Karenza's 6th Bday & Amyah's 1st Bday

What a busy week at our household! Karenza turned 6 on Thursday, and Amyah turned 1 yesterday. My girls are growing up way too fast! This past year seems to have went the fastest, but maybe that's because we are having so much fun! Below are pictures of our week:

Amyah the morning of her 1st birthday

She is so big, and is walking all over like a pro!

Look at all my curls!

She would rather have the paper then the present

Trying to get Sissy's wrapping paper

This is so much fun!

I'm trying to show her there is something fun inside

No smiles!

She loves her stroller from Auntie Holly & family. She just pushes it until she runs into something.

Then we went bowling

Amyah with Papa and Grandma

Daddy trying to bowl too

Karenza on Wednesday October 20th. The day she celebrated her birthday at school. She didn't have school Thursday or Friday this week so she was able to celebrate early at school. She took cupcakes to share with the class.

Trying to get a picture with Sissy, but it wasn't going to happen. Amyah doesn't sit still for too long these days.

Karenza @ Applebee's on her actual birthday

Her Ninetendo DS from her Papa and Grandma

Amyah getting a taste of Sissy's ice cream. She loved it!

Last, but not least Amyah devouring her cake. The girl didn't have to be told what to do. She loves cake!

Amyah Walking

We have been so busy with work, school, dance, and a baby that is now walking that I don't have much time to update my blog anymore. I wanted to share this video of Amyah walking as she is almost a pro now! Now I am definitely busy! We have two beautiful very different girls. It's just amazing to see such a different baby, and such a different personality then what we're used to. Amyah is so lovey, quiet, shy, and reserved. Way different then her sister. Karenza was on the go 100% of the time. Talks constantly, and needs to be entertained 24/7. She needed you to play with her and keep her entertained. Amyah is so reserved and is content sitting by herself with her toys. She loves to be cuddled, and she loves to cuddle with other people. She is sometimes shy, but will still go to most people. She loves the older people at church, as much as they love her. Karenza is loving kindergarten. She's doing really well, and making tons of friends! She has hip-hop dance every Tuesday night after school which she loves. Work is going well. Super busy and learning new stuff everyday. I started taking on some new responsibilities with payroll that I've never done before, but it's an experience and I'm always open to learning new things and taking on challenges. This is a busy month for us with Randy's birthday on October 1st. I can't believe Karenza will be 6 on the 21st, and my baby is 1 already! Where did the time go? Didn't seem like she was a baby for very long. Then of course I wrap up the month with my birthday. This month is just as busy as Christmas it seems like trying to fit everything in. Hope everyone is well, and hopefully I'll try to find a little more "me" time and can update more on my beautiful girls!

Talk Soon! ~Miranda

Video of Amyah

Just had to share this. Was too cute not too! :-)

Look Who is Almost Crawling

Uh-oh! Won't be long now!
See my one tooth? And my sweet potatoes on the side?

Aren't I cute?

My very long baby 12 month clothes, and only 7 months old

New Videos

Above video is of Amyah chattin' it up as she usually does. If you don't pay attention to her she just screams to the top of her lungs until you acknowledge her. Silly girl!

My Girls

Haven't updated in a while so I thought I'd post some new pictures over the last few weeks.

This is Amyah's new thing sticking her lip in. She smiles so cute, but when I get the camera out it is so hard to capture it!
My big girl! This used to be Karenza's outfit. Karenza wore this when she was 12 months old. Amyah fits it at 6 months YIKES!

There is my happy girl!

I get to do this every night! My most favorite part of the day is to rock her to sleep.

Karenza is just growing like a weed too! I remember when she couldn't see over the counters. Now she is grabbing stuff like its nothing. This picture was taken one morning before school.

News Article

This one is for you Melanie. As you requested, below is the actual news article of me in the paper with my mug! I noticed quite a few typing errors! ;-)

Karenza's Soccer

Practice she had on Monday
There are 5 others on her team that are on the other part of the field practicing

Before her game on Saturday morning

Pregame stretch! (She did this all on her own! - lol)

Doin' a little warm up

Pre-game discussion

Game Time!!

