better but for awhile there, I was scared! She is not afraid to let her sass show but she's learning what is ok and what is not ok.  But, while she may be starting with her fits and what not, she is still such a sweet, sweet angel! Her precious smile and kisses melt my heart daily.  I'd have to say the thing that gets me most is when she pats me and rubs me on the back and lays her head on my shoulder when I pick her up . She's been doing this since she was little bitty but I still melt a little every time! 


She is still in the high 90's in her percentiles..........big girl! She is wearing 2T now in most everything. I'm sure she could wear 24 mos in some stuff but I don't buy it because I know she'll grow out of it asap! That little belly is definitely rounding out, so precious! Here are some cute pics I've taken lately.  Gotta love those tooshy pics!

I had to add a heart tattoo, how could I not?!?!

This is one of her favorite things to do right now, not a very flattering picture but oh so cute to me! :)

This one I snapped today because she was actually keeping her bow in her hair!!! This child DOES NOT like anything in her hair.......which I would be ok with except that it is OUT OF CONTROL right now! Nobody warns you about the horrible stage their hair has to go through while it is growing out.........ick! It grows straight down into her face and it doesn't seem to bother her, I just don't get it :)

A few other things that Kinley loves right now:
-Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
-Bubble Guppies
-Books! Moo, Baa, Lalala is probably her fav right now
-Bubbles!
-Gymboree class
-water
-coloring (on everything)
-blocks
-singing "the itsy bitsy spider" &"if you're happy and you know it"
-walking around in the backyard
-stacking and putting things inside of other things
-"helping" with the dishwasher/dishes
-playing in the dog water bowl, ugh!
-Most of all, THIS GIRL LOVES HER DOGGIES! I never ever thought that she would like them as much as she does.  She constantly has to be patting one of them or cuddling with them.  Boomer didn't care for it for a long time but now he doesn't mind her at all, thank goodness.

Love you Kinley Ann! Not sure how Mommy is gonna be able to go back to work after spending some of the best months of my life with you this Summer! :(

Where has the time gone?!?!?!

 Oh my goodness, I can't believe how long i've put aside this blogging thing! I am so afraid im going to forget everything about my sweet girl's 1st year! New moms at work ask me questions all the time about Kinley's baby stage and I ALREADY can't remember A LOT about it, eek!
There's no way to catch up on everything I've failed to post over this crazy year (selling our house, living with my parents for almost 3 months, going back to work at the same time, moving into our new house, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, my bday, Jay's 30th, and countless other "firsts" for K) so I'll just start with her 1st birthday! This is our sweet little chicken on the morning of her big day, opening her presents from mommy and daddy :) She was the happiest ever that morning!
 

 And this was her later at her polka dot themed birthday party, not very happy at all! She had been really sick the week before (our first big sickness, almost 105 fever :( ) so she was still getting over that......and I don't think she liked having all those people in her house, there were A LOT more than there ever have been.  But everyone still had fun and she got a lot of great things to help her enter the "toddler" phase. 

 These are some shots I took of her yesterday morning in her 1 year outfit (even though she's 13 1/2 ish months already) because I didn't really get any good ones the day of her party.  I worked hard making this 1 onesie so I wanted to make sure I had a good pic of it! :)

Around Easter time, it dawned on me that we HAD to take her picture in the beautiful Texas bluebonnets.  I remember doing this as a kid so I wanted to do it with her too.  Here are 2 great shots, gosh she's cute! :)

I can't believe that we have a one year old and I can't believe that I still fall more in love with her everyday! I've said this about every stage (except newborn stage, eek!) but this might be my favorite! She is communicating like a real little person! We could just sit here and play and laugh at her hilarious personality all day.  She is not totally walking yet, she's being VERY stubborn about it and can totally do it if she would just take some chances! We're up to about 5 steps on her own, closer everyday.  She will walk the whole backyard if you're just barely touching her.........silly girl!
Here are some other fun things I want to remember about this age:
-She loves all food, especially goldfish and nutri grain bars
-She gives daddy the stiff arm and says "no" if he tries to take her from mommy, hilarious!
-I swear she says dog although I can't be sure since I don't speak baby
-She learned to throw balls awhile back and now loves to throw EVERYTHING, not to be rude......just because everything is like a ball I guess!
-She loves her brothers - she loves to feed Boomer all of her food from her highchair and loves to cuddle Cashy all day. 
-She is a patter, she pats her brothers and pats mommy and daddy as if she's saying "i like you, good job"
-Still like to fall asleep with mommy or daddy holding you while watching tv
-love patty cake and still love to play peek a boo
-love the water and can't wait to swim more this summer and at Mrs. Maret's pool
-like to sit in your big girl polka dot chair
-dance and sway to EVERY tune you hear, whether its a real song or a cell phone
-like to go on wagon rides in  your cool new wagon
-say "whats that" which sounds like "uh sah"
-love saying "uh-oh" and love to drop things just so you can say it.  You also say it whenever mommy gets a text which cracks me up. 
-climb the stairs every chance you get

I know there's so much more but thats a good start! Here's some other memorable photos :)

It's been a crazy, crazy, crazy year for the Jensen family.  It has NOT been fun at all being a working mommy, lots of sad days, tears and emotions for this momma........... but you gotta do what you gotta do and we are so very blessed to have an amazing babysitter, Mrs. Maret - to take great care of her while we can't.  I absolutely cannot wait until summer so I can spend everyday playing and taking care of my girl!

I guess I should also mention that me and Kinley are very, very proud of Daddy right now.  He will be DONE with his MBA in a few short months (big graduation party in the works!) and got a new job that he starts on Tuesday! This job is something he's been waiting for for a looooong time and he will finally have a chance to put that big numbers brain of his to work! Now if he can just become a millionaire, we'd very much appreciate that! :)