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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Awesome Giveaways

Well, here I am blogging again about some giveaways, but these are seriously awesome! If you ever read my blog, you seriously just have to check out MommyandMegiveaways. They review products sent to them and more often than not, the companies also sponsor giveaways for those products!! So, I was introduced to this by a friend of mine, and I've been relatively hooked! I've won a couple pretty awesome things, not the least of which was Microsoft Word 2010 for our MAC! So, if I haven't convinced you--go check them out! Right now they are doing a fun 12 days of Christmas giveaway (hence the button farther down on my blog). All of the giveaways for this event are A.W.E.S.O.M.E.!! Here are just a few:

Mobi is sponsoring a giveaway for their digital Mobi Cam baby monitoring system. This little trinket is valued at $229 and could be won for free!! (if you're not at least curious about this blog by now, you're crazy!!)

ZVOX is sponsoring a giveaway for a Z-base 555 Stereo System!! This is a $399.99 value!! It is a surround sound with no external wires or speakers etc. This is a huge offer!!

Angeles is sponsoring a giveaway for a their crib which has the following features:

1. It is fully compliant with the NEW December 2010 safety guidelines!!! That is the most important thing for you to know. This crib is safe for your children.

2. It has a 5 year warranty.

3. BONUS! It comes with a mattress.

4. It meets or even exceeds the 16CFR1632 and 16CFR1633 flammability standards! (I told you this crib was safe)

So cool!! They also did a giveaway a little while back for a little Trike and they have tons of other great looking products!!

Scentsy, which is not part of the 12 days of Christmas event is also doing a giveaway. I have a scentsy warmer and I LOVE IT! It has been a great way to make our house yummy without the danger of fire and without me having to bake something :) This consultant is giving away a warmer and a scented bar to go with it! This gives you an idea of their typical daily giveaways!

At any rate, I'm obviously hooked! Who doesn't love free useful things?? So one of the ways I can boost my entries is to blog about the giveaway, but even more than that I want to share this wonderful blog with those of you who read this! I'm sure we're all bargain shoppers and what better bargain than brand new and free?? So, check it out at your own risk of complete addiction :)

Friday, November 11, 2011

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

I've been wanting to post this for a while now, just didn't seem to find the time to sit down and do it. But, since I'm relaxing at grandma and grandpa's and Makaela is sleeping (yes, still sleeping at 5:30) I thought I'd take a quick minute to do this post. We sang an arrangement of this song last month in choir--correction--the choir sang an arrangement and I played piano. That whole accompaniment thing is still a stretching experience for me, so the Lord must still have more He wants to teach me through it. Anyway, as we were singing first service, I was completely overwhelmed (to the point of tears which is not necessarily the best thing when you're trying to play the piano) by the goodness and greatness of our God!! I wasn't the only one, and it is always so encouraging and convicting to my heart when the spirit moves so greatly within!! So, I wanted to share the words because they are so powerful and God used them to speak deeply to me.

"A Mighty Fortress"

Our God is a consuming fire, a burning holy flame, with glory and freedom;
Our God is the only righteous judge, ruling over us with kindness and wisdom;
And we will keep our eyes on You, we will keep our eyes on You.

A mighty fortress is our God;
A sacred refuge is Your Name.
Your kingdom is unshakeable;
And with you forever we will reign.

Our God is jealous for His own, none could comprehend His love and His mercy;
Our God is exalted on His throne, high above the heavens, forever He is worthy;
And we will keep our eyes on You, we will keep our eyes on You.

A mighty fortress is our God;
A sacred refuge is Your Name.
Your kingdom is unshakeable;
With you forever we will reign.

A Mighty Fortress is our God!!"

Monday, October 31, 2011

Pumpkin Carving

This Saturday we (and by "we" I mostly mean Nathan) got around to carving Makaela's pumpkin! I have this thing with the sliminess of pumpkin innards, and I thought with my current pregnant state, it might not be wise for me to try and gut the pumpkin unless we wanted to clean up more than just pumpkin innards :) I suppose that's enough, if not too much, said :) So, I was the designated photographer and Nathan and Makaela gutted the pumpkin. Since she seems to have no fear of anything, I figured she'd have no problem with the feeling of the pumpkin innards, and she didn't. She had fun pulling out pumpkin seeds when they weren't slipping out of her hands :)

Dada got busy carving the cutest ladybug on the face of the planet into her ladybug--all freehand!! We found a cute picture online to mimic and Nathan did an AWESOME job!! Here are pictures and a video of the festivities :)




Probably more excited about eating and sitting on top of the
table than the actual pumpkin and the task at hand :)

Assessing the situation

She saw mama cut the top off the pumpkin, so she decided to
pick up the knife and "cut it" herself...saying "cut it, cut it" :)

her latest "smile" :)

Getting the template on the pumpkin

helping dada clean out the inside

Picking up the seeds off the table

Back up to the table for some more action!!

