Gifts

So with that said, as the boys were growing up Dan and I had fun buying gifts for them. Buying toys for boys is WAY more fun than buying for girls! When Matt was 3 I started to date Jason, my husband. From day one Jason was Matt's brother..he said so the first time he met Jason. When it came to birthdays and Christmas Jason and I went out of our way to be destructive or loud toys. My parents countinually told us that payback would be a bitch.

When MacKenzy came along my brothers enlisted in helping my parents shop for such gifts. Up until this past weekend they haven't been successful in driving us nuts...but they have now won.

Over Christmas they were in Mexico and they found the perfect gift, and to top it off MacKenzy thinks its the coolest thing in the world. If you think back to the Karate Kid, Mr. Miagi shows Daniel-son a little hand-held drum that he'd sping between his palms. When the drum would go back and forth little strings with beads on the end would hit the drum. Oh it's that, but even worse! It's a tamporine too! Talk about loud and annoying!

This morning when Jason got home from work she instantly had to show him her new toy- she was so proud. I explained to him where it was from and the look he gave me was basically, 'Ahh Shit!"

FAST FORWARD TWO WEEKS LATER

This past Sunday (2/11) we faught with MacKenzy for a good 45 minutes to take a nap. Neither myself or Jason could get her to understand that it was obvious why she needed a nap.

When she finally stopped fighting us her room fell silent. We figured she was asleep- We figured wrong! All of the sudden the little drum from hell started beating from the depths of her bedroom. Not until she got bored with the drum did she actually fall asleep...15 minutes later.

Thanks for the Drum!

Jake

Happy Birthday Baby Jake!

Jake is the son of our friends Jim and Jodi Muelken. Their son Jake was born very prematurely a year ago on January 23rd. Not only is he doing great, but he's the best behaved baby I've ever had the pleasure to be around!

Tomorrow is Jodi's birthday and the family is going to Seaseme Street Live...what a Mom! But on Sunday is Jake's birthday party and MacKenzy can hardly wait! She loves playing with Jake's big sisters, Cady and Maiah.

Can't Wait!

Favorites

Can you believe that in 4 months MacKenzy will be 3 years old? Neither can we! She has become such a little girl…oh sorry, a Big Girl…and an inquisitive individual.

A List of Favorite as of this moment. These things change at the drop of a hat…


Movie: Little Mermaid….otherwise known as “Ariel”

Cartoon: Dora the Explorer and Go! Diego Go! are tied with Clifford the Big Red Dog following close behind!

Food: Noodles and Breadsticks…oh, and French Fries! Carbs carbs carbs!

Music: Anything related to her favorite shows or movies. My Spanish skills have been in check as I’m forced to sing songs from Dora. My memory serves me pretty well with the Little Mermaid songs, but I’m still working on Clifford’s theme song.

Favorite Cartoon Character: Goofy

Toy: Pretend food from her new kitchen set. She is always handing us food, telling us to eat it and quickly reminding us that it’s pretend!

Clothes: If she could wear her Mickey Mouse t-shirt on a daily basis, she would. For Christmas she did get a pink sweatshirt with most every Disney character on it. It gives us a day to wash the Mickey shirt.

Favorite Person: Still her uncle Matt and her “teacher” Amy, from Playworks. Mommy and Daddy are some where in the top 10!

Favorite Shoes: Mom’s

Favorite Book: Snow!

Favorite Color: Pink (if there were a pink monster truck out there, she'd be so pleased!)

Favorite Place to Go: Cady & Maiah’s house

Favorite Word: Why?

Happy New Year!

Some day soon I'll get our Christmas photos posted, but until then 'Happy New Year!'

What we did...

Jason...worked.

Amy...partied with Carrie Underwood!

MacKenzy...partied it up with Cady and Maiah!!!