4 months!

I can't believe my baby is 4 months old. Waaaaaa. Collin's now almost 15 pounds! What a chunker! He is one solid boy, he's like a brick which is very different from Macey. She was squishy. :) He is just so much fun, his little personality comes out more and more everyday. This is one of my favorite ages... we sure love our little man!

'Tis the season!

For family reunions! Earlier this year we decided that we could only do two family reunions this year, it gets to be too much with little kids and school and everything else we have going on. So of course our immediate family reunions won out, and of course they were right on top of each other. We were gone for 2 full weeks out of the whole month for family reunions!

First off was the Slade Family Reunion. We have started to make it a tradition to go to Aspen Grove every other year up in Provo Canyon. It was beautiful! What a dream for me to not have to cook any meals for a full week, and just lounge around all day doing whatever I wanted (within reason... I did have Collin with me all day)! If you've never heard of Aspen Grove, you should definitely look into it. We had a ball... Macey loved going to her "Stomper" class and LOVED doing the "Super Stomper" cheer in front of everyone on the stage! Highlights of this family reunion included badminton tournaments, tennis, shuffleboard, swimming, fishing in the pond, games (I love, love, LOVE board/card games), taking walks in the beautiful canyon and just enjoying family time! Macey has a boy cousin Sawyer who is 1 year older than her to the day and a girl cousin Libby (whom she ADORES) who is 7 that she palled around with. I hardly ever saw her the whole week! She was in heaven! I'm so mad at myself that I didn't take any pictures while we were there! The scenery is unbelievable and Aspen Grove itself is a site to behold. I'm a slacker!

Then 4 days after we got home from Aspen Grove we took off to meet my family at the May Family Ranch in Clayton, Idaho. It was gorgeous there! We had a total blast... Macey was sooo excited to see her cousins, and I was sooo excited to see my family! We have a good time when we get together... I actually lost my voice from laughing so hard! Highlights from this reunion include rafting the Salmon, the awesome homemade waterslide that was at the ranch, Redfish Lake, family skits, the hot pots that we all went and sat in after dusk and of course just plain ole' spending time with the fam! Not-so-highlights included me losing my nice sunglasses in the TOILET at Redfish Lake. Don't ask questions. I was (and still am) SO MAD. I've had those glasses for over 3 years, they were by far my favorite! Just so you don't lose any sleep over coming up with a theory as to how exactly my sunglasses ended up in the toilet... I will tell you how it went down. It's very simple, really. I was helping Macey onto the toilet, she was a little scared with the whole nasty toilet that doesn't have a bowl thing, so I was bent over holding her on and... plop. Our conversation went like this:

Macey: No, I'm scared! I don't have to go potty!
Me: It's ok Macey, here, look... I'll hold you the whole time!
*Plop* (sunglasses fall in toilet)
Me: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Macey: Mommy! Did you drop yours glasses in the toilet?!
*Me making sad face.
Macey: It's ok mommy, we'll get them in a minute.
*ssssssssssssssssss

:P

Anyway, I was a slacker in Idaho too and didn't even take my camera out! Luckily, my sisters made up for it... I stole some pictures from their blogs. Every year we take turns being in charge of the Judy Reunion, this year was my sister Natalie's turn and she worked her butt off! Thanks, Nat! It was a good 'en!

Floating the Salmon!

Macey and her cousin Tyler

Collin
Macey and her cousin Lexie, slurping up Red Fish Lake.

Backyard fun.

We bought Macey a super sweet pool from WalMart this year. She loves it, and so do I! Yes, I even play in it with her. I am a kid at heart, if you couldn't tell. Collin is totally an outside baby, too! He loves to just chill in the shade on our swing and watch Mommy and Macey spray each other with the hose! Haha. On any day that it's sunny out and warm... this is what we're doing in the backyard. I love summer!

Cooking with Collin.

He definitely looks like a Judy boy. I totally see my Dad in that picture! Collin is a happy camper... as long as he can see me. If I leave the room for a minute he'll start yelling for/at me. So when I'm cooking I just plop him up on the counter top and get to make dinner next to this smiley little face. Love it! I can't get enough of those toothless grins and flexed toes!

LoveSac

The LoveSac is a nice place to lay Collin down on while I'm trying to get something done downstairs. He loves it. And so does Macey. She can't take it if he's laying down somewhere where there's plenty of room for her, too! She's always covering him up with her blanky and putting the silky part right up under his nose, and trying to get him to suck his thumb. It's so cute! She just wants him to enjoy the things that she enjoys! You would think that he would get sick of it... but, I really really think he likes it. :)

I love this picture. That is Collin's concentrating face. He 's very interested in his arms, fingers and feet right now!

My funny girl!

There have been so many funny things that Macey has been saying, lately. I wanted to be sure and document some of them!

As she is holding Collin, she whispers in his ear "don't worry Collin, I not break your bones."

Before she was potty trained (yay!) we asked her why she didn't want to go peeps in the potty. She said "because diapers are comfortable."

When she sings she does a fake vibrato and draws out certain words while she does it. It's hilarious. One time Randy heard her singing through the baby monitor "Oh beh-behhhhh (baby), I love you so STRONG!"

"Mommy, I broke my egg (leg). I need some Spongebob bandages."

"I'm en a child of God. And I am something for him." She is very good at improv.

When she hears a scary noise she asks "What's that freaky noise?" But it sounds exactly like "What's that freakin' noise?"

Swimming suit is "shwimmin' soup".

I think we were watching Sleeping Beauty, at an intense part she yelled out "Oh, SNAP!"

"Mommy, can I have 29 bucks?"


Ok, that's good for now. She keeps me laughing all day.

Just so Collin doesn't feel left out, he's funny too. He smiles when I put my nose in his mouth. :)

What we've been up to...

A little of this.

Give me a break. I can't focus AND take the picture with one hand!

A LOT of that.

Hooray! She is doing FANTASTICALLY and is so proud of herself!

A bunch of this.

I love this picture. Collin is so interested in anything that Macey does or says, and Macey of course eats it up. This particular time I told her to "entertain" Collin while I vacuum... she got very excited and ran to the kitchen to grab some "freshmellows" and proceeded to read him her most favorite book "The Going to Bed Book". It WAS very entertaining.

And LOADS of that.

Collin has been smiling for a couple of weeks now, and we are all loving every second! Randy calls him a "cheeser" cause his grin is just that big! :)