McKenzie has had a hard couple of weeks. She got sick 2 weeks ago out of nowhere. Sunday evening, she started coughing a little, but when she woke up in the morning she had a fever of 100.8. So I called in to work and told them I couldn’t come in. Well no matter what we gave here, the fever would not go away and she was just miserable. Her breathing was getting worse even though we were using the inhaler and nebulizer machine. By Wednesday, after a night of only 3 hours of sleep, she had a 101.8 temperature so I decided I would call the nurse again (I did on Monday and she said to wait it out because it, most likely, was a virus). I had to basically force them to give me an appointment for McKenzie because the nurse didn’t believe that I had already done what she kept suggesting. Reluctantly, the nurse sent me to the receptionist to get the appointment for that day. Well it turned out McKenzie had pneumonia in her right lung and she had to be on her nebulizer every four hours around the clock. She was also given a new type of inhaler and antibiotics. Her fever finally broke by Friday, so I had a whole week off of work which was very strange to be home all week. It felt great, but I also missed work and being around other adults. Anyway, McKenzie has been doing great since then. She had a fever this last Saturday, but it was due to her last two molars coming in, but she looked miserable. She seemed to be cleared of the fever by morning and no fever since then. Hopefully we will make it through the rest of this winter without anymore sickness.

Other than the sickness, McKenzie is growing in leaps and bounds. She loves to count and sing her ABC’s. We have a Leap Frog magnetic ABC thing on the fridge and she presses the button to sing the ABCs daily and I love hearing her sing them. It is amazing to me how quickly she has picked up on her numbers, letters, and colors. She absolutely loves Dora and Diego. She asks to watch it daily and it was one of the only things that would calm her down while she was sick. I took the girls to Tangled the other night with Marnie, Morgan, Taylor, and Parker. I was worried that McKenzie was still too young for the movie theater, but she did awesome and she absolutely LOVED the movie. She calls in “Gangled”Melia, Marnie, and I had gone about a month before that to see it in 3D so Melia was very excited to see it again with her cousins.

"Gangled"

Another thing that is great about McKenzie are her facial expressions! She is full of them and she definitely is sure of what she wants. She loves her Aunt Marnie and spending time with her a couple times a week. We went to the Evergreen Aviation Museum this last Saturday and McKenzie had a blast rolling the stroller all over the place while Marnie took pictures. She also loved taking pictures with Aunt Marnie.

Aunt Marnie and Kenz

Matching boots!

Mommy and Cheesy Kenz

So Calm

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin

That is our sweet and crazy Kenz! She is stubborn, but sweet. She is so smart! She loves to sing and dance. She loves to look pretty and I am SO GLAD she has broken out of her shell. It is crazy to think that she used to be so shy!