Sweet Little Memories

This past Friday was the first day that I didn't come home at lunch to nurse Makenzie! Normally I'd stop at home for lunch and head back to work, but with gas going up so much I figured I should try working all day and getting out of work a little earlier!

By time I got home I was about ready to explode (if you know what I mean! :0) ) Mom and Makenzie were playing on the floor and she was so intrigued with her toys she didn't pay any attention to me. I felt the love!! After Grandma left we read Axle Annie, a great book that is my mom to a "T"!! It's about a bus driver named Annie that loves driving her kids around and singing and having all sorts of fun... my mom!



Finally, after the story Makenzie decided she was hungry and wanted to nurse! She would nurse for a few seconds, look up and smile at me, nurse for a few more seconds, look up and smile. I can't tell you how long that went on for!! It was the cutest thing!! I got so many smiles and giggles and her babbling on to me in that 40 mins it took her to nurse than I ever have!! In that 40 mins she probably only nursed for 10 mins, but it was totally worth sitting there to see her act the way she did.

When she would look up at me I would say 'Yup, your mama is still here!' She'd giggle and nurse for a few more seconds!! She had Matt and I grinning ear to ear!!! What a joy she has brought to our lives!! All these little memories I hope I never forget.

The Beast Feast

This year we attended the annual Beast Feast in Hamilton! What a pot luck I tell you what! I swear there was like a mile of all sorts of food! Thought I had died and gone to Heaven! WAY before I even got half way down my plate was already full :0(

BONUS for parents with little kids: You have a plate for you AND a plate for your kiddo... fill them both up!!! More food for you and your kiddo can just pick at what you've got!! (I've got a little bit to wait on this trick)

Makenzie totally enjoyed being there... she was so chatty! Especially when she was talking to her Grandpa!

"I think my daddy might be a little crazy. We were cuddling and all of a sudden he quick threw me in my highchair and ran off!"

...Still talking to Grandpa! And he is all ears!! ...

"Next thing I know, I hear Bang, Bang, Bang and he goes running outside after something called a coon! I just don't know what's going on!"
Grandpa: "Yup, that sounds like your Daddy... get use to it sweetie!"

Once the speaker started we scooted out to the church library where Grandma got her all nestled in her Daddy's Angel pj's!

Busy Little Hands

Makenzie is such a busy girl lately!! She wants to be in on all of the action. Don't put her on her tummy because then she can't see around very well. When you are holding her face her out... so she can catch what we are walking by! Scratch the bouncy seat for long because she can't see past all the toys dangling in her face! It is just incredible to watch this little girl grow. I am just totally amazed by it all. Probably as amazed as she is to everything around her!

Grandma Anne reading her The Grandma Story!

Makenzie now grabs for stuff, anything really! Sometimes it works out well for her... other times it doesn't. She is really strong and can pick up heavy things. Unfortunately, she doesn't hang on to stuff for very long before it comes crashing down on her! At least she can play with her toys now. When she is in a playful mood she likes to sit in her bouncy seat and kick a talking frog (which talks when she kicks it). That has been keeping her pretty busy lately!

Playing with Grandma, who just got back from a cruise!

She loves to watch me move around the kitchen cooking! So last week I thru her in her sling carrier and had her snuggled in there while I was making brownies. I go to grab the mixer's beaters and she grabs one out of my hand and brings it right to her mouth! Have to see how it taste ya know! Too bad for her that we hadn't mixed anything yet, so there was nothing yummy to taste!


I love watching kids with Makenzie! Caleb just loves his Baby Bakenzie! He had to be in on the action too and help change her diaper! Natalie started gagging after Makenzie spit up a little so we left her out of the poopy diaper change... Caleb was all game!

He's so serious about it too!! Love it!! It took a few mins for him to finish buttoning her up, but he did it!


I'm waiting for some teeth to be poking thru! She gnaws on her hands all the time... and the drool... good Lordy... I thought I had too many bibs, now I don't have enough! Funny how that works!