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! :)

You're all invited!

For the fear of divulging too much information, I have erased the where's and when's. I would love for friends and family (that I didn't already send this announcement to... c'mon, stamps are 42 cents now, people! Pretty much only siblings and grandparents got one of these babies) to come to Collin's blessing, if you are in the area and are interested let me know and I'll fill in the blanks for ya!

Needless to say, things have been a little busy around here preparing for the big day. When things calm down a little and Collin is sleeping and Macey is occupied, I need to get on here and upload some recent pictures. Collin is smiling and cooing like crazy, he is such a cute little bum! And he's finally getting some chub on him!! Macey is still pooping in a diaper... so really, no change there.

This is what stress looks like.