Conversations with the Carrolls

HAPPY MORNINGS...my baby girl is usually this happy in the morning. Her first noices in the morning are happy coos. This was from October 17th, 2009. To many more happy mornings.

HAPPY 35TH ANNIVERSARY GRANNY AND PAPA!! On October 18th, Mom and Dad celebrated 35 years together!! Congrats we love you both. Mom was working out of town so we managed to get these pics to Dad before he made the trip out to see her. (because I was late getting them in the mail we used the 21st century technology to upload them to Walmarts website and print them in Brownwood. Sometimes technology is a goo thing)

Blessed Babies...Also, on October 18th we celebrated the birth of Makena (and many more babies) at Prestoncrest Church of Christ. We enjoyed having family near us that day. Granny and Papa were celebrating their anniversary in West Texas because Granny had to work. However, we enjoyed having Don's family and Uncle Tyler with us to celebrate. Here is the lady of honor with her Daddy.

And then she was exhausted...it takes a lot out of a lady in the spot light.

Grammy, Gramps, and Uncle Tyler went to class with us that day. Here are Grammy and Gramps enjoying a few moments with the woman of the hour.

More fun with Grammy...

Makena really enjoyed her Uncle Marcus.

Fun with Uncle Marcus and Aunt Amanda.

Here is a pic of our precious family. We are truly blessed!!

Here is the actual event. It was difficult to take pictures from the seats. Many wonderful families were blessed that day and Makena was precious!!

More time spent with Uncle Marcus. As you can tell she is really enjoying herself.

Here is Makena and Uncle Tyler. She is truly loved by so many! We are so blessed to have a wonderful family. I seem to have missed getting pics of Chris, Stephanie and Caleb, but they were there (juggling church services) and we appreciate them coming.

Gramps and Makena. She is about to spy the pen in his pocket. She is looking forward to having a blizzard with Gramps one of these days.

I took this picture to show off her new K-Swiss tennis shoes. Granny got them for her before she was born and I almost forgot to get them out. Thanks Granny for such a cute outfit...from the top of my head to the bottom of my toes.

Makena getting rested for her first Halloween party with our Wednesday night small group at the Davis house. She was the cutest little jack-o-latern!!

Heidi and her mom Anna. Sweetest little flower!

Here are more of the precious kids from our small group. Ellie was Super Woman, Cale the policeman, Allie the princess, Hannah the tiger, and Layton the racecar driver.

Miss McKenna, the sock puppet, and her daddy Patrick.

More pics of our precious little girl. She started clasping/clapping her hands. She is growing up so fast.

We took a trip to the Flower Mound pumpkin patch with the Conleys. Here is baby Caden trying to blend in with the pumkins.

What a precious family. Jack, Jenny, Colten, and Caden!! Love you guys!

Makena and Mommy..

Makena and Daddy...

Our family in the pumkin patch...

Makena was avoiding the sun in this one but thought it was cute.

It is fun to think about where Makena will go to college...ACU, Harding, A&M perhaps. Here she poses for her "Little Wildcat" photo session...
she loves her toes..wish I was that flexible.

Playing with her giant worm...with Riggins standing guard in the background.

Yea!! Makena!

Precious girl..

This one is my favorite.

Here is her serious side...in deep conversation with her butterfly...

I had to add this picture because it captures a stage. She started holding herself up with her hand flipped under. It looks painful to me but she seems perfectly comfortable. I am sure she'll figure it out.

Makena started sitting up pretty good before her 6 month birthday! She still needed a little support of the boppy at this time but by 6.5 months had it completely mastered with only a a few flops to her belly from sitting position.

Big Blue Eyes...

Riggins loves to watch her play and steals a kiss from time to time. She doesn't seem to mind too much. (Becky, the worm has become the best barrier for her play mat. Thanks!)

Oh the happy smiles...

This just shows her personality so well..

AGGIE FOOTBALL: Makena's last game of the season October 31st!
Happy Day with the Aggies...

Got a little chilly at the end of the day...

GOAL LINE STANCE!!

MAKENA AND HER DADDY!

We had a wonderful time at the game. We hope that we'll have many more years of games in Aggieland!

Well that wraps up October. It was fun filled. We praise God for the blessing of our little girl! Only He could make such a precious little girl!

Well I am behind again but wanted to get these pics posted. Makena turned 5 months old this month. She continues to grow faster than we can keep up. We don't have an official scale but I suspect at this point she was around 16.5 pounds. We started oatmeal cereal this month. The first time she wasn't a big fan. Most of it ended up down the front of her. It only took a few more times for her to figure out it was pretty good stuff. (Tonight she actually ate a little avacado. She still wrinkled her nose at it but was curious.) Besides new food, she has definitely become a fan of being on her belly. She immediately flips onto her belly any time she is put down. She can get on her hands and knees for a second or two but doesn't seem to know what to do once she is there. More practice is improving her ability to sit up but is not doing it without some close supervision at this point. She is not quite steady yet. Of course, she is talking and cooing even more.

SHE LOVES HER DADDY! Any time Don walks into the room and she hears his voice she can't help but giggle. She lights up at the sight of him. Is this how little girls get their daddy's wrapped around their finger?!? I think it might be working. :)

She thinks Riggins is absolutely the funniest thing on earth. She chuckles so loud when Riggins runs through the house. They are going to be good friends one day.

Here is a picture from one of ther oatmeal sessions. She loves it all over her face.

On October 10 we went to College Station for the Aggie game. Makena and I ended up not actually going to the game. It was cool and raining so I decided it best to keep her inside. We went to the mall for a little while and then met Brad, Michael and Don at Rosa's after the game was over. Here are some pics from the ride home. She was tuckered out!