My Baby is One!

On cinco de Mayo (the 5th of May) my baby turned 1!  What a blessed day!  God has blessed our family with a lovely little girl whom we love so very much.  Our little girl who has been earning the nickname of little princess at times has transformed into this "big girl".  Its amazing how fast these little ones learn things and change.  I've learned how precious every step, and every stage is with Makenna as it always seems like it goes to fast and I didn't have enough time to enjoy the last thing she was doing or learning.  We kept busy to keep my mind off the fact that there are no more babies in our house.  The kids helped me make muffins to take to the office to celebrate with Daddy (and his co-workers), but the birthday girl fell asleep on the way to the shop and didn't wake up until we left the office!  Then it was on to errands and a baby shower.  The evening was spent at Chuck-E-Cheese with some friends who came to help us celebrate.  We finished up the celebrations by celebrating tonight with our family.  It was great that so many people could celebrate our beautiful little girls special day.

Eating her birthday muffin.

Makenna's Barbie Jeep (her bday gift from us...my rummage sale find!)

Yum...pizza and cake, what could be better!

I love my friend, Berkley!

Chuck-E-Cheese is so much fun!

You think I'm a big girl?

Now...I'm a big girl! (crawling back up the slide like the big kids)

Riding her new girly scooter from her friend Berkley!

Opening Presents

Eating yummy supper and having my great-great grandma's talk to me!

Love Balloons!

I want that fire! (and she got a hold of the hot wax before I got it away...which may have stifled our fun)

"Mmmmm" (you could hear her saying this)

"What will happen if I try to throw this thing?"

"Okay, I think I've had enough mom!"

Happy Birthday Papa!

We love you!

Made a practice cake and the "real thing".

Makenna and 1 of her lady bug cakes!

Happy Belated Easter!

I can't believe I even titled this Happy Belated Easter...how pathetic.  I'm trying, but now that the weather is nice we're outside playing therefore I have little free time in the house anymore.  I had to post pictures from Easter as having a little girl to dress up for Easter this year was so much fun, along with my handsome little man!  Also, I really do hope to do a post about Keith, but once again I just want to touch on how meaningful Easter was for us as a family this year.  We spent Easter with the Kindt's this year.  It was so nice to be together as a family, even though we were missing Evan's dad, Keith.  Easter really helped ease some of the pain I've felt through the loss of Keith.  It re-reminded me of the amazing God we have and because of Him sending His one and only Son to die on the cross for our sins some day we will see Keith again, healed!  What more could we ask for during this difficult time!  Once again I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers as we deal with the loss of Evan's dad and Grandpa Keith.  My heart still breaks that my little ones will probably never remember their Grandpa Keith, but is reassured that some day they will get to meet him and not say goodbye!  Enjoy our Easter pics!

Easter Baskets

Makenna's pretty necklace made with love by cousin Susan!

Denver's fshing pole; his words when he saw it..."I did it!".

We told Denver when he was using the potty chair and wearing underwear he'd get a fishing pole and he remembered!

My Beautiful Babies!

A (QUICK) Family Photo

The lil girls in their pretty dresses.

Easter Egg Hunt

Fishing at the end of the driveway.

(He came up with this on his own)

First time out fishing with his new rod...Easter evening.

We have a walker!

I figured if I waited to update on Makenna's new skill I may never get the video downloaded as there would be too much else to update on with her 1 year update so enjoy the extra update! 

Lil Miss Makenna has figured out how to walk.  She had been taking steps for quite some time, but when she'd realize she was "walking" on her own she would immediately plop herself down to the floor.  Of course she thought she should show off her walking skills to her Daddy first while Mommy was at work....in turn I didn't believe Daddy at first.  The official date of walking began April 24th, but the stories Dad had were from earlier in the week, and the steps probably go back to the beginning of the month?  Its so hard for me to keep it all straight and of course I haven't been good about writing it down on her calendar....which some day she'll chew me out for, but I'm only human!

The other night I finally realized we hadn't video taped Makenna walking yet so I did right before bed time and she wasn't impressed...so she really doesn't cry when she walks, just when she's tired and Mom makes her do things for the camera.  Enjoy!  Next week (maybe!) we'll have a 1 year update...can't figure out where the last year has gone.

11 Months Old

I know I say this often, but I just don't know where the time goes!  I can't keep up with anything, and now blogging has become even harder to keep up with, which I don't like, but I guess so it goes.  Makenna is a little over 11 months old.  Believe it or not I got these pictures done just a couple days after "the big 11 month day".  It's amazing how you fall in love with your little ones more and more every day.  Just when you think you can't love them any more, you do!  This little girl is some thing special!

The "new" things for 11 months are starting to fuzz into what I'd consider "after" the 11 month mark, but this is what I think should go with the "11 months":
-I THINK she associates "ma ma" and "da da"
-says "moo" for the cow...a little more of a buzzing of the lips than a real good moo, but definitely associates it with cows and with her Papa
-crawls EVERY WHERE
-cruises EVERY WHERE...she pretty much runs along things now and would be walking, but there is a little fear in her and when she realizes she's doing it by herself she immediately plops herself down
-taken up to about 7 steps we think
-loves to play, play, play...but must be walking during the play time as some point! (she's pretty much obsessed with being on her feet)
-rides Denver's 4 wheeler (that is now out of commission) and his "bicyclable"
-occassionally is found in her crib sleeping sitting up...I can't remember when this began, I'll have to look back at pictures and the dates on them....she started crying when we'd put her down for bed (she finally quit this) and would sit up and then fall asleep and we'd have to go back in and lay her down
-her 4th tooth is on its way in (top middle right)