Last night Makenzie, Matt and I collected pine cones to make little bird
feeders for our birdie friends! Once dinner was done we pulled out the
peanut butter, pine cones and the bird seed and got to work! Makenzie
had a blast helping... she even had her own little knife!
Wow. What a day I have had... and Makenzie... and my parents!!
Normally I get up and take a shower before Makenzie gets up. Since I've been sick for the past week and a half I decided to sleep in until she woke me up. She got up, we ate breakfast and I pulled out some toys she hasn't played with in awhile, got the baby monitor and hopped in the shower. Mistake #1! That girl is too sneaky and too quick to be left solo, EVEN tho I can hear her!
While taking the shower I could hear her playing with blocks... sweet! When I got out I thought about just letting her play nicely so I pulled out my hair dryer out of the drawer and then decided to go see what she was building. Mistake #2. SHUT THE DRAWER!
Makenzie was not playing blocks in her room. She had pulled a kitchen chair up to the kitchen counter. Climbed up to my spice cabinet, pulled multiple spices out, opened them all up and dumped them from container to container to container. None of my spices were in the right container and were all mixed!! I asked Makenzie are you cooking for Mama!?! Uh huh!! Too cute. While I am cleaning that up all of a sudden I hear her start screaming!
I run to the bathroom and see that she had nail polish (from the hair dryer drawer that I left open) that she was putting on (in) her eyes. Holy you know what!!!!! I immediately turn the faucet on and hold her under it so the water can rinse the polish out of her eyes. She was screaming so bad that as soon as I saw it clear I scooped her up and gave her cuddles. Her eyes looked great at that point.... the blue polish was out of her eyes, they weren't red and she was going about normal business. I called her Dr's office to tell them what happened and see if there was anything else I needed to do. They said no, but to call the Poison Control office to be sure. (Between Matt and Ruger I have already had that number stored in my phone!)
I call and they panic that it's been almost a half hour since it happened. They said that her eyes immediately needed to be flushed with water for 15 minutes! Do you have any idea how long 15 minutes is in the toddler world? Do you have any idea how hard it is to hold your 2 year old down while you are pouring water on her face and she's thrashing all around so water is going up her nose and being swallowed and choking on it?? Wow. Thankfully my parents came to the rescue and helped me hold her and flush her eyes out. There was no way we were making it to 15 mins, but we did it good enough.
It was torture for not only her but us. The look on her face just broke my heart. She was crying... I was crying... my mom was crying. It was bad.
Thankfully she is doing just fine, her eyes look great. She's got a new pretty blue dot on her forehead as well as one on her eyelid.
Like I said yesterday, she sees everything mom and dad do and thinks she can do it to!! She sees me everyday put makeup on my eyes.... she sees me every day open those spices up while I'm cooking.
This happened hours ago and my heart rate is thru the roof. I left for awhile to go restock my spices and bring home a few pizzas.... thinking that would calm me down.... not yet.
In 2 weeks Makenzie will be 2. T-W-O. Along with 2 comes the Terrible 2's, right? I was well informed (by a woman with her masters degree in early childhood development) one day sitting in the dr's office waiting room that the terrible 2's actually start around a year and a half. I agreed. Makenzie was about a year and a half when I met this woman and she was definitely starting to throw temper tantrums.
She still throws temper tantrums, not as much, and not as bad... knock on wood!! But the trouble with 2 is that she can now do it all. She sees how something is done and will try to do it. Nothing deters her... she can reach everything by moving the kitchen chairs around the house. She can open everything in a flash. She knows what she wants and what she doesn't want.
The trouble with 2 is that when she doesn't want to listen she doesn't have too! And having her LISTEN right now is NOT happening. During a half hour span today she was in time-out 2 times for 2 mins! I get down to her level, tell her why she is sitting in the corner, and let her sit for 2 mins. Normally after that she does exactly what I had asked of her to do. Today... nope. She wants to read... not get a diaper change... or take a nap. Back to time-out we went.
My 2nd trouble with 2 is that all her favorite food she doesn't like anymore! What gives?? Getting Makenzie to eat dinner is a major challenge and she has been going to bed hungry many times.
