Christmas

Our little Makayla Rae is growing so fast. She is now 7 1/2 months old and is sitting very well on her own and trying to move while on her hands and knees but still no progress. She's such a big girl in so many ways and gets so excited and proud of herself when she learns something new. She laughs constantly, almost as if she thinks that everything she sees is funny. If I could describe her in one word it would be love. She loves EVERYONE. She smiles, and lights up a room when she's there. Our little angel I know is straight from Heaven and we thank our heavenly father for her daily. She has taught me so much in the time that she has been on this earth than I have learned in my lifetime. I have learned more about patience in the past 7 months then I thought was possible. She has so much patience with me as a mother. The way she looks into my eyes melts me every time. I couldn't live without the love of my little girl. She is innocent, pure, and perfect.

We had our first christmas with Kayla this year and eventhough she had more fun trying to eat the wrapping paper, it was the best time watching her try and figure it out. She got some great developmental toys and some clothes from Grandma and Grandpa Moultrie that she looks so beautiful in! Then again, I think she looks beautiful in anything.

She loves her laptop, eventhough she still wants to play with daddy's! Funny Girl!

Giving Thanks

Makayla is growing so fast. I can't believe that she is almost 7 months old. I have found myself being so full of thanks over the past few weeks for our wonderful daughter. I love her more than life. I can't imagine what life would be without her, my life would be over. Due to the situation I find someone else is in, I have prayed so much and thanked my heavenly father for the health of our child. For the past 2 weeks I have cried every day for the hurt of someone else and what they must be going through. I can't imagine what it would be like to not be able to change those smelly diapers, or watch her try and crawl like she is doing now. I love her laugh, her smile, her tiny little hands and feet, and yes, I even kiss her all over. She is so perfect. I hurt so bad for this family. I want to make it better, but I can't. I want to work a miracle, but can't. The lords will I'm sure will be done, but finding strength to accept it, will take a miracle in itself.

Our angel Makayla

Our little angel was born 2 1/2 weeks early at 5 lbs 12 oz. She is now wearing 0-3 month clothes and is nearly 5 months old. She has fed herself twice now and is VERY eager to move all by herself! She tries to sit up but can't but just for a few seconds on her own. When she got her baby blessing, given by daddy of course, she wasn't in the happiest mood that day so I did a photo shoot with her on Tuesday this week and here are the

results of the pictures!

Our Little Makayla Rae

About a week after coming home from Hawaii I started having some unusual symptoms that I had never had before. After some thought, we decided to take a pregnancy test and it was negative so we went on with our daily lives... well, after about 2 more weeks we took another one and got the news! Married for one month and we're expecting!

The next 4 months were no walk in the park for either one of us. As I was extremely sick, poor Chad went from having an upbeat, energetic wife, to being married to someone who can't keep anything down and sleeps all the time. He was nothing but supportive. Taking me into the emergency room and helping me with anything I couldn't do for myself (which was pretty much everything).

On October 30th, I lost my grandpa, who I have been very close to my whole life. Three weeks before he died, I went to the home where my grandpa was being cared for and told him the news. A smirk went accross his face and I then asked him, "Grandpa, is it a boy or a girl?" Keep in mind that I was only 6 weeks pregnant and even a doctor wouldn't be able to tell us this for atleast 12 weeks. He then told me without hesitation that we were having a girl and on January 16th, the doctor confirmed just that.
















We decided to name our little angel Makayla Rae. We just love the name Makayla and Rae comes from her grandma Moultrie who we love very much and has been a huge support for not only my husband growing up but for me as well during the time I have had the pleasure of knowing her.

Makayla loves her daddy! Her movements and reactions when he talks to her are priceless and I know she's just going to have him wrapped around her little finger. (As if she doesn't already!)

Our little girl is due on May 31st and has been very eager the past couple weeks to meet her family. As of right now, we are doing our best to prevent going into labor for just two more weeks. We're very excited to have our little angel in our arms!

Honeymoon in Hawaii

The day after we got married, we woke up at 6 am to be in a flight to Waikiki! (Thank you dad for sending us here as your wedding gift!) It was so beautiful, we didn't want to come home!

Our Wedding

Our Wedding was beautiful! We got married on August 23rd, 2008 and haven't looked back. Our families came to Seattle for the wedding where we were living at the time. My grandfather, who had been diagnosed with dimentia for some time was able to see us get married in the temple two months before he left this life and I will always be thankful for that.

Our Engagement

Chad proposed on the temple grounds of the Seattle Temple, where we would be sealed just 4 months later for all eternity. He played it off quite well. As we were driving in the car he was acting extremely quiet and I asked him if everything was ok. He replied with, "Yes, I'm fine, just have a lot on my mind." I then asked him if there was anything I could do and he said no. He then took the exit for the temple and said, "where am I going?!" As if he was lost. He asked if I was hungry and I said, that I wasn't quite yet but would probably be soon. The timing was perfect and he immediately took a right and pulled into the temple parking lot and asked if I wanted to walk around before we go get something to eat. We sat down on a bench after walking around the temple and began to watch the sun set. He then said that there was actually ONE thing I could do to make him feel better and got down on one knee. I looked over at his face and never looked down so I didn't see the ring in his hand! I kept asking him what it was that I could do and he simply looked down at the ring and I was SHOCKED!! It was beautiful! After putting a beautiful ring on my finger, we celebrated at Black Angus with steak!