There isn’t a whole lot to report on this
end for this week. Work, work, work and
more work for Caleb and baby, baby, baby, plus more baby for me! We had some play dates and went to a little
birthday party (Alice). Kensley also
entered into a sleep regression (? teeth ? missing daddy ? who the heck knows). Right on schedule with Caleb working all
weekend which made it a long and painful weekend for me. When I wasn’t coping well in the middle of
Sunday night, Caleb who had been working all weekend and had less sleep than
me, let Kensley sleep on him. His
selflessness definitely made me work harder to snap out of my “poor-me” funk. I realized this weekend that as much as I
like his help on the weekends with Kensley, I also really depend on having him and
his energy around to recharge me.
Autumn has arrived here. The mornings are cool but getting up to the
mid teens in the afternoon. Insert my
struggle to dress Kensley here! It’s
ongoing with each season; yes, I realize it shouldn’t be rocket science. Autumn is my favorite season in Canada and
it feels the same here. But this cool weather brings up the issue of heating
our apartment that will present in the next few months. Heating and cooling homes in New Zealand is
very interesting. The units in our
building don’t have a heating pump – that means no heating, other than little
space heaters that don’t do anything unless you sit right next to them. Kensley isn’t going to be sitting still next
to a heater. We will be wearing a lot of
layers at home during June and July!
Thank you Granny and Grandpa for Kensley’s awesome new winter sleep sack!
Kensley went to daycare as usual this
week. They say she still has her
“moments” where she becomes upset. I
think this is less related to me not being there and more likely because she
isn’t sleeping great there and more so, she isn’t getting the typical
one-on-one attention that she’s used to.
Kensley is having fun attempting to walk
around. She no longer wants to
crawl. She wants to hold our hands to
walk, walk with her trolley or around furniture and she stands at the back of
her stroller and walks while pushing it along. She is testing her balance and
so proud of herself when she stands independently. If we don’t clap for her, she sits down and
demands clapping by clapping for herself until we join in. She has taught herself to crawl down the
stairs this week, previously had no interest when we’d try to teach her. She loves to eat with her fork. She
turns on the washing machine and dishwasher.
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| Wild girl! Note the Winnie the Pooh on her trolly, Ella, our fave barista, brought this back from Japan for Kenz. |
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| Off on an adventure |
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| Natures playground! |
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| Just climbing a tree |
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| Go girl, go! |
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| <3 |
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| Caleb used to carry K around in this hoody as a newborn so he tucked her in as a 1-year old |
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| I've always skipped homemade pizza night when Caleb works but now I have someone else to enjoy them with! This was the first pizza night for just Kensley and I! She ate two pieces (mushroom, red pepper, spinach, onions). |
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| Needs some work with the spoon.... |
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| Over dressed her big time for this 7 degree morning.... |
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| That smile.... |
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