Makenzie watched her first...

Stripper dance!

I know I know! CRAZY BAD MOMMY!

Actually it is kinda funny. My family watched movies on Christmas day and didn't get out of our pajamas all day! We watched The Proposal as some point in the day and Makenzie and I were playing on the floor. The TV was behind her head and we were laying at such an angle that she couldn't see it. As soon as Oscar the stripper got on stage Makenzie twisted her big ol' head and watched! I'm pretty sure she was listening to the music but it makes for a good story!

Hope you all had a good holiday!

Meet Johnny

Johnny is Makenzie's new elf! He came from the North Pole to watch Makenzie and help her be good. But at this point she is always good so Johnny's job is pretty easy :0) Tonight Johnny told me he was going to hide in the sugar jar to scare my mom in the morning :o)


It's a great feeling to start new fanily traditions with my new little family.




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Stupid Paul

Well I had a fantastic trip to the HEB on Luis Henna/Greenlawn. And by fantastic I mean super crappy!

I enjoy stopping by the cook stations at HEB when I'm not in a hurry to get my shopping done. Typically the people are nice and the food is tasty. That was not the case today!

Paul is mean. Simple enough. When I walked up to his kiosk he asked what I wanted. I replied "Well I'd like to try some of that stuff." and gestured toward the food bowls he had in front of him. I did not see this as a crazy request, as it is his job to provide samples of the food they are trying to sell. Grumpy Paul snapped back with "That stuff huh?" as if he was offended I didn't know what he had cooked. I ate the sample (which happened to be good) and told my mom who had walked up "Ya the food is good but that guy is a jerk." Apparently I can't wisper and
Stupid Paul has good hearing. He said "Ya thanks for that complament."

Oops!

But seriously, it's not like I called the food "stuff" to Martha Stewart or someone that's a real cook, Jerk Paul is an all time sample man. I guess I would be grumpy too.

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Our Schedules Are Off!

Good Morning! Rise & shine & give God the glory glory. Rise & shine & give God the glory glory. Sing praises to our Lord.

It's 5:47am and Makenzie is in full swing :0( The last two days Makenzie has had some tummy issues. The out pipes were backed up on Sunday so we gave her some apple juice. That sure corrected that problem. But, on Monday her tummy hurt again. Maybe too much apple juice? Not really sure. So yesterday she cried off and on (mostly on) from about 2 in the afternoon until 7 in the evening. Thank God for grandmas that will take a turn holding crying baby and give mommy a break every once in a while! Around 7 she finally went to sleep. She cried through her naps yesterday so I'm sure she was super tired. I sure as heck didn't wake the finally sleeping baby even though I knew it was way too close to bed time. And now it's 5:55 in the morning and I'm watching Makenzie play with her toys in her crib.

Joyful times of motherhood!

Job

I got a job. I'm glad to finally have a job and I am really grateful that the Lord has provided. The hours kinda suck but I'm just gonna figure out how to make it work. I will work Sat, Sun, Wed, & Thurs from 6pm-4;30am. This is the same job that I had back in September with the Department of Family and Protective Services. I start the 7 week training class on January 18 and that schedule is M-F 9-5;30 and after the 7 weeks I will start the other shift. Time to look for childcare. Whoohoo

Charlie Brown Christmas

Makenzie isn't feeling great tonight so we are hanging out on the couch watching Charlie Brown.

Kayler do you like this?

Bow Making Greatness!

Tonight Makenzie slept from about 4:30 on through the evening. She woke up to eat but went right back to sleep. This allowed me to play in my bow making box! 3 Christmas bows and 1 New Years bow were finished while watching 'Four Christmas's'. I still have a frosty bottle cap to use but I want to get some silver, white, and blue ribbon for that one. Also, I have some round Christmas buttons I want to use and some tiny jingle bells. I think I will probably make 3 more Christmas bows this weekend! Fun Fun Fun!

Success!

I love them!

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Help!

I am in love with these bows with the bottle caps in the middle.

But where oh where can I find them!?!?! Any ideas?

Baby Mak and Lola

It never fails that as soon as I put down a blanket for Makenzie to lay on Lola runs to it and plops right down like she belongs there. So tonight Makenzie had been in the car seat running errands with us for a while so I figured that she wanted to lay down and stretch out. Where better to do that than underneath the Christmas tree!

Too freaking funny!

The two most technicaly challenged people I know just got instincts. I am in trouble!
My mom and step-dad are too funny!

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Baby Laugh

This little sleeping girl just had the biggest grin on her face and let out a single giggle while she was asleep. P I think a fairy was just born! (that's what tinker bell says I think)


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Testing

Trying to blog from my iPhone......does it work?!?!

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Christmas Stocking Extravaganza

As our family grew from 3 to 4 to 6 to 10 our Christmas stockings went from perfectly matching, to kinda sorta similar.

So this year, with the new addition of Baby Mak, we made everyone a new stocking to hang by the chimney with care!

Baby's 1st Thanksgiving!

We survived!

There was a lot of people over at our house today. Lots of people = lots of people picking up Makenzie and passing her around. It seemed like every time Makenzie laid down to take a nap someone wanted to hold her or someone new came over and rang the doorbell. Oh well, maybe she will sleep good tonight.

