Thursday Ramblings

Whew, this week is flying by and we've been so busy that I havn't had a chance to sit down and blog. 

Monday, I picked up Makenzie and we came home and played all night.  She is really into playing in her kitchen, so we spent a lot of time "cooking".  She will stir stuff in the pan on the stove and put things in her microwave and push buttons on it.  It's really cute to watch her.  It's like she knows exactly what she's doing.  I also found a new way to "bribe" her with diaper change and putting on her night night's.  I pick her up and throw her onto the bed.  She loves it.  I'll count 1-2-3 and swing her each time, and then toss her onto the bed.  She's so funny, she'll stand up and walk back to me, but before she gets to me, turns around and falls backwards--like she knows I'm going to catch her.  It's so funny. She giggles the whole time.  I kept trying to skype MiMi while we were playing, but she wasn't answering and I said one time "Where is that Mimi" in a deep voice, and Kenzie kept saying it over and over.  It was so funny!

Tuesday was a hot mess.  I had to rush home to pick up Makenzie by 6, rush to Royse City to meet a lady(that was actually her husband when I got there---makes me nervous), grabbed Kenzie a happy meal, then ran to our storage building that is close by there.  Let me expand a little on our storage building.  It is JAM PACKED.  It's a 10x10 and stuffed full.  Yes--we have a house, it is stuffed full too.  I told you I'm a hoarder.  Everytime we go to the storage building I see a new "critter" or cobweb, and this is just stuff I see from the entrance.  I've had a grasshopper jump in my face when we've opened it, spiders have fallen on me when I open the door.  It's awful and I do a fair amount of screaming when I'm there.  Anyways, the totes I needed are in the far back corner--NO WAY IN HECK I'M GOING BACK THERE.  There were 4 totes right up front (because I didn't want to put them away in the back the last time I came).  So I grabbed those.  As I was putting them in the car I smushed Kenzie's finger (a finger that shouldn't have been there in the first place) between two totes.  So of course, that was a meltdown.  She cried, I had to kiss the fingers (a million times), bribe her with juice--to no avail.  So I shut and locked the storage and rushed back home(with her screaming in the car the whole way).  I unloaded the totes and we rushed off to Costco to meet another lady.  Again, screaming the whole way.  I try everything.  I sing songs--until I'm dizzy, give her my phone with Mickey Mouse playing, snacks, dancing, animal noises--ANYTHING.  I finally give up and turn my music up loud and ignore her.  We finally make it home about 7:30'ish.  All of that in an hour and a half was exhausting.  It's bath night, but I'm too tired to do a bath, so we improvise and she plays in the sink while I mess around in the kitchen.  She had a blast and I got some cute pictures and the sweetest video ever.  She was laughing so hard and it completely made up for the stressful evening that we had!!

Wednesday, last night, we came home and played.  Makenzie was kind of fussy and cranky.  I made a Chicken Pot Pie that was delicious.

Chicken Pot Pie
*deep pie crust
*can of veg all
*can of cream of chicken
*chicken (most times I use a bigger can of chicken and then a smaller can too, or rotisserie chicken
-Mix all together and pour into half of the pie shell.  Unpeel the other pie crust and lay ontop of the mixture and crimp the sides together.  Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes.
I didn't take a good picture before I made my leftover plate, but heres an idea.

I have decided to consign Makenzie's clothes and shoes that she has outgrown.  I have about 14 totes full--yes she's only 18 months (tomorrow 19 months), but I have saved EVERYTHING.  I started sorting throught everything and getting out everything that I can sell.  They will only accept Spring/Summer clothes.  Of course one of my totes I got was all winter stuff, so I couldn't use that tote.  I bagged up all her shoes, in individual bags--filled up a whole tote.  I already have another tote that is full of 12 month summer clothes.  SO MUCH STUFF, it is going to take me forever to tag and hang up everything.  It also makes me really sad. Really sad. Like make me sit in the middle of all the stuff and cry sad.  It seems like just yesterday she was a tiny baby and I can remember specific days she wore an outfit or a place we went when she wore something.  It makes me realize just how fast she is growing--I don't like it!!  Here's the tote of shoes.

 Tonight, Aunt Korie and Dallas came over to "help hang up clothes and make tags", but all we ended up doing was playing and talking.  The babies ate chicken and peas--Makenzie LOVES peas and ate a whole container full.  Aunt Korie is watching Makenzie tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday(Jennifer is having a procedure done and not watching the kiddos), I'm hoping it wont be too crazy for her.

I havn't mentioned Scotty in this weeks catch up--oh yeah, because I havn't seen him all week.  He has been working so hard.  He does all the time, but the last week of the month is crunch time.  He has done so good, and I'm so proud of him.  He got salesman of the month, and exceeded his quota that he had set for himself. 

