The Countdown Begins!!

YEA!!! Makenna and I are so excited. Tyler only has 3 weeks left of his first year of law school! Only 2 years left!! This next week is "dead" week. He won't have classes so he will have the whole week to study and get ready for finals. Then May 5-16 he has finals. It is going to be a stressful 3 weeks in our home, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel! Kenna and I can't wait to have him back to ourselves. He will start summer school on June 2nd, but MBA classes are much less intense than law school! Good luck with finals Ty!! We know you will do awesome!

My Crazy Child!

My child is a nut! So...she has this obsession with wanting boobs. I know...it's weird. But she likes to put on my bra and say, "my boobs mommy."  So today we went to Target. She grabbed a bathing suit top and at the top of her lungs screams..."My boobs mommy, my boobs!" It was so hard not to laugh. But it was also embarrassing. She is a crazy little girl!

Time Out For Women

So this weekend was Time Our For Women. It is an event put on by Deseret Book with LDS presenters and singers. Hilary Weeks, Michael McLean and Mercy River performed. They also had a 6 really good speakers. Friday night was a lot of fun with music and a great speaker that talked about communication in relationships. He was really funny. This was my first time ever going to Time Out For Women. This is the first time they have had it in OKC.  I got to enjoy this event with my mother-in-law, 2 sister-in-laws, a good friend and Tyler's family friend. I took away quite a few golden nuggets of wisdom that I hope will help make me a better person! I would recommend this event to anyone, Members and non-members!  Thanks for taking me Jan!!!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!

Happy Birthday Tyler! The big 27!! Wow! Although we both were gone today, Tyler at school and I had to work, it was a good day. We went with Tyler's family and our friends Corey and Ciara out to Steve's Ribs.  It was yummy!! This morning I called Tyler to sing him Happy Birthday and all the sudden I hear Makenna behind me singing happy birthday. It was so cute. All day she kept saying, "Happy birthday day to you daddy!" I love it! Well...Tyler...Makenna and I are very proud of you and love you very much. Keep up the hard work in law school and study hard for finals. We miss you around home but we know it will be worth it! LOVE YOU!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

So Embarrassing!

Soo.... We have these wonderful neighbors that have 3 little girls! Amber was so kind to babysit Makenna so I could go to work today! Makenna loves playing with Mia, Maddie and Meredith. I called Amber today to see how Makenna was behaving. She said that she had been good and that she was taking a nap. She then began to tell me that Makenna was a fast little girl. I said, "What do you mean by that?" Well...Amber watches about 4 little girls at her house. One of the girl's dads brought pancakes and sausage from McDonalds over to the house. All the girls ate and then wanted to play. Amber cleaned up Makenna and let her go in the other room while she cleaned up one of the other little girls. Well within that minute or so that Amber was cleaning up the girls....Makenna had taken a black marker and drew all over Amber's table, curtains, end table, couch, chair and couch pillows!!!! Luckily it was washable. But I am so embarrassed. I can't believe she did that.

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Yes...I have been feeling nauseous. Haven't thrown up yet...so that is good :)

I am only about 1 month and 1 week along. I know it's really early to start telling people, but I couldn't wait!

We will be excited for a boy or girl! I do think Tyler would like a boy, even though he loves his little girl so much! 

Keep checking the blog because I am sure there will be many more pregnancy posts over the next 9 months!

Round #2!!!

Tyler, Makenna and I are expecting an addition to our family December 3, 2008!!! We are very excited, a little nervous and extremely grateful to be blessed with the opportunity to raise another child! Makenna has brought so much joy and stress :) to our lives and we wouldn't change it for the world!

What a Girl!

She said, "Mommy...Look at my back!"

Wow...What a silly girl! She has her "swimming pools" on with the top inside out. She had her Dora slippers and glasses, her scrunchies that her grammy brought back from Jamaica on her arms and her ducky cup from grammy Catherine! She loves to dress up and where whatever is in her dress up drawer. She never ceases to amaze me!

Swimming Pools!

I bought Makenna this new bathing suit. It fits her perfectly because it has giraffes on it and she loves animals. She likes to call her bathing suits swimming pools!

I asked her to smile!

Then I said turn around and show me the back and she stuck out her bum!

