Doin' Life Together

bye bye swing video

2011-08-08T16:41:00.000-05:00

Sorry that you have to tilt your head to watch this video. LOL!!

Bye Bye Swing

2011-08-08T16:24:00.002-05:00

We can't keep up. She is growing so much, every time I turn around it's something new. She's either growing out of her clothes, the bumbo, and now...the swing. I went to get Macy up from her nap one day and this is how we (me and Abby) found her. video to follow

6-17-11

If you want a bite, raise your hand.

2011-08-08T16:23:00.000-05:00

Gymnastics, part 2

2011-08-08T15:59:00.004-05:00

Katy is such a great friend to come and help out at Gymnastics while Daddy was out of town. I was hoping that maybe Abby would try more of the circuits with her there. Although that didn't happen, we still had fun. :)

The teacher is the girl in the green. Abby would slide down backwards on this instead of rolling down it. LOL!! Obviously, the teacher was not impressed.

This was so cute. The teacher raised the bar so that all the kids wouldn't be able to reach the floor with their feet. Notsomuch. My sweet pretty tall girl thought this circuit was easy!! LOL!!

6-13-11

Abby Calls Granny

2011-08-04T15:21:00.000-05:00

Sometimes I wish I had cameras in my house to catch things that I miss. Abby had pulled a chair up to the counter and decided she would get the phone and call Granny. Before I started videoing her, she was saying "Hi Granny, watcha doin?, I'm fine, Oh really?" Then she would laugh as if Granny said something funny. Just precious. Above is the little bit of the "conversation"she had with Granny.

GYMNASTICS

2011-08-04T14:58:00.004-05:00

Not sure that Abby will be the next Michael Phelps, so we tried Gymnastics. She was definitely the prettiest little girl there.

She would try anything that didn't require her flipping or rolling over in any kind of way. Here she was supposed to put her hands on the little hand stickers and her feet on the wall. She tried it once and put one foot on the wall and refused to try it again.
She loved the trampoline, but wouldn't actually let her feet come off the trampoline, unless you were holding her hands and pulling her up. She would just bounce with her knees.

"Can you hold me please?"

Daddy and his baby girl

Daddy tries to help.

I should have taken a picture of her on the "balance beam". She loved it!! She also loved when they would sit together and sing songs. All the other circuits were not her favorite. LOL!! Look for more pictures to come of our Gymnastics adventures!

All pics taken 6-6-11

Little Swimmers

2011-08-04T14:44:00.003-05:00

Oh my goodness!!! It doesn't get any cuter!!!! Here we are at the Athletic Center renewing our membership so that we can enjoy the pool this summer.

Sweet Girl
"Let's do this!"

All pics from 6-5-11

Happy Birthday Papa!

2011-07-28T11:14:00.003-05:00

We made a trip up to OK to wish Papa a Happy Birthday!!

MK loved the little book that Aunt Lou was reading to her.

COUSINS wearing fake fingernails, aka marker lids.

Last day of school

2011-07-28T10:54:00.002-05:00

The last day of school is so bittersweet for me. Another year has come and gone and these girls are growing up so fast. Abby's last day was so fun for her. It was "Water-Splash" day as well. :) She got to wear her swimsuit to start off the day!
Cheese!!
Macy Kate ready for her last day as well. :)

love her.
Sweet Ms. Kelly. Abby had such a great year and grew so much creatively. Ms. Kelly, Ms. Jen and Ms. Donna were wonderful! She still asks sometimes if she is going to go and see them. She gets so confused because her school is at our church and over the summer it's just staff care. She doesn't know who her teacher will be from day to day! lol!!!

Sweet Ms. Adrianne. She was Abby's teacher when she was a baby and we were lucky enough to get to have her be MK's first teacher!! MK loved her!! Notice the sweet tears in her eyes. She's loves my babies and we love her. She is actually not going to teach this next year and home school her kids. Although our school will losing a wonderful teacher, her kids are getting the best one! We love you Ms. Adrianne!!

Last day of school treats!!

We are enjoying our summer thus far and looking forward to a new school year in just a little over a month. I can't believe the summer is almost over! :(

Bye Bye Bumbo

2011-07-28T10:21:00.003-05:00

It's been a couple of months ago now, but this was taken on the last day that she "sat" in her Bumbo. Sweet Legs.My little girl is growing up so fast.

Our last swim lesson

2011-07-28T09:53:00.004-05:00

Enjoying a treat before her last Swim Lesson

She is always such a happy baby.

Stan was running late so the teacher, Miss Kaitlyn, worked with Abby. She got special teacher attention during her last lesson.
"Can we just talk instead of swimming?"

"Hi Mommy, I got all the ducks!"

Elbow, Elbow, Belly, Knee. This is how you get out of the pool. Getting out is Abby's best swimming technique. LOL!

Swimming to the ducks

Sweet girl! She wanted to swim so bad.

Joann & Sal's Wedding 5-21-11

2011-07-25T14:26:00.004-05:00

My sweet friend Joann married her high school sweetheart, Sal on 5-21-11. Erika, Liz and I have waited YEARS for this day. She was a beautiful bride. Such a great day!

Since Macy Kate didn't have a date to the wedding, I told her I would share mine with her.
Liz, Christie, Erika, Joann, Charity, & me

I seriously think that Erika could have a part-time job as a live "Dora the Explorer" and get paid to attend little girls B-day parties. She's Dora all grown up....beautiful! :)
Here we are! Our friendship is going on 10+years now.

The Bride!!

Pretty girls

YAY!!!

Here are some of the girls and Sal, the lucky Groom.

MK and Daddy

Here's Chris and baby Benny. The dad's were on baby watch as us girls took pictures.

Me and my sweetie

Such a fun night!

Congratulations Joann and Sal! May God bless you with a lifetime of joy together!! :)

More Swimmers!

2011-07-25T12:29:00.005-05:00

"Just hold me Daddy."
"But, I don't wanna kick."

Here's a couple of videos I took during our lesson on this day!

I'm so lucky....

2011-07-25T11:14:00.002-05:00

to get to see this smile everyday!!

Who says these girls don't look alike, look at those eyes!!

Abby as Tinkerbell

2011-07-25T11:07:00.002-05:00

No these were not taken last Halloween. They were simply taken on 5-18-11, a random day in the month of May that she insisted on being Tinkerbell. I told her it wasn't dress up day, and she didn't care. So, off to school we went, as Tinkerbell. LOL!!

Here's our Tinkerbell

She said, "can you put my hair up high?"

So cute. She wouldn't let me take any more pictures, so we are just limited to these. She was the cutest Tinkerbell I've ever seen.

Great-Great Granny

2011-07-24T20:55:00.002-05:00

Here's Macy Kate and her Great-Great Granny. (my dad's mom)

Just FYI, MK is wearing Abby's shirt in this picture.

"Come Back Balloons!!!"

2011-07-24T20:41:00.002-05:00

On Mother's Day this year, we went to my parents' church in Terrell. After the service was over, they had a Balloon Releasing Ceremony. They had information about their church on each balloon and would wait and see if they had anyone contact them back. They have done this before and actually had someone contact them. So, here we go.

As they came out with all the balloons, I knew this wasn't going to go smoothly with my sweet little balloon lover. At first, she loved it!! There were what looked like hundreds of balloons.
Here's Macy and Nana watching everyone get ready to release theirs.

arms.

Here they go!!

Up and Away

'Hey, Come back Balloons!!!"

"Oh no!! Come Back."

It was kinda neat to see all those balloons be released, but I was a little sad for my little balloon lover. This was not a good idea according to her.

Little Cuties

2011-07-24T20:36:00.002-05:00

Just a couple of super cute pictures from May 2011.

Abby and her band-aids going to school.

Macy Kate ready to eat!!

Abby's 2nd "Swimmer's" lesson

2011-07-24T20:28:00.002-05:00

The second lesson wasn't nearly as productive as the first. She just wanted to play with the little ducks and not really participate in what the class was doing. But overall, she did okay. This was the lesson that she went underwater during "ring around the rosy". She was NOT a fan of that. LOL!!

Ready to go home.

She would claim that she wasn't tired, but we all knew the real answer to that question.

My little swimmer.

