Another dose of Macey.

 Macey posing with Kitty in a skirt I made for her (and flower) before preschool.

Sometimes Randy and I just lay in bed laughing about what funny things Macey said that day. We ask each other "what was your favorite Moo today?" or "what was your favorite Bubbas today?" I love it because a lot of times I will go to bed so exhausted and just done with kids. Talking about what cute things they did/said refreshes and excites me for a new day! :)

Yesterday night we were driving home from IKEA and I got stuck behind a sllooowww driver (my mom used to call them D.W.O.'s... Driving While Old) and Macey asked me why I was driving so slow. I told her because the lady in front of me is driving slow. After contemplating this for a minute she asked, "can you tell her to give it some gas?!" 

The other day we were checking out at a craft store and Macey found a stuffed cat that looked exactly like our kitty by the register. She picked it up, noticed the uncanny resemblance and yelled, "Oh my gosh! This fing is digusting!!" The clerk was laughing so hard when I told her why Macey probably thought it was creepy. :)

We have a box in our basement that is Macey's favorite toy right now. She was trying to stuff Kitty into it and close the lid so she would be stuck but Kitty jumped out right before Mace could close the lid. Macey got really mad and yelled out, "YOU TRAITOR!"


 

This kid.

I can't believe Collin is almost 7 months old!

Some things you may not know about this kid:

His nickname is "Bubbas" or "The Bubbas" (no idea where it came from, but it stuck).

This kid can roll around a room like it's nobody's business!

He still won't hold his bottle.

He is either too busy playing with my face

or too busy rubbing his blanky on his face.

Is ready to crawl any day now.

He is a blanky baby and a binky baby!

Love it.

All you have to do is put his blanket up by his face and his eyes roll back.

This kid ADORES his big sister.

Weighs over 18 lbs.

His favorite toys are his swing, jumper and Macey's play piano.

LOVES applesauce, bananas, prunes, sweet potatoes and peaches. Thinks carrots and green beans are just ok. Give him a Saltine cracker and it'll keep him entertained for a good half hour. :)

He's a squawker. Seriously, he loves to squeal and squawk in the highest pitch voice.

Makes Randy a little nervous. ;)

Every time I take him somewhere people ask me if he's teething.

No, he's just a super slobbery baby!

No teef yet.

Macey likes to remind him of that when

he tries to steal her food.

This kid lucked out in the eye department.

He inherited Randy's deep blue eyes and looong eyelashes.

He is SUCH a happy baby.

No matter when the last time he took a bath was,

he has stinky toes.

I LOVE this kid. :)

The grad.

I'm on a posting frenzy, and it feels so good!

So, this is Randy's last semester of school. EVER! I am so proud of him and all the hard work, dedication and patience he has put into it all. Being a music major at BYU is no little task. Part of his major requirement was for him to take lessons for whatever musical instrument got him accepted into the major in the first place. The cello. It has been so fun listening to him practice his pieces... he practices an hour every day! His instrument playing (he can play any instrument, he's a natural and I'm jealous) has been put on hold while he focuses more on school. His official major is audio recording, so technically... it has nothing to do with playing an instrument, but it is in the music major... so really it has EVERYTHING to do with playing an instrument. ;) I'm glad that they make it this way because these guys have such an ear for music (I'm told I have a really lousy ear, cause Randy doesn't like the songs I like) and that makes them more competitive and valuable. Anyway, so it has been a lot of fun for our little family to sit in the front room and listen to him play. A few weeks ago he had a recital at an old folks' home in Provo. I was so excited to see Randy in action again! He's been in orchestras pretty much all his life, and when I met him he was in the Philharmonic at BYU (he's been on TV before, people)! :) So for him this was really no big deal at all, but for us it was so exciting! Macey has never seen Randy perform before.

I figured it's an old folks' home... they love kids, right? I'll be the hit of the night with a crazy toddler and a baby! Riiiiight. Turns out, the old folks didn't care so much about the kids... but thoroughly enjoyed watching (let's be honest, I don't know how much hearing goes on in that place) Randy! I was trying to stifle my laughter... Randy was surrounded by women! I think I only saw 1 man there.

 They loved it! Except for one woman, who got up in the middle of a performance and walked out. As she was leaving she looked at me and said "I hate that kind of music." HAHAHA! It was all classical! That made my night. Randy did fantastic and when he got up some women got up with him and followed him to his seat so they could ask him questions (or check him out). :)

It was a fun night, but really the highlight of the night was while Randy was playing Macey yelled "GO DADDY!" It was too cute to tell her to be quiet.... but also really embarrassing. :) She loved watching him perform, too.

Halloween was spooktacular!

