Zoo

Nana, Poppa, Bethany, Drew and Braden cam down on Sunday so that we could go to the Zoo. We had a blast.

 

 



The Parakeet cage is one of my favorites, and MaKenna loved it as well. The brids were everywhere I MaKenna almost stepped on a few.

            Cool breeze                  

Drew though that acting like a monkey would make the monkey play around. And it actually worked a little

Pooped

So excited to be riding the train

And what ends a trip to the zoo better than Ice Cream. Although they look like this is the cruelest thing we could do to them with these serious faces.

Labor Day Weekend

 WE got up early Saturday morning and headed to Trade Day but didn't get 1/2 mile from our house before I spotted a yard sale that I needed to stop by. Which resulted in us turning around to go get the truck and going back to pick up the things, thanks to pinterest I have a few ideas for yard sale items.  Then we once again headed north.

   We went by Nana and Poppa's first. Of course MaKenna had to ride the Gator and she wore her Gator boots. Anything John Deere is correlated with the Gator and Poppa.

 

 

Talking to Drew.

Playing with dirt and a few things the cows had left behind.

Playing Dolls with Maw Maw

When she sings Jesus loves me it goes like this, "Dis I know..... Strong!!!

Pre Breakfast snack at Maw Maw and Grandpa's

Riding the boat for the first time.

Drew and Braden putting on a concert for us.

MaKenna Dancing at the Concert.

 

Well that is our Labor Day weekend in pictures

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.