At The Park

We have a lovely park at the end of our block.  We have gone there several times.  Now that Makenna is almost six months (!) she is finding that she can actually interact with her surroundings while she is at the park.  I think we'll make this a regular destination.

We went to the park today!  Makenna enjoyed the baby swing.

sort of

The little girl in the background wanted to fight Makenna for a turn on the swing.  The nice lady had to hold her back.  I decided to take Makenna out of the swing to avoid any fist fights at the playground.

Then, we went to the sand box.

"Hmmm... what's this grainy, beige substance?"

"I think I kind of like how this feels."

"Let me see how it tastes...."

"It's not milk, but it has a delightfully crunchy texture."

Then, we went to sit on the grass and practice our sitting skills.

A little bit leany and toppley...

but she's almost got it!

New Visitors

Last weekend, Makenna had two special visitors.  First, Auntie Ayaba came down from San Francisco to visit.

What?!

Yep, she came to visit and Makenna had so much fun playing with her.  I had to rip her away so that she could take naps, because Ayaba has lots of energy and likes to play with babies (She's a doctor who delivers babies, so she's quite familiar)!

Then Great Grandad came to visit.  Makenna was quite taken with him.  We told her that Great Grandad had been a prison warden...

So she straightened up and was on her best behavior!

Makenna so enjoyed meeting these two new people!

Oh.  And we had one more visitor this week.  A very familiar visitor- Grandpa!

Makenna showed Grandpa her new skill- bouncing!

Cheese!

Makenna's First Easter

Makenna had a great first Easter!  The weather was beautiful and the Easter Bunny came to bring her lots of lovely gifts.  We had a BBQ with family and we had way too much food!  It was a wonderful day.

Hello Spring!

Spring is here!

...and love is the air

Time to meet the Easter Bunny,

smell the flowers,

enjoy the beautiful weather,

and show off our lovely spring dresses!

A Weekend with the Family

Auntie June helping Makenna stand up (one of her favorite things to do)

Cousin Tiffany cooking dinner

Makenna with her cousins.  She is so in awe of Jadyn- hoping to be a big girl too one day!

Ta Daaaaa!

June, Joshua- the birthday boy, and Jasmin

Makenna with Uncle Keith

Jadyn and Ma

Auntie June and Makenna both have the same pose!

Makenna in March

On March 6, Makenna turned 4 months.  At her doctor's appointment, we found out she weighed 16 pounds and was 26 inches.  95% percentile!  Our big girl is getting bigger by the day.

L.A. Baby

(In case you can't read the onesie, it says: Milk?! I ordered a 1/3 decaf triple grande sugar-free vanilla 1% no foam extra hot light whip latte with a light dusting of cinnamon!)

Makenna got to meet Auntie Maritza

Proud of her  1/8th (or a little more)  Irish roots! 

Side note: Makenna rolled over on St. Patty's Day for the first time.  She rolled from her back to her tummy!  I missed it, because she did it while I was looking away.  Since then, she has only rolled over once.  I guess it will take some time for her to perfect her rolling skills.

Mommy and Daddy got a rare night out. (Makenna didn't look too happy about that).

Nudie Cutie

Makenna loves her daddy!

Her first outing in the Baby Bjorn.  She loved it!

Napping with Mommy

With Cousin Jasmin

*Note to Our Loyal Blog Followers:

We have been without a computer for about a month now.  Before that our computer was on the fritz.  So, I haven't been blogging as much as I would like to.  Now, we have a shiny new computer and I plan to put new posts up much more regularly (my goal: once a week).