Wild Animal Park

On Saturday we went with our neighbors to the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park! It was about a super hot day, but we had fun!

We always found the shade to stand in. Mack loved the gorillas. They were facing the wall because someone came out and fed them from the top of the wall.

Mack pointing to the gorillas. She feels so big standing there on her own!

The zoo was smart and had all these misting things around the buildings, so we let Mack get some mist!

They even had a little splash park! After taking the African Safari Tour we let Mack run around the splash park. She was in heaven.

Thank you to Tamme for giving us tickets to the animal park and to our neighbors for coming! Instead of sleeping on the way home Mack just screamed the whole time! But she did end up sleeping through the night for the first time in a few weeks. The sleep was MUCH NEEDED for all of us.

Pretend city

Last week we went with Leah and her girls to Pretend City. We had a bunch of fun. There are so many things to do.

There is a grocery store. The baskets could not get any smaller, but Mackenzie enjoyed trying to fit things into it. As you can see, you can only fit a couple things. I was hoping they would have carts, but it was fun any way. There is a garden area where you can plant fruit and veggies and there is an apple tree and strawberry bush.

Mackenzie loved sitting in all the cars. This is her with her cousin Ava. They are only 6 months apart, but Ava is literally half Mackenzie's size. She is so tiny!

Another car!

The phone was pretty fun! She likes to talk to "Mimi", "Papa" and "Daddy"!

She is always a big fan of the water. I think she was unsure if she was going to get into trouble for playing in the water, but then she loved it!

We cannot go any where without Mackenzie finding something to climb. She was able to get up to this tall garden area because she wanted a carrot. She was a great example because within minutes after her 4 year old cousin, who can reach the carrots, started climbing up! It must look fun!!

Hopefully we get to go back soon, because this place is great!

18 month stats

We went to the doctor for Mackenzie's 18 month check up today. Her stats are...

Height: 34 " (100%)

She is right at the top line of the chart

Weight: 26 lbs (75%)

Head: 75%

Mackenzie is tall and active.

She can climb ladders at the park and she can get onto every counter in the house.

NOTHING is out of reach for this child.

She is learning new words every day.

She loves dogs and birds.

She is VERY social and has tons of little friends.

Her best friend is the little boy next door. They spend a lot of time together. They are just alike and get along so well. Below is a picture of them eating dinner together.

They tend to eat better when they eat together!

She LOVES reading. The other day she looked at books for a full hour!!

We are all loving California and the weather that comes with it! The beach and pool are tons of fun!

We have one happy, fun little girl!

One weird thing she has been doing lately is throwing up when we put her to bed. No idea why and the doctor has no answers for us either. Does any one else have a kid like this? She has no other sick symptoms and she ate different things each time. It is not every night. But in the last 2 weeks she has thrown up 4 times. I am getting sick of changing the bedding and doing laundry.

18 months

I have a beautiful little 18 month old girl today! Yesterday was perfect weather so I thought we would go to the pool and get pictures of Mackenzie in her new bathing suit. Her friend Sophia came with us and we had so much fun!

Playing in the pool with their shoes! Rockin' the little tube! She loved sitting in it and being dragged around the pool.

Just about the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!

The girls would go up the stairs and run down the wheelchair ramp over and over and over.

With her arms straight like this she looks like a gymnast (my opinion).

These two girls get along pretty well. They also fight like sisters!

Loving the pool!

All done with the water, just chillin' in diapers!

The girls helped me push the stroller home! They actually pushed so hard I had to hold the stroller back the whole time!

I love my little girl! This stage of her life has been my favorite. She is so much fun and full of energy. We will have doctor stats next week.

Couch Potato!

The other day I actually got Mackenzie to sit still for about 20 minutes! I gave her a sippy cup, a bowl of doritos and put on Baby Einstiens! She looked so cute chillin' in front of the TV.

Birds

There are little birds hanging out on our patio all the time and Mackenzie had this fascination with them lately. Today we went out to get the stroller and this is what we found....

The birds were not just hanging out. They were living in her stroller! What is funny is we used this stroller just 4 days ago. Those birds have been busy. I felt bad having to dump the nest off.

Little helper

Sorry, I hate how blogger uploads the pictures backwards and then makes it impossible to fix. The top picture is the finished product and the explanation is at the end...

Our laptop crashed last week so we went out and got a desk top. We have been wanting one any way, so this just forced us to get one sooner. We are using our tv as our monitor because we never use the tv any way. Eventually we will get a real monitor! We went out to get a desk for the computer as well and Mackenzie helped her dad put it together!