Abby's 1st "Swimmers" Lesson

2011-07-24T20:08:00.003-05:00

Of course we had to dress up this little beauty as well.

legs.

Here's my little swimming princess.
I love that she calls swimming, "swimmers".

She doesn't really know why I'm taking so many pictures.

"What's the big deal?"

Before we started, she thought she need to fill out a comment card. Yes, she's left-handed.

Here they go. Practicing blowing bubbles. She did fine until the water got in her face.

Practicing kicks. She would only kick with one leg. LOL!!

Notice that neither leg is moving. She liked for you just to pull her around the water. She's just a little princess.

Abby's cheerleaders!

She loved being out and about. I can't wait to put her in lessons next year.

Together. Apart. Together. Apart.

Here's Stan singing her a song to try and coax her into jumping into the pool. I don't think she's buying it. :)

Overall, she did pretty good. We like to be encouraging. :) Now, getting OUT of the water, she's a champ! Swimming in the water.....let's just say she'll probably pick a sport with a ball. :)

Growing up!

2011-07-24T16:47:00.002-05:00

These were taken back on April 30, 2011. Macy Kate tries out her first sippy cup! She loved it. I put ice water in it at first, but it took no time at all that she was drinking anything I put in it. :) She still loves water and will even now drink her milk out of her cup. Something that Abby would never do.

Here's Abby helping out her little sister!

She's determined to figure it out on her own. As you can see, Abby is a little upset that she is no longer needed.
She loves it!!
Sweet Sister Kisses

Precious!
That very same evening, the living room got very quiet all the sudden. I walked into two little girls snacking away at their leftover Easter candy.
This was not staged at all.

I love how Abby is organizing the candy with all her favorites. Notice the Smarties are all beside her. :)

Want one?

It's kinda fun to be so far behind on my blog and relive the sweet moments as I blog about them. But it's depressing at the same time. Lots to blog about! :) At least I'm still taking pictures!! :)

Easter at Nana & Pops'

2011-07-14T14:05:00.005-05:00

Before we ate lunch, while everyone was still in their Easter "dresses" we made the kids take pictures. We should have known this was not going to be the best idea. Some of them, aka, my kids, were hungry and tired and not to mention just a little bit dramatic.
Here's a pretty good one of the grandkids.

Not sure why I kept taking pictures, should have just stopped.
Of course, now, I'm just snapping away hoping that one of them turns out.

Sweet Drew is the only one giving me any love here. :)

Yes, again, it was my idea to try and get a family group shot. Poor Abby was not having it at all. She could just hear the camera clicking and would turn her head. LOL!

Me and my little love bug!

Finally done with pictures and I go and help Abby get out of her Easter Dress. No wonder she was so upset. Look at her pantyhose!!

Then we headed out for the egg hunt outside. Macy's eggs were personally brought to her. She IS a princess you know.

Daddy is giving Abby some "pointers" on where to look.

I love this picture! He wasn't getting any closer than that to the chicken pin.

Drew scored big time!

Abby dumped her basket and went for the Walmart Shopping Bag! I don't blame her!

Here's Abby "trading". LOL!! Notice she has a gold one in her hands. But before she "traded" or stole (whatever you want to call it), she wanted to open them all up and see if it was one of the ones she wanted. Notice the rejects on the ground. :)

Such a fun day and a wonderful holiday to celebrate with family. Although the pictures are all about eggs and fun times, we really celebrated the fact that our Savior has Risen from the dead! :)

Easter Morning!

2011-07-14T10:47:00.005-05:00

Sweet Abby and Macy Kate's Easter baskets!
Abby went straight for the necklaces in hers.

Then her new doodle-pad.

MK grabbed her little baby doll first, but quickly dropped it to start eating the cross. LOL!

"What? Why can't I chew on this?"

Abby also got a new pencil and egg notepad. My little left-hander immediately started drawing us a picture.

After church we were going to go to Nana's house to hunt Easter eggs. I told Abby to put her basket in the car. She went around and gathered five baskets!! Guess she planned on doing alot of egg hunting. :)

I wanted to get some cute pictures of the girls in the Easter Dresses. Here's what we came up with! :)

Sweet Macy Kate

Abby, over here!

Look at me! Helllloooo? Anyone?

Sweet Sweet Sweet!!

I loved the matching dresses I got for the girls. I actually got them at JCPenney's and had someone ask me if I had them made for them. They were just perfect on each of them. Precious!!

Heights Eggstravaganza!!

2011-07-14T10:09:00.007-05:00

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with my blog. But I'm determined to get caught up before I turn 35. So, that gives me 6 months to get on it! LOL!!

I took the girls to our church's Eggstravaganza! They had thousands (literally) of eggs to hide for the different age groups.

Here we are getting ready for MK's age group!
"Ok, howdabout you just give me the eggs?"

As fast as I was giving them to MK to try and take her picture, Abby was opening them up and eating the candy.

Oh, how I miss those days when she would actually look at the camera. :(

"This is more fun Momma."

Please everyone, just one group shot?

"Stop taking my picture or I'm gonna eat your camera!"

We had some time to kill before Abby's age group so we headed over to the Petting Zoo. poor animals. They were just trying to survive with all those kids in there. And no, Abby wasn't allowed in the cage, but she could look from the outside in. She found this gigantic bunny that she chased around from the outside. :)

At one point she asked me if she could give the bunny some of Macy's candy. :)

Abby's turn. Katy came along with me at the Egg Hunt because Stan was out of town. She was a lifesaver!! There was so many kids in the two year old hunt, Abby just stood there like she didn't know what to do and just "people-watched" instead.

Another group shot!

Katy and Abby

Believe it or not, this was how we ended up only have an hour and a half of egg hunting. Exhausting

My heart skipped a beat.....

2011-06-17T18:26:00.000-05:00

I went to the vending machine at work a while back and grab a crinkled up dollar that I found tucked away in my wallet and went to put it in the machine. As I was smoothing it out I noticed something.....

Immediately I grabbed the dollar and took a closer look.

I realized that on this sweet dollar was my Granny's name, Jewel. In her handwriting! I must have saved it from a Christmas years ago. We play this game where we all put our names on a dollar. Then someone draws a dollar and the name on the dollar wins the whole bag of money. I remember winning once a long time ago and I must have spent all the dollars and saved Granny's, because it was tucked away in a "safe" place in my wallet. I had simply forgotten all about it.

So yes, my heart skipped a beat realizing how devastated I would have been to have spent that dollar on a bag of chips and a candy bar. And I chuckled a little too. Knowing that was Granny's little way of telling me to stop eating that junk! :)

I love the simple little reminders I get of sweet Granny. I can't believe it's been a little over 4 months since she has passed. Still miss her dearly. I hope God blesses me with these little reminders that make my heart skip a beat for the rest of my days. :)

Just a sweet little day

2011-06-17T09:11:00.000-05:00

To school we went....with every baby she could grab on the way out the door.

And by the time I buckled Abby in, this little one was asleep.

Here's Macy "flirting" with her "friend" Grant.

"I'm sorry sweetie. I don't know what's the matter with him either. I don't know why he won't look at you. Just make sure you don't let him know that it got to you....like, don't make that face."

"Just keep looking at your cute self in that mirror."

School is out! To mommy's office we go.

"Can someone help a girl out here?"

"Abby?? can you help me please?"

"Anybody?!!"

The bow came off and Abby's hand went into her mouth. What?

Much better!!

I love that I can take the girls to my office for a couple of hours each day after school and get some work finished if I need to. #perfectjob

Music with Mommy

2011-06-16T20:50:00.000-05:00

We had to get to school on time this day as it was "bring your Mommy to music class" day!! Of course, both of our girls LOVE music and I couldn't miss it. I looked crazy that day, but we made it ON time! :)

The whole time I'm taking pictures the teacher is just singing away and we are supposed to be listening and doing what she says. I hope I'm not teaching my children to not pay attention to the teacher. :/

Here's a room full of Macy's "friends". I guess you could call them friends. All they do with one another is just basically look at each other and stare.

My sweet little music lover!

Scarf time. She loved it! Do you think she looks like Mary?

