Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Yay! Stocking gifts: a new hat and Abby Cadabby!
What a great pose with cousins Noah and Madison...and Mickey.
Merry Christmas!
The box is the best part!
Playing with my cousins Elizabeth and Anna on Christmas Day.

Wuertley Christmas

Last Friday we had our Christmas with Jen's family. We had a great time watching the grandkids open gifts. Of course Makayla, Jakobi, and Maylee just wanted to climb up and over the boxes.

Elizabeth and Makayla pose for the camera.
Makayla's big surprise was her new wagon from Grandpa and Grandma.
Such proud Grandparents!
Maylee "supervises" while Jakobi and Makayla play in the wagaon. They were content for quite a long time!

9 month check-up

Update: Makayla now weighs 18 pounds 11 ounces and is 27 inches long. She has done so well keeping her food down the last 2 months, that we are starting to decrease her medicine. Yay Makayla!

I'm "helping" daddy shop online for good deals.
Mommy's school crate doubles as a toy box.
Mommy reads really well! It's like she's done this before.

Christmas with Grandma Avery

Grandma Avery came to visit from Florida and we had our Christmas with her. She has three geat-grandkids now. We all had a fun time. Come back soon Grandma Shirley!

Thanksgiving

Makayla spent Thanksgiving with a fever! Poor girl. She has been battling a nasty ear infection that didn't seen to want to go away. She wasn't much fun to be around (sorry cousins). She layed in our arms looking pitiful. We had to make a call to the doctor the next day and get a new prescription filled. Hopefuly our next time together (in 2 weeks) all the kiddos will feel well and have fun together.

It's very difficult to get a picture with everyone smiling and looking. I don't think we've got a good one yet!

Happy Hallloween!

Can you tell she wasn't exactly amused? She's one serious butterfly.

Playdates

Mommy's on Fall Break and invited over some friends for me to play with. I met Izzy and Jonah on Wednesday. We had a lot of fun! My good friend Meredith came over on Thursday. I like Fall Breaks.

Jonah

Izzy

I'm not used to being the older one. Sorry Meredith! You didn't look like you cared too much though.

Ornery

"Look at me, Mom! I crawled under my Exersaucer!"
"This is too much fun!"
"My crib tastes yummy!"

Parade!

Makayla experienced her first parade this weekend. We took her to the James Dean Festival parade.

Mommy and Makayla pose before the parade. Okay, mommy poses while Makayla ignores the camera.
Cousin Noah takes a close look at Makayla- they are good buddies.
Grandma and Grandpa W. watched the parade too!
Makayla checks out a car with Grandma. Will Makayla share a passion for cars like her daddy?

Birthday Party Fun

We went to Ohio Sept 21-22 to celebrate my sister's two babies first birthdays. Makayla had fun playing with her cousins. She fits right in despite the 5 month age difference.

We've been trying for a while now to get tthe three together AND awake at the same time. We finally did!
Jakobi and Maylee's big sis, Caislyn, takes time to feed Makayla.
Jakobi and Maylee with their cakes, made with love by their mommy.
Check out these birthday shirts and crowns!

6 month check-up

Makayla had a well-baby checkup on Sept. 5. She now weighs 16 pounds, 11.5 ounces. She is 25 1/4 inches long. We weren't expecting to have her iron level checked, but the doctor wanted to see if we could stop giving her vitamin/iron supplements. It was a traumatic experience (a very drawn out finger prick and an irate mom) but she longer needs them. Yay!

Crib Time

Cribs are for more than sleeping. It's also a fun place to play while Mommy puts my laundry away!

I am laughing at Daddy as he puts on a puppet show.

Playing with my Wonder Aquarium. I like to wake Mommy and Daddy up with this toy!

Bath time

Makayla has outgrown her infant bathtub that fits in the kitchen sink. She took her first tub bath last night. She loved it!

Zoo

On Labor Day the three of us went to the Zoo. We had so much fun experiencing Makayla's first trip to the zoo. She saw animals that are in her favorite Baby Einstein video. She can now sit up in her stroller so she had a great view.

Makayla in her stroller waiting to enter the park.
Daddy and Makayla pose together.
Look at our little "joey!"
Makayla loved the piglets! They were playing with toys like she has at home!
It was fun watching Makayla's intense expression as she focused on the animals. She loved the penguins.

6 Month Photos

Weekend Fun

We went camping this weekend with my brother Jason and his family. The weather was perfect! Warm during the day and cool in the evening. Great for sitting around the fire. My parents came Saturday evening to visit with us too!

Elizabeth will make a good baby-sitter some day. She always wants to hold Makayla.
Anna enjoys playing with Makayla. She is a great playmate and cousin!

Elizabeth and Anna pose at the new playground.

Makayla decided to sit up by herself this weekend!
Makayla and Daddy pose in our camper.

Big Girl

Look at me! I am eating baby food now and I like it! I can sit in my highchair even though I really can't sit up on my own yet. I look really small in my big chair. Mommy went back to work last week, but I'm okay. I get to spend time with Grandmom and my cousin Noah everyday! Have a great week everyone!

6 Year Anniversary

Scott and I celebrated our six year anniversary last Saturday. Scott surprised me with six red roses. I can't believe how time flies.

We celebrated by going to Fort Wayne and watching the newest Harry Potter Movie and eating at Logan's.