A fun little weekend...

Got a few more snapshots this weekend :)

Here is Mackenna writing her ABCs on the deck with chalk - I took a video too and will have to post that as well because the whole time she's writing, she's saying B...B...B...B) it was pretty adorable!



And this one is by far a new favorite - last night I found her singing, washing her hands and staring at herself in our bathroom. Grandma Sheryl gave us a cute little 2-step, step stool to use for her and she loves it - clearly!



And then there is this one...


Kenna just loves to sit in our bed and watch Elmo and this weekend was no different! We woke up to chillier temps on Saturday, so after she got dressed and we were getting ready, she wanted to watch Elmo with mama's pillow all covered up under the blankets - love my little girl!!!!!

Up a Tree!

Happy Monday!

I got a great picture over the weekend of Daddy and his girl playing - Nate got a crazy idea to pull an Edward Cullen on us and ran his way up our ginormous tree in the front yard (I wanted to play Bella and hop on his back, but figured that was too risky - ha!) He got up there so fast!!!! Kenna was looking on in pure and utter amazement and of course wanted to join him :) I think this might be one of the cooler shots I've ever taken, so of course I had to share!

Spoonful of...

In the last week or so, Mackenna has really started to master her coordination when it comes to using silverware while she eats (good thing considering she is such a messy eater otherwise!) and she actually prefers to use it, so it's been fun to watch and of course, we're getting LOTS of pictures as usual!

Stickers!!!

Not sure why, but I feel like every kid goes through a phase of wanting to stick stickers all over their body, so here is a cute little shot I got of Mackenna doing exactly that :)

Beautiful Photo :)

I got this photo of Mackenna the other day after daycare when I picked her up and she looked like a rainbow with all the colors she was wearing and it turned out being what I think, is a beautiful photo with the light on her face, etc.

BIG NIGHT!!!!!

I can't believe I'm even writing this, but last night was a monumental night in our household - Mackenna used the BIG GIRL POTTY!!!!!!

Lately she loves to run around completely naked!


So last night was no different and usually right before bathtime, we'll let her have her 'freedom' for a little bit. Well she was running around and then all of a sudden started going potty on the floor (her first accident), so I swooped her up and brought her to the potty, sat her on her minnie seat and told her that "This is where big girls go potty". She just kinda looked at me like I was crazy, but then all of a sudden, she was going #2 in the potty!!!!!!!!!! I was in shock and think I made her nervous at first with my reaction, but I quickly changed my demeanor, called Daddy in and we all celebrated together and you could tell that she felt SO PROUD!!!!!!

We celebrated by letting her pick a treat and of course only my child went straight for the cheesy Doritos :)


We are so proud of our big girl and hope this is the start to becoming diaper free :)

Nails and Ice Cream

This weekend was fun - we got a lot of playtime outside in the GORGEOUS crazy March weather and it was hard to come back inside! Mackenna saw me painting my toenails and wanted me to paint her fingernails and surprisingly enough, she let me do it!

Here she is eating her THIN MINT cookie after dinner, showing off her pretty fingers :)



And here is my clean little eater (sarcasm) eating her first ice cream cone - she loved it!!!!!!

So in love!

I could resist and just had to post my cute little update! Over the last few days, I have fallen even more in love with my little peanut! She has just made leaps and bounds in her communication. Instead of just saying no, she's saying, "No Mama" or "No Daddy" and the same when it comes to saying "ok" and a few other words, looks like she's getting some manners! With her sweet little voice coupled with these cute new sentences, it's hard to not just look at her with the biggest smile on your face. She has also started to annunciate a lot better - you can actually understand "Thank You" now and she knows when to use it. We haven't learned "Please" yet, but we're working on it. The other cute one is BLESS YOU when someone sneezes, but rather than say "Bless You" she says, "Whoa We Mama" or "Whoa We Daddy" - so clearly she's not annunciating that just yet, but hearing it is so funny and super cute!

She is also just getting things more in the sense of you ask here where the airplane is and she looks up to the sky or when you tell her she needs to put her shoes on if she wants to go outside and she runs to get her shoes and comes back and sits down so you can help her put them on. Now our struggle is trying to let her know that just because she's putting a jacket or sweatshirt on doesn't mean she's going out to play, but rather it might just mean we're going bye bye - that's an interesting battle :)

This morning when I was getting her dressed for Pati's, I put on her shirt that says LOVEABLE and she looked down and said, "B!" and pointed right to the B, I couldn't believe it - oh the little things!!! Apparently our baby is growing up too fast before our own eyes! I can't imagine what I'll be typing when her second birthday rolls around which if I can add, I'm having SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun starting to plan - one word...ELMO!