One last shot before Abby's class comes in. :)

I love this. Classic!! Not just the fact that she is yawning at me taking her picture but the fact that she has only been at school for 15 minutes and already has blue marker on her face.

Abby's friend Reece and her mommy

Abby's friend PJ and his mommy. PJ and Abby have been in the same class since they were literally weeks old. :)

"Momma, stop it. None of the other Mommy's are taking pictures."

Scarf time! I have got to get me some of these!

Sweet little PJ

It's a very rare occasion that I get the girls to school on time so this was a special day all around. Abby turned 2 1/2 years old. Music with Mommy. AND, we were there on time!! :) good day.

Happy 2 and a HALF Birthday Abby!!!

2011-06-16T08:21:00.001-05:00

This face says it all........

Sweet girl. Having a little breakfast before school. "a little"

I just love how MacyKate adores her big sister!!!

This is how she gets out of the car these days. In my opinion, it's much easier to just get out the open door, RIGHT by your carseat, as there is always someone, aka ME, right there to help you. But, she prefers it this way. :)

Sweet girl.

Happy 2 and a HALF Birthday Abby Jewel!!

Sweet Abby....words just cannot express the love I have for you. You are growing up so much. Everything about you is my favorite. I love the way you talk, laugh and most of all the way you are so sweet to Macy. You are a terrific big sister. I pray God watches over you daily and keeps you safe and healthy. My sweet sweet 2 1/2 yr old. I love you angel! love, your Mommy

The day she turned 6 months

2011-06-15T21:41:00.002-05:00

I'm slowing getting caught up on the blog. This was only a little less than 2 months ago now. She's not quite 8 months old today. slowly and surely

Bubble Bath Time!!

2011-06-15T10:13:00.000-05:00

Love these two so much!!

Sweet little blue eyes!

I love how Abby is "swimming" here! LOL!!

She's definitely my little clown. No bubble bath is complete without bubbles on the face!...usually though, it's on my face as she blows them at me. ;/

Abby's "new" big girl bed

2011-06-14T15:49:00.001-05:00

Two days before Abby turned 2 1/2 I had decided it was time. It was time to put her in a big girl bed. So, with Stan out of town, I disassembled her bed and it was done. Before I could stop myself, I had already taken it apart. She was so excited. She played and played in the bed that morning. And for nap time went straight to sleep, no complaining and no escaping. But the real test would come later that night.

She did okay to say the least. She got out of bed too many times to count. But once she was sound asleep I snuck in there to take two pictures. I'm not sure what possessed me to do that, but I did. It was so dark in there that my flash is what lit up the room in the picture. Another reason why it isn't focused. The camera couldn't find anything to focus on as it dark. :) I would probably kill anyone else for taking a picture of my sleeping baby for fear that that she would wake up, but oh well. I did it and she slept right through it! :)

Still sound asleep.
The next day I caught her in her room playing in her "new" bed. so cute

Oh, and in case you were wondering, this is how sweet MK sleeps best these days. And, I just let her. :)

Abby did great in her bed that first week that Stan was out of town. Now that he is back and we are on a more normal routine. We know that after we lay her down, we pray with her and just wait. She will meet us in the living room asking for whatever she needs. Her bunny, her Minnie, her blanket is messed up....usually she comes out 2-3 times, but after that last threatening of a spanking, she knows we are for real in our voices and she usually falls asleep.

Pops' little Chick

2011-06-13T14:08:00.001-05:00

Back before Easter, Pops had some baby chicks hatch. Of course, my little animal lover had to see, touch and hold it.

Drew, the supervisor, is starting to notice something.....

Yep, the chick pooped. Notice Abby is not phased at all. LOL!!

Macy and Drew.

MK is almost 6 months and Drew is 10 1/2 years.

Macy's tries her first baby food....squash!

2011-06-12T21:11:00.001-05:00

I can't believe she's even old enough to start baby food. But she is and squash was her first food. :)

She liked it okay. It was better at first then as it got cold, she wasn't really having it much more.
I mean seriously, could you eat with this little distraction in the background singing and rearranging Mommy's flowers.

Here are 4 videos that I took during the evening. So cute!!

Sitting up

2011-06-12T16:18:00.001-05:00

She couldn't quite sit up all by herself, but she sure looked cute trying!

Sweet Baby Clara

2011-06-12T10:28:00.002-05:00

Back in the beginning of April, I took Abby and Macy over to meet sweet little Clara Rose. This is by far NOT the best picture of this angel, but I did the best I could.
Sweet little chubs. We don't have to worry about how we look at Jessica's house. She's family. Here's Macy as we tell her she's not the newest baby anymore. She's just sitting here processing that information. Ha!

I love this. They were both so sweet with her.

I wish I remember why she made that face. Guess that's what I get for being 3 months behind on blogging. :(

Hard to believe that Jess and I have two kids each now. We are growing up. ;)

Muffin Tin

2011-06-11T15:58:00.001-05:00

I thought I would try something new to see if Abby would eat more. Brittney gave me this idea.
She immediately said it was "so cute!!" but grab her pretzels and just ate the salt off of them. :/ I ended up leaving out the muffin tin the rest of the day and she went back to it after her nap and ate a little bit more.

I'm praying this one doesn't have the same picky-eating trait as her sister. So far, she'll eat anything I give her, except for peas. And I promised her we would have them again for a while. :)

What's on your feet??

2011-06-10T15:51:00.001-05:00

If she see a sticker of any kind, she will remove it. See below
These are Abby's shoe tags that I 'had' in all her shoes.

"Wait a second?!" "This post isn't about me. I'm not ready!"

I love that both my girls are full of fun personalities!

Hat Day at School

2011-06-09T16:11:00.000-05:00

I didn't have a hat for MK to wear to school, so she wore the biggest bow we had as her hat!

Dr. Seuss hat

2011-06-09T12:23:00.001-05:00

Granny have Abby a Dr. Seuss Hat and book a while ago. So cute that I caught her with the hat on reading the book. :)
...oh, and she was playing her fork like a flute.

Here's a picture of something that doesn't happen very often in our house. She's eating! ;)

When I got a note from school that she was having "Hat" day. I knew we had the perfect hat for the day. She wore the hat, but want "piggy" tails too. :)

She loves to pick out her own color for her piggy tails. It's usually a fight, but we try to at least end up with a color that's in the same color family. Red and pink. Blue and purples. TRY was the magic word here.

Caden got Baptized!

2011-06-08T12:03:00.001-05:00

Macy Kate wore her Sunday Hat to Caden's Baptism!!
Ughh....my crazy camera will not focus anymore. ugh.

Me and my sweet baby

Here he goes...

Waiting...

Waiting....

Under he goes! :)

Up he comes, facing the wrong direction. Ha!

We are so proud of you sweet Caden!!

Jean Diapers

2011-06-07T10:47:00.001-05:00

Look at this!!! :) :)

Sportin' her Jean Diapers and a Pony Tail.

Sweet Girls - I wish they were both smiling.

She's growing up before my eyes. :(

Watching TV for the first time

2011-06-06T11:25:00.002-05:00

Back on March 21st (she was five months old exactly), sweet MK watched TV for the first time. I know there will be many more hours of this in her lifetime (WAY more than she should watch) but here's a picture of her first watching experience. And the show you ask? If you know us, you probably already know the answer...Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Big Sister was telling her which mouska-tools (sp??) to pick.

She's 7 months old!!!

2011-06-01T21:44:00.004-05:00

I love these little innocent cheeks.

Needless to say, big sister was upset that she wasn't in the crib with her during the photo shoot. I should have known. She has been in the crib with her every month at this same time.
Reaching for my sign!

Sweetness!!

to pieces! I love her To Pieces!!!

Amanda and Craig gave MK this beautiful dress before she was born. I had to get more pictures of her in it. It is just perfect!!

arms!

Oh my lands.....she loves to smile!

Sweet Sweet Macy Kate!! FIRST of all, please forgive me for not writing your past two monthly letters. Life has been so busy lately, that blogging has been put on the back burner. My guilt has finally got the best of me and I am ready to start blogging again for you two girls. I want you two to see all the pictures and hear me narrating each one. Hopefully, one day I'll put them all in a blog book for you guys to have.....hopefully. That's just one more thing on my list to do! LOL!

