Our Little Baby Girl Is Not A Baby Anymore!

I can't believe it, but Macie turned one yesterday! She had a great birthday that she absolutely LOVED! She loved the attention, and (even though you weren't supposed to get her them) she loved her gifts! She has had a ball playing with them all night last night, and all day today. The first thing she did this morning was play with all her new toys, so thank you! I made Macie her own special little cake for her to dig into, thinking this would be her favorite part of the whole day! But she didn't like getting frosting on her hands, so she ate it with a fork! Go figure. Our little girl is no longer a baby, and has been growing up so fast the last few weeks! She's walking all over and won't even crawl anymore. She knows how to say about six words (that I can think of right now) which are: Mama, Dada, Uh-oh, NO NO No, Kitty, and Wass-att(what's that). Oh, and HI! Make that seven:) Macie is learning how to fold her arms for prayer, which is SO CUTE, but it only lasts a few seconds. She loves to wave and dance and give big cheesy grins. When she's in the right mood she'll maul you with hugs and kisses. She also LOVES to pretend to talk on the phone and read books. I love listening to her baby jabber that she thinks is words. She also loves playing in the water, following Daddy all around the house when he gets home from work, and helping me cook dinner. Don't get me wrong, she also loves to throw tantrums:) But we love her do death and are so happy to have her in our lives. Happy Birthday Macie!



Opening her first birthday present...


Which was a new BALL!


More unwrapping gifts...


Aunt Sonja got her these glasses because she likes to play with everyone else's. Macie loves them and even loves to wear them!


It took her forever to eat her cake because she was taking tiny bites with her fork!

Camping and Big Judd's!

A couple weeks ago we went camping up by Ashton. On our way we stopped to eat at Big Judd's because Macie and I had never been there. Thank heavens we all split the meal because it was even huger than I thought it would be. When Reed was in high school I think he ate that thing (and the fries, drink, and I think an ice cream cone) three times! Anyway, it was fun to finally go there. Reed's uncle has some property up past there that they made into a really nice camping area. It's on a little private lake, and it's beautiful! In the morning we went out on the lake in a little paddle boat, and in the afternoon we went on a little four-wheeler ride which was kind of fun, but mostly HOT! We had a really good time and I can't wait to go back in the fall when the leaves are changing!


Macie at Big Judd's...I think she was amazed at the size of that hamburger!





Macie eating her part of our HUGE burger.


Here is a picture (not a very good one) of the little lake up at Reed's uncle's property.


This is one of the 16 turtles that we saw on the lake.

SoMe CuTe PiCtUrEs...

Our little girl did not used to be a snuggler. I always wanted her to be, but she didn't like it. But lately she has gotten a lot better about it. So here is a cute picture of her and her Daddy.


Macie LOVES the water! One day I was doing dishes and it got quiet in my house, so I went to look for Macie. I found her in the laundry room sitting in her floaty! I thought it was way funny that she figured out how to get in it all by herself.

4th of July and Macie's First Steps!

I know it's a little late, but we had a good 4th of July, so I am finally getting around to posting it. During the day we went down to Firth for a little family reunion/BBQ at my parents house. Macie LOVED being surrounded by so many people who would smother her with attention. She loves playing with little kids and has a fascination with teeth, and especially if they happen to have braces! Sorry to my nieces who had Macie's finger in their teeth all day. We had a good lunch and then had a combined baby shower for my two nieces. Then we all headed to Menan for another little family reunion/BBQ on my Dad's side. I'm sure I'm boring everyone with this, but I am going to finish:) Then we went and watched the I.F. fireworks with my family. I thought that Macie would either love or hate the fireworks. She hates thunder, so I thought maybe she wouldn't like the noise. But she liked them for the first ten minutes, then she didn't really care either way. We had a great fourth spent with family and are glad to live in a country that allows us our freedoms. Here are a few pictures from the fireworks. I forgot my camera at home during the day:(



I guess I do have one picture of our BBQ. I was able to snag this picture from my sister's Facebook, thank you Lisa. Macie stole this ice cream from one of her cousins! She's never had her own, so I thought I would be nice and let her keep this one. She was in heaven...what could be better than ice cream on the 4th of July?!


Reed and Macie.


Cousins!


More cousins!


And more cousins! This is only a very small taste of Macie's cousins on this side of the family!


This is Reed with our niece who fell asleep in his arms. Reed loved it:)



And this is a picture that was too cute not to post! She is growing up way too fast! On Sunday, July 5th, she took her first few real steps. And they were to her DADDY! I'm sure he would have wanted me to put that in:) She keeps getting better and better, she'll be running around in no time! And here is the really crazy thing...our baby girl turns ONE on the 28th of this month!