I then asked her to pose and then is what she gave me!

What a silly girl!

TORNADO!!!!

Last night we had some major thunder storms hit our area. I woke up about 1 am and turned on the news. They said that it was just a severe storm with lots of rain, hail and strong winds, but no tornados...so I went back to sleep. I woke up this morning to my mother-in-law calling me. She asked if we were okay and I was like...Yea why? Last night a tornado hit Tyler's sister's house and they lost their power and my in-laws lost their power as well. Everyone is okay!!! We had our power, but when I came down stairs all the clocks were blinking...so sometime last night our power went out. Also a tornado hit our area...about 2 miles from our house. No damage to us, but my brother-in-laws new truck has some hail damage! Welcome to Oklahoma! haha!

Doggie Movie

For Easter my grandma bought Makenna 101 Dalmatians!! On Thursday I had some chores to do around the house so I put on the movie thinking it might distract her for a bit. No...it wasn't for just a bit! She sat down in her Mater chair and without a peep watched the entire movie. When it was over she started screaming at me, "I want my Doggie movie!" So I had to put it on again. When I had to turn it off because it was bed time...wow she yelled and screamed at me. Then yesterday she watched it probably 3 times in a row. And guess what....the first thing she did when she woke up this morning was ask for her doggie movie! Tyler and I, for the first time, were happy to put Spongebob back on :). Although she was watching Bob....she was still asking for her doggie movie! haha...thanks grandma ;)

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Haha...Like father like daughter!

Kenna loves riding daddy's cycle! "motorcycle"

Kenna in her pretty Easter dress from Grammy Larsen!

Our fun family photo. Every time we tried to get a good shot with Kenna she would do something goofy!

Kenna's Easter Load!! Thanks Grammy Caferine, Grammy Larsen and Great Grandma Gloria!

Kenna with her ducky sippy cup!

Word Yo! haha. Kenna in her Mater Chair with her Lighting McQueen car in one hand, a barbie in the other and her ducky cup on the floor!

Hello...I'm Dr. Makenna Larsen...Can I check your blood pressure and listen to your heart?? haha!

So....It was a success. This was our first Easter that we were mostly alone. We got up this morning and did the Easter gifts and an Easter egg hunt in the living room. Makenna would find an egg, shake it, and if she couldn't hear anything she would throw it down and say empty and continue looking for the eggs with candy inside! After all that excitement we got Kenna all dressed up in her dress and ready for church! She loves to go to church to play with her friends in nursery. After we got her all dressed she was so happy and said, "I go to church. I play with my friends. I like nursery!" It's so cute.
Also...today was our first holiday dinner by ourselves and I did all the cooking. I know...I am still in shock too! haha. I made a turkey, well not a whole one, it was just the turkey breast with ribs! But I cooked it and it was moist and very good. I also made my Grandma's apple jello, my Mom's spinach, Jan's potatoes, and for dessert.....cheesecake from Wal-mart with fresh strawberries! Oh what a day. I am so proud of myself for making an edible turkey on my first try! I think Tyler was a little surprised too! I think he was ready to go do take-out if things didn't go right! haha! I do have to say...this was a great Easter!!!

Marker Pictures!

These are the pictures from when Makenna ate the marker! haha! Look at her hands and mouth!

Holy Moly!

Holy Moly!! My kid is crazy!! So lately she has been into just about everything. She loves to color. Last night I let her help me color on some Easter cards. Tonight we put her in her highchair and gave her some markers and paper. Being 2 years old...I kind of expected that she would try to color herself...which she did. She kept most of the coloring to the paper and every once in awhile I would catch her coloring her hand. I will tell her NO and she would go right back to the paper. Well... I didn't check on her for about 5 minutes and when I went back I found markers that had no tips!!! :)  My kid had chewed off the tips of the markers! Her mouth was blue, green and pink! I couldn't believe it! Thank goodness for non-toxic markers. -- I will put some pictures up later!

Also today Tyler came up to the office and had his teeth cleaned! Afterwards we stuck Makenna in the chair. Kenna let Keri polish her teeth and look around for a bit. She even liked Mr. Slurpee (the suction). It was so cool. I can't wait to take her back for her first "real" dental visit!!

What a Girl!!