Since your last letter, you have grown soooo much. You sit up all by yourself. You will grab ANYTHING within your reach. And, you're strong! Oh, and quick. You constantly keep me on my toes when I'm holding you in my lap and trying to work. You are grabbin' away at everything!

You're a great eater!! You are still nursed, which I love. But, I'm getting to the point now, where I'm wishing I would have introduced a bottle to you more often. You refuse to take one. I'm going really start trying more next week. But for now, when you get hungry, your personal milk truck, aka me, is at your service. You are eating rice cereal, oatmeal, and stage 1 baby food. This next month you are graduating onto stage 2 baby food.

You can sit up, hold a sippy cup (not really drink out of it, just hold it and beat it on the table when you realize it makes a loud noise) crawl/wiggle backwards, rollover, lunge forward. Your daddy is constantly telling me how I need to watch you because you are going to be crawling or even walking before we know it.

I love more than anything to watch how you love and your sister loves you. It's just simply precious. Now don't get me wrong, you are constantly on guard when she is around. But you just light up when she is around too. Abby can usually always calm you down when you are upset and make you laugh at almost anything.

You, my sweet angel, are still a momma's girl. AND, I secretly love it so so much! :) You have such a hard time when I am not in the room. You finally got the hang of it at school and realize that I would be back in about 3 hours to feed you again. But anywhere else, you are looking for me and letting whoever it is that's holding you know that they are not me. 3-4 years down the road it may not be this way, so I'm not complaining.

You're smiles and open mouth kisses are adorable. Your pulling of my hair, not so much. I love your screams and growls. Your only word these days is Da-Da! Trust me, your daddy LOVES that. We think you were trying to say Abby the other day. Oh, and you mumble! I can tell by your eyes, you are having a conversation with me, but I have no idea what you are saying. The very first time you started mumbling, it took me back to when Abby was about your age. She did the same thing. You sound just like she did. Abby's first real word was giggle-giggle. I'm anxious to hear what your's will be.

You still are not the best sleeper. Let's be honest, you're horrible at it. I pray every night that you will turn over a new leaf and sleep all night long. You have only done this 3 times in your whole life. 3. 3! That's it. Hopefully, I'll be writing your letter next month and bragging on what a great sleeper you are. okay? so, let's do it!....Let's SLEEP!!! :)

Sweet girl we love you so so much! I just never knew my heart could grow like this. I'm one lucky Momma! I love you bigtime!! - love, Mommy

When she turned 6 months....

2011-06-01T21:29:00.004-05:00

still just as cute as ever!!!

I took this picture on the exact day that she turned 6 months, then later dressed her up for the 6 month photo shoot in the same outfit. :)

I could Eat. Her. Up!

As Abby now says, "Oh my Stars!"

mercyme....so sweet!

I love it!

I love this age so so much!! She is all smiles and all giggles!!

At her 6 month checkup, here were her statistics:

Weight: 16lbs, 14oz - 75%
Height: 26 1/2 inches long - 90%
Head: 16.5 inches - 50%

We got ourselves another tall, pretty girl!! :)

When she turned 5 months...

2011-06-01T21:20:00.004-05:00

she was just too precious!!!

Here's big sister helping in the photo shoot! 2yrs and 5 months

Sweetest Blue Eyes!!

where does time go?

Abby singing, Macy 5 months old

2011-05-27T09:45:00.000-05:00

Who's who??

2011-05-27T09:09:00.002-05:00

I laughed so hard when I realized that I put MK in practically the same outfit as Abby wore in her 5 month shot. Look at these two sweeties!!

Abby at 5 months, March 2009

Macy at 5 months, March 2011
I refuse to name names, but one precious little girl just fills out the outfit a bit more than the other one did. ;)

Macy Kate's Baby Dedication

2011-05-26T09:58:00.000-05:00

When Macy Kate was born, as I held her in my arms when everyone left the room, I prayed and thanked God for Macy and for the privilege to be the one to get to be her Mommy. Macy is God's, we just get to have her on loan. ;)

We had Macy's baby dedication service at our church on March 20th. This is where we stated publicly that we will do everything we can to raise sweet Macy in a Christan home and pray for the day that she will come to know our Lord as her own personal Savior. And it's a time for our church family to pray with us for guidance in this journey. Such a sweet day!

Here's Macy with Nana before the service!

Here we go, before the spotlight is on us. I'm praying at this point that Abby doesn't take off out of my arms and do major destruction to the stage.

Thanks Aunt Andrea for this capturing this moment for us during the prayer!

The pastor is still praying but from the looks of things, the four of us are not! LOL!

My sweet girls!

Abby called this her princess dress! I refuse to beg her to look at the camera anymore. One day when she is 30 and looking over all of these pictures, she'll wished she had looked at the camera and smiled!

I totally just said, "just take the picture."

Again, I'm the ONLY one OBEYING and SMILING!

Sweet precious Macy Kate

Take one of the family photo

Take two. Yes, Abby is holding a naked baby and a Mario.

She's such an angel!

I just don't think I could love my family any more! God is so good!

Just hangin' out in her room!!

2011-05-25T21:32:00.005-05:00

Sweet girl was only 5 months old in these pictures. We were just hanging out in her room and I broke out the camera. Of course, as expected, big sister comes in to see what was going on! :)

"Let me lay beside her!"

Macy 5 months old, Abby 2 years and 5 months.
Love these LEGS!

I was too lazy to get up and take real pictures of her room, so I just took them as I was sitting on the floor. I'm not sure if I've even posted any pictures of her room as of yet.
Sweet little shelf and lamp.

I've moved this "M" now and it's hanging on her closet door. I now hang her Baby Dedication outfit here.

Her door sign with her name on it!

Changing table

Rocking chair that I used when Abby was a baby. The cover is red and doesn't match her room, but I don't care. :)

This is an everyday occurrence! Abby climbing on Macy's chair and getting out Macy's "bunnies" and trying to take them as her own. :/

Love this baby so so much!!!

Tummy Time!

Precious!

St. Patty's Day

2011-05-25T03:59:00.000-05:00

St. Patty's Day was over Spring Break this year so we went ahead and dressed up for lunch with Daddy!! :)

I realized after I took these pictures that I didn't even have a green bow for them. I couldn't believe it. I thought I had EVERY color. Don't worry, we now have a green bow!!

Miss Priss!

My little Munchkin!

They look so small in all of these pictures!! It was only 2 months ago. :(

Silly Sock and Stuff Animal Day

2011-05-24T03:51:00.000-05:00

I love themed days at "school". It should have also been "chocolate milk in your sippy cup" day too! She would not put that cup down for a picture!!

I'll never forget her reaction to receiving NEMO from Santa this past Christmas. So so sweet. She was so excited!

This is a classic picture of Abby drinking out of a sippy cup. Once she starts, she does not put the cup down until it's gone! I'm not kidding. Who has time to breath? Not her! :)

Trip to the Aquarium

2011-05-23T15:22:00.004-05:00

During Spring Break of this year, Andrea and I took the kids to the Dallas Aquarium. Abby loved it. I'm not sure if she loved it more than chasing the boys around, but she loves animals and this was right up her alley!

Here we are!

Group Shot! LOL!!!

"Let's do this!"

I took lots of pictures of all kinds of animals but seeing how I'm 1,017 pictures behind on updating my blog, they didn't make the post. But this manatee did. He was HUGE!! He swam right up to Drew. I tried to get Drew to kiss the window, but he wouldn't do it! LOL!!

This thing could have crushed our girl if he could get out of his tank. Not one ounce of her was scared though!

I love this picture. Look at Abby's face in the reflection on the glass. She loved watching the turtles.

Here comes that turtle again. The aquarium people should have charged us extra for all the hand prints she left.

Again, the turtles!

This shot is so blurry....crazy camera...but I love it! Everyone was so being themselves!! No need to impress anyone in the shark tank.

"Stop it Drew!" She had enough of him trying to kiss her! LOL!

I think this was a Cheetah. Abby would have gotten in that cage if I would have let her. Notice that Caden is no where to be found. :)

Macy Kate's first trip to the Aquarium was great. She slept most of the time but woke up at the end to pose for a picture!