Working hard and Hardly working--which is which? :)

Checking out the progress

Hard at work

checking out the candles inside

hm...what to think about this whole pumpkin thing??

The proud maker, and proud owner :)

Showing off her pumpkin :)

The finished product--way to go dada!!

Family Pumpkin Patch Trip

Here are a few pictures from our trip to our local pumpkin patch. It was a fun little place here in Port Orchard with 2 patches of pumpkins, and 1 patch of small sweet pumpkins to make fresh pumpkin pie. There was also a "hay castle" with a few slides for the kiddos and a trail through the woods following a little story. This particular farm allows you to come toward the beginning of pumpkin season and choose your pumpkin, personalize it, then the pumpkin grows with the personalization in it. Kinda fun thing we will have to keep in mind for next year :) Anyway, I forgot the camera so these pics are from my phone, and because we were using my phone, we couldn't get a clear picture of all 3 of us :)

A friend of mine who works for Deere says this one is probably from the 80's!!

In the Hay Castle

Sliding down with Dada

The wagon ride probably would have been much more fun (at least for dada)
if the handle of the wagon wasn't broken :) but we made do :)

She loved this rocking horse! She was rocking so hard she was
close to tipping herself off the front side!!

Sweet girl and dada in the pumpkin patches.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Pumpkin Time

A few weeks back, our friend Rosie invited us to a "mommy fellowship" group at her husbands old church. The event for the day was going to a local farm and pumpkin patch :) Makaela's first experience with pumpkins and pumpkin patches, but not her first experience with farms and chickens. She had fun talking to the turkey's and the chickens, and enjoyed looking at all the different pumpkins. The girl has no fear, I tell you. She was ready to just tear through the patch no matter how wet it was, no matter what vines tripped her, she just kept going :) Unfortunately, dada had to work, so our first experience in the pumpkin patch wasn't with him, but we went again to a different one 2 days later to have a family pumpkin event :) Here are some pics from our time :) Pumpkin carving post is coming next!!


Checking out all the pumpkins

Gotta choose just the right one :)


For whatever reason, this was a favored face for pictures during the day :)


Sunday, October 23, 2011

More Giveaway Items

Hello blogging world :) I'm here to just do a quick little note on some awesome giveaways from MommyandMegiveaways!! They always review such fun things and so I stick my name into the pot a few times to try out my luck. Today's lucky blog items I'm going for are:
A Labor Gown from a company called Labor Looks. Super cute and much more modest little gowns for the hospital :) I'd love to have one of those suckers when April rolls around :)
An electric breast pump from Evenflo
and...a cutsie little trike from a company called Angeles. Here's a picture!!
Here's to hoping--and getting a few extra entries for blogging :)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Bella VS. The Bunny

Recently, Makaela was given one of those little furry toys that have plastic feet on the bottom, and you can wind them up and they hop/jump all over the place. I must admit, there are a whole slew of toys that make me think "I wonder what Bella would do with that". :) you know you've got a good dog who will provide LOTS of entertainment when you look at things and ask yourself that question. So, of course, I thought "I wonder what Bella would do with this bunny". Well, here are 2 videos of what she did. We knew she would probably freak out a little and definitely want to play with it. In the first video, you get the idea of how she initially reacted to it. It wasn't even 2 minutes before she had the plastic feet off of that little bunny, so you were left with the bunny, the little winder gadget on the side, and a buzzing noise when the area where the feet used to be was triggered. The result is in these 2 videos. Enjoy an if you're like me, grab a tissue or 2 because I was laughing so hard I cried :) We love our crazy Bella
p.s. please excuse the condition of my house in these videos :) We were having a lazy day :)
p.s.s. I just watched the videos again and yep---still laughing so hard I cry :)



19/20 months

I cannot believe how fast this little girl changes! Every day new things happen or new words are said. It is crazy to think about everything she has learned since she was a baby, and it hasn't even been 2 full years!!

