Happy 1st Birthday Makayla

Well, it is official, it has been one whole year since Makayla Grace came into our home. I remember all the worries I had when she was born, and how we thought our lives would never be normal. But, Makayla has created a new normal for our family. Our lives our blessed every day with her sweet spirit. She is nothing but a joy to us. She is always happy and smiling and full of love. We knew she would be a special baby, and she has proved that she is more than special, she is our angel. And we all love her so much. We love you Makayla, Happy Birthday!!! Love, Mom, Dad, and your big brother.

We did have some great pictures of her eating a cupcake, but I couldn't get them off our memory card, so I took a couple more that aren't as good. She was so funny when we first gave her the cupcake, she cried and cried, but then, she licked her fingers and decided it was pretty good. Pretty soon, she had her whole face on the high chair tray, licking frosting. She was so funny. I gave her a bath, but she still smelled like frosting, oh well, I guess it is because she is so sweet.

My Sick Girl!!

Well, I haven't posted in a while because, my little Makayla is sick. This is the first time she has been ill, since I had her, almost a year ago. She came down with a fever and a bad cough on Sunday. She got worse on Monday, so I took her to the doctor on Tuesday. My poor little baby had an ear infection, a rather nasty one at that, to cause all of her other symptoms. She got medicine and a blessing that day and is doing almost 100% better. Of course she still has a cough, but no more fever and she is eating normal again. She would just lay on the floor on her side and fall asleep for the last two days. Poor thing, she was so miserable but seems to be improving now. And unfortunately in the midst of her sickness, I got sick, probably because I was up with her and rocking her a lot and running around trying to make her feel better. So, James stayed home from work yesterday and took care of all of us. At the end of the day, he was exhausted, and said,"Wow, it is hard being a mommy." Don't I know it!! What a great father and husband. Thank you honey for nursing your girls back to health!

Book Boy

So my son, now loves books. I thought he would love books the day he was born, but that wasn't the case. I use to try to read to him when he was a baby and he would just cry and wiggle in my arms. But now, he will sit through at least two Dr. Seuss books without moving. He loves the Dr. Seuss books. I think it is because of the rythm and rhyming of the words. So, when I went to put him down for a nap, all I could see on his bed was books, books, books, and more books. So, I had to take a picutre or two. I love books so I am glad to see he is following in my footsteps.

Happy Valentine's Day

Well, another year and another Valentine's Day. I thought I would take this special occassion to tell everyone about my sweet little babies. James Micheal is doing really well and seems to say a new word every day. I love his sweet spirit. He always says, please and thank you, and every now and then he will run up to you and give you a hug, just because. His new favorite thing to say is, "I found you" and "You stop it!" These really aren't that funny of phrases, but believe me when they come out of his mouth it is hillarious. He also has a devilish streak. He got a hold of a permanent marker and drew all over his hands. Luckily, it came off pretty well.



Makayla, seems to be growing leaps and bounds too. She is always so happy and constantly has a smile on her face. She makes everyone in the home happy and brings so much peace and love into our family. I can't believe she is almost one. Times passes so quickly. We got her a jumper, to help strengthen her legs, and boy, does she love it. She spends about 3 hours in it a day, and loves every minute of it. She also loves her bath time. That is a really big accommplishment for her since she used to hate it.



James is doing really well at his work and is a great father and husband. He recently had his 25th birthday, and as a birthday/valentine's day present he got a really nice 32" LCD Flat Screen TV. He also got me a iPod Touch for my Valentine's Day present. It is so awesome, I like to use it to work out. Since I still have a few pounds of baby fat on me, I like to go run on the treadmill in our work out facility.



Heavenly Father, has really blessed our life in the last year and I am so grateful for all the wonderful ways He has shown us how He loves us. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. We love you All!!!!

The Next Picaso

My son loves to draw. He colors almost all day if he isn't sleeping or eating. He is so funny when he colors too. He is so concentrated that he almost like gets into this trance when he is drawing. He definetly has something artistic in him. His favorite things to draw are trains, dinosaurs,stars, and cars, but for some odd reason they all end up looking like badly drawn circles. Oh well, I am sure that he can just get better with time. Here are a couple of pictures of him being studious while drawing.

James Micheal's Blood Blister

So, James, the kids, and I were all sitting on the couch on Saturday night, playing around. When all of a sudden, I heard a loud cracking sound. I look over and see that James Micheal is crying his eyes out. He had hit the side of his head on the edge of our couch, which shouldn't be very hard but it caused quite a bruise. His ear was all puffy and swollen and a blood blister formed almost instantly. We gave him some tylenol and he was fine. I think it looks a lot worse than it probably feels. Because it looks really bad.

My Favorite Cookies of All Time!!!

So,I sort of have this very deep obsession for chocolate crinkles. I did not discover them until I was in High School. But, oh my, I have certainly eaten plenty. That I am glad I did not discover them until later. I haven't really been able to find a recipe that I thought matched the Dutch Bakery in Deer Park, until Christmas time. Grandma Divis graciously gave me her old cooky recipe book. I found a recipe for Chocolate Crinkles in the book. And well, I guess you know what happened next. Eureka!! The most delicious chocolate crinkles I have ever had! So, here are a couple of pics of the little bits of chocolate heaven I made today, because I had a craving for them! Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Last night, James Micheal came into our bedroom with swimming goggles on. Don't ask me why or how or where he found them, but he did. And he sure thought he was hillarious. And in fact, it was pretty hillarious.

Happy 25th Birthday James!!!

Happy 25th Birthday James. The kids and I love you very much. You are a great father and a wonderful husband. Hugs and Kisses, from your wife and kids.

James Micheal in His Sunday Best

Here is a couple of cute pictures of James Micheal right before church today. I actually was able to put his hair in a part.

Orange Creamsicles

My husband seems to have a very weird obsession with orange creamsicles. And I guess this is a genetic trait, because my son now has a wierd obsession for orange creamsicles too. They love to sit together on the couch and eat them. The say mmmm and slurp a lot. It is really cute so I thought I would take a couple of pictures, so they can see how cute they are when they eat. I love my boys!!