"The Government Can"

Just saw this on my SIL's blog, and it was definitely worthy of putting up on mine. Very funny... and I love all the dance moves the guy does...that made me laugh more than the song, but both are still funny. Ok, i'm done posting for the day :)

Baby Party

Makaela was clearly a social butterfly

It's ok though because Emma made up for it :)


Last weekend, my dear roommate from college, Emily, had a baby shower for me with a few friends from college who still live in the area. It was so super fun to see a few girls and catch up a little bit. My mom and sister and sister-in-law, April, were also able to be there. It was a super small intimate group and it was just perfect. I prefer to call it a baby party, and not a baby shower because April had Emma (2 yrs); Kimberly had Linnea (8 months); Susi had Penny (3 months) and I had Makaela (2 months). It was so fun to have all those babies together and see them in their various stages!

We really have been blessed by people at the church and I could not think of anything that we currently really needed for Makaela, so I asked for books which I'm sure we will be wanting in the not too distant future. So, we got a ton of books which we are so excited about. They are actually already being used as I will put Makaela on her tummy and stand a book up in front of her. She just looks with such awe and wonder back'n'forth between the two pages, and usually stays on her tummy for about 20 minutes!!

The Desert May be Ugly...but...

there is one redeeming quality. When the poppies are in bloom, they are so beautiful! We went out to the poppy reserve last week with Nathan's siblings and took a few shots. It was super windy and my hair is like "supermodel" hair. We are hoping to go back on Friday and we are hoping it will be less windy! But for now, take in the beauty the desert puts out for a few weeks every year :)

How Silly of Me!

Why in the world would I update about Makaela and not include pictures?!?! I don't know what I was thinking. Here are a few...

This is the new toy from Grandma and Grandpa's. She loves this thing and will be occupied under it for a good 30 minutes. Wohoo!!

Making eyes and smiling so big at Grandma :)

Trying out the Bumbo

One day last week, I put Makaela in the Bumbo seat while I was getting ready. It was our first time using the seat, and I slid her right up in front of the mirror. She was lovin' on herself so much going through every facial expression she knows! It was very entertaining! I took a real cute video, but again, it wont upload so here are a few pictures. She loves the seat (for a short time then, like the flip of a switch, she hates it).

2 month check up

Well, today was dooms day-sorta. The inevitable 2 month check up with the shots :( At least she is still little enough that she doesn't resist too much and doesn't recognize the nurses to know she doesn't like them. It was so sad to see her get her shots. I'm not gunna lie, i had little tears welling up in my eyes but I was SO PROUD of Makaela. She did so great! She only voiced her discomfort and pain for a very brief time, and she wasn't even screaming. She cries and screams louder when she gets a bath--something is wrong with this picture :) And she recovered so quickly and was just bright eyed and back to her normal self immediately after they were done. And thankfully, she hasn't even been any more fussy today because of them. She's such a big girl and i'm so proud of her :) Her stats are:

weight: 9lb 6oz
length: 23 in.
head:15cm.

She is below the 50th percentile in all of those measurements, but the doctor was not concerned at all. He said her body is very proportionate for those measurements and her development thus far. He said she is "just a petite little thing" which is somewhat strange to me because clearly neither of her parents are "petite little things." I surely do not shop in the petite department, but so far she is (i.e. still wearing newborn clothes and swimming in 0-3 month clothes).
In regards to her strength, i'm sure she's in about the 750th percentile. When the doctor put her on her tummy to check out her back, she was pushing herself up with her arms to which he replied "oh my, look at that." When I told him she started rolling over 2 weeks ago he said "oh my, thats early! Not unheard of, but wow!" I've decided there must be something to be said for being over due:)

The past month has been nothing short of incredible! We are continuing to love being parents to this sweet little (and I mean little) blessing of ours! We have conversations with her all the time which go something like"
Makaela: "aaaahhhh"
Mom: "aaaaahhhh"
Makaela: "aaaaaahhhhh"
Mom: "aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh"
Periodically she'll go with another vowel sound :) She squeaks and squeals which is probably the most adorable thing I've ever seen. She just discovered a new toy up and grandma and grandpa's which they were so gracious to let us bring home with us! It's not a baby gym, but very similar and oh my does she ever love that thing! She will just lay under it and ooohhh and aaaahhh and squeak and squeal at those hanging plastic smiling stars :) She loves them to death and it is so cute!! I'm trying to get a good video of it to share because it will melt your heart :)

Thats about it for now. She's great. We love her. Over and out.

We Are Dreamgirls

The conversation went something like this...
Nathan: "do you have any breastmilk in the freezer?"
Leanna: "no."
Nathan: "do you think you could pump some today?"
Leanna: "yes, how come?"
Nathan: "I'm taking you out for your birthday tonight."

Snapped this shot right before one of the ushers came and told me that cameras were not permitted inside. Oops!

He's so sweet! He had planned a surprise date and arranged for his sister to watch Makaela. So this was our first date without the baby, and pretty much all we did the whole time was talk about how much we missed the baby! How life has changed :) We did reminisce about some of our dates and such in college...that tends to happen whenever we are in the LA area. Ok...back to the story.

So he was trying to be super mischievous on our way down...acting like he was going to exit at various places to try and throw me off (because I was sitting there thinking the whole way down about what we might be doing.) Since we had to dress up, I thought we might be going to a show of some sort, but could not figure out where. I knew if we were going to a musical in Palmdale, we wouldn't have had to leave at 6. I remembered Master's was doing their last performance of Forest Lawn that night (then I thought, he wouldn't take me to that for my birthday. that would be lame...how selfish of me! After I thought that, I then prepared myself to be very thankful incase that was what he had planned :)). But leaving at 6 would have been too late for that. I couldn't think of any shows in LA that were going on so I really was clueless. He finally did get off the freeway down in LA and I finally realized what show we were going to see when I saw the "Dreamgirls" signs. I loved that movie, so he took me to see the musical. So fun. Love the guy.