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Makenna: 17 Months, Noah 2 1/2 years
 
This past month we had some great weather in AZ.  Our pool was still too cold to swim in, but the kids played in the water as much as they could (running through the sprinklers, splash pads and slip n slides).  We also went to the zoo, where Noah informed us that his favorite animal is the elephant… of course he also seemed to enjoy the monkeys and turtles.  The kids went to build a bear for the first time for our service project for Mom’s Club.  They each built a bear and the following week we went to a hospital and donated them.  I’m not sure Makenna and Noah fully understood what was going on but it was fun. 
 
We went to Sedona for the first time over Memorial weekend.  Our friends, the Wolf’s,  have a house up there and they invited us.  We had an awesome time, and as expected it was very relaxing and beautiful.  Noah and Makenna had a blast playing with Morgan and Ashely!  We went to a couple parks, went on a hike (yes, you can read that again, but the Mooney’s really did go on a hike) and just hung out.  Pretty much an ideal long weekend for us!
 
Makenna still shocks us everyday with her talking, of course this means she voices her opinion quite a bit.  She speaks her mind if she is “all done” or doesn’t want to to do something or wants to eat something specific (pop tart/cereal/french fries/strwberries are among her favorites to demand).  She is still very cuddly, loving to give hugs and kisses.  She has this obsessions with Go Diego, she just LOVES that show and always asks to watch it.  When it comes on she doesn’t hesitate to sing along.  Last month I mentioned we covered her windows to try and get her to sleep in longer.  It worked a little bit.  She seems to have set her internal clock to 6am now.  Which also means she is still taking 2 naps a day… one of those does overlap Noah’s nap which makes for some quiet time for me during the day! 
 
Noah also did some growing this month.  He seems to have his coordinaion down because I feel like he is more confident jumping off things, throwing and even doing a pretty good job doing handstands.  He’s even made some promising  advances in his potty/poo poo training.  He wears undies around the house and we are just looking for the right time to transition him into undies outside of the house.  While Makenna’s favorite show is Diego, I’d put Noah’s favorite as Curious George, he always wants to watch it!
 
Enjoy this months pictures:
 
May 2010
Sedona (Memorial Weekend 2010)