Big Kids and New Skirt

Holy smokes our little guys are getting so big now! I cannot get over it! Max is 3 months old and Makenna is now 18 months old. Max is definitely NOT a newborn anymore. He can no longer fit into his 3 months clothes, he has rolled over, he smiles and laughs, he can completely hold his body up and can stand and play in the Exersaucer, he loves toys... he is a big boy!

I had Austin take this picture today because I thought Max's chubby little legs looked so cute crossed here. Ha ha, okay Mom's a dork...

Here are all three of my cuties dressed up for stake conference today!



See, this is not a newborn baby! This is a big boy! He is so cute for church! : )

Makenna is growing up so much as well! She has been going to nursery for 3 weeks now and she HATES it! The first week I left her after their lesson because she seemed to be doing so well... they had to bring her to me because she was so hysterical with me leaving. The next week I stayed with her... and she still cried the whole time! They have such fun activities, but for some reason she is just so scared of me leaving! Last week I left her immediately (trying to do a cold turkey thing) and she stayed an hour. Then when they went to wash their hands for snack she apparently thought they were taking her to me and when they didn't she went hysterical again and they had to take her to me after all! So it's not working out so well...

Let's see, other Makenna news. She is talking up a storm now! She rattles off these long sentences and we have no clue what she is saying! We ask her to repeat and she says the exact same thing over again... but we still don't know what she wants! Today I overheard a funny conversation between her and her dad:

Makenna: "Nice...nice... nice"

Austin: "Nice? You want to be nice? Okay, how about massaging dad's shoulders then..."

Pamela (laughing like crazy): "Austin! She isn't saying nice! She is saying snacks! She wants a snack!"

Ha ha, so although she talks a lot, it's often a challenge to understand her!

We also thought we would start potty training. Makenna has now gone twice in the potty. But I decided to stop for a while, because we had just bought a new case of diapers and I want to use them all before we potty train her... ; ) Hey, we can't afford to be wasteful around here!

Makenna is also getting really tall and outgrowing all of her dresses! They still fit around the waist, but are too short! So last night (at 10pm!), I decided to make her a new skirt for church. It was really simple to make. It took me about an hour and a half (who is dumb enough to start a skirt for church on Saturday night at 10pm?!?) but now that I know what I'm doing, I could whip another one up in less than 30 minutes no problem! I think it turned out cute (although it was maybe a little TOO casual for church today... oh well, at least it was long enough!)

Aren't my big kids adorable? One last note, looks like we finally have a house set up to move into and our move in date is October 1. Austin says we probably won't be able to move in right then because he has school, but still-- a house is in our sights!!!