Wow... Makenna has changed so much over the past month! She is no longer my little baby girl. She is a little girl, not a baby! She has been talking so well. She now knows all the names of her aunts and uncles and her grandparents. She says, "Grammy Caferine, Papa Barry, Grammy Larsen and Papa Larsen!" I love it. She says words like, "rhinoceros and oklahoma city!" Every morning she wakes up she asks for daddy then right away says, "daddy's at school. daddy's school is far away!" She wants to ride Tyler's cycle (motorcycle) all the time. She loves to dance and jump. She also loves to read. We sit and read books forever each day! We read Dr. Seuss books and Dora books.
Because Tyler's parents are going out of town... Makenna got her Easter presents early. One of her gifts was a lawn chair that has Mater and Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars on it. She calls it her Mater chair. Well... the neighbor girls were over and they were playing in the backyard. Makenna has usually been alright with sharing until today. She had a hard time sharing her Dora bike and her scooter, but when little Mia sat in her Mater Chair she flipped out!!! Kenna screamed bloody murder at her and said Get out of my Mater chair!! I could not believe it! Mia was shocked too! Sorry Mia. I guess it was the last straw.

Incredible Pizza

Makenna loves riding on horses!

Climbing through the milkshake!

Brooks and Yaden on the choo choo!

Kenna loves choo choo trains!

Yummy...Ice cream!

Chowin' down!

Brooks enjoyed his cheese pizza!

Diego and Dora were on a huge t.v.! The kids were in heaven!

Watching Diego!

Kenna and I went to Incredible Pizza with my friend Laurie and her grandkids, Yaden and Brooks! Incredible Pizza is kind of like Chuckie Cheese! Makenna had a fun time playing with Brooks and Yaden. She also chowed down on 2 whole pieces of pizza and the toppings of 2 other pieces of pizza! She ate a handful of noodles, drank half of a watermelon slushie and half a cup of ice cream! haha....what a cow! We had a blast! Thanks Laurie!!!

Our New T.V.

After months and months of being bugged to get one.... I finally did. Yesterday, while Tyler was at school, I went down to Best Buy and bought a t.v.! Tyler had no idea that I was doing it! We had a rather large tax refund this year and figured we could spend a little bit of it on a new t.v. since ours was a little ancient! With the help of my brother-in-law Steve... I was able to get it all set-up in the house and ready for when Tyler got home from school! When he finally got home... he didn't go into the living room. He just stayed in the kitchen talking to me. I was getting so frustrated because I wanted him to see my surprise! So about 10 minutes later he finally went into the living room. He stopped and screamed, "Holy Crap!" He then started jumping like a 3 year old in a candy store and was so happy. His reaction was priceless!

The Zoo Again!

This is an awesome picture of an owl! It was dark in the this barn and I got this picture of the owl!

I thought that this was cute. The little turtle fell asleep on the snake! Makenna loved looking at the snakes!

This was a huge fish!

Makenna looking at the bald eagle!

Haley and Maylee looking at the black bear. Makenna was too afraid to go close!

This is Makenna's favorite animal and she even knows how to say it...rhinoceros!

Maylee, Makenna and Haley looking at the gorillas eating!

I like the gorillas!

Makenna, Maylee and Haley looking at the bald eagle!

Makenna was making her fish face. She loves the fish!

Looking at the wolves! Makenna was scared to be so close!

I liked this bird!

Kenna looking at all the birds!

This bird was really weird. It was standing on one leg. I tossed some rocks near it to see if it would move but it wouldn't. I guess its other leg was stuck underneath but it would only stand on one. haha.

The raccoons

The elephants!

Ahhh...This was so sweet! The little fox was sleeping on the rock. When we saw the fox Makenna said, "Swiper no swiping!" haha...for those of you who don't know....that is from Dora the Explorer!

Maylee, Haley and Kenna

The Cougar, "Big Cat" , Makenna was afraid of him too!

The turkey. Man this is one ugly bird. The feathers are cool but the head is gross! God had a sense of humor when he made this bird!

My friend Stephanie invited Kenna and I to the zoo yesterday! Stephanie, her daughters Lauren and Haley, my friend Angie and her daughter Maylee and Kenna and I went to the zoo! It was a pretty nice day and no one was there!