13 months old. Kenna-Rae is not only walking but running around the house non stop. She has 8 teeth and we can see a couple of molars that should be pushing through soon. We have continued with a period of sleep regression, which has left the grown ups feeling more tired than usual. Luckily things seem to be back on track for the most part. Kenna-Rae has been using new random words and more sign language. She now says nana for nap nap when she is tired and taps on her bedroom door to let us know it is time for sleep. When we say potty, she is going to her potty and sitting on it. She is now waving to people through the window. She enjoys garbage, recycle, and yard waste pickup, and the yard waste guy always waves to her which she gets quite excited about. She still loves music and dancing and we have little dance parties most days, and of course just loves her books. Right now she especially loves books with dogs, and seeing dogs at the beach or when we are out walking.
I will include a little update on Aaron & myself at the bottom of the post.
A future pianist like daddy?
Playing with the water table Gramps made for her
Vroom vroom... she actually makes that sound and it's very cute!
Sporting her slippers made by Great Grandma Anderosov
The cats are still adjusting to this tiny human that can now walk
Mmmm psgetti!
Mmmmm vegemite!
Helping mama with the laundry
She loves her Ella
She loves to dance
Father's Day
Picnic time
Learning to colour
Learning the potty
Beach day with Nanny Tabitha
Rainbow is Grandpa Richard saying good morning
Soothie collection is a daily activity
Fun in the play room
Dada coming home from work is a very exciting part of the day.
We were about to have our daily dance party when she got side tracked
Some days the Ergobaby is just the best place to be
Aaron and I have been managing the Covid-19 Pandemic pretty well. As essential workers, Aaron and I have both continued working throughout the pandemic, which has helped us maintain a consistent structure in our family.
Since returning to work in March, Aaron is enjoying his new role supervising the bike section, and overseeing rural services to Denman Island and Hornby Island. Aaron's work schedule changes with days one week and nights one week, so scheduling the nanny around my work just made sense. On Aaron's days off he has been doing a lot of work around the yard, building and planting a couple more garden boxes, as well as landscaping the front yard. It looks amazing!
Our lovely nanny Tabitha has continued coming when I am at work. I am currently going to my office downtown and offering my counselling services through Telehealth Wednesday to Friday. Prior to Covid-19 I had a wait list, but since the pandemic I am running at about 50-75% capacity depending on the week. This seems pretty consistent in my field. Many counsellors have resumed in person session recently, but I do not foresee changing my delivery of service from Telehealth until there is a vaccine for Covid-19 and we have received it. I do miss doing my work in the same physical space as my clients, but the Telehealth options is better than nothing.
We have continued to live in a pretty small bubble since March, even with things opening here to phase 2 and soon phase 3, we have not made many changes to our isolation other than a very small expansion of our socially distanced bubble. Aaron does the majority of the shopping on his way to or from work, we are wearing masks when out in stores, and sanitize everything before it comes into the house (ourselves included). I am a higher risk of having complications such a blood clot leading to pulmonary embolism if I get Covid-19, due to a genetic condition I have called Factor V Leiden. We are not sure whether I have passed this genetic condition on to Kenna-Rae or not, so we are not taking any risks.
We are enjoying our time as a family, and savouring the moments as we watch Kenna-Rae grow.
