Mckinnon: 15 months

Almost 2 months late... better late than never, right?! ugh!

My little Mack Man is 15 months old! (well, WAS)

I'd just like to say that the up-side to me posting this really late is that I now have some perspective about him :-) There you go, seeing the positive!

STATS:

Height- 33.25inches (94%)

Weight- 25lbs 1.1oz (56%) 

Head- 17.75inches (25%)

Moral of the stats? He's tall, average weight and has a tiny head :-) HA! He's scrumptious, y'all!!

Mack, you are learning and growing and changing so much! And we are soaking up every minute of you!

At 15 months you are:

-saying "uh oh" A LOT!

-also saying Mama, Dada, Rhy Rhy, WOW!, ohhhhhhh!, shoes, sock, "side" (outside), and "shish" (fish)

-shaking your head "no" and saying "uh uh" to pretty much everything we ask. i swear, you seem to carry on a conversation. 

-continuing to LOVE spud. 

-running around and climbing on EVERYTHING! coffee tables, couches, chairs, etc... on the up side, you teach yourself really well how to get down and rarely fall! (quite agile!)

-in a size 4 diaper in the day, size 5 at night

-eating anything and everything but you could eat grapes specifically till you puke! haha

-wearing size 18 months clothes in everything now, although some pants are a little long

-finally, you quit picking your nose all the time! hooray!

-taking ONE nap a day, from 12:30-about 3-3:30 each day! (LOVE one nap a day!)

-pointing at everything, wanting to know what it is

-FINALLY letting us brush your teeth without starting WWIII :-) I love you, buddy, but you are ridiculous when you dont want to do something. You fight like someone is trying to kill you! So, this is huge!

We had to bite the bullet around 13 months and just go down to one nap a day. We did so after our summer vacation so he was actually about 13.5 months old (the beach wears him out too much to try to go down while we were there, although the first nap not being critical was AWESOME b/c we could just let him nap on the beach for 30 min or so). When we got home and dropped to one nap, it took a good week or so to get to where he would take one LONG nap. We also were dealing w/ needing to go back to consistency with night time routine/bedtime... all things get off whack when you're vacationing. Or is that just me?! :-)

Rough Schedule:

7amish up for the day

8am breakfast

we arent doing much independent play this summer, but he's playing GREAT on his own!

11:30 lunch

12:30 nap

3-3:40 up from nap, small snack

5:30-6 dinner

bath/ bed at 7pm.

And just like that, "TA DA", you were 15 months old!

Camera Dump

So... back towards the end of september, I moved up in the world of technology and went from a FLIP PHONE (yes, Rachael, they do still exist! lol) to an iphone 5! Wowza. Talk about a change! My reasons for getting a smart phone are pretty simple; I wanted to be able to take pics w/ my phone (meaning I no longer have to carry around my DSLR or miss out on pic opportunities) and upload to social media (facebook and blog, primarily). OH, and I wanted instagram :-) 

Anyhoo, here are a few pics I've taken with it.

Mack is quite the chef!

I never tire of his "bad face" :-)

Poor baby kept an ear infection for 3 rounds of antibiotics and about 4 weeks straight. We were having the hardest time getting his congestion to clear and its hard to get ears to clear up when theres so much congestion. So our nightly routine consisted (for 10 days!) of antibiotic, motrin for fever/pain, benedryl to help dry his sinuses (just at night), saline spray for the nose, numbing ear drops and vicks vapor rub. Wow, talk about a chore. Especially considering that he's HORRIBLE about taking meds. No exaggeration.

Rhyan loves to help swing her little brother!

And we all love it when Mayer comes to visit!

And look at the cutie I got to have lunch with a few weeks ago?! Right before Liz started back to school we met up for one last lunch. Sweet baby girl! LOVE my niece!

More to come, i'm sure... seeing as how there are 332 pics on my camera already! LOL

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head....

Seeing as how i'm pretty behind in blogging, I have no idea of when this took place :-( But sometime back in September there was a very warm, rainy day... and since it was after nap and before baths, I thought "why not play in the rain?!". Mack LOVED it. Rhyan, however, felt it best to use her "ambrella". Diva's cant get wait, youknow! They melt like sugar, duh!

Jumping in puddles while Mack eyed the storm drain, trying to figure out what it was all about...

