Little Miss Two...

I know that it's been over a month since my last post but I'm bombarding the blog with updates. Better to get it all done in one night than to not post at all, right? I'm beginning to not know what to say! I've said it all in the last few posts. :) Well, her 24th month of life has also flown by. She's getting so big and learning soooo many new words. She's putting together 5+ word sentences. That's our little chunko! Ahead of the game... She's also learned the words to Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now". Super cute to hear her sing it.. video will be posted soon. Enjoy the photos!

She is in love with the card that Uncle Dale, Aunt Jeanie, Gage & Ashton got her for her birthday. It sings the "Winnie the Pooh" song and she sings along. TOO CUTE!

Oldpa and Makenna like to nap together. :)

HAHA! Falling asleep next to cheese... sounds like something her Mommy would do! Such an amazing smile.

DIVA!

We went to Eric and Rachelle's for a BBQ.. The girls come out in princess dresses. It was the cutest thing ever! I think Makenna is ready to own some dress up clothes.

Our sweetpea.

Lots of Love.

More of Makenna's 2nd birthday...

How lucky is Makenna? I'll tell you! The night of her birthday her Uncle Dale, Aunt Jeanie and cousins Gage and Ashton arrived at our house. They drove all day just to make it up for her birthday celebration. The next day Grandma & Grandpa Howard and Uncle Luke arrived then early Saturday morning, Oldpa & Oldma got into town too! What a loved little girl she is. :) We had a full house but we wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Even Scooby made it up!

Present time!

This present is a still a daily hit in our house.. 2 months later. Window crayons=big fun! Thank you Uncle Dale, Aunt Jeanie, Gage & Ashton!

Makenna and her Uncle "Uke"

So, Friday evening I (Kristine) sprained my ankle. Nothing beats a 2am visit to the ER. Thanks to Vicodin, a brace and crutches I was able to attend Makenna's birthday party. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures at the party itself. :( I'm so sad about that but there are a few people that did take photos. I'll try my hardest to get them on here. Check out this photo...

Makenna had sympathy pain... She needed to put up her ankle too and ice it. Such a sweet baby girl. I love that she's ours.

We love her.

A big THANK YOU to everyone that came to her birthday party!

She's TWO!!!

It is so hard to believe that our little girl is already two! It is crazy how fast time has flown and it's sad to look at the pictures of her first year but we are enjoying every stage and documenting it with lots of pictures. :) Her birthday fell on Thursday and Mommy had to work. I was sad but I decided to go get her some balloons, cupcakes and a couple of presents after work. She was pleasantly surprised!

We got her Disney Princess Dinnerware and a Bubble Making Machine! She was stoked!We had lots of fun with the bubbles. :)Next on the agenda?? CUPCAKES!! She actually blew the candle out! AND.... Ate the cupcake! That was a first! HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MAKENNA!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy

Great Grandma's 85th birthday!

The weekend before Makenna's 2nd birthday we went to Desert Aire, WA to celebrate Great Grandma's 85th birthday (Howie's Grandma)! Everyone on Howie's Mom's side was there. It was so nice to get together with everyone to celebrate. I wish we could do it more often...

Great Grandma blowing out her candles. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The Eccher sisters- Melissa, Marty, Michelle & Marcie

Aunt Melissa has an awesome pond at the house and Makenna was super excited when she was invited to feed the fish. :) Here she is running over to Aunt Melissa..

We decided to take Makenna for a walk down to the river.. it was such a sunny day but it was cold!!!

Throwing rocks with Daddy

The gorgeous view...

Until next time!

Love,

US

Another weekend clam digging...

The last weekend in January we went camping with Howie's parents and brother to go clam digging. We had such a wonderful time! The weather was decent and the clam digging was pretty good! It's just so nice to be able to let Makenna run free on the beach and play with the sand. She digs it. :)

Look Mommy!! SAND!

She kept grabbing handfuls of sand and throwing it... screaming with excitement, of course. :)

I'm really proud of this picture... This was our group the first day (majority of them had to leave the next day due to unforeseen circumstances).

Makenna discovered that wet sand makes the best "mud". She played with it for over 20 minutes until we took her away!

I took this picture the last day we were there... I saw a random bench and dove in at the opportunity to take a wonderful picture of Daddy and Chunko. :)

I'll leave you with a picture of Makenna and her Uncle "Uke". AWWWW! -US

23 months!

January 25th marked the day that Makenna went from 22 months old to 23 months old. I just noticed that I never did a 22 month post! Shame on me! Makenna is getting so big and her hair is getting sooooo long! Well, lon g to me. :) She is talking so much these days and definitely falling into her "tissy-fit twos". I think her life falls apart at least twice a day. She's pretty funny. Enjoy the pictures of our super funny daughter!

She hasn't done this lately but she definitely went through a phase of stuffing everything she can in her onesie or sleeper. I actually pulled out over 18 things (rocks, princess figurines, binkies, necklaces, etc.) out of her sleeper a few weeks ago. She is so funny! Makenna and I were at my Mom's and she started stuffing candy in her onesie. She has no shame! :)

Here is a good look at her curly locks!

Still reading on the toilet.. Just like Mommy and Daddy.. and Oldpa and Auntie. It sort of runs in the family. HAHA!

She is also still making use of her favorite chair that she got on her 1st birthday from Grandma & Grandpa Howard. I love that she's still proving Grandpa wrong (Love you Glen!!). :) Being silly with Daddy one night. Daddy is the biggest toy Makenna has. I love it.

Our little Princess.

We love, love, love you Chunko!!