3 months

Wow, so Mackenzie will be 3 months old on Friday. I cannot believe the time has gone so fast! Wait, is this how I start every post?? Anyway, things are crazy as always in our world. We're gearing up fast for the holiday's and just trying to get everything solidified.

The weekend of October 17th will be Mackenzie's christening. Mom, Steph, Ashley and the kids are coming as well as Brad (Godfather) and Julie - Jason's sister who will be the Godmother. We are revolving this event around Texas/OU weekend and the State Fair so it should make for a fun-filled whirlwind of a weekend. I, of course, am just so psyched to have the family come visit. I love the holiday's because it seems like we see each other a lot more. Thanksgiving is still up in the air for us. We usually have it here but were planning on going to Orlando but time snuck up on us and now airfare is out the wazhoo - I think we are going to postpone that trip until February and do Disney then as well. So we will either have my mom come here or we'll go to LA for a few days. Then Xmas is spent in KC - a full week, woo hoo! Its my favorite time since we are ALL together. Then after that my cousin Tim is getting married Jan 2 in Buffalo so I will probably be heading up North solo for that event. Sad that I'll miss New Year's with Jason and the girls but happy to see that side of the family. And maybe Mady will come with me, not 100% sure yet. A lot going on in just a few short months.

In between then I have a half marathon coming up December 13th. I just started back running 4.5 weeks ago and was interested in seeing how I would shape up but this past weekend I ran the 13.1 miles and was very pleased with my time. I am noticing more and more how cardiovascularly in shape I am - I barely breathe hard - its just the muscle fatique that gets to me. And its amazing how old injuries pop up here and there. I swear I'm going to have to retire from this in a few years given that state of my knee, but until then....I am so lucky that Jason lets me have the time to do this for myself, then again, I do get up at 4:30am so he never really misses me :)

Madelyn is making strides left and right. She's potty trained and doing very, very well. She can say all her shapes and colors and can count to 20!!! We're working on reading right now and and she is singing Rock a by Baby and Twinkle Twinkle to Mackenzie almost perfectly. She is really excelling at Gymnastics and is just a great, great, kid to be around. I cannot believe how big my first born is getting!

Mackenzie is just a perfect little angel. Jason and I are really loving it now as she is finding her voice. When either one of us talks to her she talks back - she is so smiley and gigly now it is adorable! She is getting stronger by the day - everyone comments on it. She can almost sit up and she can definitely put all her weight on her legs - she LOVES to stand! We're working on the rolling over too. She's continued to be congested but not as bad and is sleeping better as a result...still with Mommy or Daddy for part of the night but I'm not giving that up. I love that time with her as I'm away from her so much during the day :(

Right now I'm just really enjoying my family, trying to focus on work (which is hard) and really starting to focus on starting my business. Updates to follow!