Kenzie's 1st boo boo

I love spring! Its my second favorite time of year (a runner up to fall). I love baseball and warm weather and those both start in the spring. We spend a ton of time out at the softball and soccer fields. Jason is coaching and playing on 2 church softball teams and coaching a 12 and under girls soccer team. So Thursday we went as usual to the ball park. Kenz got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse folding chair for her birthday so we decided to bring it out on this particular day. She sat in it for a while but then got bored and decided to play in the dirt. She also ate some pineapple out there so the dirt stuck to her hands and ended up all over her face. She was a mess! We did have a little mishap with the chair too. Kenzie was getting out of it and fell and scraped her knee. It bled some but she never cried. I'm so proud of her! Here are some pictures from Thursday....

Sitting in her chair

Pointing to Mickey Mouse
My dirty faced little girl
Kenzie's 1st boo boo

In other news McKenzie is into EVERYTHING! She climbs on things and pulls things around. She has some new words and her vocab seems to be increasing day by day. Here are Kenzie's words:

Mama, Dada, Deecee (Dixie), Ope (Hope), Dia (Lydia the babysitters daughter), bawl (ball), bat (bath), gook (book), day do (thank you)

She's so sweet! She likes to drink her milk in someones lap. She hugs me or Jason or Dixie too. Kenzie dances a lot and loves for Whit (the babysitters son) to play the guitar. She does the war chant and claps when you say "Go Noles". Basically she is wonderful and Jason and I love her more than you can imagine!

Some Enchanted Evening

Last night Jason took me to see South Pacific at the Fox! It was my birthday present. Now Jason isn't the go to a musical kind of guy so this was a big deal for him. We got dressed up ( I wore a dress I bought 7 years ago ... I think that's pretty darn good!) and went to Olive Garden for dinner (our fave) and then watched South Pacific. I love that musical. Jason ... not so much. But he has agreed to go in January to see West Side Story with me. I LOVE West Side Story!!! The song Kim sang when we lit our unity candle was One Hand. One Heart from West Side Story.
Jason asked me how I got into theater and musicals because I don't really seem the type. I can't actually remember how my interest started but it got big at PHS. I LOVE directing. My 1st year at Austin I was the drama club sponsor and directed the middle schoolers in "Doc, Doc .. Goose". The past two years I haven't done anything with it but next year I'm certainly going to! So there it is ... I am a HUGE drama nerd!

oh and "I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful guy!!!!!!"

McKenzie Ann is One!!!

McKenzie is one!!! There are a TON of pictures in the blog so be prepared. I don't even have pictures from her actual party and Easter on here. Momma took most of those so you have the few things I took.

We'll start off with Kenzie's party. She had a Minnie Mouse party and loved every minute. She got a lot of great clothes and toys. She is very loved. Here are some pictures of mainly party decorations. If you'd like to see some of her putting her foot in her cake check out facebook. They are posted on my wall.

The cake table

The adults' birthday cake (yummy from Publix)

The collage of photos. I have one for every month of this past year. They all have sayings on them as well.

The sign my wonderful friend Meredith made

Welcome to the party!

OK so I am a total teacher .. I took one of the smaller mickey mouse cut outs and projected it on the wall to trace out the bigger one

McKenzie in front of her sign

Walking around the yard with Uncle Devan

Kenzie and her Papa

So the next day was Easter Sunday. This is McKenzie's 2nd Easter but the 1st "real" Easter for her. Last year she was one week old and we didn't do anyhting. This year the Easter Bunny visited and brought lots of books and "hid" some egss. McKenzie was more interested in walking with one egg in each hand than picking them up and putting them in her basket.

Happy Easter!

Monday was McKenzie's actual birthday. She woke up and played in the bed with Mommy and Daddy. Then Daddy went to try and work but came home around 12. After McKenzie took a nap we went to Chic Fil A and the park. She wasn't a big fan of the park .. it was too hot. We came home and hung out the rest of the day.
Birthday Girl!!!

Going to Chic Fil A Front Facing!!!

Today we went for McKenzie's 12 month check up. She's great. She weighs 20lb 12oz and is 30.5 inches. She's in the 50th percentile for weight and 90th for height. I don't know where she gets that from. She has 7 teeth (3 top and 4 bottom) and a decent amount of hair. She drinks whole milk and eats table food. She decided Monday she doesn't like the bottle anymore except for the last one before bed. Kenzie walks now too! She started that almost 2 weeks ago. She's such a big girl and I love her so much!!

Hope you enjoyed all the pictures!