All About Our Lives (Mackenzie and Tanner's Lives): 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I have about given up on blogging. I just don't seem to find the time anymore. I know many of you like to see my kids and how they are growing, and hear the funny stories about them...but my life seems to be sooo crazy with 2. And by the time I get Tanner to sleep and fight Mackenzie for hours to go to bed, I am so tired I just go to sleep too. Blogging is the last thing on my mind. But we will see if I start doing any better. I am sure I won't during Christmas because we will be traveling all over, but just keep checking in!

So here is an update in pictures...

The kids are with Santa at our church Christmas breakfast

Kenzie hanging out with one of her friends...they are singing songs from the hymn book. haha

Ready to play in the snow...When Adam came home from work she raced to get her clothes on so he would play with her outside!

Snow Angel

The snowman named Chocolate...yeah, she named him.

Tanner's favorite place to sit on the couch.

Enjoying his toy on the couch.

Tanner's first time in the jumper...he has loved it from the beginning

I burned Tanner's hand...long story short...he stuck his hand in Mackenzie's grits right when I took them out of the microwave. They stuck to his hand and he had blisters on his 3 middle fingers. I was so upset and so was he for hours.

Kenzie got a tree to put in her room.

The finished product.

This is what you get when 3 year old decorates your Christmas tree....all the ornaments on one branch.

Cute kids in front of the tree

Tanner sitting up on his own...he loves it!

So here is an update in pictures.

I am waiting for the videos to be loaded and Tanner is waking from his nap, so I will do a separate post with videos!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Sweetest Conversation

Tonight I was putting Mackenzie to bed and she has been having major problems with "scaries" in her room at night. We have tried everything and it hasn't really helped.

But as I was putting her down for the 3rd time I told her she really needed to go to bed...I had checked everywhere and there were no scaries. So then here is our conversation.

Me: Remember if you get scared just ask Heavenly Father to help you feel safe.

Kenz: I already did, but what is his number in case I need him again.

Me: He doesn't have a number, just say a prayer and he will be there.

Kenz: Well which number is his? Cause I will call him and talk to him.

Me: Honey, he doesn't have a number...just say a prayer and I promise he will be here and make you feel all better.

Kenz: I bet he has a cell phone so you need to find his number so I can call him. Which number do I press on your phone? (I have the people she would normally call on speed dial, so she knows which number to press to call them).

Me: Ok, I will call him. (I pick up my phone and pretend to talk to Heavenly Father and tell her that he is on his way.

Kenz: Let me have the phone. (I give her the phone... She puts it up to her ear and starts talking...after silence...) Mom he isn't on the phone. You told a fib (we have been working on truth and fib). You need to call him right now!

Me: Honey I can't call him we can only talk to him by saying a prayer. Do you want me to say a prayer with you?

Kenz: No, I just want you to find his cell phone number so I can talk to him and tell him I need him to come lay with me tonight.

I just love my little girl.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Free Entertainment

Happy Halloween

We had a great time this year for Halloween. On Friday night, we had a party at church. We did trunk-or-treat, and Kenzie thought it was soooo fun.

Then on Halloween we went Trick-or-treating with a group of friends. Mackenzie was the oldest and pooped out the quickest. We thought she would definetely last the longest because she had been so excited about Halloween and dressing up and everything. But that day she didn't take a good nap and she was just really tired and moody.

But here are some cute pictures of the festivities!

Pumpkin Carving!!!

She liked cleaning it out!

This is what Kenzie did the whole time Daddy was carving the pumpkin.

Happy Halloween

The kids had to stop by the park on the way to the first house.

Kenzie wanted to open the storm door to knock on the main door.

Tanner the dragon and Kenzie the damsel in distress (because of the dragon!)

What a precious dragon

Monday, October 24, 2011

Fun Videos

Its Fall

This weekend we raked the front yard because it was COVERED in leaves. Mackenzie wanted to play in the pile, but she didn't want to get the leaves in her shoes so she ran inside to put on her new rain boots she got for her birthday.