That's my trouble with 2. Thankfully I don't have 2 to go thru 2 at the same time!
5:50 last night I happened to be on Facebook and had read a message my aunt had sent me about a local Christmas parade going on at 6:30! I instantly decided that we were going.... why?? Especially since I was sick and in pj's all day and we had 40 mins to eat dinner, bundle up, and GET to the parade route. But, I had never been to a parade at night and knew Makenzie would LOVE it. I had made us each some hot cocoa and off we went bundled up and ready for the 35 degree temps to watch the lighted parade. What F-U-N! Seriously, I loved it, Makenzie loved it, Matt loved it!! On top of that the houses that are on the parade route are VERY old and kept up SO well and were SOOOO beautifully decorated. I felt like when we were walking thru there I was in a story book. It was just amazing. I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!!!
The parade lasted longer than I thought it would, we were just starting to get cold when it ended. We went home and rounded up all the trash to take down to the end of the drive for trash pickup and Makenize was playing on her bike. (She could barely move between having on her winter coat and snowpants and boots!) Something got caught on her bike wheel and Makenzie ended up flipping over the front of the bike and faceplanting it into the cement. Her hands were stuck on something because she didn't even put her hands out to brace her fall :0( I picked her up and saw blood and pretty much threw her to Matt! We headed inside to check out her bloody lip and thankfully the candy from the parade was an excellent distraction for her while we iced her lip. I feel for her.... 3 molars coming in at once and now a big fat oowy lip!
My cousin and aunt had us over for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner!
Here are pics of that as well as a surprise visit from Uncle Santa Bob!
Feeding "fishy's" on Aunt Kelli's phone!
Meet Uncle Santa Bob
Kelli demonstrating what a "creeper" does in a picture!
Over the weekend, Makenzie and I worked on untangling all of our lights, as well as sorting out what lines work and which don't! She would take frequent dance breaks....
And then up the lights went!! It was definitely a Thanksgiving to remember... after we were done eating it started storming!!! I wished hard that night for snow and by Friday morning it WAS snowing!
Last week, Matt had off of work! Makenzie and I were supper excited about it until we saw his "To Do" list (made by HIM... not me!). I couldn't believe everything that he had to do, and he got most of it done. It was one of those vacations that you need another vacation after that one because he worked so hard. And Makenzie and I would like it because even tho he was off of work for a week we really didn't spend anymore family time than what we did when he was working. :0( Bummer... but that's life.
Our Kitchen got done! I already posted on that. That project went way smoother than either of us thought it would. I even got in there and helped install the tiles too. Loved it!
We did some Christmas shopping one morning last week, got some great deals!! Came home with a VERY cranky husband. (He does NOT like to shop and tagged along with us because he needed to go to one of the stores I had to go to!) Seriously... he is WAY worse than taking any child shopping I swear. LOL! And he always wanders off and can never find me again (which gets him upset too). I can easily spot the 6'5" hubby but he seriously walks right by me... inches away!! (No joke...)
Friday Matt spent most of the day at his parents house and hunting while Makenzie and I enjoyed our time at home. My sister ended up coming over with her dog and kept Makenzie and I entertained for awhile! Then I pretty much kicked her out when I saw how much her dog was shedding!! Let me just say it was insane. I had mopped the floor (for the second time) and about tipped over when I saw all the hair... Katie too!!
Makenzie was an absolute GROUCH Friday and Saturday. I've had a cold since Tuesday and thought maybe she was getting that?? But who knows. I don't think Matt and I have ever seen here that cranky and naughty. Sunday too actually! Between me being sick and having all 4 of her 2 year molars in I'd assume one of those things is bothering her. She seems to be in much better spirits today.
Another project we did was bought all new Christmas lights for the outside of the house, bought and hung! And we rearranged our living rooms (yes, we have two). We don't have enough furniture to fill up both rooms nicely, so now the room that was full is empty, and vice versa. Now we are in the LR with the fireplace. It will make it nice and cozy in the winter, and pretty with the Christmas tree and decorations. But having the other living room.... at the front of the house.... where I walk by a hundred times a day be empty.... drives.... me....crazy!
