Makenna's first lesson

Miss Makenna got a pocket trumpet for her birthday and she was beyond excited!! She had been begging her Daddy for lessons so he decided to get her a small trumpet that she could hold easily.

This is Makenna waiting "patiently" for her lesson:) I was videoing her for the whole beginning so I didn't get too many pictures of just her and her Daddy. This was after she had learned five notes and was practicing. Aiden decided he needed to get in on the action too:) Babies always think they need to eat the trumpet:) Lady always thinks she needs to be in the pictures too...lol! Makenna did an awesome job. Trav said she gets better tone than some of his students!! I'm so excited for her! She looks so cute:)

Disneyland part 1

My parents took us and my sister and her kids to Disneyland for a couple of days and it was a blast. They are totally exhausted but happy. We mainly did all kiddie rides because Makenna and her cousin Gunnar are at a fun age for Disneyland. They both love Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Pooh and everybody so it was fun to see Disneyland through a child's eyes again. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Grandma and Papa:)

Papa and Kenna

Makenna loves Minnie but just not up close. She started screaming when it was their turn to get their picture taken.

Gunnar and Makenna on the Casey Jr. train ride which they loved.

Daddy got to go on a lot of the rides with Makenna this year since I had Jordyn attached to me with the snugli.

Real live (mean) reindeer. It was feeding time and I wouldn't want to be too close to these guys when they are eating!!

I have so many pictures I want to share so this is only the first post about Disneyland.

First Haircut

Our baby got her first haircut last week. I know. She's almost three but she was bald for about half of that so there wasn't a need until now. She still really didn't need it but I thought her curls would get fuller if her baby hair got cut. And it did. She's got even prettier curls (if that was even possible). She did so awesome. My sister in law Julie cut it for us and she just took her out in the backyard. Makenna just sat there and let her cut it without a fuss and talked about it for days afterwards. Thanks Julie!!

Here we go

So, my friend Sarah, has finally convinced me to do a blog. I love to e-mail pics of my beautiful girls so I thought this would be an easier way for friends and family to see them and to keep in touch. Makenna also keeps saying things that crack us up and I needed somewhere to share them. She's my little parrot which isn't always the best thing but it makes me try to do better. We are currently trying to get her to stop saying 'punk'. I didn't realize how much both Travis and I said it. It doesn't seem like such a bad word but it just doesn't sound right when a little girl says it. She is also another little mommy to our baby Jordyn (J.J.) and always wants to do things for her. It's so funny because she hates that she can't feed her. Sometimes she tries to hold my boob and acts like she is the one that is feeding her. She also gets a little jealous that she can't have what J.J. has. I asked her what she wanted for lunch one day and she said, "some booboo". That is my two year old for you.
Jordyn has been sleeping seven hours straight this last week which is awesome for a two month old. Woo Hoo!!! It makes a big difference. I was way too cranky when she was only sleeping a couple of hours at a time. She was up again by the time I had fallen asleep. I just hope it stays like this. She went from sleeping five hours to six and now seven hours so we hope it just keeps getting better. Jordyn is such a sweet baby and smiles at us all the time. Especially for Travis. All he has to do is talk to her and she gets a big ol' grin on her face. I can't wait to see her little personality grow and develop.
We are already getting into the Christmas spirit. All of our decorations are up and I can't wait to do our advent calendar with Makenna. She is just at the right age where she will understand (well at least in a two year old sort of way). She got a little upset when I said it was Jesus' birthday because SHE wanted the presents. Hopefully she will start to get what the true meaning of Christmas is.
Well, that is my first post. I hope that you enjoy reading all about our craziness as much as we love living it.