January

January has come and gone! Already. Crazy how time flies to me. So we have had so much fun this past month. To start my sister Trista and her husband who have been living in Turkey came home for a surprise visit!! I was so shocked to see them. I had to look twice to make sure it was them I was seeing! So we hung out and had lots of fun together. I wish they were coming back for good. I miss having them here.




Baby room! (most likely)



Hallway downstairs

 We have been working on getting our basement finished for a few months now. Well since October and it's FINALLY done. We have been wanting to do it for longer and it always got forgotten about. I'm so glad it is done and out of the way. It feels so much less cluttered to have the extra space. Especially for all the toys! And I had to sweet talk my loving husband into painting upstairs and getting new carpet upstairs too. It wasn't very difficult though. He pretty much lets me have/do whatever I want. He is so good to me and Makenna. He works so hard and I just love how much he adores Makenna and loves taking care of her. I couldn't ask for a better husband or dad!

Makenna got her second haircut ever last week. I've decided she needs to have it cut or at least trimmed trimmed more often. So she won't be scared to have it done. She wasn't to sure about it this time. But Jamie got out her container of suckers and everything was happy again! :)

Picking out a sucker!

All done! The back view.

Oh and last but not least in January we had 

our first doctor's appointment. Yep, we're having another baby!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I have felt so good this time being pregnant. It's great. If it could be like this every time I'd probably have more. But since there are no guarantees....we'll see. So anyway, I'm 12 weeks along and everything looked great on the ultrasound. So Makenna will have a new sister or brother in August.We tell her she is going to have a baby brother and sister and for the most part I think she is picturing a baby doll. She has so many and that is what she knows a baby is. Ryan is excited too. At first he was more excited that me. He's hoping for a boy, of course! Either way, pink or blue doesn't matter to me. I just wish it were possible to find out the gender sooner. I can't wait to have a tiny newborn again. Don't get me wrong I'm not excited for the 2am feedings etc. but I love when babies are so new and tiny and smell good and they're skin is flaky and they have little white bumps on there skin around their nose and how tiny everything is like diapers, clothes, bottles, and even their little baby poops. And the sound of a newborn cry. Just how different it sounds. So with all that blabbering I am pretty excited to say the least.











Aunt Trista is the best! Who else will let you eat jelly with a butter knife at a restaurant. 

So I tried to add a few more pictures and they order got all messed up and I can't figure out how to move them! So ta da! :)

Christmas already...

I can't believe this year is practically over. And that we only have 12 days till Christmas. Wow! Where has the time gone? I am so excited for Christmas this year. I think this will be the year that Makenna really figures out a little more about what Christmas is. I don't think she even remembers last Christmas. I keep telling her Santa is watching her when she is naughty. But she doesn't get it. When I was in the mall last week she was terrified of Santa. She wouldn't let me put her down. She didn't want me to get too close. So no cute pictures of Makenna and Santa this year. See the last two years when she didn't know what was going on that it was Santa who was holding her. Not so much this year. So maybe next year when I tell her Santa is watching her she'll remember. I hope! Here is our Christmas cards, I couldn't decide on one so I did two! Merry Christmas!

Bowling

We took Makenna bowling last night. And she LOVED it. At first she didn't really know what to think or even want to go out towards the lane. But after helping mommy and daddy once she loved it.

Helping Daddy!

She can do it all by herself.

My attempt...

Waiting....

Jaden

Getting her bowling shoes on!

Happy Halloween

This year Makenna was Minnie Mouse for Halloween! She was so cute, of course. We went to a Halloween party on Friday night and so she got to wear her costume and had lots of fun playing with Kendra and "carving" pumpkins. Then on Saturday evening we went to my moms (where Makenna got most of her candy) and went to a few houses in her neighborhood. The first house we went to she wasn't too sure about what we were doing then by the third house she totally understood. She rang the doorbell probably six times before I realized and we the lady came to the door she tried grabbing a handful of candy. We would have went to a few more houses but he dang rain started to pour so we went back to Grandma's house! Went to go visit Grandpa and Grandma Jamison for a while. It was still raining so we were done trick or treating. Sunday we went to my dad's house in Preston for dinner and Makenna wore her costume again. We tried to get some pictures with her and Keaton but she wanted nothing to do with pictures. I think she is really going to start to like dress up clothes. But that's ok with me. That means she's still a girly girl. But if you ask Ryan she's not because she knows how to operate a rachet wrench thing...whatever it's called.

Ryan's "new" toy!

Dino Park!

On Labor day we went to the dinosaur park in Ogden. It was lots of fun! When we first got there Makenna was a little nervous and didn't want to get out of the stroller. But once she knew the dinosaurs didn't move she was good!

6th anniversary

Ryan and I just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! The last six years have been the best years of my life. I love Ryan so much. He is my best friend. We have had so much fun together. (and sometimes not so much fun). He is the BEST dad to Makenna ever. She loves and adores him so much. I am one lucky girl to have such a great husband and dad to my kid(s). :) My mom is always telling me what a cute daddy he is. I agree!

Splash Pad!

So a few weeks ago we took the kids, Makenna, Kendra and Kamry to the new little splash pad in Providence. Makenna had just woke up from her long nap and wasn't too sure about it and liked playing on the playground better. Kendra seemed to love it. And Kamry was happy playing with the doll on the grass! We will have to try it out again and see if Makenna likes it any better.