New Words

Dear Mackenzie,

New words in your vocab: hug, tree, leaf, broke, light, dark, car, beep beep, room, door, push, hat, socks, glove, doll, Coo Coo (Blue's Clues). My personal favorite new word of yours, though, is Ngaw Ngaw--this is how you pronounce Connor!

It's crazy that one year ago, you were just learning how to walk and now you can easily climb up and down our big spiral staircase and jump an inch off of the ground. You can put on your gloves, pants and slippers by yourself and yesterday, you even peeled a hard-boiled egg on your own and didn't even leave any shell remnants on it. You are also developing the cutest personality! I always catch you singing and dancing now. You love to be held and also to be spun around until you're dizzy. When I haven't talked to you or paid attention to you in awhile, you grab my cheeks, turn my face to face yours and say, "Me!" You snort when you want to watch Peppa Pig and talk into your toy phone while shaking your head and putting your hand on your hip, as if you are on a very important business call. You love dressing up in hats, gloves and slippers and wearing a backpack around the house. When you were done coloring with your Frozen coloring kit today, you put each of the markers back in their slot. You love string cheese and ask for one practically every time I open the fridge by shouting "Cheese!" When I am cooking or baking, you like to help me mix things and put the spices back on the shelf when I am done. When we are eating dinner, you inevitably crawl into my lap after 10 minutes and ask for bites of my food even though you have the exact same food in your bowl. You are so fun and I love watching you grow!

Love,

Mom