Now that Mackenzie is reaching the old age of one, her personality is shining more than ever and as her loving mommy I can't help but write about every little funny, cute or not so cute thing she does.
Story One: Funny
The Walker Loves Me, The Walker Loves Me Not
From the day Mackenzie picked up crawling, her goal has been to climb under her walker. She usually encounters the problem of becoming stuck and then getting increasingly angry while she tries to overcome the obstacle or decides to give up and wait for someone to rescue her. Eventually, she did master the art of crawling under her walker although she soon realized she would have other problems when she wanted to go from crawling to sitting. She is too tall for that kind of fun. So, of course she becomes Miss Grumpy Pants and must be removed from the situation immediately. So, yesterday my sweet Kenzie decides to crawl under her walker so I say to her, "Mackenzie, sweetie pie, you know you are going to become stuck and it's going to upset you. Why do you put yourself in these situations?" and after a month of frustration and tears she manages to sit under her walker, tilt her head to the side so it doesn't get stuck and crawl back out! I was so excited for her little accomplishment that I could not help but loudly say "Yay!!!" and clap! She continued crawling under the walker and back out until something else caught her eye. What a funny girl! I just love her! She makes me one proud and happy mommy!
Story Two: Cute
Ziggy, There Is No Escaping These Quick "Crawlers"!
For those of you who do not know, we have a sweet little cat named Ziggy who can be more of a handful than Mackenzie at times. Anyways, it does not matter what Kenz is up to, when Ziggy appears she is gone. She loves to tackle him, pull his whiskers and anything else that may annoy him. I was in the kitchen cooking and was able to witness a cute game of theirs. Ziggy would run away from her and she would chase after him and then he would run the other direction just to have her turn around and tackle him down. They did this for a while too! It was so funny and cute to watch. They are just like brother and sister! I know he is just a cat but I mean, maybe you had to be there, I could not help but just smile and laugh at them!
Story Three: Not So Cute
WARNING! This Is Gross!
I know mom's out there can relate and probably have stories of their own like this so I am sharing this because it has been the worst disaster yet. Poo disaster that is. Mackenzie has had her share of disgusting masterpieces that she's created in her diapers..some that I have to wonder how she's even capable but nothing like this. We have a pretty good routine down for the evenings after Daddy leaves for work, I workout and she plays around me, watches and after it's shower time! She has a little baby bath I buckle her into and I put her at the end of the tub without the shower head and I jump in to shower and then fill the tub up for her to play in when I'm done. It's sometimes the only way I'm able to get a shower in during the day. Back to the disaster though, this one day I am about to jump out when I see her "poo face" and then sure enough a nice, lovely pile shows itself. I should be happy it's in the tub I know and I was. I sit her at the clean end of the tub while I'm cleaning her baby bath and after everything is clean she has another incident. I then place her baby bath on the floor and buckle her in it while I clean the tub again and after it's clean I turn to get her and see ANOTHER disaster. Thank goodness it was the last of them though. It was an experience!
Mackenzie is such a joy in my life and makes being a mommy the most rewarding job on Earth. She has a laugh and smile that makes your heart melt and when she gives kisses, they are the sweetest! She puts her hands on my cheeks and smooch! Of course, she has to be in a cuddly, loving mood and usually she is too wrapped up in exploring and investigating the world around her to cuddle. I love that I can share all these fun stories and pictures with friends and family that live far away and/or do not get to see her often.
What do they say about things happening in threes?
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a very determined little person, very good and a little bad, lol. Good because she keeps trying until she gets it right, and bad because she might be just a mite stubborn. But stubborn can be a good thing.
She certainly has personality!