My Wonderful Husband

I felt the need to write a post about how awesome my husband is. As you know we went to Branson recently. That was totally his idea. He called me at work about a month ago and said he wanted to take me on a trip. He gave me three choices and I chose Branson. He let me buy whatever I wanted, for myself and for Makenna. He even let me buy a Coach purse. For those of you who don't know my husband that is a really big deal. He is REALLY tight with his money. Which is not a bad thing at all. I love that he is that way. He is a WONDERFUL dad!!! I can't say this enough. He does things most dads would never even think of doing. When I have to work at Baptist I have to leave at 6:00am so DJ and Makenna are still asleep. So when he gets up, he gets her dressed, gets her stuff together and takes her to his mom's or Aunt Bev's. He dresses her really cute with matching shoes and socks and a bow in her hair. That is a major thing for dad. He gives her a bath everynight and after her bath they snuggle for a few minutes. He plays with her a lot. When leaves for work and when he comes home he always gives her a hug and a kiss. Recenlty he started to read to her at night after her bath. He uses different voices for the different characters and Makenna loves it. I was listening to them the other night and they sounded so cute. All I could think of was what a great dad he is and how I'm so blessed that the Lord sent me someone that takes such great care of my daughter. I couldn't ask for a better dad for my daughter. Anytime I tell people the things he does for her and with her they are always impressed. He goes above and beyond what most dad's do. The best part is he doesn't think its a big deal. He thinks that's how all dads should be. Thank you Lord for giving such a wonderful husband and father for my daughter. I love you honey!

Picky Eater

Makenna didn't used to be a picky eater but as she has gotten older she has gotten very picky. There are a very few things she will eat. It doesn't help that I'm the least creative person on the planet so I have a hard time thinking of things to make her. I don't really cook so DJ and I never sit down to dinner. I usually eat a salad and he eats a sandwich. She can't eat either of those so I have to come up with things for her to eat. She likes tuna casserole which has tuna, mac & cheese and cream of mushroom soup (thanks Nana!). She will eat that like crazy. She also likes lunch meat, cheese, strawberries, lime sherbert, and some pasta. That's about it. She doesn't like green beans, peas, bread, hamburger meat, eggs, bananas, oatmeal, and lot of other things. We are starting to expand her menu thanks to suggestions from my friend Alison (thanks Alison!) so hopefully she will have a more balanced diet soon. She is not a big fan of vegetables in general. The funny thing is that she will eat something for a while and then decide she doesn't like it. For a few weeks she ate a scrambled egg and a banana for breakfast. She loved it. Then one day she refused to it. She hasn't eaten it since. But the things she does like she eats a ton of. She is a pig. She can eat a lot of food. She comes by that naturally! She can eat a whole plate full of tuna casserole. Now that I'm thinking about it there are several other foods that she has started to eat recenlty. Maybe she is losing some of her pickiness. She certainly doesn't come by that naturally. Her dad will eat anything and everthing!

Walking

Last weekend DJ and I went to Branson. When we picked Makenna up at his parents house she was playing in the living room. All of a sudden she wanted something on the other side of the room so she just walked over there. They have a big living room so it was a long way for her to walk. She has been walking for a while but just 7-8 steps and then she sits down and monkey crawls. And before she would prefer to sit down and monkey crawl than to walk. But when we got back on Sunday night she decided she liked walking better. Now she walks everywhere. She can walk really far. She walks from our kitchen to our living room and back. She is walking so well now too. Before she was unsteady. Now she is really steady. Its like she just woke up one day and decided she wanted to walk. She walks constantly. If you turn your back she is gone. She is so cute. I haven't posted pictures in a while. I need to take some. We have been really busy lately. I'll post some soon.

