Makenna's 4 month pictures

Not much time for a post, but I wanted to show you all some pictures that I took of Makenna today. She will be 4 months old this Saturday!





Yesterday Parker picked up the book about my mom and started looking through the pages. I thought it was such a sweet thing to do. I snapped the picture then had myself a little cry. How I wish I could have watched my mom be a gramdmother longer.

I am back after a little Christmas break. Andrew and I decided (or should I say, I decided) that we were going to spend the break working on the kid's rooms. We worked hard and now both the rooms are looking really cute. Today, while we were at a craft store looking for stuff for Parker's room. Parker thought it was funny to run off a few times. I told him that if he didn't stop he was on his way to time out. After that, he said, "mommy, I want to go to time-out please!" So, I guess it's going to take some time before he appreciates the work Andrew and I put into his room. I will post pics when we get them all finished in the next few days. Here are some of our Christmas pictures. Parker had a great Christmas and it was so fun this year because he actually knew what was going on. He kept telling that Santa was going to come and bring him presents "in the living room". He and Makenna were so spoiled by our families! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too! Oh yes, and yesterday Makenna laughed for the 1st time. Well, the first time that Andrew and I heard. My grandma and Jamie heard her giggle when they were in the elevator with her a few weeks ago. Andrew was throwing Parker up in the air and I was holding Makenna as she was watching. Out of the blue, she laughed this adorable belly laugh. This continued every time that she saw Parker get thrown. It was a priceless family moment!

Santa Claus

Parker didn't freak out! We took him to see Santa and he was A OK with it?! I was competely sure that he would lose it, because last time we ventured out to Chucky Cheese, Parker took one look at him and said, "I don't like that mouse." After that, for the next 30 minutes I had to keep prying him off of me to get him to play the games. Only after he was convinced that we were safely far, far away from Chucky did he losen up and get a little more independent. Anyway, he talked to Santa, and even rode the little Christmas train they had set up. A good night for him!


I also took a few pictures of Makenna in her Christmas dress the other day. Most of them ended up being "action shots" of her putting her hands in her mouth or falling forward trying to put her hands in her mouth. I've decided that I need one of those cool, expensive camera's that takes like 15 shots in one click because everytime I try to snap a good shot of the kids, that's the second they stop doing whatever it is that I wanted to take the picture of.



P.S. Will someone please tell Andrew about the essential need for a "Christmas dress" with matching $6 headband (he was not happy about how much the headband cost). (:

We got elfed too!

A good friend of mine had this on her blog and I thought it was so cute, I did it too! (Thanks, Reagan!) So, here is our family as dancing elves!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1445372459

P.S. For some reason, you have to copy and paste the address in your browser. Sorry, I'm a little computer challenged.

Goggles are fun!

So, the other day while Parker was taking his bath he decided that he wanted to wear a pair of goggles that he found in the bathroom. I thought he'd want to take them right off, but he loved wearing them! He even wore them for a while after he got out of the bath! I knew I had to get this on camera!


This next picture documents a little known genetic inheritance that has been passed from Andrew to Parker. Anyone in Andrew's family will tell you that Andrew has always played with his hair. Whenever he's watching t.v., reading, etc... he does it. So, it makes sense that Andrew's little genetic copy (Parker) has also been doing this pretty much since birth. His hair always comes to a point on the front of his head because he plays with it so much. That's why I almost never bother to do his hair. Well...that and I'm too lazy. (: Last night, the two of them were watching t.v and, of course, were both playing with their hair. So, I got a picture.

Beautiful girls!

Here is a picture I took a few days ago of Makenna. I swear that her smile is the most beautiful thing on the planet! Today was also my little sister, Briana's birthday. She would have been 23 this year. That's so hard to wrap my brain around. Her smile was also the most beautiful smile on the planet and I still miss her dearly. She taught me more in the 16 years that I was blessed to be her sister than anyone else could in a lifetime. I love you Bri! I know you and mom are having a wonderful time and I can't wait for the day when our family can all celebrate together!

Thanksgiving pictures

We spent Thanksgiving at the Barnes' house and had a great time! The occasion was also the debut of Makenna's piggytails! She looked so adorable!


And this is Makenna after we took her piggytails out! Still cute, but with some wild hair going on!


And here is Parker who, as usual, had a ball playing with his cousins all night!


The Monday before Thanksgiving we went up to my dad's house for FHE and make turkeys out of candy and apples. Parker ended up eating most of his turkey before he actually finished it!


Andrew, on the other hand, was very serious about his turkey making skills and came up with one awesome looking candy turkey that was proudly displayed on our kitchen counter top until it started to look a little not so fresh...


It was a wonderful weekend and we can't wait until Christmas for some more family and good food! That combination just can't be beat!