A Perfect Winter Day

Jaycie and Ryan enjoyed the snow the day after Thanksgiving. Jaycie loves to walk through the snow and be pulled by Daddy on her sled. In the top picture you can see the snowman that they built. Jaycie picked out the branches and rocks from our backyard and I supplied the carrot from the fridge. I have to say that is one cute snowman.

McKenna 3 Months Old

McKenna turned 3 months on Thanksgiving. This year we had two other families in our Ward over to our house. We had a great time. Ryan cooked a turkey for the first time and it turned out absolutely delicious!
McKenna is now 12 lbs and is 23 1/2 inches long. She can sit up well when being supported. She loves to get your attention by making cooing sounds and smiling. Then she will have a little conversation with you in her own little language. She still hasn't slept through the night yet. She gets up 1 to 2 times but at least she goes right back to sleep. She enjoys kicking the blinds. I can set her down there and get some things done around the house. She is such a happy baby!

Cute Pics

What cute matching outifts....thanks Grandma Sue!

McKenna found her hand.......

and really likes it.

This picture just makes me laugh.

Halloween

This year we went to our ward "Trunk or Treat" and after we went around to some houses in our neighborhood. Jaycie loved seeing the other kids in their costumes and most of all getting candy.

Jaycie checking out her "haul".

Showing off her tiger costume.

What a sweet ladybug.

Jaycie's First Pumpkin

Jaycie was so excited to carve her first pumpkin.

Daddy started by cleaning it out.

Then Daddy gave Jaycie some pictures of eyes, noses, and mouths. She picked her favorite and while Daddy was carving she gave me a preview.

Here it is.....what a proud little girl.

McKenna 2 Months Old

I can't believe that McKenna is already 2 months old. At her 2 month doctor appointment she was 10 lbs 15.5 ozs. She is in the 50th% for height and weight. She has not slept through the night yet. The longest strech between feedings has been 6 hours (a few times). I'm up with her 1-2 times a night. She sleeps pretty good in her crib at night, but doesn't like her crib during the day. She just takes cat naps in her bouncy seat or swing. She loves to always be held just like Jaycie did. I have a hard time getting things done. Jaycie let me set her down a little around 3 months when she discovered Baby Einstien. McKenna has watched a little Baby Einstien and enjoys it for a short period of time. She holds her head up well and loves to interact with us through smiles and sounds.

Smiles

How Did We Get So Lucky?

Jaycie loves to hold her baby sister.

Jaycie always says, "McKenna is so cute." Jaycie enjoys to look at her and just giggle.

Jaycie loves her sister so much!

Jaycie always trys to comfort McKenna when she is crying by hugging her, giving McKenna her binky, or bringing her toys.

Already Rolling Over At 6 Weeks

Just Some Cute Pics

What a pretty girl

Getting so big

Loves her mobile

Mommy caught her attention for a minute

Enjoys the bath much more these days

McKenna 1 Month Old

A Whole Lotta Grouse

Wow, Tyler invited me to do some grouse hunting on some trails that he knows. I love to hike after grouse, but I had to admit that using the ATV was a very productive way to go. We covered about 12 miles of trails and shot 5 grouse each!! We couldn't have covered that kind of ground on foot.

Here is the haul...we would ride around until we spotted one in the trail or off the side of the trail, then we'd bail out go after them. Sometimes we would shoot on on the trail and flush another few just off the side of the trail. In one group that we went after there were 5 plus! In another group there were 4. I am not sure we can top this day.

You can see the type of terrain we were in. We also saw 3 moose.

These are all spruce grouse (gold banded tails). They are called so, becasue they like to hang out in spruce pines and eat the needles. They also eat the cranberries that grow wild here.

Overall, not a bad day...shoot ten grouse in 4 hours! Takes away some of the pangs of missing out on the Utah duck hunt.

McKenna's Blessing

Last Sunday, we blessed McKenna. Here she is in her cute blessing dress...

Here are a few more pics of McKenna. She is starting to really fill out and looks a tad different from when she was born.

She's getting quite a healthy gut...she is a good eater.

More Pictures of McKenna

Showing off her pretty eyes. McKenna is much more awake and alert as each day passes.



Big Sis Jaycie loves to hold McKenna.

McKenna enjoys looking at her toys. She has a big dimple on her left check that has been hard to photograph, but you can see it in this picture. One of the first things the nurse said to us when she was born was, "look at that big dimple."

After her first "real bath."

We love our McKenna!!!