Saturday, October 18, 2008
Maryn's ABCs
Maryn continues to amaze us by her fast forward development ever since her ear tubes were put in place last April. Just recently we've discovered that not only can Maryn sing her ABCs, but she has already started to be able to correctly identify some of the letters!! Josh and I thought maybe it was just a fluke that she was pointing out letters and identifying them correctly so I decided to put her to the test. I got out an ABC puzzle and some ABC specific books (her favorite being Makenna's printing practice book) and I started working with her a little bit. Come to find out she can correctly identify A,B,C,D,F,K,L,M,O,P,Q,S,U,W,and Y a majority of the time and after just a few days of practice she has already picked up E,H,G,X and R most of the time. She is even starting to point out the letters in random places and is so proud that she knows what she is looking at. You should have seen her just starring at the huge Bed, Beth and Beyond sign the other day as we sat in the parking lot... she was so excited that she knew all those huge letters up on the building! Maryn has also been working on her counting lately and can confidently count to 10 and most of the time even all the way up to 15! We are so happy that both of our girls have taken such a strong interest in learning :)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Play Doh Creations
I must confess... I am a mom that despises Play Doh. It doesn't matter what you do, the stuff ends up all over your house and it's near impossible to clean up completely. With that said, Play Doh is never an activity that I suggest. A few days ago Makenna asked if I could get the Play Doh out and I agreed. She sat there quite content for a long time and boy was I amazed when I came over to find her little Play Doh creations...
Her creation as she explained it to me... the ground below, Adam and Eve are the blue and purple sticks with heads to the right, the tree with the snake and fruit in it and then God is the blue blob up above. She explained her picture all with narration of the Bible story of Adam and Eve. She remembered all the details of the story, including that the snake told them to eat the fruit even though God said they shouldn't. I was quite impressed that she remembered the details given the fact that we haven't read this particular Bible story lately at home or in Sunday school.
Very proud of her depiction of Adam and Eve.
And since Play Doh was such a big success, of course she asked for it two consecutive days in a row. Play Doh creation #2 consisted of two people holding babies, a tree with fruit, the white dots up above are clouds and the little purple dot above is God. I'm very intrigued by how she portrayed God in her art.
Her creation as she explained it to me... the ground below, Adam and Eve are the blue and purple sticks with heads to the right, the tree with the snake and fruit in it and then God is the blue blob up above. She explained her picture all with narration of the Bible story of Adam and Eve. She remembered all the details of the story, including that the snake told them to eat the fruit even though God said they shouldn't. I was quite impressed that she remembered the details given the fact that we haven't read this particular Bible story lately at home or in Sunday school.
Very proud of her depiction of Adam and Eve.
And since Play Doh was such a big success, of course she asked for it two consecutive days in a row. Play Doh creation #2 consisted of two people holding babies, a tree with fruit, the white dots up above are clouds and the little purple dot above is God. I'm very intrigued by how she portrayed God in her art.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Imagination Play - Triathlons
No one can ever claim that our two girls don't have great imaginations :) The past two nights, all with Makenna's leadership and Maryn's following, we have had pretend triathlons in our house. Makenna and Maryn obviously being the triathletes :) The first night I think Josh and I were in such shock at how much they have picked up on at the various races that they've been to that we just sat there and enjoyed the moment. Tonight when Makenna insisted on racing again, Josh got out the video camera and I got out the digital camera. We knew this was a priceless moment and we couldn't let this one go by again.
Makenna knew exactly what she was doing... swimming, biking and running with transitions in the middle. They would run laps around the house pretending to do whatever leg of the race they were on at that point in time, of course insisting that we clap and cheer as they run by. Tonight Makenna even gave me a pretend sign to hold up for her as she ran by :) Makenna even concocted a little sign and attached it to her clothes and told us she was number 35. You should've seen her eyes light up when Daddy got out his race belt and an old race number and tied it around her waist :) But I think probably the best part about it all was that when Makenna started pretending to be riding the bike, she bent over with her arms out in front of her like she was riding in aero position on a TRI bike! How many 4 year olds ride in aero position rather than holding regular handle bars??!! We couldn't believe it! After the races were done, Daddy even had to pretend to be one of the "food guys" and hand out food to the triathletes after the race. Makenna was disappointed that we didn't have watermelon or oranges like they do at the races, but she happily settled for a banana! I think someday very far in the future, Daddy's going to have a little competition at some of his races :)
Makenna at the starting line, ready to dive in! She just had to wear Mommy's pink swim cap!
