February

So now that February is over I figure I'd better post about what happened during the month before March is over and I have February AND March to post about! Even though February is ONLY 2-3 days shorter than the rest of the months, it sure seems to fly!

McKay watching a 'show' in the morning. Looks comfy huh? He really enjoys watching Word World, Clifford, Curious George,and Thomas the Tank Engine.

Thursday the 11th was my birthday. Jordan had a basketball game that night so we spread out the 'celebration' through Friday. I talked with each of my siblings on (or pretty close to) my birthday as well as with my parents and Grandma. It was a nice birthday.
McKay enjoyed helping me open my presents.

Say 'CHEESE'!

I love kisses from my little man!

Spoiled, Spoiled, Spoiled!
My Dad's sister, Nancy Bailey, happened to be in town and came to see me on my birthday. It was great visiting with her. We don't get many visitors out this way, and I got a visitor on my birthday! It was a very pleasant surprise.

On Friday Jordan got off work early and we ate at Buca di Beppo. Afterward we had Ghirardelli Turtle Carmel Brownies with vanilla ice cream. Yeah, it was as good as it sounds. When I told McKay we were having birthday cake, he was SURE it should be an Elmo cake, just like he had for his 2nd birthday (seriously, the kid has a memory like no other). He now knows that his birthday is in July, and he is either going to have a 'train show' cake, a 'cars show' cake or a 'brown bear brown bear' cake. We'll see what else he comes up with before his birthday!

Ever since his birthday when he didn't know he was supposed to blow out the candles (how would he know??) we've been talking about what happens on your birthday each time an opportunity comes up. Now he knows, you blow out the candles on your cake and pretends to blow them out anytime he sees a candle or a picture of birthday cake.

McKay really got into the valentines day spirit and started working on making valentines in January. He made some for his Grandma and Grandpa Moser, Nanna and Papa, Dustin and Chantelle, Mommy & Daddy and a few more for Nanna & Papa. Each one was a little different. He used paint, water color paints, glitter glue (with help of course) markers, crayons, paper, etc. I forgot to take a picture of the valentines we sent to Arizona but you get the idea.

Jordan surprised me on my birthday & early for valentines day with a dozen roses. I loved having our place smell like chocolate and roses for a few days. What could be better?

McKay counting the numbers on the phone. He has 1-8 down, but he often forgets 9. If we help him with 9, 10 is totally there. Then it is anything from eleven to fourteen to seventeen etc. :) Good job buddy!

Talking to Nanna and Papa on Valentines day. They loved the valentines he sent them and a few days later he got a letter from them full of valentines. It happened to be the same day we talked about the mail carrier at our house for preschool so he got 'mail' in the morning from Mommy and then mail from the mail carrier in the afternoon. McKay LOVES talking on the phone, and is SURE everyone who calls is Nanna and Papa and I get in trouble if he doesn't get to talk to them too.

We've had a lot of rain this year so we take advantage of the days that are dry to go to the park. Here McKay is making a pizza out of sand that we pretended to eat. Yeah, I wasn't joking when I said he LOVED the playgroup activity when we made pizza. In fact, he still asks to make pizza each Sunday when we go to church. He'd pile the sand up, then say 'all ready mama' and hand me a pretend piece of pizza to pretend to eat. Then he'd make another one, telling me it was 'almost done' as he worked on it. His vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds in the last couple of months and we are loving his new communication skills!

McKay can put his underwear and pants on (he picked out his clothes this day - he often has an opinion on what he wears now) and he LOVES to wear his snowman socks. He is also a very good exercise buddy for me and can even remind me of what exercise I haven't done yet by showing me. Here he is on his 'turn' with the bands. His arms go up and down and he counts each one.

Here he is another day making pizza on the bathroom counter with a measuring cup and water.

The two Saturdays in the middle of the month, Jordan & McKay left while I stayed home doing taxes. They had a lot of fun together. The first Saturday they did a bunch of miscellaneous errands Jordan had been wanting to get done. He was so pleased with how well McKay behaved, he took him to eat at 'the star'. (Carls Jr.) McKay doesn't eat fast food very well (wonder where he got that!) but he thinks the star is pretty neat and constantly asks to eat there. Unfortunately for me, there is a Carl's Jr on the other side of the parking lot of the grocery store.

The next Saturday they went to story time at the library and McKay showed Daddy where to go. Afterward they went to Stan's, a little donut shop near our home that supposedly has the best donuts around. They picked out some donuts and McKay had one with green sprinkles he was really excited about. They got to the checkout and found out they only accept cash. Jordan had used all his cash the night before when he and I went to a Utah Jazz & Golden State Warriors basketball game in Oakland so they had to leave the store empty handed. McKay was d.e.v.a.s.t.a.t.e.d. to say the least. He was so upset and cried all the way home and into the house. He finally calmed down enough to eat lunch and then remembered the 'green' and started crying again. We finally gave him a green popsicle and Jordan promised to take him back another day (still haven't been back). It was so sad!

Spring is here!

I love being able to open the windows and let the fresh air in. We don't get to every day yet but we'll take what we can get.