Even Spud joined in the fun!

Eventually, Rhyan decided she, too, could get wet. Off came the shoes and the fun really began!

LOVE this girl!

Mack, doing his favorite "TA DA!"

Yeah, that would be Rhyan drinking water off the ground like a dog. Hmmmmmmm...

Who's the bad parent who let her do that?! Not me, of course!

Practicing "plank" ;-)

And I'll leave you with this little jewel... someone is starting early with an addiction to crack. LOL!

I LOVE these sweet moments with my babies!

Gwinnett County Fair: 2012

I have a slight obsession with the fair. I'm fairly certain that I've been pretty much every year of my life (with VERY few exceptions). I've never been to any other fairs and while I've heard that ours is a little "white-trashy" (haha), nothing can deter me from my love! 

I was excited to introduce Mack to the fair in an interactive way this year. Last year, he accompanied the family but Mommie pretty much held him and fed him and loved on him all night while we walked around... he didnt really "see" too much at 3 months old :-) Not so, this year! We started off in the 4-H petting zoo.

My sweet girl has a love for animals just like her daddy!

We walked around the petting zoo area for a bit but Rhyan wasnt as impressed as last year. There werent as many animals! BOO! So she said "i wanna get outta here". So we did. With our free milk's in hand, of course! Next stop, a pic with the Mayfield dairy cow. Jeff was trying to instruct them so I could capture them. Um, we werent very successful, but we tried, none the less!

We debated back and forth as to whether we should pay the exorbitant amount for a "stamp" to ride all the rides (its $25 on Sundays! RIPOFF!!!) but as Rhyan insisted on riding every ride, we figured it'd be worth it. Then, there was the question of would she ride by herself or would one of us have to get a stamp too.

Long story short, we were out $50 in a flash. I told you, i'm a SUCKER for the fair! ;-)

She We LOVED the swings!

While we were standing in line for the swings, it started sprinkling. Rhyan and I kept saying "Jesus, please dont let it rain!". Negative! We rode the roller coaster after the swings and then the bottom let out :-)

So we hid under an awning for a bit and called the boys to see what they were up to. Jeff had offered to take Mack and explore while Rhyan and I rode the rides (he doesnt like things that spin around and thats about all kiddie fair rides are!) so we werent sure if they were stuck in the rain or not. But they were walking around the exhibits, safe from the rain!

Here's the thing about the fair... there are pretty much about 4 or 5 rides. And those rides are repeated with a different face about 4 or 5 times. So theres about 20 rides, but they're all the same :-)

I dont think she expected the takeoff. LOL!

It quit raining before long and Rhyan and I took full advantage of our remaining time. And boy, did the humidity make her hair curly!

She was ALL about the bumper boats... but she didnt quite understand how to make it turn. So she thought it was fun for a few minutes...

And then she started getting upset because she was going in circles and it wouldnt stop ;-) Sweet girl! haha!

They also had a "fun house" that she didnt think was very much fun. And a little girl totally busted her rear while we were in there so it was a little traumatic for us all! haha! On to the obstacle course, said Rhyan!

She was barely tall enough to do it and parents are not allowed on this so I was running all around the thing telling her she was doing a good job and to keep going (she was nervous to be going alone).

But she eventually made it to the slide! Hooray!!!

We met up with the boys and let little Mack take a ride on the merry-go-round with Rhyan and I. This pic doesnt show it, but he LOVED it!!! He was smiling ear to ear! (until we took a pic, of course!)

LOVE this of my little prissy girl :-)

We finally went and grabbed a bite to eat after all of our fun rides. Except for some reason, Mack was being, well, difficult. He didnt want to eat what we offered and was being a pill. I thought it would be fun to let the kids try a funnel cake. And again, Mack was refusing to eat anything we offered. Turns out, it was because HE wanted to pick up his own food and thats why he was refusing what we tried to hand to him. STUBBORN!

Just before we left, Rhyan was saying she wanted to ride the cars. We figured one last ride was ok :-) And as it turned out, she quite appropriately got to ride in the "Ford" truck!

Despite the rain, we had a great time overall. We were sad that Mommie wasnt able to come, but we enjoyed ourselves. Rhyan ended up going back AGAIN  later in the week with my Mom and said she loved the "parade".

Till next year!