Alrighty, Makenzie is sleeping... and this sick mama is headed back to bed!
What a beautiful day it is here today!! Matt is outside right now without a jacket... that's how nice it is! Sun is shining, it is just glorious! We got to spend this AM with Matt's family at church as we watched our newest nephew get baptized!! What a great service to start a great day with!
I hope everyone can spend today enjoying everything they have to be thankful for, count your blessings... BIG and small... each one counts!
We are finally done with our kitchen!!! It has been totally transformed!!
Drop lighting is gone as well as the vines!
We had the cupboards and counter hired out, then Matt did the rest! The lighting, sink and back splash! I LOVE it and can't wait to cook in it tonight!! So nice to have such a Handy Hubby!
Last Wednesday Matt left until the end of the weekend to head up north and go hunting! So it was just us gals, and we were ready for some girl time!! I was kind of concerned as to how the week was going to go... when Matt had been gone for a weekend she would get CRANKY. This girl needs her daddy time and requires a lot of attention at night, when I am getting ready for dinner, and cleaning up. So I had quick and easy meals and really everything went great (besides the sleepless nights!).
Wednesday night she was up 5 times throughout the night crying. She'd cry for a few mins and go back to sleep. Her crying woke me up and then it would take me forever to get back to sleep (I am a lite sleeper to begin with, and Xtra lite when Matt's gone). As soon as I would go back to sleep she'd wake up crying again. That was night one.
Thursday we didn't have anything planned, so I thought we could spend the day together and do something fun! But as we were getting ready she kept grabbing her blanket and saying "nigh nigh"... uh oh. It was only 10am! I decided to take her out hoping it would distract her from being fussy and wanting a nap extra early. So we headed to a bounce house, there was one other kid there, it was great!!
"I've never seen so many balls!!!"
She was a little shy at first but then LOVED it! I was hoping to get a picture of her with Lightning MacQueen going over her... didn't work out... she was freaked! When we got to the top she said "ready" "GO!" and she flew down the slide BY HERSELF!! No fear I tell ya. I was a little scared... and she wasn't at all! Even after my second time going down I was still a little scared!! It was a lot of work for me... I came home SOAR. She had a hard time getting up the steps to climb these bouncy things so I pretty much had to pull myself up and hold her under one of my arms.
"Nope... not standing there by myself!"
"Ready"
"WHHEEEEEEE!!!!"
Makenzie was impressed with the glove as big as her!
In the toddler area she met the other little, big, boy that was there. Makenzie did NOT like him as he kept bouncing balls off of her head. Then, right before we left he grabbed hold of her head and slammed it into his chest "hugging" her. Ew. We left right after that.
"I'm sorry I bounced balls off of your head. Can I have them back?"
So go figure... that afternoon... she didn't nap. I thought I had her TOTALLY tired out. We went to Lowe's after the bouncies to pick up tile for my backsplash and she was talking about how bad she wanted to go nigh nigh there. Hmm... it was an early bedtime for her that night! (Makenzie was up till 1am Thursday night)
As soon as Matt left, I turned the Christmas music on and watched Christmas movies after Makenzie was in bed... it was taking all my will power to not make Christmas Cookies!! Instead I found a recipe for pumpkin cookies. My little chef and I whipped up a batch of those... they were DELICIOUS! Never had a pumpkin cookie before :0) Makenzie likes to sample everything, so I gave her some pumpkin... oh what a face!
Friday night we had Cousin's Game Night! We had a soup and salad dinner (with Gma of course!), then played a game and watched a chick flick! Us cousin's should get together more... we were missing 3 girls, so hopefully next time we'll have the whole clan!
Kelli's Ready!!
Makenzie not sure if she wants to share her bib with Auntie Kelli!
Saturday, my MIL offered to watch Makenzie for most of the day. I dropped Makenzie off over there after lunch and headed to my friends house to catch up on life and scrapbook. When I went to go pick Makenzie up oh she was having SOOO much fun! There are now 5 cousins, 6 and under... all had a blast at Grandma's Pizza Party. They got to make pizza's, Christmas door hangers, and eat chocolate chip cookies!! The whole ride home Makenzie just babbled on and on and on and on and on. Oh how I wish I knew everything she was saying.