Sunday Funday

Another great weekend has come and gone!  They seem to just fly by!  Let me start with Friday.  Mimi came over to spend the night, and we had so much fun playing.  I have never laughed so hard at Makenzie.  We started by getting out her wagon I just got her, and went for a little walk while we were waiting on Mimi.



I had to keep getting on to her for standing up, and this is her "shocked" expression I get when when she gets in trouble.  Kirbydog kept running off, so in the wagon with Kenzie he went.  She thought that was the funniest thing ever.  When Mimi came, we ran to get some dinner and brought it back to eat at home.  And then, she went crazy.  Mimi brought her a bracelet (used to belong to my granny) and she would put it on her head and then shake her head and laugh until it fell off.  It was so funny.  Then, she found a book that plays music and would press the button and then spin around in circles.  Not just spin around, more like swing her head around and her body would follow.  She was making herself dizzy and could hardly stand up.  We were laughing so hard.  She stayed awake until almost 10 so she could see her daddy when he got home from work.  I love nights like these where we make such sweet memories together.

Saturday, we TRIED to run some errands.  Makenzie wasn't feeling it.  I'm thinking maybe she was still tired from staying up so late the night before.  Target got to see a little temper tantrum, then we pressed our luck and went to Hobby Lobby--they got to see a massive temper tantrum.  It was awful.  We decided it was time to head home.  Makenzie and Mimi played while I packed her bag for the night.  She was going back with her and spending the night and coming back on Sunday in time for Dallas' birthday party.  Scotty and I were planning on going to dinner and then meeting up with some friends afterwards. 

One of her many expressions.  Love this!!!



Scotty talking football with the guys



Angela and I





After they left, I cleaned out Makenzie's closet.  She has WAY to many clothes.  I have been keeping everything, like 14 totes worth--I know.....I'm a hoarder.  But, I have been talked into consigning most of them at the next consignment sale.  Korie and Shannon finally made me see that even if I have another girl I'm still going to want to shop and buy "new" things for the baby.  I went down to Kories' house to hang out and help get things ready for the birthday party and ended up going to eat with them and Scotty met us up there at Saltgrass....it was yummy.  Afterwards, we went to our friend Angela's house.  We were celebrating Jennifer's birthday--and we definitely celebrated!!  This morning was pretty rough. Mimi brought Makenzie back home about 1:30 and we loaded up to go to the park for the birthday party.  They had a bounce house and Makenzie loved it.  She bounced and bounced.  (she dosn't know it yet, but she's getting a trampoline for her birthday).  Everything was super cute and we had a great time.  It was soooo windy.  Makenzie got a little restless at the end, and just wanted to run around.  Scotty and I just followed behind her.  I finally convinced her to get in the bounce house with me.  I would hold her and jump, and she would just squeal.  She loved it.  We ended up sitting down in a corner watching everyone jump, and she fell asleep on my shoulder, so we decided to head home. 

 

She was so pooped when we got home. She just wanted her blanket and to cuddle her mommy.  Love sweet momements like this.

Mimi sent me some really sweet pictures of Makenzie helping Papa build a flower box. It reminds me of pictures of me helping my daddy build things.  One of my favorite things to do growing up was help him build things.  I love these sweet pictures of them.

 Mimi said she help hold the drill, and would bend down and look up at Papa to see his face, and smile.  I'm sure they both loved this special time of just the two of them. 



Papa's Birthday Dinner

Tonight we went out to eat for Papa's birthday.  His actual birthday is tomorrow, but tonight is the only night that worked for everyone.  Scotty picked Makenzie up and got a cake for me, so as soon as I got home we loaded up and headed to Mesquite to eat at Iron Chef.  It's a hibachi resturant, but not as good as we are used to at our usual place in Rockwall. The food was actuall pretty bad, but the company was good.  Austin and Melanie met us there and had Caleb and 2 of his friends.  Travis came with Mimi and Papa and his new girlfriend was our waitress. Makenzie did pretty good, and even said "Mimi" a few times which made Mimi's day.  Towards the end she got a little restless and we got her out of her high chair and let her roam, there was only one other person in the resturant.  Papa had to wear a funny hat and hit a bong(I came back to edit this after it was brought to my attention......he did not hit a "bong" just a gong......bong would have made it way more interesting though....lol)  while they sang Happy Birthday!!

 We had a great time.  Always crazy when we all get together. 

Yesterday, Jennifer sent me the sweetest picture of Makenzie sleeping. She said she let her rock her to sleep and then napped in her arms.  She never holds still long enough when I hold her for her to take a nap.



 Love that sweet face.  That night when we got home, I put her on the counter while I made dinner.  I heard her saying "nana nana".  I looked over and she had found a banana on the counter.  Such a sweet little voice.



