Photo dump

I am pretty sure I said I was going to start doing these photo dumps around Christmastime and I didn't do any. oops. But, I figured I would do a dump now.

 

Baby playing with some Toca boca band on the iPad

 

My most favorite picture eva!!! I love it!

 

The pottery pieces from Mackenzie's first birthday party

 

 

We got our passes to the West Edmonton Mall again! So to celebrate we spent an afternoon riding rides.

 

 

The Easter Bunny came to visit Austin at school

 

To celebrate the start of Spring Break we made a car out of a diaper box

 

 

And someone was just too tuckered out to stay awake any longer.

 

As she fell deeper into sleep she was sliding off the pillow and smooshing her face. Poor baby.

Buh bye GFC

For those non-bloggy people, that's google friend connect. It's leaving us. Why? I don't know, I kind of enjoy being able to read all my blogs.  BUT, you can follow me here Follow">http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5519409/?claim=vjm6cug9d4f">Follow my blog with Bloglovin
and still get all this fabulousness when GFC bids us adieu.
I would love to see my whole 14 followers continue to follow me, and heck, maybe even hope for some new followers!

The 1st birthday party

I will admit it. My poor daughter was victim to second child syndrome. I totally dropped the ball on her party. Austin? His was planned with little details months before his actual party. I threw Mackenzie's together in about a month and a half.

 

I thought of themes. I think owls are super cute, but "look Whoo's Two" is a much cuter theme then just an owl 1st birthday. Then I thought pink cowgirl. Then, I tried to book somewhere for the party. (we do not have the space we had when Austin turned 1) Of course being a slight procrastinator left me with few options.  Finally, we booked a party at Crock A Doodle. I knew Mackenzie wouldn't care what we did for her party. However, a lot of our friends all have kids about Austin's age. I wanted to do something that they wouldn't get bored. Crock A Doodle it was. Basically a pottery painting place.

 

Ta-Da! Artist theme party!!!!  I went to order a cake.... and there was nothing cute for an artisty theme. I found a cute sesame street cake in their book that had polka dots all over it. I requested the polka dots in pinks and purples.  Of course then I thought, hmmm, Austin had a 1st birthday that was Elmo, and we had a bunch of supplies left over. (the plastic plates I bought for the party? We still use them today. 3 years later) I went to the party store and bought a happy 1st birthday Sesame Street candle, some Sesame Street decorations that I knew we didn't have for Austin's birthday, and let Austin pick out random party favours to give away.

 

Let's just say, it's a good thing I bought some Sesame Street stuff. Because when I went to the box of party supplies, there was a vapourizer in there instead. And the left over supplies from Austin's 3rd birthday when I just lifted the flap of the box high up on the closet shelf and dropped them in what I thought was our left over party supply box. Imagine my surprise, when I found all that 1st birthday stuff I already had was gone.  The party still went on with a hybrid Artist/Sesame Street theme.

 

So, to keep with the Artist theme, I got out my sewing machine and got crafty. I picked up 3 different colour of star fabric and made all the party goers an apron for crafting and cooking!

 

 

 

So, the goodie bags consisted of: Sand Bucket to hold everything, 2 Sesame Street crazy straws, a Sesame Street blower, a container of bubbles, Colouring page roll, mini pencil crayons, clackers, a mini skateboard, magnifying glass, and a mini set of paint.

 

The Aprons were put at each kids seat as they came in.

The kids? They loved the painting! Even the birthday girl got in on it!

 

 

 

She had so much fun rubbing the paint all over her face.

 

And getting her handprints done!

 

 

And then? It was time for cake!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I'm pretty sure she enjoyed her cake a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, my 2 adorable kids.

 

(And it bugs me that even though the bows on her shirt and her shoes were the same color, the picture looks like the bows are orange and the shoes are pink)

 

And this picture? Just makes my heart melt. She loves her big brother so much.

 

She's a year!!!

And damn aren't these pics just adorable!?!?

(I will totally admit that yes, I should have taken the pics before we had her party, painted, ate lunch, ate dinner, and played all day. So, her shirt is dirty, but it's still a cute outfit!)

 

She's so sassy and cute! Also, she's got a crap ton of dry skin around her mouth. Because of the time of year Austin also has a bunch, but with him I can put the good lip balm around it and it clears it up within a day or two. That stuff will sting the first few times it's put on and he can deal with it. I don't really want to put it on her and have her freak out. So, I keep trying to moisturize it and hope it eventually goes away.

 

 

Sooooo...

I'm sitting here, killing time before I have to switch the laundry over. (Ugh laundry) and thinking about how I really should write up a special little blog post.

You know, the one that talks about how my baby. That's right, My BABY turns one. ONE!!!

Oh, and I should mention, that she turns 1 tomorrow.


Hey, Universe! Where did you hide that last year?!? Seriously, how has it been a year since this baby made her presence here. I really just don't know.

However, I'm sitting here thinking about it and I am just not sure I'm ready to post the newborn squishy photos, re-live the birth experience, look back on how our life has changed this past year. I'm just not ready. So I don't think it will be posted tonight. I plan on taking some cute pics tomorrow so maybe tomorrow night I will be armed with some pictures and great memories. Tonight I am forgetting that I now have a toddler. Sigh

11 Months!

Little Mackenzie turned 11 months last week. or, well, 10 days ago now. 11 Months people.

11 MONTHS!!

In less than 3 weeks she's going to be 1. Deeep breath. My little doodle is growing up. (I've been calling her monkey doodle, then realized that I call Austin Monkey, so I figured I would just call her doodle. Doesn't always stick and she's still monkey doodle more often then not. But anyways.....)

I actually got 11 month pics on the 11th month day!!! yahoo!

 

I can't believe she is turning 1 so soon!!!

 

So, I had saved this post as a draft and kept forgetting to come back and publish. lol. We are now 10 days out from her 1st birthday. Let's not get me started on that. *sob*

Ho-ly Crap.

I'm making 2013 my bitch.

I just signed up for a 5k.
Run.
Yes, Run.

 holy shit.

Run.

5k.

Ok, so the last 5k I did I was pregnant and not training or working out. Yes, I walked it and finished it.  But..... I barely made it.

I am pushing on, and I'm going to do this 5k.

I'm doing the Color Me Rad 5k.
 

I am so excited. SO excited. I've been hitting the gym 2-3 times a week for the past 5 weeks. I've started doing Fab Ab February. I found it on Pinterest and just re-made a calender for 2013 and just kept at it. I'm 9 days in. How I'm going to make it to the end of the month? I have no idea. I'm having a hard time keeping up a 30 second plank. How the mother-eff am I supposed to do 2 minutes? I'm just trying to keep it up one day at a time. (Plus I keep telling myself that I have a bridesmaid dress to fit into in May! lol)

 

So here's to kicking my large butt in 2013. Let's do this!