Mackenzie also went exploring in our backyard...she needed the stick to "kill a bird." Don't ask...she always says she wants to kill the birds in our yard.

Aunt Katie and Aunt Lauren...notice the boots! She LOVES them.

Tanner at 4 months

Tanner is already 4 months old. I can't believe how fast he is growing! We went to the doctor for his 4 months appointment on September 30...so we could bring Mackenzie for her 3 year appointment also. He is such a precious little boy!

At the doctor he weighed 16lbs and 10 oz. and he was 24 1/2 inches long.

He is such a sweet kid. He seems to be hungry all the time so we started rice cereal the same day as his appointment. He is doing well with it now. We have started other food also. He has tried sweet potatoes (which he likes) and green beans (not his favorite).

He isn't doing as well with sleeping as he used to. He used to only wake up once a night and now he is waking up 2, 3, or even 4 times at night. I am soooo tired lately. But I hope he gets better. We just stopped swaddling him and he is sleeping on his stomach now. So I will update about his sleeping after he get through a week or so of this.

Tanner has rolled over from his tummy to his back and his back to his tummy. He doesn't do it often and Adam has still not seen him do either. When you lay him on his back he moves all over the place. I definitely can't leave him any where he can get hurt now.

He is also spitting up a ton still. He has acid reflux, but none of the medicine seemed to help. None helped with the spitting up and one hurt his little tummy. So we just deal with the spitting up. And I don't mean just a lot of spit up. I am talking about waterfalls of spit up flying everywhere. It is projectile and he goes through 4 or 5 soaking wet outfits a day. He also goes through about 3 cloth diaper spit up cloths everyday. It is so hard to keep myself, him, the floor, and our chairs clean when he spits up. I just feel so bad for him and am amazed he is still gaining weight.

He is in basically all size 6 month clothes, but also wears a few 9 and 12 month pieces.

He is starting to enjoy little toys and he laughs out loud when Kenzie plays with him. He is so cute when he laughs. He also talks a TON! When he is done nursing he just lays back and talks to me.

We just can't imagine life without him! He is such a precious boy.

He has also found his toes.

Monday, October 10, 2011

One last post for the night

Kenzie had her friend Luke over to play for a little bit and they were cracking each other up... it was so cute.

And Mackenzie was so excited about her new Dora Tent and Pink Potamus sleeping bag that she took a nap in it...

Binkie Fairy

We have been preparing Mackenzie to get rid of her binkie for weeks. I asked her a few months ago if she wanted to send her binkies to the binkie fairy on her birthday or if she wanted to send them to Santa at Christmas to give to all the little babies who don't have binkies. The Santa thing is what my mom did for me when I was about Mackenzie's age because I LOVED my binkie.

Well, Mackenzie chose the Binkie Fairy because if she sent them, she would get something in return from the Fairy. I was nervous because Mackenzie really really loved her binkies. So like 2 days after her birthday party I told her it was time to find all of her binkies and put them in a box to send to the Binkie Fairy. This is the box we found...and it was addressed to the Binkie Fairy in Binkie Land...

We put it in the mail box and it was taken away. The next morning we found something else in our mail box...

Mackenzie was so excited to get a present in the mail. It was addressed to Mackenzie and was sent from Binkie Land.

She got a Dora necklace, bracelet, and 2 rings. She was so happy. She actually did really well. When we went to bed the night she sent her binkies she cried for just a minute and needed me to lay with her until she went to sleep. After that night she did really well. I was very proud of her!

On our way to Church

My precious kids were almost ready for church...

How cute are they!

Go Cougars!

These pictures were taken for the first BYU game and I just haven't put them on the blog so....

GOOOOOOOO Cougars!

Mackenzie is 3!!

I cannot believe my little girl is already 3 years old. We had a birthday party for her a week early so that her Gigi and Nana would for sure be here to celebrate.

We had a really fun Dora the Explorer birthday party. I asked Mackenzie for a few months what she wanted her birthday theme to be and it was also Dora! So that was it.

We sent Dora invitations to her friends and she got lots of Dora presents for her birthday.

Here are some pictures from her party.