Steven is two!!

I can't believe my little munchkin is turning two tomorrow! Seriously, where has the time gone?! And I'm a mom of two now? Can you say crazy? I love my little dude...so glad that he joined our family and changed my life forever two years ago. (How many times can I say two? ;)

Steven's new love is Lightening McQueen. He's always loved playing with cars, but now the movie Cars and Madagascar are all he wants to watch. He still likes Toy Story but I think these two movies are his new favorites. We celebrated his birthday with Mike's family on today and opened presents. I originally was going to make alien cupcakes from Toy Story but at the last minute changed my mind to a McQueen cake. While looking for ideas online I decided to try fondant. Marjorie had told me about her good experience with it and that it was easier than she expected so I thought what the heck, I'll try it too! I'm so glad I did. It wasn't nearly as bad as I first thought it would be, but maybe that's just because I wasn't a perfectionist when it came to smoothness or whatever. I just like how I was able to get a crisp look and that it turned out just how I envisioned it to be! I think if I'd tried piping it then I'd have been more frustrated and disappointed. I think I'll most certainly will be using this again in the future! It made me feel good too when Mike's family all liked it and a few asked where I had it made or bought it from. They were probably just being nice but it still made me feel good :) anyways, enjoy the pics! And happy birthday my big boy! 

So it's all fondant except for his toy car on top of course :)

I also used the cake dish Mike had given me for Christmas and did a checkered inside to represent the checkered finish line flag. 

 

Eating some yummy "shh shh shh" :)

 

And the cousins

 

It was kinda crumbly but still tasted good. 

It was a fun night and our little boy was spoiled again with presents. Sorry I didn't take any pictures with my phone, just the regular camera, so I don't have any up loaded on the computer to post. But he loved them all and did a lot better ripping off the paper and getting excited and stuff. We gave him plastic toy animals that he already has gotten out and started playing with. My little boy has two loves it seems...cars and animals. Hence his two favorite movies I guess :) he has an animal book that he is always asking me to read to him over and over and over again! I'm so sick of that book and a bear book he really likes, but at the same time it's really fun to see him learn and how smart he is at remembering all the different animal names. I think he's going to be like you Uncle Trent! I guess we'll see if this obsession lasts :) we really want to take him to the zoo when it cools off-I think he'll love that! Stay tuned to see if or when we do! :)

Puzzles, Camping, and more!

Its hard not to love super heros with Mike as a daddy. Steven found this green lantern mask in our closet the other day and has loved wearing it since. We also put together this hero vs villian puzzle. Well, it was more me who put it together while I tried to keep him from stepping on it till it was all done. It was a 3D puzzle when you put on the special glasses. He got a kick out of it so I guess it was worth it- I still think we'll wait till he's older to do it again :)

I don't know why you can't see it as well here as on my phone, but the other day on my way to work I looked down and I had a little greasy handprint on my pant leg. Steven had eaten peas with butter while I was nursing McKenzie-then he came up and slapped me on the leg. I didn't realize it was such a perfect little print till in the car but it made me smile the entire night when I looked at it. Gave my co-workers a good laugh to :)

Steven got a massive goose egg on his head the other night. He fell/tripped and bonked his head on the Kenzie's carseat poor kid! The next day it had gone down a lot actually-but this picture shows how much it hurt and was only a few minutes after it happened.

Just a quick pic of our cute little girl-kinda blurry but still sweet :)

I have such sill boys! Mike and Steven were upstairs and I asked Mike to have Steven bring me a night time diaper. Supposedly Mike asked Steven if he wanted to wear the diaper on his head which Steven responded "Yes" and so this is what I encountered. Haha gave me a good laugh :)

The other day I was in my bathroom and I heard McKenzie's music thing going off. She was in the bathroom with me and so I went to investigate and this is what I found. Steven had climbed in and kept pushing the button over :)

Camping in Texas during the summer is impossible...and I mean that! It doesn't cool off here, well I take that back. In the mornings and at about 2 in the morning it gets to about 78 degrees, but the humid heat is not fun :-/ So we decided we'd have a campout in our play room. It was a tight fit but really fun! Steven was super hyper and kept running around inside the tent and jumping on the mattress we had taken in. We probably gave him too many marshmallows :) We'll thinking of actually going camping later, like in a month or so, when its cooler and a few hours away in Oklahoma where its cooler. Maybe then we can do a dutch oven dinner! We were going to this time in our stove, but I didn't think it was worth the heat. I hate cooking because of that! It makes our house a sauna :(  

Lovin' the s'mores!