That night after Makenzie had gone to sleep she was awaken by Daddy peaking in to say hello and goodnight! It was so sweet... all I could hear were giggles and Makenzie saying "Daddy! Daddy!!". We were SOOO happy to have Daddy back home!
What a riot last night was!! Makenzie and I headed over to my sister's house to make homemade pizza with the kids while our hubs were out. We monitored and took pictures while they made our pizza's! (Does it get any better than this!?!?!) And let me tell you what good little chefs they were!
It was too funny, I first showed them what I wanted them to do... Claire
gently places her pepperoni on the pizza, Joshua throws the pepperoni
to the pizza and Makenzie ate it. Sure made for a good laugh for Lisa
and I!
Yesterday morning, my mom went into the hospital for surgery! I think the surgery was well over due, as she has been dealing with the problem for months now.
Makenzie and I headed to the grocery store to pick up a turkey and then we went to go visit her. My mom was in a lot of pain but you could still see her face light up while Makenzie was just being Makenzie. Makenzie was a bit confused as to why Grandma couldn't hold her or play with her like normal, but I think she was still happy to see Grandma!
Then today, after yet ANOTHER trip to the grocery store (mind you I had it all planned that I wouldn't have to go to the grocery store at all this week and I've been there TWICE!!) we headed back to the hospital to go visit grandma. This time grandma didn't have as much hooked up to her and looked a LOT better than yesterday. Her pain was better than yesterday (she's still in a lot of pain tho!) and she was able to start eating again! She even had a picnic lunch with Miss Makenzie. As usual, Makenzie is the hit of the party playing and talking to everyone.
Last night my dad came over for dinner since his "chef" was out of commission :0) And boy did Makenzie love playing with him!!
I think if Matt and I didn't stop them they could have run back and forth forever!!!!
Saturday night, Matt had left to go out deer hunting (surprised??) while Makenzie and I hung out at home. She had kind of a late nap that day since we spent a good chunk of the day shopping and eating at a Mexican Restaurant. In fact I let her sleep till almost 5!
When I was getting her out of the crib I could hear that Matt was calling... and when Matt call's when he's out hunting that's usually good news! And it was! Matt shot his second deer for the season. We usually go thru about 2 deer a year and we've already hit that and the season isn't over yet!
These calls are so fun, you can hear how excited that he is and that just gets me all sorts of excited and so proud of him! So Makenzie and I met up with Matt's brother and out we headed to go help him get the deer. Ended up being a late night for us, poor Makenzie didn't eat until just after 7! Then Sunday was spent processing the deer, and of course, venison steaks for dinner. Matt marinaded them REALLY good, which reminds me I wanted to write that down so we do that again!! He's become quite good in the kitchen I must say!
It totally amazes me how playful Makenzie has become. She use to be so dependent on me to entertain her... but now I can see her imagination coming out! Makenzie LOVES to read and her room now constantly looks like a book bomb has gone off. Ruger now gets feed about 10 times a day (now that she can open the closet door!) and tortured with Makenzie running around with his treats above her head. Haha, most dogs would be able to snatch them from her... but not our little weenie dog! I'm pretty impressed with how she can run around with her arms above her head... ever tried it!?!? Haha!
Makenzie loves to be sung to and dance! Just this week she started saying "sing" and "daaace". She'll point to our radio and yell "ONN!!!" On it goes and off she goes just dancing the time away! (This happens every night after dinner by the way!)
Watching her reflection in the door swinging those arms!
The other night she was trying to get water our of the dispenser on our fridge for Ruger, well she missed and water ended up going all down her arm soaking her shirt. It was C O L D! I quick took the shirt off and didn't get to put another one on and she was off. So here's are hillbilly Makenzie... overalls and no shirt... dancing!!
Yesterday she snuck Noah (from Noah's Ark), and 2 of her little toy zookeepers into her crib. When she woke up from her nap I could hear her saying... "Ready!?!? Go!" I go in and she was playing with the three people. Then she showed me how they went "nigh nigh" with her.
Before she went to bed she tried sneaking them in again, and somehow she managed to get Noah in, because this morning when I got her up she had Noah wrapped in her fingers.
