30sep2011 - cooler weather on the way!

it's still been over 100 a couple days in the past week, but the lows are getting near 70 (with low 60s on the way this weekend)...mackenzie is breaking out some pants, long sleeves and socks for our morning runs...but needs to change into summer clothes for the day!  this is how she spends much of our running time, the rest jabbering away!

last friday, we had a play date at the pool with carmen and clementine and kim and esme...they girls were really enjoying their tushy time after swimming in the now cold water.  they were sharing rice cakes, peas, and whatever else they could get their hands on.  i think you all know which one mackenzie is, whether you recognize her by the mullet or the beads or the the peanut stature or the just plain cuteness!

brody looking for a little love from papa however he can get it...poor papa has been working so hard, he just wants to relax when he gets home...but, alas, his girls and his pup meet him at the door all vying for snuggles 

mackenzie gets so tired but just won't nap, but she's so much happier and sleeps so much better when she does nap.  here she finally went to sleep and slept peacefully for over an hour and had a much better afternoon.  we've got night time back in almost tip top shape (going to bed is great, she's still getting up a little too early)...now we're working on naps at home (naps at school are not a problem...she'll log 2-3 hours during the day.

here is mackenzie tonight after her bath, playing her new game of plop...i think you might catch a glimpse of some teeth, so be ready with that pause button!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCVWKkeMOE
this is our first weekend with papa away...we'll put some photos/videos out for him to check while he's off to barbershop competition in dallas and straight on to a work meeting in san franciso!  we love you papa!

21sep2011 - swings and puffs!

mackenzie is all over at day care - and playing so much...this is the typical pick-up greeting - arms flapping, big smiles and wet, juicy kisses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWvdU9bo4Fk

an early morning visit to the swings on sunday...i think she's going to figure out how to pump before she can walk!  we're still trying to figure out how to hang her swing at home.

drop offs at day care have been going so smoothly since they started putting her at the table with some of her puffs while i'm still there.  she then gets her fruit.  kate is just a few days younger than mackenzie but about 6 pounds bigger...you can see she's pretty serious about her cheerios!  i usually only give mackenzie one or two puffs at a time, look how many she can get in her hand when they load her up at day care!  bottom line, i've taken 2nd fiddle to puffs in the morning!

15sep2011 - 9 months old!

mackenzie is a little dynamo and so fun! she plays so well and her little (or big) personality is really starting to show.  i don't think anyone will be surprised to hear she's a bit energetic! 

here she is crawling around at a weight watchers meeting after a nice run on saturday morning...then crashed out in her big girl car seat after swimming lessons with eema and papa.  a sneak peak based on weight watchers scales...i predict mackenzie will weigh in between 16 and 16 1/2 pounds on monday.

here she is playing on the kitchen floor while papa packs his lunch and i pack up her bottles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4Ye_WZlEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Nqp4uRYCY

and then having dinner later in the day...she has gotten 4 more teeth in the past two weeks, bringing the total to 6 to show the doc at her 9 month appointment on monday.  you can kind of see the two lowers and 3 of the uppers as well as her thoroughly enjoyed peaches and blueberries.  we may be done with purees already as she is clearly favoring finger foods (green beans, black beans, puffs, sweet potatoes, just about anything she can pick up!).  she loves the beans, which i prepared with garlic this time...starting to get fancy!  here are a couple of so-so videos of her eating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao76scwee1E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xMrql0vjZk

and this evening, her new favorite game, taking everything off the shelves!  and, yes, that is a girly hair clip.  the only ones i've found so far covered in fabric so no metal or plastic is against her head.  her hair is in her eyes now.  unfortunately, she can't wear it at school.  i'm beginning to see where that silly little pony tail on the top of the head comes from!

a little evening time outside now that we're in a 'cold front' with highs in the low 90s, enjoying one of our last patches of green grass while i play fetch with brody.  she's thinking outside the box on the bebe pod...it's not just a chair, it's a toy as well and so intent on pulling every blade of grass out of the lawn!  i really must teach her to weed!

and this evening, playing her new favorite game...pulling everything off the shelves!  i keep moving things up, up, up!  and, yes, that is a girly hair clip.  they're the only fabric covered ones i've found so no metal or plastic are against her head to keep her hair out of her eyes.

3sep2011 - swimming saturday with papa - way cool!

papa took mackenzie to her 2nd swim lesson since i had lasik yesterday...they both had so much fun and i got to take lots of photos and movies to share

mackenzie has gotten to the point where she can actually propel the motorboat forward on her own!

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

mackenzie did her first wet jump with papa (that means her face went under water); she will go a little further and a little longer under every week or so throughout the class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYJSP-pf_sA

funny, tonight she kept trying to put her face in the water in the bathtub - a quick study or a goofy girl?

it's so cool to watch her already kicking and moving her arms to try to move forward...look carefully in the video and you can see her legs going!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAHoOr9YnRA

they get to do the slide at the end of each class - mackenzie liked this even when we were in bathtub babies when she was 4 months old - we may have a thrill seeker/x-game girl on our hands...she loves to go high on the swings too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekMvJln43k

thanks for such a good time, papa!