Our HAPPY Baby!!!! (always)

We are so lucky to have such a happy baby and as we're finding out day in and day out, the BEST BABY EVER! LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!

Where is the time going?!

We can't believe it, Kenna is mastering the sippy cup already! Although it's much easier for her to get her juice and milk as she's lying down, she'll soon figure out all she has to do is tip her head back :)

Almost there...

Any day now, our little peanut will be crawling like crazy; for now, she's rolling everywhere and practicing how to get up on all 4's and rock back and forth :)

Our Little Reader...

Kenna loves when we read to her each day and now she's learning how to hold the books by herself!

SUCH A BIG GIRL!

Chuck E Cheese

After the MOA, we headed to Chuck E Cheese for Kenna's second cousin's birthday party. She is still pretty little to do much there, but she was able to go on one of the rides and it was pretty darn cute :) she had so much to look at while we were there and really had a fun time!!!

Big Day @ the MOA

This morning we went to the MOA for the Juvenile Diabetes Walk for my work, then met up with Grandma Sheryl and did some shopping! Kenna loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so we got her, her own Minnie doll at the Disney Store :) she had a big day and was such a good girl!!!!!!

Valentine's Day

While I was at work on Valentine's Day, I got the best present in the world....Mackenna in her cute way of telling me she loves me :) Then later we went to dinner at the usual spot of PF Changs, so we brought her over to Grandma and Grandpa's house and she was able to get in on the candlelit dinner action :) All in all, she had a great 1st Valentine's Day!!!

LOVES!

8 months old!

In honor of Mackenna's 1st Valentines Day, we had her 8 month pictures especially themed :) ENJOY!

Just a few funny pics of our little lady...

ENJOY!!!! What a happy little girl we have FULL of personality!!!!!!!!!!!

Kenna FINALLY has her room!!!!

It's been awhile since we last posted on here, but our lives have been a little crazy! With my new job and getting settled into that, the crazy car accident that I was involved in, in the beginning of JAN (Yes, I'm ok and no, Kenna wasn't with me) and most recently, moving into our own place, you can imagine how crazy we have been these days!!!!!

We moved into our place this past weekend and are almost done with all the unpacking and organizing! With all the moving Nate and I have done, you'd think we'd be pro's by now, BUT that's not the case just yet and it's crazy how much harder it is with a little peanut in tow :) We are so happy that for the first time since our little munchkin was brought into this world, we FINALLY have her room for her!!!!! Nate thinks I went into my 'nesting' phase while I was painting since I really didn't get to have that moment while I was pregnant :) I think he was right!!! It turned out awesome; we included a few pics for you all to see! It's definitely PINKALISCIOUS!!!!!

We are settling nicely and really enjoying being in our own space again. It sure is amazing what little things we tend to take for granted. We have learned so much as a family what sticking together truly means and I can say I am one lucky lady for having such a great little family; it's so easy to give up and run away, but we have stuck through and hung on and through everything are continuing to become stronger and more loving towards life and everything we have!

We hope everyone's New Year has started off on the right path and we hope to see you all soon!

Lots of love from the Schlieman's xoxoxo

Mackenna is 7 months!!!!

We can't believe how fast time is going!!!! Kenna is already 7 months and so much is changing! She absolutely loves her PUFFS these days; we can't seem to feed them to her fast enough; those along with her yogurt she devours as well :) She is sitting up for LONG periods of time now and really starting to grasp her surroundings and everything around her. She's getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth; but no crawling quite yet; but we think that will come soon!!!! And the biggest change is her activity in her exer-saucer that Grandma and Grandpa Harrison got her awhile back; rather than just sit and stare at things, she is now running around that thing in circles; Nate made a great video I might have to post on here for all to see what we're talking about. It's pretty fun and she just loves it! There is so much more, but those are the big things that have stuck out to us.

We can't believe how big our little girl is getting and are enjoying each and every moment of this amazing thing called parenthood!

Love,
Kara and Nate