Now, she is quite the talker and has made our communication much easier (for the most part) :) I can decipher most of what she is saying or asking for which is really helpful. I did have my first instance of the "guessing game" in trying to figure out what she was saying the other day and after several wrong guesses she very frustratedly said "no!!" then said it one more time and PTL (praise the Lord) I got it right :) Some of the things she talks about constantly are:
milk*juice*dilla (quesadilla, which she asks for almost every day)*bars (little healthy snack bars we have)*crackers*banana*apple*orange*melon*Gunnar(s), Rowen, Canon (Patterson Boys)*Rosie and Pravis (Travis)*Big Truck (any time she sees a truck on the road, although her rendition of "big truck" sounds A LOT like "peacock")*ABC's*Twinkle Twinkle Little Star*Stairs (big step)*Bama and Pepaw (grandma and grandpa)*soggy diaper*'toot'ing*potty*

.....and a whole slew of other things. I could go on and on! Like I said, it is so helpful that she is talking so much because it makes communicating a lot easier :) Here are just a few random (and funny!!) pictures from September.




She LOVES Blackberries and we had several bushes nearby our house so we picked some and she ate them faster than I've seen her eat anything before. Seriously, within 30 seconds, she had eaten 10-15 berries. She cannot shovel them in fast enough :)

She loves to pray and that is such a delight to us! Before we eat she always says "pray" and we pray before bed. We also pray after times of discipline. It is cute to hear her pray on her own where she just gets out a few random words that we often use while praying. One night, during dinner, her prayer went something like this "Dear God, thank you...Jesus...obey...spankins" Last night in the car she kept repeating herself over and over saying to us "obey dada, obey mama". :) She is starting to understand how that all works, and now we're working on responding the right way to obedience. I like what my sis in law has taught her daughter--to "obey all the time, all the way, and with a happy heart" We're working toward those things--meanwhile being humbled and convicted myself. Parenting is such a joy because in the process of striving to teach and bring Makaela up in the ways of the Lord, I am convicted myself of my own shortcomings and failures. My gracious Father is using me teaching my daughter to teach His daughter (me). I'm reminded of and thankful for his mercy and lovingkindness every day. Praise the Lord for parenting :)

Zoo Day

Hello blogging world! It's been such a long time since I've visited you :) Sorry friends and family, again, for the long dry spurt in posting :) I suppose if I loaded our pictures onto the computer quicker, I might be inclined to blog more often :) Needless to say, we finally loaded the pictures onto the computer, so I can update on a few things with some pictures :)

A while back, probably in August, Makaela and I took a trip to the zoo with our dear friendsThe Pattersons. Makaela had been to the zoo once before, but it wasn't with me so it was fun to go with her and see her enjoy all the animals! I'm sure if we went back now, she would be even more chatty and interested in the animals!! It is crazy how much changes in such a short time! Anyway, here are a few pictures from our outing.
You can't really see it so well, but she is sitting on a Seal :)

After you've gone through to see all the animals, there is a fun little play area with a handful of gadgets for the kids to play on. One is a large bird nest which she was checking out.

Also, a little set of "rocks" to climb on.

They had a really fun water feature that M was a little apprehensive about at first, but once she saw Gunnar and Rowen running around having a blast, she decided to join in the fun.

This was the end result of her playing in the water :)
And here is video of her checking out the little water fountains.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Giveaway Craze

Yep, posting again! Just came across another awesome giveaway from Mommy and Me Giveaways that I had to share! Also, blogging about it gets me a few extra entries, so I blog about the ones that I really want. Who doesn't want awesome free stuff?!?! So this is a diaper bag (big whoop) but it sounds awesome! Great amount of space, with a insulated compartment for storing cold breastmilk or just cold milk or juice, and it also has lots of padding so if we wanted/needed to use it on a trip where we also had our computer, it would be well protected. AWESOME!! So, hoping I win this one too, but will be happy (and probably slightly jealous) of whoever does win it :)

