21 month happenings!

I am finally on Summer vacation!  This year has been long and stressful, but had plenty of fun times.  I've been with a job, without a job, wondering where my job placement would be, learning where my job placement would be, waiting for acceptance in to grad school, getting accepted, waiting for financial aid, declining an assistantship, working part-time, being a mom, being a wife, and finding time for myself...  Needless to say, by June 15th I was more than happy to take a break from "normal" life and embrace my Summer schedule.

So what have I been up to?  Working summer camp, working out like a mad woman, and enjoying my family!  The good thing about being a teacher is that I get summers off and I get time to be a stay at home mom for a few months.  The summer break almost makes up for the fact that I haven't gotten a raise in 3 years and the fact that they cut my position...  I've been able to sleep in (meaning until 6:30), relax at the pool, and work on getting my "sexy" back.  This year has been emotionally draining and I felt like I lost part of myself along the way. 

I'll post more about that later, but on a lighter note can you believe Mackenzy is 21 months old now?  We celebrated by putting her travel system up for sale and getting her a new lightweight stroller.  She absolutely loves her stroller and I let her sit in it in the house so I could learn how to use it!  Once again, look at those long legs!

Her stats based on my measurements:  She is about 22.5lbs, 33.5in tall, wears a 6.5 shoe, and can wear a 2t in clothes for length but still fits in to her 18mo clothes.  She is beginning to sit still for longer periods of time to watch her favorite dvd and cartoons (Bubble Guppies, Yo Gabba Gabba, Yogi Bear, Tom & Jerry, Team Umizumi, Dora the Explorer, and Go Diego Go).  She understands 1-2 step directions, speaks in 3-4 word utterances/sentences, loves giving hugs and kisses, loves stomping on buggers (bugs) and piders (spiders), and loves coloring.

Most importantly, she LOVES being outside which is hard for me because I'm not an outdoor person.  We'll venture out once a day to get some vitamin D and to play.  If I'm having a lazy indoor day, she'll come an ask me to take a ride in the jogging stroller.

Everyday we walk to the mailbox to get the mail.  After a detour to the neighbors door to play with their pinwheel and to say hi to their dog, we'll get down there and she'll play with the bush...

This particular day we decided to blow bubbles and eat popsicles.  About 5 minutes later she spilled the bubbles all over the ground and on her shoes.  I guess I'll have to buy more bubbles!

Who needs bubbles when you have grass to play in!  Mackenzy will often bring in leaves or "blows" (dandelions) from outside and give them to me or Ray.  We are still working on having her leave the greenery outside...

 This is just a random picture of her playing with her new "goggles" (aka sunglasses).  I tried to catch her with them on, but she kept running away from me!  Little booger!