Baby book

This year I planned to make my girls' their first year books and give it to them for their birthdays. Obviously Makenna's came first since her birthday was in March but almost on cue, Jordyn has been asking for one. She wanted a book just like her sister had. I kinda started later than I planned to so I had to work on it late at night to get it done in time for her birthday but I did!! She was thrilled. And today she asked to see her book and it was so cute watching her look through it. She just sat there for the longest time looking at all the pics. I'm not a scrapper but this worked for me and I know my girls love it....and that is all that matters!! Who needs glue and stickers....etc. :)

I will get to Aiden's when he is a little older to appreciate it:)

Jordyn is FOUR!!!

My gorgeous FOUR year old!!!

Happy happy birthday to my sweet little Jordi!! I can't believe she is four!!! She just grew up on me all of a sudden. It seems like she went from recognizing about half of her letters, etc to knowing all of them and tons more. It's like a light bulb lit and it all clicked super quickly. She loves to practice writing her letters and does very well in her preschool. Jordyn is super shy but super sweet. She won't talk much around other people but is a huge talker at home. We love this little princess so much and are so thankful that she is in our family!!

The signs you know your kiddos are getting older....

Makenna is one smart cookie. She is very aware of everything that is said and done by us and on tv. She is always asking me if things on movies are real....especially Harry Potter:) Since I am usually saying things aren't real since I can't get things done with the flick of my wand (unfortunately:), I don't think she was expecting me to say that what was on tv today was real. I was watching the memorial services for 9/11 and they kept showing the planes going into the buildings and the fires. Makenna was mesmerized by it (the first year that it has held her interest at all). I kept telling her to go play because I wanted to watch it but didn't want her to watch it but it was like she was rooted to the ground. She then asked me if it was real. Not wanting to lie, I told her that it was but it was a long time ago. That seemed to make her feel better but then she started worrying that we wouldn't ever be able to go back to New York because she loves New York. I reassured her that it was ok and that there was no problem in going back but then she got all excited thinking we were going to New York!! Love that girl! :)

Bunch of random

I was looking through my pictures that I have taken recently and found these. They are all different but cute:)

Travis thought Aiden looked like Shroder playing his little 'piano'. :)

I took a pic of Makenna's first lunch for school!! I can't believe I have a kid old enough to be in school all day!! She also has a sandwich under there;) She has done really well and likes her "lunch class" as she calls it. They even have 'cookers'!!! She also likes E.P....(P.E.:)

My friend Amy showed me how to do homemade cinnamon rolls a couple of weeks ago and so I tried some dinner rolls to go with chili a few nights ago! They were pretty good. I just let them stay out too long after I did this before I baked them but I will no better for next time!! I just wanted them nice and warm right when dinner started:)

Miss Jordyn had her first day of preschool this week and she wanted me to take her picture just like I did on her sister's first day!! She is such a cutie and is excited because she gets to take her lunch like a big girl too!!

Aiden decided to practice his planking pose!!

And he loves practicing getting messy!!!

Newborns are so tiring to take care of....especially if you have THREE!! :)

Makenna drew this picture of Harry Potter and friends. Harry is on the left with Hermoine in the middle and Ron on the right. Harry seems to have crazy, curly hair and Ron looks unhappy. She said that is how he looks in the movies:)

And finally....this is what Travis found as he was fixing our sprinkler system!! Fun!!! I'm very thankful that I have a handy hubby that can do things around the house!! It's been a pretty stressful couple of weeks but all I have to do is look at these cute pics and it makes everything ok:) Well, except this nasty last one, that is....lol!!

Random act of thoughtfulness!

I know this is small but this random act of thoughtfulness by my sweet girl made me really happy and I didn't want to forget it. I like to read alot and my girls always ask me why I put my book face down. I told them it was just to mark my place. A few days ago, I had popped some popcorn for Makenna and was going to read my book and snuggle with her while the girls watched their movie. The popcorn was made and the movie was starting but she got a piece of paper out and started coloring. Knowing me, I knew that the popcorn wasn't going to last very long so I kept telling her that she needed to come and snuggle and eat some popcorn before it was all gone. She wouldn't tell me what she was doing but finally she came over and gave me this.......

It's a beautifully made bookmark (that says...I Love Mom) to mark the pages of my books!!! It was the sweetest thing ever!! She saw that I had a need and did something about it. And everytime I use it, I smile:)