Things to Remember

9-29-09
McKay has a General Mills car that has a couple of guys on the hood in black and white. McKay calls them Andy!

Setting: McKay is still in his highchair and we are all still eating dinner. McKay wants to 'wash, yeah?!' nodding excitedly and pointing to the cupboard where the dishpan is. Then he starts saying 'beep beep' to Jordan to get out of the chair he stands on to rinse. Don't forget Jordan is sitting in the chair eating and McKay is still in his highchair. :)

9-26-09
McKay is very good with directions and recognizes when we are almost home. Likewise, he recognizes when we are walking to the park and will excitedly say 'yeah' and nod as he points to the park. As we cross the expressway, he waves to the blinking hand on the walk sign and says 'hi', like the hand is waving to him.

9-25-09
McKay LOVES to do the dishes. Then watch an Andy. One evening, Jordan and I were tired and moving slow so McKay started the dishes without us. He pushed his chair over to the sink, put the dishes in the sink on the counter and put the dishpan in the sink. He does a good job rinsing. We just have to remind him sometimes to put the dish in the dish drainer after he's rinsed it several times!

9-23-09
Conversation with McKay:
Jordan: McKay are you Daddy's boy?
McKay: No.
Maria: McKay are you Mama's boy?
McKay: No.
Maria or Jordan (I can't remember): Are you Papa's boy?
McKay: Yeah!

9-15-09
There are lots of squirrels at a park we like to go to and after our camping experience in Yosemite over Labor day when we were teaching McKay to scare the squirrels away from our food, he now scares the squirrels at the park away with a 'BOO!' Too cute!

9-10-09
McKay loves to Run Run Run and have us watch how fast he is. He runs from the kitchen to the front door and sometimes into my room by my night stand. He even 'beep beeped' my shoes out of his way so he could stand right by the night stand to continue his running route.

McKay and I met Jordan at Costco for lunch. We were eating our turkey wraps and frozen yogurt and I told Jordan about the elephant costume I saw as we walked in. McKay heard me say elephant and started making his elephant sound. Over. and. over. Elephants are loud. People were looking to see what the noise was and Jordan and I just laughed and laughed until we could talk and let him know we recognized that he'd made the connection.

9-9-09
"'Uh ah oh'. McKay, who says that? A-N-D-Y" McKay said 'uh ah oh' with the right tones and said Andy!

I was gone to mutual for the Young Women one Wednesday night and McKay was so sad, he blew kisses to the computer chair through his tears. I hadn't realized it but I guess I am finally getting to sit there when it is time for him to go to bed! It is nice to be missed.

9-8-09
When the stoplight light turns green McKay says 'go mama go mama go'.

9-3-09
When McKay gets hurt, he kisses the spot better with an 'mmmmwwwaa'.

McKay always recognizes the 'W' on Weinersnitzel and S on Savemart when we are out driving, among several other letters. He is very observant.

9-1-09
When McKay was heading to bed, we had our normal routine of prayers, hugs and kisses, brush teeth, drink of water, and blow kisses to mama. Then McKay did his 'tight squeeze' sound and blew it to me. He blew me a hug!

This morning, McKay was playing peek-a-boo around the bedroom door with the floor fan that was on.

After dinner McKay wanted to watch Andy so I told him we could after we washed the dishes. He excitedly pulled the dishpan out from under the cabinet and pushed his chair over to the sink to 'help' rinse. After the dishes were done, he wanted to watch Andy again. Gone are the days where he can be distracted and forget the THEN part of 'if you do this then you can have/do this'.

McKay loves to play with his ball at the park, whether it is throwing it and chasing it as fast as he can or rolling it down the slide before he goes down. He makes it look so fun other kids often join him!