Aubrey and Mackenzie in their new seats. Well, Mackenzie's is new, Aubrey is in Mackenzie's old seat which is still new to her :)

Aubrey likes to feed herself. She actually won't let me feed her at all. I have to put the food on the spoon and then hand it to her. She does pretty well but its a huge mess every time!

The girls playing in the laundry basket.

Mackenzie doing a yoga pose.

Well, we are just plugging along looking forward to spring! We were all pretty sick over the past few weeks, all except Aubrey ended up on antibiotics, yuck. Thankfully we are over that. My mom and dad came out for a visit and we had a great time. We got one nice day at the park, and then had a few rainy days. But we still had a good time. Aubrey is keeping busy sprouting teeth and getting into everything. She now cruises around furniture and also tries to crawl over, under, or through anything she possibly can. She also has a knack for finding any possible choking hazard on the floor and putting it in her mouth. Mackenzie puts up patiently with her sister for the most part! She loves dresses and purses and putting her hair in braids. She is my little diva!

So, finally some new pictures. We have been having computer issues. Our laptop that we were using bit the dust and so we were without for a week or so, and now Matt has rigged up a desktop from spare parts at the church. It isn't ideal, but will have to do for now. So, it took me a little while to figure out how to put pics on this computer and all that good stuff. Anyway. The girls are doing great. Mackenzie just cracks me up all day long. Today she was running around the house yelling, "no loud boys, no loud boys!" I could not figure out what she was talking about until I realized that one of her older friends had put up signs on her door that said "No boys allowed". I guess that is how her little mind heard it!

Aubrey is giving me gray hair! She is pulling up on everything and starting to take little steps around the coffee table, and last night she just decided to let go of her play table and promptly fell right on her head. She is my adventure loving little one, but still so easy going and sweet.

We are enjoying some warmer days - there are a few pictures from a week or so ago when we went to the park to fly Mackenzie's new kite. It was so much fun!

Aubrey crawled off while I was trying to get her jammies on. I guess she really likes her Praise Baby DVD and was trying to get a closer look he he.

Here she is showing a little bit of her temper. She got stuck under the excersaucer and man was she ticked.

Mackenzie and Aubrey opening their Valentine's treats from Grammy and Peepaw :)

At the park the other day.

Mackenzie sliding... with her bucket :)

Aquarium

I'm so sorry, blogger just does not like me these days. It will not let me post more than 5 pictures at a time! So anyway, here are some pictures from the aquarium. We went to the Oklahoma Aquarium when we took my mom to the airport last week - it was a blast. We got to watch them feed the sharks, the otters, and the beavers. The otters may have been a little bit too much education for Mackenzie - they threw LIVE goldfish into the tank and the otters swam around and caught them - eek! But it didn't seem to bother her. She loved the turtles. Oh, and there was a tunnel thing that went through the shark tank - that was a big hit.

Last picture is Aubrey up on her knees. That was last week, this week she is pulling all the way up to her feet. She also has a constant bump or red mark on her head from falling over so much! Aaaah! I try but I just can't catch her every time.

Sharing with sis.
Aubrey reading Mackenzie's new books from the Smiths!

Aubrey getting in on some wrapping paper fun.

Lots of new play doh from mommy and daddy.

Excited about a package in the mail from the McFarlands

Sorry, blogger flipped out on me last night so I will finish posting pics now!

Penguin Party

Well, we have had a very exciting week or so. My mom and dad came into town the weekend of Mackenzie's birthday party and we had a lot of fun with them. Then we had her much anticipated penguin party on the 25th. Then, on her birthday, we were hit with an ice storm. It knocked out our power from tuesday until friday. We spent one night in a hotel because our gas fireplace was emmiting a lot of nasty fumes. The next day we came home and opened some windows while the fireplace burned off the "new" smell, which was not dangerous, just annoying. After that we were able to stay at home, cooking on a camp stove outside and playing games by candlelight. I don't think I've ever been so excited to do laundry or run my dishwasher on the day the power came back on. My mom was also in town all week, so we had quite the adventure. Yesterday we took her to Tulsa for her flight home, and since we were there we spent the day at the Oklahoma Aquarium. I am going to post some birthday pics, ice storm pics, and some from our trip the the aquarium.

Mackenzie taking a "nap" in the cabinet.
Aubrey somehow got herself under Mackenzie's doll stroller - she is VERY mobile these days, I never know where she is going to end up!

This is one of the typical faces we get when we try and feed Aubrey. She hates solid food unless its puffs - she enjoys those. The doctor thinks she will probably just skip baby food and go straight to table food here in a couple of months.

We went on a VERY long very eventful hike the other day and Aubrey finally fell asleep in the bjorn.

Family pic on the hike.

Kenzie and daddy reading the newspaper.

Mackenzie climbing UP the slide at the park - goof.

Aubrey with her cup.

Here she is working on some puffs - she gets about 1/3 in her mouth and the rest on the floor or in her chair :)

Christmas Pics

Our last night in CO, we had a big turkey dinner.

We went on a sleigh ride - it was so much fun! And SO cold!!!

The girls in their adorable Christmas outfits from Great Grandma Plank.

Mackenzie on Christmas morning.

Aubrey and Grammy.

Mackenzie and Peepaw.

Christmas Eve.

Sledding with Daddy.




Here's some hightlights from our Christmas trip! They are all out of order, but you get the general idea!