More Giveaway Fun

Well, here I am again trying to get as many entries as possible for an awesome giveaway. Let me first say that Mommy and Me Giveaways is awesome!! The last thing I blogged about trying to win was Microsoft Office Suite and I won! I was so excited I had to call my parents and tell them immediately. I actually cheered out loud which I rarely do for anything!! So, this giveaway which seems like something that would be wonderful and helpful in the not too distant future is a portable DVD player from Radio Shack! I'm thinking some possible long trips to CA to see family with a Toddler---a DVD player might not be such a bad idea. So, here's to hoping and we'll see in a few days if I'm still as lucky!! :)

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

18 Months

I know I say this almost every time, but I can hardly believe we've hit the 18 month mark! Where has the time gone?!?! We are absolutely loving this age! We're having so much fun with Makaela and all her talking and decoding some of her language :) We just had her well-baby check up and got all her stats! She's had several growth spurts in the last few months (for her height, at least).
Weight--22 pounds 7 ounces--around the 25th percentile
Head--47cm--also around the 25th percentile
She seems to hang out around these percentiles for these two categories :)
Length--32 inches--around the 57th percentile! What?!?! Where did that come from? What I realize is that now she is finally hitting an "average" height but it seems so big compared to her 18th percentile and 22nd percentile from before :) The doctor said if she continues to grow at that rate she will probably be about 5'5". I told Makaela that's not allowed because then she'll be taller than mommy :)

Other things that are new are:
Extended Nap Time--this is mommy's favorite! She goes down between 12:30 and 1:30 and is usually in her bed until between 3:30 and 4:30. Wonderful time for mommy to have uninterrupted productivity!!! yay!
Her talking/words have really just blossomed in the last 3 months. I think around 15 months she had about 3-5 words down and now she says more than we can count--she is above average in that category :) She talks all the time and she is hilarious! She doesn't talk in sentences yet, she will occasionally babble out the sound of a sentence, but otherwise she doesn't speak in sentences. But the girl can talk and repeat anything and everything she hears!!
She has started to recognize and remember people which has been super fun! She talks about our friends Travis and Rosie Larsen ALL THE TIME! She also talks about our youth pastors kids as we see them almost every day for a walk. They have 3 boys, and she knows all of them by name. She is also recognizing grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles, and cousins in pictures and saying their names.
She currently counts from 1-10 by herself followed by "yay" after she says ten :)
She also can do almost all of the abc's skipping just a few here and there. I'd say she gets about 20 of the 26 letters.
She sings parts of twinkle twinkle little star--with a distinguishable "how I wonder what you are"

I think that's most of the update on her. She is going to be so disappointed when the weather turns yucky and we can't go on a walk like we do nearly every day right now!! But she loves being outside. We're having tons of fun with her right now and are so thankful for the ability to communicate relatively easily with her. We're also just so thankful for her!! She continues to be a joy and blessing in our lives and we can't thank the Lord enough for blessing and entrusting her to us! We're praying for her to come to a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from an early age as we strive to train her in the ways of the Lord. Such a huge responsibility we've been given and we are thankful for the Lord for his graciousness and lovingkindness to us as we learn how to parent :)

Only by His Grace..........................

Ocean Shores

A few weeks back we headed over to the coast for the day. Still enjoying nice weather here and taking advantage of the sunshine!! We had a lovely day enjoying the beach and the warm weather! Much to my surprise, at Ocean Shores, you just drive onto the beach and park!!! That seemed a bit crazy to me, but normal to everyone else, I'm sure :)
Makaela adjusted well to the sand this time around--she actually loved it! She had so much fun wandering around and she even had fun playing in the water! We had heard it was supposed to be a little on the cool side, but still pleasant, so we didn't take our suits, but I bet Makaela wished we had! She ended up pretty much all wet anyway and she had a blast in the water with Dada!

We also found a fun little park to play at for a little bit and Makaela enjoyed swinging and playing on the playground set and going down the slide! Such big girl things she can do now!!! Here are our pictures from the day. We've really treasured these family times together and are looking forward to many more!!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Adventures in Washington

We live in such a fun place! It's not often that when we drive around we don't mention how thankful we are to be here living in this wonderful place!! God has packed this place full of His beautiful creation and we get to enjoy it all the time! How wonderful!!!

