9 months!

Merayya turned 9 months on the 20th of November. She is growing so fast! She started to crawl the right way, and now I never see her army crawl. Here are some pictures of her from the last month.

Santa, Oh Santa!

To start off with....TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo! I can't tell you how good it feels! I am officially a teacher. I will be subbing (here and there) around in Enumclaw...so you just might see me at one of your child's schools!

Also a funny story from a few days ago. I came home from school Monday, and Makyla asked if she had enough money for a Nintendo DS. She brought out her piggy bank and we counted it all up. There was $47 in it. She said "is that enough for a DS?" I said "no, not yet." She went into her room and got a little more change. She came out and said "now, do I have enough?" I said "no, not yet, you will need a lot more!" She went in one more time and got some more change. She came out with that and asked again "is this enough now?" I said "maybe you will have to ask people to give you money to save for the DS for Christmas instead of gifts. She said "okay" and dropped it for the day. The next day I come home from school and she says "Mommy, I am going to give all of that money in my piggy bank to church. I said "you are?" "What about the DS?" She said "Oh, thats okay, I am going to ask Santa for it." I said "well what if Santa doesn't have enough money for it?" She said "he will just take it from the store!" Honestly...where do they get these ideas from? Hmm....and about the DS...I don't think she would even know what to do with it...however, Mark would enjoy it so maybe we will get her one, who knows!

Makyla's 5th Birthday!

Right before the party. She was checking the door constantly to see if anyone was here yet! Opening presents

Opening presents with cousin Kayti's help!

Everyone is singing "Happy Birthday"

Yay! Blowing out the candles.

Last Wednesday, November 12th was Makyla's 5th birthday. We had a birthday party for her yesterday, the 15th of November. I cannot believe how fast time has flown. It literally seems like yesterday when I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking, you don't need to eat again, you just ate! The birthday party was at our house, and many family and friends came. I made the cake again, as I did for Mason's too. It was fun! As you can see, it is quite the cake for a birthday party, however, turning 5 is a huge deal! This is my 4th cake that I have made.

Makyla,

I remember the day that I found out that I was pregnant with you like it was today. I was scared, but I knew that we could do it. I believed that you would be a healthy baby, and every step that you would take I would be amazed. I still am amazed at how fast you have grown. We definitely have our challenges, but overall you are such a joy in my life. You have embraced being a big sister so well. Merayya is your baby, or so you call her! You love playing mama with her. I love your smile and how you are such a humble little girl. Not many things faze you. You are so smart. You just amaze us. Daddy said the other day that you did division! You said I have 6 pieces, so Mason gets 2, I get 2, and Daddy gets 2. I was shocked to hear it, but I know you and know what you are capable of. I am so excited to see how you grow in the years to come. I love you more than words can express.

~Mommy and Daddy

Update on my school!

I am finished in the classroom in 8 days! WoOHoo!! Then I just have an exit seminar on Dec. 3rd and I am official!

Halloween!

Trick or treating downtown The witch, butterfly, and Spiderman!

Makyla's class went to the pumpkin patch!

Mason carving his own pumpkin

Makyla carving her pumpkinThe whole gang (except me)

And here I am (see I was digging in too!)And the finished product. It goes Mason, Jessica, Makyla, Mark we didn't do one for Merayya. There was just a little uncarved one for her!

My first Halloween! I am a beautiful butterfly.

The witch, the butterfly, and Spiderman

Halloween was a lot of fun. We carved pumpkins the week before, and then on Halloween day we went to my old work (Enumclaw Insurance Group) and the kids trick-or-treated there. We all had fun and got a ton of sweets! Here are some pictures.

Mason's school

Mason is still loving going to school. The bus is his favoite part. Here is a picture of his first day of school in October. He has learned so much! He is saying more words. His newest word is room. He says to Makyla "my room!"