Such a Big Girl!

Last week tragedy struck our house, Makenna's best friend Binks broke. While I was glad that binky broke so that I didn't have to decide when to take it away, it has been horrible every night since for Makenna. She has mourned its loss for the past 5 nights by screaming for a few hours until finally falling asleep. Steve and I were starting to dred bedtime.

Since sleeping hasn't been going very well we decided yesterday that we might as well put up her toddler bed, deal with a new bed and no binky at the same time (She has still been in her crib, I didn't want to give up that control) and she's going to be too big if we keep waiting.


So we went to work. Last night when she was going to bed she got her dolly and climbed right into bed without a fuss! I couldn't believe it.



These last two pictures were taken this morning. She loves her bed! Hopefully last nights luck continues.

Snow!

I am not a fan of winter. It's cold and lasts FOREVER! However now that Makenna is older I wanted to see if she would like being outside. So the other day the sun was actually shining so we donned our winter apparel and headed out!

Makenna loved it! When she first stepped into the snow her face lit up like it was magic. She didn't like it when she would fall over into the snow even though I kept telling her it was ok. So we just stayed in one place trying to make snowballs and dig around in the snow.

We had to stay on the sunnier side of the yard because in the back where it doesn't get any sun the snow was up to her hips, which made walking a little difficult. So ready or not here comes another winter:(

Putting up the Christmas tree!

We put the Christmas tree up over the weekend. Makenna loves the tree and rearranges the ornaments she can touch daily. She now says goodnight to the Christmas tree and baby Jesus every night. Its been so fun to see her excitement.

These antlers were in the box of decorations.


See all the round ornaments clumped together?