worst campfire evvvver

we decided to have a fire pit tonight even though the entire state seems to be burning down at the moment. we wanted to sit and enjoy eating some smores in our backyard and did this happen...not even close. we did chow our smores down in record time to just get this fire over with. james was having "issues" getting the fire started...the paper was flying around covering our clothes in soot. he was getting grumpy and wanted to hurry along with the evening. mckinley looooved the fire...a little too much to james' liking. he was tense watching her every move, because he thought of course her entire motive was to touch the fire. bahahahaha. she looved chocolate and ate half a bar in her camp chair. as we started to relax and kick back i felt a pain in my side....like a bad pain. yep, i of course, get stung by a bee while sitting in my camp chair! campfire ended, period. we are showered up watching elmo, and much happier now.

TGIF

Friday is here! All I can say is, THANK YOU!

Want a Carrot?

We had a very nice Easter weekend at our house. Saturday, we held our very first family egg hunt in our backyard. We video taped McKinley running around picking up as many eggs as she could, shaking each one as she picked them up to make sure there was a surprise in there. It was so fun to watch her, I was standing there video taping her thinking oh my goodness look at how grown up she is now. Miss. Independent! After the egg hunt we went inside and I cooked up an Easter dinner. It was so nice to be at home and eat dinner as a family and enjoy one another.

Easter morning, McKinley woke up and found the Easter Bunny had come! She had found a giant wagon in the front room, for many now to come spring and summer walks! She wouldn't get out of the wagon all morning, James even had to walk to the wagon around our front room oh at least a hundred times bahaha! We got ready for church, took some Easter pics, and went over to the Campbell's for an Easter afternoon. We were wiped out by the end of the day, but we sure had a fabulous Easter. McKinley sure brings so much happiness and fun to our family. She is a great blessing and we just love her more then anything!

18 months old

Took McKinley in for her 18 month check up today! Holy smokes! Sadly, she remembered exactly what happened in between the walls in the dr. room from last time. Before she even walked into the room she was bawling and clinging onto me. Broke my heart. She didn't need a shot this time, but it was still a long ordeal.

Good news, I have a healthy growing lil' girl! She is doing great! I love her dr. and am soooo glad he takes time with her and me both to make sure we are okay.

McKinley's 18 Month Stats

Height: almost 33 inches

Weight: 23 lbs.

Head: still 10th percentile

Dr. said she had a major growth spurt from the last time he saw her. She is getting sooo tall!

This picture was taken a year ago at this time! Look at how fast they grow! I have learned to love every minute and moment, and not to blink! Love you boo boo!

mommy's lil' helper

Doing the laundry for me! Love that she already loves to clean!

Mommy's two lil' helpers!

I have been really sick this week. I can't remember when I have felt so miserable. I worked Monday and Tuesday. By the time Tuesday came I felt like I had been ran over by a truck. James had school Tuesday and Wednesday night. Long story short, it was a loooong week of feeling sick. McKinley was such a good girl to me though for the most part haha. She slept better then normal giving my night time meds enough time to wear off :) We just stayed in the house for the entire week lounging, playing, and watching television or should I say ELMO. ahhhhh! It is now Saturday and I am happy to say I got ready today! Hurray!!! I feel much better, but still have a pretty bad cough and runny nose. I just can't wait until Diet Coke really tastes like diet coke again! bahahah I am horrible.

Here are a few pics of my baby helping her mom out while i was down for the count...enjoy!

p.s. McKinley is 18 months on Sunday! Can't believe she is a year and a half! Time flies!

Long Night

So glad my mom is here to help me today. She is watching McKinley for me while I work today. Think I would be in tears if she wasn't here today! Love you MOM!

V-Day aka I Love You Day

This sums up my valentine's day...

work, work with crazy 3rd grade students who couldn't wait to dive into their mailboxes they made from home and brought to school.

headache, from the craziness and non academic afternoon we had

home, james went to class and i had mckinley to myself which means we watched Elmo until dad was done! over and over and over again!

dinner, holding a one year old while trying to cook james' favorite meal...svageeetti...reminders of it's hot...don't touch...hot over and over again

putting mckinley in her booster seat, she figures she can push her legs against the table and her chair will go backwards...could have been a very bad night!

sipping on some red grape juice wishing it was the hard stuff just kidding!

opening a nice surprise from hubby as he looks in his stash of Dr.Pepper 10. Mckinley going crazy with her bubbles, even asking for them after her night time bath.

finally, lay on the couch watch glee, put baby to bed, look over at the hubs his eyes are closed. the show is over people....Happy Valentine's Day!

What I have learned from this experience, life is only happy when you choose to be happy. We had an amazing night together for the few hours we got. I love my family and my husband and am glad we have another v-day under our belt!