And She Slept Through The Night

Thank goodness, the day has finally arrived. Both Kimi and I slept a full 7 hours last night with Makenna's belly being full of rice cereal. When I awoke this morning, I thought I heard angels singing but I'm not sure. We started Makenna on cereal on Friday after we went to the baby doc for Makenna's 4 month check up. She now weighs in at 14.3lbs and has grown to 25 1/2 inches! For her weight she's in the 55th percentile but in height she's at 90th percentile! Still tall and skinny. :) I just wish she didn't have to get all those shots every time. It's so sad b/c she's in a great mood and then *WHAM*, she gets stuck with 5 needles! She's a trooper though. But that just started off the long weekend for her. As you can see from the pic, she isn't quite getting the idea of taking the cereal off the spoon and keeping it in her mouth. The first meal pretty much ended up on her shirt which was quite funny.

On Saturday, Kimi, Makenna and I with my Dad and Brenda went down to Lawton to see the leaves changing and to capture some really cool photos. My dad's never been down there before (and neither has Miss Mak either, at least outside the womb!) and we thought it would be a great experience. It was SO beautiful. There was the bluest sky I've seen in a long time, the air was crisp but perfect, and the trees were all hues of red, yellow, and orange. We drove up Mount Scott, climbed the trail to the Castle, and made our way through the 40 foot Hole canyon. It was so peaceful. Makenna had a great time there as well but boy did she get heavy while we were climbing up and down those trails! We each took turns but I still feel it in my back today!

Funny Story Numero Uno: Last week, Kimi, Denise and I went to the mall to see the movie "Facing The Giants". It's a christian flick with a great story line. (I might have come close to shedding a tear but I won't admit that in person.) Anyway, on the way out of the mall, we walked by a LensCrafters store and there was caution tape across the whole window. Kimi turned to us and said "Do you think they put up that tape to keep people from walking into the window?" We were like huh? Then I looked down and realized the floor was under construction. I mentioned that to Kimi and she said, "Oh I thought since people were there to buy glasses that they might not have been able to see the window as they were walking out..." Denise and I died laughing. I just kept picturing all the nose smudge marks on the window from the semi-blind soon-to-be surprised patrons colliding with the plate glass full force. Haha, that brings a smile to my face.

Funny Story Numbero Dos: Also last week, while I was at lunch, I called my wife while I was heading over to Target to take back some Halloween Candy (I overspent by about $30 dollars... oops). Kimi was telling me about this clean and hygienic little girl that she's working with right now that has a case of lice. Apparently lice is more attracted to the well-kept rather than the dirty haired but who knows. Anyway, right after Kimi had helped this girl, the teachers came up to Kimi and told her she might want to wash her hands b/c that little girl has lice! Kimi was like "Oh great!" So we started our discussion about lice just in case Kimi did get it in her hair. (She didn't by the way but its funny to watch her scratch b/c its in her head - not literally though... haha). As I was walking into the store, me, not knowing a lot about lice, said a little too loudly to Kimi, "So, is the only way to get rid of it is to shave it?" I was referring to her head but apparently those people around me didn't know that. Literally 7 people stopped and turned around and stared at me with disgusted looks on their faces. I didn't realize why they were staring at me at first but then I thought about what I said last and I cracked up laughing out loud. I was so embarrased but really there was no way to explain it at that point. I just made my way into the store quickly and got out of there. I can only imagine what they were thinking. Too funny...

Back to the updates. This past Sunday, Kimi and I, along with our family, went before the church and dedicated Makenna to the Lord. It was such a neat experience. Of course, Makenna was a perfect angel, taking the time to smile at her daddy and the preacher. She wore a pretty (dry clean only) dress picked out by her Great Grandpa Miller and only slobbered a little. :) The church gave us a story bible and a certificate, which was cool. As we were walking out, the pastor said that the vase at the pulpit was for us to take home and keep. I went to the front and all I saw was this HUGE BOUQUET of red carnations and thought wow, that's a lot of flowers but okay, that sure is nice of them... As I was walking out of the church, he came up to me and said, "WAIT, I didn't mean that vase! That is for the Veterans! I meant the one on the other side." I looked down there and sure enough, there was a small vase with one tiny flower in there. I was so embarrased, I almost walked out of the church with all those flowers. But the pastor was laughing with me (or more likely at me) and so was Kimi. All in all, the day was a great day.

I would like to ask all of you to pray for Kimi and I that we can uphold our promise to raise Makenna to know the Lord. We made a promise before God and His people and we realllly desire to become more steady and frequent in church. We would also appreciate some prayers for Kimi's Grandpa Miller (the one that picked out the dress for Makenna). He is having a procedure done tomorrow on his heart and we want to ask you all to pray that God would take care of him during this time. He's had a rough time with his health lately and we hope and pray that this procedure will help aleviate his pains. Thank you all so much for the prayers. It is invaluable to us.

Thanks for putting up with the long update. There are many more pictures from this past week on our Flickr site so check it out when you get a chance. I hope your week is an awesome one.

Until the Cows come home,

Jason

PS. I want to welcome the newest addition into our family. AUTUMN DONELLE GANDY Born 11-8-06 at 4:40pm, she is 6 lbs 1 oz and is 19 inches long. Welcome Autumn! I can't wait to meet you at Thanksgiving!