National Aquarium

A while ago, Courtney and I decided that we wanted to do something special for McKaila for her birthday. We figured she would be getting many toys and what not for her first birthday, so we didn't really want to get her even more toys. So, we came up with the idea of taking her to the aquarium.

It takes about 45 minutes or so to get to Baltimore, so we had to get up earlier then usual to enjoy the aquarium. They were only open until 4 today, so we wanted to make the most out of it. McKaila really enjoyed herself, along with us. We really loved seeing her face light up when she spotted something she liked. She did a lot of pointing at the fish, saying "What's that?" She is just too cute for words sometimes.

It was a very fun day looking at all the fish, birds, sharks, dolphins, etc. but after all that fun McKaila was very tired. She fell asleep on our way back to the car. Stayed asleep while we changed her diaper and putting her in the car seat.
We know that she won't remember this day, but we will and we have over 100 pictures to show her when she's older.

Nemo

She loved watching the fish swim by

Pumpkins

Today, Courtney, McKaila, and I went to find our pumpkins. We wanted so badly to go to a pumpkin patch and watch McKaila walk around trying to find a pumpkin of her own, but it didn't work with our schedule. Courtney works all through the weekends when the pumpkin patches are open to the public and during the week, you either have to be part of a school group or you have to call and make reservations. I just wanted to go pick out some pumpkins, so we just ended up driving down the road and finding some.

We actually came across a farm called Cedar Hill Farm

We were the only ones there, so it was nice to let McKaila go where ever she wanted. Ofcoarse, I was excited about getting adorable pictures of McKaila with the pumpkins, but she didn't want anything to do with them. She just wanted to walk around and play in the dirt.
We ended up getting 2 big pumpkins (for Courtney and I) and a small pumpkin (for McKaila) and I also got a couple little pumpkins for decorating the house. We probably won't get to carve them until Courtney's next break, but I'm excited to see the look on McKaila's face when she touches the guts of the pumpkin.

She kept saying "what's that?" First time seeing pumpkins

Swinging!!!!

You can see all her little teeth

Little Miss Piggy

McKaila and Daddy

McKaila and Mommy

Daddy at Work

Today, McKaila and I decided to go visit Courtney at work. On weekends there usually isn't much going on, on the air field, so the weekends are a great time to visit him at work. But come to find out, Obama was golfing on base today, so we got to see him take off in the helicopter to head back to the White House. It's pretty cool to see the President in khakis, a tee shirt, and a baseball hat. And all the secret service were in khakis and a bottom up instead of their normal suits that they wear.

McKaila loves going to visit her daddy at work because the people that Courtney work with adore McKaila, so she loves all the attention that she gets from them. Plus, she goes crazy walking around the office and getting into everything. We even went outside to play in the grass and watch some cargo planes take off. She just loves to be outside which is so great. She could be crying and we step outside and she's all smiles. We have a great child on our hands, that's for sure!!

Helping daddy at work

Watching the plane go by

Staring at something

Love this face <3

Chasing McKaila

McKaila and I went outside to get the mail, when I decided to let her walk to the house on her own. She then made her way to the grass and started picking up sticks and leaves. So, I decided we should play out in the front yard for a bit. We probably were out there for about 45 minutes to an hour. It was basically me chasing McKaila around the front yard. But she loved it. She was walking in the grass, the drive way, where ever she could go, she would.

It's crazy to think that just a few weeks ago, McKaila was still crawling around. Now, she is walking and loving every minute of it. You don't see her crawling too much these days. She knows the best way to go is through walking.

Playing in the dirt/bark

Pointing in one direction and looking the other direction

She loves it

Talking

McKaila loves to talk on the phone. Whenever either of us is on the phone with someone, McKaila always takes the phone and walks around with it to her ear, even though the phone is on speaker. She has her own little Fisher Price phone, but we decided to give her one of my old phones and she loves it!
Last night, I asked her if she wanted to talk to Daddy since he was at work, so she grabs her phone and starts to talk to Daddy on the phone.

These are just some random photos from the last couple days

Comfy in her pjs

She didn't want to smile for the camera, but she looks so cute with her piggy tails

Posing for the camera

Ready for our walk

At The Park

Courtney, McKaila, and I went to Bolling Air Force Base yesterday to go play at a couple of their play grounds. We figured since it was the last day of warm weather, we should enjoy the outdoors before it gets to cold that we have to bundle up.

Playing some music

Turning the blocks

Too cute for words

Doesn't like the slide too much, but loves the end of it

 Flying baby

McKaila had so much fun playing around at the park. She really loved walking from one area of the play ground to the next. You can really tell now how much she's enjoying walking around

Love our little family