Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Randomly, Gabe planned to take Dad and Mom out to Mexican food today and none of us realized it until we got there, but it's Cinco De Mayo! Katie came too, and we had an awesome dinner.

Dad NEVER gets anything but water when he goes out to eat. I think it's because of a budget book my Mom read once, that said you can save thousands of dollars over a lifetime if you only order water, so in my family, pop is a HUGE splurge. Gabe has been working his tail off on overtime and gets meal "chits" every time he works an extra day that some restaurants honor as gift cards. He has so many Dad asked him if he was allowed to get a drink. :) Here's Dad with a Sprite and Gabe with his Root Beer.
The waitress brought Dad and Gabe necklaces that lit up with Corona signs. :)

We had to add the blinking Corona to Macy's toys- she wouldn't stop staring at it!
Gotta love my family! Thanks for such a fun evening everybody!!!

Something funny...

Last night I took Macy over to my parents for dinner so my Dad could see her. It had been over a week and he missed her! Macy was being super funny all night and kept shoving her entire fist into her mouth. My Mom said she thought she could do that too, and... :)

Some more Wenatchee pics

We had to capture Macy's first sink bath at Heidi's! Look at that face!
We stuck to our new routine and Heidi took some great shots of Macy eating!

All the triplets watching the parade! Justine holding Abbie, Patti holding Annie (wearing MACY'S PANTS!!!! She is TINY!), and Debbie holding Ellie.
Here's sweet Jake, Andy's oldest son holding Macy. She loved him! Jake is a major kid person and loves babies. He works at Costco in Wenatchee but we all think he should be doing something with kids. He has a serious gift!

My awesome sister! Katie was so much help. Not only with Luke and the triplets, but with Macy. It is sooo nice to know Katie "has" her and she is safe and in wonderful hands that adore her when I'm not around. Thank you Auntie Kate for all your help! Too bad we didn't get the car rides over and back to chat!

The girls at lunch on the PERFECT day for Sharon.

Monday, Day 4 in Wenatchee

Every day Luke saw me he would say, "Hey! How's Baby Mace?" "Hey! Where's Baby Mace?" Or, "Hey Baby Mace!" He LOVED Macy! He played with her, made her laugh, sang to her, even read to her! Love that boy!!!!

Abbie watching her Baby Einstein movie.

This is Rachel, Heidi's Nanny/Mother's Helper. She is a wonderful girl, super fun and adores all the kids. Ellie is a little...notional, but really loves Rachel!
And of course, Macy loved Rachel too!

Sunday, Day 3 in Wenatchee

Ok, Sunday was Sharon's birthday and there are so many quotes and funny things to remember. First of all, she declared everything about this weekend...PERFECT! It became a joke, but really, everything couldn't have been better from the start to the finish. Except we really missed my Mom. Usually she would have been there too, but she hurt her back last week and a 4 hour car ride and weekend helping shlup babies wouldn't have been great for healing. We missed her terribly, but everything else really was...PERFECT! :) This pic was at the end of the night, but had to come first because Sharon summed up the whole day.
We all went to church in the morning! I have never seen such a production!!!! Up at 6 AM to leave the house by 8:20 AM. The girls (and Macy) had to be up, fed, changed, dressed, hair done, loaded in their car seats... It takes a village!!!! Sharon wanted all the girls (Heidi, Katie, Molly, Macy, Sharon, Annie, Abbie, Ellie) to ride in the Suburban and Heidi said we wouldn't fit. Sharon insisted we would, and WITH her coffee. No one believed it, but she did it! :) I'm telling you, only Sharon could have fit in that spot. It's not even a spot! So funny! Here's the back view...
Front view...
Four grown ups, four babies in car seats= suburban at full capacity!!!!
Abbie was the most intrigued by Macy. Every time she saw me all weekend, with or without Macy, she would look and me and say, "Baby!" Sooo adorable! All the triplets loved Macy, but Abbie by far the most. She looked at her the whole car ride!