Look at her get after this swim! I think she's probably one of the crazy ones throwing elbows!
Maryn enjoying the swim portion of the race as well.
Watch out Maryn! You're going to be lapped!
Into the cramped transition area... both girls were loving the real triathlon water bottle and I had to indulge them just a little bit and give them some of the "food" that Daddy eats at his races. Makenna is just fascinated by the fact that Daddy has to eat when he exercises, so I brought little jelly beans out and those were her exercise food :)
Maryn got a little caught up in transition... apparently the water bottle was more entertaining than the bike portion of the race :)
On to the bike.... note the arms straight out in aero position :)
Maryn was just perpetually in the swim aspect of the race because she refused to take the swim cap off :)
All done with her first race of the night! I'm not quite sure how many races we had altogether, but she was sweating from head to toe by the time she was finished!
Our two little triathletes! Oh they never cease to amaze us with the things they come up with!
Makenna knew exactly what she was doing... swimming, biking and running with transitions in the middle. They would run laps around the house pretending to do whatever leg of the race they were on at that point in time, of course insisting that we clap and cheer as they run by. Tonight Makenna even gave me a pretend sign to hold up for her as she ran by :) Makenna even concocted a little sign and attached it to her clothes and told us she was number 35. You should've seen her eyes light up when Daddy got out his race belt and an old race number and tied it around her waist :) But I think probably the best part about it all was that when Makenna started pretending to be riding the bike, she bent over with her arms out in front of her like she was riding in aero position on a TRI bike! How many 4 year olds ride in aero position rather than holding regular handle bars??!! We couldn't believe it! After the races were done, Daddy even had to pretend to be one of the "food guys" and hand out food to the triathletes after the race. Makenna was disappointed that we didn't have watermelon or oranges like they do at the races, but she happily settled for a banana! I think someday very far in the future, Daddy's going to have a little competition at some of his races :)
Makenna at the starting line, ready to dive in! She just had to wear Mommy's pink swim cap!
Look at her get after this swim! I think she's probably one of the crazy ones throwing elbows!
Maryn enjoying the swim portion of the race as well.
Watch out Maryn! You're going to be lapped!
Into the cramped transition area... both girls were loving the real triathlon water bottle and I had to indulge them just a little bit and give them some of the "food" that Daddy eats at his races. Makenna is just fascinated by the fact that Daddy has to eat when he exercises, so I brought little jelly beans out and those were her exercise food :)
Maryn got a little caught up in transition... apparently the water bottle was more entertaining than the bike portion of the race :)
On to the bike.... note the arms straight out in aero position :)
Maryn was just perpetually in the swim aspect of the race because she refused to take the swim cap off :)
All done with her first race of the night! I'm not quite sure how many races we had altogether, but she was sweating from head to toe by the time she was finished!
Our two little triathletes! Oh they never cease to amaze us with the things they come up with!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Watching the Cubs
Our family isn't a huge baseball family, but Josh enjoys watching the Cubs periodically. He's trying to teach the girls that they're Cubs fans despite the fact that it's really not any fun to route for a team that never wins the important games :) Anyway, we obviously were following the Cubs play-off games somewhat. After getting the girls ready for bed one night, I couldn't figure out where they had all disappeared to so I ventured downstairs to figure out what was going on. This is what I found in my kitchen... Daddy must have been sneaking a peak at the score on the TV in the kitchen and the girls decided to join him :)
Monday, October 6, 2008
2 Year & 4 Year Pictures
Here are the absolutely adorable 2 year and 4 year pictures the girls had taken a few weeks ago! We LOVE them!
Pumpkin Patch 2008
Here are the pictures from our annual trip to Kroul's Pumpkin Patch! We took advantage of the beautiful fall weather on Saturday and headed out there after Maryn's nap. The girls LOVED the hay bales and the corn maze this year. They also enjoyed looking at all the farm animals and picking out the pumpkins. We discovered that Mommy and Makenna have the same taste in pumpkins... short and plump! We had to get three pumpkins this year - large, medium and small to symbolize each little Budke girl!
Maryn was big enough to get up on the hay bales with Daddy and Nenny this year and she LOVED it!
Big girl!
Daddy and his girls!
Maryn running through the hay bales maze!
It is a tradition that every year the girls get their picture taken in front of the "How Tall This Fall" sign at the pumpkin patch. It is so fun to see how much they've grown according to the pictures! Note the look on Maryn's face... she was keeping watch out for all the creepy Halloween figurines that were placed around this display. She has a deep dislike for anything scary looking.
