Guess who is 21/2 today

Yep. Makayla is 2 1/2 today which means that in 6 months, we will be celebrating her 3rd birthday. Once again, it has come way to fast. I get a lot of joy watching her everyday even though some days can be rough with a 2 year old. These bad days are made up for with all the good times her and I share together. She makes me laugh every day and amazes me with the things she does and what she remembers.
Some of the things she has accomplished so far are.......

She knows all of her colors and can count 1-10 (Although she does seem to always skip the number 3). Not sure why. She knows the presidents name and says it pretty dang cute if I might add. She knows the name of pretty much any animal there is, not just the basic ones. She can say her ABC's (not perfect of course) but she does pretty well. She is always doing or saying something that amazes Brian and I.

Last year when she was 1 1/2, we bought here a kitchen. This year, Daddy got her a Dream Dazzlers Jeep that is motorized. She loves it so far. She has been practicing around the house until the weather gets nice enough to let her loose in the back yard. I think she will have a blast with it this summer and being outside will help with the wall damage she is causing. She hasn't quite got that whole "steering" thing down yet.

Happy Birthday Heather

Wishing a Happy Birthday to great friend!!! We hope you have a wonderful day, and we will have to celebrate this weekend with some cocktails and let the girls play. I know your love for Hershey Kisses so enjoy your cupcake I made it especially for you!!!

Merry Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas to all our Family and Friends we miss you
all very much and hope you have a wonderful Holiday!!!

Love Brian, Deniann and Makayla

Guess who got to see Santa!!!

We made an appointment like we did last year to go see Santa at MOA. We were not sure how she was going to handle Santa this year,but she did pretty good! She actually acted allot like she did last year when we took her, just not sure what to think of him. But she was excited before we got there to go, in the car she kept saying "Here we come Santa"! But once we actualy made it there and through the long line much of her excitement was gone. Waiting in that line is kinda hard for a little 2 year old even for most adults at times. You wouldn't think you would have to wait in line for this Santa since you have to make an appointment to see him. But what they fail to tell you until you get there, is there are several people scheduled in your time slot. But I'm glad we were able to go it was fun!!!

Happy Turkey Day

I wanted to wish all our family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving and let you all know we are thinking about you and miss you all very much. The 3 of us got up this morning and had our traditional breakfast. Orange glaze cinnamon rolls and egg casserole with ham, cheese, green onions, and of course.... green chilies. We would usually have a butter braid but not sure where to get those out here. Anyways, Makayla enjoyed her orange roll and daddy like always, poured a gallon of Tabasco sauce on his egg casserole. We ate while we enjoyed watching the Macy's parade on TV and browsing through the sale ads for Friday shopping. Makayla had a bath and laid down for a nap. We will get ready and leave to have our Thanksgiving feast at the Mauzy's. Since we have moved out here, they have invited us into their home for the holiday. It is something we have enjoyed and it has become somewhat of a new tradition. Happy Holidays everyone!

Makayla's Birthday Video

Here is a video of Makayla's Birthday day and birthday party that we had last weekend. On her birthday during the day we hung out and played. I wanted to take her somewhere special after her nap, but she decided not to take one...... so towards the after noon she was getting a little crabby. But then Daddy came home and she got her second wind. We took her to Red Robin, her favorite place to eat and had a birthday dinner. She loves their grilled cheese. Not sure what it is about their grilled cheeses but she eats the whole thing, which these days she is a very picky eater. On the way home she fell a sleep with her balloon from Red Robin in her hand, but when we drove into the garage she was up and ready to go again, We went in and opened presents from us, grandma and papa and the Cheyenne group. Afterward, we had two little pumpkin cakes to celebrate her being "2". After looking at pictures, they kinda look like something else.... I'm sure every one will get what I mean when you see the pictures :) Oh well I thought they were cute.

We decided to have a birthday party for her on Saturday at this place called "The Little Gym" We signed her up for classes there every Saturday morning and she really seems to love going. The class runs through January and I figured this would give us a little something to do over the winter since it is sooooo long here. Everyone had fun playing, singing, jumping, and dancing around the gym. Then after our fun in the gym we had cake, juice and opened presents. I hope everyone had a fun time, we enjoyed having everyone there and want to thank you all for making her day special!!!

I can't believe she is two and another year has passed. Anyone that has ever told me that time flies so enjoy her while she's young is so right!!! Believe me, I'm making sure to enjoy every little second I can with her.


I love you Makayla,

Love Mommy

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Happy Birthday Nancie

Have a piece a cake on me! I miss you. But glad you live some what close to me so I least get to see you some times, probably more then I would if I was living in Colorado. We need to get down to see you guys at some point though. I hope you have a wonderful Birthday Nancie!!!