Pumpkin Patch and Pops

Kenna and Grammy having a drink

Our family of 3.5 :)

Kenna drinking her soda

Grammy and Kenna at Pops. Those are a bunch of sodas on the wall behind them!

Kenna, Mommy and Oatmeal

Makenna petting the bunnies!

Hi Mommy!

Daddy caught the bunny and let Makenna pet it. They named it, "Chocolate."

Kenna and daddy on the hayride. It was really bumpy.

Grammy and Kenna petting Oatmeal

Riding Oatmeal with Grammy

Yee Hah! Woo Hoo!

Howdy y'all!

Ride 'em cow girl!

Mommy and Kenna feeding the goat

Mommy and Kenna feeding the donkey

Makenna and Oatmeal. He was trying to smell her hair :)

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. Makenna got to ride a pony, feed goats, a donkey and pet bunnies, go on a hay ride and pick out a pumpkin. At first when we tried to feed the animals she got a little freaked and screamed after the goat licked her, "It burns eww!" haha. It was funny. But I got her to feed some other animals with me. When she rode on Oatmeal she wasn't scared at all and acted like she had done it a million times. It was her first time ever on a pony. Afterwards we went to Pops. It's a restaurant that has over 500 different kinds of soda. It was really cool. We had some burgers and sandwiches and got some bottled sodas. Check it out at www.pops66.com It was a really fun day!

Feeding The Ducks!

Makenna and her daddy!

Kenna and Mommy. Not such a great picture of me. 

Kenna throwing bread to the ducks

Yesterday we went to the park. There is a pond there with lots of ducks and we went over and looked at the ducks. We didn't have anything to feed them though. So today...Tyler had a break from studying and he met us at the park for a picnic. We ate lunch and fed the ducks. Makenna was so excited to see them and had fun throwing them bread. It was a beautiful day to go to the park. Perfect!

Baby Girl!

Makenna's Great Grandma Beals (Tyler's Mom's mom) made her this cute diaper bag and gave her this dolly and made the doll's outfit. Makenna was so happy to get it. She has been carrying it around everywhere we go. She has named the doll "Baby girl." She sings the baby lullabies, feeds her and even puts her in time out. She will make a good big sister :)

Bubbles!

Cheese!

She had just dumped water and bubbles on her head!

Gotta love the tushy! haha

Hey Mom!

Making her hair beautiful with bubbles

The other night Kenna and I had nothing to do. So we put on our bathing suits and filled the tube with mostly bubbles and hung out and played. Ever since then Makenna has wanted not to just take a bath, but take a bubble bath. I had time to let her play tonight so I filled the tub with bubbles. She had fun rolling around in them and wanted me to take some pictures. So I did.

Yuck!

So Saturday night I started sneezing. I woke up Sunday morning and had a sore throat. I figured it was just allergies so I took some Sudafed and some Benadryl. It seemed to do okay until I went to bed Sunday night. I couldn't breathe my throat hurt so bad. Being pregnant I thought all I could do was take those medicines and gargle with salt water...so that's what I did. Then yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and went to the dr. He said that I did everything I could, but the allergies caused drainage which caused a yucky throat and then a I got a sinus infection. So that means antibiotics. It's a bummer. I feel gross. I thought with 2 doses of antibiotics in me yesterday I would at least be able to sleep last night...wrong. Now I am just hanging out, but all my nose stuff is now causing me to feel really nauseous. My poor little Makenna has been such a trooper for me the past few days with me not feeling 100%. She has definitely had her fill of cartoons. She has put together puzzles, built towers out of blocks, read books to herself and colored about a million different pictures. I'm so proud of her for being so good to her mommy.

Makenna...

Last night while Makenna was coloring she started counting the crayons. Nothing out of the normal until I hear...uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco! She was counting to 5 in Spanish. I guess watching Dora and Diego has paid off. It was so cute. Then I said, " Seis(6), Siete(7)" and she said, "ocho!" It was awesome. My 2.5 year old can count to five in Spanish. 

Also...We took her binky away...FINALLY... a little over a week ago. It has been rough some nights. Last night though was really good. She slept all night. Nap time has been difficult too. Today she laid in bed talking for 1.5 hours until she fell asleep! I am not ready to give up nap time! Hopefully she will get used to not having a binky and be able to soothe herself to sleep better than she is right now.

