Christmas!

Hope everyone had a good Christmas! Ours was wonderful.

Christmas Eve we went over our friends/my parents neighbors/waylons cousin/waylons boss's house...yeah, confusing. It was great. My Mom & Dad actually gave us our Christmas gift early, that night- a video camera! Now we can record all Makennas cuteness to share. :o) Although I am having trouble uploading the videos onto the computer. Hopefully one of these days I can call Canon and figure out what the problem is.

Christmas morning Makenna gave us the best gift that a 6 month old can give, she let us sleep in a bit! So sweet of her. We started the day off at home, just the three of us (and critters of course). We woke up and had breakfast and opened gifts. She loved eating the wrapping paper and could care less what the actual gift was. So silly. Once the toys were out of the box she was loving it though. Then around 2 we went over my parents for dinner and gifts. Makenna made out like a bandit. We also didnt do to bad! My brother got us a pretty sweet 75-300mm lens for our camera. I am still playing around with it but so far, I love it! I cant wait to go to the Bronx Zoo and get some shots in the spring.

Im kicking myself in the butt becuase I didnt take any pictures of christmas day since we played with the video camera the whole time. It is what it is though, atleast we have the video to look back on.

The blog stone age

I'm not very good at this blogging crap. I really could list all the excuses but I think I'm mostly starting to have blogging envy. Sad but true. I originally started this for friends and family to see how the renovations were going...and our life with the many animals. Then along came my pregnancy. That overwhelmed my blog. The more pregnant I became- and the more things I talked to family about the pregnancy- the more I realized a lot of people don't remember those little pregnancy details. I wanted to, or at least wanted to look back on them. That became the goal of the blog and continued when Makenna was born. I think in doing this I have bored the few readers I had though. Although I would still like to have this as something to look back on, I also envy the people who have fun looking blogs...who write random things and it makes sense... who are mixed in the creative blog world. Not saying I don't like blogging about my fabulous little girl- I do! I just feel like I'm stuck in the blog stone age. I might as well have a rock and a chisel to document Makennas steps.

So I think sometimes, even when I do get a chance, I hesitate posting.

But. For a while, this blog will have to stay in the stone age. I just don't have time to revamp things. And if I did, I'm not sure I would know where to begin.

Hopefully this week I can break out that rock and chisel and do an update post. We have had a lot go on with the holiday, especially since it was Makennas first Christmas!

Until then...

Its begining to look a lot like Christmas!

Readers beware, this is gonna be a long one!

Im not really sure where to start. A lot has gone on in the world of Makenna since I last blogged. Last Saturday night we ventured into Philly for her first big city trip with a few friends of ours and their baby (who is a few months older than Makenna). We were Macys bound to see the little light show they put on. It was cute. Cheesey if it were just us adults but cute for the kids. Makenna loved it. She jumped around in her Daddy's arms and made silly noises at the lights. I think we may have started another family tradition. Next time we will be sure to take the train though. Parking is NOT fun in the city and the train station is right at the Macy's building. I also realized how incredibly uncomfortable I am in the city. I have been to Philly plenty of times, but never with my baby. She was in her stroller snug and safe with her Daddy pushing her but the streets of Philly were packed. It made for a very nervous Mommy. I dont know what it is. I have never been a city person but I guess being in the hustle bustle of Center City never scared me until I had her with me. My life. But despite my nerves, it was a great little trip. She seemed to like the fast pace of the city- all the lights, all the new noises.

Tomorrow we are Philly bound again. This time on the train! My brother is graduating with a Digital Media Production degree, I couldnt be more proud of him. He is so talented and I know he will do big things. He is a city boy, for sure. He has it all planned out for the three of us, my parents and him and his girlfriend to take the train to his graduation then stop buy a Christmas display done by his school, then dinner. Im sure Makenna will love it!

Then Saturday we are headed out to PA for a Christmas party at my Dad's friends. It will be our first year going to the party but I heard its a great time!

