Teeth to brush

Makaia has started to take an interest in brushing her own teeth, thank you! I tried to do it last night and she took the brush away from me and wanted to do it herself.

I heart balsamic vinegar

I couldn't stop laughing at the dinner table a few nights ago! Makaia is in love with balsmaic vinegar. Whenever she won't eat something, we just put a little balsamic on it and she scarfs it down. This night she developed a little "stache" and I couldn't help but laugh at her.

Isn't it supposed to be summer?

It was freezing here last week...pants and sweaters. We are ready for swimsuits! When is the sun going to come out? Oh well, Makaia looked so cute in her fuzzy slippers :)

Daddy's birthday

Grandma and Grandpa were here to greet us when we got home from Santa Barbara. We celebrated John's birthday and Grandpa (as usual) let Makaia do things that she normally isn't allowed to do.

Flower girl/Santa Barbara

Memorial Day trip to Santa Barbara…incredible!
We had a blast and didn’t want to come home. Makaia had a tough trip though. We are starting to see that she feels really insecure when there is a bunch of people and in new surroundings. This resulted in so many TANTRUMS! argh. Those were so frustrating. We keep forgetting that she is so young and her personality isn’t very “roll with it.”…She was fine as long as she was alone with us or doing what she wanted to do (stubborn!)…but of course, she was never her sweet self when we wanted her to be. Can’t these kids come programmed? Ha ha ha. When we got
home, she put a huge smile on her face and immediately hugged her stuffed animals with this “Thank God I'm home” look on her face.








1st stop on our trip was Jillian and Tim’s in LA. Jillian gave us a wonderful gift and watched Makaia so we could have a date night (Taco Bell never tasted so good!)






At the beach on our first day in Santa Barbara. She kept taking off towards the water and enjoyed making us chase her down!

Here she is with Trevor and Bethany :)

We took Makaia to Chase Palm Park and her first carousel ride...which she absolutely HATED. This is the only picture of her where she isn't clutching John's shirt!

Bethany and Trevor's wedding weekend was so amazing and beautiful!!! They have the sweetest family and friends and we really enjoyed all of the time we got to spend with them.

Makaia was a super-cute flower girl (minus all of the tantrums) and she did her job when it counted. She was clutch under pressure :)

We were so busy with Makaia that we didn't get any photos of her or the wedding, but hopefully we will try and find a way to upload the video!

Bad mood explained!

No wonder she was cranky. Poor baby has her first ear infection! She has been up every night for a week screaming and inconsolable. We have given her lots of TLC and meds so she is on the mend. Thank goodness...she has BIG flower girl duties this weekend. We will post pics and the lowdown next week.

1st gym class

Makaia went to her 1 st gym class today. Unfortunately, she was in the worst mood she has ever been in. She is so shy and takes awhile to warm up to anything new so she spent the first 10 minutes at this super-fun place hugging my leg. She wouldn't participate in anything and threw tantrums for the whole hour we were there! She finally started warming up to things at the end, but by then it was time to go home. Better luck next week :)

Penguin love

Makaia has been toting around this penguin everywhere. It seems to be her new favorite stuffed animal. That is...until we spot our REAL stuffed animal. This video is pretty funny!

Uh Oh!

Our little daredevil taught herself how to stand up and BALANCE on her rolling bus. Big no no Makaia!

Serious face

Such a serious face for a little ballerina

Cute girl

John thought she looked like a little girl going off to school yesterday. She's only a year old but she is totally out of her infant stage now :(

Daddy being silly

Poor Hana! Daddy put the doggie in the Easter basket. Makaia thought this was so funny!

My mom bought Makaia a potty for when we start potty training and she loved the box it came in...so John decided to take her for a ride in the box, which she loved!

Easter Sunday

We had a great time visiting with John's family and Makaia LOVED playing with her cousin Hudson

Spring break trip to Fresno

We had such a fun trip! We flew home on Saturday night, then turned around and went to visit John's family for Easter Sunday.

Grandpa always lets Makaia drive the boat :)

Easter egg hunt. Makaia got the hang of it after a few eggs.

Makaia and Aunt Heidi exercising

This video is pretty funny!

Shamu

Grandma (Sabrina's mom) came to visit the weekend before spring break so she got to experience Sea World with Makaia

Blame Daddy for this one! Not only did John take the video sideways, but he stopped taping the coolest part. Shamu came right up to Makaia at the glass window and stared at her...one of the coolest things we have ever seen!!! He was trying to get a picture and stopped the video. Ahhhh!