We definitely need to take more trips like this!! :)

I miss blogging....

2011-05-19T22:12:00.003-05:00

I've just been so busy lately and sooooo tired. MK still does not sleep well at night and when she goes to bed all I want to do is sleep too. I have a crazy amount of pictures on my camera and phone to go through...I'm not kidding, it's up to 900 now. UGH. Hopefully, someone will come over and watch the girls and I can just work on my blog and get all caught up. (hint, hint)

Big Girl Bed

2011-03-07T08:16:00.000-06:00

Macy has slept in her cradle in our room since she was born. This is the first week that we have tried her big girl bed. She's actually done pretty good. She goes down around 7:30 or 8:00pm but still gets up every 3-4 hours to eat. We are working on it. Pray for us!

Here's Macy asleep for the very first night in her own bed!!

Such a big girl!!

She's squeezable cute!

2011-03-06T18:18:00.000-06:00

Can't get enough of her!

Let's eat some Rice Cereal!!!

2011-03-05T16:02:00.000-06:00

Here she goes!! It's Rice Cereal time!! Please Lord let this be our cure to sleeping all night long, or longer than 3 hours at a time. please.

She was so cute. Not sure what is about to happen!!

I didn't get any pictures of her eating it, but here's a video.

Macy Kate is FOUR Months OLD!!!!

2011-03-04T14:46:00.002-06:00

This season in our life is going by so fast!!

Isn't she JUST Precious?!

She's like, "another picture?"

Of course, I don't do much these days without this little helper. Here she was as my photo assistant.

"She's so cute!" - Abby
"Momma, save me!" - Macy

And yes, this little assistant can be quite bossy sometimes. :/
Here she was telling me how to set up the dog and frame. "Move it over Mommy."

My blue-eyed beauties!

And, my "assistant" wanted another shot!

My little Macy Kate - You've turned four months old awfully fast on us! You've already rolled over, twice. When Abby rolled over I was so excited, when you did, I'll admit I was a little sad. You''re gonna roll over...crawl...walk...jump...and run out of this house before I know it. :( But, we are so proud of how you are growing. You're doing great!! At your 4 month dr appt you weighed 14.1lbs (75th%), was 24.8 inches long (75th-90th%) and your head measured at 15.8 inches around (25th%). The dr thinks you'll be as tall as Abby in the next few years. :) He instructed you to start Sleeping Through The NIGHT! I'm not sure that you were really listening to him because you still are an every three hour kinda girl. We are praying for long restful nights though! (Please Lord hear our prayers.)

You are grabbing toys, loving your musical gym, and laughing every once in a while. Rice Cereal and you sleeping in your own bed are on the agenda for this next month. So far, you're doing great with both! You are going to "school" now and for the most part (as long as I'm back every 3 hours) you're good to go. :) And how could I forget, your slobbery smiles are truly the best!!

Oh my sweet Macy, I love you and your thighs! - love, Mommy

Let's Walk Mommy!

2011-03-03T14:02:00.000-06:00

My little mini-me!! I love it so much. Because Macy Kate was in the stroller, Abby HAD to take her baby in the stroller too on our walk. Oh, and the glasses and necklace were incase she saw anyone she knew out! LOL!! She needed to look her best!

She's TOO much.

MK slept the whole time!

"Mommy, you follow me."

She has such a fun personality. I love her so much!! I had to beg her to take this picture with me. She wanted to walk her baby and wanted me to follow along. She was way to busy to stop for a photoshoot.

My Sweet Granny Jewel

2011-03-02T11:12:00.007-06:00

My sweet Granny Jewel passed away on February 11th and was buried on February 14th. Oh how I miss her dearly. I could sit here and write for days all the things that I remember and loved about Granny. And then once it's all written down, I could go on and on about the things to add to the list. She was Wonderful. Such a Jewel. But all in all, the perfect Granny!!

Here's my sweet Granny holding her namesake, Abby Jewel. Abby was only a few hours old in this picture. I kept Abby's name a secret until we had her, because I didn't want Granny to talk me out of naming her after her. :)

And then here is Granny meeting Macy Kate for the first time over Thanksgiving weekend 2010. Such a precious time for me. She didn't care about anyone else in the room that day, just wanted to hold the new baby. :) I went away from there knowing that Macy and Abby wouldn't ever know Granny like I did, but thankful for the wonderful grandparents that they have! They will make memories that they will treasure in their hearts, as I have with Granny.

Here's our group before the Funeral.

Granny had 17 Grandkids....

and 22 Great-Grandkids.

Aunt Retha's group

Uncle Ronnie's group

Aunt Cille's group

Aunt Rena's group

Aunt Dobber's group

The kids!

(ugh...I hate my camera, it's always blurry.)

Granny's plot, right by Paw-Paw's.

Such a bittersweet day.

We love and miss you terribly sweet Granny Jewel.

She's Stylin'

2011-03-01T10:00:00.001-06:00

Our little Tinkerbell is sportn' a new hair do.

Ohhh, me. She makes me laugh. I'm not sure what I think of this new do. Does it remind you of a baby dinosaur or is it just me? Either way, she LOVES it. She'll ask me, "two ponys mommy? one here (pointing to the back of her head) and here? (pointing on top)" I think she likes it so much because the hair is completely out of her face and off of her neck. It's a freeing feeling! :)

Profile shot (look at that sweet face)

Tinkerbell Jammies, Tinkerbell in hand, and watching Tinkerbell on the big TV.

Here's the back.

Macy's first day of "school"

2011-02-28T14:25:00.002-06:00

We call it school, but it's more like "play school" or "can you just watch her while I work a couple of hours and I'll be back down to feed her school" AND we love it!! She was supposed to start Feb 1st, but due to the TX Winter Snow Storm, we started a week later.

All dressed up and ready to go!

She's getting excited!

And even more excited!!

Even Abby was excited for her. "It's almost as fun as this car seat toy!"

When I found out her main teacher was going to be Ms. Adrianne, I literally screamed. I was so excited!! Ms. Adrianne was Abby's teacher last year and is a wonderful teacher. Although in Macy Kate class they pretty much just hold, rock, and coo at the babies, Ms. Adrianne is the best holder, rocker and coo-er around!! :)

It was a little difficult on Macy at first, she didn't quite understand why I was leaving. She hasn't really stayed with anyone very long without me being around, but she's learning that I'll be back. I tell her she's my job. I have to come back or I'll get fired. It's been a couple of weeks now and she is getting better. I still nurse her so I think they just remind her when she starts to get upset, that I'll be right back. :) literally. When they call me, I'm down there in 2, 3 minutes MAX. :) It's perfect!

Love our school!!

February Snow Day....actually Snow WEEK!

2011-02-27T14:03:00.008-06:00

Once I finally get caught up on my blogging, I take a break and I'm behind again. :( Back in February, it SNOWED....So much that schools were out all week long! We were going stir-CRAZY in the house all week. Now, don't get me wrong, we all love each other like crazy. But this week, we had about all we could take of one another. Plus, we all got sick. Yes, we were all in the best of moods. :)

This is what my house looked like by the end of the week. Tent, tunnel, musical gym, dirty clothes, you name it and it ended up in the living room.

Look who we have here! And yes, she is watching Tinkerbell in her tent with her sister.

One looks at the camera, the other turns her head.

We were running out of things to do. So we grab some toilet paper and made two little mummy's. Not that you would think so with these pictures, but she loved it at the time.

And off it came, within a matter of seconds, of getting it on.

Don't forget little Mummy #2.

Abby wanted to help unwrap her as well.

This is a constant saying around here, "Abby, please don't get in her face!"

Finally we decided to take the girls outside and see if we could build a snowman. By "we" I mean "Stan" build us a snowman.

I love how the snow is our yard was perfect! No feet print, nothing. Perfectly white snow.

Before I knew it, he was already jumping in it making a Snow Angel. I think he started to feel that jump the next morning. ;0 hilarious.

We left the door open because MacyKate was inside, in case you were wondering. Abby's prepared with her snow tools...my kitchen spoons for digging and a cup.

Man, look at this Angel!! She's beautiful!

Dig away, sweet girl.

Perfect back yard!

Daddy made her a snow ball while he was making our Snowman!!

