Our girls

I just had to post these pictures, just so everyone can see how Mackenzie face just spells happiness when she is around her sister. She always wants to hold her and she is just the happiest girl in the world when she gets too!!!

Our 2 year old

Mackenzie turned two a week ago and again as I always say, its crazy how fast they grow! She of course made out like a bandit with toys, she got a tricycle, a race track, table and chairs for her tea time, and much more. She had a blast too; the theme was Cars the movie (which is her favorite) actually she is obsessed with any car and horses so we decided to do cars for this birthday and maybe we can do a horse theme for the next one :-)

Everyday my child amazes me with the words that she is saying and the things that she is doing. She has become very fond of the word "no" which is so much fun for Momma. She is such a little talker too.....never stops!!! Pottey training has taken a step back since Addison has arrived but we are making a little comeback....so hopefully in a couple of months she will be wearing big girl panties. Other Mackenzie's favorites are: her tea set, her baby dolls, her dogs and of course her new little baby sister.

She really has been so amazing with Addison, she loves to watch diaper changes, bath time, feeding and just watching Addie sleep. She tells me that she wants Addie to "sit" and she points to the floor so she can "read book Addie". I know she cant wait for her to get a little bigger so she can play with her. She kisses her 100 times a day and LOVES to give Addie her binky. One funny story is when Matt was sitting with Addison and Kenze on the couch, Addsion started to get fussy and Kenzie got up grabbed Addie's binky and gave it to Matt and said "here daddy" and then goes and sits back down to continue watching her show on TV!

She truly has made this adjustment from being a mom of one to a mom of two pretty easy and enjoyable. I just love her so much I want to cry sometimes!

Addison Reese

Addison Reese

7lbs 8oz 19.5 inches long born at 5:19pm 11/23/2010

Proud Daddy

A very happy but tired mommy :-)

Love this :-)

I have the same picture of Kenzie sleeping like this in our bed

Our angel

Our new little bundle of joy has arrived and we could not be any more blessed. She is by far a gift from god and we are so thankful for her and her big sister.

I forgot how easy newborns are compared to toddlers (haha); she is such a wonderful baby, basically she eats, sleeps, and poops right now but I love to just stare at her precious little face. Her delivery was pretty awesome too...5 hours and one and a half pushes and she was out!

Mackenzie is really in love with her; she LOVES to kiss her and rub her head and is very gentle. Its still an adjustment for Kenze and she has her moments at times (which I'm blamming the terrible twos on) but all in all she is doing really well with our newest addition.

I always wondered how a mother can love another child as much as her first, and now I know that your heart just gets bigger because I am so madly in LOVE with both of my sweethearts.

Halloween

Little Ladybug

View from the back

Ladybug and her Mamma

Walking to her first house

Such a big girl

Precious

So excited for the candy she got!!!!

Mackenzie was the cutest little ladybug for halloween, she also went trick o treating and LOVED it! She got so much candy and got the hang of it right away. She was so darn cute, it almost brought a tear to my eye seeing her go to her first house with her little bag.....she is getting so big!!!

Pumpkin Patch

We went down the street to our pumpkin patch and Kenzie had a blast! She also had so much fun carving the pumpkins too :-)

Barbie

Little Barbie

Brushing her Pony

Oh Boy!!!

Such a happy little Girl!!!!

SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!

Meet Barbie, Mackenzie's little pony that her Nana and Papa got for her. I know crazy that a 23 month old already has a pony, but my family has been involved with horses since I was a little girl and its pretty much a way of life in the Dickinson Family. Both my brother, sister and I had pony's so to keep up with the tradition Barbie is a new member of our family. Let me tell how much my daughter is IN LOVE with this little pony, she has her own little pink grooming kit and really enjoys brushing her and giving her carrot treats (we are working on the correct way for Mac to hold her hand while giving the treat). She got to ride her for the first time yesterday and would not get off, even when it started to rain a little. Finally we had to explain that Barbie had to go night, night and a kicking and screaming Mackenzie had to get out of the saddle. She is so in love with that pony that she brought me my shoes last night and said "Mommy go bye bye" and I asked her where are we going and she said "Barbie ride", oh boy are we in for it!!!

