And they still like each other!

JUST PICTURES!

A picture with both of the kids looking!! Lots of Love!

Denver is always needing a hug or love from his sister and has to give her a good night kiss before bed!

Pretty in Pink

Cool Dude

Look how strong she is; she held her head up like this for at least a minute I'd say!

(Makenna also rolled the other day....off the couch and thankfully into my arms as I was right there to catch her! Those rolling days should be several weeks away I thought....I know...they are, it was just fluke...but we do keep finding her in interesting positions if we leave her in her boppy or something.)

Oops...Mom didn't put the top of the sippy cup on right!Makenna playing! She's becoming more and more enteractive. She looks around a lot now.Playing together because Makenna has "cool" toys!More Love!Denver is constantly playing with his tractors and trailers.SMILES! The smiles have started and they are so much fun! (For some reason blogger kept flipping this picture so sorry you have to look at it sideways!)

Happy 80th Birthday Grandpa Melvin!

On June 7th we had a big Open House Birthday Party for my Grandpa Melvin to celebrate his 80th birthday. Denver had a great time as you can see from the pictures!

"Mmm...Grandpa you should have more birthdays! This frosting is good!"

Denver and Daddy on the 4 wheeler!

"Forgot Mom, look at all this candy Grandma!"

Makenna hanging out with Grandpa Rodney

Zoo Fun

On Makenna's 1 month birthday Denver, Makenna, and I met our friends Aimee, Abby, and Mason at the zoo. Abby is Denver's best friend! His face lights up when he thinks of her and we catch him laying in his bed trying to fall asleep singing "Abby, Abby, Abby". Denver, I hope you aren't too embarrassed some day if you read this! The kids had a great time and it was a nice way to get out and enjoy the nice weather and for us Moms' to have some adult social time too!

There was a baby monkey which the kids liked as they are learning all about babies now that they are a big brother and big sister!

The kids sat in their strollers quite well other than when they couldn't see an exhibit and wanted "up" so they could see. At the end we let them out and let them run around a little bit.I got a zoo pass so I can take the kids some more! We are excited to see the 2 new baby tigers that are expected the end of July! Check out www.keloland.com and search for the story "Cats in the Cradle" to learn more.

Makenna 1 Month Pictures

I'm falling behind on my blogging! There just are not enough hours in a day. I decided that while the kids nap today I need to attempt on getting the blog updated so we'll see how much progress I can make!

Makenna Betty was 1 month old on June 5th. Since my last post with Makenna's "stats" we've had several appointments.

May 26: 8lbs 5oz

May 29: 8lbs 15 0z (this was a different scale though so give or take)

and I believe she was 20 3/4 in long

June 9: 9lbs 15 oz (Makenna started at the 10% for weight and has jumped to the 50%!)

Makenna also had her hip ultrasound which was normal! Her appintment on June 9th was to check on her murmur again and our pediatrician did not hear it at this appointment so he said we'll just listen again at her 2 month appointment. I have not listened lately so I don't know if it's still gone or if it's a murmur that still comes and goes, but I'm not worried about it so I don't stress on it and find the time to listen! At this appointment we also discussed reflux and decided that it was in Makenna's best interest if we started her on Zantac. This past Saturday I saw a huge difference. She was less fussy and barely spit up, but Sunday came and she was fussy and spitty againg and the last couple days have been better than what they used to be, but not as good as Saturday so hopefully the Zantac will do it for her and we won't have to put her on Prevacid which is what Denver is on for his reflux.

Here are some 1 month pictures. I don't have as much free time so I did them in broken up times trying to get a picture I loved. I had hoped to get some better ones, but I still do like these. She is adorable in all of them of course, right?!

Here is a picture of Makenna on my very special wall hanging that my Grandma Betty made for my sister, cousins, and me out of left over scraps from our clothes that our Mom's made for us. Since we can't have a picture of Makenna with her namesake I thought this might be the next best thing!

Makenna is outgrowing her newborn clothes!!!! I don't think Denver outgrew his this fast, but he also didn't gain weight as fast as she has so I guess that would make sense! She is on to 0-3 month and 3 month clothes (depending on the neck opening...she's so narrow that some of her 0-3 month clothes don't fit yet because they fall off her shoulders) and in size 1 diapers!

Here are some pictures of her clothes that she had on for the last time or 1 of the last times. Poor thing keeps getting crammed into little clothes because I don't want to pack them up yet!

Denver's 18 Month Pictures

Denver turned 18 months on May 17th....I'm a little behind, I know, but at least I'm trying to keep up! :) I don't think I really have much to add from what I wrote about Denver around the time of his "18 month birthday" and then his video post, so this will be mostly just pictures, but that's what everyone likes the most anyway, right?!

Denver is talking more and more every day. I love listening to him jibber-jabber, but it's even more fun to hear him repeat me or someone when I have no idea that it's coming and he hasn't said it (whatever it was that was said) before.

