Chick Days

Every year our local ranch and home store hosts chick days. They have huge tubs of baby chicks for people to buy or for people to come look at. My dad always took us as little kids so it is fun to now see my baby and her cousins get to go with Nana and Papa to chick days.

Ally was probably the most interested in the baby chicks. She was so sweet and gentle with them.

All the twerps lined up with the baby cute baby chick. The poor thing had to have been traumatized after being with these three for a couple of minutes. Like I said, Ally was sweet with it but Makenna hasn't learned how to be gentle yet and tried pulling at its feathers and its head, and Jared kept tapping its head.

We even ran into my cousin Becca and her beautiful girls Dailey and Skylee. We had fun standing in line together and visiting.

Thank you Nana and Papa for taking the kids for a fun outing!

One Talented Girl

Nick's sister Amie is a VERY talented artist. She has been taking painting lessons for few years now and it is just amazing how much better she gets with every painting. This is one of her most resent masterpieces of our beautiful little Makenna.

A fun filled weekend.

As I mentioned in the last post we went to Gig Harbor last weekend. Nick's family just got back from a trip to Disney World a few weeks ago and his siblings got mouse ears as part of their souvenirs. Makenna thought the mouse ears were toys and she played with Amie's almost all weekend.

If she didn't have mouse ears on she had a necklace on. Can you tell she is a girly girl?

Makenna enjoyed using the window sill as a bench too.

Happy Birthday to Amie! It was her 15th birthday!

See that lovely bruise on Kenna's forehead? It was previously a golf ball sized goose egg that she acquired after a run in with the hearth in front of the fireplace. It is amazing how fast little kids heal. Her poor head couldn't have felt good.

What more does a girl need when she already has an iPhone and a pretty necklace?

Playing with the birthday girl!

Grandma Sherrie took Makenna shopping. She bought her several fantastic things including her Easter dress. This is just a sneak peak. There will be better pictures of the dress closer to Easter time. Isn't it pretty?

Its hard to tell by her face in the picture but Makenna LOVED hanging out at the top of the stairs looking down at everyone and saying "hi!"

I think I've mentioned before that Makenna loves being read to. When she is being read to is about the only time she sits still these days. Here she is snuggled up with Grandma Sherrie reading one of my personal favorites, Corduroy.

There was a lot going on while we were there and Makenna didn't get good naps in. We must have really wore her out on Monday because she fell asleep eating dinner.

Thank you Sabin's for another fun filled weekend!

Playing in the Rain

Last weekend we went to visit family in Gig Harbor. We stopped at my in-laws new property and got out to play for a bit. Makenna loved running around and playing even with the cloudy weather and the rain. She was soaking wet when we put her back in the car but she couldn't have been happier.

Say Cheese!

Cheesiest grin EVER!!!

This girl is so fun!

Makenna in the span of about two weeks has mastered the tasks of waving, walking, turning, bending over to pick things up without falling, and running. She also is working very hard on her vocabulary. She says Hi, Hey, Woah, Uh Oh, Dada, and book. I think there are a few others that I can't think of right now.

Makenna showing off her wave.

Lounging in her special chair. One of her favorite places to be. However she only sits on it when she's tired. She is usually standing or climbing on it. Which more often than not ends in a tumble of some sort.

I forgot to mention that my little beauty is 13 months old today. She is getting so big so fast!

Running all over the place!

She actually kept a band on her hair for a few minutes today. Long enough to take a few pictures at least. I love this picture. It captures her smiley, and playful personality.

Remember that blonde curly hair I mentioned in the last post? Well here it is!

I love watching her walk. Its amazing how quickly she mastered the art. One day she was walking around well, but she was using the wall or furniture to balance. The next day she used absolutely no assistance for balance. Nick and I now have to be careful when we're walking around because we have a shadow that we knock down on accident when we turn or stop to quickly.

Say cheeeeeeze!

She is so funny and makes us laugh everyday with the silly and cute things she does. She loves us to read her books and play music for her. She even shakes her cute little booty for us. Other than the limp noodle, fall to the ground kind of meltdowns she has every once in a while, she is such a happy, playful, silly girl. We couldn't be more in love with her!

Life with a one year old

We have been running crazy the past couple of weeks but we managed to snap a few pictures in of our cute girl. A week or two ago I was feeding Makenna her breakfast, got up to answer my phone and evidently I left her yogurt to close to her and this is the mess that happened.

Who needs a spoon when you can drink your yogurt?

Ignore the bruise on her head, it wasn't the first and wont be the last. Walking sure isn't for wussies.

We went to visit Nick's family two weeks in a row. It was great to see everyone. Makenna loves being the center of attention there.

She loved her bath in Grandma Sherries huge jetted tub.

The fridge was open at their house while the kids were putting grocery's away. Makenna thought it would be a big help to steal the apples.

Bossing people around. Nothing new there!

She played the harmonica with Auntie Amie.

These pictures are from Valentines day. Isn't her dress cute? These next two pictures pretty much sum up what she is all about lately. Running around all over the place!! If it showed her getting into things as well, they would be the perfect pictures to describe my baby girl!

Kenna is getting so big and so much fun! She is generally such a happy little girl. She amazes me everyday with how smart she is. She loves "reading" books and being read to, walking everywhere, her doll/blanket and bath time and bossing everyone around! Having a one year old is so fun!

P.S. Did you notice in the pictures that the hair fairy has finally came to visit? Makenna finally has hair. It is fine, blond and curly and far from me being able to do anything with it but I couldn't be more excited! I get a better picture of the hair soon. :o)