Watching her in the snow was so cute!

Daddy and his girls!!

Couldn't have fun without this little cutie too!

Heehee....he makes me laugh so much. He was dying making this snowman. He kept complaining that he was out of shape. Then he started taking his coat off because he got hot. I just kept giving him my encouraging laugh the whole time. :)

I'm not sure why he was complaining so much with this little helper! He could have built 3 more with her! :)

Oh dear....love this one so so much! Look at that tongue!!

Adding the finishing touches

Ta-DA!!!!!

The Wagnon Family Snowman of 2011. (and probably the last one we'll ever make again)

She's ready to make another one!

Please Daddy, I'll help you!!

Looking at her shadow!

And before I knew it, she pulled a Stan on me and flopped down on the snow! LOL!!

Abby!! LOL!!

No need to make a snow angel, she IS a Snow Angel!!!

It was a long week.......we survived!! And I'm sure we will be praying for this to come again when it gets 105 degrees this summer! :)

Wait a second....

2011-02-10T09:11:00.002-06:00

Is this a clean plate I see?? YAY for you Abby, you ate all of your lunch!! I was so so so proud of her. Abby is not a good eater, well, like every 5th day she is a good eater. On this day, I saw this clean plate and praised her and praised her. And she rejoiced with me. Until.....

I go to put something in her room and see this.......

Then I go to the bathroom and see this.......

I called her to both places and asked her what this was. Both times she replied, "Pretzels! YAY!!" :/ Ps. Don't you just love how both are grouped by shapes and in a somewhat straight line? LOL!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Christopher!!!

2011-02-09T14:27:00.008-06:00

Christopher turned 2 on January 21st! Here we are celebrating with him at his party. Turning 2 is kinda a big deal!! :)

He wasn't too crazy about Jessica holding, as he says, "MacyCake".

Abby decorated our gift sack for Christopher!

Dressed up and ready for the party!

Me and my girls!

Please smile.......

Uncle David would be proud. Abby would leave the party and go to Christopher's playroom and start singing and playing the piano. I got a couple of videos of her performances below.

Such a performer!

And she's out!....he hadn't even started opening presents by this point.

Cake Time! Christopher blew out all of his candles all by himself. Such a big boy!

We asked Jessica to open our present first so we could leave. We were all exhausted and it was past our nap time. Of course, Abby had to assist him.

Little Miss Helper

Buzz Lightyear - she LOVED it...so did he! :)

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Jesus Loves Me" until someone walks into the room and she stops singing.

"Lone Stranger" with Daddy singing backup!

My 34th Birthday!

2011-02-06T14:27:00.005-06:00

Stan and I went out on the Friday before my Birthday and celebrated our birthdays (his was the 9th and mine was the 29th of January) at the Cirque du Soleil show "Ovo". It was a great great show, even though the whole thing was about a bunch of bugs and an egg. LOL! I loved it! I told Stan that I thought watching this would help me want to start working out or doing gymnastics or something. Man, they are amazing!! It was also opening night and they were giving out free popcorn and sodas. Which went great with all the candy we bought at Walgreens and stashed in my huge purse. We didn't want to have to buy snacks there so we brought some with us. Double Score!!

This is the only picture I got of the night. I think I embarrassed Stan by breaking out my camera. This shot was taken as we were walking in and Stan was leaving me behind. LOL!

Then Saturday my mom and I headed to Fairfield to visit with some family. It was the first time Leslie, Tina and I have gotten together with our babies. And trust me, this picture was a lot harder to take than it looks.

Little Miss Blue Eyes...Abby and Melanie

This is cute! Barrett is like, "Ohhh, wait. Let me go see what I can get out of that drawer"

Aunt Cille with her favorite grandson, Zach! Leslie and Dave did a good job; he's a cutie!

Aunt Cille with Macy and Melanie

Abby being in true form here. Hanging out with Adults, not the kids. AND, bribing Leslie to eat her lunch for her so that she didn't have to eat it.

Macy is 1 month older than Zach.

"Watch out Zach! Here she comes!!!"

Such a great time in Fairfield. Turning 34 hasn't been that bad. Gotta great husband, two precious kids, great family, great job.....life is great! :) Except for the number 34, I wish it still said 31 or 27 or something lower than 34. ;)

Sisters in their Jammies

2011-02-06T12:52:00.002-06:00

Macy looks almost as big as Abby here.

"Mommy, what's this? Her knee."

"Mommy what's this? Her cheeks."

Hug Me, Hold Me, Kiss Me

2011-02-05T16:11:00.004-06:00

I love putting Macy in an outfit that I remember very well Abby wearing. I mean it was only two years ago. :)

Here's Macy on January 26, 2011

Here's Abby on January 15, 2009

Sweet Sisters!!

2011-02-05T15:34:00.004-06:00

It's so hard to get a picture of them both smiling at the same time. But here's a pretty good try!!

"Mommy, I'm gonna tickle her." - Abby

"Mommy????" - Macy

"Her hands are so dainty." - Abby

"Abby, hang on to her." - Me

"He's ok Mommy" - Abby

"Abby! please don't drop her" - Me

"Mommy??!!!!" - Macy

"Cheezze!" - Abby

"No, I don't want to hold him." - Abby
"Oh dear....Mommy!" - Macy

"Look my pockets" - Abby
She told me to take her picture with her hands in her pockets. So cute!

My somewhat babysitter after school. Backyardiagans on the DVR. :)

These girls make me smile so much. These were all taken after school on Jan 25th. So sweet. I love these two so much. My prayer is that they will continue to grow to love and find such a deep friendship with one another. Right now, both are pretty crazy about each other! :)

All smiles!!

2011-02-05T15:04:00.003-06:00

I can't get enough of her smiles!!!

I don't think she'll be wearing this outfit much longer. It's a little snug around the thighs! :) And just ignore the spitup on her shirt. It happens.

Sweet Dress

2011-02-04T14:43:00.000-06:00

I went through Macy's closet here a while back and organized it with all the clothes that fit that she hasn't worn yet and we need to within the next week!! LOL! She is growing like crazy!

Jessica got Macy this sweet dress. I wanted her to wear it the first time she went to church, but she hasn't gone yet and we need to wear it now. So, we wore it a couple of weeks ago and out came the camera.

She's gonna kill me when she is older for posting these pictures with her and her crazy eyes. But it's so funny to me!! :) She does this every time the flash goes off! LOL!!

"Here she comes again!"

This was just for me. I could just EAT these legs!!!!

"Told you she was comin'!"

I didn't get a great picture of the dress, but it is so precious. I love it!! It'll definitely be a keepsake for Ms. MacyKate!!

MacyKate is 3 months old!!!

2011-02-03T14:52:00.005-06:00

She's actually 3 1/2 months old now, but I'm just getting caught up on all my posts. These pictures were taken on January 21st, her 3 month b-day.

Sweet girl is mad again.

So mad she raised her foot at me.

Okay, we're better now.

My sweet Chubs.

She actually smiled here, but my camera is crazy and it has a delay before it takes the picture. Which makes me so mad by the way, why can't it take the picture when I tell it too. Why?...Why does it delay? UGH.

I love this one! Her and her sweet puppy.

I'm not sure who she looks like here, but I'll go ahead and take the credit for the cuteness!

Oh my sweet MacyKate!!! You are 3 months old!! It's amazing to watch you grow each day. You have found your hands lately and are either staring at them or have them in your mouth every second of the day. :) Another toy you have found fond of is the frog carseat toy. Just this month, you started playing with it on your own. You aren't much of a fan of tummy time, but if Mommy and Abby play with you while you down there, you last a few minutes longer. You are just almost turning over. When you are on your back, you'll roll from side to side

You're definitely getting bigger. I weighed you the other day and you weigh 14lbs!! I couldn't believe it, my arms could, but my brain couldn't. You are wearing size 2 diapers and are in 3m and 3-6month clothes. Forget 0-3, that lasted about a week. ;)

You have already had your first cold, which led to your first ear infection. Boo. So sad to see you hurting. You even had an ingrown toe nail that was painful for you. You really didn't seemed that bothered by both, except at night. Mercy Me. I'm tired. You would be out cold...OUT Cold, and I would lay you down and you would wake up. UGH. (We are actually going through this again and I hope it's not another ear infection. poor girl) So,with all of this, you have not really been on much of a schedule. You cry, I feed you. I'm so tired that I don't want to come up with entertaining ideas to get you to last the next 30-60 minutes before the next feeding. So, you are eating anywhere between 2-3 hours during the day. And at night, you are STILL doing the same. :( I was hoping with all the weight you were putting on you would be "fat and happy" and sleep all night long. Oh well. This too will pass, and before we know it, you'll be sleeping like a champ!

