The time has come, that dreaded August morning when the bell rings and I am teaching again! It really hasn't been that bad, but I do miss being with Makell all day long. I thought it would be nice to have a little break from her because she was getting clingy, but now I miss her soo much.
It has been soo fun watching her grow and developing a little personality. She is such a girl! Dramatic, sassy, needy, clingy, adorable, and soo lovable! Now that we have entered the mobile world it takes a lot more work to keep track of her, but it is fun. All these stages are so different, I can't even compare which stage I have liked the most. There are times when I miss the moments of her infant cry, but now I love watching her discover a problem and figuring out a solution all by herself. They are so curious about everything. It amazes me how smart they are at this age and how fast they can catch on. She mimics every noise we make. It is so cute!
I forgot to post pictures of our road trip to Mt. Rushmore during the summer. My dad and all his brothers planned this trip and Kara and I decided to tag along with few of our cousins as well. It was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from one camera but I know my cousins took more. I will have to get a hold of some of those.
On our way we stopped at Independence Rock and Martins Cove. Me all made it to the top. Even Makell!
I had one of those moments where I felt like the worst mom in the world. It was so sad! We were moving from one camp to the next camp and us cousins were not pulling the trailers so we went a different way and left the caravan. We were on a long stretch in the middle of Wyoming and we were about 15 minutes out of Newcastle and our gas light was on and Makell was screaming! It had been a very long day and she wanted out.
Since I was driving I couldn't actually see or figure out the problem with her. I had a naive little brother sitting back with her texting and not paying much attention to her at all. We weren't willing to risk stopping and running out of gas so we just let her cry for a bit. We did finally coast into Newcastle and pulled into the gas station. I get her out of her car seat and she was stinky and wet. Not just her diaper, but her legs, clothes, and car seat were wet!
I took her straight into the restrooms to change her, but then I realized that I didn't have a change of clothes because they were all packed in the trailer which we left. We searched the whole car and found her swimsuit. I tried to clean out the car seat the best I could, but she still had to get back in because we still had 45 mins till camp. I found a burp rag and laid it in the bottom and we were on our way. When we got to camp it was chilly and late so she was wearing my sweater with her swimsuit underneath. I felt terrible!
This is the Indian Crazy Horse. When it is finished it will be bigger than Mt. Rushmore. The dark is a small model of what it will look like. All they have done is the face.
Don't you think that her face deserves to be up there!
