update....

Wondering what Makayla has been up to these days?? Throwing Tantrums!! =) I had to get one of these pictures, she has really turned into a little girl no more baby. Makayla is definitely one of a kind, but she has also become so sweet. She is much more snugly than she ever has been. Her personality has really become to shine, she keeps Rob and I entertained for hours. She makes us laugh constantly. Her and Smalls (our dog) play all day long, they are best of buds and she has two little teeth on top and bottom and looks pretty silly when she laughs, which makes me laugh even more. Makayla always gives us kisses and has become very attached to both of us. She runs to us when we enter the room and she's been talking up a storm. Even though she's been doing more of what's in the picture, she's also been more fun and sweet. This past month I have been looking at her in amazement at how much she's grown and how smart she is becoming. I don't think we could love this little girl any more!

We also took a little trip to California to visit friends and family, and I didn't take many pictures, but I did get some of Makayla and her uncle Nick playing with her at the arcade. She had a blast on the motorcycle and racing the cars. (can you say Sorensen) We live for speed! I cant believe how much I can tell she will LOVE roller coasters. Makayla is my total mini me from her crazy personality to her girlyness. I absolutely LOVE IT and so does Rob.

We also celebrated Roberts 29th birthday! I was sick that day so he didn't get to wake up to balloons and streamers, but when he came home from work I had everything out for him. He had a great day at work, and ended the day going out to dinner just him and I. We have been very blessed with great neighbors and they took makayla while we went to Texas Roadhouse. Then we picked up Kayla and hung out with them for a little bit and came home had cake, opened presents and laughed at makayla, then we put her down for bed and had mommy daddy time. Overall Robert kept saying he had a great birthday

and instead of celebrating valentines day today, since its sunday we did it yesterday. I woke up went downstairs and the house was clean, and there were pink roses with balloons, my favorite valentines cookies, and doughnuts waiting for me. Then some other great neighbors of ours watched makayla so we could go visit good friends of ours that just had a baby, so we went to the hospital, then we picked makayla up and hung out with our neighbors for a while, relaxed, then went to the park where everyone was out and had more fun being with friends, then we went out to dinner at Red Lobster my favorite restaurant. I originally wanted the dinner to be romantic since I never get romanced, but we decided to bring Makayla along and she was in the funniest mood. She kept us laughing the entire night. She is so silly, so then we went home put baby to bed and enjoyed the night to ourselves =).

We got a call today from friends in our ward to have dinner with them tonight, and the fun keeps coming. I feel extremely blessed to have such an amazing husband and a great relationship. Our marriage has been almost perfect and I couldn't be luckier. I also cant believe the joy Makayla has brought to our lives. She is so perfect and she is a definite gift from our heavenly father.

Before and After...

This is Makayla's ceiling fan before... and this is her ceiling fan after!

I've been having too much fun doing new projects. I am obsessed with mod podge and I keep thinking of new things to do with it and here is one. I actually did a whole different design with scrapbook paper, but when I put it up the lines of where I matched it up didn't look great so I tore it off and did a new one with wrapping paper so there were no lines. For the future I will never mod podge wrapping paper again, its way too thin and bubbles like crazy. but the finish product looks really cute I think!

I went even further and did her light switches

and electrical outlet. It was so much fun. I have to thank Sarah for all your help. Even though I ended up switching the paper.

I've also been doing other little projects like making canvases for our bedroom and painting coat racks and other little things here and there. Rob told me I have to put all my new ideas on hold for a while so we can save some money. all these "cheap" projects end up adding up!

Makayla's First Christmas!

This year we spent Christmas with Robs family in Colorado where it was nice and snowy! We had a great time. Before we went to Colorado we had our own little family Christmas with just the 3 of us. Makayla loved opening her gifts it was fun.

The 3 granddaughters got to be together for the first time in a long time! They are all so cute!

Makayla's first time in snow. She even got to be pulled on the back of the four wheeler. She didn't make much expression, but she didn't cry either so I think she liked it =)

Grandma and Grandpa Miller spending time with Kayla

hahaha and I had to put these up. She was fascinated with bubbles. We have adopted the name bubbles for her nickname, since mnm doesn't flow anymore. Bubbles fits her in so many ways. That was our Christmas of 2009. We had the best year of our lives with our beautiful baby with us. We are ready to see what surprises are waiting for us in 2010

Ho Ho Ho

Makayla got to meet Santa on Saturday! She did great. We didn't know if she was going to cry but good thing she didn't. She just looked at him trying to figure out who this weird looking person holding her was, but she would look at us while he was holding her and she'd smile. It was fun

I made these fun cupcakes for the primary. Aren't they so festive! and I thought they were stinking good! mmm mmmm

Where are all the Pacifiers?

Here they are! gotta love it when you find your baby with a Binky in her mouth and one in each hand walking around the house. Its even better when she trips and the one in her mouth pops out and she pops one that was already in her hand right back in her mouth and gets up and starts walking around again. This girl is too funny!

Its begining to look a lot like christmas!

Last night we went to the mesa Temple lights and it was so much fun!
This is the first time we got to bundle Makayla up in winter clothes and we absolutely LOVED it. Have you ever seen a cuter baby? We sure haven't =)

Our great friends Sarah and Jake went with us. They are having a baby girl in February and Sarah looks so stinking cute all pregnant!

our little family all snugly wuggly.

Skinny Mini

Makayla had her 9 month check up yesterday. She is still skinny mini weighing in at 17 in a half pounds. Most of her little friends that are her age weigh so much more than her, but the doctor wasn't worried. I told the doctor how much I feed her and how often and she couldn't believe she ate that much. She just burns all her food off because she is so active. She's been walking now for about 3 weeks and getting better everyday. She NEVER crawls anymore which is so weird and just shows me how fast she is growing. I'm already having to chase her around the house, but even though its pretty exhausting I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm so grateful that she is such a happy and healthy baby. Another great milestone she has hit is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! at six months we finally got her to sleep through the night and it has been amazing to say the least. It has made a huge difference in her attitude and both Rob and mine. She is so much more happy. Makayla sleeps 12 hours every night and doesn't wake up once. I thought when she started teething again that her waking up would come back, but it didn't and the cold didn't keep her awake either. Its been a great blessing. Life has never been better.