A few weeks back, we headed to Seattle for the day. My dearest friend and roommate from college, Emily, was visiting and so we thought it was a great excuse to head to the city for the day. Of course, even after I had talked about it, I still forgot the camera so we don't really have any pictures from the day accept what we got on our phones. But we had a great time! It's so fun to live just a quick ferry ride away--it eliminates the hassle of a car and parking and all that. It doesn't eliminate the tired feet at the end of the day, but its worth it and so much fun!! Makaela had a blast and she even took a nap in her stroller! This was a huge blessing to us and made the whole day much more enjoyable and endurable :)

Last weekend, Nathan, Makaela and I headed up to Sequim to take in the sight of the Dungeness Spit. The weather has been beautiful and we've wanted to take advantage of all the fun and relatively close things to do before we get into the busy fall. It was such a fun and wonderful day!! I found myself basking in the blessings God has showered on me and us. Despite me being completely unworthy of all of these, my God is still so gracious to me and blesses beyond description. What an awesome God I/we serve!!!
Makaela had a great time riding on dada's back in a carrier and checking out the seaweed. She didn't so much enjoy the sand on her hands, but she got used to it eventually--nothing a little brush of the hands wouldn't fix :) Here are a few pictures from our adventure. Tomorrow we're headed to Ocean Shores which I hear is beautiful!!

Monday, July 25, 2011

ABC's

Makaela has started singing the ABC's minus the actual letters of the song :) But she's got most of the tune down! She sings it all the time! It's so much fun to listen to her sing and talk all day long. It's fun now...I am sure it will be a bit challenging when she is actually trying to communicate with me and I have no idea what she is saying. But for now, her babble is cute and fun and she loves it!!
This video has a few funny spots to it. One in particular, Bella comes over to check out the camera and sniffs her little snout right in front of it :)


Bonding with Bella

Makaela has taken a particular liking to Bella lately which has been really fun!! She loves to "play" with her, and sweet Bella is so gentle and patient with Makaela. She is constantly sitting on her trying to ride her, or checking out her feet or her mouth or something. I see a budding friendship here :)


Our Little Break Dancer

I really think we might have a break dancer among us--and No, I'm not talking about Nathan :) Makaela LOVES to dance, and she busts out some pretty funny moves!! Every time I play this video, she starts dancing right away. It is soooo funny! Enjoy!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Giveaway Fun

I have Erin Kuester to thank for this. She introduced me to giveaway blogs. Thanks for the addiction friend :) I was quickly sucked in, but took a break as life got really busy with moving and such, but I'm going to hop back into the swing of things right now. I've been following giveaways from a blog called Mommy and Me Giveaways, and I've lucked out twice now. I won a set of Avent bottles for when hopefully baby #2 comes along, and I also won a piece of shapewear! Some of the things aren't necessarily things I would use but would love to use as gifts for baby showers or donate the to the nursery to be used there!!

The big giveaway we are currently crossing our fingers for is a giveaway of Microsoft Office 2010 for MAC. That's right. The full Microsoft Office Suite. We relatively recently acquired a MAC, but don't have any of those programs and I'd love to get my excel back to use for budgeting and keeping track of all our bills etc!! So, with fingers crossed, we'll hope for something good out of this!! If not, thats ok--I figure there's no hurt in trying for something for free :) Anyway, check out the website if you're interested in picking up any free products of various kinds!! Who doesn't love free and usable stuff?!?! :)

Saturday, June 18, 2011

California Vacation

We just recently enjoyed a vacation to California to spend time with our families, to spend time in the sunshine, and to eat at In-N-Out :) We flew out Sunday after church and landed in San Francisco. We promptly made a stop at In-N-Out to make sure we got the trip started off right :) Having been on our diet, however, we were diligent and we did order our burgers protein style!! Still tasty although messy :)


We spent the first few days with Nathan's family down in the Antelope Valley. We went to the beach our second day there and had a great time! School was still in session so the beach was VERY quiet which was so nice! It was pretty chilly which was also nice as we weren't exhausted from the sun when we left. It was too cold to go into the water though, so we did just a quick dip of the feet. Makaela did NOT like this at all. I can't blame her. It was pretty cold. She also wasn't a fan of the sand sticking to her. The sunscreen was a little sticky on her legs which made the sand stick to her which consequently made her stand with one leg up in the air trying to get the sand off :)
We stayed with our good friends the Ash's while in the AV. They have a son who just turned 1 at the end of May and he and Makaela had a mostly good time playing together. Most of the time they were together it was nearing time for them to go to bed, but the times they were awake they had fun. We also enjoyed our time with them being able to hang out a little almost every night.
We enjoyed time with everyone in Nathan's family and were thankful for the time we had with each of them. We even got to see Nathan's grandma on his dads side, and grandpa on his moms side--an added treat!!
Friday we got to have dinner with some dear friends from school and we treasured that time very much. We finished off the night heading down to my family in Granada Hills. We spent one full day with my entire family before we all had to go our separate ways for various commitments. Then we spent the last half of our trip with my parents and sister in Visalia. That was a great time of relaxing and chillin--doing very little which we absolutely loved! We got in a few (and by few, I really mean only a few) good hands of pinochle with my parents.

