Sunday, January 31, 2010

Special Big Brother Justin Outing

Since we had a big day to honor Makenna on Saturday it was only fitting that her big brother get a little extra fuss too. It was a big surprise outing for the big brother - Aunt Dawn, Gramma, Aunt Dana, Uncle Jason, Kylie, Noah & my mom met down at Crossgates. Aunt Dawn & Aunt Dana wanted to take Justin down to Build-a-Bear and he had a great time. They have a wall filled with all different bears and animals, but right in the middle was Frosty the Snowman and once his eyes saw that there was no turning back. His mind was made up and that little Frosty did not leave his arms :o). So we waited in line to have him filled. Justin was a little unsure about the stuffing machine and definitely wasn't interested in the silly jumping that the girl wanted him to do, but big cousin Noah helped him and the two had a blast. Frosty got to have 3 hearts inside him which they rubbed on their arms to make him strong, their foreheads to make him smart, their hearts to give him love, etc.Once Frosty was stuffed it was off to give him a bath. Justin did a really good job scrubbing every part to get him nice and clean!

We moved on to pick out some clothes for Frosty and let me tell you he is stylin!
Lastly we created a birth certificate for him. When we went up to pay Justin asked the lady if he could please have a house for Frosty...hahaha...so cute!
Once the Build-a-Bear experience was complete we had some lunch and then headed home. Big cousin Kylie had everything under control. What a great afternoon!!

Marion's Shower

We had a great "girls" afternoon celebrating the arrival of our new niece Makenna. This was supposed to be Marion's shower with the little miss still nice and cozy inside, but she decided to surprise everyone with a January birthday rather than March!! This makes Marion one of the skinniest Mommy's that we've thrown a shower for...hahaha!

Many thanks to Betty for taking us out and a yummy lunch at Olive Garden. Below are some pics from the event...as you can see Makenna will be a very well dressed little princess!!





Thursday, January 28, 2010

Karate Mini Man

Noah is absolutely loving karate class. He has switched over to regular classes so he goes Monday/Thursday and sometimes Saturday. He is the peanut of the class, but he's catching on pretty well. Tonight he got his sparring equipment which he is so adorable in. They also used nun-chucks for the first time which was hysterical (don't panic Mom...they are only foam) :o) Enjoy the pic below:

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Congratulations Gary & Marion!!

We are so happy to hear that our newest niece has arrived safely!!! Makenna is 4lbs 7ozs and 16 1/2". She was born at 2:21pm. I stole the proud daddy's picture from facebook to share with everyone. We can't wait to meet her in person. Stay tuned for more pics and news as soon as we have it!!

Oh yeah...and Kylie's reaction: She saw the picture on facebook and I made her read what Uncle Gary wrote "Makenna is here". Her face lit up like Christmas morning and she turned around "Noah guess what..we have 2 girl cousins now!!" Hahaha

Best Wishes & Prayers

Sending lots of love and good wishes to Gary & Marion. Makenna has decided she wants to have a January birthday rather than March one! Marion was admitted to Bellevue yesterday afternoon after some amino leakage so they could closely monitor the baby. Depending on how today goes it looks like she will have a C section tomorrow. Please keep them in your prayers!