6 months

Well Makenna's 6th month of life has sure been adventurous! She has learned so many things its unbelievable how smart she is! 

~She started army crawling and got everywhere she needed to go

~She started babbling..va, da, ma, ba, ga 

~She started solids and LOVES to eat! She always opens her mouth for food

~She has had a few food allergies that makes me super paranoid to try new things

~She started taking two naps during the day. and she sleeps through the night 99% of the time

~She sitting up pretty well but would rather be on her tummy

~She has her two bottom teeth in and she will never let me see them so when I do its a treat! 

First Haircut

This was really hard for me to do but she really needed to trim off the fuzzy baby hair on the ends and it was starting to get in her eyes. 

Koen and Kenna are ten days apart and it has been so much fun watching them grow and learn together! We wouldn't mind if they got married one day because Koen's parents are pretty awesome! 

Army crawling at the cabin. This is when she really started getting good at it. 

Fun in Bear Lake! 

I had to get this picture of her in her infant tub one last time so I could see how much she had grown. She has gotten too big! 

Crawling through her exersaucer 

mmm. food

First 4th of July

Playing with friends in the water is so fun! 

Sitting up like a big girl! I do have to say this is so much easier than the other way! 

And last but not least she FINALLY will take a bottle. It is a new kind of freedom. But I do still plan breastfeeding her exclusively at least until she is one but taking a bottle leaves a little wiggle room for date nights with out our sweet girl! 

5 months old

Little miss Makenna turned 5 months old:  I've decided I need to document her life better and I was reading old post and realized there is so much I wrote down that I've already forgotten! 

Makenna rolls over constantly. She LOVES nursing, her caterpillar toy, her exer saucer, watching people & kids!!! HATES bottles, getting her nose wiped. 

She's starting to sit on her own & scooting every where. Any day now she'll be doing it all the time. She cut her first tooth around 5.5 months old and I'm such an awesome mom I just barely noticed and it brought tears to my eyes. She's fantastic at rolling over and smiling! She brings so much joy. She's tried rice cereal and makes funny faces. She giggles when I kiss her tummy. We painted her toes pink for the first time. She loves to sleep on her tummy with her bum in the air even though I followed the rules and put her on her back for the first months of her life. She just instantly rolls over on her tummy when I lay her down for bed. 

She won't nap during church because she's afraid she'll miss out on something. (Just Like her mama) 

On most good days she'll take a 3.5 hour nap. 

Happy Girl!

Bike ride for memorial day weekend and breakfast at Kneaders. She loves bike rides

Hanging outside while we do yard work and she works on eating her toys! 

Visiting her older brother for memorial day! 

Falling asleep in her highchair after fighting nap time. Silly girl

First time on the swing

First time swimming. 

Snuggles with daddy

Here we are working on sitting up like a big girl! 

Mother's Day

 

As Mothers day comes up around the corner I can't help but think of my two sweet children. My life is forever changed because of these two and in two completely different ways. With Logan I never new heartache until I had to let him return to our heavenly father and with Makenna I never knew how much my heart could be healed from having such a broken heart.

 

Last year I was so grateful to be pregnant on Mother's day because I could not bare going through yet another Mother's day with out a child on the way. I remember feeling so grateful to be pregnant for a day that I had dreaded since I said goodbye to Logan. Christmas was horrible and my birthday was horrible. Every holiday without him was just another reminder that I should have had him here with me. I absolutely feel blessed but at times feel completely guilty because of all my friends and family who want to continue their family. I am very sensitive to others about babies and having children.

 

I know one to many woman who are dealing with the same heartache of needing and wanting a child this mothers day. It is easy for us to point our fingers and say they aren't a mother because they have no children but do you really know their story? Maybe they've recently suffered a miscarriage or loss. Maybe they have been trying to have children for years. Maybe the doctor just told her she may never be able to have children. Maybe she was picked for adoption and the birth  mother changed her mind. Maybe this woman never had the opportunity to get married and was unable to have children of her own. In my eyes every woman is a mother whether she is holding a child in her arms or not.

 

Two years ago I read a article in the Ensign about Mothers day and how it was so difficult for a woman who had never been married and how she didn't want to go to church because it was so difficult. Instead one year she decided to sit with a family with children and help out that young mother whose arms were full and could hardly listen to the talk that was being given. She was able to feel like a mother and help lighten the burdens of this young mother. It would have been in the April or May Ensign of 2011 because it was right before I found out I was expecting Logan.

 

I remember reading this and thinking of how I was able to take opportunities to help other mothers with their children and that even though I didn't have a child of my own in my arms I was able to help other mothers with their beautiful children.

 

Try to remember all mothers, Children or no children, this coming Sunday because in one way or another we are a mother to someone!

It's been a while

As you can see I've been quite busy taking pictures of this little cutie!

I've debated back & forth about this blog. It's almost been hard because this blog kind if turned into where I grieved. I wrote some of my darkest feelings and had most of my darkest days on this blog. I can hardly even go back and read those posts because I don't even know that person anymore! It's like sweet little makenna took all those sad dark feelings away from me!

However, it doesn't mean I will EVER forget our Logan. He is still our everything and on my mind every day but makenna came with a lot of love to give and healing . She is truly a gift from god!!

AMAZING!!!

Well I thought I'd let the world know I am alive and doing really well and enjoying every moment of being a mom even when it is hard I still love it!!!

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