Busy Weekend

This past weekend was packed full of events. The craziness began on Thursday afternoon when we had Makenna's nine month pictures taken. They haven't been posted online yet, but we will let everyone know when they are. Makenna was so happy and we know Kimber got a lot of great pictures of her. After pictures we went over to my sister Sheila's to help set up for a garage sale she, my mom, her roommates, and I were having. It was a long night (longer for all the rest of them than the Coffer family), but they finally got everything ready at 11:30.

On Friday, Makenna spent the day with her Nana and Aunt Sheila at the garage sale and she helped make some sales. Then on Friday night we went to Bolivar for the Bolivar vs. Willard high school football game. Makenna even got to go stand on the sidelines with her Uncle Trent during the game.

Saturday was a very memorable day because Makenna made her first visit to Silver Dollar City. My mom won a contest through a radio station and got some tickets to go, so we tagged along. Makenna enjoyed herself very much and we had a blast taking some fall pictures of her.

By the time Sunday rolled around we were all very tired and we all three took a good, long Sunday afternoon nap to help us get ready for this week. We have several activities at church because we are hosted a Global Impact Conference, but hopefully this weekend won't be as packed full as this past one.

Makenna and Aunt Sheila at the garge sale

Family Picture at SDC


Thank you Nana for taking me to SDC

Jennifer and Justin

Makenna is so happy to be at SDC

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere

3/4 of a Year

We simply cannot believe that 9 months ago today our little girl was born. It has been an amazing 9 months and we are excited to Makenna continue to grow. She had her nine month check-up yesterday. She weighed 17 lbs. 12 oz. and was 28 1/4 inches long. Yes, she is long and skinny being in the 75th percentile in height and only the 25th in weight. However, Dr. Hampton said she is doing great and seems to be advanced for her age. Of course, that was nothing new to us.

We are taking Makenna on Thursday to have her 9 month pictures taken and we are also looking forward to celebrating Makenna's first Halloween. I am not going to tell what she is going to be, but she will be super cute! I will be sure to post pictures.

Another Milestone

Makenna has reached another milestone--she has learned to clap and play Patty-Cake. It is the cutest thing and we are enjoying her so much. Her personality is really beginning to develop and we love seeing all that she does. We are also preparing ourselves for the next big milestone--WALKING. We know it won't be long.

Here are a few pictures of Makenna taken recently. Makenna enjoyed her first corn picking experience on the Drake family farm a few weeks ago so we had to take a picture. We will post more later.

Correction about the Photo Contest

Shortly after I entered Makenna in the photo contest they changed the link to rate and recommend her. The correct address is http://www.parents.com/app/sharemy/searchResults.jsp?_requestid=242210.

Search for "Makenna" and the picture of her in her Bumbo will appear (along with a lot of other Makennas). Click on it to go to her gallery. From there you can rate each picture with up to five stars and also recommend her to be the winner. You can do this once a day until September 15th.

Tomorrow I return to work and Makenna goes back to her babysitter, who is very excited to be getting her back again. I am not real excited about starting another school year because I have enjoyed my time off, but it will be nice to get back into a routine. It is hard to believe that this will be my fourth year of teaching! I will try to post some new pictures sometime soon.

The Next American Baby????

We thought it would be fun to enter Makenna in a contest to become the next cover child of American Baby magazine. The theme was to submit photos of your child discovering something for the first time. Judges will decide on five entries to win a trip to New York City near the end of September. However, between now and September 15th people can go to www.americanbaby.com/covercontest daily and recommend a child to be the winner. It says the winners are in no way determined by the amount of recommendations, but if you would like please visit the website and recommend the following photos of Makenna. You will have to click enter your photo and then on the next screen do a search for Makenna. Hopefully, you will see the following photos. Thanks and we will let everyone know if by some slim chance we are a finalist. We think we should be because we do have the cutest baby in America.

Splish Splash Part 2 and Mischievousness

This past Sunday we finally got to celebrate Justin's birthday in Bolivar, so we decided to take Makenna to the Lehman's pool (some very good family friends) to swim. She didn't seem to mind the water, however, she wasn't in the best of moods because she was so tired. We plan on taking her swimming again sometime soon and hopefully she will be well rested when we go.

Family Photo in the pool.

Makenna just lounging in a chair.

I just thought I would share this other picture. For those of you who think Makenna is so sweet and innocent here is proof that she can be quite ornery. I was in the kitchen cutting us some peaches and I had left Makenna playing in the living room floor where I could see her from the kitchen. After a few minutes I could no longer see her, so I headed into the living room and this is what I found.

I think this is hilarious because not only has she squeezed herself in between the table and the wall, but she somehow managed to get there with her puppy, Rupert, on her back. Never underestimate the power of Makenna!

Splish Splash

Last night Makenna took a swim in her little pool from Grandma Kathy for the first time. We are planning on taking her to an actual pool here soon, so we hope her little "swim" last night helped prepare her for her big "swim."

A few more Makenna pictures

These are a few of my favorite pictures from this past week. I can't believe how big Makenna is getting!

First Post

Welcome to our blog. We have contemplated started a blog a while ago, but had never done it. However, I was inspired today when I learned that the now 8 year old who was one of the flower girls in our wedding had stared her own blog. This news made me realize that I should get with the program and create our own--thanks Shelby for the prompting. We hope to update this blog often to update everyone on what is happening in our lives.

Justin, Jennifer, and Makenna.