Kay's 1st Birthday Party

Kay had a BIG 1st birthday party!  Such an amazing little girl... she was very spoiled!  Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us!  Not sure if I will do such a big party in the future.  It was a lot of work!  LOL  But totally worth it :)  This is a picture overload!

Makayla - 1 Years Old!

My little girl is ONE!  I cannot believe it... time has flown by! 

Here are her 1 year stats:

Weight ~ 20lbs ~ 28th %
Height ~ 28" ~ 13th %
Head Circumference ~ 18.25" ~ 81th %

She's a little peanut!  The NP said they are going to keep an eye on her height since the % went down quite a bit from our last visit... I guess she didn't notice that Nick and I are both very short people LOL. 

Makayla, or Kay Kay as we often call you :-) You have the sweetest little personality! You are ALMOST always happy and smiling!  You are such a blessing to your daddy and I and you bring us so much happiness!  Please stop growing up so fast!  I love you so much baby girl! 

Favorite Things:
Foods ~ Cheese, grapes, watermelon, pasta.... We are working on switching from bottles to sippy cups... :-/  Not much fun!  We are down to 1 to 2 bottles a day.  The most important one being right before bed.
Activies ~ Walking!  She is walking all over the place now!  Such a cutie pie!  She is so proud of herself too!  She loves walking with her hands above her head and smiling from ear to ear!  So also loves standing and looking out the window at her doggies.  She definitely knows what doggy means and always looks for them.  She likes to go outside and visit her doggies too.  Finny is her favorite.  :)  Unfortunately she likes to kick and hit at them... so we will have to work on that... LOL. 
Sleep ~ She is an amazing little sleeper!  She has slept through the night since she was about 3 months old, so we couldn't be more spoiled!  She usually wakes up between 6:30 and 8 everyday.
School ~ She loves daycare!  She loves other kids... although she's a little rough and aggressive at times... :)

I can't wait to make more memories with our little girl!  :)

Good morning.... the morning of her birthday :)

Her birthday dress...

 

Makayla's Surgery

On April 18th Kay had to get tubes in her ears :-(  I was sooooo nervous, but it really turned out to be no big deal.  And she looked so adorable in her little hospital gown!  LOL :-)

Hey guys... what's going on here????

Get this thing off my head!!!

March of Dimes - Walk for Babies

On April 15th, we did the Walk for Babies downtown.  It was an amazing turnout!  We walked in memory of Eli this year and we had over 30 people on our team!!  :-)  We are truly blessed to have such amazing friends and family! 

She's all ready!

Love these girls! :)

Elijah - 2nd Heavenly Birthday

Our little boy turned 2 on April 21st...  We celebrated by having family over for dinner.  I cannot believe that 2 years has already passed.  I always thought that time would help the pain of missing him, but time doesn't change anything.  I still miss him just as much as that first day, maybe more.  And now that we have an amazing little girl in our lives, I often think about how much more amazing our lives would be with Eli as well.  I think about all of the firsts that we missed out on... first words.. first steps... It's definitely a hard journey losing a child, but we have to make the best of it.  All I can do is make sure Kay knows all about her big brother and keep his memory alive and part of our lives always.  <3