24may2011 - so much fun!

grandma was curious if mackenzie was still "talking"...well, here you go, some fun photos and videos from sunday and monday

showing off her cute summer duds (her first skirt) from tisha...and ready to climb into the bebe pod for some table time with eema and papa...she was also enjoying trying to eat the chair

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-h3keeGPqs

helping eema with the laundry and taking a moment to stop and eat the flowers

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxuNh5WnxoI

practicing with a bib and a spoon...solids are on their way!

helping papa pack his lunch monday morning...very chipper after 3 nights in a row of 8+ hours of sleep!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKgvvnY6vw 

tuesday morning at day care with drew, kate and olivia...she looks like such a big girl sitting up to play

20may2011 - more milestones


mackenzie is moving through milestones so fast it's hard to keep up with her.


monday she decided the bouncy seat is too restrictive and started really sitting up and reaching from it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9iJ9EG_huE


so i moved her to the be be pod...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejk1ctma0do


by wednesday she was sitting up for about 30 seconds without support, but i didn't have the camera handy; thursday night at my weight watchers meeting sitting for a good 5 minutes holding onto a chair leg

and tonight, though a bit wobbly, she's really got it down pat...i feel more comfortable with padding but it's kind of funny how she goes - it's almost like slow motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jQSQtJT8W0


she also broke out today with a full on laugh - a sound well worth the wait as she has seemed to be trying for a couple of weeks...this was after swimming tonight before we got on the road for home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu52CUGbIpU


what a nice friday, we had lunch with our friends caitlyn & frank and carita & nima after yoga, had a good walk with brody in the afternoon and swimming this evening...it's the first week i've been able to work a little extra monday through thursday to not HAVE TO work some on friday...now i have to start stock piling hours for our summer travels!

9-15may2011 - 5 months already!

mackenzie enjoying an independent book read after day care on monday - she still needs the boppy or some sort of aid to sit up but she prefers to be sitting or standing as much as possible!

not quite making it through her last meal of the day - we're working on moving her bed time a little earlier but the big news is she slept for 8 hours straight both friday night and last night!

mackenzie joined me for a saturday morning run on the trail and got to meet gilbert (my running coach and one of my heroes)  he stole her and took her to meet the crew, explaining how important it is to get started on healthy habits early in life

here mackenzie is enjoying my water cup at the water stop at the end of or 4 mile run on the trail - i'm so happy to be back on the trail and to have mackenzie with me (note we broke into the big girl leg warmers for the cool morning)

taking a post run nap - she want from chattering and smiling to sleeping prety quickly while adam and i were talking at the table

sunday afternoon nap...we've got to trust mackenzie's judgement that this is a comfortable sleeping position, i have name it the "double twist"

carrying mackenzie in with the diaper laundry...here she is enjoying a ride in the laundry basket after we collected everything from the clothesline

no photo, but mackenzie made her first unassisted roll from tummy back to her back this morning when i went to get her out of her crib!

we also started "playing" with a spoon and a sippy cup this weekend...a sign of big things to come in the next month!

09may2011 - mackenzie the artist

we took yana and mackenzie to a paint your own pottery studio and these were the fruits of their labor

   

  mackenzie hanging out with eema after day care and a walk with brody on friday evening - it was a red kind of day

  

pretty funny, when mackenzie got tired on our run saturday morning, she pulled her hat down over her face and left it there for her nap

mackenzie sitting in her chair on the counter while i make dinner saturday - she's got the hang of the chair now!

mackenzie's first school project (i saw it coming when she came home with finger paints all over her shirt last week) and the first in what i'm sure will turn into quite a collection of artwork for me!  she made the wrapping paper and all.  this is when i will miss having cube walls to decorate.

4may2011 - more mackenzie

playing peak-a-boo on papa and eema's bed this morning

charming shatzie

reading a book to shatzie

 

 teething ring photo shoot

we just sat and watched mackenzie play for quite a while - so fun!

mackenzie at the end of the day at day care with rosa - one of her favorite teachers

oh so tired after a busy weekend, taking a post dinner / pre bath evening rest

shatzie was so entertained by mackenzie's method of putting herself to sleep by "talking" with her mouth closed...here it is...i pulled over on the way home from day care and got caught a bit of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRfHkmNDt1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-Mr8Mxi-A

01may2011 - bubie and shatzie visit texas

freak cold front drops our 90 degree sunday to a 60 degree monday with lows in the 40s...here's mackenzie all bundled up for a family walk

bubie and shatzie went with me to pick up mackenzie from daycare and we could see her in her room having tummy time through the window before we got there...happy as could be on her tummy

waking up happy and playing with the mobile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoDm_DUC7bE

that's a lot of color all ready for another family walk

good laughs with bubie after we got home from yoga...bubie did great!

long awaited family photo with brody!  i think mike has a better one on his camera but this will work

having a little tummy time and tootsie tickle on shatzie's lap

30apr2011 - more fun with mackenzie

 mackenzie doing some time time during yoga on friday morning and then visiting with her friend frank after class...frank is about 1 1/2 months older than mackenzie and, although it doesn't look like in the photo, quite a bit bigger than mackenzie. 

caitlyn and ben, frank's parents are new friends and very interesting...they are a physical comedy duo...here they are performing at the farmer's market on saturday and a video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8arcIshG4VQ

and here is mackenzie taking it all in - we couldn't stay too long because it was just too loud

mackenzie taking a snooze after a run on the trail (after meeting some of my gazelle running buddies) and a trip to the farmer's market

our mini garden - we're focusing on growing something else organically this spring/summer

here's we are after our first race...the bun run.  it was great and mackenzie was very excited about it and stayed awake for the whole 5k...which we did in a bit of a pokey 38:18