We decided to get such large pumpkins this year that it required a wagon! The girls thought it was great!
This probably goes down as one of my all-time favorite pictures! The girls and I have so few pics together that I just cherish this!
The girls posing with their pumpkins at home!
Trying to decide who's bigger... the belly or the pumpkins?! (20 weeks, 3 days)
Maryn was big enough to get up on the hay bales with Daddy and Nenny this year and she LOVED it!
Big girl!
Daddy and his girls!
Maryn running through the hay bales maze!
It is a tradition that every year the girls get their picture taken in front of the "How Tall This Fall" sign at the pumpkin patch. It is so fun to see how much they've grown according to the pictures! Note the look on Maryn's face... she was keeping watch out for all the creepy Halloween figurines that were placed around this display. She has a deep dislike for anything scary looking.
We decided to get such large pumpkins this year that it required a wagon! The girls thought it was great!
This probably goes down as one of my all-time favorite pictures! The girls and I have so few pics together that I just cherish this!
The girls posing with their pumpkins at home!
Trying to decide who's bigger... the belly or the pumpkins?! (20 weeks, 3 days)
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Baby #3 Is A....
GIRL!!!! But more importantly, she is healthy and looks perfect! This ultrasound experience was no less amazing than with my other two pregnancies. Josh and I just sat there in awe of the little tiny person on the screen who looks just absolutely precious! I had tears trickling down my cheek throughout most of the 45 minute experience. Every time the tech got to a new body part and all the bones were there or everything looked just right, another tear would trickle down. I think I was squeezing all the feeling out of Josh's hand, especially when the big organs like the heart and brain were being measured. It is such an amazing relief to hear that from everything they can know at this point, she is healthy!
The ultrasound tech was even able to get some great close-up shots of her face and we could make out some of her little face. Josh said his reaction right away was "that definitely looks like a Budke girl!" She had her little hands curled up by her face for most of the ultrasound. She was moving around most of the time and quite energetic. She had her little butt up in the air for a little while and even had her legs crossed like a little lady. We had to laugh at this because both of these are traits that our two other daughters possess!
For some of the technical info, everything was consistently measuring over one week ahead of my current due date. When they got done measuring everything, my new due date according to the ultrasound moves me up 8 days (to February 11th). She was weighing in at 15 ounces at approximately 20 (or 21 weeks).
We couldn't wait to get home to share the news with Makenna and Maryn. Makenna opened an envelope that we told her was from the doctor and it said "Girl!" really big on the piece of paper inside. It took her a moment after she opened it but as soon as she figured out it said girl she put her hands all the way down on the ground and then started jumping up and down yelling "It's a girl. There's a girl baby in mommy's tummy!" Then she came over to give the baby in kiss on my belly and she said "Hi baby! Did you know you were a girl?!" She ran outside to tell all of her friends right afterwards. It is so funny because she is really the only person that consistently thought I was having a girl. Everyone else kept telling me it was a boy because this pregnancy has been so different from the others. Guess I just need to listen to my 4 year old more often!
And even though Maryn may act oblivious sometimes, I think she finally gets it! Tonight when I was putting her to bed, right in the middle of reading a book she turned around and was ferociously trying to pull my shirt up over my belly. Once she got it up she pointed at my belly and very clearly said "Sissy! Hi Sissy." And then continued to wave at and pat my belly. I about had tears in my eyes I was so touched. So then I told her to give her baby sister a kiss and she leaned down and kissed my belly and said "Hi Sissy!" one more time. She's going to be a great big sister just like Makenna!
The ultrasound tech was even able to get some great close-up shots of her face and we could make out some of her little face. Josh said his reaction right away was "that definitely looks like a Budke girl!" She had her little hands curled up by her face for most of the ultrasound. She was moving around most of the time and quite energetic. She had her little butt up in the air for a little while and even had her legs crossed like a little lady. We had to laugh at this because both of these are traits that our two other daughters possess!
For some of the technical info, everything was consistently measuring over one week ahead of my current due date. When they got done measuring everything, my new due date according to the ultrasound moves me up 8 days (to February 11th). She was weighing in at 15 ounces at approximately 20 (or 21 weeks).
We couldn't wait to get home to share the news with Makenna and Maryn. Makenna opened an envelope that we told her was from the doctor and it said "Girl!" really big on the piece of paper inside. It took her a moment after she opened it but as soon as she figured out it said girl she put her hands all the way down on the ground and then started jumping up and down yelling "It's a girl. There's a girl baby in mommy's tummy!" Then she came over to give the baby in kiss on my belly and she said "Hi baby! Did you know you were a girl?!" She ran outside to tell all of her friends right afterwards. It is so funny because she is really the only person that consistently thought I was having a girl. Everyone else kept telling me it was a boy because this pregnancy has been so different from the others. Guess I just need to listen to my 4 year old more often!
