Dreams by Makena

It seems Makena has begun to have dreams and actually be able to remember them. Yesterday she woke up in a panic that she needed her toenails and fingernails painted. This morning she woke up saying "Can't find Grannie B" over and over. I asked her if she had a dream and she said "Yes, can't find Grannie B". She was certain Grannie was here and that she was missing. I asked her later if she was playing hide-n-seek with Grannie B and she said yes. Not sure if Makena even knows what hide-n-seek is but evidently Grannie B was really good at it.

Brooklyn - 7 Months

My sweet Brooklyn Kennedy is 7 months old. She weighs about 15.5 pounds and is healthy.

Sleep: She is doing pretty good now. She usually goes down between 8 and 9pm and stays down until 5am or so. She eats then and goes back down until around 8am.

Mobility: Brooklyn is learning the inch worm. She rocks back and forth on her knees but doesn't go too far unless she is rolling. Just a couple of days after turning 7 months old she decided to pull-up from sitting to standing in her crib. Her crib has now been lowered. She can sit up very well but can't get there from laying down just yet.

Eating: She nurses 6-7 times a day and is now taking solid food twice a day. She doesn't really love just any food yet but seems to like green more than orange colored foods. She has had avocado, banana, brown rice, apple sauce, peas, carrots, squash, sweet potato, pears, green beans, and peaches.

Sister time: She loves her big sister almost as much as her big sister loves her. Brooklyn loves to see Makena's big smile every morning. Most mornings Makena wants to "go see sister" which means she wants to go sit in her crib with her and make her laugh. Such sweet giggles!! Makena is starting to take things away from her so we are having to manage that.

Church: Brooklyn has spent the last month or so in the nursery on Sunday mornings. She seems to like it a lot.

Favorites: Pink bunny blanket, lamb noise maker, bug toy

Teeth: 1 bottom (the very first one!!)

Long Weekend Away as a Family of 4

So really we are a family of 5 if you include Riggins but he stayed home for this trip. Last Friday we packed up (who would have thought packing for 4 would take so long) and set out for Horseshoe Bay Resort. It was a bit of a long drive for what was supposed to be 4 hours but we made it!

We ate at Pizza Hut in Marble Falls. As the waiter delivered the water, one glass fell over and splashed all over our sleeping Brooklyn. A few tears later she had recovered from the shock and was perfectly happy. The waiter was very apologetic and gave us a free salad. This stop marked Brooklyn's first time in a restaurant highchair. She looks like such a big girl and sat up so well.


Makena enjoying the crust and sauce. Yum!Then off to our room with a view...oh well it was a great price and we had our own built in white noise. Really I didn't notice any noise.

Brooklyn and Mommy ready to head to the pool on Saturday.

Pool time. Makena loved swimming and Brooklyn enjoyed floating.

Our Family of 4. Riggins would have had a ball in the lake.Nap time hair.

Down at the Big Pool...

Eagle Pool.


Hotel Pool...lots of fun with Daddy.

The weeble wobbles were fun in the water. Daddy got his workout.

Brooklyn hanging out...

Laughs and chuckles with Daddy.

I love Daddy!

Sisters...or best friends. So much fun in our future.

Makena looking at the lake at the River City Cafe in Marble Falls.

We enjoyed ourselves so much we stayed an extra day. We stopped in Burnett on the way home and ate at Storm's which was delicious.

As we approached Hico on the way home, a man flagged us down because an SUV had just gone off the road and flipped over a fence and he was not getting a cell phone signal to call 9-1-1. The SUV was smashed on one side, Don called 9-1-1 and quickly a sheriff showed up. By the time Don made the call and then got over the fence, a lady and child were climbing out of the car. Praise God they were ok.

Out of the mouth of Makena...

Before I forget, I wanted to capture a few sayings from Makena:

"My do it myself!!"

"Daddy Don"

"Momma T-NaNa", "Momma T-Ana"

She has become miss independent and wants to do everything herself. It usually includes doing things twice. Mommy or Daddy do it then it is done again because Makena wants to do it herself.

A couple of weeks ago we were sitting at the table and I asked Makena if she knew my name, so after going through my name and Daddy's name she was hooked. It always comes out at the funniest times. Like tonight she just randomly turns to her Daddy and says "Hi Don", then turns to me and says "Hi Tianay". She seems so big as she recites all of her actions of the day. She will walk through every step of the process of getting dressed and any other activity we have done during the day. So Cute!