Kenna loves baby dolls. She has been carrying them around with her. She gives them bottles, lays them down for naps, puts them in timeout :) and sings them lullaby's. She is going to make a great big sister. I ask her what her baby's names are and she says, "Baby Girl, Baby Brother and Baby Sister."

I can't believe she is almost 3. Some days are extremely hard with her and I can't stand them. Then others are just awesome. I love to go in and look at her when she is asleep. She looks so peaceful. She sure does now how to push my buttons, but she is also able to tell me she loves me and give me big hugs and kisses. I love spending time watching movies with her, reading books and playing with chalk. I miss her a lot when she goes away. She goes to have a grammy sleepover with her grammy Larsen every once in awhile. I find myself not knowing what to do without her. But it reminds me how much I love her and would miss her not being apart of our little family!

Exhaustion!

Last night was a long one for sure. Thursday is Tyler's late night getting home. I let Makenna stay up past bedtime so she could see him when he got home. While we were playing in her room she forgot to tell me she had to go potty and she went all over the carpet in her closet. So I had to strip her down, bathe her and then go get the carpet cleaner and clean up the floor. Well then Tyler finally got home. He read Kenna a story and it was time for bed. We clipped the ends of her pacifiers so hopefully she would decide she didn't like them. So she laid in bed for awhile talking to herself saying, " I want my binky fixed." haha. Well Tyler and I watched the rest of the Colorado vs. West Virginia game and then went to bed. I had just taken my sleeping medication and then heard Makenna start crying. I ran in there and she was covered in puke! It was everywhere...in her hair, pillows, blankets, jammies...everything! I yelled for Tyler to help me and we stripped the bed down and I put her in the bath. Tyler had some stuff to do for school today so I sent him back to bed. Well...I got her situated after a bath and back into bed with new blankets and all and came down to start the laundry. 20 minutes later she started crying again. I went back in and there once again was puke everywhere. ERRR! I had to clean up more blankets and sheets and wipe her down. Now onto the 3rd set of p.j's for the night. I switched the laundry over and headed back up to lay down with her in her bed. I got my blanket and pillow and laid with her. By this time it is 1am. No sooner do I lay down with my stuff she starts throwing up again. I threw my pillow and blanket on the floor and let her do her business on her blanket.  So with the 4th set of p.j.'s for the night and new bedding I put us on the floor with a blanket. She would not fall asleep. Then a few hours later I put us back on the bed. Needless to say neither of us actually fell asleep until 4:30am and then I woke up about every 30 min. Makenna woke up at 8am and started kicking me telling me to wake up. I am so super tired. She is acting fine today so I dont know what the problem was last night. But it was awful!

29 Weeks!

Okay...Don't Laugh! Ps....thanks for the shirt mom! I love it!

Can you believe it? I am 29 weeks along. If things go as planned so far...I will have the baby in 9 weeks! That is super crazy. I think there has been so much going on this pregnancy that I haven't had too much time to enjoy being pregnant. The first few months I was sick and on vacations. Then I spent a lot of time with Tyler and now that school has started I have been busy potty training, getting the girl's rooms ready and making sure Tyler keeps up with his studies. I feel huge and have felt like this pregnancy will last forever. But when I really thought about it today...I was shocked how little time I have left to enjoy the kicks, flutters and easiness of carrying around a baby inside...haha!

Fun Pictures!

Makenna loves to take pictures. Every time I snap one she immediately says, "I see my picture mommy?!" She loves to be in front of the camera. So I pulled it out today and we just took random pictures!

Showing me her funny face!

Isn't she cute?! This picture reminds me of the first day of school type picture!

Hi Mommy!

Fishy Face

Trying to go cross-eyed!

I told her to make a silly face and this is what she did!

Sup mom!

I know I am cute! haha!

She is such a silly girl. She may be handful, but she knows how to make me laugh!

I guess it's okay!

I have been waiting to post this for about 3 weeks now. I didn't want to jinx anything. But...I guess it is safe to say...Makenna is potty trained!!! A few weeks ago we had nothing to do so I thought we would try putting her in panties. So for an entire day we sat in front of the t.v. and every 20 minutes I would take her potty. Thank goodness for DVR because I could pause Spongebob and she would go happily to the restroom knowing she didn't miss a second. haha. The first week she only had ONE accident. Which I thought was amazing. Then she had one day that wasn't fantastic, but she has gone back to doing well. She wakes up dry almost every morning. She tells me when she has to go to the bathroom. I am so happy for her. It will be nice to only have 1 child in diapers at a time. I don't have a clue why all the sudden potty training clicked with her, but it did. It was a miracle. 

