CONNECT with Kenzie and Jack: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Someone has figured out how to stand in their crib. Instead of a napping girl here is what I found when I checked on her a few minutes after putting her down for her morning nap. Guess it is a good thing we lowered her crib to the lowest setting.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Halloween

Finally managed to get some Halloween decorating done on the house. It's amazing how much more fun this holiday is when you have a little someone...even if they are so little they have no idea what is going on.

Puking Pumpkins

Bat and Disembodied Head

Skeleton and Witch

McKenzie's costume is up in the air at this point. I had one picked out but yesterday I found one that was sooooo cute and on for 50% off. I am going to go back tomorrow and see if they still have her size...you never know it may be marked down even more!!!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Peek

McKenzie was following us around the house this morning. She is really embracing her mobility. Mike and I both sat on the couch and she decided to pull herself up on the other side of the couch and "peek" around at us. I caught a picture of her doing it.

After "peeking" at us for awhile she decided to blow some raspberries. A little blurry but I had to try and capture it. Our little goofball.

Monday, October 27, 2008

How can such a nice looking breakfast turn into...

...this...

...and this...

...and this.

We are working on introducing the sippy cup. We have had some progress but still have a way to go. In order for her to know that there is something inside I have removed the stopper for the juice/water. Because of this if she turns it upside down or flings it around then the liquid spills out making for messy meal times. The cereal bars are a new introduction as well. She is loving them...eating them and squishing them...equally fun!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Today was a good day!

Today was a good day! McKenzie slept through the night for the second night in a row. Mike got up with her and I slept in to try and fight off my cold. McKenzie had a good long morning nap and woke up happy. We went out and found a new entertainment centre which we ordered. (should be here anytime from 2 to 14 weeks - nice that they can narrow it down that way!) Went to lunch at Humpty's where they have free options for toddlers so McKenzie ate free. Lunch was very good. Then off to recycling and dropped Mike and McKenzie off for a nap...at least one of them for sure. I got groceries and then a lazy afternoon. McKenzie had another good long nap and then watched Monsters Inc with Daddy while I made dinner. After dinner, a bath and a little play and, well, that brings us to now. Really good day, got things done and lots of time to relax. Love that in a Sunday. Here are a couple of pics of McKenzie at lunch and watching Monsters Inc.
Happy Sunday everyone!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Going to the chiropractor

We all had a Chiropractor appointment this morning at 730am. Figures that McKenzie usually wakes up at 6-630 and this morning we almost had to wake her up to go! Here she is looking very cute waiting for me to finish packing up.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Banana

McKenzie loves banana. This is a great treat to give her at any time, healthy and she loves to eat it day or night. Tonight after polishing off a big bowl of chili (yes you read that right...she loved it and ate more than either of us expected her to...will let you know in the next day or so how that ended up!) she was still hungry so we fed her a banana. She is starting to like to take her own bites and not have you feed it to her on your fingers. Here are some action shots of a couple of BIG bites.

Open Wide

Big Bite

Look at those cheeks

Second bite

Ummmm I swear I did not tell her she had to finish in 2 bites.

That's one full mouth

Perhaps too full...

I may have overestimated my mouth capacity Mom.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

WEATHER WARNING!!!

Hurricane McKenzie is on the move and devestation is in her wake...take cover and ensure that you have emergency rations on hand in case she hits. Here is breaking coverage of her latest touch down.

visit

Grandma and Grandpa Cucheron came for a visit this weekend. They drove in from Vernon on Saturday and left this morning. Was great to see them. McKenzie had fun hanging out with them. Here are a few pics from the visit.

Grandpa feeding me my yogurt

Showing Grandpa where I like to hang out

Grandma's girl

Grandma feeding me...don't I look big!

Snuggling

Being goofy with Grandpa's shirt

Harley likes using the toy Grandma brought for McKenzie as a pillow

Friday, October 17, 2008

People who lunch...

McKenzie and I met Daphne and Owen for lunch today at Kelsey's. Was nice to see them but lunch was a gong show. We were the first people in the restaurant...I know as they had to unlock the doors for us it was 1135 and they stated they open at 1130 and the doors were still locked. They sit us down and we review the menu. We did not take long to place our orders and we did not get our food until 1215. they were brining food out for other tables before ours. Then they brought our stuff and not the kids so the kids still had to wait for their food. Finally we all had our food...our cold overcooked food. We complained about the soup and they brought out fresh warm ones but come on this can't be that hard. They never came back for drink refills or anything else. Finally well after we were finished they came and offered to give us the bill. Needless to say I will not be back for awhile as this experience comes after a horrible take out experience from there.

Anyway we had fun in spite of this so here are some pics of the kids hanging out at lunch.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

At the day home

A few pics taken of McKenzie while she was trial running her new dayhome. Happy to report that things seemed to go well. Thanks to Danielle for snapping these.

Playing with Mikayla