Magic Waters

Friday, June 15th, Roxy, Stephen, Zachary, Logan, Andy, MaKayla and I all went to Magic Waters before the rehearsal dinner. It was MaKayla’s and Logan’s first real swimming experience. MaKayla did have the one minute pool time at the hotel in Chicago but she was too cold to enjoy it. We had a really nice time together. Logan looks so cute sitting on the turtle.

MaKayla with Daddy

Logan and MaKayla
The Hanna-Hoyle Family: Stephen, Roxy, Logan & Zachary
The Morris Family

Saturday, June 9th, my sister and her family came to stay with us for a week. They came back for our Sister Laura’s wedding. It was so nice to have them here.

Pearly Whites

June 5th, MaKayla has three teeth now and three more that are budding and are working their way through. I thought with her new pearly whites that she could try some more solid type foods. I gave her Banana Gerber Puffs. They melt in your mouth. She loved them! It was so cute watching her trying to pick them up and put them in her mouth. They would stick to her fingers. Most of them didn’t make it in her mouth but she sure did try. Ike loved them too. He sits under her high chair waiting for droppings.
June 5th, Daddy holding MaKayla after her bath. I just love this picture of the two of them.
June 6th, MaKayla was trying to grab her Winnie the Pooh friends on her mobile above her in the crib.
June 6th, Mommy kissing MaKayla and making her laugh.

The long awaited deck

May 25th, Andy started on our deck that we have been talking about for a few years now. On May 27th, all 16 of the holes had been dug, cement poured and he began to work on the headers. He battled with the rain most of Memorial weekend.
May 28th, most of the headers were in. If it weren’t for the rain, it would be further along.
June 2nd, all the supports and beams are in. I helped out when MaKayla was napping and after she went to bed at night. I enjoyed helping Andy and having him teach me a little of the trade. Most of the deck boards were screwed into place as well. I need to get a picture. Andy is building a roof over the octagon shaped portion to protect his fair skinned girls.

Getting SO BIG!

May 27th, it was a beautiful sunny day outside. MaKayla and I played in the grass outside in the shade of course! She liked playing with the blades of grass. She even flipped onto her tummy and tried to eat it.
Memorial Day, Grandma Baker and Great Grandma Johnson stopped in for a visit.
June 3rd, Daddy put together MaKayla’s toy that Aunt Vickie and Uncle Nick bought her for Christmas. She is just a big girl standing by herself while holding onto her toy. She LOVES IT!!!!! Thank you Aunt Vickie & Uncle Nick.
June 3rd, I put MaKayla in her crib to play while I folded her laundry. Everything was quiet so I looked over to see what she was doing and I found her trying to pull herself up to look at what I was doing. I guess we need to lower her mattress.
June 3rd, I was able to distract her attention with her mirror. She loves to look at herself and talk. What a little diva!

8 Months Old!

MaKayla turned 8 months old. She is such a big girl now! It won’t be long until she is bigger than her Pooh.

May 27th, MaKayla had been teething so I gave her a frozen peach in her mesh toy to bite on. She made funny faces but she kept biting on it.

NRA Show

MaKayla and I left for NRA on May 15. Tati’s daughter Sarah came with us to Nanny during the trip at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago. There is no way that I could leave my little girl for 10 days. Andy came in over the week and Sarah went home. On Sunday afternoon Andy had to go back to work and Sarah came back to the hotel to watch MaKayla. Here is a picture of MaKayla after her and Sarah got back from a walk on Lake Shore Drive.
Sarah is always loving on MaKayla. I don’t know who spoils her more Tati or Sarah.
MaKayla and Daddy tried to go for a swim in the pool at the hotel but the water was just too cold. MaKayla turned purple and starting shivering after about two minutes. Sorry, not enough time to get a picture in the water. Here is a picture of me warming her up. Later she took a warm shower with Daddy and felt a lot better.

Earlier in the day Daddy and MaKayla walked along Lake Shore Drive. They found a little part where they feed some baby ducks and their Mommy. Andy took a cute video of their day of adventure. There were four short videos of a Ferrari and MaKayla. Well MaKayla was in the background, the video was mostly of the car.

Mother's Day

MaKayla has not really taken to solids so we thought we would try banana in a mesh bag. He loves to bite on things so we thought this might be the perfect solution. Just as we thought, she started chomping away. She would make a strange face when the banana would squish in her mouth but she would go back to biting it again. It is so much fun to watch her discover new things.
My first official Mother’s Day was very special. Daddy brought MaKayla to our bed with a balloon for me. Then Andy made me waffles with a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table. I received a very small camcorder to start recording videos of MaKayla while she is mall that we can look back on later in life. I am sure she will appreciate the video when she gets older. I was spoiled! The best gift of all is just being a Mommy and have a beautiful little girl that I get to wake up to every morning. God is so good!
Andy had to start traveling three weeks ago. He leaves the house on Sunday afternoons and doesn’t get home until late Thursday night/early Friday morning. It is so hard to see his leave on Sunday’s. I know it is especially hard on him. We miss him very much and we treasure our time together on the weekends. Please pray for Andy’s safety as he travels for his job. It requires many long hours on the road late at night.