Home

We have been home now for a couple of weeks and it has been soooooooooo amazing!! We have been doing projects around the house, decorating for Halloween, cooking dinner every night and getting ready for Baby Addy. Matt has already been on his hunting and fishing trip too; he has not been able to do that for the past couple of years so it was much needed and lots of fun for him. One of the projects has been Mackenzie's Big Girl Room and let me tell you that she LOVES it! It was hard for me at first (seeing how my little girl is growing up so fast) but I AM adjusting. I'm due in about 5 weeks, so we are going to continue getting the nursery ready and just enjoy the last days of being a family of three.

Helping Daddy build her Bed

"Wow thats for me!!!"

Gymnastics!!!!!

Such good balance :-)

My little Sweetheart

Decorating for Halloween

We have been home now for a couple of weeks and it has been soooooooooo amazing!! We have been doing projects around the house, decorating for Halloween, cooking dinner every night and getting ready for Baby Addy. Matt has already been on his hunting and fishing trip too; he has not been able to do that for the past couple of years so it was much needed and lots of fun for him. One of the projects has been Mackenzie's Big Girl Room and let me tell you that she LOVES it! It was hard for me at first (seeing how my little girl is growing up so fast) but I AM adjusting. I'm due in about 5 weeks, so we are going to continue getting the nursery ready and just enjoy the last days of being a family of three.

Anaheim Series

Fun in the Sun!!!

Checking out the waves with Daddy

B-Man and Mac with their Rainbows!!!

My beach Babe :-)
Supporting our Guys in Fashion (Thanks to Summar)

When the boys came to play the Angels we had our wonderful friends the Pennington's and the Tolleson's stay with us at my parents beach house. We had such an amazing time; the weather was unbelievable.......so for three days all of us girls laid in the sun, ate lots of food and did a little shopping, while the boys played baseball. It was such a great way for all of us to end a long but amazing season; we are sure going to miss them this off season.

21 Months

This is the face that I get now when I say "cheese"

At a really cool park in San Francisco.....she loved the swings

......and the slides!

Mackenzie's blow-up water park!!!!

So refreshing on a 100+ day!

SO FUN!!!!

(I was a terrible picture taker this month.....hopefully I can redeem myself next month)

Now only three more months until she is 2! Can I have a tissue please.....it makes me so sad and happy to see my little baby grow up so fast.

She is such the little talker now, her sentences are getting much better and she remembers EVERYTHING! Hearing all her new words and phrases just crack us up, "where binki go?" "there it is!!!" or "bye bye see u morrow" and "go see nana and papa". One of my favorite sayings lately is when Matt has a day game and leaves before she wakes up; when she does get up she says "Daddy bye bye; baseball?". So sweet!!!

She is completely obsessed with her dogs, she wants to be just like them (which of course entails drinking their water and eating their food...yuck) and whenever we are away from them she ask me every single day "see Ruby and Zoey" and I have to tell her "no they are with Nana and Papa". And sometimes she just understands and says "Ruby and Zoey bye bye?"

She loves being outside and playing on the slides, swings or her pool when we are home and she also loves to clean! Yep I have managed to teach my daughter to be as crazy about cleaning as I am. She loves to take any kind of wipe and wash windows, doors and tables. Lately she also hates when there are crumbs in her stroller or her car seat; she will swat them out before she gets in and says "yuck" while she is doing it! Its so hilarious!!!

She also loves to color, whenever ever she draws or makes something she says "look mommy look" because she is just so proud of herself. Counting has become another favorite, she can count up to ten (I think its more recognizing the numbers). She likes to grab a certain number of anything and she will point at each item and try and count " four, five , six!"

We have also moved to the stage where she will refuse to let me feed her; she screams "SELF, SELF" so therefore we leave extra tip at restaurants or use a drop cloths at home because food is everywhere!!! But she is getting better everyday at using her fork and spoon, thank goodness!

Pottey training is our next milestone that we will be tackeling, she loves to sit on her potty and she tells me when she poops or pees. So I'm hoping that it will be easy....I can always pray. We are waiting for baseball to be completley over so that way Matt and I can dedicate a week of not leaving the house and be on full potty training mode.

We all are really looking forward to the off season because there are so many things to look forward too; especially the birth of little Addison. Right now we are going to soak up every moment with Kenze and try and rest as much as we can before we become a family of four!!!

xoxo