I must make a side note here to say how incredible Andy and Heidi's church is! They had a Nursing Mothers Only Room in the back with dark windows, soundproof, that you could watch the sermon and there were speakers piping in the sound. The coolest thing I've ever seen! I met a great gal in there named Rebecca who had a daughter named Elise who was only 1 day older than Macy and the exact same size!
So after church we headed home to feed all the kiddos and put them down for naps, left Andy in charge of the girls, KC in charge of Luke, took Macy with us for the rest of Sharon's PERFECT day. Next stop? The best lunch I've had out in a long time. McGills I think it was called. We all had veggie soup, bear bread, and salad and it was delicious! Peanut butter pie and a sundae to share for dessert (...yeah, I was a little off the WW train this weekend) and had great conversation. Next, Sharon wanted to stop by a craft show and we all agreed to go.
I have decided (along with Katie and I think Heidi too) that craft shows are a big waste of time. They used to be fun, and you could always find something you want. Now? Best thing I've seen is the occasional scone for $7.00 a pop or something! No thanks! We were joking about this, and then I walk into a booth with stuff I loved! I actually bought this "Home" sign in brown and love it! Heidi had to get a picture of me actually finding something to buy at a craft show! Thanks Sharon! It was the PERFECT buy!
Macy's first craft show!
So as I'm looking at this picture, I almost wish I would have bought this hat! It was darling! I think the booth was seattlehats.com or something. They had adorable stuff, but I think this hat was $35.00 or something ridiculous. We're going into summer and Macy has several adorable hats already...but isn't it cute?
So after the PERFECT craft show, it was off to the nail salon! Sharon and I got pedicures...
Katie got acrylics... and Heidi watched Macy! So sweet of her!

Next up? Dinner and presents! Heidi and Andy made a feast! Tri-tip, baked potatoes, garlic bread, cantaloupe, & green salad. YUM!
Dessert (Birthday Cake) was Scotcharoos. KC was saying he loves these, but likes a little less chocolate. Heidi was saying she could just re-distribute the chocolate and I said, "Yeah! We could call them Just a Skiff Hump Ups!

Saturday, Day 2 in Wenatchee

Saturday was the Apple Blossom Parade! This was my 2nd year attending, and I want to make it a tradition! Last year, my wonderful friend Heather came with me, the triplets were teeny tiny and I was 5 weeks pregnant! So much has changed in a year! This picture just makes me stop in my tracks and realize... I HAVE A DAUGHTER! I know I do, of course, but it's so natural and wonderful that I'm an actual parent, sometimes I just marvel about it.

Apple Blossom 2010 was great! Heidi's friends Patti and Debbie were there to help wrangle triplets, along with Heidi, Andy, Jake, Justine (Debbie's niece), Luke, Sharon, me and then a whole street full of Andy's side of the family. The wind was going, but it was sunny and FUN! An awesome tradition that just gets more and more fun. The girls were totally into it this year, and Luke!
Macy watching the parade!
Heidi and Abbie

Annie Jane. I gotta tell you Andy's latest name for this little sweetheart. "Thumpy, Dumpy, Doodie, my girl Bill." Seriously. You have to know Andy to really get it, but it's catchy! The best is when you call, "Annie, Annie..." Nothing. Then..."Doodie! Doodie!" and she crawls over as fast as she can! So cute!

Friday, Day 1 in Wenatchee

Katie and I wanted to take a trip to Wenatchee this last weekend to see Heidi and the kids and for a little get-away and when we were telling Sharon about it, she wanted to come, too! Sharon's birthday is May 2, and although the nursery is always in full swing, there was no place she would rather be than with Heidi and her other kids and grandkids on her birthday. We decided to surprise Heidi and not tell her Sharon was coming with.

Turned out to be a good choice since Katie got a last minute job at WWU singing Friday night, so Sharon and I headed over with Macy on Friday and Katie came Saturday.

First of all, Macy was an absolute cherub the whole way over!!! We stopped in Sultan at The Sultan Bakery (BEST place ever to eat and the perfect halfway point to Wenatchee) for breakfast and I fed Macy. She didn't cry at all until Grant Road, the last ONE minute of our trip. :) Hooray!

So we got to Heidi's at about 12:30. The triplets were down for naps, so we got some time with Luke. He is really into all super heros right now. We're talking he's making them up! Sharon gave him a Spiderman costume and he was in love with it the rest of the weekend. The triplets each got a swimsuit that floats. We had to try them all on for a photo shoot and put Macy into hers too!

Friday night was pretty laid back. Andy and Heidi took Luke to the Classy Chassy Parade and Sharon and I held down the fort with the 4 remaining baby girls. :) It went great and it was early to bed for everyone.

This is Luke as "Underdog". He explained it as a superhero that can fly. He made this up all on his own this week and it just cracked me up seeing it. 4 year olds are SO FUNNY!

All the girls in their bathing suits! Annie, Ellie, Macy, Abbie. Not one smile, but all 8 eyes!!!
My precious baby girl. Miss Mellow I need to start calling her. So easy!

I posted this video in case anyone needs a laugh...