In other news... Im extremely disappointed to say that I tried out cloth diapers and didnt like them. Neither did Makenna. Im really bummed about it because I was REALLY looking forward to them. I love that they are better for the environment and dont have the chemicals disposables have. But it just didnt work. I think if I had tried them from the start, it might be a different story. Maybe I will try them again with the next baby. But the first few I tried were very bulky. Makenna is a very active baby and didnt like the fact that she couldnt move around as much as normal. She was majorly fussy. I guess I didnt think of the fact that they would be a lot bulkier than her normal diapers. Her clothes didnt fit her right since they were so bulky either. I thought at first I had the size wrong (ordered them too big) and that was causing the extra bulkiness but I tried the adjustable ones that were for her size and weight and had the same problem. Also the second diaper I tried she leaked right through after about 2 hours. I was frustrated. She was frustrated. We gave up. I have to admit, I did love the fact that they were easily washable though. Going into it, I thought I would hate that part the most. I am glad I tried them out before buying a bunch though. If anyone is interested in using cloth diapers I highly recommend using the trial program at Jillian's Drawers.

A few cute Makenna happenings...

- she is even closer to crawling. If she would move her hands/ arms she would definitely have it down. She does this little frog hop where she hops both legs but keeps her hands in place. So silly. I wish I had video to show! She does so a little scoot/army crawl to get where she needs to go though.
-She has created her own "pick me up" sign language. When she has had enough of playing on the floor she will scoot over to you and lift her arms and legs up and move them like crazy while being on her belly. She looks like a turtle on its back but she is on her belly. So funny.
- We are trying out a new cup. I figured it would be easier for her to hold a cup with handles rather than a bottle for her juice or water. She loves having a "big girl cup". If I could only get her to like the pear juice so she would get things flowing again!
- We have started the Baby Led Weaning. She has had fresh bananas. Which she isnt fond of. This morning I boiled some apple slices for her to try. Also not such a hit. I am not sure if she just isnt sure what to think about it or if she really doesnt like it. She does play with them and try to eat them and figure things out though. Usually she ends up spitting them out but its a start! Im going to try some veggies this weekend, maybe they will be a better hit.


Okay, this post is getting really long and I know she is close to waking up from her nap so Im going to quit the ramblings for now and upload the holiday pics I promised.

First, this is our awesome card that my brother designed. I also owe him the credit for taking the pics!


And here are a few un-editted pics. I havent had a chance to edit them yet. I do plan to so we can get some printed.













She will probably hate me some day for posting this one but its too funny...



And a little pj/elmo time




Last but not least, we visited Santa in a local town's holiday fest with her buddy CJ on the 3rd!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is how blogging goes when you are a stay at home Mom. I cant imagine being a working Mom! I started this Thanksgiving night and finally Im getting to updating and posting it. Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! As you know, it was Makenna's first. I dont think it could have gone better. We woke up to snow this morning. I brought her to the window and told her all about the snow, she loved it. Big smiles. I can't wait till she is big enough to play out in it- well, I can wait but I'm excited for that day. Don't want to rush these precious infant moments! They are already going by so fast. She is almost 100% on sitting now. We have been practicing. I always sit behind her just in case but for the most part, she is a champ at it. We moved the area rug from the dining room to the living room on Sunday so she wasnt playing on the wood floor now that she is more active on the floor. She is getting really good with scooting around on her belly. The day after we moved the rug into the living room, she figured out how to get traction and get up on her hands knees and rock. So close to crawling! And she gets so proud! Check it out...




Since she is more active on the floor and scoots her way to her toys, it's much easier to keep her occupied for a bit. She is definitely less frustrated too. I picked up some new cars for her, they are super cute and have a ball to roll them instead of the wheels. She loved them!




And of course she loves her Elmo time...



We have also started to let her "taste" things. I'm not sure if I mentioned it but I have been looking into Baby-Led Weaning. She has really shown an interest in foods the past few weeks. I dont think she is ready to fully try it out just yet so we have started with a few frozen things, like a tastey teething treat. She loves frozen peaches, hated the bananas and loved sucking on a carrot. My cousin gave us this handy little Sassy Teether. It's pretty awesome.

We used it on Thanksgiving for the carrots so she didnt choke. She went to town!

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Updated from December 3...

Makenna is fully sitting on her own now. I still put the boppy behind her incase she takes a spill backwards but its rare. She also is much better about getting up on her hands and knees. She pulls her knees closer together, she is SO close to crawling. Which means Ive been shopping for more baby gates!

