First Haircut

Just Makenna at 6 months! She likes to rolling from tummy to back and is trying desperatly to get her knees up under her!!

Cadence and all her new "underwears". That is what makes her want to potty is the underwear.

Trying to get her to keep her head down.

Look at her face in the mirror!! HAHAHA - she did very well, actually.

Such a sweet girl.

And Things...

We have been doing a lot ....of being snowed in down here.

It has been a really snowy winter!! We are excited for spring and all the outside time we will get!! Zoo, parks, sprinker time, planting flowers -- oh my we are excited. Maybe it is mostly the adults who are getting kind of tired of being inside. :) Someone I know said that since winter gets darker sooner and that slows us down and gets us to stay inside and spend time with family and friends. I like that take on winter time. As you can tell my the picture - Cadence is quite funny and very energetic these days. Very into singing and dancing!! Makenna is starting to sit up by herself for short periods of time and is rolling over and around. Life is about to get a little faster paced!!!

See all the names?

Look how decorated the cast is this time?? It is so cute I will almost miss it...almost.

Look into my Eyes

Ryan's 12 yr old cousin, Mataya, took these. She has a great eye and cute subjects.

Pumpkin Patch

These pictures are from our day trip to the pumpkin patch. It was so much fun to watch Cadence enjoy the little games they had set up and she loved to look at the animals they have. She is really starting to be aware of all the things around her. Makenna has rolled from back to front already and I feel like she is hitting milestones too soon!! Notice my long hair in the picture above - I was going to blog about my stupid new hair cut (8-12 inches off depending on the layer you measure) but I decided that would be really vain and besides no one really cares about my hair issues. I just have to remember that the reason I had to cut it. Which was that I don't have the time to do it to make the long hair look good -- so we will just have to get used to the short hair. Anyways, I will have to get up new pictures of Cadence's cast - yes, another one. She has a hot pink one this time. She has yet to hit anyone with it and is doing well. She will be getting it off the Monday after Thanksgiving and so we are pleased that it will only be on about 3 weeks.

Here are some pumkin day (idea stolen from Ryan's sister) pictures. We did pumkin pancakes, chili, cornbread, and orange/black cupcakes, and then had the kids do fall themed crafts. It was really fun and maybe next year we will add some other projects / recipes to the day.

Cadence is getting really good at being around Makenna and not mauling her. That is a nice development. I think some of the new is wearing off the situation. Cadence really likes to run and skip everywhere now. She is also really in to singing songs - anything from hymns to made up songs. Makenna is cooing and smiling a lot - she seems a little more mellow than Cadence but we will see how that develops.

We are planning a trip to the pumpkin farm tomorrow - that should be fun! We also hope to find an apple orchard to go visit. Cadence LOVES apples right now. Fall is such a nice time to get outside and RUN!! It makes for good naps. :)

I have even stopped checking my own blog...

Almost a smile!

Cheese - at the firestation.

Cadence's first boat ride - on Grandpa Doug's new to him jon boat.

I guess it has been a while since I did an update. At least you knew I had the baby... Things are going well here. Makenna is a rock star sleeper - 4 to7 hours at night, usually more toward the 7 hour mark. She is gaining weight but I don't know how much she weighs right now. Her hair is still dark brown but there is a auburn cast to the new hair and her eyebrows are strawberry blond - we will just have to wait and see. Makenna's eye color is still blue/gray. Cadence's had already turned brown by this point so again we will just have to see what happens. OH YEAH! I almost forgot she started smiling a few times a day last week!! And then started occasionally cooing this week - she is advance people :). Cadence does really well with her - well she LOVES to touch and "talk" (usually closer to a yell - what can I say she is an enthusiastic girl) to her. She gets me diapers and blankets and occasionally put in the paci. We still have to watch her and make sure she doesn't squish her - out of love of course.

We are going into fall weather now and don't expect to be in the high 80's anymore - which is nice because just last week the weather was 90!! We will hopefully be getting outside a bunch and burning energy. We are also excited because fall means we get to go to Iowa for my brother and his fiance's wedding!!! It will be a fun week and I cannot wait to enjoy a wedding without the pressure or stress of being the bride :). Then at the end of October will be in Branson with Ryan's family celebrating Doug and Bonnie's 40 wedding anniversary!! It will be a family packed fall and it will be great!