Well, little Miss Blue eyes - we love you so! and we love how you love us back with your smiles!! Oh, and I forgot to say how you are talking. You have conversations with us all the time. Now, we don't have a clue at what you are saying, but you are definitely telling us something. I love the coo's, goo's, eek's, hi's, etc. love you sweet girl - your mommy

Sittin' in her Bumbo

2011-02-02T00:21:00.000-06:00

Look how big she is!!

I call those her "camera eyes."

Here's a little bit of a smile as she's falling out of the chair.

Here's my smiling baby!!

She adores her big sister!!

Snow Days and my Snow Bunnies

2011-02-01T21:25:00.012-06:00

On Stan's Bday this year, it snowed!! He came home from church and this was what he saw in the backyard. MacyKate and I were watching it fall and within a matter of minutes we were covered. Thankfully, Stan and Abby made it home from church just fine!

The snow didn't last long, but it was fun dressing up my little snow bunnies. She loves her mittens.

Here's MacyKate ready to go to work with Momma.

Maybe she wasn't really ready to go! :(

One morning before we took Abby to school.

So sweet

Bundled up Sisters!

Bedtime Photo Shoot

2011-02-01T10:42:00.000-06:00

I started worrying a few weeks ago that I wasn't taking enough pictures of my sweet Macy Kate so I decided to go overboard and take a million of her one night before bedtime!

Sweet girl

hehee...she's always blinded by the flash

slobbery smiles

that crazy flash again

I think she was getting tired of me.

Yep, and she's done. I love this though, she gives us this lip all the time!! Makes me just want to pick her up and love on her.

My little Boomer Sooners!

2011-01-31T10:24:00.002-06:00

These were taken on Game Day. OU played UConn in the Fiesta Bowl on 1-1-11 and beat them 48 to 20. (Yes, I googled this. You didn't really think I remembered that, did you?)

Christmas at Granny and Papa's

2011-01-30T09:38:00.005-06:00

Finally, my last Christmas post! LOL!! Our last stop at Christmas was at Granny and Papa's house. We headed to OK after we finished Christmas at our house and got all packed up. Look at their mantle lined with all 12 of our stockings. 6 kids, 6 adults!

This was Christmas Night. I'm not sure what they were watching, but if I was betting, I would say it was some sort of ballgame.

I love how she just makes herself at home in the new big chair, holding a Christmas Train.

This was the day after Christmas and we were waiting for Jenny's family to arrive. Or as Abby says, "Aunt Jimmy". :) Sweet Macy Kate in her Christmas Dress.

Getting Abby to take this picture was like pulling teeth.

I love this. Look in the background. Papa was on watch Nemo/Tinkerbell duty.

Seriously, like pulling teeth.

Finally!

Here's our annual group shot in front of the tree at Granny's. I love it. Abby's, of course, not looking and Macy's crying.

Sweet baby!

They arrived. Here's Mackenzie holding Macy Kate for the first time.

Time for presents!! Aunt Jimmy got Abby a Tinkerbell Cafe'. She loves it. She'll come up to you and say, "idon'tknow, coffee?" :)

"Which one should I eat first?"

Macy with her Santa gift from Granny.

Here's Macy and her Aunt Lou!

This girl loves her big sister! I hope this love grows and grows!!!

That 'finally' concludes our 2010 Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope it was a great one!

The Christmas Story 2010

2011-01-24T18:05:00.000-06:00

Here's this video. Not sure what happened below.

It's Christmas!!!

2011-01-24T14:47:00.011-06:00

well, it WAS Christmas. I'm only a month late. At least I'm only ONE month behind on my pictures, it could be worse.

Good Morning Sweet Girl - Merry Christmas!!!

And this one must have heard Santa during the night. She was up every 3 hours on the dot! :)
Daddy was helping her find out what Santa left behind.

Santa couldn't have done a better job....Nemo and Tinkerbell! She ripped both of them out of the box and yelled, "NEMO!! Tinkerbell!!!" so sweet.

Here was Abby helping Macy opening her presents from Santa.

Sweet MacyKate with her Monkey.

And onto the best....CANDY!

I love this picture!! Santa gave her dum-dum's and a new toothbrush. LOL!

Either she is smiling at Daddy or at the Mylicon that Santa brought her.

Opening presents is exhausting!!!

Nemo did not leave her side. For the most part,she just had Daddy open all of her presents for her. She just wanted the gifts, not really into opening them.

New Rainboots!

New Umbrella!

Macy with a few of her new gifts.

Sweet Abby!

Thank you Santa for the hat and monkey mittens.

Here's her Christmas Breakfast: Honey Biscuit and Turkey Bacon. For those of you close to Abby, you know eating is not her best quality. She's not much a fan of the act like her Momma is. But a few bites she did eat.

One of our family traditions at Christmas is that Stan will read to us from the Bible the true Christmas Story, the birth of Christ. I love it. It's so so sweet. For the next few years, we'll keep reading the story out of a Bible that Abby and Macy will understand. So so precious.

God has blessed us immensely this past year. We are so thankful for his blessings but especially for the birth of our King, Jesus Christ.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mq12EbTIl4

Change of Plans

2011-01-24T08:36:00.002-06:00

Well, Stan thinks my blog is okay, so I'm not going to go private at this time. I trust his judgement more than my own. So, I deleted my last post with several of y'alls email addresses listed.

Look forward to more posts this week. I still have a couple of posts from Christmas to post, Macy's 3 month, our Snow Day, etc.

Macy and her Stocking!!

2011-01-10T18:05:00.005-06:00

I had these same pictures taken with Abby and her stocking when she was two months old. Macy's were all taken by yours truly. Abby's were taken by a professional, Jessica. Let's just say that Abby's are MUCH better. But Macy's are just as sweet!!

Kinda a little smile.

Macy's Granny gave her this little Santa dress. So sweet!

Oh dear.....the eyes! LOL!

Heehee.....that face!

Just for fun, here are Abby's you and look through. Abby and Macy are at the same ages in these pictures. It's amazing how much bigger Macy is than my little preemie Abby was. :)

Candy and Cookies for Santa!

2011-01-10T17:44:00.003-06:00

Abby and I made some candy for Santa the day before Christmas Eve and when we were at my mom's we took a cookie to bring to him too. We wanted to make sure that if he wanted candy and cookies, he could have both! We also put out some carrots for the reindeer!

Ahhh....the drumsticks. :/

I'm certain that Santa enjoyed this little snack!

Macy Kate needed her picture with Santa's Snack too!

Abby had already gone to bed by this point, so I took some extra photos of little MK.

She wouldn't keep her Santa Slippers on very well. That's okay, the shoes didn't make the outfits, that adorable little face did! :)

Last picture before MK went to bed and Santa arrived!!

Christmas Eve Bath

2011-01-10T17:01:00.002-06:00

Abby has been singing so much lately. She knows all the words to The B-I-B-L-E, Jesus Loves me and Jingle bells. I tried to catch a couple of songs on video during her Christmas Eve Bath. Enjoy!

Christmas at Nana and Pops' 2010

2011-01-10T16:26:00.004-06:00

Here we go!! There were WAY too many presents under that tree. :) Abby was the winner this year, she got more presents than anyone....surprise, surprise.

Macy isn't sure what all the hype is about.

Showing off her new bracelet from Aunt Andrea.

As Stan said it best, "divided household."

Thank you Uncle David for the lovely musical set, including drums, shakers and anything else somewhat musical.

This dolls had fake eyelashes on. LOL!

Shopping cart full of groceries!

My sweet little Macy. She was my gift this year!!

Love her so much!

Here's our family

Here's my sister and her crew!

All of this wore this precious little one out!

