Happy Birthday Sweet Girl

Happy Birthday McKinley Rian! At 6:24 p.m. our bundle of joy was brought into this world two years ago! It is amazing how time passes so quickly!

I hope our little 9/11 diva has a great and wonderful day. She gets to spend the day with her daddy. I will meet them for lunch over at McKinley's favorite place, Burger King, so she can play in the playland. James will go to class when I get home and later in the evening when he is all done we will open presents and have a treat.

We are so blessed to have such a beautiful, sweet and funny little girl in our family. I love being her mom! Happy Birthday Mac!

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!