foods that should never touch our lips

I came across this article this evening and felt like I should share it.I will defiantly think twice at the grocery store now...

http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/7-foods-should-never-cross-your-lips

introduction to solid foods

We waited until 7 months to start giving Makena solid foods. Her first taste of "solid" food was Brown Rice Cereal mixed with my milk. At first she seemed confused as to the new texture in her mouth but she took to quickly and eats it like a champ. Here are some pictures from her first feeding.

in like a lion

March is here...Where is spring? It was the second day of measurable snowfall and Jeff was working. The kids and I slept in really late, and feasted on Trader Joe's Pumpkin Pancakes with mini chocolate chips per Bays request. He requested a Thomas the train shaped pancake and a snake. The snake was easy but it took some artistic ability to do the train. I was so impressed with my creation I had to take a picture. After breakfast I let Bay go out and play in the snow before it all melted. He was in heaven.

nothing sweeter....

I can't help but love these photos.I cannot believe how much joy these two little angels give me. The best part is that they love each other too.

6 months

As I have mentioned before I am a bit behind with my posts. At 6 months Makena was almost 16 lbs and 26 inches long. She was in the 50th percentile for both weight and height. She still seems to outgrow her clothes overnight, she loves her brother, favors her mother and has discovered her daddy and is loving him now too.She hasn't had solids yet and as you can see she doesnt appear to be wasting away. She is nearly crawling already,and is mobile enough on the floor to get to what she wants. We introduced her to her johnny jump up wich we just call her jumparoo, she loves it and really gets moving in it as well. It is fun watching her grow and develop, its just going by entirely too fast for me.She is a sweet baby girl that brings great joy and laughter into our home. Makena being cute as she models her grovia owl cloth diaper
New swimsuit that my friend Naomi gave us.I couldn't wait to see if it would fit.
Enjoying a little naked time after her bath. She loves the freedom of movement.
Check out her rolls and her sqishie tushie. Love the baby chub
Her adorable hat our friend Julie gave us as a baby gift.
Enjoying her johnny jump up in the hallway.

bath time and bathing suits

Odd title for a post I know but this is what we were up to the other morning around our house. I decided to see if this adorable bathing suit that my friend Naomi gave us would fit Makena. As you can see it did and it is adorable on her. I most excited that she has a little room to grow in it as well. Bay decided since I was taking pictures that he needed to have me take some of him so here are the ones of him and the two of them together. Oh how he loves to look at "his girl" and she loves to look at him
Clean and cute kids.Oh how I love the smell of my clean babies.
Makena showing off her new moves. She is so close to crawling.It will happen any day now.
I couldn't resist putting a headband on her that matched her swimsuit.
Bay making funny faces for the camera as usual.I can't believe how much he looks like his cousin Xander in this picture
His bubble beard or goatee. He thought having the bubbles on his face was hilarious.

catching up again....

I apologize for neglecting my blogs to the few of you that actually look at it, but being a mommy of two with a husband who is only home every 3rd day is quite exhausting on this lady.

Valentines Day was wonderful this year. As usual Jeff spoiled me rotten with thoughtful little things meant to help me relax and unwind such as: foot cream, bubble bath and chocolate.Normally Jeff doesn't do flowers because he hates to buy things for me that only last temporarily which I totally get but I absolutely love having fresh flowers in my home.I am always excited to receive them. Our kitchen table made it look like it was Christmas morning on Valentines Day. Just to show you how ridiculous it was that we got so many cards gifts ect I had to take a picture. Thank you to both of our wonderful families and friends for the thoughtful gifts.We really appreciate each and every one of them. We had a yummy breakfast Valentines Day cooked by Jeff the master chef. That afternoon we took Bay to the dollar theater to see the Muppet's movie. After the movie we took a family nap. For dinner we had heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's and watched a movie we rented from red box which I cant seem to remember what it was not. All in all it was a great day full of loving memories and fun. Our goodies and gifts to each other and from others...we loved every last bit of it. The Valentine Bay made for his Daddy. Notice the huge amount of googly eyes.
My twist on a heart attack...I incorporated part of Jeff's Valentines Day present on the door with all the hearts.He loved it!
Here is the Valentine that Bay made for us while he was over having a play date with his cousin Emma. Can you tell that Jeff's sister Candace is a teacher? We loved that he made it himself.
I had to include this picture because it made me laugh. Makena grabbed the ribbon of Bays Valentines Day balloon and just chewed on it and stared into space.