Last weekend we were in Delaware for her cousin Mikey's 4th birthday. She went to town sucking on a pretzel stick (of course I got the salt off first). We try to include her in every sit down meal we have. She doesnt usually get anything aside from her teething ring or frozen peaches but she loves being a part of the family. She is showing more and more interest in food and sometimes reaches for our plates or watches in amazement as we put the food in our mouth. With even the small amount of things she has tasted in the last 2 weeks, it had her bound up bad (tmi, sorry!). I tried giving her prune juice- she hated it. Then we tried baby food peaches (eventhough I didnt want to do the puree thing). She didnt like it, who can blame her though?! It tasted kinda like peaches but smelled like wet dog! Gah-ross! So then finally I called the doctor and she said to try pear juice, it has the same effect as prune juice but tastes better. She still isnt too crazy about it but likes playing with the bottle so she drank some. And after a few days, we are back to flowing normal. :o)

In more exciting news, my brother helped out a ton with her Christmas pictures in the last week. I wont post any until after the cards go out next week but they came out really cute. I couldnt have done it without him. It took us 4 days of shooting- about 45 mins each day but he got some great shots. Then he designed an awesome card. Im really excited to send them out! One of my favorite things about Christmas is getting the photocards from everyone!

Okay, enough blabbing in this post!

Ta Da...The Nursery!

Is it still considered a nursery if she is 4.5 months the first time she sleeps in it? Meh, whatever the important part is that its DONE! Tonight will be Makenna's first night in her own room! Hopefully it goes smooth.

I have to give my fabulous husband a ton of credit, he busted his butt and did an amazing job! Its much more perfect than I ever imagined it. We of course hit a few snags along the way but the solutions made the room that much more perfect. Our main issue started when I requested that the old style trim be taken off and replaced. Simple enough, right? Nope. After all trim was off, the plaster and lathe started to crumble, of course. There were a few options... 1. re-drywall the entire room- way too much work. 2. try to re- plaster the bottom where it had crumbled and hope we could seam it well so it didn't look goofy.- I'm confident in my husband's work but this seemed the half-butted way. 3. He came up with the idea of wainscoting. - Perfect! It broke up the paint a bit since we have the funky walls, it would look super cute and would be easy to clean! So that's what we did!

Okay, okay. Enough of my rambling. Here it is!

Before- dark pink + brown carpet= depressing!



Now...

This first picture is the wall you see all the way to the left in the above picture. We added built in storage...



I custom painted both her letters and hangers shown in this pic...

Four months going on...Seven?!

Makenna had her 4 month check up Tuesday night. She is 27 inches and 18 lbs...the size of an average 7 month old! The doctor couldn't believe how active she was either- she wouldn't sit still the entire appointment. That's my Makenna. She did have to get a few shots though, which always breaks my heart to see her in that quick moment of pain.

Wednesday we took a ride with my dad to NY so Makenna could meet her Great Grandpa. It ws a great trip. We stopped by my cousin's house and got to meet the newest member of the family, baby Logan. Then we had lunch with my cousins family and two of my Aunts then headed up to see Grandpa. He was excited to see everyone and meet the new babies. In true Grandpa fashion he didn't make it a long visit and we were back on the road headed to Jersey. Thankfully, Makenna is a great traveler and slept the whole way there and back. I think the shots had a lot to do with her sleeping a good part of the day also.

These past few days she has been really fussy. Not her normal bossy fussiness but more of a "i don't feel good" cry. She doesn't have a fever, or a runny nose and only does a random cough a few times a day but I think she is coming down with something. I dreaded the day she got sick, I feel so helpless and just want to cuddle her and make it better.

In better news, she is just about sitting! She can hold herself up for a while but hasn't figured out that when she throws herself backward or to the side, down she goes. I give it another 2 weeks and she will have it down!

She is also trying to get on her knees from her belly. She still has a ways to go with that one but its definitely in the works. Although the goof still hasn't rolled back onto her back yet. I guess she has bigger and better things to worry about!

My little cuddle bug

Makenna has never been a huge cuddler. She would much rather be held in an upright postion where she can move, jump around and watch the world over my shoulder. Today, she realized that she can rest her head on my shoulder and still watch the world and she did it all day. I didnt think it was possible to fall more in love with her. My heart melted and I definitely had an "Awwe" Mommy Moment. Words cant express how much I love that little girl.

