July

Yes, I know July was three months ago now but I am WAY behind on blogging. For those of you who don't know, Shane and I moved at the end of July to Salt Lake City, Utah where Shane is attending law school at the University of Utah and things have just been so busy ever since. I am hoping to get all caught up in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned!
Anyway, we went to my parents for the 4th of July in Independence, California. I already posted several pictures from all the Independence Day festivities, but here are a few more from the other days we were there that week.

This is my sister , Emma, trying to catch her lamb for Kenzie and I to pet. This is her second year raising a lamb for FFA. 

We told Makenzie to pet the lamb, so she stuck out one finger and gently stroked the lambs ear.

It didn't take long fr her to warm up to it though. Here she is giving it kisses.

My beautiful Emmy girl!

BTW, Emma is one of Makezies favorite people. She asks to see "Emmy" and to call her and to go on a walk to her house all the time. Emma is such a great aunt. All of her niece's just love her!

Henry sleeps with his hands so sweetly placed like this all the time.

Isn't it just adorable?!

We visited the sheep again and even got to feed it the second time.

Sleeping Grandpa and Henry.

Yes, it's True! My Little Girl is Two!

   Makenzie turned two years old more than a month ago no on September 18. Though the occasion is joyous, I can't help but feel a little sad... My baby is not so much a baby anymore. Each stage she goes through is so fun and exciting yet I can't help but mourn for the time that she so quickly leaves behind her. But I really do love every moment with both of my children and as long as I am soaking up every moment, then I have no reason to mourn, right? How I love Makenzie! And how she loves me! and Daddy! and Henry too!
 
Here are some things about Makenzie:
  She loves her little brother and calls him "Howey." She is such a little mother all ready. Every time Henry cries she says "it's otay (okay) Howey!" While patting his belly and trying to get his binky back into his mouth.
  Whenever she says goodbye this is usually what she says "Bye, bye! See-ya! Nice day! Good luck! I love you!" then she blows a kiss and says "Maaaa!" I NEVER get tired of it!
  Makenzie is really good about going to bed. I hold her, sing a song and put her down in her crib where she tells me "a night, Mommy. I loveeee tho mutth." She just melts my heart!
  Kenzie loves water, or "walo," as she calls it. She loves to splash in it, touch it, swim in it, or even just look at it. She also loves to take baths and loves to have "bubbleth" in her bath.
  Kenzie LOVES to sing! She sings all the time! She sings the lullaby's Shane and I sing to her, ring-around-the-rosie, the theme song from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Winnie the Pooh and so many others. Her very favorite song is Old McDonald which she calls "eee-iii." My favorite song that she sings is a very simple song that sings "rock, rock, baby." She will often substitute words and still sing the same tune. Some examples are "rock, rock, Howey," "yum, yum, Mommy," "walk, walk, Daddy" She will find words to put in there for just about any situation.
  Kenzie calls her dad "Babe." I think it is so funny every time.
  Kenzie loves to dance. Whenever she hears music she just can't contain herself. And she has the greatest moves too!
  Whenever it is time to eat, Kenzie says "food time!" or "Rice time!" or whatever it is we're eating with "time!" after it. She also says things like "Dipey time!" "Walk time!" and "Show time!"
  Kenzie gets really excited about the simplest things and (several times a day) will say "Hoooway! (Hooray) This is fun!!!"
  There is so much more I could write about this little girl but these are a few of my favorites. Makenzie has brought more joy to my life than I ever could have imagined possible. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father sent her to me!

We went to Hogle Zoo for Kenzie's birthday. The polar bear is our favorite!

This little boy loves to be in his baby carrier snuggled right up to his mommy.

Kenzie also LOVES the carousel. Her favorite animals to ride are the lion and the zebra. 

She is the cutest birthday girl I have ever seen!

Putting on all the bracelets Grandma Klenk and Aunt Carolyn sent in an awesome birthday package.

Look at all those goodies!

How I love my little princess girl! 

Just Us

I have been really busy lately with moving, weddings, unpacking and getting organized so I haven't done a post in a while. Here are just some random pictures of my little family that I have been meaning to post. Hopefully, more post will be coming very soon!

Visiting with Grandma

Henry LOVED having his dad's head on his belly. Every time Henry cried, Shane would put the full weight of his head on Henry, just like this, and Henry would stop crying. It was pretty funny :)

Sometimes when Henry is being fussy, Kenzie will climb up to where ever he is and let him suck on her hand or arm to help calm him. I think it is so sweet. 

Our Aunt Carolyn sent some great clothes for Henry when he was born and sent them in all sizes too. Some of them even fit Kenzie so she has been testing out some of Henry's PJ's for him. I loved that they were both wearing froggy jammies with froggy feet this night.

Our cousin Nicole gave Kenzie a big slice of her cake. Kenzie was in heaven!

Daddy took Kenzie out to play with bubbles. We had so much fun!

Girly

I love having a girl who loves to be girly! It is so fun. I just love this little girl! Even when she get's into all of my lipstick.

I finally had to stop carrying lipstick/lip gloss/ chap stick in my diaper bag because Makenzie would ALWAYS get into it. But she does look pretty cute with her self-administered make-up, doesn't she?

Kenzie loves her baby doll. I found her trying to swaddle it up the way she saw her mommy do to her new little brother. I helped her wrap up her baby doll and she loved it!



One day Makenzie was being really quiet, I decided I had better go see what trouble she was getting into when I found this sweet little child all snuggled up in my bed with her baby. My heart just melted.

Kenz got into my make-up bag and took out a green cover-up stick. Thinking it was lipstick, she smothered it all over her lips, creating this (still kissable) green mouth. Muuuuaaah!

Just random

Here are just some random pictures of my cute babies that I have been meaning to post for a long time.

3 months

My little (or not so little) Henry is three months old today. It feels like he has been apart of our family for much longer, though. I honestly can't imagine life without him. Henry brings so much joy to our lives every minute of the day. He is so happy and is ALWAYS smiling. I can even make him smile in the middle of his sobbing. I love it so much!
I also LOVE how big this baby is! I took him to the doctor 2 weeks ago and he weighed 16 pounds and was 25.5 inches long! He is so sturdy and cuddly and all I want to do is kiss him and squeeze him all day long!  I am so glad for the blessing he is in our lives! I love you Henry!

Lately, he has been loving those hands. I think it is adorable!

A friend of mine took the pictures below when Henry was 2 weeks old. I just love them!