Gregory & Aubrey made everyone place mats with their names on them. It was fun and added some color to our table.

The night before Thanksgiving my mom and I were cooking and baking pies...Makenzie decided to come help us too!

Airport Adventures

We took Mak out to the airport to pick up Tara for Haley & Bretton's rehearsal dinner. While we were waiting on Tara's late plane we hung out in the parking garage. After we got Tara in the car we realized that we would not have time to get out to the rehearsal before it was over so the 4 of us hung out at Hill's Cafe until it was time to go back and get Lacy. After all the running around we had a great dinner celebrating the beginning of Haley & Bretton's wedding weekend!

Makenzie wore purple and brown because purple is Haley's favorite color and I was wearing brown so we would match!

Fall Bows

I am going to Hobby Lobby 'Where Dreams Come True' this afternoon!

I love this fall tutu skirt and shirt. I think I will make one for Aubrey and Makenzie and get pictures of them together.

For Halloween Makenzie ended up with 8 different bows. They are now in a storage box to make room on the bow hangers for more. So this time around my goal is to make only 4 bows for fall/thanksgiving.

These are all of the bows I found that I liked. I printed them out on one sheet of paper and will take that with me to Hobby Lobby to use as a guide. We will see what kind of bows I come up with. It all depends on what ribbon Hobby Lobby has available and on sale!

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah!

And the Lord rained down purple pacifier manna from heaven..... okay not really but today the mail man dropped off 7 purple pacifiers to my front door and it was great!

Thanks to some lovely mom bloggers I went to high school with I found out where to order these from AND they are purple! Does it get much better than that?!?! Not sure that it does!
On a different note: I am trying to get Makenzie to start sleeping in her own crib or bassinet FOR REAL this time. Last time I said it I obviously didn't really mean it ;o) So I have been trying to only let her fall asleep while not being held by someone. This is hard! It is soooo much easier and faster to cuddle her to sleep! So this practice has gone okay the last two days and now it's time to move to step 2.....sleeping in her own area/NOT mine and Alex's bed! Tonight she has fallen asleep, not in my arms ;o) but in my bed ;o( SOOOO as soon as she wakes up to eat in the next hour or so I am going to lay her back down in the basinet and cross my fingers and say a prayer that she sleeps in there for the next 3-4 hours by herself! Updates to come....

1 Month Well Check

On November 3rd we went to the doctor for Mak's 1 month well check. This doctor has yet to impress me so we will see how long he last. Makenzie weighed 10.3 pounds this time! She was 8.3 pounds at her 1 week appointment, 7.10 at birth and 7.11 when she was discharged. She is growing fast! She was 21 1/2 inches long which is 1.5 inches longer than she was when she was born and at her 1 month appointment. This explains why some of her footed pj's and pants are getting to be a little small already! Other that that information the doctor didn't say much else except that she looks good and healthy. Praise Jesus!

Can you believe this little turkey is already a month old! She was 1 month old on November 1, 2009 and really the time flew by. I know people always say that and it sounds silly but it's true!

We took Makenzie to the Picture People in the mall. I know that this is never a good experience (service wise) but the pictures really do turn out good and the price is perfect and it is easy to get what you want and not have 400 extra pictures left over to store for the next 23 years.

She took some pictures in her Halloween costume as a Peanut M&M, some pictures in a headband and a diaper, and some with a shirt that said 1 month that I made. They all turned out too stinkin cute but we decided on the 1 month, and Halloween costume pictures. Alex, Makenzie and I are going to go back for family/Christmas pictures at the end of the month! So lets brainstorm some cute outfit choices for that!

The Gas Monster!

The stupid (pardon my french) gas monster has attacked my little munchkin this week and I do NOT like it! Monday night at bible study was the first time Makenzie really cried for any length of time and was not consolable. I didn't know what to do with her or me for that matter. Nothing worked and usually something helps calm her. At that point I don't think she'd had a crying fit for longer that 5 or 10 minutes. Tuesday I clocked a crying period for 1 hour and 12 minutes! It was not a happy time. Then today it happened again, twice! The second time around I got the mylicon drops out. I was pulling for straws at this point and was willing to try anything. I gave her the drops and within about 10 minutes she was asleep, gassy but asleep. I will take hearing 'toots' all the time over not hearing them any day! If I can hear them that means they are coming out and no crying fits will follow!

Starbucks Has The Red Cups!

Everything at Starbucks is better in a red cup!

The holidays are close!

My Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Baby Jesus

Baby Jesus likes Dr. Browns bottles the best!

I am not totally sure what the Christmas play at church is going to be like, but I do know that the nativity scene is going to be totally made from photographs. So today we went to a church members ranch/barn/stable thing and took these pictures with Cody and Jessica.
This is a great picture from my camera. The photographer was going to send me his pictures too which I'm sure will be way better! It looks like there is paparazzi on the right side of the stable ;o)
It was chilly chilly in the wind, but inside the stable was better.....until they took her warm cozy clothes off! She was not a fan, but she warmed up in the hay and cloth.