Well I'm behind again. I just realized that I haven't posted pictures from any of the recent holidays...I'll see if I can get those up soon when it loads right...
On February 9th, Makayla turned 4. I can't believe my baby girl is 4 already. The time is going by so fast! This year she had a Tangled birthday theme. We had sub sandwiches, chips, veggies and fruit followed by a Tangled decorated cake. She got a bunch of clothes, easy bake oven food, and the dress and wig from the movie Tangled. She had so much fun opening presents. Then we surprised her with one last gift, her first bicycle! It even came with a seat for her baby on the back. She was so surprised and excited. She went out and rode it and did pretty good. Now she goes really fast! On her actual birthday she had preschool that morning. They made a special birthday hat for her to wear. Then we went to lunch with both grandmas at Hometown buffet where everyone there sang her Happy Birthday. That night daddy took her out for ice cream. She had a great day.
Feb 14 Valentine's Day. Michael was gone in Texas so the kids and I sent a package to his hotel with valentines, candy and snacks. He had no idea we were sending anything. It was a great surprise. He hid my present at the house and had Makayla get it for me. It was a 1 lb box of Sees chocolate (my fav) and a heart charm for my Pandora bracelet. It is so pretty. He also sent a dozen red roses, and a single red rose for Makayla. They were beautiful and unexpected! That day the kids and I had pink, heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, and later that night my brother Jared, sister and Chris came over and we ordered pizza and hung out.
Since I'm almost 6 months pregnant I thought I would post about it. We found out on Thanksgiving morning that we were expecting baby #3. We were so excited and feeling extra thankful that day! So far this pregnancy has been great. I'm very blessed to not have morning sickness. We found out not too long ago that it is a little boy! We are going to name him Dallin Joseph Trimmell. (Dallin is a combination of my father-in-law, David and my dad's middle name, Alan) So he will be named after both of our wonderful fathers. Makayla and Landon are excited to have him join our family. Makayla loves to feel him kick, and often pretends that she is pregnant and that her baby kicks too lol. Landon likes to give my belly kisses, and even shared gold fish with his little brother yesterday, too cute! We are all very excited and can't wait for him to join our family. He is due August 3, but I'm hoping he comes a little early, like mid-late July. Guess we will wait and see...
Feb. 18 Michael and I went away for the weekend for the first time ever! I was really nervous about leaving the kids. I knew that they would be fine (both grandmas/grandpas were going to be watching them) but I had never left them before so it was hard. However, once we got down to San Diego we had a great time. It was nice to sleep in, go shopping, and go out to eat by ourselves. Once Sunday came around though I was ready to go home and see them. I definitely missed them while we were gone and texted a lot asking about how they were doing. I really enjoyed having some one on one time with Michael though. Overall, it was a great little trip.
March 9 we took Makayla to see Wicked. She has been singing songs from it so we thought we would take her while they were back for a month. She loved it!! She sat still and quiet for pretty much the whole show. It was a long night but we had such a great time!
March 15 Landon got his first haircut. I was kinda sad to cut off the curls, but now he looks like such a big boy! I really like it. I saved some of the curls so I can scrapbook them. He did such a great job! Sat still for almost 10 minutes. Rachael Jackman did a great job. Thanks again! This was also a special day because it was Michael's last day of his Admin class. He now has his Tier 1 Administrative Credential. We are so proud of him! He worked so hard and we are so grateful!
March 17, St. Patrick's Day. We had green, shamrock shaped pancakes for breakfast and wore green outfits. We watched Cars and later went to the park and dance class.
Makayla celebrated the day before at school where they searched for the leprechaun and found his gold. (chocolate coins) So fun!
This past Sat, April 9 we celebrated Landon's 2nd birthday. Michael will be gone the week on Spring Break on the 8th grade Washington DC trip so we decided to celebrate a little early. His actual birthday is on April 19th. This year we did a "Construction" themed party. He loves big trucks so it was perfect. He had so much fun opening and playing with all the different cars he got. He got a dump truck, construction trucks, a trash truck, and all the character cars from the movie Cars (he fell in love with the movie after I already bought decorations for the construction party lol) He got a bunch of cute clothes, but he was too busy playing to notice lol.
Makayla is doing so well in Preschool. She comes home singing new songs, and tells me all about the things she is learning. She has sight word books and flashcards that she is learning and passing off. She's already on book #13! We are so proud of her and all that she is learning! She's also doing great at church in Sunbeams and loves singing time in Primary.
Landon is talking so much now! He repeats everything, and even talks in small sentences, like "ohh, mama, trash truck" "mama, I want sit couch" He loves to repeat words from the movie cars, like "shoot", "not same" etc. He has been going pee in the toilet a few times each day for a few months now...It would be nice to have him potty trained before the baby comes...His attention span is getting longer, and he will sit through almost the entire movie. He will also sit and color and line up and play with his trucks for a good amount of time. He wants to be a big boy like sissy and sit at the table like her etc. He has also been learning and singing along to songs a lot lately. He will kinda mumble some words, but when he knows the word he will sing it extra loud. He loves to sing "Child of God" "Temples" "Missionary" (that what he calls them) and the song "Hey Soul Sister" by Train is his favorite! We are so proud of him and al that he is learning.
Here is my 5 month belly picture
(Will post other pictures later. It's not loading for some reason right now...)
