18 Months Old

1 Year and a half!! Wow I cannot believe our little girl is already 1 1/2 years old.  And boy is our little girl developing a vocabulary and a little personality. This has been an extremely fun month for me just watching MaKenna and the things she picks up. How she comprehends certain things amazes me every day.
     When we sit down at the supper table She looks at each of us and holds her hand out and says "Hand" then "pray" and she bows her head for a second and usually during the pray while still holding my hand she grabs her fork and sneaks a bit. I guess she thinks that if she is still holding my hand I don't know she is getting a bit. Then when she thinks the prayer should be over she says "Amen."
    We went to the park one day and after we were home she was trying to talk to me saying "par" she kept repeating it I said "Baby I can't understand what you are saying" She repeated "Par" and cut her eyes at me like you know what I am talking about momma. Then she said "elephant, slide" b/c we had played with and elephant and on the slide at the park. Which is what she was trying to tell me. I was amazed that she knew to put all that together.
 Zach was gone for the first half of August. And MaKenna would obviously ask for him frequently I would say Daddy's at work. So now if you ask her Where's Daddy she says "werk" Then she started calling for her Bff Addison when I ask her where she is. MaKenna replies "sckeel"
  She loves to color and play with stickers. And Lego's are one of her Favorite toys. She has started giving her stuffed animals something to drink and rocking her baby's Although we haven't quite gotten the gentle thing down. She tells the stuffed animals "night night" And then Slams them onto the pillow.
    Her is a photo recap of our busy month.

                                             We went to the Imagination Center

Yes she is eating the Paint instead of painting with it.

MaKenna and Addison

She Loves Carrot and Hummus

We went to the park and had a blast but our fun time resulted in swollen eyes and Zyrtec. Bless her heart she gets it from her Daddy.

We got the Stomach bug again!! Thankfully she didn't share it with Mommy and Daddy. I attribute that to a lot of prayers and A lot of Lysol and Clorox!!

Another sensory activity She is putting Cheerios onto spaghetti noodles. She would eat one and put one on the noodle. This took intense concentration.

Daddy competed in the Dragon Boat races in Montgomery, this was a huge charity event. Very neat!! We had a blast. In between cheering for Daddy MaKenna enjoyed the splash pad.

Zach rowed on the Auburn Team that had pretty good times but competition was tight. They received a consolation prize.

Go Daddy

Look at this sweet adorable smile!!

   

         

17 Months

Well another month has flown by us. Everyday MaKenna is doing something new and of course I think everyone of them are adorable and she must be a genius. She now repeats everything, well her version of it. She follows makes every step I make. I can't even go to the bathroom by myself without her popping open the door and saying "Boo" Most of the time "boo is how she announces herself into the room. She roams all over the house and still loves to go back to her room and get into the books.   
  We are getting the hang of the Itsy Bitsy spider motions.
  She loves "patzools" pretzels.
   She says "Bess u" when someone sneezes.
   Says "NO" with the cutest little lips Oh and should I mention The word No means Yes.
  She will squinch her nose up and turn her head at the funniest things. The Other day it was Ketchup, and the next day she tore up some Guacamole. She isn't a big fan of most tomato things outside of Spaghetti sauce.
  She love meat! I think she gets that from her Daddy.
  She is now mostly in size 18months The 12 months are not long enough. We had to advance in shoe size this month, she is still wearing size 4 but the new ones we bought are 5's and they fit her pretty well. 

Painting Her Toenails for the first Time. She was soo Excited She even Blew them Dry. And now she loves to have painted toes and show them to everyone. She also has a thing about shoes. She loves the Shoe department And after we bought her new shoes for several days she had to point them out to every one.

Her first busted lip. On the day she turned 16 Months. Well technically there were 2 busted lips. One in the morning and one in the Afternoon.

Playing with play dough. Homemade, b/c of course we had to put it in our mouth.

She gets in the cereal cabinet quite a bit. Just taking the whole box is how she rolls.

Helping Momma bake cookies

This was to adorable to pass up. She did this herself

We had a Girls Day at Aunt LaRae's this Month. Look at all these girls.

 

MaKenna was trying to make up for her behavior at the last photo op. Do you see her crazy face.

Playing with Jello

Having fun on the slip-n-slide

Trying to crawl like the Bunny. The other day I caught her Mocking Ellie on all fours at the water bowl sticking her tongue out and in.

Loves Animals!!

Our rice activity. Kept her entertained for like 30 min. And she has played with it several times. But you see how much rice stayed in the container. So I have been sweeping a lot!! But whatever keeps her entertained.

Chuck E Cheese and Daddy's Work.

On Wednesday night Aunt Beth, Braden and Andrew came and spent the night with us. And Thursday we got up and surprised the boys by taking them to Chuck E Cheese. They were super excited and we all had a great time. MaKenna's favorite was probably the fire truck. She would crawl on it and say "rock rock" She loved watching Chuck E and all his crew on the stage she was waving her hands in the air and dancing. Then the Real Chuck E came out to dance with the kids and she was following him all around. If I wasn't a little terrified of things in costume I would've ask Chuck E for a picture.

  After Chuck E Cheese we headed to Daddy's work so the boys could see the Helicopters. They were very concerned with why the guns weren't on the helicopters while they were there. But fear not pretend Guns were invented, a number of bad guys destroyed and we could all sleep safe for another day thanks to Braden and Andrew.

July 4th

Our Fourth of July was very low key. We decided since it was in the middle of the week and Zach had to work the next day we would stay at home and catch the local Independence Day festivities. That morning while Daddy washed the truck MaKenna and I had a little craft time.

  She decided it was better to paint herself rather than the paper. I of course made the paint b/c I knew she would try to eat/drink it. Which if you look close you can see the cup ring on her face which proves mom was right. I had fun and I believe by the looks of her she did as well. In case your wondering the paint is just flour, water and food coloring.

  After painting she got in on a little truck washing. Then we got a bath, followed by lunch and nap time. The Downtown event started at 3 with the Parade at 5, we decided b/w 4 and 4:30 would be best in order to get a good position for the parade. When we arrived it looked like we were the only event goers aside from a couple of booths sat up and a few bystanders. . We were a little concerned. At about 4:50 they made an announcement over the PA for everyone to make there way to the street and get ready for the Big Parade SO we headed to the street. And watch a parade that lasted all of maybe 2 minutes filled with Firetrucks, motor cycles, police cars, and adorable little kids riding there decorated bikes, scooters and wagons. Surprisingly MaKenna wasn't bothered by the sirens and liked the flashly lights. She also made her a friend to watch the parade with.
  

    After the parade we walked through the local museum and then decided to go to Wal-mart and hang out until time for the fireworks, b/c what better thing is there to do to pass away the time. For supper we ate at McDonald's and MaKenna had a cheeseburger and loved it. My heart sank as I could hear her arteries clogging up with every bite. Then she ate part of/ most of my ice cream cone. We walked around for a couple of Hours then headed back for the Fireworks.
   There was a street dance with live Music and MaKenna just danced away. She didn't know what to think about the fireworks, She was more concerned as to why Momma and Daddy had her out way past her bedtime. So she just laid her head up against me and tried to sleep through the noise.

  

 

9:40pm and Still going strong

9:45pm And...she's out!

We had a Great Fourth of July Mainly b/c we got to spend time as a Family.