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

I don't care who you are.....

She is just too cute!!!!! Ü

She said mama for the first time yesterday on Father's day!! So now she can say hi dada and mama!!! She's getting so big!!

Daddy's Day

Happy Father's day to my wonderful hubby!! You are an awesome dad and our girls love you so much!! I'm so glad that you are the father of my children. I hope you have a great day;)

I love you!!

And Happy Father's day to my daddy and dad in law. You deserve to have a great day. You raised some good kids;) Make your wives cook you breakfast. Ü

Makenna's version of things

Makenna is such a smartie pants but there are a couple of words that she has made into her own. She calls her humidifier a fighterfier and for some reason she says gotfor instead of forgot. It's so cute when she says it that I don't correct her as often as I should;) Plus, the other day, she was in the car with her daddy and he had to drive over the bumps in the middle of the road to get around something and she said, "careful daddy, don't break your wheel!" She is also a very good helper. I was folding laundry the other day and she always hands me the hangers to hang up the shirts and pants. Well, I hadn't gotten to it yet so she decided to hang things up herself. I came into the room and found all of my underwear on hangers;) She was very proud of herself!!

Our little drummer!!

Travis concert was a week and a half ago and Makenna loves to go to them because she gets to hit the drums afterwards. She goes running around the room like a crazy girl playing every instrument that she can get her hands on. The bottom pic of Travis conducting was taken by Makenna. It's at an angle but I thought it looked pretty cool. And the top one of him is afterwards and you can just see the relief on his face;) He was finally done!!

Sisters!

This is what happens when the big sister is bored and starts playing with the little sister;)

It smells like.....

Travis gave me some beautiful, red roses on our anniversary the other day. Makenna was home when he brought them and I think she believes they are hers. I don't mind. I think it's adorable that she thinks her daddy bought her flowers but I caught her up on the table today......

Me: Makenna, get off of the table!!!!!
Makenna: Mommy, I'm just smelling my roses!
Travis: What do they smell like?
Makenna: They smell........red!!!

Oh my......

Jordyn started crawling just two and half weeks ago and once she figured it out, there has been no stopping her. She goes super fast and goes everywhere. Then, just a week or so later, she figured out how to climb up to a standing position.

The couch is kind of high for her short self so she'd rather stand at the stairs;) They are more her size.

And now, she has decided that she wants to climb the stairs. We have a gate there but not for the bottom three. I'm not quite sure how to keep her off of them so I'm going to have to keep my eye on her all the time or she's going to have a broken arm like her sister did;) She is sure proud of herself though!!

Scratching the itch!!

It's our 7th wedding anniversary and I'm so thankful that I married this man!! And to think it all started with a dream. Nine years ago, I had a dream about Travis out of the blue and I couldn't get him out of my head. Throughout the morning, a voice in my head kept telling me to call him and I kept telling it NO!! I had only seen him twice since we graduated, at his farewell and when he spoke at my friends church. I kept telling myself that it would be crazy to call him. But that voice wouldn't go away so I finally caved in. I called him and we got together a couple of days later to catch up as FRIENDS!! I think we both went "Wow" at each other when we saw each other for the first time in a few years. He had gained some weight and I had lost some (about 30 pounds). We had a ton of fun and talked for hours before he left for the night. He called me everyday after that and by the end of the week, we both knew it was going to be more. (He always says I chased after him but he did all the calling. I only did the first one;) Anyway, it was neat dating someone that I had known half of my life and had so many things in common with. It was so easy. I already knew his family and he knew mine. Our moms had even served in the young women's presidency together;) Our friendship was old but this relationship was definitely new. He had grown from a skinny teenager to a handsome man and had matured a lot from his mission. We dated two years before we got married but I think we both knew we would always be together.

All in all our wedding day went very smooth. There were only a few blunders leading up to it. I fainted getting my dress fitted and fell right on the seamstress. I had never fainted before but I think I just got real hot. Also, the church got double booked so there were people in the gym watching a movie when we were supposed to decorate. Everyone was waiting out in the hall talking about coming back in the morning (the actual wedding day) and I was not going to have that. I marched right in there and asked them to move to a different room which they thankfully did. My mom was still sewing my sister's dress and my dad was fixing his breaks to his truck the morning of my wedding. Plus, my hairdresser was late and we couldn't find my flowers for the reception for the longest time. I guess there were quite a few things now that I am writing them down but it really wasn't that bad.

Everything was forgotten once he came to pick me up. We drove to the temple in awe just enjoying the moment. It was hot and very windy but also overcast so it was nice. It was amazing once we were at the temple. I'm normally a very nervous person but I couldn't believe how calm I was. President Ense married us and it was so neat. He wasn't even supposed to be the one to do it but I'm so glad that he did because he did an incredible job. He told us afterwards that he felt the spirit very strongly while he married us and that the Lord approves of our marriage. So cool!! It was truly a wonderful experience and it made all the planning worth while. I can't imagine being married anywhere else and I can't imagine being sealed for eternity to anyone else. I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful husband that loves me despite my shortcomings. I picked a good one and there is no seven year itch here;) Love you honey!

Happy 7th Sarah and James

I just wanted to wish our good friends a Happy Anniversary because they live far away and I wanted them to know we are thinking of them. You are such awesome friends and I think it's so cool that you got married the day before we did. We've gone through our marriages together and now we both have two beautiful girls. We are thankful for your friendship and we hope you have a wonderful day;)