She would just run and scream the whole time!

Gettin' a little tired, the hands are on the hips.

Her first kick-in. She is a very good kicker!

Her first kick-off. She kicked it right over those girls' heads.

This is their other coach.

Game's over

Good sportsmanship!

Above is the pregame interview

You have to listen closely but you can hear Karenza scream "GET IT!!" That is all she would scream when the other team had the ball!

Towards the end of the video you have to watch her "guard" as the other team is trying to kick the ball in. We've had a talk about this, and so we'll see if she doesn't do it in future games.

My Girls

Here are some pictures of a very cute adorable little girl in some very cute adorable polka-dot pants:

Is that a smile I see actually caught on camera?

Doesn't she have the cutest little legs ever?

How can you not just want to squeeze that all day long? I definitely do!

The above video is of Amyah. I finally got her on camera giggling!!

The below video is of Karenza at her first soccer practice. She will definitely speed it up that's for sure. When they were scrimmaging during practice she was on defense first, and when offense kicked the ball the other girls were in her way of trying to get to the ball. All she would do is scream "GET THE BALL, GET IT!!!!" LOL Her first game is on Saturday. I can't wait. It should be interesting, and fun!

I Made the News!

I made the news! My picture was in the paper, but unfortunately if you don't live in the Bismarck/Mandan area you won't be able to see it. ;-)

I had it professionaly taken about a month ago. There is however, just a few short sentences about me joing Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson. You'll need to scroll down to view the section called "Three Join KLJ".

Amyah Eating Cereal

Update at Work

I thought I'd better do a post about my new job. So here we go...

I love it! It's great to be back in the workforce, and back in an office environment. I forgot how much I miss that. Our Finance/Accounting Dept. is made up of 9 people (all girls). Except for our CFO that's a male, and I have yet to meet him. Weird, but I guess that is just the way he is. There are 3 Accounts Receivable Clerks including myself, and my primary duties is Accounts Receivable. It is invoicing out projects that our project managers are doing work for. It's more number crunching, and working with budgets and I love that. I have approximately 35 project managers I am responsible for, and each project manager has on the average 50 projects I am responsible to invoice out. The difference of invoicing from my previous job is we did it once a month in a 3/4 day window and that was it for the month. In this position I am invoicing out any day of the week for the project manager. It's quite different then what I was used to, but I am getting the hang of it. Just getting use to their internal lingo they use for certain reports and such. I am loving the social aspect of it too, and meeting new people. We have a wide variety of people who work in our Dept. A older lady in our dept (her daughter is my age) thought I was way younger then I actually was. When I told her I had two girls one who was 5, and one who was 4 months she actually said "You must have started your family quite young!" I was kind of shocked she said that, but I informed her I was 26 when I had my first daughter. She was floored. She didn't even think I was 26 now! I guess I should be flattered. Anyway, work is going great. Trying to find a balance with two girls, one not sleeping through the night yet, and the other going to school for 1/2 days on MWF's. Thank goodness we live close to family to be able to help us out where we aren't able to so that Karenza can still be involved in things she needs to be involved in. She is loving that she is going back to her daycare. She misses the kids there. Amyah has been great at daycare. Such a good baby is what she tells me. She just loves watching all the action of the other kids. The weeks seem to be flying by so fast, as I am so busy at work that the days just seem to fly by.

I'll try to post/update soon with more pictures of the girls. Can't believe spring/summer is right around the corner. We are welcoming the warmer weather that's for sure. Where we can be outside more! Well better run as there is a list of things that need to be done laundry, dishes, and play time with my girls....

