Day 359 - New Babies & Church Camp Again

Today we had our new part-time baby, Alyssa, who is just now 4 months old. She was a nice change of pace and Macy seemed okay with having her around :) And because she was coming over, we pulled the baby swing out of the extra room.... and it seems as though my baby girl missed it, and Andrew thought he'd go swinging himself too. Crazy kiddos!

Day 358 - Running Errands & Church Again

We had some errands to run today to get ready for Macy's party this weekend. So while we were out, we stopped for a small bite to eat at Burger King. Macy found the plastic-wrapped fork and had a fun time chewing on that. :) Tonight was camp again at church, and Andrew learned how to kick and punch some paper....he was so proud :)

Day 357 - Feeling Under The Weather

We've been feeling kind of under the weather lately, with some type of cold or sinus issue going around. Macy's had a runny nose, Andrew's had a runny nose and has been kind of congested in the evenings, and my throat has been really sore and I've not really been able to sleep much lately. So we stayed home from church this morning to get a little rest before we started the Sports Camp at church tonight. This afternoon, I had two sessions, both far from home, so I left the kiddos with Miguel so that he could take them to the church this evening for their childcare & camp. Andrew is taking Taekwondo this week and I think he will enjoy it. Macy did fine with the childcare ladies, and hopefully by the end of camp, she will be a pro at being dropped off in the nursery there. :) In her off time, she played with Miguel's phone and guitar :)

Day 356 - Friends To Push Her Around

This morning I had a photo session, and since Miguel was driving in from out of town, I had to take the kiddos with me. Which is honestly fine - they are both kind of used to it and are really good when they tag along. And this morning, Macy had a fun time especially, because the family had kids with them who pushed her around in her stroller whenever they weren't up for a photo. Afterwards we just relaxed and napped at home and then that evening, I had another photo session that Andrew tagged along with me to. It was super hot but I was glad to be out doing what I love :)

Day 355 - She's All Kinds of Messed Up :)

After a morning of sitting for my part-timers, after they left this afternoon, we took off to run some errands. Nothing too fun, as Andrew kept reminding me, since we normally get to have Fun Friday, and today we didn't really have anything fun to do! (he did later tell me that planting the cantelope seeds from our cantelope in the new flower pot we bought him was the fun friday event) :) But we've all had sore throats and runny noses, sneezing like crazy, so it's just been a rough week... after a small dinner out, the kids and I returned home (Miguel drove into East Texas to visit Buela who had foot surgery today - we love you Buela!) to get ready for bed. And as if Macy didn't look crazy enough from our outing - her denim skirt was all hiked up around her waist, she had french fries/celery/chicken/baby puff remains all over her face, a runny nose, her hair curled up on the sides from the humidity.... when she got home, she grabbed what I guess were her favorite toys of the moment (a box that holds mini-books, a clean sock stuffed in her mouth, and a shirt she found in her room), and toddled around the whole living room, looking cute as could be. And yet a little crazy I must admit! You'll see for yourself in the pic :)

Day 354 - New Toys Are The Best

When Macy finds something of "brudder's" (Andrew's, duh!), that she hasn't gotten to see or play with before, she gets so happy and then carries it around as her new favorite toy. That's why there's a toy gun in the photo from today :) And don't worry, she isn't allowed to put it in her mouth when she's walking, but she froze for a photo and it went right to the mouth as usual! Nothing much going on other than a bunch of playing with a bunch of kiddos :) (well, other than me getting to go out for a girl's night with Lindsey and her church group girls!!)

Day 353 - Runny Noses & Ranger Games

Today Macy woke up with a runny nose - I'm thinking it has everything to do with her teeth that are about to break through, but who knows. No fever or anything, so that's good :)

Tonight, Lindsey called and told us she had some free tickets to the Ranger's game, and that it was dollar hotdog night there as well, and wanted to know if we wanted to go. OF COURSE we wanted to go! So we got dressed and ready and headed out to the game.

Had a great time with Lindsey & Cody, and Macy was SO good the entire time we were there. Because she's walking now, I didn't want her trying to get down and walking around on the nasty ground, and she has no shoes, so we stopped by the shoe store near our house and found her some cute shoes on clearance (woohoo!). Funny thing was, though, that she was unsure how to really walk in them when we put her down :) Besides the million crickets that were on and under our seats that freaked us out (especially when one latched onto my finger and I screamed like a crazy girl!!), we had a really fun time.

And even though some of them are blurry, I have lots of pics to post :) One especially I have to post just to show Macy's new thing - pointing. She was on Miguel's shoulders and had her hand lifted to the sky pointing and chattering away. It was too dark to get a good shot of her, and then when I did, she was done. :)

Fun times!!