My Stubborn Girl

Lest anyone think my children are angels, listen to McKenna at nap time. This has been going on for two weeks now. The camera was not focusing very well so just listen.

Here is how this day went. I started the nap time ritual at about 12:30. We read a book of her choosing, then I put her in bed and sang to her for about 15 minutes. Then I told her I loved her and I needed her to stay in bed and I would see her when she wakes up. I then left the room. and left the door open a crack. She was soon out of bed and standing in the doorway. I put her back in bed three times and then I told her I was going to close the door. She was out of bed within minutes just laying by the door. I thought she had fallen asleep by the door because she had been quiet for a while so I take David in to lay him down. (They share a room. He is literally six feet away from where she was screaming!) She wasn't asleep so I put her in her bed again sang a couple songs and left. She came and laid by the door and was quiet for a while. Then she decided she was done being in her room and proceeded to scream. Oddly enough, David slept through all of this. After about 20 minutes of her screaming I took this video. When I was done I went in and rocked her and she eventually fell asleep. By this time it was 2:15. Almost two hours to get her to sleep. Everyday lately is the same battle but I hope by staying calm and loving her she will eventually get over this. She is a very stubborn little girl though so it could take a while.

Parade

Last Saturday we went to a Parade for Armed Forces Day. We had a lot of fun. Melanie, Abbie and William came with us. Here we are waiting for the parade to begin.


McKenna was not very good at collecting candy. She just wanted to eat everything she got. So I finally sat her down and gave her a sucker and she was content the rest of the parade. Abbie and William were experts at gathering candy.

David was content as long as he had a graham cracker in his hand.
This was my favorite float. Unfortunatly I wasn't able to get my camera out and on before it had passed.

Elvis

Eric and I have been spending every spare minute we have working on the apartment we are attatching to our shop. Our manufactured home moves off our property in July so we want to be moved in by the end of June. Right now we are finishing up hanging the sheetrock. I will take pictures when we get it finished. It is just 700 square foot and hopefully we will start building our house this fall. I'm a little nervous for this winter in such tight quarters with two kids running around. We'll have to have lots of play dates and library trips.

David has five (soon to be six) teeth. I managed to get a picture of them. He needs to get his top middle teeth in so he doesn't look like a vampire anymore.

BINKIE FREE

I forgot to include in the other post that McKenna has been completely binkie free for one week now. For the last couple months she has only had it at nap time and at night but we finally decided it was time for it to go away. She is doing fairly well now but at first she would just cry and cry until she exhausted herself and fell asleep. This is a big milestone for her to be without it. I tried to replace it with her elmo doll. She loves him.

Party Time!

Saturday was McKenna's birthday and we had a great day. In the morning we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Houdeks for breakfast. Then we came home and the kids took naps. Later in the day we had a BBQ with friends and family. McKenna loved being the center of attention. Here are some pictures from her party.

We had been singing Happy Birthday to McKenna all week so she could get used to it and the last few days she would sing it herself. This is what I found the morning of her birthday. Her and Daddy laying on the couch singing Happy Birthday. I think it is adorable!

I made two cakes because there was a lot of people at her party. Elmo was yellow and the other one was chocolate.

We had hamburgers and hotdogs with chips and salad. My mom made homemade root beer.


McKenna had lots of fun opening presents. Except for the fact that I kept taking them away when she was done so she could open another one. She wanted to play with her cool new stuff.

Thank you Nana and Papa! (from McKenna)

She got a little nervous when the flames got too close.

We gave McKenna Elmo's eyeball.

Elmo after McKenna


One of the toys she got was a bubble blower and she loved to chase the bubbles!

All in all I think McKenna had a good birthday. She sure has lots of people that love her.


McKenna has been putting on her own shoes lately and when I saw this I had to post it.

David is so smart. He turned nine months old last week and about two weeks ago he started signing "more". Whenever he is in his chair and I give him cheerios he eats them and when they are gone, this is what I see.

I can't believe how lucky I am to have my two kids. I love them with all my heart and they make me smile everyday!

David is CRAWLING!!!

Well, my life is about to get harder! David is now very mobile. He can get anywhere. Not quickly but he can move when he wants to or when something catchs his eye. Here is a video.

Last week I also got to go to Women's Conference at BYU with my mom and her sisters. I had a really good time and I made some goals for myself. Here are some pictures.

Here is another video of David and Eric. He is getting quite the personality now.