We are now saying sentences. "I want to see daddy," "What are you doing mommy," Where did daddy go?"  It is just so cool to see how every day she is learning so much.

This summer has gone by fast. We have had a very mild summer. I'm hoping that August warms up a bit so we can really enjoy the pool after work in the evenings. I think July 2009 was the coolest July in history. (for Ohio that is). Makenzie is saying so many new words I can't even keep up. One of the new things she has been saying is "where did it go." Another new thing she does is she puts her baby doll on the potty. She has yet to go on it though. We get her to try a few times....but she really has no interest so we are not pushing it.

Here are a few August pics so far..

We had a race in Columbus last weekend. It rained all day Saturday.

We had to replace the serpentine belt on the motorhome on the way there. Makenzie is helping out
Here is Makenzie about to fall asleep after eating dinner. We grilled ribs and made mac and cheese.

Here we are doing the cupid shuffle.

Makenzie is showing off her moves too.

Makenzie had her first swim lessons tonight. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it went great and was actually a lot of fun. We sang a lot of songs....didn't think that was going to happen in swim lessons. Its a parent/child class. I dipped her under the water several times and she did not cry or swallow any water amazing as that seems. James watched us from the other room We are taking them at the YMCA and the place is not the greatest...we are just doing the program membership for these lessons. We are at the Butler East YMCA. We were considering middletown and I'm so glad we didn't go there as this one is newer and prob more upscale, but still not what we really want. Are we snobs? No, but lack of customer service and the place was just not what we are use to. I'm thinking a country club atmosphere would suit us better, but oh well. Good thing we have our own pool. I am going to go on record here and say we will prob not join a YMCA in the near future and prob not ever.

We have a race this weekend so hopefully we do well in the Jegs sports national.  Sorry no pics...

We usually have our radio on in the background when cooking dinner and just doing things around the house. Tonight along with many other nights Makenzie grabbed my hand as I was cleaning up dinner and pulled me into the family room to dance. She then went back into the kitchen and pulled James' hand into the family room to dance. It was just so cute. She is our dancing queen.  We love her so much!!!!

Makenzie is 19 months today and has pink eye. We think she had allergies and then scratched her eye and developed pink eye. I didn't even know you could give yourself pink eye. She now has eye drops and an antibiotic.

A little update: She still weighs 28 lbs, but has really gotten taller. She looks older than most kids her age due to her ht and wt.

At 19 months some new words she can say are baby, pretty, good, count 2 & 3 (when prompted by 1), hug, eye (one of her favorites), joe joe, sorry, sign thank you, please and sign it, train, choo choo. dirty, ew, mine, okay, back pack, cold, hot (she often gets these mixed up),whoa, wee, potty, poo poo and pee ....there are just too many to even remember. She absolutely loves Dora and begs me to turn it on. She dances, sings and repeats after the show. She also recently started telling me when she goes in her diaper. I've been trying to get her to sit on the potty, but she doesn't really want to do this yet. We are not forcing it.

Lately she has been hugging us lots. Of course we love this. She also has to sleep with her baby. She has also started to climb on everything. She can climb up on chairs, our bar stools and the golf cart all by herself.

We had a fun time in Joliet. IL this past weekend. There were 52 cars. We qualified as #34. #33 went a 7.000 and we went 7.001. The bump was a 6.98. 

Last weekend we had a pool party and fish fry on Sunday and celebrated my parents 34th wedding anniversary. We had a great time. Champagne and dessert were also good.

This weekend we are heading off to Joliet, IL to race. James' dad is meeting us at 7:30am and we will head out for the 7 hour trip. Our friend Todd is flying in and bringing a friend....or two. We also have friends who live in Crest Hill, which is right next door who we met on a cruise several years ago. Hopefully we see them. Then we will see lots of other track friends.....we haven't see in awhile.....Shelli, Ryan & Rylli Koener. Makenzie and Rylli are only 8 months apart. I found out I was pregnant 3 days before she was born.....wow seems like yesterday and yet it feels like a lifetime ago......Looking forward to a fantastic time.

Pics will be updated....someday....in my spare time.

Every night is just busy busy busy. We are constantly doing something and working around the house. My dad mentioned we are the hardest working people he knows......I think he is right. :)

  Makenzie is 18 months today and just growing so fast. She is saying all kinds of new words......she loves cheese and her hair is just getting curlier. She has ringlets.  We are racing in Norwalk, OH this weekend and everyone comments on how big she is (28lbs) and how curly her hair is. The big question is where did she get the curly hair from? That would be daddy. He had curly hair when he was her age. We are not sure if it will stay, but I guess time will show. Here at the race track Makenzie is riding her 4 wheeler, playing with her lawn mower and bear and baby are two favorite friends. She also has her pink chair and some other toys she plays with. She loves to help out with the race car. We have her carseat strapped into the golfcart and she loves to go for rides.  Her first night here she did not sleep too well. She ended up in bed with us twice. We are parked right next to a road and trucks have gone by all night. This along with not being in her crib probably kept her from sleeping well. We will take lots of photos and post them.

Everyday it seems Makenzie is picking up new words. I honestly can't keep up with it. Some new words include: Go, sorry, she mimics ring around the rosy, okay (I apparently say this a lot), shoes on, eyes (she has said this one for awhile)

She can point to her nose, eyes, belly, feet, hands, hair/head, mouth and ears.

Today Makenzie had tubes put in both of her ears. She has had multiple ear infections with little or no relief. We got up at 5am and headed out to the Evendale Surgical Center. She did so good. The actual procedure took only a few minutes.  I got to go back with her when they put her to sleep. She was such a good little girl. She never once made a sound once she woke up in recovery. The doctor said she had glue ears. I guess she literally had glue in both ears. They cleaned them out and then inserted the tubes. We are back home and she is running around like normal. The doctor did say to talk quietly around her as she probably hasn't been hearing us like normal.

We had a great weekend. We went to a wedding and Makenzie danced with her first boy. It was so cute. She just loves music so much and loves to dance to it. She also loves playing outside and helping daddy work on the pool, the race car or the motorhome. One of her new favorite games is ring around the rosie. She loves the fall down part.

Well it is a beautiful Easter morning. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and Miami Men's Ice Hockey Team are the 2009 Ice Hockey National Champion Runner Up's. Life is pretty darn good. The Easter bunny came to our house for the first time (last year Makenzie was only 4 mos old). He was so good to Makenzie. Her favorite thing is a doll baby stroller. I will post pics later on. We are going to my parents for dinner around 3pm. Right now James is cooking us blueberry pancakes.  Makenzie has had several jelly beans and a hershey kiss so hopefully she will eat some pancakes with us.  Yesterday we had a nice time at an Easter Egg hunt at a local church, the river with Jen, Makayla and Abby. Makenzie is really getting the hang of hunting for eggs.