Our trip was such a refreshing time for us and we are so thankful for the time we had to go away. We came back prepared to hit the ground running and we did!! God has been so gracious to us in providing for us and allowing us this time with our families. As our family hopefully grows in the future, we know those trips will become a lot more effort so we are thankful for the ease of time we have with them now.

Now we are springing into the fall (and yes, I did mean fall. Our fall church things really start in the summer) and preparing for Christmas and for the choir year ahead. We're excited about the upcoming season of ministry and looking forward to how the Lord will teach and grow us through these next several months!!

waaazzzzzz uuuupppppppp!!!!!!!

While we were on vacation in CA (which I will put up pictures of and blog about next) grandma and grandpa taught Makaela how to say Wuz Up! Enough said.


Dancing Machine

These two videos have a few slow spots, but like most videos with kids, sometimes they've gotta get their second wind to continue entertaining :) Makaela has developed quite the repertoire of dance moves!! I think you will see just about all of them in these two videos. She seems to favor the break dancing moves, but seems to throw in some kind of ballroom move every now and then too. She loves music and starts dancing anytime she hears any kind of music. I'm sure you'll see that here :)



Don't mind the basketball game in the background :) Or the cheering or yelling

Fun in the Sun

On days with nice weather up here, I try to get us out for a walk to enjoy the sunshine while we have it. Those days seem to be happening more often now, however, as I look outside, today is the epitome of June Gloom as its cloudy and rainy and cold. But we spent some time outside yesterday.

These pictures are from an outing about a month ago. Just a walk to get out and so mamma could get a little exercise. I got her really souped up for this walk with sunglasses and everything!! She had such a fun time! :)

On a separate occasion, we enjoyed a little picnic on our front lawn complete with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Well, Makaela enjoyed that, I didn't. I had already eaten :) But dada came home for a voice lesson and got to join us for a few minutes in the sunshine too!!






Beginning of Walking

Here is the video I got not too long after she started walking. It's definitely not her "first steps" but its within a few days :)

Fun at the zoo

Back at the end of April, Nathan and I enjoyed a nice short time away for our anniversary. Our dear friends the Larsens graciously (yeah right! more like eagerly!) agreed to keep Makaela for us. They love her so much and she loves them too! They came and stayed at our house while we were gone and we both had a great time!

Nathan and I went to Leavenworth which is a little Bavarian town here in WA. A dear sweet friend from church offered us a night at their timeshare there which we gladly accepted as the rate was much cheaper for us that way! We enjoyed walking around little main street. We tasted some fudge which consequently lead to buying some fudge. I never knew fudge could come in so many flavors and kinds! We bought 6 quarter pound blocks each a different flavor and that wasn't even half of what was there!! We haven't gotten around to enjoying the fudge yet--it is still in our freezer as we have been on a diet and haven't been able to indulge yet :) But possibly more about that later. But our time was wonderful and refreshing and relaxing! It was a perfect time after having come off a busy busy Easter weekend!!

Makaela also enjoyed her time with the Larsens. Rosie took her to the zoo with her mother in law and a few other kids her mother in law watches. This was Makaela's first time to the zoo and from the pictures, it looks like she had such a fun time! Now that she is walking, I'm sure that she would have even more fun!! We're looking forward to going back sometime when we have a nice day and when we don't have something else scheduled!! Here are a few pictures from her time there. It's really hard to get Makaela to look at much less smile for the camera these days! She is much more interested on whats on the other side of the camera--usually a picture of herself. But in these pictures from the zoo, she is completely enamored with everything she is seeing! Such a fun time!!

Playing in the Toys

More playing in the Toys:)

Checking out the fishies

From what I hear, she was extremely distraught when the fishies swam away from her.
She tried to follow them along the glass until they swam away and then she cried :)
Wish I could have been there to see that!!

Fun on the Merry Go Round. First time!!