Chatty Cathy.

That is what my mom use to call me. She use to tell me should should have named me Cathy because there was a doll at one time that could talk and her name was Chatty Cathy.
Well, Kenya enjoys talking too! She is using new words on almost a daily basis. She is really amazing at this talking thing. She has even begun to put 2 or 3 words together. Her newest words:
outside: ou ide
drink: dink
treat: treat
Mirmo: Mirmo (cousins Mikhail's nick name)
water: wa wa
dish: dish
meow: maaw (she has said this before, but uses it all the time now)
I can teach her new tricks rather easy too! It just took me about 2 days to train her to place her cups on the table when she is done drinking them and then she goes and gets it when she wants more. She taught herself to unlock and open the front door (the knob on it is lower than the rest of the knobs in the house.) The other day she began to count. Now, it was not with the same numbers you and I are use to, but she would point at objects and then say something. She had on a shirt that had a bunch of hearts on it and when we read a book I count all the hearts. She was sitting on my lap and pointing at one heart and then move to the one next to it and so on. So, thought there was something on her shirt, but then realized what she was doing and began to count with her. She repeated 3, 6 and 10. She usually says 10 when I counted before, but never really initiated it herself. It blew my mind when I understood what she was doing.
What can I say... Yeah she is amazing!

Really?

I did the meter again with our most recent spring pictures and this is what I got. Hmmmm...
I think it might be because her eyes are closed and she does have her daddy's eyes!

Where did Kenya come from?

Well, Kenya does not really look like either Robert or I. We cannot even find features of either one if us. SO, I saw this on a friends blog and thought I would give it a try. Tell us what you think.

Draper Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Free family tree - Family tree search

For You, Aunt Michelle! (and everyone else who wants to take a look)

Easter at Gma and Gpa Evans!


Gpa took Kenya outside and I followed less than 5 minutes later and Gpa already had Kenya saying "broc broc" and "chic chic".
Finding the golden egg at the end of her 10 egg Easter egg hunt!
What a good Easter Bunny (daddy), right where she could reach it.
Basket, what basket?
Look Gma, more eggs for my basket. It was super cute as Kenya led Gma around finding the eggs.


Here are some preEaster photos. We thought some nice spring pictures would be nice. Kenya was just so cute in her Easter dress!

Failure.

So, I tried potty training and I was not ready. Kenya was a trooper and did well the first two days, but I thinking I was trying to do too many things at once. Changing naps, weaning and potty training seemed too much for me. Also, it was getting too expensive because I was using about twice as many diapers than I was before. So, I am going to try and get the other things under control and then maybe she will be big enough for underwear.
Easter was fun. We ended up taking a day trip for Easter dinner in Libby with my parents. Over all a wonderful day! I will try to post pictures soon.

Here we go!

I have been putting this off. But I am going to do it now! Starting tomorrow I am going to potty train. I have been toying with the idea for about 5 weeks or so seriously, but never had the guts to start. I am afraid of starting and failing. Not that Kenya will fail, but that I will. So, I am officially declaring it, so now I have to start!
I kept tell myself that because they do not make underwear small enough I had to wait to order it online. So, I looked it up and was ready to order it tonight, $35 for 6 pairs. This included shipping and was the only site I could find that has small enough undies. Sorry, kid I would not even pay that much for my own underwear. I am going to try to just use diapers and see how that goes. If not I will just run to the store and get some that are too big or something.
I did a test run a couple times this week and that was because Kenya saw the potty and asked for it. She actually went 3 times in one day on the potty.
Kenya, drink up! You will have more water and drinks than you know what to do with in the next few days. Enjoy.
So, wish me luck and hopefully I will have a mostly potty trained 13 month old in just a few days!
Any suggestions are welcome.