Birthdays and Grandparents

On Sunday my parents left our house and headed back to Idaho. It was so nice having them out here. They were so helpful. I was really sad to see them go and so was McKinley. She is still asking where Grandma and Grandpa are all the time.



My parents were such a great help. My dad cooked almost every meal and while he was out here he built some shelves for bretts desk and a barbie doll house for McKinleys birthday. Meanwhile my mom did laundry, cleaned, and helped with McKinley and Annabelle a lot.
We have been so lucky to have so much help since we had the baby. Bretts parents came out the week we had Annabelle to help. All the extra help has been wonderful. Having our parents out visiting made us want to move closer to home even more. We really miss our family.
While my parents were out we celebrated our birthdays. Brett was really excited about all of the great tools he got and I am really excited about my new sewing machine, and having my parents out to celebrate my birthday with me made the day even more perfect.
We got some family pictures while my parents were here. They aren't great, but they will have to do until I am willing to leave the house with Annabelle.


Thanks again to both sets of parents for coming out to help. We really appreciated your help.
P.S.- McKinley has been enjoying the slippers you left Grandpa.

Anna"Baby"

Annabelle turned 4 weeks old yesterday. I can't believe how much she is growing and changing already. Today I tried to put one of her baby outfits on her and it was an inch to short. I knew she had gained some weight, but I hadn't realized she had gotten so much longer. She is such a good baby. We are so blessed to have her in our home.

Our Cute Girls

I haven't been able to update my blog lately. Two children are definately more difficult then one. My mom helped me get some pictures taken of the girls today. It was quite the battle, but we got a few cute ones.

I love watching McKinley with Annabelle. I can tell these 2 are going to be best friends.

Big Sister

For the past few months I've been very worried about how McKinley would adjust to having a sister. She has been the center of attention in our home for a long time. I was afraid that McKinley wasn't going to like her new sister, but I was wrong. McKinley loves her Anna"Baby". She loves her so much that we really have to watch her when she is around Annabelle. We'll find her trying to pick Annabelle up or laying on her giving her kisses. She loves to give Annabelle kisses and she loves to show Annabelle how she does big girl things.


Today we had one of our friends drop off a baby present for Annabelle. She brought her an activity center. We had McKinley show Annabelle how to use it. McKinley was very excited to help Annabelle use her new toy. (Thanks for the fun present Sue)


We've enjoyed watching McKinley step into her big sister role. Annabelle is so lucky to have such a great big sister.

Annabelle Jo

At 4:54 PM on December 30 we welcomed baby Annabelle Jo Maxfield into our family. Everything went very well, and both mom and baby are home and doing well. Well, enough talking, here are the pictures that I know everyone is really wanting to see.