I am going to be an Aunt!!

Yea!!! I am going to be an Aunt, Tyler is going to be an Uncle and Makenna will finally have a cousin!! Today we found out that Tyler's sister, Danielle, is pregnant! We are so excited for her and her hubby Steve. She is due at the end of April!

CONGRATS DANIELLE AND STEVE!

Repsonse to Goodness Gracious

I still don't agree with the call the ref made on Washington at the end of the BYU game. But on ESPN last night they stated the rule book on celebration.

After a score or any other play, the player in possession immediately must return the ball to an official or leave it near the dead-ball spot.
This prohibits:
(a) Kicking, throwing, spinning or carrying (including off of the field) the ball any distance that requires an official to retrieve it.
(b) Spiking the ball to the ground [Exception: A forward pass to conserve time (Rule 7-3-2-d)].
(c) Throwing the ball high into the air.
(d) Any other unsportsmanlike act or actions that delay the game.

I still think it was a dumb call, but at least it stated in the rule book that it was wrong. So it was that stupid of a call. I don't understand why it is so wrong to celebrate though after a play and why they are trying to crack down on it so much.

Goodness Gracious!

Man...could the game have been any closer? We should have trashed Washington. It shouldn't have come down to that ending field goal. Questionable call?....I think so! I don't think Washington should have had unsportsman like conduct for the celebration. Although...Last night during the Ball St. vs. Navy game a similar call was given for a celebration that shouldn't have been unsportsman like either. So it wasn't the first call. It was a bummer it had to be the game changing event. Not sure if BYU would have had a chance to block the kick. The first thought that came to my mind when Wash. scored was...hope they don't go for 2 or we are done. A win?? Yes....a good win?...No. Unga should have held onto the ball and we should have had that TD. Collie was dropping balls left and right. And what was with Chambers hitting that guy from Washington? I would like to know what was said to tick him off so bad. I'm glad though that the Washington player that was carted of the field is awake and moving. Wouldn't want anyone to get seriously injured!

I had fun watching the game with some girls in our ward. Tyler went to watch the game with some guys in our ward. Let's just say between food, pregnancy and nerves with the game....I had major heartburn! Can't wait till next Saturday when I can look for Steven on the sidelines. Hope we can pull a big win over UCLA....GO COUGARS!!!

Saturday!

Yea!! BYU will be playing Washington this Saturday and it will be on FSN!!! I am excited that I get to watch it on my T.V. They play all the stinking games on Mountain Channel. I am kinda bummed that I will have to be flipping channels back in forth. BYU vs. Washington at 2pm and OU vs. Cin. at 2:30pm. My 2 favorite teams all at once. Going to have to make some chips and dip!!! Yea!!

Football!!

It's Here!!! Yea!!! Football season is finally here. I love watching the games on the weekends! Especially BYU and OU!! Yea!! The weather will soon be getting colder. I look forward to the cooler weather, pizza parties for game time and spending time doing something my husband and I both love...watching college football!! My brother unfortunately got injured a few weeks ago and most likely will not be playing on the field this year for BYU. He will be one of the guys though that gets to dress out and be there just in case! Look for #24 on sidelines "Thomas" if you watch the BYU games! We will miss our football watching buddies that left to watch their beloved UNLV ;)!!!

Scared to Death!

For many of you that have children in a big kid bed...you may have experienced your children coming into your room in the middle of the night for a bad dream or whatever it may be. Makenna has been in a big girl bed for about a month now and has NEVER gotten out bed. We have been so lucky. In the morning she just lays in bed talking until we get her. Last night Tyler and I were dead asleep. All of the sudden I heard a light switch and light go on in the hall. I jumped about 8 feet in the air and screamed, "Tyler...someone is in our house." We both jumped out of bed and swung open the door. To our surprise...Kenna was standing in the hallway with both her blankets just staring at us. She had to go to the bathroom. I have never had anybody walking around my house at 2am and it scared me. We told Makenna she had to stay in bed at night and then this morning I didn't say anything to her about. But she started laughing and told everyone we saw that she scared mommy and daddy. She thought it was funny!!