Amyah's Baptism

Below are the few pictures I did get of Amyah's baptism that took place yesterday. I wasn't sure how the day was going to go as Amyah woke up fussy. She just wasn't her self when she woke up, and I really think she is coming down with a little cold. She took a little snooze before church, and I told the Pastor that I was nervous on how she was going to act during the baptism. He reassured me that everything would be okay, and that he'd just go with the flow. He told me that if she fusses everyone will tease him that he made her fuss! ha. To my surprise I shouldn't have worried at all the little stinker showed off! She smiled while we prayed, she cooed in the microphone as the pastor walked down the aisle to show her to everyone. She was a hit! Of course she looked beautiful too. I can't believe she is 4 1/2 months old already. I didn't realize how fast they grow up. Before I knew it Karenza was 3, and now she's 5! I am trying to savor every little moment of her being so little! I wish I could freeze time just for a little bit. I just love her with every ounce of my being! The love you have for your children is just amazing. Whether they are 5 and talk back, and have disciplinary issues or are 4 1/2 months old and smile on a dime! Enjoy the few pictures below (of course in reverse order):

My beautiful girl

My big girl

Her outfit waiting to be put on

As I am sitting her typing this, Amyah is sitting in her bumbo seat on the counter watching and smiling at me every time I look at her and say something. It's 9:30pm, and she is wide awake! We have tried everything with trying to get her to sleep through the night. Karenza and Amyah are such different babies. Karenza was sleeping through the night by now. Amyah has yet to sleep through the night. She isn't showing any signs of doing anytime soon either. Randy and I have just tag teamed off on the night duties and have shared the responsibilities of getting up with her. It's great to have such support from an amazing Dad who loves his girls! We're hoping we will turn a corner soon! I can update more later I am getting a fussy baby on my hands who wants out of her seat! lol. Mommy duties call....

Videos

Above is a video of Amyah taken in January.

Below is a video of Amyah taken in February at the hotel, and by the way at the end of the video where she starts to choke she was absolutely fine after I sat her up. :-)

Due for an Update!

Wow! Where has the time gone? We've been so busy! With me starting a new job, and training in a different town. It's been hectic around here. But, I figured my blog was due for an update with some pictures, and an update about the girls and my new job.

First and foremost, are pictures of the girls below! Amyah is growing so fast! It's so amazing to watch Karenza and her. She LOVES Karenza, and squeals every time she sees her. Of course Karenza loves that! Karenza has already been asking for a brother. I was like "Whoa! Hang on with that one!!" lol. Anyway, Amyah had her 4 month checkup and is meeting all standards, well exceeding them actually. She is in the over 100 percentile for height, and 95 percentile for her weight. I gotta big girl on my hands. She is in 6-9 month clothes because she is sooooo long. Below are pictures over the last few months.

Both girls just out of the bath (notice Amyah is grabbing Karenza's chin)
No smiles from Amyah

She will sit there for 20 minutes watching me clean/cook in the kitchen. Which is so nice! Like what her shirt says? Her Daddy does!

At the hotel with Mommy. Think this was week 3 of training.

Sleeping at the hotel. So sweet & innocent.

Close up of my beautiful girl

Man, I love that girl!

She has been swinging at things for a few months now. She can really bat at those things when she gets really excited!

I love my toy from Auntie Holly and Uncle Jer for Christmas!

My girls! One morning right before Church.

Karenza reading to me.

I had to take this picture. I uncovered her because she was sleeping so stickin' cute!!

How cute am I?

As for the new job I started Feb. 1st. I got a job as an Accounting Clerk for a company called Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson. It's a Engineering, Surveying and Planning firm. I had training for three weeks straight in Dickinson. I absolutely love what I am doing. The people have been great, and so accommodating with letting Amyah come with me for my weeks of training. I just wasn't ready to be away from her that long! Karenza came the first week, and loved swimming in the hotel. She unfortunately couldn't come the rest of the weeks as this Mom made her go to school! It's been an adjustment for her for me to go back to work. She has had me home for over a year. We've been dealing with some behavioral issues with her at home and at school. We are hoping that will soon be coming to an end, and I'll have my good girl back. Other then finding a new routine with everyone now that I am back at work we've just been busy with the normal life stuff. Randy's boys basketball traveling team is starting back up again so we will be busy going and traveling to games. Softball is right around the corner too. We are definitely eager for spring to get here and get outside! I hope you all are doing well. I hope to keep updating with pictures.