In other news, she grew out of her infant car seat already! It only goes up to 22 lbs- which Im sure my 4 month old is already past!- So we had to get a new one. Today she took her first ride in her new "big girl" seat...



Can ya tell she is proud?! She loved being able to sit up and see out the window like a big girl. Of course since she cant sit up on her own quite yet, I brought along the infant seat to put in the shopping cart while we were food shopping. Silly, but it worked!

Tales of the crazy, sleep deprived Mom...

Let me start off this ridiculous story by saying that Makenna has recently gotten worse with her sleeping. Instead of going 4-6 hours sleeping at night she has been waking up about every 2 hours. It takes atleast 1/2 hour between the feeding and changing her diaper then I wont fall asleep until she is asleep so sometimes Im missing up to an hour during each feeding. Sadly, you get use to walking around like a zombie...most times.

The other day started as one of those restless nights. Awesome. I always sit up at the top of the bed, against the wall to feed her. But lately its hard for me to keep my eyes open while feeding her so I have developed this fear of falling asleep during a feeding. Apparently I have transferred that fear to my dreams. Although I dont remember the dream- I do remember waking up to a warm body under the covers, against my leg that I knew was not my husband. My immidate and only reaction- "OH My GOSH, Makenna is in the bed!". I quickly fly out of bed, go pick up the sleeping, warm body. I held it up in the air about 1/2 arms length away, staring into those confused eyes. I was just as confused myself. Then it hit me. I looked over to her bed, she was comfortably snoozing away in there. I was holding our half awake dog. So confused and unhappy that his deep sleep had been interupted for no reason than his Moms insanity. I did a half giggle, too tired to fully laugh at my idiotness (makin up words) appologized to him, put him back under the covers and got back into bed. Poor Neik.



On another note- I know some of you may be looking for some pics of the most adorable baby human/ giraffe ever... aka Makenna during her first Halloween. BUT I left my memory card at my parents so when I get that back from them I will be uploading some pics!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and weekend!

A Pumpkin for my silly Punkin

Today we started our first tradition as a family! We went pumpkin picking at a local farm. It was fun! My parents came along also. We all had lunch at a pizza place up the street then headed to the farm. It was a really cute place with a market, I had never been there. Makenna amused everyone with her silly noises on the hayride out to the patch. Such a goof. I know she wasn't as excited as I was about our new tradition but next year she will be! I found a really cute pumpkin sweat outfit on sale at Babies R Us so she was adorable and festive too! It ended up being pretty warm and sunny though so the sweat shirt didnt last too long. Because the sun was shining so much she didn't really want to open her eyes up bright eyed like she usually does. But we ended up getting a few good pics anyway!













~In other news~

- We are moving along pretty quickly (considering) upstairs. Makenna's room will hopefully be done by the end of the week. We have both her room and our room painted. Mr. Jersey is working on getting up the wainscoting and then comes the flooring. I'm excited for it to be done! It will make life much easier and more organized!

- I found a new arts and craft project. I was browsing through Etsy a few months ago and found these ADORABLE letters (I forget the Etsy seller so if anyone knows, let me know so I can give them credit!).

They were pretty pricey though so I figured Id try it myself. I used orange instead of the pink since her room is orange and yellow. They aren't 100% finished but here is what they look like so far-



The Latest in Makenna Developments

~She still hasn't figured out how to get back onto her back after rolling onto her stomach. She definitely tries though so I give her credit! Although in the last week she has become a belly sleeper due to it, she seems to like it better.

~She is holding herself up MUCH better while on her stomach. She can actually push herself up so high that she can peek over the top of the pack and play. We are definitely rushing to get her room done and get her in a crib!

~She laughs! I have gotten a few giggles out of her in the past month- here and there. Nothing I would really consider a laugh though. This weekend she decided just about everything is funny. And her laugh is SO adorable and contagious! Yesterday my Dad was sitting with her on their deck and Cedar (the old-man family dog) would come over to check out Makenna and she would laugh her butt off! She is use to her little Neiko so maybe the sight of a big dog (he is a lab) was exciting! Mr. Jersey was playing with her in front of mirrors yesterday too and she loved it. So cute.

~She blows bubbles. Like its her job. All over the place. I constantly have to have a rag with me because she is a drooly mess!