Teddy Bear and Makenzie being pulled in their "Sled"! Matt got his workout last night!
And I'm not sure where she got this from, but she says "buddy" all the time now! "Yoooo Buddy", "Hi Buddy", "C'mer Buddy" Haha, cracks me up!!
So I thought I would post a few pictures today of my week! It ended up being kind of a busy week, but uneventful. I suppose we had errands and housework to do, but nothing super exciting. I just pulled my camera out to hook it up to the computer and there are no pictures... zero... zip...zilch!!
On average I take 250 pics a month. Then put them on the computer, I delete some, some get printed, some go in the blog, some go on facebook. I actually realized this week too that I hadn't uploaded any prints to snapfish to print off. Not all YEAR! It's November! So during nap times I have been deleting and uploading... and obviously not taking any picture this week. This may be the first week in Makenzie's life that she hasn't had her picture taken. Seriously. Haha. Oh boy!
Therefore, I have nothing to show you! I'll just tell you about my week instead :-)
Monday- Laundry... and dinner out!
Tuesday- Mark's visitation
Wednesday- Cleaned house and took the fam to Lowes!
Thursday- Groceries and library
Friday- yesterday? Hmm..... oh! Mom came over for pancakes and that was it!
Mellow week!
Today we headed to Grandville. Matt had to get a few things from Gander Mountain so we spent some time there, then at Old Navy where I hit jackpot. New winter jacket and 2 shirts for $30! Then we went to my favorite restaurant for some yummy Mexican food! Also ran into a grocery store to pick up some eggs where I ran into my Aunt Kathy!! We never ran into people at our old house. Seems like every time I go to the grocery store I run into someone I know... it's SOOOO fun!!
Last weekend Matt went up north hunting leaving Makenzie and I to hold the fort down! Like I said in the last post, it was kind of a bummer that he had left, since I was still shaken up...BUT we had a lot of things planned so it would have been a bummer for him to stay home since we wouldn't be together all that much!
My mom and I were throwing my cousin a bridal shower on Saturday, so Friday night Makenzie and I ran a few errands then headed over to my Grandma and Grandpa's house with some left over's for dinner! (I know I'm a baby... I didn't want to eat dinner by myself!!) We visited there for awhile then came home and Miss Makenzie went to bed and I finished prepping everything I needed to for the shower. We were having an apple themed party, so I was working on cutting burlap!
Saturday morning went really well!! Mornings with kids can be kind of hectic when you need them to go smoothly and have some place you need to be at a certain time! Dropped Makenzie off at my hubby's parents and off my Mom and I went to go get the shower started!
The Bride to BE!
Celeste about to hit jackpot with gifts!!
Is there anything cuter than a pony right on top??
Once we got home that night we reheated leftovers again (oh yeah! Living the life!) and then we spread blankets out in the living room, popped popcorn and stuck a movie in. I was TOTALLY exhausted so I was really hoping for some good cuddles and R&R.... I was very surprised that she totally went for it! (It always seems that when I'm out of it or not feeling good is when she wants the most attention.) It was fun for us. That was the first time she had had popcorn and the first time we sat and watched a WHOLE (1 1/2 hrs) movie.
Too busy watching TV to even look!
Matt came home Sunday afternoon... no deer... but he did see quite a few! Makenzie was very happy to see daddy and had a nice time sticking him with return address labels :0) Hey, can't blame her for not wanting him lost! Thing is... they were old address labels so he would be returned to our old house. Hehe!
Oh I almost forgot! We did some potty training this weekend too. Nope not for Makenzie... but for her teddy bear!! Haha it cracked me up!!
Then today, after yet ANOTHER trip to the grocery store (mind you I had it all planned that I wouldn't have to go to the grocery store at all this week and I've been there TWICE!!) we headed back to the hospital to go visit grandma. This time grandma didn't have as much hooked up to her and looked a LOT better than yesterday. Her pain was better than yesterday (she's still in a lot of pain tho!) and she was able to start eating again! She even had a picnic lunch with Miss Makenzie. As usual, Makenzie is the hit of the party playing and talking to everyone. 
