A playdate with the boys.

My friend Kara and her husband Matt and their two boys just moved! I really like their new location since it shaves about 10 minutes off the drive to their house! Macy and I headed over yesterday to play with Brooks, Mason, Hudson and Oliver. Peyton came later after preschool was done. I was looking at these little cuties thinking, "Where are the girls?" :)
I think these goldfish were originally for Brooks, (in the red) and the other kids came to him like vultures until he put the bowl down and shared! Hahaha!
Macy LOVES going new places. She does a little dance when I put her coat on like, "Where we going today, Mom?" This was a find at Kara's. She kept going to the fridge to play with this barn thing that played a song. She is such big stuff.
Kara went to get Peyton from school while I hung out with these two. They stood by this door and watched cars and trucks go by for a good 10 minutes. So funny! Can you believe Brooks is only 4 months older than Macy?

I taught Peyton how to take a picture when he got back. He took this! First try! Pretty good for a 3 year old! See the room behind us? Well, more than double that and add a semi-truck worth of toys and welcome to our new favorite place to play. The house they are in converted their garage into a toy room! It is HUGE! Stocked to the gills with stuff and plenty of room to play. We will be having a lot more playdates there soon I hope! Thanks for hosting, Kara!

My FREE day!

Katie and I went to Alderwood Mall today and it was the best day I've had in a long time!

Started by dropping Macy off with Anna at 8:30 AM, went over and picked up Katie, we got coffee on the road, a quick errand to my Mom's work, and were on the freeway by 9:30 AM. Headed straight to Nordstroms!

We had lunch at Claim Jumpers which was probably a highlight for me. The food there is so delicious and it's been awhile since I've had a lunch without any child around to feed, clean up after, entertain... Katie and I talked about American Idol, some work drama, and just...life stuff. I think we sat there for over an hour just laughing and catching up. It was AWESOME! Equally awesome was my actual lunch, their BBQ Chicken Salad with a cornbread muffin. Delicious!

After lunch, we went to find the TJ MAXX by the Everett Mall and scored some really cute stuff there before heading home.

When I picked up Macy, I was thrilled to see her! I missed her! What a feeling!

A day away was good for my attitude for sure. Something about not being on a schedule, allowing yourself to be selfish for a couple hours, and not having any responsibility. I was so thankful.

A Baby Shower

My Mom is part of a group called "The Praying Moms" that pray for their families and kids throughout the month. They support each other, and throw baby showers and bridal showers when one of their kids gets married or has their first baby. It is a very special group of women, and an honor to be invited to one of their showers. :) Mom hosted a Praying Moms Baby Shower Sunday and Macy and I got to come! I helped finish up these darling cupcakes! Do you see what they are supposed to be?
My Mom does such a great job making a shower look so pretty.

Katie helped majorly with these cupcakes. I always tell people if her voice ever goes, don't worry, she can totally make a living decorating cupcakes and arranging flowers. Katie definitely got all the artistic genes in the family, that's for sure!
Macy will not be attending another shower for a very long time. It was an experiment gone wrong, let me tell you! I thought it would be neat for the ladies to see the girl they've been praying for, (which was great) but Macy thought they were all there JUST for her. Not sure if it's too early to start teaching the lesson, "Life isn't all about you, Macy." :)

I'm getting sick of cleaning.

I've been blogging so much lately for my parents. They went to Mexico last week with some friends and I knew if I didn't write down what we did every day I would forget! Sure enough, we went over to visit Macy's Grandpa and Grammy today and I couldn't think of one thing we'd done since they left! Ha! I'm losing it!

I am a person who cleans for fun. If you don't know me well, you may be surprised to hear when I was young I would clean out my friend's closets. I still do, actually, only now they appreciate it! I've cleaned as a job before, I clean when I'm stressed out or feel like life is out of control, I have no problem cleaning at all. Until lately. I feel like all I do anymore is clean up Macy, clean up after Macy, clean Macy's laundry, put away her laundry, clean up the toy room, just...clean! That high chair is the bane of my existence! How is it possible that thing can always be dirty!?!?

I am REALLY looking forward to Monday, AKA Katie and Molly Day that I plan on eating, drinking coffee and shopping my way through. Katie is gearing up to be gone until late June and leaves Thursday. I can't wait to spend quality time with my sister and away from my Mommy duties! Hopefully it will put into perspective that scrubbing down a baby and high chair about 6 times a day isn't a bad way to spend your time! :) I KNOW it will be good for my sanity!!!!

Friday, February 25, 2011

We had a morning at home today and it was probably the 3rd time she has tried to take off her own sweater, by herself. It's a trick she figured out about a week ago, and Gabe confessed today to teaching her how to unzip a sweatshirt, but she still hasn't mastered pulling her arms out unless it's really loose. I caught her practicing again today!

Macy seemed normal this morning but had two very short naps today and when I got home from doing a ton of errands around 3:30, she was acting like a bear! I think it's teeth, since she was whiney and crying on and on even when I held her, but it's enough to drive you up the wall! She was very happy when the clock turned 6:15 PM and she got into the bath. It was a looong afternoon. Tomorrow we gotta get her out of this house!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

It snowed at our house last night and I thought Macy would get a kick playing in it for the first time. I didn't factor in the 25 degree reality, or that she had never worn mittens before and...well...the second her feet hit the snow she started screaming.
After the quick addition of another hat, she biffed it, hard. Poor baby! Face first!
She did NOT appreciate that, and wouldn't stop screaming until I took her back inside.
Macy's first day in the snow lasted about 90 seconds. :)
Once we got inside again she was happy! And then I noticed the great job I did getting her dressed today. Hahaha!
She wouldn't let me fix her buttons! I think she rocked this look. :)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Macy and I had Bible Study this morning, which was fabulous! Macy wore a pink dress with a black turtleneck under it and her white tights with mary janes on the feet. She took a long nap when we got home wearing all that, and a coat! I didn't have the heart to wake her up taking the coat off and it was 28 degrees out today!

I was feeding Macy her bottle after her nap and Gabe brought me some clothes to change her into. My darling husband is color-blind and pink and red look the same to him. He brought these pink pants and red striped socks to go with this turtleneck! We had a laugh and I put them on her since I love when Gabe picks out clothes from Macy's dresser, whatever they are.

We headed downstairs and I remembered the bag of hand-me-downs my friend Susan gave me this morning for Macy and wouldn't you know the most perfect pair of furry black boots made this outfit one of my new favorites????

They have flowers on the sides!!!!! Macy LOVES shoes. She gets so excited to try them on, she gathers up Gabe and my shoes by the front door every day and carries them around the house. She hoards them on her little nook. It's so so funny to watch her! Check her out! I was singing, "These boots are made for walkin', and that's just what they'll do..."

She was flinging Gabe's flip-flop here. :) PS: That's my boot...makes hers look pretty tiny, huh?

Right after this, she pulled her boot OFF. Then, pointed to another pair we got today. Baby KEENS! She wanted to try it on...
Love this. The KEEN foot looks tiny. The boot foot looks like a wooly mammoth!
Believe it or not, Macy found the other matching shoe and held it up for me, like, "Please, mom? They need to match." LOVE THIS GIRL!