Melia

She has grown into such a little girl. She is so smart and LOVES coloring and art stuff. She really loves to dance and sing. Aunt Marnie, Melia, and I went to see Tangled about two weeks ago and she absolutely loved it! We saw it in 3-D and she kept trying to touch the lanterns that were floating and she has a awesome memory because she remembers such little details about the movie that Marnie and I didn't really remember.

Yesterday Melia informed me of what she would like to be when she grows up. She would like to be a "Rocker outer" and she wants to "sing and dance on a big stage in front of a crowd". I love the "Rocker outer" name, but now she calls it a "Rock star" now. HAHA I have no idea where she would get the idea of being a Rock star except that she absolutely loves to dance and learn songs. And no she has never seen Hannah Montana.

Melia decided she wants to grow out her hair so that it can be long, but she informs me everyday that she does not want it as long as Rapunzel. She then shows me where she would like it to grow to (the middle of her back).

She is really into this book called "The Kissing Hand" that Grandma Barb and Papa gave to McKenzie for Christmas. It is a sweet story and basically it is about when you kiss the palm of the person you love before they go somewhere or when you will be apart so that you remember that the person loves you. She now does it at school everyday with me. I have to kiss her hand and she has to kiss mine and then she walks away saying "Mommy loves me, mommy loves me". I absolutely love these moments.

She is getting really interested in reading so we are going to start getting her some of the Stage 1 reading books just to get her started. May take a while and I definitely am NOT forcing it on her at all. :)

She is amazing at coloring and is very strict about making sure she stays in the lines. This is a picture she colored today all by herself. No help at all!



Next blog... McKenzie :)

I really need to post... I know...

Well I am going to a couple of different posts tomorrow since I am not working at all this week. We have had the most interesting week in our family's life. One being McKenzie getting extremely sick which is why I am not working this week. She was coughing on Sunday night, woke up on Monday morning with a fever... the fever has not gone away and she has a lot of other symptoms. I decided since the fever had not gone away after three nights, we would take her in to the doctor (which I had to fight for... ridiculous!) Turns out, she has pneumonia in her right lung and so now she is on antibiotics and 4 hour round the clock nebulizer treatments until it is better. The doctor told me McKenzie can not go to daycare for 2 days which then is the weekend. SO I have had the whole week off. It has been nice, but not nice because it hasn't been relaxing. I think I miss working... weird. I love being with the girls and be able to take care of my family and home... Okay, that's the update for tonight. I will have time tomorrow to update about the Holidays and so on. :)

Oh dreaming of exactly what I want the girls room to look like... I love Pottery Barn Kids. This is the Pink Katie bedroom and I am in love.

Happy Birthday Melia!

I will have to post the pictures later since they are on our laptop and not on our Imac... yet...

Melia is 4 now! It is crazy that I have a four year old! She is so amazing in every way. She has such a cute personality and really likes to play with her cousins and friends from school. It is awesome watching her be the big sister and to watch her play with McKenzie. I love that they are so close. Melia is such a blessing to this family.
She loves to color and draw. Her drawings are getting better everyday and it really amazes us with what she is learning on a daily basis. She can write her name and she will any chance she gets. Yesterday, she drew six "Happy Birthday" balloons for her birthday and gave them to her cousins.

Anyway, I will post more about our boring lives tomorrow or later this week.

Happy Birthday to Melia! Time to make pancakes for Melia's breakfast! :)

Melia's view of our Family

I am saving this forever! Melia was laughing so hard that Treven's head was an oval. Also she was very insistent on doing teeth. She said Uncle Dave told her teeth are important. Great Monday night activity!

McKenzie's 2 year old Stats!

Height: 36 3/4 inches (no percentile because it was so high... double it for when she is older... 6' 1" tall... nuts!)
Weight: 30.4 lbs (85th percentile)

She did awesome at the doctor. We switched doctors since the girls are not on state insurance and we didn't like the clinic we were going to. We LOVE this place! McKenzie was not shy at all. She was laughing and playing with the doctor and it totally threw him off. She DID NOT cry at all when she got her shots. It was simply amazing!

McKenzie is healthy and growing well. :)

Why? Why? Why?

McKenzie is now on the kick of asking "Why?" over and over and over! It gets rather annoying, but I keep realizing that she is not a baby anymore. Crazy how time flies. Melia gets really annoyed of McKenzie asking "Why?" all the time. Kenzie does it to Melia while they are playing and Melia just yells, "Stop asking why!" It is pretty funny. It is awesome to see them play together now. McKenzie is at the point now where they play with each other, but it brings on more fights as well. McKenzie has her 2 year wellness check tomorrow so it will be interesting to see how that goes and her measurements. She is a tall girl! Melia loves Hocus Pocus now and wants to watch it 24/7. She is definitely her mother's child. :) But when she asks to watch it she says, "Can I watch bibbity bobbity boo? The one with the witches?" I have to remind her it is Hocus Pocus. It makes me laugh every time.
I am working 30-40 hours a week at the daycare. Our numbers are low due to summer vacations and such so hopefully the numbers will go back up soon so there is more consistency. Treven just became the Adidas Brand Coordinator so he is guaranteed 40 hours a week since Adidas pays part of his income so he will be getting a raise as well and some free Adidas stuff to wear to work. He is really excited about this new position. Treven also starts his Fall semester next Monday. He is taking 3 classes at school and 1 online. This is the first full time semester he has done since moving to Washington due to residency issues. It should be a good semester then he has only 16 credits left! He wants to go into school psychologist or counselor so he is looking into all he has to do for that through the next couple of months.
That's our update. It has been very hot this weekend so we have enjoyed our pool and air conditioning.