Well seriously, it has been way too long. I have often frequented my blog and thought, I really need to update this, and then I go about doing other things. Saving the updating for later. Later turned into months. Several months. We had a great Christmas and are really looking forward to this coming year. I have many goals set for myself this year, and I hope that I can stick with them and achieve them all! Jason, the little sneak that he is, and awesome husband too, got me a DSLR Canon Rebel T1i camera for Christmas! I have LOVED it! I am still learning lots of things about it, and know I am a complete amateur with it. So if you know of any good teaching websites or any good tips for me, I'd love to hear about them! I have a dream of putting together an awesome website this year, so I really hope I accomplish it! Here are some random pictures from the last month:
Mackenzie is doing very well, and is so smart. I have big dreams for this kid. She loves puzzles, and easily memorizes them. I am thinking of putting her in preschool, and would really like a place that she would love and enjoy going to. We are on a waiting list for one, and I have called a couple, but a lot of them are full. So I am definitely willing to hear of any good ones around that are in my price range.
These are Mackenzie's potty training rewards. If you couldn't tell she LOVES Mickey mouse. For her Birthday in December she had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed birthday party and she still talks about it occasionally. She has had her Minnie for quite some time now, and poor Mickey has been sitting on our fridge for months! I couldn't think of a good way for her to earn him because she earned her Minnie so quickly that I didn't need to have 2 rewards. So months went by and Lexi would smile really big at Mickey on the fridge every time we passed it. She thought he was a permanent fixture there. So I finally decided I wanted him gone, and I also was tired of putting Mackenzie in pull-ups for naps just to have them soiled. So we did away with them and had only a handful of accidents and this is the day she earned Mickey. She was ecstatic! And so was Minnie!! 
Mackenzie is a big helper in picking up toys with me. She loves to be called a "big girl" and "big helper." She gets a little sheepish grin whenever I tell her I'm so proud of her.
I love this picture. I love seeing these two get a long so well together. Lexi just ADORES Mackenzie and always has. I can't wait until she is just a little older and they can play together all the time. I hope that they get along just like my sister and I did growing up. We were inseparable.
Lexi is doing awesome! She is 9 1/2 months old now and is all over the place. She army crawled for one week and decided that she was better than that and just popped up one day and crawled away. The next day she had her first tooth come in! She loves food and cries every time when its all gone, even though she is spitting it back out because she is so full. She is learning some sign language and her first word signing was "more" (more food!). Go figure.
She has the best gummy smile in the world! My favorite is when she tilts her head upwards and her jaw forward and pulls the best smile with squinty eyes. LOVE IT!
I love this picture too, I was snapping photos continuously because she was doing her adorable gummy, and came up with this. That's all for now. I hope to be back sooner than 4 months! Now that I have done this post, it may make it a little easier!
