Saturday, January 1, 2011

Christmas Preview

This is a random sampling of Christmas, but there are so many pictures to post that I don't know if I'll ever get it all done, so here's a start (in no particular order)...
 Christmas Eve PJ's
 Our amazing Christmas Eve nativity, complete with a half naked wiseman and Mikayla as baby Jesus.
 Mikayla's Santa presents...a rocking horse, boots and a cowgirl hat (she was sick on Christmas so this was about as excited as she got)!
 The doll cradle that Dustin made her and I am so in love with it!
 Our sad attempt at pictures in her Christmas dress.  Taking a picture with a headband is a race against time now and I don't win very often.  I just love the headband in motion and her hair flying everywhere.  That's our girl!
Modeling her new boots
Mikayla's awesome present from Grandad and Nanny Jill.  She LOVES to swing (even though her face doesn't show it very well-and if you're starting to think that she really has some awful faces after seeing these pictures and our family picture on the top of the blog, then you'd probably be right).
 The first present she opened at the Wilson Christmas was in this bag and the bag was her favorite thing all night.  Remind me why we buy babies presents when all they need is the wrapping paper or gift bags and they are happy?!
 Helping to build Mammy's backyard on Christmas Eve was fun for all the cousins!
Mammy got all the girls fancy aprons to wear while we made Christmas Eve dinner and they were SO cute.
I wore this nightie on my first Christmas and poor Mikayla was tortured into wearing it, but it makes for fun memories, right?

Monday, December 6, 2010

Levi Butt





Who needs Wranglers when a Levi butt can be so stinkin' cute?

Sunday, November 28, 2010

ATTACK OF THE GIANT SEA BABY!!!!!

It was a peaceful day in bathtub land until the Fisher and Price people felt the WAVES...Was it a boat?  Was it a storm?  No!
IT WAS THE ATTACK OF THE GIANT SEA BABY!!!

In desperation, the Fisher and Price people called upon the help of their underwater friends, the Flying Fighter Fish (cue sound effects: aqua laser sounds and water canon shots).
Simply annoyed, the Giant Sea Baby retaliated by trying to eat the Fisher and Price's sea turtle so they summoned the greater fighting power of...
THEIR RAIN MACHINE (hahaha/evil laugh)!!!  
But, the Giant Sea Baby got the final laugh by employing the powers of the POO MACHINE!!! (enlarge picture to appreciate the full fire power of the Poo Machine)  DUN, DUN, DUNNNNN (sound of impending doom)....to be continued with the daily saga of bathtub land...


As narrated by Dustin.  Original transcript composed by Dustin during bath time on Friday November 26, 2010.

Bliss

Mikayla down to bed at 5:20 last night and woke up at 7:30 this morning, ate her bottle and back to bed at 7:53.  Up for the day at 9.  That's pure bliss.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Holiday fluff and other stuff...

We don't exactly have a house to decorate at the time being, but at least we can dress Mikayla up in fancy dresses for the holidays!  Thanks to Nanny Jill for this amazing find!
We are out of town right now and I don't have many pictures on my camera, but here are a few for now.  On Saturday we went up to the Mesa Temple for my cousin's wedding and had a fun time with family.  My cousin had an ice cream bar for her reception with homemade ice cream cookie sandwiches.  What's not to like? :)
 Maren and her fiancĂ©, Jake
Dustin leaned over to pick up Mikayla and ripped his pants (that had already been repaired once with bright teal thread)...hence the kid in the dad's jacket picture.
Family picture taken while trying to hide in the shade of a palm tree...only in AZ!

 Wilson family picture...
Lastly, a picture capturing Mikayla's first experience with a PB&J sandwich and it rocked her little world.  She's definitely my kiddo.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Nature vs. Nuture?

You sit a 9 month-old baby down and give her Lucky Charms, which she has never tried before.  She immediately picks out all the marshmallows and eats them first.  I know color is a factor here, but still!

Monday, November 1, 2010

It's a Real Bug's Life!

Before we get talking about the bug situation at the Hancock house, here is the main attraction of our Halloween festivities, brought to you straight from Peter Pan.  The Hancock cousins dressed up as Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and Captain Hook and were SO cute!

Tinkerbell (her attitude is pretty close to the same as Tinkerbell's and all!):
Captain Hook:
And, of course, Peter Pan himself:
See...I told you they were cute (smile-less pictures and all)!

On to the pests...Our 2nd Unofficial Annual Hancock Sibling Halloween Party was on Saturday.  We crammed it in after the Trunk-or-Treat and all the kiddos were asleep.  It was a blast, even if it was a little less planned than the last go around!  We played all sorts of games that are only fun late at night when everyone is sleep deprived. :)  Our theme this year was "Bug's Life" (any kind of bug, not just the movie characters) and the costumes were awesome yet again (if you'll remember last year's costumes, they were just plain awesome).  The characters of the cast were as follows:

A firefly and walking stick (they looked super cool in the dark!):
Heimlich (aka the caterpillar that is famous for saying "Look at me!  I'm a beautiful butterfly!"-a Wilson family favorite quote) and The Leaf:
The Queen Bee and the Worker Bee:
The Blueberries (the Bug Scout ants on Bug's Life that follow the ladybug around dressed up like the ladybug):
The Black Widow and Dung Beetle:
Flick:
The Tree (home to the bugs on Bug's Life):
Pest Control and the Ladybug:
The whole crazy crew!
Here's our precious little family picture from the Trunk-or-Treat:
Mikayla was getting fussy toward the end of the Trunk-or-Treat so I whipped out a sucker for her.  Let's just say she held on to that thing for dear life and made an absolute sticky nightmare of a mess out of it, but she LOVED it!  What kind of mother am I anyway? ;)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Chunky Monkey?

Missy Mae (aka "Button"/"Stinky") had her 9 month check-up today and she is filling out quite nicely.  At 6 1/2 months she was in the 1st percentile for weight and now she is in the 50th percentile!  She is 18 lbs 15 oz (up from 12 lbs 6 oz at 6 months).  She is still on the shorter side with a big head (98th percentile in the head department)...I wonder where she gets those genes from?

She is getting WAY too much personality and I am thinking we are going to be in BIG trouble pretty soon as one of her favorite things to do is clench her fists tight, throw her arms straight down and let out a big squeal when she wants attention or is upset (no comments on where those genes come from, thank you very much).  Talk about a busy body.  Mikayla is into EVERYTHING and is constantly looking around and whipping her head from side to side to see what she can grab or what everyone around her is doing.  I swear, she can remember where the tiniest little crumb is 30 minutes after she dropped it and will go back looking for it (did I mention she LOVES to eat?!).  She isn't crawling yet, but she finds a way of getting things by doing the splits and leaning over until her tummy reaches the ground and leans as far as possible so she can grab what she's looking for.  Blowing raspberries/playing motorboat is still rocking her little world and she does it constantly, spraying anything within 3 feet with all her slobber.  My Dad is always telling her to "Say it, don't spray it, Sister!" Headbands are beginning to be a thing of the past...she rips them off as quick as I can put them on.  It's kind of sad.  She says "Da-da" now and can pretty much get whatever she wants from her Dad when she says it.  I love seeing the grin on his face when she says "Da-da".  Melts my heart!  And, of course, we still think she is as cute as ever!

Here's the picture overload for the week...







Tuesday, October 12, 2010