One Year Check Up

Makenna had her one year check up on Monday. She weighed almost 16lbs and was 27 5/8in long. She isn't on the growth chart for weight and she is between 5-10% on length. Basically she is really petite. I wonder where she gets that from?! For those of you who don't know her dad used to be really little! She comes by it naturally. Dr. Choate said he would like her to weigh about 2 pounds more. He encouraged us to put extra butter and oil in her food. We are fine with her weight. She is just little and we have no problem with that. I really don't think she needs extra oil and butter and even if she ate lots of it I don't think she would gain more weight. Does this sound familiar Mom Walker? DJ's mom went through this with all of her boys. Hence the reason I call them the stick family. He said she is ahead of schedule developmentally which made her dad happy. I was a little concerned because she doesn't talk all that much. He said she was right on schedule. He said she is just probably going to be the thinking, analyzing type. She also gets that from her dad. Is anyone seeing a pattern here? She has had a wet cough and runny nose but her lungs were clear so I'm pretty sure its just allergies. Guess who she gets her allergies from. If I have to say "she gets that from her dad" one more time I think I will puke!! I'm just kidding! I don't mind her being like her dad. He is awesome so I'm very happy she is like him. She had to get 4 shots. I hate it when she gets shots. Her dad always comes with me. This time was particularly awful. She cried a lot more than usual and looked very pitiful. I'm going to do some research before we have another baby. I think we might do a delayed shot schedule for our next baby. It just seems like so many at once. Part of me thinks that is too much for their little body to handle at one time. But after a few minutes of crying she was better. We came home and she took a long nap. Her next check up will be at 15 months.

Branson

DJ and I went to Branson last weekend. We left about 5:00 on Friday night and got back about 7:30 on Sunday night. We didn't take Makenna, we left her with his parents. It was the first time we have ever left her overnight and for more than one day. She did really well and surprisingly so did I. We had a great time. We haven't been on vacation since the week before I found out I was pregnant with Makenna so it has been a long time. We really needed some time away. We stayed in a really nice hotel in Branson Landing. That is an area with restaurants and stores. It was really nice. Saturday we got up early and went to one of the outlet malls. We shopped all day. We had a great time. Of course we bought Makenna a ton of stuff. Before we left we measured the waist and length of her clothes because she is so hard to fit. She has a ting waist and long legs. So we only found two pairs of pants that fit her but that is pretty good for her. We're usually lucky if we find one pair. We bought her several dresses, some onesies, some summer shirts, and two pairs of sandals. DJ got four polos at the Ralph Lauren Outlet. That is one of the few things he will pay a lot of money for. He has tried lots of different shirts but those are the only ones that fit him right and they look great on him. And they were having a major sale. Saturday night we went to a show called The Haygoods. It is 7 brothers and 1 sister. They can all play multiple instruments, sing and tap dance. It was awesome. We loved it. Sunday we slept in and then went to the other outlet mall. It was a nasty day outside. It was freezing and really windy. This outlet mall wasn't near as good as the first one but we bought a few things. It took us longer to get home than we thought because there was a bad accident. We would have loved to stay on vacation longer but we were both missing Makenna a lot and ready to get home to see her. It was a wonderful trip and I'm so glad we went. I'll be ready for another vacation soon.

One Year Pictures

Makenna had her one year pictures taken a few weeks ago. My friend Christen has taken all of Makenna's professional pictures and she took pictures of me when I was pregnant. She is an amazing photographer who does awesome work. It was very difficult to get pictures of Makenna this time because she wouldn't be still. But as usual Christen did a great job. They are beautiful! Here is the web site www.seemyprints.com. Type in Cristi Walker and the password is walker, my email address is cristi.walker@gmail.com You should look at them, they are precious. I can't believe how big she has gotten. She is starting to lose that baby look. She is turning into such a big girl!

Poopy In The Tub Again, And Again!!

So apparently Makenna has decided that bath time is also poopy time. Thankfully she does it at the end of the bath when we are getting ready to get out. But it is a pain the butt for me because I have to wash all of her toys and the tub. But once she starts pushing there is nothing you can do about it. Tonight I tried to get her out before she pooped but she got really mad at me and yelled at me and then pooped. I have to admit it was kind of funny.