And even though Maryn may act oblivious sometimes, I think she finally gets it! Tonight when I was putting her to bed, right in the middle of reading a book she turned around and was ferociously trying to pull my shirt up over my belly. Once she got it up she pointed at my belly and very clearly said "Sissy! Hi Sissy." And then continued to wave at and pat my belly. I about had tears in my eyes I was so touched. So then I told her to give her baby sister a kiss and she leaned down and kissed my belly and said "Hi Sissy!" one more time. She's going to be a great big sister just like Makenna!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Cute Little Stories Catch-Up
I feel like I'm so far behind on recording all of the "cute little stories" that happen everyday in our life. The girls give me more than enough material, it's just a matter of having enough time to record it all (and remember it all!). I've tried to remember some of the more recent moments that have in some way, shape or form left a smile on our hearts. Hope you enjoy them like we do :)
Maryn's speech has skyrocketed lately. She is putting two, three and even four words together to form little sentences. She is picking up new words at such a rapid pace that I'm not even sure if I know everything that she is able to say. She surprises me daily. With her new found confidence in her speaking abilities, also comes some character (imagine that in our family!). She has hand and arm motions that are just a scream. She is so dramatic! Her favorite is to point her finger and shake it at you when she's trying to make a stern point. Makes us smile every time!
Monday Maryn and I were on our way to pick up some cookies from a downtown bakery so we could drop them off to Josh's office for his birthday. We had to drive by his office first and Maryn was just losing it "Daddy! Daddy!" She couldn't understand why I wasn't stopping at his office. So I explained to her that we had to go get some cookies first and then we could go to Daddy's office. This seemed to calm her down and she got quiet for a few moments. Then after driving a few more blocks she says to me "Cookie, Elmo, Big Bird, Mommy! Yeah Cookie!" I just started laughing. The child's first reaction when I say the word "cookie" is to think Cookie Monster from all of her books (since she has very rarely even seen the actual show)! I think she was disappointed to see the three dozen cookies instead of her big blue furry friend!
Makenna is as busy as a bee. She loves her new schedule (as it allows her to see her friends a lot) but it definitely has taken it's toll. During the first few weeks of school, she was falling asleep in the afternoon on a fairly regular basis. This prompted me to start a mandated quiet time every afternoon for an hour in hopes that she will fall asleep. Of course she has yet to actually fall asleep during the quiet time, but it has cut back on the amount of random naps she was having.
One thing that has helped ease her schedule is that she didn't like dance class at all (which was shocking to us) and after three weeks of making her go, we decided that she could quit. No use in paying the money if she didn't like it. Finally on the last day I think the truth may have slipped out... she made some comment about wanting to go to a dance class with "older kids." Her class had a lot of younger, quieter kids which doesn't flow with her personality very well.
Now soccer on the other hand, she LOVES. She never wants to leave. Much faster pace (compared to dance) and she never stops moving. She is the only girl on her team, but it only seemed to bug her once so far. Otherwise she's right in there with the boys. She's not overly aggressive, but I'm not sure if that's her personality or just a comparison to all the boys she's playing with. At her first practice a bunch of kids were all kicking their balls into the goal at the same time and they all ended up in a heap by the goal. Here is my sweet little girl saying "Excuse me, excuse me" while trying to get her ball out from the bottom of the heap. Josh and I just smile! She has taken a number of good biffs so far but doesn't seem to mind at all. She just shakes it off and keeps going. And the other best part of soccer is watching Maryn on the sidelines... she stands there clapping and yelling "Go Nenny! Kick the ball!" Over and over and over! I think she likes to watch almost as much as we do!
As Makenna matures we try to give her more responsibilities that we feel she can handle. One of the big steps for her recently is that she can cross the street by herself to go to her friend's house (only if mommy or daddy are standing in the yard watching). Well to say the least, the kids in our neighborhood are oblivious to the street or looking for cars. We have hounded Makenna about this hoping that she doesn't follow their bad behaviors. Well a few weeks ago, she went across the street like typical (giving me her two thumbs up after she successfully made it across!) to ask her friend to play at our house. I was watching them come back and sure enough her friend just bolts in the street without looking. Makenna stood at the curb, yelled for her friend to come back and I hear her tell her "You have to stop here and look both ways otherwise you could get hurt by a car." I was SO INCREDIBLY proud of her at this moment! When she got back to our yard I took her aside to tell her just how proud I was of her - she was beaming ear to ear!
