Grandpa Ted visit

On Sat. (2/9), we went and visited Jared's grandpa and had a nice time hanging out with him and his wife.  Once they warmed up, the girls enjoyed playing with and talking to Grandpa and JoAnn:

 

Avery puts her hands up to her eyes when I ask her to "Say cheese!"  No idea why!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to Grandma's for a little while afterward, then ate at Culver's when we got back to Lehi (after driving in the snow and on slippery roads, yikes!).

Yesterday (2/11), Avery decided to color a masterpiece on the wall in our staircase while I was fixing lunch.  This is the first time that had happened. I'm usually really good about only letting them have a few crayons, then putting them back in the box as soon as they are finished coloring; needless to say, I didn't do that yesterday. Lesson learned.  Thankfully, a Magic Eraser got it right off!  She was so proud, though, so I couldn't be mad, ha ha!

 

The girls had their first dental check-up today.  They were great in the waiting room but, once the dental asst. called us back, Makenna started to freak out.  She's been to the dr. 3 times in the last 3 months and got shots two of those times, so it was understandable.  She didn't want to have anything to do with anything the lady was saying or showing us.  It took quite a bit of coaxing just for her to touch some of the instruments that the dental asst. was showing us (the mouth mirror, suction thingy, tooth polisher, etc.).  She really freaked when the dentist tried to look in her mouth.  She freaked so much that he didn't even try to look in Avery's mouth.  They both have some minor iron deposits on their teeth, which the dentist said is not attributed to poor oral hygiene (we always brush their teeth) but, rather it's something to do with the Ph levels or bacteria in their mouths; there's not much we can do about it right now, it will go away with time.  We'll keep going every 6 months, in the hopes they will get comfortable enough with him to actually let him do a proper exam and cleaning.  I don't have high hopes about that any time soon, ha ha!

Super Bowl Sunday

Jared's cousin, Valerie, and her husband, Tim, and their baby girl came over (2/3).  I taught Tim how make chicken and sausage jambalaya, after which we watched the game.  The game was pretty boring until the very end.  The girls had fun playing with Valerie's baby.  They also played dress up during the game:

 

 

 

 Doing some coloring the next morning (2/4):

  

FB posts:

February 1

Another fun Mommy & Me story time! :)

 

February 6

My girls made up for not napping yesterday by napping for 3+ hours today after their fun playdate with a neighbor. :)

 

Avery enjoying a toaster oven s'more. Just a small mess. :)

 

February 9

Good weekend happenings = super fun karaoke last night with awesome friends and visiting Jared's grandpa, then his mom and brother today. Not-so-good weekend happenings: sliding on a snowy road in Eagle Mountain through a stop sign and barely missing an on-coming car last night and driving over Parleys Summit and through SLC in the snow and slippery roads tonight! The good was worth the bad. :D

 

February 10

The girls just woke up from their nap and are doing what I can only describe as dinosaur roars at each other, then laughing SO hard. So fun to watch!

 

I LOVE when the girls are watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Avery says, "Oh, Toodles!" along with the show. SO stinkin' cute! 

Fun at Grandma's

We went up to Grandma's house last Friday night (2/1) and stayed the night.  We had a fun time with Grandma, Uncle Jason and our cousin, Tyson (who stopped by for a while).

Not sure what Avery was doing with that little spoon

 

 

 On Sat., the girls and I went on a walk with Uncle Jason to the dairy to see the calves.  Jared had left in the car without leaving us the girls' coats, so Grandma rounded up some little coats and hats she had.  We passed a house with a dog that barked at us and Avery covered her ears and wanted Jason to hold her until we passed it.  She also covered her ears the entire time we were in the calf barn--she didn't like their mooing at all!

 

 

This is what Avery did pretty much the entire time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She wasn't so sure about the calf slobbers on her hand--it made me gag, ha ha!

Happy New Year

I figured I'd better go ahead and post this month since there are only 2 days left in it!

Jared had to work on New Year's Eve (his new operation in SLC started fueling trains that night) so we didn't go out and do anything.  Kiki and her gang and Tim came over to watch the LSU bowl game with me.  Kiki and them left before the game was over, the girls had gone to bed, Jared had left, LSU lost, shortly after which Tim left and I was here at home by myself, having a pity part about LSU's loss, ha ha!  Not the best NYE ever.  But at least I got to spend it with family, instead of working, like I use to when I was in business management!  Kiki made pizza for everyone except for me and herself--we made spaghetti squash "crust" pizza for ourselves.  We had fun up until LSU lost BY ONE POINT in the last few seconds!

Makenna and Uncle Timmy

Sweet little Avery

Makenna playing in their "new" kitchen with Wyatt

Makenna havin' fun in the (newly) pink cardboard house (thanks, Daddy, for painting it for us!)

