Under The Couch

Makenna and Hollis both love playing under the couch together. The truth is, Hollis only likes it until he rolls himself all the way to the back-side of the couch and then starts crying because he doesn't know how to get back out.

In The Crib

Every once in a while I will catch Makenna in Hollis's crib with him. She knows she is not suppose to, so she is usually pretty sneaky about it. It doesn't seem to bother Hollis though -- I think he enjoys the company and usually thinks his sister is pretty funny. Also, you will notice Makenna's great outfit. Makenna is in this phase where she likes to dress herself -- even if I have already dressed her for the day. Usually by the end of the day she has on about 3 shirts which amounts to a lot of laundry. He favorite things to put on are pajamas and princess looking skirts. If she can't find any of these in her drawers, because she has worn them all, she will then start going through her dirty clothes which has really become a problem because we are potty training and her wet panties will go in there. She came up to me the other day and she smelled just like pee. I was a little confused because her underwear were dry -- well, she had pulled a shirt out of the laundry that was sitting right under her wet panties and there was pee all over them -- so gross! Maybe I should start putting her laundry basket up on the changing table so she can't reach it, but then that looks really tacky -- what to do?

Tickle Me Hollis!

Dustin almost always can get Hollis to laugh. I don't understand why Hollis will smile and laugh more for him than he will for me when I am the one home with him all day. Makenna was the same way. All Dustin has to do is look at Hollis and Hollis will give him a big smile. Hollis is always so happy when Dustin gets home from work and really likes it when his daddy says "hi" to him.

Happy Hollis

I can never get the kids doing what I want them to when I pull out the camera, but Dustin was getting Hollis to laugh pretty good and I thought it was cute, so here it is.

Clap for Hollis!

Hollis has just learned how to put his hands together and clap. I was clapping for Makenna earlier this week and saw Hollis watching me and trying to clap as well. We have also seen him trying to clap when he has seen Dustin clapping -- I think it is just so cute! Also, we have heard him say "mama" and "dada" a few times but it isn't very consistent yet. He usually only says "mama" when he is crying and upset.

Tubby Time!

Makenna loves her bath time crayons -- thanks Aunt Becca! Oh yes, the scum you see around the edges of my bath are permanent -- you can scrub as hard as you want but it won't come off. I am not a dirty person!

Johnny Cash!

Both Makenna and Hollis have loved when Dustin sings and plays his guitar. Dustin found a Johnny Cash song that he just learned to play so he thought he would share it with the kids. Instead of teaching our kids primary songs, we like to teach them about cocaine and shooting a woman down. I thought it was hilarious so I thought I would share it with everyone even though Dustin would probably rather have me not.

Getting Into the Chocolate Again!

It is so hard not to laugh when she does things like this. When I told Makenna to give me the candy bar, she ran and shoved as much of the candy bar in her mouth as she could.

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

One of Makenna's new favorite movies, other than "Barney", is "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory." I am not so into the "Barney" thing, but she loves it -- especially all the little songs! Anyway, every time Makenna watches "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory," she has to make sure you are paying attention to the movie just as much as she is. She has her favorite parts and it is important that we both watch them. She gets really excited when the little boy gets sucked up the pipe after drinking chocolate. This video doesn't do justice for Makenna's reactions and expressions. She remembers little lines from the movie as well, like -- "Hey little boy!" or "Chewing, chewing, all day long," or "Good morning star shine, the earth says Hello!" I think that is how those saying go -- she would know better than I would. She is very smart and remembers songs and lines from all her favorite movies -- it is more entertaining watching her sometimes, rather than the movies.

Sleepy Kids

I just happened to get pictures of both the kids sleeping this last month. Grandpa Russ accomplished the task of putting Hollis down for a nap all on his own -- way to go Russ! Makenna on the other hand, put herself to sleep reading books. Most of the books in this picture are from Jase and Steph (some old books of Jett & Cooper's) -- thanks for the books!

Makenna Entertaining Herself

Shout Out for Jenni!

I just thought I should give a shout out for Jenni who taught me how to do these awesome picture collage things. This is really gonna spiff up my blog. Right now I have the lamest blog and am hoping to learn new things to improve it. I am so jealous of other people's blogs and still have a lot of learning to do. I don't even really know how to make a blog or how to put the songs on it -- thanks Kristen for doing that for me. Anyway, any one that wants to teach me something new about blogging, it would be very much appreciated. By the way Heather, (yes, you Heather Brady) your blog is always so cute! Back to Jenni -- thanks sis! I love this new picture thing.

First Times!

We have some first times for both Makenna and Hollis. Hollis just started the "Gerber" baby foods at about 7 months. I think the food in the picture he is eating is probably squash. Hollis is now 8 months and feeding him can be quite the task. He has now figured out how to play with his food. Every time I give him a bite he blows the food back out of his mouth and it goes everywhere -- it probably doesn't help that Makenna thinks it's funny and starts to try and do it with him. I am still not sure what his favorite food is -- he likes it one day and hates it another.

These are just some fun shots that I took with Hollis. I don't have very many pictures with him so I thought I would take some. I feel like Makenna has a lot more pictures than Hollis but it is probably because she is the first child. I guess I need to try and do better with Hollis.

Makenna is now 2 1/2 and just had her first haircut. I cut her hair myself and originally only wanted to take about 1 inch off and it ended up being more like 3 inches when all was said and done. I kept asking Dustin, "Does it look even?" -- His response "Sure, that looks good enough. Just stop while you are ahead." My thoughts to his comments were that he really didn't care and you can't stop if it isn't even -- I don't even know why I asked! It is hard enough trying to get her to hold still but it is even harder when some of her hair flips up while other parts of her hair curl under. Anyway, I think it turned out good for a first hair cut.

Makenna got a whole bunch of random dress up clothes for Christmas -- some were old things of mine, some from Savers, and just other stuff people gave us to throw in. She loves her dress up clothes! She dressed herself in all three of these pictures. What a goof ball!