Girl!

Yep - Its a girl. It took a while to get a face shot with the hands out of the way, but we got a few. Here are the feet.

Here is her face again.

Letters

Braxton learned his letters this past Easter. He has just started to write them - on a mini Magna-Doodle. Yesterday we were outside with Natalie and made a chalk track for the bike. He decided he needed a stop sign. So Natalie did the shape - and Braxton wrote the word. Sounded it out and all. He is getting big - I think it must be time to start working with him on maybe reading/sounding out words....?

Weired to think I'm 26 and need to start teaching my first born to read!

Twilight!

Natalie and I went to the movie - and It was SOOO GOOD! We both loved it. I also need someone to break the tie on my poll.

New Poll

I have a new poll here on my blog - please Vote! It is a little bet Merrill and I have going - If I win he has to take me out (plan and all that) If not - I have to do the planning!

Tuesday

I am still home with sick kids but have decided to go to the PX and get Wall-E for a little outing and reward for a good trip (I hope) to the doctors office.

Braxton is really in to puzzles now - so we got him some at Target. He is getting good - doing them all by himself WITHOUT asking for help (he can't even look for a toy with out asking for help).

In other news - I am so excited for this:

Diane got tickets for herself, me, and Natalie for Saturday night at 7. Merrill has a friend coming in to town for the weekend - so I'm sure they will have a great time watching the boys while us girls go out for the night.

Apple anyone?

Little note from Grandpa

This is the e-mail I got from

my grandpa today in regard to the

anonymous comments from my mom.

Makenna: Enjoy your blog; Just wanted to assure you, your Mother didn't learn that little trick from her parents! Love You, Grandpa Peterson

Naked Up-date

Wow - that was a lot of comments - about the naked thing. The anonymous comment was from my mother. (Bet none of you guessed that!) I didn't know it would get so heated....humm.

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Merrick has been doing better today - I have kept him busy - not easy since we are trapped inside. Braxton and I had a nice trip to the E.R. because of croup. So we didn't go to church. We spent the day doing play-doe and playing with magnets and coloring (with markers and chalk).

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For those of you who care - Merrick has been going to the C.D.C. (child development center) on post for 3 hours while Braxton is in Pre-school. Gives me some time alone.....anyways... I have been thinking and the naked thing happens after that and I think it is because the people who put the diapers on are doing it wrong - the front is not spared across the front all the way (so that the tabs are almost rubbing on his bare skin) leaving way for some chaffing to happen on his little tummy below the belly button. I think that is why he wants to get naked....gotta give the little rash some time to go away. So when we get home from 'school' I will have to make it my job to check and make sure he is diapered correctly.