Christmas Wish

My wish has come true her hair is finally long enough for a ponytail without it just sticking straight on the top of her head. She has not been feeling good for a few days so she looks a little out of it.

Santa

We had our annual Barker Christmas Party on Sunday. It was good times, good Bingo, good food and good company. I guess the picture goes to show how mellow this girl really is most of the time.

This was not the reaction I expected to get from McKell sitting on Santas lapI was thinking a little more like thisSome of the angels and Wise men for the nativity

Doctor visit

McKell had her 1 year appointment today. She has never cried so hard after shots, I guess these ones hurt much worse. She did get 5 shots though so who could blame her.

Her Stats for 1 year are

Height 28.5" 42%

Weight 21.6 lbs 57%

Head 18.5" 78%

So pretty much she just has a big head. We turned her around in her car seat last week and we are loving it and I am sure she is too.

I am ready for Spring anyone else with me, these freezing temperatures are ridiculous maybe just maybe January and February will be warm. Wishful thinking I know.

Happy Birthday McKell

McKell celebrate her 1 year Birthday on Sunday with her big party on Saturday with her cousin who is 3 days younger. I had a lot of fun, McKell I am sure had fun too but was little overwhelmed with all the people watching her open gifts and eat cake.
This is her Birthday dress from Aunt Katie and Uncle Lance its 24 months she is one solid girl

Opening her present from Grandma and Grandpa Barker on her actual Birthday

"I wish I could walk like her"Me taking a swing at my Pinata"Thats one big cake you sure its all for me"Nathan tasting the frosting

I am all girl my favorite thing was all the clothes I got, probably because thats all I got at my party.

This has been one exciting year for us, it has been so fun watching her grow and learn something new everyday (Grandpa Baxter tells her that everyday). Here are the things she has accomplished in the 365 days of life.

Rolling
Crawling
Eating Solids
Holding a bottle
Drinking out of a sippy cup
Going up and down the stairs
Walking with her walker
standing up to things
Making her Mom and Dad smile
Turning the pages in her books
and I am sure many more things but you get the point she has yet
To learn how to walk
or get any teeth, I am just hoping those teeth come in quickly so she can eat a better variety of foods.

Thanks to everyone who came to the wonderful party Sabrina put together and the gifts you gave her. We are so blessed to have such a sweet spirit in our home. I have always loved kids, but I never knew your own could be so much work and have so many sleepless nights.
We love you McKell and look forward to many many more Birthdays.

Family Pictures

She has this to tongue thing going on lately

We had my sister take some pictures of us for some Christmas cards this year. I think they turned out quite nice.

Snowy Day

Touching it

All warm and bundled up

Eating it

Today was McKell's first time touching the beautiful snow. I am so excited for sleigh riding and hopefully going skiing at least once this year.
I gave her a ball and the first thing she did was eat it. I remember loving to eat snow, actually I still do I just don't because now I know how dirty it really is.

Fat Lip

Eating a Popsicle hoping to make it feel a little better

McKell got her 1st fat lip today, she was crawling on the tile with some pants and her hand slipped out from under her and her face hit the floor. Poor girl! Grandpa gave her some chocolate and that didn't even stop the crying. The Popsicle seemed to do the trick and a little pain relief she finally quite crying. Can't see it too good in the pictures but its a doosy good thing she has no teeth that may have hurt even worse.

What we have all been waiting for....

This is my Awesome Dads Halloween costume, groovin 60's or perhaps 70's I don't really know. But this is actually his clothes from High School can you believe it 30 years out of high school and can still wear them. The shirt he has on is his first shirt he ever bought on his own.

Cousins

The cutest little Bumble Bee you ever did see!

Jefferson was a lot of fun to take pictures of he really gets into the character he dresses up as

And here they all are no luck getting a picture that they were all looking and sitting still.

Halloween

Since all our Halloween pictures are on everyone elses cameras and I have not gotten them yet this is all we got.
We had a great Halloween, it started off with my sisters and kids and Mom going to the Little Bear Bottoms corn maze over in Logan. MaKayla was our guide and did an awesome job she got us out first in record timing. They had this awesome stack of Straw bales that had tunnels and you could just play on that the kids loved (and the big kids too) . Then we headed to the Willard Trunk r Treat. McKell had no idea what we were doing but loved playing with the candy in her bucket. Me and Jeremy got lots of good candy! Then to end the night Jeremy projected Young Frankenstein up on the Furniture store wall and we had a drive in movie. It was awesome

Family Halloween Party

She takes her carving very serious

Part of the gang

Finally got Jeremy in there to carve a face after I so nicely cleaned it out for him

We picked out all the awesome pumpkins, mine weighed 35 lbs.

A skeleton, Jet Plane Fighter, Kung Fu Panda, and Knight in shining armor

The mouse in our drink GROSS!

Our tasty Halloween meal minus the cheesy potatoe soup and pumpkins

We had our annual Halloween party at my Parents house, as always it was fun. Only 4 of the boys dressed up since Vanessa forgot her 2 girls costumes so I never got McKell dressed up. We had a delicious meal, carved some mighty large pumpkins, and enjoyed each others company.

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She loves Halloween can't you tell.

New Do!!!

I did it I finally decided to try the whole bang thing. I think I like them but it is hard to get use to having something on my forehead again I have not had bangs since the 4th grade.

Family

This is the reason we went to Las Vegas to visit this amazing couple. Uncle Harold and Aunt Judy, I have only known them for a short time but we spent lots of time with them on our Honeymoon after our crash, they are the ones that came to get us and hauled our car to their house. They really make you feel welcome, and are so happy. It was so fun to see them again.
We love you Aunt Judy and Uncle Harold

Las Vegas!

We were able to spend the weekend in Las Vegas, it was a blast. We only went to the strip once which made the trip even better. We swam a lot since it was in the 90's there, I seriously took 3 showers a day. Lets just say I was tired of showering. There were 9 pools which made for a lot of fun plus a lazy river. McKell loved the 6" pool where she could crawl around and it was just like a big bath tub.

Painting

After looking at all my mixed matched furniture I decided they all needed a change. I went with Black since that is the thing and my favorite furniture color. Me and Kristy froze outside trying to get them all done on Saturday with a little help of Jeremy too. They look so good I think. Now I just gotta wait for them to compeltly dry so I can put everything back where it belongs.