Todd's 31st Bday

Todd celebrated his 31st birthday this past weekend. We did family and lunch on Friday (poor guy had to work that night), hiking, friends and Wii on Saturday (I got him the Wii for his bday), and my parents traditional birthday dinner on Sunday. We had so much fun...especially on Saturday night where the Wii competition got so big I totally forgot to get out his cake!!! Sorry about that babe! I did give it to him the next day though so he got two cakes in one day ;-). Happy birthday once again to the man I love so much and thank you to everyone who helped him celebrate!

Hiking at Tanner Park

Being a good Daddy at his bday party
McKayla sitting up for her Daddy

He's excited he blew out the candles

The guys playing Wii

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to all our family and friends. McKayla has very much enjoyed her 1st Valentines. She slept in a bit to show Mommy and Daddy how much she loves us and then she helped me make our family traditional valentine chocolate chip pancakes. Since McKayla can't have pancakes yet, she tried her first bite of solid food...rice cereal. She actually swallowed the first 2 bites! She had about 4 bites and made a very fun mess. After breakfast Todd helped her open her Valentine gifts and cards while I opened ours. A little while later when we were playing she showed even more how she's a big girl and sat up for 1 whole minute all by herself.
It's also Sadie's birthday(she's 2) today so we took her to the dog bakery down the street and she picked out a heart cookie and chewey (just like last year). Sadie then got to go on a hike with Todd (in the blizzard I might add...ie why Kayla and I didn't go).
We've had a fabulous family Valentines Day and wish all the love to everyone!!!

After eating her 1st bites of solid food (rice cereal)

Helping Daddy eat his Valentine pancakes

Helping Mom make the pancakes

Checking out the book Paka & Gigi gave her

Beamer gave Sadie a bath for her birthday

Kayla Bear and Sadie Bear hanging out


Good morning Valentine! We gave her these new big girl pjs
A look back at our Sadie when she was a baby

Sadie enjoying her traditional heart birthday cookie

The New Year

January has flown by! It was full of family visits,McKayla rolling over for the first time,McKayla meeting her Grandpa Johnson, all of us getting sick,Todd leaving for his first nights away from Kayla,our 2nd wedding anniversary and much more. McKayla is still wearing 0-3 month clothing at almost 5 months old, but she's growing,eating and learning well and she's the happiest little girl. She has decided these past two weeks that she likes sleeping on her tummy the most (much to mom& dad's dismay), but the doctor said there is nothing we can do about it (this is after we tried turning her back a million times a night) and that she's strong enough now. She's a talking machine and she'll put anything you give her in her mouth. Her newest curiosity is our faces and hair...watch out if you're ever holding her. Todd and I celebrated 2 years on the 27th and he took me to a fabulous dinner at The New Yorker while Gigi watched McKayla. We decided instead of individual gifts to get a video camcorder so as soon as I figure out how to download we'll have video for ya'll. We really can't believe how much has happened in 2 years (look how slow we were the first 7!). I'm heading back to work on Monday and although I have mixed feelings about it I'm very grateful for the time I've had off and I'm excited to see my co-workers. I'm sure once we get into a routine it will all seem normal again.

McKayla & her Great Aunt Missy

Such a big girl holding her bottle now

McKayla and her Uncle Scott

Daddy & Kayla watching Baby Einstein

McKayla and her buddies Lilly & Liam. She's the oldest although you can't tell looking at their sizes ;-).

Chilling with her friends

On our anniversary

Flowers TJ bought me for our anniversary

Another one bites the dust...

So apparently if one goes down we all do. Todd got sick last week, then McKayla and now me. Poor McKayla has had it the worst b/c her cold turned into an ear infection and bronchialitis. You can just see in her face and body how exhausted she is. I now know how bad it feels to have a sick child and not be able to do anything but try and comfort them through it....I just want to cry for her and take it all away. I'm just praying that the doctor is right and she should start getting better from here on out....
I'm starting a new club...Mothers Against Baby's getting Sick :-(

Our little peanut

McKayla had her 4 month appointment today and it went really well. She is still a little peanut...11 lbs 4.5 ounces and 23 3/4 inches. She is in the 10% for weight and the 25% for height. The doctor said she is a very strong little girl and she is impressed that she rolled over already! McKayla barely even cried when she got her vaccination shots (I think I cried more).

McKayla loooves her Daddy
All bundled up for a walk at Tanner Park

4 month action picture

Fell asleep with her toy and would not let me take it

On her 1st New Years Eve (shirt says "Born in 2008)

She loves munching on our hands

We have a roller

Yup, that's right...McKayla rolled over today. She's been sleeping on her side for weeks so we knew it was just a matter of time. She officially rolled over from her tummy to her back while we were playing this morning...she almost went from her back to her tummy as well, but didn't quite make it. Needless to say we are VERY proud of her!!!

UPDATE: At 11:30pm she proved this blog wrong and rolled from her back to her tummy. She wasn't quite as happy about this roll, but I'm sure once she remembers she can get back over she'll be delighted. We can't believe our baby is already mobile...time goes by soooo fast.

Merry Christmas

We had a fabulous Christmas full of new experiences,family and fun. It was so much fun to watch McKayla take it all in and enjoy her new toys. Beamer & Sadie fully enjoyed their gifts as well. McKayla was a very good girl at church on Christmas Eve and she enjoyed all the lights and music. I of course could not hold back the tears, but Todd had prepared himself for this and was very supportive of my new mommy tears :-). We hope all of our friends and family had as great a holiday as we did!!!