I never have anything seriously earth-shattering or even exciting to blog about...but this is the record for our kiddos. I don't scrapbook or engage in other serious memory preservation efforts, so this is it. Their memories...
H is for "hat".
What cracked me up about this was she thought the picture of the rose was a spaceship!
Sometimes I see some Gramma Julie in Makenna...
Art is serious business.
Daddy and Mattaya made this man during H week so we could give him some hair. On her own, she came up with the idea to give the man a "mushmash" (i.e., mustache).
"What's going on?"
This was the first effort to remove the casts. We were under the impression that the casts would dissolve easily when confronted with water. Not so. We were trying to avoid setting her down in the tub, because the tub would be filled with plaster of paris. We tried running water over them. Nothing. We tried sticking her legs in buckets. Nothing. So we soaked her in the tub, with two diapers on. :) It's a little tricky. You have to find the ends of the gauze and unwrap all 3 layers of easily-broken plastery-gauze. Fun times.
When we got the casts off, we discovered she had a nasty bruise on her right ankle. :(
And an owie on the back of her right ankle.
Waiting for Dr. W to come give her some new casts.
It's no wonder to us that the staff love her. ;)
PRETTY dress! Soooo which I could put some cute little sandals on those feet!
Stunning? Or just stunned?
Ready for church
(Church has no air conditioning, so we dress breathably.)
WHAT?!
Our thoughts exactly. I went to put her in the bouncer so I could move some laundry around. Before I set her in, I heard a hollow "thunk". I looked down at her, and her right cast was gone! It just FELL RIGHT OFF! Because of the owies she had on that foot, Dr. W used extra padding wrap under that cast so the bruises could heal and to help prevent open sores from developing. But apparently that extra padding meant a little extra wiggle room which meant WIGGLING OUT OF THE CAST! Once she was out of the cast, her right foot was kicking and wiggling NON-STOP. :)
Yum
Time to soak the left one off and get MORE new casts.
Matt's got this down to a science.
I have such a great husband. :)
Loving her moments of freedom!
When the casts are on, she tries desperately to crawl...when the casts are finally off, she's happy to just chill.
I is for ice cream and igloo.
Still teething...
Yoga time!
On my daily schedule, I highlight the tasks as I complete them. This day, Mattaya was standing right next to me at the desk, highlighting her "schedule" right along with me. ;)
Mommy was making a chocolate chip cheese ball, and Mattaya was just finishing breakfast. So she got to lick the "frosting" off the beaters.
"Mmmmmm, this is sooooo goooooood!"
"Positively lickalicious!"
Makenna: "Girl, you are invading my bubble."
Mattaya: Get used to it. I'm the big sister, and I'll give you a chiss (kiss) anytime I want.
A two-fisted eater.
The shirt says it all.
Her signature raspberry expression.
Baby Benton came to the Triple Birthday Bash.
Chisses for Benton.
Mattaya was pretty sure it was HER birthday. She was VERY excited about the cake.
Mabel, Dave, and Becca graciously let her take care of the candles.
The dining room walls have "stuff" now!
Both girls found it all very intriguing.
Mattaya keeps asking, "Mommy, who's dat?" (None of the picture frames have been filled with pictures of US yet....)
