Mr. and Mrs. Claus

All I have to say about this is...MERRY CHRISTMAS!! hehehe

Dear Binki

Dear Binki,

You've made my life so happy! You calmed me down when I got hurt, you've made me calm in the car, you've soothed my achy teeth when I was teething, you helped me sleep peacefully, but most of all you stopped my cranky cries which therefore made my mommy and daddy happy! I'm becoming a big girl now and my parents are making me give you up even though I'm not so sure about it. Thank you for making my life a bit easier. I will miss you dearly!

here are some precious moments of Makayla and her dear friend "binki".

and here is the last picture we will ever have of her with the paci. Its been quite the life saver in our home and we will all miss them. (We've got plenty of reasons to give it up right now though)

Random things...

Just wanted to share some random pictures. This little girl cracks me up and is growing up too fast. I sure love her The picture on the left is so sweet. Makayla fell asleep on her bear. Look at that sweet face, I could just eat her up!
I LOVE Christmas!! Here are some glittery joys I get to see everynight around my house!

SNOW AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS....what more needs to be said

and now for the video....

Everytime I pull out the camera she say's "cheese" and this time instead of taking a picture I made a video. She is soo funny and was making the funniest cheese face. Oh I love this goofy girl

Taylor Swift-Never Grow Up (Lyrics on Screen)

This song touched my heart! Its so surreal how my baby is growing up and I just want her stay little, sweet and innocent!

Trick or Treat

Our neighborhood had a BBQ party on Halloween day that has kind of become a tradition with our neighborhood (this bbq was a different party than the ward party) . After the BBQ we took Makayla trick or treating

This was Makayla's first year trick or treating and at first she was very hesitant. She would not let me put her down and she would cry every time we went to a house weather it was scary or not, until she realized people were giving her candy. 10 min after we started she started walking up to the houses holding her little candy bag (she would not let us hold it) and go up to the people with the candy and try to take the candy out of their bowls. It was pretty funny!

We had such a great Halloween hope you all did too!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!!

We have had so much fun this Halloween season! The day before Halloween we went to a pumpkin patch and Makayla Loved it!! We also had our ward Halloween party and it was beyond amazing. Our ward invited all our neighbors for it to be a missionary experience and there was a haunted house, 3 bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, pony rides, bull rides and lots of yummy food! It was like a mini carnival and was so much fun. We are so lucky to be in such a great ward and have made so many wonderful friends. at the pumpkin patch Makayla went through the corn maze and loved running around, she took off and rob was hiding and she was trying to find him, it was super cute

there were fun animals and pedal bikes and other fun games and activities. Definitely a Halloween tradition we will do for years to come!

She also wanted to wear her wings out to the playground. I wanted her to wear wings for Halloween, but when I tried to put them on her she would start screaming and take them off but of course the day before Halloween she wanted to wear her wings out to the playground! She's a silly girl

Uh oh! am I in trouble? =) This girl is obsessed with our bathroom cabinets. Last week she had spilled a whole bottle of baby powder all over our bathroom and the other day it was lotion. She just loves getting into things

Sweet and Sassy

Today I was having a conversation with one of my friends about how difficult having a child like Makayla is. She couldn't imagine having such a hyper wild child that throws extreme tantrums the way Kayla does. And to be honest pretty much all my friends with children have told me one time or another how overwhelming it looks being her mom or how stressful it would be. Being mom to her is and has always been super hard and challenging and through out the mix of it all we still want another baby. There are times it is hard staying in one piece and most of the time I'm out with friends I spend the majority of the time chasing after her or trying to discipline (because I don't want to be the parent that ignores their kids bad behavior just so i don't look stupid in front of people. What does that teach your kids) but when my friend had left I broke down in tears went over to Makayla and gave her the biggest hug and kiss (while she was trying to push me away ) I told her how much I love her. My friends don't get to see the sweet beautiful girl that I see as often as I'd like them to see. But even though being her mom I have more trials and challenges than the normal mom I feel like It might just be more rewarding at the same time. I recognize every tiny sweet or nice thing she does. It may be hard having her scream at me in the car, but because what she really wants is for her mommy to reach back to hold her hand that that calms her down how can I not love her. I get to have more eye opening moments of how much she means to me and I don't take any moment for granted. I love her more than anything in the entire world. She is my Makayla sweet and sassy but none the less she my my angel and I wouldn't trade her in for anything!