*She's nice and healthy. 80-90th percentile on height and weight, and 60th percentile for head circumference.
*She is using sentences now, 3-4 words.
*Her latest tv obsession is the Wiggles. Barney still holds her attention, but she asks for Wiggles now instead. We have been doing better in cutting down her tv watching to an hour a day. The Wiggles are supposed to come to the States (they are Australian) this year so we're hoping they'll come close enough for us to go see them live.
*She's learned the word, "scary". Most recently she went to the zoo with our friend Chris who watches her. She stood in front of a tiger who put his front paws on the window towering over her, and she was saying "Scary tiger" that day.
*Apparently she wanted to go swimming on her birthday because she fell in the pool today while we were all in the pool area working on the pump. David plucked her right out but she was saying "scary water!" after that.
*She is extremely active! The only time she sits still is during tv. Otherwise she does not stay still for more than a few seconds. Literally.
*She is learning how to take turns. It's very hard!
*She loves jumping castles!
*She goes lots of places around town. The local gymnastics gym, playtime at the library, the zoo, the Desert Museum, a jumping castle place, a local nursery that has goats you can feed, the park, the Children's Museum, and most recently Mt. Lemmon to play in the snow.
*She loves to look at pictures on the computer and she picks out different people/friends she knows. She probably talks about Baby Nola the most. She loves Baby Nola.
*David and I took two trips by ourselves in the last year. She stayed with Chris both times and had a blast I'm sure. Chris LOVES her and she LOVES Chris. And Chris' whole family.
*My sister and her family came to visit a couple weeks ago. It was a great visit and Kinsey played very well with her daughter. I was expecting lots of time outs for Kinsey not sharing, but she only had to go a few times. It helped quite a bit that my niece is extremely good at sharing (she's 3 1/2).
*My Mom was here to visit in May and October and she watched Kinsey a couple times for us so we could go out. It was nice!
*Barney (David) was at her birthday party two weeks ago. She was not a fan! She latched onto Chris the whole time. We eventually got her to wave at him but she wouldn't do anything else.
*She has seen her birth mother about 4 or 5 times in the last year and it is always a positive experience.
*We keep asking her if she wants a baby sister or a brother and she can't seem to make up her mind. Sometimes she says sister and sometimes brother. We have been on the waiting list since February so, Lord willing, we will find out in the next year or two!
