Keeping the Opening Day streak alive..

This past weekend was Don's favorite day of the year...Opening Day.  So keeping with tradition we headed west to Cleveland, Ohio to see his (our) beloved Indians.  Initially we bought tickets to the 2nd game of the year, but guilt set in that we were already breaking Kenzie's opening day streak at 1.  ...So lucky for us, we went to 2 games this year!



So for Opening Day we spoiled ourselves and got seats 9 rows back and right behind homeplate.  This gave Kenz a good view of Slider and the hotdog condiments and all the dancing and entertaining that Progressive Field had to offer.  Despite a short nap and being contained in the car for most of the day, she was such a good Tribe fan.  The men behind us loved her and kept saying "what a trooper" she was, even though the game went into extra innings, and we lost the sun! Her only breakdown was when her buddy Slider tackled the ketchup bottle in the hotdog derby.  Poor thing never saw it coming.    

Look at how much our little baby girl has changed -- don't worry there are more to come.

Friday started out with an early morning swim.  Can't say she loved it, but she seemed to tolerate sitting on the steps just fine.  

We then headed off to the Cleveland Children's Museum.  This was a little big for our little lady, but we had a good time anyway.  


We played house...

 And we did some grocery shopping...

And we played in a giant room of sand.  Mackenzie was not a huge fan of this room, but she started to warm up to it.  

 And why not a little photoshoot...I love this little smile.

And we finished the day with a trip to the mall and ice cream!  We realized we could've saved the $21 bucks we spent at the museum, and gone to the pet store at the mall...FOR FREE!

To end our mini vacation we headed back to the ballpark for Game #2.  Once again Kenzie stole the heart of all the Tribe fans around us.  She missed her nap completely but was such a good girl!  She loved clapping to the music and stuffing her face with all-you-can-eat food!  

Although it makes me a little sad to see how big Mackenize is getting, I'm loving the little lady she is turning into.  I love this little family of mine!

Project 52{14}

52{14}

Motherhood is:

SO fun

Over the past weekend, we took a mini-vaca to Cleveland (blog pending).  Kenzie has really developed a personality over the past few weeks.  She says funny things like "Mum" instead of Moma, she bellylaughs uncontrollably when she is overtired, and she claps and shreaks anytime basketball is on the TV.  We are still working on mastering the walking thing, but until then, she continues to wrap her daddy around that finger! 

Project 52{13}

52{13}

Motherhood is:

unscheduled

So this post is about 5 days late.  And yes Kenzie is wearing Christmas pajamas 3 months late (9 months early).  But nowadays, that is just how things go.  

Before Kenzie, I was always on time..read, early!  Things were in their place.  Schedules and lists were made and met.  

But now this little lady is the boss.  Things are likely out of place and I'm probably forgetting something.  But we all do our best.  

Schedules are made around her, but I can't imagine plans without her!  

Project 52{12}

52{12}

Motherhood is:

unnerving

Look at this baby.  She is a bit of a daredevil.  She climbs, she balances, she shimmies. And not without a "are you seeing this mom" sort of a look.   

I've always been a bit of a nervous nelly, a worrying wendy, but after having Kenzie its x1000.  Thankfully, Donny balances me with his laidback, roll with it, cool under pressure personality. I see us needing this in the near future.   

St. Patricks Day

Can you believe it?...2 posts in one night!  I'm on a roll.
I had to include our St. Patrick's Day festivities since this holiday holds a special place in my heart.  Don and I were set up the day before St. Patrick's Day.  Then while I enjoyed some namesake's festivities and while he travelled to Florida with his college baseball team, we text messaged to the wee hours of the night!  It still gives me butterflies thinking about that night.


Well anyway, fast-forward 7 years and we are now celebrating with our little lady.  We travelled to Rochester area to a St. Patty's Day part with our good friends Caitlin, Lauren, Nate and their family and friends.  Kenzie was a hit at the party, making new friends, playing with puppies, and climbing up and down and up and down, in her lawn chair, and checking out the fish hatchery.  

This was a test shot to get my settings in order, but I love that smile.

Trip to the playground

More warm weather, meant our first trip to the playground.  Notice no pictures of swings, because she really hates it!  But she loved climbing the stairs, and surprisingly not at all skidish about the slide.

I love her face in these!

Where in the world are the Burchs?

I've been HORRIBLE at blogging these last few months.  Its something I really love, and I'm afraid I'll look back and regret writing down our family doings.  This little girl has just been keeping us on the move.  One of the main reasons I have less blog time, is almost immediately after Kenzie's 1st birthday, she decided she was going to be a one nap kind of a girl.  Previously I had 3-5 hours of uninterrupted quietness.  I now only have 1-3 (give or take).  So now she is usually sleeping a few hours once a day, usually about 11 o'clock.  It seems to work for her and I'll make it work for me.  Although I am risking my small window of opportunity that would include a shower...I'll risk it!





So what have we been doing..
....Besides soaking in our almost 14 month old!? 

 
Well we have had a really mild winter with barely any snow, and now, just a few days into spring its beautiful outside.  These past few weeks have been like summer around here in WNY, even enough to turn our AC on at night, since the house gets pretty stuffy upstairs!  So we've been enjoying this weather going for walks, and playing in the grass while we wait for Daddy to come home.  Kenzie had a quick fear of the grass on her barefeet, but I think the more I force her to play in it, the better she gets.  She already seems to be walking in it a bit more.  She also wasn't a huge fan of the swing at daycare, so I've been trying to break that fear as well.  So like everyone this time of year, she seems to really love being outside.

Still is still working on perfecting her stride.  I thought for sure after those first few steps she'd be off running in a few weeks.  She does take a few more steps than before, but that is as far as she goes.  Everyone says "You will regret hoping for this,"  But she gets into EVERYTHING now, so what is the difference if she is crawling or toddling to it?  Her pants would look a lot better too without all those dirty knee stains!

Paper towel anyone?

She is also a lover of all things food related.  I'm happy to report that she drinks her needed 10-16oz of milk a day.  She also scarfs down veggies, but strangely only likes clementines and bananas.  I've tried all sorts of other fruits, but she just feeds them to the dogs!

I guess I have a lot of pictures of her when she's eating.  Probably because she is content and contained! 
And on that note...I still hear silence from her nursery which means there is even time for a shower!  Ants in my pants!!!