Jammie Pictures

Nama got the girls new jammies and when I looked at them I just KNEW that they were going to be too big. (they were 2T and 9 months) I went ahead and tried them anyways and they fit perfect. I guess my girls are bigger than I realize. They are growing up TOO FAST!!!

Fall Updates

What's new...

Kaci is now totally mobile! She crawls (army crawls actually) and is very fast.

She has learned to pull herself up to EVERYTHING and even walks along the couch holding on. I am not sure I am quite ready for TWO mobile children but she obviously has a different plan.

She has three little teeth and about three more on the verge of breaking through. She babbles constantly, but the only real 'words' are 'da-da' and 'hi' which she does with a wave if you catch her at the right moment.

We got Mackenzie into a big girl bed.

We figured when she jumped out of her crib, it was time. She moved into what was the playroom and it is decorated in Pink and Zebra.

SHE LOVES IT! She is so proud of her big bed and is such a good sleeper!

She has only fallen out once (it is a twin but very low to the ground) and never gets out of bed in the morning until we come in to get her. It is very cute and once I get the last of the wallpaper border up I will take pictures. Since Kenz went into a big bed, Kaci got the crib. She too is in her own room now.

Ryan and I actually have a room with no babies in it, it is kind of weird still. Kaci has a very cute 'garden' and pink gingham room which will be painted shortly (one thing at a time).

Mackenzie is still in dance class and Ms. Cindy informed us today at class that she needs to be moved to the Tiny Tot Movers class. That is the 2 and up class but she said she is ready...no more dancing for mommy! :)

She looks forward to Thursday every week because we have dance and Sunday every week for church. She loves playing with the kids and never sheds a tear...she actually could care less if I leave now! Kaci was moved from the infant room to the crawler room at church a few weeks ago even though she has been crawling for months. I think one of the infant nursery leaders didn't want to let her go!

Ryan is now at Station 3 on a temp spot. He really likes who he works with and at least gets to sleep most nights! Pop Warner is winding down with only a couple of games left. Of course they have had another successful season.

Cheer has been busy with Crystal on bedrest but I have really enjoyed getting to be so involved. It is long hours but so worth it. Competition season starts this Saturday so it won't be slowing down anytime soon!

All is well with the Sharp Family and I can't wait for the Holidays to get here. It is going to be so much fun with the two girls! Until next time....

October

Fighting already...

The girls and Grandpa Johnny

The girls and Grandpa Rick

Trick-or-Treating

The Girls with Nama and Papa

Larry with the Girls

Grandma Karla and her girls

Well, Halloween was so much fun! Mackenzie was a Pumpkin Princess

and Kaci was a Green M&M. I took the girls and got professional pictures in their costumes because I just couldn't stand how cute they were in them

(those will be coming soon). On Halloween we decided to have all the grandparents come over for dinner and then trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. They all wanted to see the girls and it was easier than driving all over town. We had a good time pulling the girls around the neighborhood in their wagon and Mackenzie had trick-or-treating mastered very quickly!

She was very polite and would say "trick-or-treat" when they answered the door then take piece of candy for Kaci's pumpkin and a piece of candy for her pumpkin and tell them "thank you, Happy Hawwowween!"

September

In September we went to Coronado to visit Grandma Karla, Larry & GG. We had so much fun. We got to take the girls to Sea World again and of course Mackenzie had a blast getting to see Shamu!

Mackenzie also started Dance Classes. She is in "Mommy & Me" which is for 2 and under and I get to participate with her! She is doing very well!

Kaci had her 6 month checkup and everything was GREAT! The doctor couldn't believe how well she could sit up, crawl and "talk". Of course her first word was 'da-da', that was Mackenzie's too. She is in the 60% for her height and 40% for her weight and very healthy!

new news

What's new witht he Sharp Family?

Well, Ryan took a long-term temp spot at Station 3 (15th Ave. & Van Buren).
He will be there till around September of 2010. It will be nice for him not to lug his stuff to and from work everyday and call in every morning to see where he is going...

The girls are both doing GREAT! Kaci had her 4 month check-up and grew 3 pounds and 3 inches since her 2 month check-up. She is in the 60% for Height and 40% for weight which is almost the exact opposite of where Mackenzie was at 4 months!