We didn't really do too much most of the month because it was terribly cold for several weeks in a row--in the single digits and even dipping into the negatives some.  BRRRRR!  Grandma came over and stayed the night on 1/19, the girls and I went to a Relief Society potluck playdate at the church on 1/22, and I had Bunco on 1/17.  Oh, and we met with an adoption counselor on 1/11 to get the whole process started again.  Please keep us in mind if you hear of any possible situations and prayers are needed!  We are busy filling out tons of paperwork and answering hundreds of questions and hope to be on the list in the next couple of months.

 

 On 1/26, the girls' birth mom (Jared's cousin, Katie) and her mom (Colleen) came and stayed with us for a night and came to church with us the next day.  Jared's mom and grandpa also came over for most of the day.  We had an awesome visit.  Katie and Colleen brought presents for the girls; they could hardly wait to open them once they saw them.  Ever since their birthday, they LOVE opening presents!  The got some cool princess coloring books and Twistables Crayons, plus some squishy balls.  It was all a big hit with the girls.

Katie and the girls before their nap on Sunday after church

We got 11" of snow today (1/29), on top of all the snow that is STILL on the ground from Christmas Eve!  After the girls woke up from their nap, we bundled them up in their coats and two pairs of mittens each to go play out in the snow in the front yard.  We haven't bought winter boots for them yet, so Jared took some plastic shopping bags and taped them over the girls' shoes and most of their legs.  Redneck snow boots, ha ha!  They had a lot of fun but they were cold and ready to go by the time we finished playing.  We gave them a warm bubble bath as soon as we got inside.

Avery

Me and Avery

Makenna eating some of the snow--no yellow snow!

Avery liked eating the snow

This is how much snow Jared has shoveled of our driveway in the past few weeks.  He put the girls on top of the mound and let them slide down, which they loved!

 

Makenna especially got a kick out of the "slide"

 FB posts from this past month:

January 1

During lunch, Jared and I were talking about buying a fake Christmas tree and Makenna said, “Christmas tree? Open presents?” Ha ha!

 

January 1

So glad I don't have to go anywhere right now--we're in the single digits (7 degrees right now)! BRRRRRRRR! Good thing, though, is it has been too cold for the snow to melt. We've had several inches all around us for over a week. So pretty!

 

January 10

At the dr. with Makenna--another ear infection. :( I had them give her a shot this time so we don't have to fight with medicine.

 

January 11

Makenna chillin on the LoveSac, sucking her fingers and rubbing her lip with her lovey; this was all her idea.

 

January 11

Avery opted for her little chair.

 

January 12

Makenna's favorite phrases right now: "What's that sound?", "Mmmm, smells like cinnamon!" (everything smells like cinnamon), and "Two [fill in the blank]!"--whatever she can find that consists of two.

If a word ends in "t", Avery ends it with "k" ["feek" instead of feet, "bak" instead of bat]. She also does not like the snakes and spiders in our box of various bugs and stuff--she whines and actually shudders if you put them on her, ha ha.

I love my two funny girls!

 

January 16

I can't get mad when I have to search the house for my tennis shoes and find them in a pile of toys in the playroom because I think of how cute Avery was walking around in them. She even put one of my socks on by herself but then came and asked me to help her with the other one.

 

January 17

I crossed my eyes for Makenna last week and now she asks me to do it all the time. They both think it's hilarious.

 

January 20

I love how Makenna asks me what something is and, after I answer, she says, "Yeah!", like she was just testing me, ha ha!

 

January 22

I heard the girls chatting with each other after their nap today, so I turned on the video monitor; they were standing up in their cribs, facing each other, having a total conversation about apple sauce and saying, "Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm!" So cute!

 

January 24

How cruel is it that, when I let our dog out this morning, I laughed my butt off because she was slipping on the ice. She made it up the first two steps but decided "to heck with that" and just peed on the concrete. I stopped laughing then.

 

January 25

The girls had a blast at Story Time; we went and did the Mommy & Me story time--songs, actions, music instruments, playtime, etc. I think we'll go back next week!

 

January 26

The girls' new obsession: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Makenna was arguing with me at lunch that it's Nickey Mouse, not Mickey Mouse, ha ha!

 

January 29

Avery came up to me out of the blue and said she had to poop and asked to sit on the potty (I bought a Minnie Mouse potty this past weekend and showed them how to sit on it on Sunday). We sat there for a while and nothing came of it but at least she's showing interest, right? I definitely need to buy some pull-ups if we're gonna potty train soon 'cause putting diapers on and off all the time is for the birds. The girls are now watching "Elmo's Potty Time". :D

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