Watching the Planes

Caelan waits for a plane to take off

I think I see one...

Does MaKenna see one too?

Nope, she 's checkin' out those cute lil tootsies

Caelan, MaKenna and I took a hike on the Mount Vernon trail

to go see the planes take off and land from Reagan Ntl Airport.

Keeping Up with the One Year Old

Wow, our little lamb is one! It is so exciting to watch our little MaKenna grow, explore, laugh and love. She definately is her own person with her own personality. She is so lovable and affectionate. Loves to play and learn with Mom, Dad and Caelan.

MaKenna's nicknames: MaKenna-Coo, Kenna, Muh-Kennnnnna, MaKenna-Babe, Babe (Caelan's nickname for her), sweetie pie, Scoochie, Pumkin, Baby, Baby Girl (another of Caelan's nicknames for her), Princess

Stats: 4-5-10 one year exam Weight: 17lbs10oz, Height: 29", Head cir: 18"

Signs: more, please, excuse me, eat, thank you and she blows kisses, waves bye-bye, (for the rest of the stuff she mainly points)

Words: Da-da or Daaaaa (Daddy), MeMe (Mommy), Buhbuh (Bubba), Beebee (baby), puhpuh (puppy or any small animal) and Hi

Activities:

• She can stand for 3-4 seconds


• Can step along if holding onto our fingers


• Crawls very, very fast.


• She loves to be chased or play hide and seek.


• Walks along furniture and coffee table.


• "Talk on the phone" anything can be used as a phone which she holds on her shoulder and she babbles away. It's funny, each time she is on the phone the sounds of her talk is always the same.


• Play with Caelan. They play together so well. I hear a lot of laughing, some crying, but mainly laughing when they're together. She also can hold her own. If Caelan starts messing with her or takes something from her she starts yelling!
• She loves to climb. She started climbing at her birthday party, on the soft equipment, then to Grandma and Papa's stairs, our platform bed and now into the stroller.


• Loves to push buttons. If it has a button she will attempt to get at it! Ie: remotes, house phones, cell phones, cameras, toys etc.


• Enjoys playing the piano at Grandma and Papa's house. She will crawl over to the piano, pull herself up and walk along pushing the keys.


• Plays peek-a-boo. Covers her eyes then says Peeeeeeeee.
  

Food:

MaKenna is a goooooooood eater. She pretty much eats anything and everything. She could eat often and a lot!

Dislikes: We have had a slow start with our Milk intake. We've tried all kinds of tricks. Heating, not heating, different styles of cups, putting stuff in the milk like vanilla, vanilla or strawberry Carnation instant breakfast, etc. Hopefully with time she'll learn from Caelan, who is the Milk Man!

Special Treats from G'ma Betty

Oooooooo, yummy! Veggie marshmellows!

See my beautiful hat!

How prettty

Caelan had to try on the hat (like usual)
He is a hat man!

Born to Rock!

Need I say more?

4-7-10 Caelan and MaKenna received some very special Easter treats from Grandma Betty and Aunt Robin. It was like Christmas without the

"Christmas man" (snowman) around, as Caelan says.

Thank you for all the wonderful gifts!

Swim Time

Caelan is ready...

MaKenna is almost ready....

We're ready!

4-7-10 We had to take a quick dip in the pool. This was MaKenna's first time in the pool. She floated around in her "boat" and splashed and splashed. I believe she had a fabulous time! Caelan was The Man. He held on to me, to MaKenna's boat and the wall, but was kicking the whole time! He did great!

Happy Easter!

Caelan and MaKenna just found their Easter baskets

She was so excited to see all her little goodies!

So Handsome!

Grandma reads to MaKenna her first Easter card

The Kinzer Clan after Easter mass

Dad and Mom

I'm just so haaaaaaaappy!

In their Easter best

Caelan prepares himself for the big Easter egg hunt.

The Easter bunny left many eggs in our courtyard for Caelan to find.

I found one.....

"Papa, look at the egg I found with Daddy."

Caelan enjoys the spoils of the hunt

Our little bunny

4-4-10 MaKenna's first Easter! We had such a blast. My Mom and Dad were here to celebrate with us. We began the day with breakfast, then finding of the Easter baskets, church and the glorious egg hunt in the courtyard of our apartment building. (It was like we were in our own backyard! No one was out, I hid the eggs all over and we had our very own hunt.) We had told Caelan the Easter bunny had just been here and he left many eggs for him to find. After the hunt we returned to the apartment for the Easter dinner preparations which we ate on the roof. We topped off our Easter day with a very special birthday cake for MaKenna.

What an incredible day!

4-3-10 Happy First Birthday MaKenna!!

4-3-10 Good Morning Birthday Girl!

Grandma and Papa arrive

4-4-10 We continue the birthday celebration with cake

and singing on the roof of our building

Oooooooh!

Like this MaKenna...

Caelan helps out his lil' sis

Mmmmmm, frosting!

Finally, my first bite of cake!

Happy Birthday MaKenna! You amaze us every day. You are beautiful, so full of love, funny and the perfect lil sister for Caelan! This year has been filled with so many "firsts", each and every one a joy to watch and experience with you. We cherish every moment together and look forward to every single one to follow.

We love you MaKenna-Coo!

Happy 5th Anniversary!

4-2-10 Our fifth wedding anniversary! (celebrated on 4-3-10)

Shawn and I are so blessed! We have two amazing children and family & so many good friends that fill our lives with moments that make life exciting. This time last year we were expecting our second baby,

matter of fact, MaKenna was born the following day!

This year our anniversary dinner at Rays the Steaks was special as well, we were able to share it with my parents, who flew out for Easter weekend.

Shawn I love you, I would choose you all over again!

Coloring Easter Eggs

MaKenna wanted to make her own egg

Caelan was having so much fun!

See Mom, I can do it!

(Earlier that day we had been trying on our Easter outfits and

Caelan loved the tie so much he didn't want to take it off.)

He was ever so gentle!

The egg bandit strikes again!

Caelan shows off our finished master pieces

4-2-10

Upton Hill Easter Egg Hunt

Caelan & MaKenna make sure their baskets are

in proper working order for the Easter egg hunt

Moooooom, we're ready for the Easter egg hunt?

We met our friends from Mom's group at the Easter egg hunt

Tara, new baby Caden in stroller, Adelyn, Katelyn,

Carrie & Andy, Caelan and Maggie

Caelan meets the Easter Bunny

The count down before "the hunt"

Look at all those eggs!

Caelan slowly goes about gathering eggs. He was more interested in

opening the few eggs he had, to see what treats were inside,

than filling his bucket with lots of eggs.

Look what I found!

I found mine!

Caelan shares his goodies with Maggie

The Gang

Adelyn, Katelyn, Caelan and Maggie

4-1-10 We met some of our friends from Mom's group at an Easter egg hunt at Upton Hill Park. This was a really fun event for the kids. They could do craft projects, enjoy some little treats, jump in a moon bounce, meet the Easter Bunny and of course hunt for eggs. The egg hunt was divided into age groups and each group had their own area sectioned off. We all had to laugh the Easter egg hunt had such a big build up and from start to finish the eggs were picked clean within 14 minutes flat. Caelan had a really good time and MaKenna enjoyed watching all the excitement!