~She thinks anything that is in reach of her little arms is hers. And hers to taste. No matter if I'm holding my phone, a drink, if we are in front of the keyboard...she's goin for it!

~She has decided she doesn't need nap time. Yep. No naps. She isn't too bad with it actually. She doesn't usually get "over tired" since she goes to bed around 7:30 now that its darker earlier. Sometimes she will fall asleep during a feeding for about 5-10 mins but then she wakes up bright eyed and ready for her clown (thats me) to entertain her! I would like her to take some kind of nap during the day though, it would be so much easier for me to get things done...and I wouldnt have to do a mini novel of a blog at 11 pm.

~She is trying to sit! She is over being held like a "baby". Not that she was ever REALLY into it though. If you try to have her relax in your lap- she is doing little crunches to pull herself up. She is still wobbly but definitely in the next few weeks she will have it down and be sitting! When she has something in her head, there is no stopping her!

~We have also decided that I am going to teach her baby sign language. I saw it on an episode of Quints by Surprise. They taught their babies it before they could talk so they could communicate with them. Seems to be a fun activity that Makenna and I can work on during the day once she is a little older and can mimic us better.

~She has decided that Neiko is her bff. She loves petting him, grabbing his ears, nose, feet and tail. Neiko TOTALLY eats it up. He loves it, he loves her! He doesn't even get the slightest bit mad when she tugs on his ears or tail. He just comes back licking her. Its hard to believe that I was concerned how he would be with a baby or if he would be insanely jealous. He loves that Makenna is a part of our family and gets just as excited to see her as he does us.

~Lastly, I'm not sure where she got it from but she makes this silly dinosaur noise when she is excited. Mr. Jersey seems to think it came from one of her toys that makes a lion roar noise. Maybe!



Wu! That was a long post. If you hung in there with me- you're a champ! I hope every one has a great week and a Happy and safe Halloween!

Heaven has gained an angel

The world has lost an amazing man. My Pop, or Father Pop as I have referred to him as, passed away on the 12th. This weekend we had the services in CT. It was hard. I absolutely adored my Pop. Although I didnt see him as much as I would have liked, I always felt close to him and I completely admired him for all he has done. He led an amazing life. A husband of a beautiful woman, a father of 6 girls, a grandfather of 12 and a great grandfather of 2 little girls. Not to mention he has been a catholic priest for 17 years and has had his own parish for 11 years.

He has been through SO much throughout the years medically. I cant help but be relieved that he isn't in pain anymore and that he is happily looking down on us with my Nana. He will be missed more than words can express though. Its hard to believe that he wont put his hand on my face and say "hello beautiful" in his deep voice when greeting me anymore. Or I wont hear his laugh or get one of those warm and comforting hugs he was so great at. Im not sure its fully hit me. Its hard to stop and realized the magnitude of it all while taking care of a 3.5 month old 24/7. When she goes to sleep or is with her Daddy and I get to focus on other things it starts to hit me. I keep telling myself that he is in a better place though and although Im not sure what I believe in religiously, I truely believe he is with my Nana and looking down on us.

I'm also so glad he was able to meet and christen Makenna a few weeks ago. Not only was it special to me and something I will never forget, it gave my family the chance to go up and see him. With our family living in many states, its hard to say if we all would have made it up there to spend time with him one last time.

I'm sure Pop isnt in Heaven blogging and wont read this but if I could I would tell him how he has always been and will always continue to be a big part in my life. He will never be fogotten and will always be missed and loved.










Rest in Peace, Pop

Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'

Makenna is now offically on the move! She rolled over on the 9th. She has been arching her back and laying to the side for about a week or more now but Saturday, she woke up determined. She realized that if she kicked over her leg that she could ALMOST roll over...if that little arm didnt get in the way. She wasnt giving up though. Finally she realized she had to pull her arm in closer to her body...VICTORY! So there she was proudly on her belly. But after the "now what" realization set in, she panicked. Her arms and feet went flying all over as she yelled like she was mad at me for putting her there. Im not gonna lie, it was a little funny watching her flop around. I was hoping she would realized how to flip herself over but she didnt. Everytime I flipped her over to her back, she was right over onto her belly again in a matter of seconds. She was proud.