California!

Kenna was chilling on the couch watching t.v. and I looked over and this is what she was doing. She had her toes in her mouth. It was so funny.

Aunt Christy and Kenna. They sure do love to watch t.v. together!

It finally happened. Makenna sat with TyTy. The past few times we have gone to CA she would not go anywhere near my brother Tyler. The funny thing is that when we are in OK all she talks about is TyTy. She actually gave him a hug and sat with him on the couch. He kept stealing her string cheese and she thought that was so funny!

I was missing Tyler so I wrote him a message in the sand!

Riley and Makenna playing in the sand. Riley had found a sand crab and tried to show Kenna. Kenna started freaking out! haha.

Kenna's little pool disappeared when the tide came in

I thought these pictures were so cool. Kenna's little feet!

The water was a little cold!

Look at the sand mommy. Makenna was not afraid to get totally dirty and covered in sand. She had a blast digging in the sand and pouring water in it.

Makenna had fun playing in the water with her Aunt Christy.

Christy was helping Makenna "jump" over the waves. Haha...they were really little.

Isn't she beautiful!?

While I was in CA we got to go to the beach. My mom is a leader in the girls youth program at church and they went for an activity. Kenna and I go to tag along. We went down to Corona Del Mar. It was really nice. A little hot when we got there, but it cooled down nicely. Kenna loved the sand and even loved being in the water even though it was cold. She also got knocked out by a wave and was such a trooper about it!

5 Years!!!!

5 years ago

5 years ago today, Tyler and I were married in the San Diego LDS Temple. I can't believe it has already been that long.  For our anniversary this Tyler gave me the coolest present ever. He bought Kenna and I a plane ticket to California and I get to leave this Monday!!!! 

The other night we went out to celebrate and we thought we would try a new restaurant. We got dressed up, drove to downtown OKC, paid $3 for parking and went in to the restaurant. I thought Tyler had checked the place out online before we went there. We sat down and I looked at the menu and didn't see anything that I would want to eat. I asked Tyler if he knew what he wanted. He said yea and then glanced at the price. It was about $30 just for an entree. Plus we would have to buy all the sides separate and drinks. So quickly Tyler picked up his phone and acted like his mom had called and that we needed to go pick up Makenna. I felt like an idiot getting up and leaving after we had already sat down. But as poor law students...we couldn't and didn't want to afford that price of food ($60 or more). We weren't even sure if we were going to like it. So all dressed up we got in the car and drove to Texas Roadhouse. It is one of those places where you throw peanut shells on the floor. But for $30 ALL together we got drinks, loaded sides and smothered steaks. haha. It was a funny night. I don't think I have laughed so hard in one night before.

I love Tyler so much. This past year with him being in law school has been rough. He has tried really hard to do little things for me throughout the year (cards, flowers, gifts). He is a great husband and father. Makenna adores him. I am looking forward to the next 5 years and beyond with him! Happy Anniversary Tyler! I love you!

ERRR!!!

It seemed like everything was going alright here in the Larsen household. Cars have been working, air has been working, haven't run out of money yet...haha. Well it was all a little too good to be true. We got home from the lake on Wednesday to find about 1/2 inch of water in our water heater closet. It was being cause by our air conditioner because the condensation was draining properly. So Thursday we had a guy out to look at it. He fixed the pipe and said we were good to go. All the sudden this morning...I walked into the bathroom and water squished out of the grout when i stepped on the tile. The carpet by the air conditioner was super wet. So we called the air man back and he came and looked at it. It was a different guy this time. He looked at it and said that our coils were so rusted out that water wasn't even making it to the drain...it was going straight through our air conditioner and into the air closet and surrounding areas. Errr...now we have to replace it all. I am so super bummed and a little frustrated that the first guy didn't realize the coils. He just changed the pipe. So since the place that has the parts is closed on Saturday afternoon...we can't get it fixed until 8:30am Monday morning. Until then he said not to run our air very much because it will just cause more water....but guess what...it is 90 degrees outside and we have an upstairs that heats up like crazy. Guess we are going to bust out all the extra fans from the garage...well...the 2 extra fans!