More walking

And she walks!!

My little girl is getting soooo big. She was taking small steps before her birthday, but the day after her birthday her little cousin Adalene who is 10 walked all over the place with her only holding one hand. It seemed to make McKelle into a brave sole, because from then on, she has been a walking machine. She takes off on her own and walks everywhere!! It is so incredibly cute, she still mostly has her hands up in the air, to help with balance. The only thing she hasn't quite mastered is getting herself back up off the floor, she'll have to crawl somewhere to get her up, and then from there she will just take off and walk again...what a great birthday milestone for her! I do love watching her learn new things!

More birthday pics!

McKelle turns 1!!

I still can't believe that a year has gone by and my little Mckelle has turned a year old! But on July 13th that is exactly what happened. A year ago I was meeting this perfect angel, bringing her home and learning to be the best mom I could possibly be for her. It has been the most rewarding, fantastic, loving, enjoyable year of my life. And once again when I looked at her on her birthday on Tuesday, I let the tears come, on this day I still couldn't believe I was so incredibly blessed to be able to be her mom. Words can never explain the blessings of being a mother.

Throughout the day we decorated, and got ready for her very first party! I had been planning it for like 3 months haha. I wanted it to be so fun and perfect for her, even though I do know she won't remember it in years to come I know that I will, for it was HER day! The decorations and cake matched, I of course got her her very own cake, which she of course dug right into and loved it, and ate a lot of it! So many friends and family came to celebrate her life with us on this first birthday. We started with gifts, she was a little tired when we started gifts, but she held it together! She got so many, and loves them all. We moved on to introducing her cake next, and again let me tell you, she absolutely loved that, cake everywhere and loved eating it. While she was enjoying her cake, we all ate and visited, and enjoyed watching her devour it. It was a great day and night for her and were lucky enough to share it with the special people in our lives!

My mom and dad, my sister Carm, and her kids Adalene, Alex, and Ashley from Kansas, Quinn, Ryan, and Kaea. My brother JayC, and his girlfriend Larissa. Alex's parents, and three of his younger brothers and sisters, plus Ashley his other sister. And also our great friends James, Courtney, and Little Ava, were all amoung our guests. It was such an enjoyable and special night, and I am so thankful for all of them, that they could celebrate with us.

Happy Birthday McKelle, I love you beyond words!!


More pictures to come!!

4th of July

Her red white and blue shorts are covered, but she did enjoy dressing up for the holiday..haha. Throughout the week we did a few things. Auntie Ry, cousin Kaea, along with the two of us went to the Gateway, and hit up some sales..shopping always seems to tucker our little ones out, but they both seem to love the shopping experiences that we give them! On Saturday the 3rd, we had dinner with friends, then at 10:05 when the fireworks began, we were there to watch and enjoy! At the beginning when they first started, McKelle absolutely loved them, she clapped, and laughed, and smiled, she loved the colors and the lights. Towards the end though, she began to get tired, rubbing her eyes and yawning, and that is when she decided that the noise was to0 much, and kept saying mom, mom, mom. And I had to keep saying momma's here, and daddy too. She calmed down, but man was the little darling tired, then the colors would capture her attention again. When they finished we went home put her right to bed, and she fell instantly to seep. Overall we had such an enjoyable holiday, and another first for our little girl! How fun and exciting it is that we get to share all of these firsts with her!