I love it when....

My babies hold my hand. I love stroking their soft skin and sharing that special moment with them. I love it when Kenna laces her fingers through mine and when Jordyn wraps her tiny hand around my finger. I want to enjoy these moments because I know they will disappear all too quickly. Time speeds by and before I know it, they will be teenagers;( My big girl Makenna already talks like she is an adult and we are always in awe at what she says. She is such a love bug, always giving hugs and kisses and telling us that she loves us soooooo much!! And Jordyn just changes before us everyday. She got another tooth today. It's her sixth one, fourth one on the bottom to the right. (She is now starting to really use me as a teething ring) She is also starting to kiss us. At first she would just lean her head forward so that we could kiss her head but she is now giving us actual (baby open mouth) kisses. She has also started waving on the 25th and cruising on the 27th. She just hangs onto the couch and goes!! The stairs are a huge attraction to her as well. We have to put pillows all around the bottom of it to keep her from going up. We've done this back and forth thing where I put her down, she goes straight for the stairs. I pick her back up and put her back down where she belongs and it starts all over again. It gets very tiring after about five times so we hope the pillows work for awhile. She will be walking before we know it!!! My nephew just turned one and it seems like it was yesterday when he was born and I know that I'm going to blink and Jordyn will be one. Hopefully recording these memories will help me not be so sad when the days, weeks, and months go by in a blur.

Chicken cheese!!

We were invited to Chuck E. Cheese the other night for our niece's birthday and Makenna kept calling it chicken cheese!! We kept correcting her but she really never got it. So now he is known as chicken in our house! She had a blast at first going (or should I say running) from game to game and then eating pizza and cake. But then came Chuck E. (or chicken). She didn't see him at first but once she caught sight of him, she freaked. And I mean freaked!!! She ran across the table and threw herself into her grandma's arms while screaming at the top of her lungs!! It hurt my ears;) She literally shook until he left to go walk around somewhere else. Eventually, she calmed down but we were at the spot where they go in and out so he had to come back and the screaming and the shaking started all over again. At that point, she was done and started to ask to go home because she wanted to go night night. Now that girl had to be scared if she was asking to leave a fun place like that and go to BED!!! She still had fun until that point and the funny part was that chuck e. was a GIRL!! She came out after and apologized;)

Jordyn also turned 9 months on Wednesday and got another tooth that day!!! Her top left one came in and the one next to it looks like it's on it's way too. No wonder she has been so cranky!!! She also had her check up yesterday and has definitely gone into the stranger anxiety phase. She used to let him hold her and talk to her and yesterday, she just screamed her heart out with big, huge crocodile tears. It was so sad. And she had to get a shot that she missed at six months too so that didn't help. Poor girl. She is a solid 20 pounds, 6 ounces and in the 77%. She didn't gain much but I'm sure that is because she is crawling now. And she is 26 3/4 inches long which is in the 25%. So our J.J. is still a shorty but I love it!! I'm sure that is why her legs are so chunky (and chewable). Travis looked at both of our girls the other day and said that their thighs are the same size. I didn't believe it so I measured them and he was right!!! Kenna's is just slightly bigger but just about the same. I don't care. I wish my thighs looked so dang cute;)

*edited: Her right front tooth came in on 6/22

My baby is 8 months old!!

I can't believe it and my sweet J.J. has hit a few milestones over the weekend as well. Like I said before, she got another tooth. It is her third on the bottom to the left and she had another good night of sleep last night. I'm hoping it continues. Also over the last week she has been saying Da-Da. And on Saturday she started saying it all the time. She just kept saying it over and over which made Travis grin ear to ear. Also on Saturday, my Jordyn just decided it was time to crawl!!! She wanted something across the room and just up and got it. It was so cool. It's a cute, different kind of crawl but she will be becoming a pro at this in no time and be across the floor in seconds very soon. Oh how I love this sweet 20 pound baby girl. She grows and changes every day and I'm so thankful that she is ours;)

A few things

First, Jordyn officially got her first tooth on leap day!!! No more gummy grins;( She got shots on Wednesday and then broke her tooth on Friday and the girl was still all smiles. Can a mommy be any luckier? Also, Jordyn wants to say thank you to our friend Sarah for this beautiful grocery cart cover. She is very happy that she doesn't have to touch all the yuckies;) And so is her mommy!!

And that big, curly fro on the side of her head is her sisterÜ


And speaking of Makenna, we asked her what she wanted for her birthday that is coming up. She puts her finger on her mouth and goes, hmmmmm. I want.......a........white cake! (It's actually rainbow chip and it's the only one we like other than chocolate in this houseÜ) And then later she asks if she can have a party hat. Boy, this girl is going to be easy to please.
And to prove that her daddy watches too much Fox news......he was watching Bill O'Reilly but he had taken the day off and had someone else subbing for him. She looks at the tv and says, "Where's Bill O'Reilly???" And then later, they showed a clip of him doing an interview from a previous time and she says, "Oh.....there's Bill O'Reilly!!" She was all relieved. I think she was a little worried that the girl had taken his jobÜ

And finally, Travis got to go to the race yesterday for FREE!!! We had decided to not go this year because of a new nursing baby and other reasons but his friend asked if he wanted to go on his dime and he jumped on it. He had awesome seats. They were only four rows up and right by the start/finish line.

Tony was driving in this race too in the pretty Old Spice car.


This big crash happened right in front of him. And he was so close that pieces of black stuff from the track kept flying up and getting him in the face. I was bummed that I wasn't going at first but then I changed my mind as I sat on my comfy couch watching it on tv;)