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Last night Daddy gave me a cookie. One cookie? He never just gives me one cookie! So I looked at him and said, “No, Two!”

Easter at the Carden house of course included a new dress and Easter basket for Mackenzie.

We decided to let her discover the basket in the studio so the grandparents could see. Of course the first thing she reached for was Minnie!

The big treat of the day was her first Hershey’s Kiss, which fortunately went straight into her mouth and not all over her hands and dress. She definitely liked it.

We also got out the bunny that has been with her since her first day in the NICU. If you want to see how much the bunny has shrunk, check out her Ages photo gallery.

In case you’re wondering just how much snow there is on the ground… the pile at the end of the driveway is shoulder high. The tree at the front wheel of the RAV4 is between  the street and the sidewalk.

I helped Daddy with a shovel today. It was fun.

My friend Kasia had a birthday party today. We played and ran and had lots of fun. Daddy took lots of pictures.

Today we converted Mackenzie’s bed to a toddler bed… and put up a gate at her door. Nap time worked amazingly well. Tonight she decided to take a book to bed with her. We’ll see how this first night goes… (fingers crossed).

Have been taking Mackenzie to a class at the hospital called “Kidz Talk”, this was our second week of 8 weeks total. She didn’t have any problem with my leaving the room today, and when it was over the therapist brought her out and I was rewarded with an enthusiastic MAMA and GIANT HUG!

She has a new friend Kasia (hope I spell that correctly) who is 3 and very cute! We might have a play date next week outside of the class for them, they play together really well!

Last week she learned some sounds that were not new, but she has been using them a lot in the past week - especially the sound a snake makes - SSSSSSSSSSSS. This week, we will see what she picked up and we have our homework sounds for the week to practice.

I was sitting on the couch talking to Norris, when our little one came running into the room screaming MAMA over and over again…I told her she should say Daddy and give him a hug, and she actually did it!

She turned, smiled said “Dad dee” and ran over and gave him a big hug - I think that made his year! (She hasn’t said that in a very long time and never that clearly.)

Here’s hoping to more “Dad dee” instead of all “Mama” this year!

Happy New Year everyone!

This year for Christmas we went to my Great Grandma’s house in northern Minnesota, my Grandma came in from Louisiana and we drove over. (Grandma almost didn’t make it ’cause her flights kept getting canceled - but Uncle Ric’s airline got her here!)

The weather was pretty bad on the drive over, I slept thru most of the worst of it (the car’s/semi’s in the ditch and spinning out in front of us, blowing snow…..) but Daddy got us there safely.

I had lots of fun opening presents and looking at the tree.

Daddy will have some pictures up soon for all of you to see!

She walked up to the pile of leaves and just instinctively knew to fall into it. Lots of “run, run, run, jump” and big smiles! Click the pic for a video.