Monkey and the Basket....

Well not to much has been happening the past couple weeks... nothing exciting anyways. Just trying to get back into the groove of Gary being gone and all that jazz. But like always we have been hanging out with my parents a lot... from my brothers basketball games to my school and softball we have just been over there at least four times a week. Thanks mom and dad... =) But Mackenzie has an absolute blast over there all the time... She loves her uncle Devin and every chance she gets they play together... Well speaking of my little brother he has this orange monkey about the size of Mackenzie and she just absolutely loves it... She will play and wrestle with this thing. Its so cute.... and then there is also this pink laundry basket that my parents have had since my brother was learning to walk (over 9 years ago) and it is actually also how Mackenzie learned to walk. But that is another thing that she and uncle Devin love to play with... Well here are some pictures of the monkey and the basket! 

18 months...

Well my big girl turned 18 months yesterday and of course I cried! I just can't believe that in six short months she will be turning two... It is just so odd and makes you wonder where in the world the time has gone! 

Here is a picture with daddy the morning of February 8th, 2009! Such a big girl and yay I am actually able to do her hair now! =)

So on another note we took her in for her 18 month well check today and luckly their were no shots due... Thank goodness! For some odd reason she was ahead and I wasn't going to complain! =) She is still the big girl we know and love: 26lbs 8.8oz. (75%), 33inches (85%), 48cm (head) (80%) so all around she is a very well rounded child the doctor was very impressed with her speech and being able to actually communicate with the doctor as she was checking her out! Also Gary and i sat down the other night and wrote down a list of all the words that Mackenzie knows and she is up to 75 as of our count this evening. I am so proud of her and am so lucky to have a smart little girl!

WE LOVE YOU MACKENZIE LYNN!!! HAPPY 18 MONTHS OUR BIG GIRL! 

Panda and Cars...

Okay so I know that I havent posted about the little one in awhile. Sorry school is starting to take over my life! =) We havent been up to, to much lately just hanging around the house getting some things done. Mackenzie and daddy have been having a wonderful time hanging out together for the last month the sit and play all day long and watch movies or play race car games. 

So the latest two things that Mackenzie has absolutely fallen in love with are Kung Fu Panda and Need for Speed:Carbon! It is the funniest thing with b

oth. 

For "Panda" as she calls it she will just sit and watch the movie with maybe one or two words in between she even knows some of the words to the movie, although mommy and daddy know them all, its getting to the point I am going to erase it from my T.V. But then again it is how I finally am able to get things done! 

As far as the racing game goes its hilarious when Gary turns on the television and his XBOX she knows right away to go and get her remote which she calls "Cars." She will just sit and play with him and it is just adorable to watch the both of them. =) 

Well I hope that you enjoy the pictures below! TTFN!

This is Mackenzie watching Kung Fu Panda...

Mackenzie's favorite movie!

Mackenzie and Daddy playing the race car game!

This is Need For Speed!!!

Well Mackenzie goes to the doctor on Monday for her 18 month check up. I will let everyone know how that goes and how big she is getting!

Sleeping while eating!!!

So this past week Mackenzie has been having issues taking naps. She just doesnt want to take them or it takes her forever to fall asleep. Well i finally gave in once this past week and let her get outta her bed and at 5:30 when she was eating dinner this is what happened...

Wow chocolate cereal and she still was tired! :)

I just thought this was so cute... my parents say that they have many pictures of me asleep in my food! :0) I was just cooking dinner and she passed out! 

First bike ride...

We bought a bike trailer over a year ago and we have been waiting so long to take Mackenzie for a ride in it and finally decided she was big enough to go for a ride in it. I was a little scared for her to be in it but she loved it! Daddy and her went for a great ride and I got some pictures of it but its a little hard to do that when they are moving! lol....


Mackenzie right before they took their ride...


She was laughing in this picture it is just hard to tell! She kept saying WHEEEEEE!!!!

This was the outcome of the bike ride... Exhaustion! LOL!

Mirrors and Markers...

MIRRORS:

Her latest thing to do is show me her nose all the time... which means scrunch up her face and blow out like a bull... You'd have to see it in person to understand but it is just so cute. But also another thing is to look at herself in the mirror and kiss it and just talk to herself. She is getting very vocal and I am so happy. She is really smart...

Showing me her nose!

Lying down looking at herself just talking away!

Again.. I thought this one was cute cause she has her feet crossed in the background.

What you looking at mom?

MARKERS:

So the other morning I walked out of my office/extra bedroom for about I would say all of 3 minutes and I came back to a destroyed room and Mackenzies legs the color of a smurf. :) I couldnt stop laughing it was just to funny...

After the fact she got another pen and tried again...

Little smurf legs.

Very proud of what she accomplished. lol

Looking down knowing she might get into trouble... she didnt though I just thought it was hilarious how quick it happened!

P.S.: SORRY ABOUT ALL THE CLOTHES EVERYWHERE.... MACKENZIE LOVES TO TIP OVER THE LAUNDRY BINS AND TAKE THE DIRTY CLOTHES ALL AROUND THE HOUSE!

Changes, Crafts and Reading...

So I decided to change Mackenzie's blog page. I really didn't like the baby sites blog so here I am starting all over with a new one!

So this past week I finally was able to sit down and do a craft with Mackenzie for the first time in I dont know how long. But it was just a simple finger paint and all that matters is that she had a blast and was covered in blue and hot pink paint afterward's.

My little munckins hands...

Way to excited to paint!

Started painting her legs...

Another thing that happened this past week was sorta cute. Lately Mackenzie has been grabbing people that she wants to do something with and pretty much pulling them down to her level to play. Well she did that to me the other day and it was so cute because she wanted me to read to her. Gary was fortunate enough to get some photos of this...

This one is cute too... she loves the book we are reading... its all about different types of babies.


This actually wasnt planned (if you were thinking it) she had said something funny or made a noise and it made me laugh...