McKenna's Preschool Thanksgiving!

McKenna had her Preschool Thanksgiving party a week before Thanksgiving!

Another one of the mom's and I were assigned to it!  I was so stressed about it hahaha!  My first time being in charge of one of my kids school parties... Chris reminded me several times... "It's a preschool party honey..." Oh yeah :)

I made a "Thanksgiving meal" of Turkey... (Popcorn inside!)

Mashed Potatoes...

Peas and Carrots...

and Blueberry pie!...

Well... secretly they are cupcakes but I thought they looked pretty darn real!

I covered the table with brown paper and the kids had their own cup of crayons so they could doodle while they ate :)

The other mom brought the water and the cute mayflower boat veggie cups!

I also made these turkeys out of baby food jars that the kids could put what they are thankful for on the feathers!

My little pilgrim McKenna!!!

 All the kiddies loved carving the turkey!!!...

 There is only one boy in her class!  He is such a cute kid!  He was excited to take home the popcorn filled turkey leg!

 Adyson also loved joining the party and CANNOT wait until she gets to go to preschool next year!!  

 

 And Reagy was perfect like always!  She sat in her car seat and didn't make a peep the whole time :)

 

Whew... I did it!  My first school party = success :)

Baby Lillian!

My friend Kara and her hubby just adopted their first baby after a long, long wait!

Her baby shower was obviously a big deal since everyone was sooo excited for her!  

I found this swim suit and decided to get a little crafty and make a hooded towel to go with it...

I was also able to make a cake for the shower!

Before we moved here, I was so worried there wouldn't be anyone who shared my enthusiasm for party planning... HA... no need for that!  There are so many amazing people here an the shower was AWESOME!

 I was so honored to be able to be a small part of such a HUGE celebration!!!!  

Congrats to the Eastham family!!!

My Little Dancers!!

Not long after we moved here the girls started dance!  They have become quite the little dancers!  I'm always amazed at what they know!  The first half of the class is ballet and the second half is tap!  They love love love it!  I've also made some good "dance mom" friends!  Reagan and I have a good time out in the waiting room once a week!  

Getting Dressed...

 Yes... it's true, I still dress the girls in matching outfits every. single. day.  Someday I'll stop... maybe.  Now that Reagan is getting older we end up spending a lot more of our days just hanging out at home.  I feel like I can have a clean put together house, or clean put together children.  Rarely do I have both of these at the same time!  So on days that I'm working on having a put together house who knows what the girls will find to put on!!!

 All of these pics were taken of outfits the girls chose for the day...

Adyson ... she's wearing her chef apron and accessories so who needs pants?? :)

McKenna in her mermaid outfit... she decided she needed Ariel hair so she has this blanket on her head!!

 McKenna came out the other day with Reagan's shirt on!  She didn't see anything wrong with it hahaha!

 And... the wig always seems to make it's appearance!

The girls made these "Monster feet" at the library!

And then of course no clothes is always a possible choice as well! :)

Gotta love em!

9 Month Catch up Game!!!

AHHHHH... time is just flying by far too quickly!  I wish I could record every little thing all three of the girls do so I can always remember them, but time seems to pass faster than I can record them!!!

On Halloween Reags turned 9 months old!!!!

I told the girls it was her 9 month birthday.  All day long they sang happy birthday to her!  That night at the party we went to it really was someone's birthday and the girls told everyone it was her birthday as well.  Everyone was a little confused!

How did we ever live without this sweet little spirit in our home??!!  WE love her to pieces!  

                          Here's some info. on Reagan at 9 months... ok... 9 almost 10 months!!

• Reagan started crawling a little before she turned 8 months!  Forever she would stand on all fours and rock back and forth!  When we were in UT she really started getting the hang of it and by the time we got home she was off to the races!
• Now that she crawls... both of our lives became much more busy and much more complicated!  I have to watch this little girl at ALL times because she is into EVERYTHING!  I often find her high centered on things and stuck...

• Reagan started feeding herself and LOVES to make HUGE messes when she does!  She started with the baby puffs, yogurt melts, etc. but now we are giving her more things like cheerios and she LOVES any fruit!  She also LOVES peas!  She pretty much doesn't have a single feeding without going straight to the bath afterwards!

• Reagan had her 9 month check up and shots.  She is doing great and was in the 84th percentile for both her weight and height!!!!  
• She is currently wearing 12 month clothes!  It's so sad!  She's already so big!!!

• It wasn't long after she mastered crawling that she started pulling herself up and walking along whatever she can get her hands on!  Here she was after her shots... you can see her little band aids on her chunk a monk legs! :)

• Like I said... she is into EVERYTHING!  Sunday at church she got lost in the curtain!!!

• For the longest time the girl REFUSED to give me or anyone else kisses.  She knew how and I could tell she knew what I wanted her to do but she would smile and turn her head the other way!  So stubborn already!!!  Then just a couple of weeks ago she started giving them to all of us constantly!  I LOVE IT!!!  It is the most adorable thing ever!  Now we just need to teach to to keep her tongue in her mouth when she does it! :)
• Speaking of her tongue... sometimes I call her lizard because she is ALWAYS sticking that thing out of her mouth!  She has since the day she's been born and she's never stopped!
• Her first word... drum roll please... MOMMA!!!  YAY! she says mamamamamamamamama all day long!  Sometimes I don't even realize she is saying it!  She also has said Dadadada but only a few times!  
• She is definitely a momma's girl.  She is my little puppy dog.  She literally just follows me around at my feet all day long, the stands up on me and whimpers for me to pick her up!  It's a good and a bad thing!  I love it but I also need to get things done!
• She is usually good with other people unless I walk by and then it's all over. 
• She loves her daddy and sisters as well.  She gets really excited when she sees them and starts kicking her feet like crazy!
• She claps all the time!  She went through a 2 week phase where she literally was clapping like 90% of the day!  Now she just does it every once in a while!
• We also recently taught her how to high five!
• She still nurses once or twice a night... ya... no sleep for this mommy yet.
• She is a good sleeper if I keep her on her schedule, which happens only about 50% of the time.  It's so hard having 2 other ones to always be home at her nap times!
• Every night I sing to her "You are my sunshine" before she goes to sleep.
• She still loves her blanky!
• She loves bath time and recently had the first poop in the tub experience... ugh!

I'm sure there are a million other things that I am forgetting but in short... we think the girl if pretty perfect and we are so glad she is ours forever!!!!!

Happy 9 months Reagan Kennady!!!