Lunch Time!

Makenna fell asleep eating her lunch. She was having a really hard time keeping her head up. At one point in the video, she slightly open her eyes, looks at me, and then closes them as if I wasn't there. She was really tired!

Makenna Potty Training

So we started potty training this week and I hate it! I don't wish this upon anyone! You will see in one of Makenna's pictures that she is crying, and truthfully, that is what I felt like doing as well. We went the first two days with her knowing she wasn't suppose to potty in her underwear but not knowing exactly how to prevent it. There were lots of messed for me to clean up. Right when I was about to give up I called up mom and Janie to vent and basically tell them I can't do it anymore. Janie told me she was watching "John and Kate Plus Eight" and they would make their kids sit on the potty until they went even if they were crying, so she told me I should try that. Well, the first two times she sat there for 45 min. until she went, but it worked and she did go. The next time was an hour and a half....talk about a sore bumb! Ever since that time it has ranged from 1/2 hour of sitting there until about 2 min. of sitting there.....it just depends on how much she really wants that Jelly Bean. I would say about 80% of the time she balls her eyes out and I have to sit there and listen to it so that I don't miss it when she goes pee.....it is very trying! Not only that, but during the time she is on the potty I can't move; therefor, I don't get anything done. The underwear over the bathtub is from her first day potty training and she wet her pants 5 times in about a 4 hour period. Target didn't have any of the thicker panties so I am picking some up at Baby's R Us today. I think those panties are so cute though! So far we haven't had any accidents in her panties since I have been forcing her to go on the potty. Now I just need her to start going herself.....any tips are welcome......I have no clue what I am doing! The last picture is of Makenna in what we call her "Big Girl Bed Time Panties." She thinks those are cool because they have the Disney princesses on them. Hopefully, this doesn't last much longer because I feel like a prisoner in my own home.

Pinetop with the Terry's

We had a really fun time with the Terry family up in Pinetop this last weekend. They rented a big cabin for all of us to stay in while the boys were hard at work on the Terry's family homestead. There was a lot of food to eat, movies to watch, and games to play. Keegan and Makenna sat in this huge chair together while we were antique shopping. It was great to get outside and everyone played wiffle ball together. There was a ton of toys for Keegan and Makenna to play with when they got there but I think their favorite was this Jeep. Makenna couldn't quite reach the pedals so Dustin pushed down the pedal with a stick as he tried to stear at the same time. They loved it! Thanks Terry's!

Makenna getting into candy

I caught Makenna getting into the candy above the sink. She did a pretty good job of getting the wrappers off, but when she couldn't, she would just put the whole thing in her mouth and then spit out the wrapper when she was finished with the candy. She is so sneaky and very quite....I had no idea she was doing this! The scary thing is she had to climb up there herself to get it.

Easter 2009

HAPPY EASTER! AGAIN, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A PICTURE OF MAKENNA!

Jerrilyn and Makenna's Trip to New Mexico

Sorry it took so long for me to get these on here. I guess I am just trying to get my house back in order from when I was gone and get back into routine. The house was actually very clean when I got home but then between Makenna and I, we messed it back up again trying to get errands done and neglecting the house.

Makenna and I were able to go up to New Mexico to attempt to help Janie with her mother who is needing her time right now due to falling and breaking her hip. It is a very slow recovery process but Janie has been great with being there for her mom. Janie enjoyed having Makenna there to play with when she had a little down time. She said she needed some young blood to play and be with since she is always at the rehabilitation/retirement place.

Makenna was able to help Janie drive back to the house in their neighborhood. Makenna was getting so excited about it, but as soon as I pulled out the camera she was very serious and would hardly look at me. She doesn't like it when I pull out the camera....it never fails! I thought that most kids liked that kind of thing, but not Makenna.

Makenna also loved the swing. She always wanted to go out and swing, but most of the time the wind was blowing pretty good and it was too cold to go out. We took her out as often as we could. Janie put the towel around her head to block the wind on her ears.......she looked so cute. The first day was really the only nice day there and so Makenna was treated to a popsicle by Russ when he got home from work.

Makenna's favorite way to count is to get up on the pool table and have someone roll the balls to her as she counts them. She loves to do this!

The first video is of when we arrived in New Mexico. No one had any idea that we were coming so I tried to get as much of it on fillm as I could but had to turn off the camera for fear of what might come out of Janie's mouth. She is going to kill me when she reads that part, but oh well!

I was very nervous to take the 6 1/2 hour trip with Makenna by myself because I have never done that before. Makenna did a lot better than I thought she would. I just made sure to stop every 2 hours to give her a break and let her run around. We stopped at McDonald's in Kayenta and I let Makenna go play in the big play area because she has never done that before. Well, she loved it and climbed all the way up in there. When it was time to go I realized she couldn't get back down on her own or didn't know how. So, huge pregnant me and to climb up in there with my purse and all to go get her. That was miserable.....I barely fit and I am sure that it was comical for everyone watching. Now the next step is to attempt a trip with two kids and maybe even try to make the 10 hour drive to Utah.

The Garden

This is our garden that Dustin pretty much did all by himself with the little help from Makenna. We gave her, her own little shovel and bucket so that she would feel productive. I took a picture of what it looked like before we starting doing anything (just a lot of rock). I then took a picture of the garden after Dustin had dug up all the rock and you will see the black tarp that was under it that he also had to pull up. Finally, the last picture is a finished product of our garden. It might not look like much now because you can't really see many plants growing, but we are hoping that will soon change. The plants are in but we would still like to plant Marygolds around the garden, give it some kind of a wood border, and put in a drip line system.