McKenzie's two month checkup

I am so super behind in posting! So sorry folks...but anyways, Miss McKenzie is 2 Months! Well more like almost 3 months now :-/ She is healthy and strong-growing so big every day! At her two month appointment she weighed 13 lbs which was in the 90%, was 23 3/4 inches long which was in the 98%, and her head was 39 1/2 inches which was in the 95%. Big girl huh? I guess she had dropped in her percentiles a bit-but since she was off the charts before and now in the 90's they weren't too worried :) The doctor was also impressed with her neck strength and head stability. He said that she was doing things that they look for in 4 month olds. She is also way super alert and sleeps at least 8-10 hours at night. She was going 12 hours for a few nights, but she's back to one feeding during the night. I think she's going through a growth spurt because she was also eating more frequently during the day. That or I was loosing my milk? I don't know. She has started spacing out her day feedings again so maybe she'll go back to the whole 12 hour deal at night. Either way I really don't have anything to complain about-I'm one lucky momma! :)

Another thing that happened is she got blessed by her daddy! It was a very sweet experience and I cried. I don't remember crying for Steven's, but there was just something about my baby girl's blessing...Anyways, enjoy the pics!

She wore the blessing dress my mom had made for me :) I made the headband and put matching flowers on the dress and shoes-yep I also crocheted little flip flops for her. I think I got more compliments from men on those flip flops than anything! :) kinda funny :)

I think she looks so much like Steven in this one! Just like him in fact! McKenzie is second and on the left and Steven is first on the right. 

And now starting some random pics that I just love :) We sure are enjoying our sweet bundle of joy!

I absolutely love her little dimple. She is smiling and talking all the time now and its so fun to see this face :)

My little boy is getting so big! I was getting dinner ready and trying to distract Steven from whinning for food, so I gave him our plates and cups to take over to the table. I just thought he would place them stacked on the table but nope! This is what it ended up looking like-he did it all by himself! Such a big helper :)

In this picture I think McKenzie looks a lot like Steven... its so hot down here that when we go to the pool she is one naked little girl and I bought a fan that blows on her. I also love this picture because it reminds me of Disney World pictures we took with Capri and Steven, but now its Casen and McKenzie-For those who don't know, Casen (pictured on the left) is only 3 days older than McKenzie. However, our little missy has overtaken him in weight already! :-/ haha :)

See what I mean? Here's Steven and Capri at disney world when they were 2 1/2 months :)

Don't judge me for having naked children-its so hot! :) Anyways-here's proof that Steven loves his little sister. He's always talking to her and kissing her and hugging her...we just have to try and make sure he doesn't smother her with his love.

Check out these rolls! :)

Going on a family walk-work gave me a nice little gift card that was enough to buy a double stroller! So nice! We've already gotten tons of use out of it :)

Rachel came to visit!!

We're back in Texas!! And guess who came with us! My niece Rachel! It was so much fun having her here...it wasn't near long enough. Come back to Texas Rachel! :) Enjoy the pics of her stay with us

An early present for Steven's birthday from my parents was put to good use :)

And of course you can't come to Texas and not go swimming right? My co-worker friend Shanelle joined us with her little girl JoJo. And the bottom right pic? Well lets just say I can't keep Steven's swimsuit up when he wears his life jacket :)

Steven LOVES McKenzie and is always asking to hold her-I'm so glad he loves her this much!

We made shirts with tape and bleach while she was here-so fun! :)

We also stopped by the Dallas temple, made a nursing cover for my sister Angela, and Rachel made Mike's favorite dish-sweet 'n' sour chicken (which he loved and said was the best ever-good job Rach!)

And on the last night we went to the Nickel Arcade, had some fun, and shed some tears :( You're a sweet girl Rachel-my kids sure miss you as well as us ol' folk :) Thanks for the good times and memories-I'll never forget this visit with my Lil' Sista ;)