Little Miss 20 lbs!

our Kendall at 20 months (and just for historical sake, will be 21 months in 7 more days) now weighs 20 lbs!

(We could tell she was having a bit of a growth spurt and decided to weigh her at home ... fresh out of a bath, with a clean dry diaper on & footed fleece sleeper ... she stood on the scale & it read 20.2 lbs! (In the last 2 months, she has gained a little over 1.5 lbs! Way to go, Kendall!) Although it isn't the official doctor's office scale we've used since she was discharged from the NICU we are thrilled she's hit the 20 lb mark! We aren't scheduled for a doctor visit with her pedi until 24 months, unless she gets sick before then ... so far so good ... so we are willing to wait until May!)

Although this milestone of hitting 20 lbs isn't really a big deal for most children, it is for Kendall! These days, most kids are 20 lbs by the time they turn 1 ... and many are 20 lbs before they even turn 1. There is also the children's car seat law ... using a rear-facing baby car seat until they are 1 year and 20 lbs. Kendall has been riding in her little original baby carrier since we brought her home from the NICU at 8 weeks old ... but we have finally given it up! Daddy replaced it with her new car seat and now she is riding front-facing ... and loooooovin' it!

Monday night ... Kendall's 1st ride in her new big girl car seat ... on the way to eat dinner with Huni & GranGran (on their last night with us before flying back to the Ukraine) ... (We had to wake her up from her nap so she wasn't all smiles for the camera on her 1st trip)

On our way to preschool on Tuesday ... her 2nd ride ... she loooved seeing everything and talked about everything she saw the entire ride to & from school!

Excuse me, but when did you get so big? I can't believe you will be 2 years old in only 3 short months! You are our precious sweet girl & still can't believe that God allowed us to be your parents!  We love you, Kendall Lou-Who!