Little Mommy and Terrible Two

We are three weeks off of the official "Terrible Two's" but I'm pretty sure it has already hit. This lil' girl keeps me on my toes! The above picture was taken a few weeks ago when her friend Rose was over to play. Kenz thought it would be fun to show her the drawers that are off-limits while I was blow-drying my hair and face painting ensued. She tends to be a lot more daring and naughty when other kids are around to show off for.
For a while there our mornings were a battle. She woke up with a smile and then 2 seconds later turned into quite the drama queen as she screamed over breakfast and thus began my ritual walks the second she woke up. I quickly found out that I could shove a banana in that cute screaming mouth, pop her in the stroller and after walking an hour she was forced to eat the cereal/milk I had brought along with us. On the positive side, all this walking means I am (finally!!!) back to my pre-pregnancy weight.
Despite the morning, mid-morning, noon, afternoon and nightly tantrums :) Kenzie is a very sweet girl. She likes to randomly give us kisses and hugs and is getting into dress up. Check out this cute skirt Grandma Shaw got for her:
And like any other little girl, she is SO into dolls. She loves to dress them and feed them their bottle. I caught her talking to them in her crib the other day. In a high-pitched motherese voice she was telling one baby to say hi to the other and then making them wave. All those sweet moments make the terrible two's bearable!