My reality hit in that night though. My proudness (pretty sure I just made that up) quickly turned to sleep loss. After her 5 am feeding I laid her into her bed and there she went, onto her belly...and the flopping/ screaming began. Awesome. I flipped her back onto her back and there she went onto the belly again. Of course I couldnt leave her there, she wouldnt calm down and I couldnt sleep knowing she wasnt comfortable being on her belly. After about 1/2 hr of sitting with her and trying to get her to stay on her back I gave up and brought her into the bed with us so I could hold her and know she was okay. She didnt want to cuddle though, she just wanted to roll. We went back and forth between our bed and her bed for about 2+ hours until she finally was tired enough to fall asleep with us in bed.

Last night, I got smart though. I ended up stuffing a rolled blanket under the sheet so she couldnt roll over. Of course she ended up getting herself rolled over after a while but atleast it wasnt an all night thing.

Im hoping she calms down with the rolling over or learns how to roll back onto her back, quickly.

Also, she seems to have a new goofy habit every week. Two weeks ago she would puff our her cheeks and make this almost kissy face with her lips like a little monkey. Then last week she decided it would be cute to stick her toung out, all the time. Goof. This week she will roll to her side and put both her hands up to her cheeks and pushes her cheeks in while making all kinds of silly sounds. Little miss personality. I dont know where she comes up with this stuff!

Being a stay at home Mom sometimes drives me nuts to be stuck in the house most of the week but I couldnt imagine missing out on all these little moments with her and watching her grow and learn.

Blessed in more ways than one

As you can see, I changed the blog name. I'm not 100% satisfied with the new name but didn't feel the old one fit well since most of my writings have been about my daughter and not our animals. I have decided that I am going to print all these posts and put them into a book for her also, starting with the during the pregnancy posts. I think it will be neat for her to read about everything when she is older. I just wish I started the pregnancy posts sooner than I did so I had the entire pregnancy. But- whatcha gonna do?!

Anyway, the Christening in CT was this past weekend. It went AMAZING. Makenna was in such a great mood. She slept almost the whole way up, we stopped about 45 mins before we got to my Grandfathers for a bathroom break and she woke up so I fed her. Then she was awake the rest of the trip and happy to see everyone once we got there. I'm pretty sure she didn't miss one person with the smiles. Around feeding time she was super gassy and screamed- a lot. We got her fed, dressed and calmed down though. Then we headed over to the church (which was just a short walk since its right next to the rectory). Side Note: If you remember from the previous post, my Grandfather is a catholic priest and has his own parish in CT. End side Note. Father Pop (as we sometimes call him) made the ceremony pretty quick though. Makenna started to fuss a little and then turned it into her goofy noises as she usually does. Everyone got a kick out of it. The ceremony was really special and intimate since it was a few members of the family and we were the only ones in the church. The day couldn't have been more beautiful, even the weather cooperated. After everything was done, a few of us stayed in the church for a bit to take some pictures while everyone headed back to the rectory for lunch. We layed Makenna down on the floor and she let that little personality shine. She was talking, smiling and kicking around. She had a blast. Her Godmother (my cousin), Godfather (my brother), my Aunt and Uncle...they all loved it. I'm pretty sure we got about 200 pictures between my Uncles camera and mine. After about a half hour the smiles began to turn though so I headed back to feed her, change her and put her down for a nap. A few laps around the house in the stroller did the trick. They key is to use the bumpy grass though, she doesn't like a smooth ride as much.

Then Mr. Jersey and I got to spend some much needed time with the family. It was great sitting around the table chatting and laughing. Later, my parents took my Dad's side of the family for a walk into the adorable town to see the little shops. They took Makenna for a walk with them also and she loved it!

Everyone ended up staying for dinner also before they made their journeys back home. It was so good seeing everyone and we were so thankful they could make the trip. I'm really glad everyone got to see my little munchkins personality also. The last few times we saw everyone she was a big time fusser so this was a nice change. Also I'm really glad she got to meet Pop and her Godmother Kathryn. They are both really important people in my life and I was so happy she got to meet them. Oh, and also my cousins Chris, Buddy and Shannon who she hadn't met yet!

All in all, aside from some missed family, I don't think the trip could have been more perfect. We have such amazing family and I cant thank everyone enough for joining us and helping make the day so perfect!

Here are some pics of the day!












On Monday Makenna and I had a little photo shoot to try to get some really great posed shots of her in the dress. Take a look!