One last shot, a picture of just the grandkids.

We spent Christmas Eve morning at my mom's, then headed home to prepare for Santa's arrival!!! :) Christmas morning at our house, then it was off to OK to Granny and Papa. More posts to come!

She's two months old!!!

2011-01-06T15:29:00.002-06:00

I look back at the picutures of Abby at two months and they were just as funny. Macy just woke up in these pictures. I was hoping that would have put her in a good/smiley mood. Not so much!

Kinda a smile....but I cut the "t" off of two. :(

Look at her wild hair.

Sweet perfectly averaged size little girl :)

Weight: 10lbs, 10oz (50%)

Height: 22 inches (50%)

Head: 15 inches (50%)

Sweet Macy Kate - You are such a joy to your daddy and me. I love watching you smile, especially when your sister enters the room and you light up. It just melts my heart. You are growing by the minute and I can not keep up. I want to treasure everything and it all goes too fast. Plus, I'm just not organized enough to document anything. Hopefully, when you get older I'll remember most all of the sweet things you do. :) Speaking of something we all want to NOT remember, God has heard our prayers this month and the colic is gone!! Praise the Lord!!! It was no fun for any of us. But back to the good, you are holding your head up like a pro, you "talk" to us all the time now, you stick you little tongue out all the time (so much so, that one day I convinced myself that your tongue was too big for your mouth and it wouldn't fit in there...I know, I'm crazy. You can close your mouth just fine with your tongue in there.), and you love your Big sister and she loves you. I pray all the time that you girls will grow up and become friends and love each other in such a sweet way.

God has blessed us so Macy Kate and Oh how he loves us. We are so thankful to have you in our lives!! I love you my sweet Macy Kate and look forward to another month of holding you in my arms. Love, your Mommy

Our first gift exchange

2010-12-23T23:25:00.000-06:00

Jessica and I have always had this rule as long as I can remember that we will just be friends for Christmas. No gifts. But when we started having kids, we had to let them have their own little gift exchanges. So here we are at our first gift exchange of the 2010 Christmas Season!

Abby, Clifford is coming over! (Yes, Abby calls Christopher, Clifford. And he calls her, Addy.) No, she screams. They act like they don't like each other, but deep down, I know their hearts are full of love for one another! :)

Macy Kate, Clifford is coming over.

And, she sleeps!

Sweet Boy! Hey there Clifford!!

Jessica wrapped Addy's present with a blowpop in the ribbon. Abby noticed that right away!! She could have just given her the blowpop and would have earned points with Abs. But the Nemo movie was the perfect gift!!

We gave Christopher two cars from the movie "CARS".

And, she's back to the blowpop again.

This picture makes me laugh so much. They are looking at each other like, "don't even think about coming over and taking my new presents!"

Oh the love they share! LOL! This was our attempt at getting them to stand next to each other by the Christmas Tree. Look how far away they are from each other. LOL!! That's as close as they got!

I think he loves it!

Ignore how awful I look. Here's Macy Kate getting her "My first Christmas" ornament from Jess. So sweet! It was precious!!

Christopher was using Jess' leg as a ramp.

We got Baby Clara Rose hair bows as a gift. I'm so excited that Jessica is going to have a little girl.

Abby finally got the wrapper off of the blowpop. :) And now she's back to her usual, dinging that bell on the tree. LOL!

We had a great time!! It's so weird to see ourselves as Mommy's and getting gifts for our kids. It's like we are now grown-ups or something.

Later that night we went out to dinner. Here's Abby, NOT eating her food, but enjoying her movie on my phone.

She thinks she knows how to operate it.

Guess she figured it out. Not sure if she sent out any crazy text messages or prank called anyone, but either way, she made her way back to the movie. :)

We went Christmas Light Lookin' after dinner. One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time. I love the houses with the awful lights just as much as the good ones. This was the first year that Abby didn't sleep the whole time and actually enjoyed the lights as much as I did. She would point out all the colors she saw and all the figurines that she knew, Santa, Snowman, etc. It was so sweet. I can't wait for next year to go and look at lights again with her!

Christmas Candy

2010-12-23T22:51:00.001-06:00

Abby and I had a fun time making Christmas candy for Santa. Now that I'm posting this blog, I hope to do something like this every year with the girls, but at the time....I swore I would never do it again. We ended up with 5 million sprinkles all over the place. I'm still stepping on those tiny little dots.

She was so sweet making her candy. At first, she was picking up the sprinkles one by one. I'm not kidding. I thought this would be mess free, but may take us 2 years to finish. So I showed her a faster way to decorate and our mess slowly starts to take place.

Her little works of art.

"So pretty" she kept saying.

So sweet. love her!!

Here is where she realized that her works of art tasted so good!! And it was down hill from there. She was eating them as fast as I could make them. Hopefully, I caught all of the half eaten ones. hopefully!

Yummy!!

I bet she has already eaten 15 of these pretzels by this point.

Once I started picking up the pretzels, she needed another way to release her creativity. She started mixing the sprinkles.

Green with Red

Green with Rainbow

Rainbow with Green

I took this picture and then immediately threw the camera down and picked her up. She was being so good just mixing her sprinkles, then all the sudden, she started smearing those red sprinkles all over the place. It became the biggest MESS within seconds!!

Here's a video of her making her candy before it turned into a sprinkle war zone!

Frisco Safety Town

2010-12-22T22:25:00.000-06:00

We decided at the last minute to head out to Frisco's Safety Town and walk around to see if Abby would enjoy the Christmas lights. Each of the little buildings were decorated with lights and sponsored by local businesses. They were giving out balloons, had face painting stations, and even places where you could EMAIL your list to Santa.

I thought this tractor was cool. I especially like the two "kids" in the picture.

Macy Kate slept the whole time. It was a little chilly outside and she was all warm and cozy in her car seat.

As we walked around, we saw this rather short line for Santa. We knew that this probably wasn't going to go well, but it was worth a try. AND, it was free. You could take your own picture and didn't have to pay $30 for a 5x7. Stan kept talking to Abby about sitting in Santa's lap. She was all for it. UNTIL, we walked inside and I went to sit her in his lap. That was NOT going to happen. Oh well, we tried. And of course, the moment we leave, she's talking about seeing Santa again.

I guess all the commotion of Abby not sitting in Santa's lap woke this little one up. :) She even has bed-head.

Abby's Nativity Set

2010-12-22T21:51:00.000-06:00

I took this picture of Abby's Nativity Set early in December. Notice anything unusual? Well, to begin with baby Jesus and the Angel have switched rolls. She likes to put baby Jesus on top of the manger instead of inside of it. :) And, we are missing a Wise Man and a sheep.
The week before Christmas, I finally broke down and cleaned her room top to bottom looking for the Wise Man and the sheep. I looked everywhere, inside the clothes hamper, toy box, bed, underneath the bed, trash can, etc. I was about to give up until something caught my eye in the shutters in her room. Do you see what I see?

Yep, here they were!! Our missing pieces. I ran to show Abby what I had found and she acted like she knew they were in the window seal the whole time. I was so excited we had the full set and would have the full set for Christmas.
All was great until later that day, the cow went missing as well. :/ Luckily I found the cow under her bed.

Notice anything wrong with these Christmas figurines?

Look closer, Santa is missing. He's left his boots on top of the "o" but he's gone.

Another work of Abby. She broke this Santa off and carries him around with her. Now, he's missing. Guess I'll find him someday. :) Maybe he'll show up next year.

We're getting ready for Christmas!!!

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Macy Kate, 2 months, wearing one of Abby's old shirts. It's a little snug on her at the same age as when Abby wore it. :)

Solid Sweetness!!

I can't get enough of this girl!!

My photo shoot helper needed a spontaneous kiss from Macy Kate. :)

I think she just wants to be behind the scenes....she refuses to look at the camera.

"Okay MacyKate, say Cheese!!"

"Oh, I'll help her."

She's constantly loving on her little sister. I love it so much!

Sometimes Veggie Tales can be distracting!

Just for fun, here are a couple of pictures of Abby at the same age as Macy Kate, 2 months.

Abby Jewel, 2 months

I have 269 pictures to go through from Christmas. Be patient lots of posts coming!!