We invited Deanna & Drew and Brooke Adams over to our house for Friday night dinner! Ash made a great dinner and we enjoyed our time with them and playing with our girls! Ashley and Deanna work together at StaffCare and we had our girls around the same time last year ... we've hung out with them a few times ... went to their Halloween party & us girls went shopping one day, so we've been looking forward to spending time with them and getting to know them better. Brooke is 11 months old and is doing fun 11 month old things ... crawling, pulling up, walking holding onto the couch, standing up ... so I was really looking forward to observing her and getting ideas for helping Kendall continue to develop, as well. (Plus, I was really hoping Kendall would enjoy observing Brooke crawling all around and start to be motivated to be moving around too ... or at least, not dislike tummy time so much.)
Deanna & Drew
sweet Brooke and her cute smile ... she is turning 1 next month! This will be Kendall's 2nd little friend's birthday party to attend ... and I can't wait! Deanna bought THE cutest tutu that Brooke will be wearing for her big party ... it had just arrived in the mail so she brought it over so I could check it out! Kendall may be renting it from Brooke for her own big birthday party in May (unless Daddy lets Mommy get Kendall one of her very own ...)!
Brooke enjoying spaghetti noodles
The Girls interacting with one another ... Brooke was so sweet to Kendall and just sat there and watched her ... and then there was Kendall (I'd like to add a "bless her heart" here), who kept reaching out for Brooke's face, cheek, eye ... you name it, she grabbed or at least tried to grab it ... oh, I hope Kendall learns "gentle" soon!
When Kendall wasn't sitting within a couple of inches of Brooke (and trying to grab at her), the girls really did well playing with each other and sharing all the toys ... this was really Kendall's first time to have play time with someone near her own age. (We just haven't gotten to do very much socialization due to health reasons, but we are nearing the end of that ... April is when we are allowed to start letting Kendall go to the church nursery, etc.)
Love this picture!
We had a fun evening and look forward to doing it again soon! Kendall had a fun time too ... she has made some major progress this week with tummy time, holding her body up with straight arms, reaching further and going for toys more while on her tummy ... and Friday night, she even pulled up to being on all 4's (like she was going to start crawling) for a few minutes ... this was the first time she'd ever done that! (We've been trying to get her into that position, but she hasn't been able to hold herself up before.) Yay, Kendall!
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