I decided this was probably one of the only years that I could get Macey and Collin to wear matching Halloween costumes without one or both throwing fits. I saw these darling skeleton pajamas at the Gap and couldn't resist. They were so easy and cheap! Plus Macey is obsessed with jammies (jam-bees) and bones. This was perfect! She loved wearing her costume to pre-school and was even more ecstatic on Halloween night when she noticed that they glowed in the dark! Collin was neutral on the subject, but did enjoy the walk around the neighborhood!

Randy dressed up as white trash. You can't see it very well, but that's a blonde mullet. I love this picture because Macey is copying his pose and he didn't even know it!

One year older and wiser, too!

Happy Birthday, to me!

It was my birthday on Halloween. I turned the ripe old age of 25! I have no problem telling people my age... give me 10 years and it'll probably change. But for now, I feel really young.

The day before Halloween is our good friend Ben's birthday. We always go out to dinner with Ben and his wife Sara for dinner to celebrate our birthdays. This year I begged and pleaded for Tepanyaki! We only go 1-2 times a year... and I have been thinking about it for the past month! Love everything about it! So we went and had a good time. Even with 2 kids in tow! B&S gave me the most hilarious card ever (not to mention a very generous gift card to get a pedicure/manicure!) while we were there. I just had to scan it so I can remember it always. Love those guys. :)

Halloween morning I told Macey we were going to go out and buy some balloons and cake for me! She was SO excited. Randy had to be at school for a good portion of the day for a group project so it was just me and the kids. We get to Macey's (the grocery store) and I notice a huge line in the front of the store. I figure it was probably people watching a band or something since Macey's does that quite a bit. As we get closer I see a table set up that says "MEET PAUL MILLSAP". !!! (For those that don't know sports, Paul Millsap is a forward for the Utah Jazz.) I was so excited and kept thinking that Randy was going to be so jealous! Millsap hadn't shown up yet so we wandered into the store to buy our things. Even after we checked out he still hadn't showed... I decided it wasn't worth it anyway to stand in a huge line with 2 kids, so I turned the gigantor cart around (Macey insists on riding in the car carts... EVERY. TIME.) and there walking through the doors is PAUL MILLSAP! The crowd started cheering and yelling his name. It was exciting! I couldn't believe my eyes! Especially when we had eye contact for what seemed to be a long time. Now that I think about it, I must have looked like I wanted to say something to him. (HAHA). In my head all I could think was, he sees my balloons and my party stuff.... I need to explain myself (WHAT?!). So as he's looking at me I blurt out ".... it's my birthday." OH. MY. GOSH. Did I really just say that to him?! I was humiliated, I think my face turned 5 shades of red, and of course I sweat when I'm nervous.... fortunately he was cool and didn't seem to think I was insane and just said "Oh no way! Happy Birthday!" and walked off. Wow. Most embarrassing/coolest thing EVER! Thanks for making my day week month, Paul Millsap!

Anyway, it was a good day. Randy spoiled me. I think my favorite present from him was his video he made for me on the computer, though. He recorded himself lip synching to a really.... interesting (feminine) song. It was hilarious/awesome/weird. All at the same time. Which is why I love him! This is me watching the video. Took me by surprise. :)

All in all, a very enjoyable birthday. Thank you for the gifts, calls, e-mails, texts, cards (Dad, your card made me cry) etc! I have the best family and friends ever!

Macey, the Hero.

This literally happened 5 minutes ago.

So I'm downstairs, checking my stuff on here (I blame you) alone (I stupidly left Collin upstairs rolling around and Macey was watching Tinkerbell) when I hear Macey yelling for me, "Mommy! Collin's just falling down the stairs!!" I jumped out of my chair and darted for the stairs. My baby is too young to take his first tumble down the stairs! He needs to be at least crawling. When I turn the corner I see Collin, headed face first down the stairs, and Macey holding onto him with all her might. I couldn't believe she could hold him like that! He wasn't even scared, he was like let me go! That was fun!! I thanked Macey a million times and this was her reply:

"Mommy, I'm just really a hero."


P.S. I have about an infinity of posts I want to post, but they all include pictures... and my computer is STUPID and won't upload any! Hopefully we can figure out the problem soon because I am dying to share some of these pictures and stories! Here's a little teaser... Randy. Playing his Cello. Old ladies want him. Macey yelling in the background while he's playing (it was at a recital... a quiet recital) "GO DADDY!" Good times...

Halloween? Check.

We are ready for the big holiday, have been for a while! Here are my decorations in all their glory! Since we have little kids, we don't go the scary route yet, just the cute fun route. Macey LOOOVES all the decorations. She can't wait for Halloween!

My computer is being a butt, I couldn't upload photos individually... so you get 2 massive collages. I hope you can get the jist. Our house is so festive and fun to decorate! Oh, and an inside story... remember my front window? Well, Randy loved it so much that he decided to decorate our back windows. The big one with the orange lights people can see from the road, and the one you can't see well is Macey's window. She has a "nice" ghost on hers! :)