Since home from Vacation we have watched our Shamu DVD about 150 times and Mackenzie is constantly running around the house yelling, 'Na-Mu' and looking out the windows trying to see the ocean...oh I only wish it was out the window!

The School District I sub for is starting Monday so hopefully there will be some jobs to fill. Cheer is keeping me busy, we have choreography the second week of August so I will be living at the school :) I have quite a few parties on the book, so here comes the busy fall! Bring it on!

Pop Warner Football starts Monday night. Ryan is coaching his little brother Jake, along with his dad adn Kyle. I am not doing business manager this year because I have too many things going on. Of course, I will be at everygame though!

The girls are both getting so big and developing such amaznig personalities! I taught Mackenzie to say "Terrible Twos" since I think that is what we may be starting...Kaci is a non-stop smiler and at the risk of jinxing it...a GREAT sleeper! I am going to start working on their rooms this month to get Mackenzie in a big kid bad and Kaci in her room. My hopes are to have both rooms done by the end of August- we'll see!

Take care and keep in touch! Love you all!

San Diego 2009

San Diego was a BLAST this year! We stayed in a house right on the boardwalk and it was perfect for the girls. We had our own patio and a deck upstairs so there was plenty of room for Mackenzie to run around and not get too far. The girls slept like angels in a room together (I was most nervous about the sleepign arrangments). It was just a fun week, and so nice to get out fo the heat. We did the beach a coupl eof time but mostly hung out on our patio. We also did Sea World one day and Mackenzie LOVED it! I really believe she is going to be a huge animal lover! We saw the penquin exhibit so she got to finally "meet" her favorite character...HAPPY! (yes, his name is Mumble and the movie is Happy Feet, but she calls him happy). The Shamu show was great as always and we came home with the DVD as a souvineir which has been in the DVD player all week!!!




Messy after Grandpa let Kenz have a popsicle :)








Daddy getting Kaci to sleep at Dinner at Joe's Crab Shack

Mom & Kaci
Family Pic on the Boardwalk

Aunt Teisha, Mackenzie & Mommy getting some sun on our patio

Little Kaci bug, enjoying the shade

Ryan & Jen

Daddy & Mackenzie at

Sea World

Shamu Show, poor Kaci....she will appreciate more next year!

Mackenzie LOVED the Arctic Exhibit. We crawled through the Polar Bear Den and saw Beluga Whales and got to touch an ice wall. (it was a nice break from the heat too!)

Ryan and Kaci hanging out on the beach

Mackenzie thought it was fun to squat down in the sand then DIVE forward...she was a mess but refused to take her shoes off??

My happy little girl

Needless to say she was very excited about the ocean!

Happy 4th of July

Yesterday was a BUSY day!
Ryan got home at about 8am from working 48 hours.
We get ready and headed over to see Grandpa Rick and Uncle Jakey.
We played and ate an early lunch and then around 12:30 headed over to see Grandma Karla
and Larry. Mackenzie AND Kaci went swimming.
It was Kaci's forst time in the pool and she seemed to really like it.
She floated on her back and just let me carry her all over the pool and never made a peep!
Kenzie practiced her swimming (with tears of course).
She did very well, I was worried she would have already forgotten
since it had been a few weeks since swimming lessons but she picked it right back up.
After swimming we headed over to Uncle Chris' house where all of my family was going for a BBQ & more swimming.
This time I only took Mackenzie to the pool, while Kaci stayed inside with Daddy.
She practiced some more, with MUCH less tears this time.
I even threw her in twice and she turned and swam to the edge!
We BBQ'd and hung out until the girls were absolutly exhausted about 6:30pm.
They of course feel asleep on the way home
and we took Kenz right to bed since she had NO NAP!
Kaci was out by about 7:30 so what did we do?
We went to bed!
Yup, it was about 8pm when we got upstairs and when we were in bed ready to sleep we could still see the sun poking in through the blinds.
It was AWESOME!
Kaci woke up at 3:30 for a quick bottle and then the girls slept until 7:45 this morning!
YEAH!
I got almost 11 hours of sleep.
Ryan had to work again this morning and is doing another 48hours.
So, it will just be us girls for 2 days. My car got a flat tire yesterday and
Discount Tire isn't open today so we are home bound
until tomorrow when I can get a new tire...Oh well!
Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!