A new look

Mackenzie gave me a make over. Whatcha think?
Here's a picture of the pair of us after a morning at 'Kenzie's dress up box:

Crazy hair

Mackenzie's hair is getting longer and harder to keep out of her face. This caused us to take drastic measures:

Go Blue!

We are so glad to have Michigan football saturday's back! Mackenzie has joined in on our tradition of watching the games together and even shouts " GO BLUE! DOWN ( touch down)!" Here's a picture of two of the cutest Michigan fans you'll ever see!

Lots of learning going on over here!

Mackenzie put her own shirt on today! She did end up with one arm coming out the neck hole, but she got her head through and her first arm in the right spot. What a big girl!
Here's a picture from a few days ago. She's trying to put my sweater on:

A new sport in our house

I hope this doesn't ruin my chances for the " Mother of the Year " award ( you know, the one I was sure to get *sarcasm noted?*) but there's something I have to admit:

My name is Missy and I play fetch ( or "fet" in Mackenzinese) with my daughter.

AND she LOVES it! And...even worse...I took pictures of it!


She yells " Ready? GO! " as she's running down the hallway. Look at that form!:

And it's a great way to burn off any extra energy:

Showing off those pearly whites!

Mackenzie had her 6 month check up with Dr. Cullen, her dentist, this week. She passed the exam with flying colors! She even held the mirror so that Dr. Cullen could see inside her mouth. The dental assistant and Dr. Cullen were both very impressed that Mackenzie was so cooperative. She said Mackenzie's teeth look perfect and was glad to hear Mackenzie enjoys brushing her teeth ( she brushes at least three times a day! )Mackenzie left the office grasping her new Dora tooth brush and the ball she picked from the prize box!

Breaking in the new brush:



Showin' off those teeth:

The dentist did say that Mackenzie is getting in the four canine teeth- this was no news for us! We are ready to be done with teething and all that it entails. Thankfully, once these teeth are done coming through, she'll have 18 of her 20 baby teeth!

Hope chest

Grammy Mary has been on a mission to get her house cleaned out and reorganized. Part of doing that was going through her hope chest with Mike so that he could keep the things that were sentimental to him and Mary could keep the things that were to her. While it was certainly an emotional experience, everyone seemed to enjoy taking a glimpse back in time. Mary saved the receipt from their ( she and Ralph's) first grocery shopping trip. It was longer than an arms length and the total was less than 50 dollars!

Mike and Mary going through the hope chest:
Always an extra " helper":
It's a good thing Aunt Janet came! She and Mackenzie had a great time playing while Grammy and Daddy made their way through the box:
Mike prepared a salmon fillet and made potatoes Au gratin from scratch for the occasion! There were no left overs and Mackenzie ate more salmon than I did!

Here's the repurposed hope chest as it looks today:


It's a big hit with Mackenzie!