Gingerbread house

Mckenna making her "ginger bread boy house"

Christmas came fast!

Wow, I can't believe christmas is already around the corner! I am really excited this year b/c it is Mckenna's first year that she actually knows what is going on! She keeps saying santa is bringing her a pony, a kitchen, and a baby doll. We got the pony and the kitchen covered so far (the pony is fake, but huge and really neighs!!).

We took her to see santa and she cut in front of all the kids in the line and ran up to him, we had to grab her and put her back in line. All the parents were laughing saying "we'll trade you pictures" b/c their kids were crying. : ) Last night we took her to see the ice sculptures at the hotel. She looked like a little ET running around everywhere. It was pretty adorable!! She loved all the sculptures, but it got really really cold!

We've just been lounging in our pj's today watching cartoons. She was watching a little show this morning and the pig Hamilton was baking cookies and she said "look mom Hamilton cooks cookies just like my Nana!" So cute : ) I love how she is communicating so well now. It's getting harder and easier all that the same time. Harder b/c she is running around and arguing and not listening, but easier, because at least I know she understands.

Last week I threw her a christmas party and hired a santa to come surprise all the kids. She had a blast. They decorated cookies and opened presents. They danced to christmas music and all played really well. The santa was awesome, he read them books and really looked just like santa! I want to try and make it a tradition of having a little party for her every year and Tracey suggested as they get older they can start doing volunteer stuff, like toy drives, or visiting children in the hospital. I thought that was a great idea!

She is still crying when we leave her at church, but she begs all week to go, so it is a little weird. The week before she was really upset all week b/c there is a puppet in the children's section and she wanted to see her so bad, but when we got there she wasn't there this week, she was crying and we had to tell her the puppet was sick. I swear, like 5 days later she was talking about how the puppet was so sick and she was sad for her. Last week she said that she learned that Jesus was a baby. She really has a good time learning about Jesus and the Bible...as she says. She comes home with little pictures which slowly are starting to decorate our whole refridgerator! I love it!

She is still calling Santa "Christmas"....She'll say "I got to see Christmas today"....lol. She has been singing Santa Claus is coming to town a lot lately too! Can't wait till christmas morning. I will definetly be charging the video recorder.

Time sure flies....

I wanted to start a blog so that I can keep everyone updated on Mckenna. It's so crazy how time flies. It's easy to tell people "oh we went to the mall today"....but it seems unfair that family and friends miss out on the beautiful things she does or says that make my whole world what it is today. I don't want to forget these precious days spent with the most wonderful miracle God has ever given me. So this is what inspired me to keep up with a blog : )

Today I woke up to Mckenna reading me "Panda Bear Panda Bear". She was reading me the whole entire book...word for word...from "water buffalo" to "wooping crane" to "macaroni penguin". Well I guess I couldn't call it reading, but she has the whole thing memorized.

I took her to the mall to do some christmas shopping. She was really good. Then she informed me that she had pooped her pants. Potty training....I swear we have every single book and video. I even resorted to buying potty training for dummies. She has her times when she will go, but then she just decides that she doesn't want to and won't do it for a while. Anyways, she was upset and telling me that she was going to get a "red rash" (we tell her to stop pooping her pants or this will happen). No idea why, but her poop was bright green. For the rest of the day she informed everyone that she had christmas poop. lol.

We went by sweet and sassy and she begged for a haircut. She really didn't need it, but she was so persistant on a hair cut so she got one. Of course everyone commented on how beautiful she was and they dolled her up with glitter and perfume...it was cute. She got a new christmas necklace and said she looked like dad now (whatever that means).

After lots of shopping we spent the rest of the night and watching Horton Hears a Who. She also kept asking for sushi for dinner. I told her we couldn't go get sushi so she opted for a bean burrito (I swear I don't always feed her everything she wants). Then she made me read her five books. She kept saying "Just ONE more..." I finally had to tell her that it was night night time. She told me "No mommy it's good morning time". : ) We've been making sure to say her prayers every night. She's getting really good at it too. We say the "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer and then go into a long list of "God Bless..." which is always members of her family and then a few random things she likes to add, like God Bless my fish tank, my wall, the door....it's really cute. Then she ends her prayer by saying "I love you Jesus with all my heart" and her favorite part, AMEN!!! I asked her if she knew why we celebrated christmas and she told me "It's not my party mommy, it's Jesus party".