Best Present Ever!

I admit I am a pretty hard person to shop for. I am not into electronincss or dvds and beside for the gorgeous diamond earrings I recieved for Mother's day from Brett and the girls, jewlery is not my thing either. However, Makenna gave me the best birthday present ever! I was giving Makenna and Emma a bath like I do pretty much every night, and I took Makenna out of her bath wrapped her up in her towel and while I was taking Emma out I could her Makenna saying something that was just music to my ears. I turned around and asked Makenna to repeat what she just said and she bowed her head, crossed her arms, closed her eyes and said softly "Heavenly Father Thank you for my mommy. Amen". Now that's enough to bring this mom to tears. After me coaxing her she said it once more. Now I need to say that Makenna barely ever sits still for family prayer and I have NEVER heard her pray on her own before so this was just the best gift from her that I could possibly imagine!

Sisters

Yesterday Emma was playing with one of Makenna's birthday presents and Makenna was actually trying to nicely tell her sister that she wanted it when Emma bit her! Today Makenna had her yearly physical and Emma had her one year well baby check up and while Emma was getting her shots Makenna came over to hold her sisters hand when Emma bit her again! Just now Emma fell asleep in my arms and I laid her down on her fold out Dora couch in the living room and Makenna came up and kicked Emma! Guess she's got to learn what goes around comes around. These two are gonna be a handful.

Makenna is 3!!!

Happy Birthday Makenna!! Makenna has been waiting ALL month for her birthday and I am so excited for this birthday for her. It is really her first birthday where we have a whole day planned full of all of Makenna's favortie including the park, cake , balloons, Mc Donald's, sleeping in the tent with Daddy, Chuckee Cheese and some of her favorite people Aunt Stasia, Cheyo and Cheito!! Makenna also had a birthday party on Sunday that was alot of fun and trying to keep up with Makenna and Emma at the party wore me out! So, I can't even begin to list of all Makenna's accomplishments this year but she's gotten to be even more of a charater than she ever was, and i just have to share the following quotes.

Makenna: "Fella!"
Grandma: "Makenna the cat's name is Bella not Fella."
Makenna: "oh ok. Fella!"
Grandma: " No. Makenna look at my lips B-E-L-L-A"
Makenna: "no. You look at my lips F-E-L-L-A"
needless to say the cat is now called Fella.

Today at Makenna's Birthday party my cousin and his girlfriend were leaving...
Me: "Makenna, say good bye to your cousin."
Makenna: (playing with her other cousin) "Bye"
Me: "no. Makenna stop what you're doing, look up and say goodbye to your cousin."
Makenna: (Stops looks straight up in the sky)"Bye. Mommy was that better?"

I Love this girl more than words can say, she is a constant light and source of laughter.....Happy Birthday to my little Stinkerbelle

Happy 1st Birthday Emma!!

At 8:39 this morning it just happened that I glanced up at the clock and that is the time Emma was born at. I cannot believe my sweet little baby is one already. The first year zooms by so fast and so many changes take place in the first year. When I was looking at the clock this morning I was instantly reminded of the sweet little, helpless newborn Emma was just a year ago. Now Emma is still the sweetest, most peaceful little baby who loves to cause a little bit of trouble every now and then. Emma has started walking (again, but with more caution this time) but prefers to crawl when she needs to get somewhere fast. I love the way she walks, it looks like each step takes so much effort, and she doesn't really walk so much as stomp her chubby legs around. She also is a climber, she climbs up EVERYTHING, her favorite being stools we leave around for Makenna to use and chairs. Emma can drink successsfully out of a sippy cup and her absolute favorite foods are fruit and cookies. I would have to say that Makenna is Emma absoute favorite person and she loves to bother her big sister to get a reaction from her, but she also loves to follow Makenna around and even when Makenna is playing way rough or being a little bit mean to her sister Emma just sits there and smiles because she loves any time she gets with her sister. Lately, Emma has developed bad stranger anxiety and if we are out somewhere new she clings to me and gets this horrified look on her face should someone new come too close to her, I have to say I sort of enjoy her "mommy complex" as i know it's just a stage and won't last long. Emma turning 1 today is sort of bittersweet. I am sort of happy to have the first year behind us, I must admit I did not realize how much work having a newborn and a 2 year old would be, and it's sort of nice now that I don't have to hold and carry Emma everywhere and she can entertain herself now a bit. However at the same time I am sad that she's getting bigger and is losing her "baby" look more and more each day. I am so looking forward to this year. I am looking forward to emma talking more and more and just how much more interactive and her own little person she will become this coming year. Happy birthday my sweet little Emma-bear!!

First "Camp Out"

It is after 10 pm and Brett and Makenna have just headed out for Makenna's first " camp out". Brett got a tent for Father's Day and Makenna has been bugging him nonstop since Sunday to go sleep outside in the tent. Poor Brett. Makenna has him so wrapped around her little finger. Not only is today one of the hottest and most humid days we've had so far this year, but Brett does not go to sleep until about 3 or 4 in the morning so I know he is going to be sitting in the dark for a while tonite. When you add the bugs and the fact that I can already forsee Makenna waking up at daybreak, I feel bad for Brett (who works so hard all week and really enjoys his rest on his days off). The things we endure for our kids. I only hope Makenna knows how much her daddy loves her to be doing this with her, and how lucky she is to have such a caring, loving daddy. I know I am grateful to Brett for being the one to volunteer to sleep outside with Makenna, as Emma and I will be snug in our comfy beds in our air conditioned room with TV. We love you, Brett/Daddy.