Denver continues to love his baby sister. I never imagined that Denver would adjust to his "new world" so easily! Besides thanking God for Denver's adjustment I need to thank each and everyone of you who has been praying for us and for Denver during this adjustment period. God truly listens!

We're praying for the nice weather to return! Denver loves the outdoors and it's been raining and icky so he hasn't gotten to go play outside as much as he would like. We did get to the zoo with his good friend Abby last week so hopefully there will be a a zoo post coming, along with some other posts such as Makenna's 1 month, last check up, etc, and other things...say a prayer I have time to get them done! :)

Words, words, and more words

By the help of another blogger friend I found out how to get my videos to upload again! Shorten them! I tried to shorten the videos up and so there are several of them. Enjoy!

"Cheese" and "No"

"Pizza" & Animal Sounds

The Wheels on the Bus (also known as "round and round" in our house)

"Vroom" and "Abby"

"Cool Dude"

Denver and Makenna

I have finally found time to do the "together post" that I talked about doing. Last week we enjoyed one of our many beautiful evenings by having supper outside on the deck. It was wonderful and even relaxing! The following pictures are from that evening.

How does this umbrella work, Mom?

Our Precious BoyJust Chillin'

And Our Precious Baby GirlOur Kiddos

Denver helping Makenna get her paci in her mouth. What a good big brother! Kisses!

Denver continues to love his baby sister. Although, he did wake up yesterday morning quite upset that his Daddy was not there and that his "baby" was at home. After his nap that day he was back to his happy self! Otherwise I don't think Denver's doing any new "tricks". I can never remember what I've put on the blog or if I just thought about telling all of you, but 2 of Denver's eye teeth have cut through and he's working on the other 2 along with his 1 year molars. Currently he has 10 that are through the gums. He's talking up a storm and starting to repeat lots of things we say, but he won't say his sister's name. Makenna is referred to as "baby" by her big brother. Evan's better at imitating the way Denver says different words so either I'll have to get him to do a post or have him right down Denver's way of saying things. Although....better yet...I did try and get different words on the video camera yesterday so I'll try to upload that one of the next times I do a post!

Makenna is doing great! We had her in for a regular follow-up visit yesterday and she weighed in at 8lbs 5oz! Evan guessed it right on the nose....although I do have to say that he did chicken out on his guess right before we put her on the scale to less than 8lbs! :) Right before I put Makenna on the scale I pulled off her diaper...of all people a NICU nurse should know better and take the diaper off once she's on the scale, right? Nope! She peed all over...she barely got me though as I quickly held her away from me! Our pediatrician noticed a murmur on her again at this appointment. They had heard one originally at birth, but hadn't heard it since. An EKG was done to make sure she was okay and the cardiologist said it was normal. Praise the Lord! We will have an extra follow-up appointment with our pediatrician just to follow her murmur, but I believe he said by 2 months it will more than likely be gone if not before. The hip click was also not noted at this visit, but our pediatrician would still like us to have a hip ultrasound done just to be safe. Overall, we had a good report from Makenna's appointment and he was very happy with her weight! I had to go back and look up to see how big Denver was for this visit and he was 7lbs 15 oz, but I didn't check to see if they were the same age in days for this appointment.

Our Busy Boy

Denver continues to be a busy boy! He never stops going, or so it seems. Denver is adjusting to his big brother role quite well. He continues to love his sister and wants to hold her quite often. Denver turned 18 months old last Sunday (an 18 month old post is coming, a little slow on pictures now that there are 2!). We can't believe how fast time has gone and that our little boy has turned into such a big boy. Denver loves to read books, play with his tractors, color, but probably most of all be outside.

We have been enjoying the nice, hot weather. Denver got to spend one of our days of temps in the 90's in his pool. He loved every minute of it!

Since Denver likes to be outside so much (and it's been to windy for Makenna a lot of the time and we don't have a fence) I put the patio set in front of the stairs so Denver could play out on the deck, but not get down. Well, the other night Denver was playing in the yard while Evan was mowing and the next thing I knew he was up on the deck playing. Neither of us put him there and he didn't come through the house....he crawled underneath the patio set! Needless to say we decided the patio set could return to its normal spot as it wasn't working as our gate anymore. Now I'm hoping I've talked Evan into a fenced in yard!

Denver playing at his "homemade table"

As I said earlier Denver loves to be outside. Evan was working in the yard so the kids and I went out to join him. Denver found the hose running to water the tree and began playing with it. I had so much fun taking pictures of him playing in the water. He was soaked before he was done.

The last couple days Denver has been walking around the house with dictionaries and pretending to read them. He even insisted upon bringing one in the car when we went to meet Daddy for lunch. I got Denver a rocking chair (of his own) on a rummage sale (I need to recover it yet...we'll see when I can find time to do that and get Grandma Verni's help!). Denver loves to sit in it and here he's reading his dictionary!

Now he's hiding in the lazy susan and reading!