A few weeks ago I had a party to go to, so Daddy took the girls out to eat. I told the girls to milk it for all it was worth but they picked (yet once again) the gross playstation at McDonald's. Josh said the girls had fun, and Makenna was in big sister mode that night :) Josh could hear the girls up in the tubes and apparently some of the older kids must have been yelling at Maryn to move. Josh hears Makenna yell back "Hey don't you yell at her. She's my sister." Yes my heart is melting, but it gets even better. They were getting ready to leave and Josh asked Makenna if she knew where Maryn was up in the tubes. Makenna got a panicked look on her face, rounded up all her friends (that she just made while she was there) and says "Come on, you gotta help me find my sister!" And sends all these little kids in different directions in the tubes to find Maryn! I'm so proud of the protective big sister she has become. Can't wait to see what she does when she has two little siblings to protect!
Maryn is on a Dora kick. It's so extreme that Josh has mentioned renaming her Dora. She loves this character so much. She got the DVD for her birthday and is absolutely glued to the screen when we let her watch it and cries when it is over. She sings all the songs and yells all the phrases. It's so endearing. Part of me thinks she likes it so much because it's her own thing and doesn't have to share it with Makenna (Makenna doesn't care for Dora all that much).
And two random funny quotes from Makenna. One day last week when Josh was out of town for business, totally unprompted any time I asked Makenna to do something she replied with "As you wish!" I thought it was a joke the first time and almost started laughing but then watched her do some foo-foo thing with her hands and kind of dance away. The "As you wish" continued all day long and made me smile every time. Then last night as she was getting sick and in the middle of throwing up, the dear child looks up at me and says "I think I got your cold mommy." Poor thing. She's feeling much better now.
I'll end with a moment that absolutely melted my heart. It was one of those moments I always dreamed I'd have with my family. Usually Josh and I put the girls to bed separately (I'll take one, he'll take the other and we'll switch off every night to get equal time with the girls). Well last night for some reason everyone was mingling around in Makenna's room reading books and we were waiting for Josh to come upstairs with all the stuffed animals. Well the girls and I all crawled into Makenna's bed and laid there waiting for Daddy. As soon as Josh walked in and told Maryn it was time for her to go to bed with him, she laid her head to the side and started making snoring noises like she was sleeping! She wanted to stay with Nenny! So Daddy hopped in bed with us and decided to tell bedtime stories all together in Makenna's room. I know I can't put into words the sweet interactions between the girls and Josh as he was telling one of his famous made-up stories, but it was absolutely priceless. Maryn had a comment for everything he had to say. For moments like these, I thank God with all my heart.
Maryn's speech has skyrocketed lately. She is putting two, three and even four words together to form little sentences. She is picking up new words at such a rapid pace that I'm not even sure if I know everything that she is able to say. She surprises me daily. With her new found confidence in her speaking abilities, also comes some character (imagine that in our family!). She has hand and arm motions that are just a scream. She is so dramatic! Her favorite is to point her finger and shake it at you when she's trying to make a stern point. Makes us smile every time!
Monday Maryn and I were on our way to pick up some cookies from a downtown bakery so we could drop them off to Josh's office for his birthday. We had to drive by his office first and Maryn was just losing it "Daddy! Daddy!" She couldn't understand why I wasn't stopping at his office. So I explained to her that we had to go get some cookies first and then we could go to Daddy's office. This seemed to calm her down and she got quiet for a few moments. Then after driving a few more blocks she says to me "Cookie, Elmo, Big Bird, Mommy! Yeah Cookie!" I just started laughing. The child's first reaction when I say the word "cookie" is to think Cookie Monster from all of her books (since she has very rarely even seen the actual show)! I think she was disappointed to see the three dozen cookies instead of her big blue furry friend!
Makenna is as busy as a bee. She loves her new schedule (as it allows her to see her friends a lot) but it definitely has taken it's toll. During the first few weeks of school, she was falling asleep in the afternoon on a fairly regular basis. This prompted me to start a mandated quiet time every afternoon for an hour in hopes that she will fall asleep. Of course she has yet to actually fall asleep during the quiet time, but it has cut back on the amount of random naps she was having.
