Yeah, it's been a while!!

It has been a while since I've posted. I blame it all on laziness!! I'm not in school this semester so I can't blame it on that. And Makayla goes to bed at 7:00, sometimes 6:00 every night so I can't blame it on that either! I've just been plain lazy. I guess I'm getting caught up on my rest for when I do have to start back to school and write a thousand papers a week. :)

Well, things are pretty much the same around here. We work, come home and play with Makayla, eat dinner, and then it's time for bed. Makayla is the funniest little girl when it comes to going to bed at night. At 7:00, or earlier, if she's really grouchy, we ask her if she's ready to go "night night." If she is, she cries and walks to her bed and stands there until daddy picks her up and puts her in the bed. As soon as her head hits the bed, she stops crying and is out for the night. I think we're pretty lucky to have such a wonderful little sleeper!

We're also trying to get used to Makayla's new found freedom since she is now a walker. She thinks she's so grown and can do anything. She gets into everything and runs when she knows she's about to get into trouble for getting into something she shouldn't be in. We have also been experiencing the terrible two's even though Makayla is only almost 17 months old. She has such a temper already! When I take something away from her that she shouldn't have, she pitches the biggest fit. She will find something to pick up just so she can throw it down. I guess she wants to make sure I know she's mad! I have no idea where she gets it from. But, I have to admit that she is the sweetest little girl, most of the time. She loves to carry around her "purse" and put things in it and she loves her baby dolls. And the sweetest thing of all is how she gives kisses. She'll walk up to you with her mouth wide open to get a kiss. She gives most of her kisses to her daddy, but that's ok.

Oh, I almost forgot one of the biggest milestones of late. Makayla got her ears pierced! I've been wanting to do it for some time now but Jeff just didn't think we should. So, last weekend, we were out shopping and he said, I think we should get Mak's ears pierced now. So, we headed over to the mall and went to Claire's. She didn't cry when the lady did the first ear. She just sat there and looked at her like why are you touching me! But, when she went to do the second ear, Makayla screamed as loud as she could. She cried for a few minutes but that was it. She looks so cute and I'm so glad we finally got it done.

Well, I guess that's all that's been going on with us for now! Hopefully I'll post again soon and not wait 2 months. Here are a few more pics of my big girl!