I bought some peanut butter sandwhiches, yes the frozen ones, and gave her one to try.  I have been wanting to try out the whole peanut butter thing to see if she would have an allergy or not.  She took 2 bites and decided it was the worst thing she had ever tasted.  But, she did eat a tiny tiny bit of peanut butter and didn't have a reaction, so I'm hoping we are in the clear for peanuts.  After dinner, I realized that one of her babies that I just got her had a battery pack inside, so I changed out the batteries and the once cute baby became pretty creepy.  The eyes blink very dramatically and you can hear them when, and she says "mama" and "mommy" and giggles.  I showed it to Kenzie and at first she just stared at it, and then giggled at it.





Do you hear those creepy eyes???  She loves it though!!   She has got so many babies now.  She just loves them so much.  She very rarely plays with anythings else, other than the occasional book or shape sorters.

Just another Monday

I'm so glad Monday is over.  Seems to be the longest day of the week.  We were pretty busy today at work, but actually got to leave on time today.  I picked Makenzie up and we headed off to meet a few people.  I bought a double stroller for her off of a garage sale site on facebook.  And then, met 2 people that had bought some James Avery stuff that I sold on the same site.  I moved Makenzie up to front seat with me while we waited, and she had so much fun.  She opened the windows and squealed in the wind.  She played with all the knobs on the radio.  It was fun!!

 She was so excited to play with her new stroller when we got home.  She is all about her babies these days.  She LOVES them.  She got a new bottle and is constantly feeding the babies and pushing them around and bringing them to us, one by one.  She is such a good little mommy.

 

 We took a few pictures of ourselves after dinner.  The picture on the left she actually "cheesed" for the camera.  Shes such a ham!!

 



Family Fun-day Sunday

What a great weekend we have had.  I'm soooo not looking forward to going to work tomorrow.  Speaking of, not sure if I have mentioned this or not, but starting March 1st I will be working 8-3.  I originally gave my 2 week notice and was going to stay home, but was offered to work 2 days a week and accepted.  A few days ago my boss told me they were having a hard time finding someone to work the other half of my shift and asked if I would be willing to try working 8-3 everyday.  After talking to Scotty, we decided that it would be silly not to accept this offer.(if I were to quit or take the 2 days a week, he was going to have to put me and Makenzie on his insurance at work, and it is super expensive)  I am struggling in the evenings getting off at 5:15 (which is always be closer to 6 before we actually get to leave), rushing home to get Makenzie by 6, or having to scramble and find someone that can pick her up for me, cooking dinner, feeding her, bath time and bed.  I feel like I dont' get any time to spend with her.  I'm hoping by getting off at 3 it will take the pressure off in the evenings.  I'm super excited. 

Ok, back to today!!  We slept in late and decided to go have brunch at Glorias.  Makenzie did really good.  Its always a win if we all get to sit down together and eat.  She behaved the whole time, and put away a bean and cheese quesadillas.

 

She even sat in the seat beside me.  I had JUST put a napkin in her lap to try and save her shirt and pants, when a big blop of beans fell out the bottom.  Whew!!  After brunch we went to Wal Mart to get our groceries for the week.  She even did good there and only got a little cranky at the end, and rode on Scotty's shoulders.

 

 

She loved riding on his shoulders, and kept reaching down to "honk" his nose...it was so funny!

 We came home and put the little one down for a nap, and just laid around all afternoon watching a movie and napping off/on.  When she got up, Scotty took her outside to play on the swingset while I made dinner.  We had chicken enchiladas and they were so good.

 

Chicken Enchiladas

*shredded chicken (I use a rotisserie chicken and just pull apart)

*sour cream

*green chilies

*shredded cheese

*tortillas

*cream of chicken (mix with half a can of milk and warm on stove)

Mix together sour cream with the chilies and fill tortillas with mixture, chicken, and cheese.  Once your pan is full, cover with soup (make sure the corners or tortillas get covered or they will get crispy in the over). Bake at 350 for 20 minutes covered with foil.  Uncover and add cheese and let bake additional 5-10 minutes. 





 They were a big hit.  After dinner, I did a few loads of laundry, put Kenzie in the bath, and then had a treat of icecream.  Scotty had gone to Braums while I was giving her a bath.  She is her mama's girl and LOVES orange sherbert ice cream!!! 

 

I got Makenzie's Valentines day pictures back from her photo shoot.  Not my favorite at all.  I love HER in them, but wasn't crazy about the lighting or the back drops.  She is getting too big to sit in front of a backdrop with props now anyways.  She's too busy and wants to walk around and explore, not sit there and pose for a picture.

 She was in rare form that day.  Not one smile, no cute smirks--just stared at Tamera.  It was so frustrating.  O-well.  I just signed her up for Easter pictures(even though I told myself I wasn't going to) so hopefully she will perform more that day.  There is going to be baby chicks and a bunny!