Mason and Macy: Splashing Buddies!

Macy is in the process of being weaned to one nap a day. She spent last week sleeping 9 am-11 or 11:30am and then wouldn't sleep at all in the afternoon. After days of battling this, and realizing at least on Sundays she doesn't get to nap until 11 am at the earliest and survives, it's time for one nap a day that doesn't start before 11 am every day of the week!

Today was the best so far. She slept in, we spent the morning doing chores at home, then hit Albertons during her usual nap time so she was distracted and happy, came home, got her blankie out of the dryer and she went down for a 2 and a half hour nap like a perfect little girl! When she got up, it was off to the McConkeys for a MUCH overdue playtime with her friend Mason!!!!!!

It wasn't super hot out, but after these two soaked each other in their clothes, we decked them out in swimming gear so they could splash away. I've never put those swimmer diapers on Macy before today. We had to borrow one!

Macy got this swimsuit from her wonderful babysitter Anna. I laugh every time I see it! SO darling!
These two play so good together. Mason is very patient and fun and loves to have a buddy around. He says "Macy" perfectly and she gets a kick out of being around him. :)
Our little goof balls. :)

Macy has been doing this to my parent's dog, Brodie a lot lately. I thought it was funny Mason does it to his dog Hurley too.

Just to show how little our "babies" still are. Or how HUGE Hurley is. :)

Macy had a blast playing today- thanks for the super fun time and the pooped out little girl who barely made it through her bath tonight awake! :)

My girl likes her jewelry!

I have been working on cleaning out our spare room to make room for our new little girl. It is a BIG job figuring out where everything is going to go, what to keep, reorganize, chuck, etc. I found this basket of bracelets in there today and remembered hiding them from Macy when she was in the eating everything mode and I was afraid she would choke on the beads.

It didn't take more than 2 seconds for her to realize she had hit the jackpot. She spent about 40 minutes putting every single bracelet on!!!!
How many bracelets are too many, really?



She got up when she was done and talked to this picture frame of her cousin triplets like she was showing them how pretty she looked. SO cute!

Then she danced for awhile. I love my girly girl!

Playdate with Harper and a shopping trip.

A couple days ago Macy started parroting words back. It is so funny to hear her say things like, "Harper," "Big Buck," and "elbow"! Harps came over with Holly for a visit yesterday and we had a great visit while the girls played together. They are pretty different personality-wise, but into the same stuff for sure.


After nap-time, it was off to Haggen to get some groceries. I remembered a friend telling me once that the bakery there gives out free cookies to kids and I thought, "Why not?" Macy LOVED this shopping trip! I can see why they have some seriously loyal customers. I have to admit I snuck a crumb of this cookie and it was DELICIOUS. Macy ate the whole thing!!!! I was hoping she would leave me some! No way.


Doesn't she look proud of herself?

Strawberry Season

Strawberries are my favorite fruit. While pregnant, I pretty much like all fruit, but something about strawberries...they are delicious! I've been eating parfaits like they are going out of style! (Vanilla yogurt, granola and sliced strawberries...yum!) I had grand plans to pick some this year, and showed up at Boxx Berry Farm all ready...alone...with no bucket...and no one to help wrangle Macy or make her smile. Hmm. I thought about it for a second and decided to buy some already picked instead. :) I plopped her down on the counter and she smiled just like this just for me!
About 2 days after this haul, Macy started spitting strawberries out when I gave her one. I think she had a few too many. :) Not me!

18 months strawberry picking...

I think it's going to be a tradition in our house to bring Macy strawberry picking every summer and snap a candid photo. Last year I got the best picture of her, it was just darling, and I think this year's are pretty cute, too. Something about being outside, with fruit all over, the sun out...I love that sweet face!
Auntie Kate was awesome, as usual, and agreed to come help!
Macy couldn't figure it out at first, she really liked having her own bucket, but didn't quite know how to start.
After watching us pick for a few minutes, she got down to business!

She ate a couple...
Posed a little...
And examined what she'd got so far. (Let me tell you, nothing in that bucket was edible, but she was guarding it!)
About 10 minutes in she got sick of picking, dumped her bucket and then started eating dirt.



My little darling "Dirt Beard!" 2011

A visit to Boulevard Park

Boulevard Park in Bellingham is one of Gabe and my favorite places to go on a sunny day. It holds special memories for us since we went there on our first date. It's gotten nothing but better since they put in a Wood's Coffee shop right on the boardwalk! Macy loves it here!


This spot makes me remember that Bellingham is a wonderful place to live. When it's summer in WA, there's no better place to be!