My Little Girl

I love her.  That is all I have to say today.  Love her to pieces.

Fun with Kelly

I'm quite lucky to have a friend like Kelly.  For one, she doesn't work so we get help each other pass the days away as we talk and laugh while our kids play together.  And two, McKenzie LOVES her.  Every now and then, McKenzie hangs out with Kelly when I have something to do.  On this day, she was loving the trampoline!

Let me see...

I'm not exactly sure what's going on in this picture, but I would guess McKenzie is saying "Hmmm..." while she figures out what she wants Dan Dan to give her.

More Easter

Just wanted to make sure we got a picture on the blog of McKenzie in her pretty Easter dress.  It's far from the kind of thing that she usually wears, but I think she looked adorable.

Easter Egg Hunt

All I got was fake, pink grass.

Let me just get an egg or two from Brinley.

No eggs, but I sure am cute.

Mommy is ridiculous!

I finally got an egg!

McKenzie participated in her first Easter Egg Hunt a week before Easter.  Our friend Jill was very excited about setting up a hunt for the kids, and it turned out really well.  All the kids had a great time, and I'm pretty sure once the adults got involved in the spoon race, good times were had by all.  Thanks to Jill and Bradley for a great Easter dinner and we look forward to the second annual hunt!

Sunny California

Brant's butterfly friend at the Academy of Sciences

After a day of wine tasting in Sonoma Valley

Click HERE if you have any interest in seeing more pictures.

Brant and I recently returned from a trip out to San Francisco.  We had some airline miles to use or lose, so we took the chance to head out West and explore San Fran.  What a great time!  It was tough leaving McKenzie for five days, but I'm glad we did it.  She had a great time with all of her grandparents (pictures of that soon), so I'm thinking she didn't miss us too much.  As much as we love McKenzie, it was nice to have some time together to actually have conversations and spend longer than 15 minutes eating a meal.  Still, my heart leapt when I saw McKenzie waiting for us at the airport and Brant actually teared up a bit.

No Time to Blog!

I realize I haven't posted any pictures or updates in a while and I took a moment to think about why.  Then, McKenzie started crying because she couldn't open the front door.  And there's my reason... I have a full blown toddler.  Not only that, but one who is so close to two that she has entered that "terrible" phase you always hear about.  Well, the terrible twos are hitting us hard around here.  McKenzie is completely irrational about almost everything these days.  I can't pick out the right clothes, the right shoes, the right toy, the right ANYTHING for her.  And the way she chirps "no" every time I offer something makes me think that she is completely playing me.  UGH!

For those of you that doubt McKenzie could be anything less than pleasant, here's proof.  She walked around for about 30 minutes like this until I finally forced a dress on her.  I think her face says it all.  And yes, she is at the door to the garage ready to get in the car like this.