Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Mckinley is 1!

Happy 1st Birthday Mckinley
My Oh My! Where has this last year gone! I can't believe my baby girl is 1 today! 

Me right before we headed to the hospital. I had to have a c-section since I had placenta previa. That was a totally weird and new experience for me. I had never had any type of surgery and I was totally nervous. Everything went smoothly and that was a year ago!
Mckinely 1 day old!
Mckinley 4 days old.
Mckinley 1years old! Dang she has grown into such a sweetheart. Josh calls her his angel.
She totally loves music and loves to dance! She has the sweetest personality. 
Time really needs to slow down. I guess I have no choice my kids are going to keep growing and changing all the time. 

A few facts that I can remember in Mckinley's first year of life
She's gone camping
She got her 1st tooth at 7 months. She currently has the top 4 and the bottom 2
She crawled at 9 months
She stood up at 10ish months
She started walking at 11 months, but officially is walking now
She can say 'momma, dadda'
She can give kisses
She waves goodnight to Payton and Scarlett every night
She stopped breastfeeding cold turkey at 11 months while we were camping
She has never taken a bottle or pacifier
She didn't fully start sleeping through the night till 10 months
She never had formula went straight to whole milk in a sippy cup
She loves squeeze food
She didn't really eat solid food till 7 months
She wears 12 month and 18 month clothes
She only wears a size 2 or 3 shoe
She adores her brother and sister
She gets so excited when dad comes home and walks in the door.
She is our peanut, she weighs about 19lbs and is 29in. tall
She knows what she wants and is learning to be more demanding (lucky us)
She really is a joy and a blessing in our family!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Josh's Birthday

I do what I can to make birthdays a big deal in our family. Josh had his birthday but it's so close to fathers day that its so hard to make them both special. He just says he gets a whole week. Anyways for his birthday he worked all day, rushed home we opened gifts, sang, ate a cupcake, and then he and I head out for a group date with friends. 
Definitely got spoiled by my parents this year. They got his a BB gun. He was super excited. 
Scarlett got him so cuff links
Payton got him a pocket knife!
Mckinley and I got him a tennis racket and tennis balls.
He also got a food chopper.
He got a few cards in the mail and got money to be used for gi joes. He loved that of course. 
Getting older each year!
Josh is a wonderful dad and the kids adore him. I am a very luck women to have him as my husband. He does so much for our family! Thank you tons, and Happy Birthday Love!

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Visitors, Life, We have a WALKER, Park & New Baby

Just a quick look at what life looks like at our house on a daily basis. We don't do too much. The kids play, fight, sleep, watch tv, yell, and cause big messes.
Payton being a good big brother and helping Scarlett try to learn to letters in her name. 
Mckinley showing off!
Our garden pickings!
I turned most those veggies into these goodies!
We enjoyed a visit from Shannon and Kelsey. We walked over to Target and got ourselves some icee's. Mckinley loves them just as much as her brother an sister. 
Payton and Scarlett rode their bikes, but on the way home Scarlett convinced her aunts to help push her cause her legs were too tired to peddle. She is obviously the princess!
Mckinley is just our little doll; with those big, dark eyes of hers! These pictures show how much she loves icee's. She gets her whole top lip in the lid so she can get the straw.  
Best attempt at getting a picture with Shannon and Kelsey.
Helping Shannon put her fake nail polish on her nails
Big girl!
11 months is when this little girl has decided to start walking. 
#1 DAD! We sure do love Josh!
The kids love watching dad play games on the iPad. Seems boring to me!
There she is...there she goes!
Sleeping babies just melt your heart!
My girls first thing in the morning! Mckinley is such a goober! Mckinley enjoys eating!
Hello down there!
I try to be a good mom and take the kids to the park all by myself without having to have friends come also!
Scarlett loves when I braid her hair and its all wavy in the morning. She is just too cute!
On June 20th my sister gave birth to her second kid. His name is Stockton. Its been so fun having so many babies born into our family lately.