Our Baby Makayla

Makayla is now 3 months old and such a smiley little girl. She has really sad moments but when she is not sad she is always smiling. She is such a fun baby. She has started to roll form her back to her tummy. Derick likes to join her and lay on his tummy right beside her. She is also a great sleeper. She is out for the night by 9 and she only wakes up once to eat around 5 or so. I am so blessed in that way.

She has turned into such a Mommy's little girl. She is OK with others if she is sleeping or if they are feeding her but besides that she wants her mommy and she will let you know about it. For the first 2 months she always wanted Russel but now she has swapped. It's probably a good thing because Derick is a Daddy's boy and no one else measures up to his dad.

We are having a lot of fun watching Makayla grow. She has such a funny laugh it sounds a bit like an old lady that has been smoking her whole life. It makes us laugh to hear her. We are happy that she is in our family.

Derick 16 months, Makayla 3 months

I must say I got blessed with some really cute kids. Derick loves his little sister so much and she loves him back. He always wants to kiss her and she just lets him and gives him a big smile. She is already a tough little girl. But then again she has to be with him around. He has now learned how to be gentle. That took a bit but he is getting it. It is so fun to watch them grow and change every day.

Makayla at 6 weeks

It is hard to believe that Makayla is already 6 weeks old. This may sound crazy but it makes me a bit sad. She is growing up so fast. When Derick was a little baby the time could not go fast enough. I wanted to see him learn new things and grow up but with Makayla it is going way to fast. She is such a sweet baby. She is happy for the most part and a pretty good sleeper. Nights are still really hard on me because I have 2 of them getting up in the night but at least they both go back to sleep pretty easy.

Derick is loving being a big brother. He loves to hug, kiss and hold his little sister. He has not gotten the whole be soft thing but we are working on it every day. If Makayla is crying he will go and get her a toy or try to put her binki in her mouth. What a big helper!

Life with 2 babies is a tun of work some days I am ready to give up but one little giggle or a hug can change my mind.

Derick's Boo Boo

Derick was playing with Makayla's car seat and tipped over in it. His binki is was cut his cheek. I was shocked that a binki could do that. It really is not as bad as it looks. It is healing pretty good. I just hope that there is not a scar.

The week of the 4th

Russell had the whole week of the 4th off so we had a little mini vacation. We went to the Omaha zoo with his family on Monday. It was a lot of fun. Derick seemed to like it for the most part. He was just starting to get over strep so he was not himself yet. We made the best of it. Makayla is way to young to care either way she just needed fed and changed and she was happy.
We were able to go to Grand Island for 4 days and spend time with family. We stayed at a hotel so Derick got to go swimming for the first time. He really liked it. We spent a lot of time with Russell's family that was visiting form Utah. It was fun for Derick to play with his cousins.
On the 4th we went to Dallas's and Shannon's for the big bash. It was a lot of fun. Two years in a row I have had really small babies to take care of on the 4th. I am not planning on that next year.
I was also able to spend time shopping with Lindsey and my mom. It was fun we even went and got a pedicure. I had never had one. I think I am hooked now. It was so fun and relaxing.
It was a fun little get away even if it was only an hour away.

Makayla just hanging out at the zoo. She was such a good baby. We tried to keep her out of the sun as much as we could. It was a pretty hot day.

Derick loved the gorillas. They seemed to always come over to the window were he was looking. At one time he was nose to nose with one and he did not even react to it besides a smile. It was pretty funny.

Derick with Daddy.

The petting zoo. Derick loved the straw better then the goat. He was a bit overwhelmed.

Makayla's Blessing

Makayla Aubrey was blessed on June 28 by her Daddy. It was such a neat time. We ended up having over 25 family members come and support us. After the blessing every one came over to our house for a little lunch. It was so fun to visit with every one. Russell's sister Sherry and her husband Jeff were visiting from Utah. It was fun to get to spend time with them.

My mom made this beautiful blessing dress. I had her kind of go off of the style of my wedding dress. She dose such a great job. Abbi took the pictures while she was visiting. Russell's mom left her camera here for us to play with for a bit. I love it. Thanks Mom, Abbi, and RosaLee

A visit from the Penn family

My cousin Abbi and her 3 kids came and visited for about 5 days. It was so much fun. IT is crazy to have 5 kids in one house all 3 and under but we managed. It was pretty funny because before she came we had a tun of plans of stuff we were going to do. Well reality set in and it was not passable with so many young kids. I am not sure what the heck we were thinking. But we made the best of it. Abbi was able to help me put some vinyl lettering on my living room wall. I love this saying it is so fitting. While they were here Derick ended up with strep throat. Talk about not fun at all. Well you know how little kids are they had all been sharing cups and binkis so 2 of her kids ended up with it also. I feels so bad. I am just glad that Abbi's girls did not get it as bad as Derick had it.
Abbi will be coming back this way in Aug and this time she will have her husband with her so maybe we can leave the kids with the guys and have a fun night out.