Til the next time,
Kara

Elmo time with Daddy!

With Kenna at home today with Daddy - they are bound to have a good time! Just a few minutes into work and I get a text with this adorable picture. She absolutely loves sitting in her basket that normally houses her blocks and today she decided to get comfortable, blanket and all, to watch a little Elmo.

Bubble Time

Couldn't resist and had to share...

Spring forward!

With the beautiful weather we've been having and with Kenna on the mend, her and I headed outside for a nice walk, some time on the WEE at the park (aka the slide) and play time in her car. It's usually anywhere from 30 - 40 degrees this time of year, but we're pushing 70 and for the whole week, so a little fresh air did us both some good!!!!

Interesting Weekend!

Happy Monday to you all coming from SUNNY and 70 degree MN!!!! AWESOME (well rain today, but the rest of the week is supposed to be beautiful!)

We had a good weekend, but it kinda took a turn for the worst on Saturday afternoon! We started out great! We went to Abby and Emily's birthday party and Kenna had a great couple hours, playing in the playroom, trying out the trampoline for the first time and running around with all the kiddos. I did ask Grandma Sheryl at one point if she thought she felt warm, but we both chalked it up to playing and running around.


Before we left for naptime, we had to have cake, so we patiently waited....

and then it was time to dig in!

She feel asleep on the way home...understandably! And then it was down in her crib for her official nap time.

That's basically where things went south. She didn't sleep very long or comfortably for that matter and when she got up, she was burning up. I took her temp and she was 103.4!!!!!!!! Nate was at baseball and I was kinda scared, so I took her right into Urgent Care. It was a LONG wait and Mackenna was such a big girl to hang in as long as she did. The whole waiting room fell in love with her (how could you not, wink wink) and about 45 minutes in, she was so miserable she started to fuss, whine and cry. There was a nice woman who just felt so bad that she went to the nurse and said, "Can you please get that sweet girl in to see the doctor!" and sure enough, we were next. Her ears were clear, HOORAY, but turns out she has strep :( The doc said it showed up on her culture almost immediately! She was so exhausted, while we were waiting for the results, she finally fell asleep peacefully in my arms.

They gave her some Tylenol and an hour later, our little girl was back!!!!

She's been on meds now for 48 hours, but we still kept her at home with Daddy today just to be sure and be fair to the other kids at daycare.

Coming up on 21 months!!!

Well with Spring right around the corner, I thought I'd do a quick update on a few fun and exciting things in the world of Mackenna!

I swear everyday, something is new with her! Words are forming like crazy, she talks, in Japanese tongue :), from the minute she wakes up until she goes to bed and she's picking things up left and right! Here are some new words in her little vocabulary:

* Weeeeeee
* Cool (coo)
* Snow (no - but in a different tone than NO!)
* One (nine is how she says it, but she holds her finger up while she tells you how old she is!)
* Kitty (she says neow - not meow, but neow when you ask her to say kitty)
* Puppy
* Balloon (ba)
* Cookie
* Cupcake

Pati has been saying for the last week that after nap time especially, she is quite the little talker.

She is also in what we're all calling the "testing phase"! She is becoming such an independent little lady that her temper is starting to really come out and we're learning how to handle and not give in (way harder than it might seem, at least for me). I find it so easy to want to give in, so I've really been working on that these days. Daddy, well he's just a natural :)

She's still a little peanut, but we won't get official measurements until her 2 year check up in a couple months! 2 year check up - did I really just type that?!?! WOW, in just a few short months, she'll be 2!!!!! Crazy!!! And yes, that being said, of course I'm already starting to plan her party - you know me and birthdays!

That's all for now folks!

PS - thought I'd attach this cute picture while I'm at it! I caught her feeding her new baby she got from Grandpa Mack with her baby bottle - big sister in the making ;)

Special Delivery

Daddy got this great shot the other night while I was working out - Kenna loves to take her blocks out of her bin and then crawl in the basket! Sometimes he'll even push her around as she yells WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The start of something girly...

So we're still working with a little she-mullet, but I was able to get a rather cute little pony on the side of Kenna's head this week! She left it in for most of the day too! We're finally getting some hair on top, so I would imagine in a couple months, we'll have some pretty cute styles :)

Great Grandpa would be so in love!

Nate and I got this shot the other weekend! This was my rocker when I was a little girl that my Grandpa made for me :)

That's My Girl!

Just wanted to share a couple pics of my little lady and her adorable, messy, chocolate eating ways! Must take after someone she knows ;)