.:Rain, Popsicles, Kat, Walks and Peek-a-boo:.

Well this week was a pretty good week! McKell is still being tricky, but now she will hold on to stuff to get somewhere else. If she is standing, holding on to the couch and you stick out your leg, she will grab it and then shuffle/side step down to your toes and then back up to the couch! I cannot believe how mobile she is getting! It is scary!

You know when she is ready to sit down, because she starts grabbing her pants! It is like it helps her think of a way to get down! : )

 Look at that hair! Oh my! : ) I don't know if you can see it, but that morning she pulled the gate down on herself twice (don't worry it is sturdier now), but she got a little bruise on her nose and by her eye. : ( poor thing, but she is so tough, she didn't really care! 

This week we had a lot of rain and summer thunderstorms, which is so so fun! We had some last week also. Some of the thunder was waking up McKell, which wasn't so fun, but I just love summer thunderstorms! The rain has been oh so much fun and McKell loves it! She loves all the little droplets hitting her and starts to giggle! Love that girl!

Loves watching the rain! 

Her new favorite face that she loves to pull! She pulls it at least every 5 minutes! 

When I do my exercise videos now (aka Turbo Fire! Love it!!!) at first she will sit and watch the peoples on the TV and then after a minute, she will see me moving around and come chase my feet!! It is so funny! So now I get a extra added calorie burn trying to maze around her!

Watching Turbo Fire

She loves the vacuum! Not only the sound, but also the cord! : )

Clint worked nights all until Thursday and then headed down to scout camp for the rest of the week. So we were pretty much on our own.... : ( We sure missed daddy! Kat came up to keep us company during the evenings. On Thursday night she came up after McKell had gone to bed and we popped popcorn, watched Andy Griffith, played cards and had a wonderful night, long into the wee hours of the morning! She ended up just sleeping over. : )  It was so much fun! I love that girl, I am so grateful to have such a wonderful sister! Love you Kat!

A card lovers paradise! 

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The next morning I was talking to Clint on the phone in the other room and when I came out this is what was happening! So cute!

The next day it was raining again and mom was working at the shop and so I told Kat that we should go for a walk to get the mail and go visit mom. McKell loves going for walks! It was humid, but really nice! I just love rainy days! When we got back from our walk, we decided to have a popsicle and oh boy does McKell love those! She loves anything cold and tasty! She is so funny, she could eat the whole thing if I could let her!

The leaf was up there because she kept looking at the leaves on the trees, so we gave her one, but of course since it now wasn't on a tree it was not as cool!

On Friday I finally got McKell to eat her carrots! YEE-HAW!!! She has been the pickiest eater, she doesn't like carrots, broccili, squash, green beans..... I don't even know what to do with her. The only vegetables she really likes is sweet potatoes and cauliflower. So, yesterday I did cheat and mix just a touch of brown sugar with them, but not that much and she ate them all and even wanted more! Then later that day I tried some cauliflower mixed with yellow squash, and usually she can tell something is wrong with it, but she ate all of that too!! Yay! It just must have been her day!

One other thing McKell learned to do this week is peek-a-boo by herself! I didn't even realize that that is what she was doing, but Kat caught on! She pulled her blankets over her head and quickly yanks it down! It is so cute. So we started saying peek-a-boo, and she did it over and over and over again! It was the cutest thing!

I was sad that Clint had to go to scout camp, I always miss him when he is away, but I am so grateful for the time that I was able to spend with Kat. It has been a long time since we have been able to do something like that, have some sister time and I am so grateful for her and all she is!And she is such a great help with McKell. We always have such a great time together! Love you Kat!