October Update

Makenna is now 11 months old. We will celebrate her first year next month, yikes! She is still army-crawling. Refusing to move up on her hands and knees, but very capable of doing so. She pulls herself up on everything and loves to stand and walk along the couches. She is signing a lot more frequently and has added a few words to her signing vocabulary. It is crazy to me that she can communicate at such a young age, it is amazing! She kisses and hugs freely, and actually blows kisses to people. She loves to wave at everyone in the grocery store, and she can bark like a dog when asked "what does a doggie say?" Below are a few pictures from our pumpkin patch visit and a few random shots from the past month. Oh yes, and Makenna made the switch to a front facing carseat this month. She made a lot of screeching sounds as she road forward for the first time. It was so funny.

Aunt Heather Playing with Makenna

Kyle and Heather babysat Makenna while we went out on a much needed date for our anniversary. Heather can interact with Makenna like no one else can and Kyle caught it on his phone camera. She had never reacted this way before and hasn't since! It is adorable. Thanks Kyle for catching it for us. :)

LONG OVERDUE UPDATE!!!

Makenna is now almost 10 months old. Wow how time flies! We just calendared the date for her first birthday party...INSANE! She is waving, clapping, bouncing (she bobbs up and down in place), clicking her tongue, signing milk, all-finished, and blowing a kiss, AND still smiling up a storm. She still is not "crawling" but is mobile! Basically she army-crawls with her legs and arms pulling herself along the floor. She also often wiggles and rolls her way around a room. She is sleeping 12 hours at night and naps about 4 hours a day. She is growing up fast!


Here are some high lights and low lights over the last few months...

Makenna went to the SF Zoo with Mommy, Daddy, the Pozzi girls, and Grandma Esther.

Makenna had her first round of the flu. She woke up about an hour after she went to sleep and had thrown up all over her crib, blankets, pajamas, and carpet. You would have thought that she was pretty miserable until we put her into the sink to wash her up. She was splashing, laughing, and smiling in the water. Daddy played with her and cleaned her up while I cleaned up the barf...not really a fair trade...

Drew and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary in August. Unfortunately Drew was at a leadership seminar all day, so Makenna and I met him up at Church on the Hill for a picnic lunch. It was beautiful! The church grounds overlooked the whole city.

In the month of August we had two weddings. Drew performed his first wedding. Makenna had her first overnight with Grammy and Bampa. We also had Will and Jenny's wedding. It was Makenna's first wedding, she looked adorable. I have no pictures to show for it yet...soon enough though. Grandma Wanda and Auntie Monica came down from Washington and Idaho for the wedding. We were able to have lunch together and throw Makenna in the pool for the first time all summer! There was a slight breeze and mommy didn't let the water warm in the sun so needless to say it was a little chilly. With her teeth chattering and lips blue she played and splashed without a care in the world. Surprise, surprise she loved it!

She will be 10 months old on Friday! Holy Cow!!!!!