McKenna Update

Grandpa was nice enough to let McKenna golf a turn or two. She had a blast!

This girl LOVES food. She doesn't care what it is, if you have it she wants it. She can smell it a mile away, I'm sure of it. She will eat anything and everything. She can eat a whole strawberry in 2 seconds flat. Hunter was eating a banana and she was getting so mad that she couldn't get to it.

This girl loves bath time. As soon as we turn the water on she comes crawling as fast as her little legs can take her. :) She likes to watch brother play in the tub and she just has a grand time playing in the water.

Eating a pancake at my parents house. She ate a WHOLE pancake and enjoyed every second of it.

This little lady likes to be a stink bug. She sticks her but clear up in the air and tries to move. It's so funny! She loves to be in the standing position but she can't do it on her own yet. Although, dad is working with her seriously on this one. :)

McKenna is doing good overall as well. I just took her to the doc for her 9 month check. She has a head that is huge. She's 80th percentile for her head size. (it's an Alvey trait, they all have big heads) She is 27 3/4 in. which is about the 50th percentile for length and she is 15.1 lbs which is 2nd percentile, yes, I said 2nd. She is a petite little gal and I love her that way. They also checked her iron and it was borderline low. The doc isn't to concerned yet though. They will reevaluate her at 1 year old and see how things are and if her weight and iron haven't improved then they will address it then. She is pretty happy for the most part, unless you're eating and not sharing or brother is picking on her. :)

Hunter Update

My parents came up for a weekend and we went Black light miniature golf. It was a lot of fun! Hunter tells me at least a few times a week that he wants to go golfing again. And pretty much every day for prayers he tells Heavenly Father thank you for golf. :)

He loves to take baths with McKenna. They have so much fun with each other and he can make her laugh like there's no tomorrow.

Here is Hunter holding my sister, Jashell's, twin boys on Christmas day. They were born Dec. 3. They were so little. Hunter loved to hold Jackson and Jayden.

Opening presents on Christmas morning.

Checking out what Santa brought him at 11:30 at night! He woke up at 11:30 on Christmas Eve. Josh says it's because Krystal and I were being too loud but we're chalking it up to him being excited to see what Santa brought. :) So he got to check it out and then he went back to bed and we opened presents in the morning.

Hunter is doing good. Growing right on track. He's about 50th percentile for his height and weight so that's always good. He loves to play with his sister (until she doesn't do what he wants) and he LOVES going to primary.

My First Sewing Project

For Christmas this last year I decided to try and save a little money by making my own gifts. Well with the help of my friend Allie, she let me borrow everything I needed (which really was everything, cuz I didn't have my own machine or anything to go with it.) and to my friend Dorothy and her mother (who are avid sewers) and a phone call or two to my famous Aunt Ree (who inherited ALL of my grandma walker's sewing talents) I did it! I made centerpieces that go with the holidays. I did them so they are two sided to all you had to do it flip them over for the next holiday. It really wasn't as horrific as I thought it would be, once I figured out what I was doing. And most of all I was proud of my self for doing it on my own. Dorothy and her mother really didn't even help me physically do them. They talked me through everything and I did it on my own but they were sitting right there for any and all help I may need. I can't thank them enough for it either.

This is just the reverse sides to show them. They turned out pretty good if I ask myself. Just don't look to close or you might find they really aren't perfect. :)