Hanging out in the living room

Makayla is really starting to roll and scoot around so we gave her some room to move today!

Of course Kona had to come and check her out. Don't worry, Jason had a very close watch (and hand) on Kona the whole time!
Hey mom, try this! (Yeah right!)
What a cutie!

Guess who slept until 8 am???

Makayla did! She went to sleep around 9:30 last night and other than a waking up for a few minutes frustrated that she was stuck on her tummy (which is easily fixed with a quick flip over and returning of the pacifier) she slept through the night until almost 8! We all woke up feeling very refreshed!
I wonder where she is trying to go....

Good morning!

More from the weekend

Time sure does fly by! I can't believe it is Wednesday already and I haven't posted the rest of the pictures from the weekend! This working mom stuff is crazy! We had a great time with all of our visitors and as always, we appreciated all the extra hands and help with Makayla. Come back soon!
Makayla with Uncle Aaron and his girlfriend Trish.
A cute and happy girl with her daddy and Uncle Aaron!

Makayla's first baseball game

Today we went to a Modesto Nuts game (Colorado Rockies' minor league team) with Uncle Aaron, Trish, and Shawn.

Makayla was on the big screen as they announced her name and age and made a big deal that she was at her first game! Of course she slept through it all.
They even gave her a souvenir ball - which I then had autographed by three of the mascots - Wally the Walnut, Al the Almond, and Peanut (who was an elephant). As you can tell, she was really excited about it all!Daddy told her all about the game...
And I told her about all the yummy food at the concession stands! It was a fun time!

Saturday

Hanging out with Uncle Aaron.


Later in the day, Makayla learned a new fun game. It's called "I push my toys off the tray and mommy picks them up and gives them back." She really likes it - I think I even heard her laugh as she pushed the toys off...

Excited for bath time!!!

Another milestone

Makayla is now starting to grab and hold onto things...


And they usually end up in her mouth!

Happy Monday!

Another cute picture

We hope you all had a great weekend!

Busy weekend!

Saturday morning we took the puppy for an early morning walk. We walked to Starbucks and Makayla was kicking her legs and talking almost the whole way.
Saturday afternoon we tested out "The Mother Ship" (I got the name from Kelly who calls their excersaucer the same thing!) Makayla didn't quite know what to do at first and was probably overwhelmed with all of the things there are to do! Almost everything makes noise and many of them light up. We showed her how to make some of the noises and she caught on quickly and seemed to like being in there.


Sunday we went to the Oakdale Chocolate Festival. For being a chocolate festival - there weren't very many chocolate food choices! But we did manage to find some tasty treats. We even let Makayla hold the kettle corn - although she showed no interest in it and seemed to enjoy eating the purple plastic pig instead!

Too hot for pants!

Today was a hot one here - I think the high was 103! When Makayla and I got home, she was all sweaty so I decided it was too hot to put her pants back on (don't worry, I kept mine on even though I was sweaty too!)

I think she is trying to talk to the fishies. I wonder what she is saying....
Here she looks very interested in whatever I am saying (of course this is the same look we ALWAYS gave my dad whenever he was talking to us :)
She's waving bye for now!

Rolly polly!

This afternoon when I picked Makayla up at daycare, one of the ladies told me that she was on the playmat for a while rolling back and forth from her back to her tummy. Um, excuse me? She was rolling??? The past few days she had been getting to her side (she likes to sleep on her side now) but we had not seen her roll all the way over yet. So this was big news! This evening she was in the play gym and we both got to see her roll over - I caught it with the camera and Jason video taped it! And in case you were wondering, leaving Makayla this morning was much better. Just a little tear as I said good-bye so it was easier, but I don't think it will ever be easy.
Here are a few pictures of "the first roll" (I consider it the first because it's the first I got to see!)

Close....
Closer....
She did it!
What a big girl!

Just chillin'

I had a feeling our loyal blog-checkers would be disappointed if I didn't post a picture today so here is a cute one of Makayla after our walk last night. So relaxed! Does anyone else wish they made adult size jog strollers?

I survived!

Today was my first day back at work and let me tell you, saying good-bye to Makayla at daycare was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do! I had gotten used to spending my days with her and really loved spending so much time with her. I realize I am very fortunate to have been able to spend 14 weeks at home, but it just seemed to go by so fast and I wasn't ready for it to end. Fortunately, the daycare place we found is great. It's right next to my school any everyone there is really friendly. Makayla was all smiles and making her dolphin sounds when I dropped her off, but I needed a few extra minutes in my car to get myself together before going in to school :) Once the kids arrived, they kept me very busy and thankfully the day flew by. I left as soon as I could to go back and pick her up and everyone commented on what a great baby she is. Now if only my fourth graders would behave as well...

A Happy Mother's Day!

Now that I am a mom, I am truly thankful and appreciative of my own mom and all that she did for us! Makayla is a great little girl but she sure does keep us busy. Sometimes I wonder how my mom did it with 4 of us! So for all the moms out there, I hope you are enjoying your day. And even if your kids don't appreciate all you do now, they will once they are in your shoes! I really enjoyed my first mother's day and am so happy to have such a cute little girl and a wonderful husband. Here are some pictures from my fabulous day:
Makayla (with daddy's help) picked out a beautiful ring with her birthstone. She also wrote a very nice card (she has great handwriting for her age!) Makayla and daddy then fixed a yummy breakfast.
Then we spent some time outside. It was a really nice day and Makayla tried out a new sun hat.

These are flowers that Jason and Makayla got for me. They are very pretty!
Even Kona had a good day. He may not fetch, but he seems to like chasing bubbles!

From peanut to dolphin

When Makayla was at the hospital all wrapped up, I thought she looked like a little peanut and that nickname stuck for a while...
(A flashback picture in case you forgot what she looked like 14 weeks ago - she's growing so fast!)
Now, she makes lots of noises that sound a lot like a dolphin! Does that mean we may have gone overbaord with the fishy theme? Either way, dolphin is my new nickname for her!
Last night she had bathtime with mommy. She really seems to enjoy kicking and being in the water - we may have to move up to the big tub soon!

Silly shirt

I hate good-bye!

Now I know my mom told me not to say "hate" because it is such a mean word but I really do HATE saying good-bye! We had a fabulous visit with my parents and of course I was sad to drop them off at the airport yesterday. They made it home safe and sound - their plane even got in 30 minutes early - and they got their luggage! Thank you again for everything and we hope to be seeing you again soon!

While souvenir shopping in Lake Tahoe, Grandpa Bob found something with Makayla's name on it! I know Makayla is looking forward to using it to drink something other than milk!
Both Grandpa Bob and Grandma Meg enjoyed feeding Makayla - and I enjoyed the extra few minutes of time for myself!

Makayla is SOOOO BIG!

Tahoe Slideshow