Big Girl Bed

It is so sad. Our little Makenna is growing up way too fast. Last night we put her in her big girl bed for the first time. We have Weston's old bed and we thought it would be cheaper to just put her in his twin bed then having to go buy a toddler bed. We did buy a safety thing for the side of the bed so she wouldn't roll out. But just to be safe we layered pillows and blankets all around the bed on the floor just in case she happened to fall out. It would provide a softer landing. But she stayed in the bed all night. She was so cute! She was a little hesitant when we put her down at first so I laid with her for a few minutes and then she was fine. This morning it was really cute, she climbed out of her bed and came to find me. Our bedroom door was closed though so she just stood outside it calling for me. From now on we'll have to keep it cracked open.

Here she is with her polka dotted sheets. I took her to the store yesterday so she could pick out her own but she didn't really care about them.

She was so cute lining up all her Teddy Bears in her new bed. I bet she has more than 20 stuffed animals. I don't know where so got so many from. She's only two! (well almost 2)


She loves her bed. Every time she gets up on it she lays down and says nigh, nigh. (Night, night)

Such a big girl!

She had to help Weston with everything. Pushing it into her room, putting it all together and putting in the draws. She is such a good helper!

Snicker doodles

Tonight I had to work and when I got home Weston had a nice surprise for us. He was baking snicker doodle cookies with Makenna. They were so delicious and Makenna was having so much fun! She loved to eat the dough with just a spoon. Lucky for our egg free recipe the dough was perfect for eating. Needless to say all the sugar made her pretty hyper and right before bed time! She was just running in circles. Anyways here are some pics of the yummy cookies.

Our little Monkey

So Makenna has been going crazy lately. I don't know if she is just tired of being cooped up all day or it is just this warm weather that comes and goes or maybe it is just her age but she is a crazy girl! Every time we turn around she has climbed up on something. The coffee table, the couch, the chairs, the kitchen table, the toilet, or her rocking chair. And everything she climbs up on she has to stand on. So this being said last night she tried to conquer a new height. She climbed up on one of our bar stools to the kitchen counter. She made it up but some how lost her balance at the top and she just came tumbling down. She scratched her chin and bruised her check and back. I don't think it hurt too bad though because she stopped crying as soon as we gave in and let her watch a show. But she is definitely our little climbing monkey.

This is her standing on the kitchen table

She climbs up on the chair and gets on the table to bug dad while he does homework!

This is her sad chin. It doesn't show up that great in these pictures

Her favorite new thing to do is to climb in the love sac and flip over the arm of the couch.

I think she's going to be a gymnast someday!

Draper Open House

I wanted a picture of us out front but there was no where to take one. But this is a good shot from the shuttle back down to the parking lot.
Here we are riding up to the temple

This weekend we went to the Draper open house with my family. My parents had gotten enough tickets that we could go with them. I was glad because I hadn't even thought about getting tickets. So I am glad that we were able to go with them. It was a nice experience although Makenna was not excited to sit through the movie at the church before hand. And then when we some how ended up in a room at the temple to watch it again she was even more restless. It was really nice to walk through and see all the different rooms though. I love new temples and they are all so gorgeous. It was a nice experience at the temple and then afterward we went to lunch at Goodwood. I had never eaten there and it was really good. So thanks to my parents for the tickets and lunch!

Spring Fever

I am so ready for winter to be over. I can't wait to wear my shorts and Capri's again and it will be so nice to not have to wear a sweater over everything! I am always so cold. Well today was a really nice day. I woke up to the sun shinning in through our blinds. I loved it. So after lunch Makenna and I went for a drive and after stopping at three different parks we finally found one with out dogs to jump on us. Makenna had so much fun. She finally got up the courage to go down the big twisty slide and after that she did it about 20 more times. I didn't think I'd ever get her away from there! She had so much fun! I think we are both so ready for some warm weather. I didn't take my camera today but I found a picture from around this same time last year.

Decorating

So we have lived in our house for 3 and 1/2 months and I have hardly done any decorating. But really, who has money to decorate after they finish paying the mortgage! I love my house so much that I don't even care that everything seems so bare. But I have done a few things so I thought I would post them. So here they are!

This is just a shelf I painted and decorated. It is in our family room

This is the vinyl I put up in Makenna's bathroom. I printed it with my cricut and all I can say is I really love that machine!

Here it is again with Makenna's little "potty buddy!"

Her cute toothbrush holder. Makenna threw her good toothbrush in the garbage can so we need to go get her a new one.

Her cute shower curtain. Thanks to her Aunt Shellie who actually bought all the monkey accessories for her.

And this is Makenna's cute shelf and name. This is actually the second shelf, the first one was a complete disaster! I just love the brown wall!

Well, when I get the kitchen stuff up and our bedroom curtains up I will have to post those pictures too.

20 Months

Makenna is now 20 months old. I just can't believe how the time flies. She is getting way too big. She looks so tall too. All her pants have turned into floods so I bought her a new pair and she can't keep them up! Well I wanted to get pictures taken of her at 18 months but I never got around to doing it. So I had our sister in law Cali take some of her last week. I have to say that Makenna was not cooperating for us but we did get some cute head shots. If anybody has any suggestions on how to do her hair I would really appreciate it. I really don't like the pig tails but her hair isn't long or thick enough to do much else with. But it does seem too long to do the crazy thing. Oh well. Hopefully she will have cute hair for her 2nd birthday!