One thing that has helped ease her schedule is that she didn't like dance class at all (which was shocking to us) and after three weeks of making her go, we decided that she could quit. No use in paying the money if she didn't like it. Finally on the last day I think the truth may have slipped out... she made some comment about wanting to go to a dance class with "older kids." Her class had a lot of younger, quieter kids which doesn't flow with her personality very well.
Now soccer on the other hand, she LOVES. She never wants to leave. Much faster pace (compared to dance) and she never stops moving. She is the only girl on her team, but it only seemed to bug her once so far. Otherwise she's right in there with the boys. She's not overly aggressive, but I'm not sure if that's her personality or just a comparison to all the boys she's playing with. At her first practice a bunch of kids were all kicking their balls into the goal at the same time and they all ended up in a heap by the goal. Here is my sweet little girl saying "Excuse me, excuse me" while trying to get her ball out from the bottom of the heap. Josh and I just smile! She has taken a number of good biffs so far but doesn't seem to mind at all. She just shakes it off and keeps going. And the other best part of soccer is watching Maryn on the sidelines... she stands there clapping and yelling "Go Nenny! Kick the ball!" Over and over and over! I think she likes to watch almost as much as we do!
As Makenna matures we try to give her more responsibilities that we feel she can handle. One of the big steps for her recently is that she can cross the street by herself to go to her friend's house (only if mommy or daddy are standing in the yard watching). Well to say the least, the kids in our neighborhood are oblivious to the street or looking for cars. We have hounded Makenna about this hoping that she doesn't follow their bad behaviors. Well a few weeks ago, she went across the street like typical (giving me her two thumbs up after she successfully made it across!) to ask her friend to play at our house. I was watching them come back and sure enough her friend just bolts in the street without looking. Makenna stood at the curb, yelled for her friend to come back and I hear her tell her "You have to stop here and look both ways otherwise you could get hurt by a car." I was SO INCREDIBLY proud of her at this moment! When she got back to our yard I took her aside to tell her just how proud I was of her - she was beaming ear to ear!
A few weeks ago I had a party to go to, so Daddy took the girls out to eat. I told the girls to milk it for all it was worth but they picked (yet once again) the gross playstation at McDonald's. Josh said the girls had fun, and Makenna was in big sister mode that night :) Josh could hear the girls up in the tubes and apparently some of the older kids must have been yelling at Maryn to move. Josh hears Makenna yell back "Hey don't you yell at her. She's my sister." Yes my heart is melting, but it gets even better. They were getting ready to leave and Josh asked Makenna if she knew where Maryn was up in the tubes. Makenna got a panicked look on her face, rounded up all her friends (that she just made while she was there) and says "Come on, you gotta help me find my sister!" And sends all these little kids in different directions in the tubes to find Maryn! I'm so proud of the protective big sister she has become. Can't wait to see what she does when she has two little siblings to protect!
Maryn is on a Dora kick. It's so extreme that Josh has mentioned renaming her Dora. She loves this character so much. She got the DVD for her birthday and is absolutely glued to the screen when we let her watch it and cries when it is over. She sings all the songs and yells all the phrases. It's so endearing. Part of me thinks she likes it so much because it's her own thing and doesn't have to share it with Makenna (Makenna doesn't care for Dora all that much).
And two random funny quotes from Makenna. One day last week when Josh was out of town for business, totally unprompted any time I asked Makenna to do something she replied with "As you wish!" I thought it was a joke the first time and almost started laughing but then watched her do some foo-foo thing with her hands and kind of dance away. The "As you wish" continued all day long and made me smile every time. Then last night as she was getting sick and in the middle of throwing up, the dear child looks up at me and says "I think I got your cold mommy." Poor thing. She's feeling much better now.
I'll end with a moment that absolutely melted my heart. It was one of those moments I always dreamed I'd have with my family. Usually Josh and I put the girls to bed separately (I'll take one, he'll take the other and we'll switch off every night to get equal time with the girls). Well last night for some reason everyone was mingling around in Makenna's room reading books and we were waiting for Josh to come upstairs with all the stuffed animals. Well the girls and I all crawled into Makenna's bed and laid there waiting for Daddy. As soon as Josh walked in and told Maryn it was time for her to go to bed with him, she laid her head to the side and started making snoring noises like she was sleeping! She wanted to stay with Nenny! So Daddy hopped in bed with us and decided to tell bedtime stories all together in Makenna's room. I know I can't put into words the sweet interactions between the girls and Josh as he was telling one of his famous made-up stories, but it was absolutely priceless. Maryn had a comment for everything he had to say. For moments like these, I thank God with all my heart.
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