Easter Pictures

I don't really have a reason to buy McKenna a frilly Easter dress. But who can resist a little girl in a cute dress? We had to have her professionally photographed! She is just changing so much, I couldn't wait until her 1 year pictures. Here are some of our favs!

--Baby Feet--

--What's over there?--

--I LOVE the chair!--

--I'm Bored--

--So Big--

--So Cute!--

--Angelic--

--Poser!--

Winter Blizzard Photos

Everyone thinks I was exaggerating with the blizzard we had. Here are the Photos to check out the drifts and damage! Thanks Damon :) Keep in mind some of these are major highways...not back roads. Pretty amazing!

Botanical Center

Last week Gona, Mac and I all went to the botanical center in downtown Des Moines. Gona was craving a tropical environment, and this was the closest thing to it in Des Moines. McKenna loved looking at the fish, flowers and trees. It really is a relaxing place, especially with the horrible winter we have been having!

On the way home we stopped and met Rufus. He is a bloodhound that Gona and Baca were considering adopting. I think that they have since decided not to, but he was a sweet dog!

--Gona and Mac hanging out in the flowers--

--checking out the koi pond--

--Mommy and Mac with the flowers--

Growin up

My little girl is officially mobile now. She crawls, pulls herself up, chases the dog, and pretty much wants to eat and drink by herself.....makes me a little sad :( I am excited to see her learning new things each day, though. This summer will be so much fun! It finally got to 75 degrees yesterday. Very strange to see the thermometer at 75 degrees and piles of snow along the freeway? I guess when you have a mountain of snow covered in salt and sand it takes a while to melt!

--Forget bottles - she loves her sippy cups!--

--YUM messy!--

The snow is gone!

Finally almost all the snow has melted! It is supposed to be in the 60s for the next few days and should get rid of whatever is left! We have been cooped up for weeks and got a little stir crazy. Below are some of our antics!

--Here she is playing fetch with Rylee--

--Playing computer with daddy (Josh is setting up a PC to connect to our TV, our home "server"--

--Giving mommy kisses after bathtime--

--Practicing to be a world famous drummer--

--Playing dressup with diapers, they make great hats!--

We can't wait to go outside and play! All these long days have made us get a little creative!

Jim Gaffigan's Hot Pocket

Last night we went to Jim Gaffigan's show in Des Moines. HILARIOUS! I have never laughed so hard in my entire life. He was amazing! We had no idea on the way there, but Barlow and BK both were there as well. Luckily Barlow got there early because general admission was first come first serve, so he saved us some good seats.

Mac stayed at Gona and Baca's with Tali and Kade. Emmi and Mark met us at our house then we drove through the blizzard to get there. We all had a great time. We ate at a little diner on Merle Hay with a pretty ditsy waitress...but my salad was good :)

Pretty tired of the crappy weather. Josh and I carpooled in the 4 wheel drive truck yesterday. Took us over 45 minutes just to get to Ames from Ankeny. Luckily we left early and took it slowly home. We saw three jack knifed semis and many cars in the ditch...seems like people should just slow down! They closed I35 north from Ames, basically most of 30 west and all of 80. I have NEVER heard of closing freeways down! Crazy weather! At least it is supposed to be 45+ degrees in the next few days...can melt all the crap!