a DaY iN tHe LiFe Of MaCiE...

This little girl of mine makes me SO happy! When I take time to really play with her, every couple minutes she'll stop and give me hugs and kisses! It melts my heart:) I love those big slobbery kisses! Here are a few pictures of some things Macie likes to do...

The other day Macie kept crawling into the laundry basket, so I gave her a ride in it. She LOVED it! A little too much. Every time I would take her out she would just crawl back in and put her hands on the sides like she wanted to go again. It was so cute that I had to give her another ride. So........there were a lot of laundry basket rides that day:)

The "Lazy Susan" is a huge favorite right now. She loves to crawl in and drag everything out. But she is so cute doing it.

And of course, everyone has to have one of these dishwasher pictures, right?

Reed bought Macie this Lion and a pink blanket right before she was born. He wanted her to get attached to them because they were from him. Well........he got his wish. She doesn't have to carry them everywhere yet, but she LOVES them both. When she wakes up you can't separate her from them until she's found something else to hold her attention. This is her napping with her lion and pink blanket. Well, there you have it, a day in the life of Macie. I guess I did leave out a major part of her day, and probably her favorite....eating! Last Saturday we went to Chuck-a-Rama, and Maice thought she'd died and gone to Heaven! She ate more than I thought was possible for a baby her age! And she smiled and danced around in her seat the whole time she ate, which was the whole time we were there! Reed said her first big word would be, "Chuck-a-Rama." Haha, we love that crazy baby.

I dId It!

Last week I decided to buy a couple bags of White Wheat from the cannery so I could try to make my own bread. I borrowed my Mother-in-Law's electric grinder (thank you Donna) and then used my mom's recipe for her homemade bread. I've always kind of stunk at making bread, so I was a little nervous at how this would turn out, but it was SO GOOD! A couple years ago I had my mom come and show me how to make it because following the recipe for any type of bread was NOT working out for me. But I never had wheat or a grinder, so It's been forever since I made it. This was quite a milestone in my life, as you can tell. And guess what, I gave a loaf to Donna and she asked me to teach her how to make it:) Reed told her that was a huge honor for me...and it was. So today she came over and we made bread, and it worked again! Yay, I finally learned!

TaDah! As you can see, I still need someone show me how to shape them into pretty loaves:)

And, while I am showing off my mad kitchen skills.........I went and made TONS of raspberry jam with my mom the other week! Yum! Between this and the strawberry that I made a couple months ago, I think I have about a three year supply!

FuN iN tHe Sun...

A couple weeks ago Reed had to work out of town for about a week, and can I just say that I am SO glad I am not a single mother:) I am such a baby, and I just hate when he leaves because I have to stay by myself at night. I come from a family of 11 kids, so growing up I was never home alone. But even more than I hate being scared at night, I missed my hubby:) In a way I am glad he left for a while so I could be reminded of just how much I love him and need him with me in my life. Last week he got home early on Friday so we decided to go to the ZOO, but it was already closed. So, we decided feeding the ducks was the next best thing...

I thought Macie would be so excited to see all the ducks and geese around us because she loves to see our friends' and family's pets. But.....she was way more interested in the bread! She didn't even care about any of the birds at all, but I think she ate three whole slices of bread!

On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we went on a four-wheeler ride at the sand dunes with Grandpa Jody and Troy! Grandma wasn't there so Macie got to take her spot in the side by side. We strapped her car seat in and she was a really good sport about wearing the helmet her grandparents got her:)

All strapped in and ready to go...

Doesn't she look like a little bobble-head doll? But a cute one, of course:)

It was a really fun ride and Macie did great the whole time. We also went on a different ride on Memorial day and she loved that one too. I guess Reed might get his wish and have his daughter love motorcycles! This picture is really disgusting, but I thought it was funny. I didn't even know I was dirty until I saw Troy and Reed!

Macie also still LOVES the water! We went swimming this weekend with some friends and she was so happy to be in the pool. It's so nice to have such an easy-going little girl.

The other day I left the room for a second and when I came back in I found Macie on top of the step by our window. Now that she's figured out how to climb up there she won't stop doing it! She is also learning how to stand up on her own. She gets so excited when she sees she's not holding onto something that she starts to laugh and loses her balance. It's so CUTE! I can't believe how old she is getting! Today I put her hair in pig tails and she looked SO grown up. She brings us so much happiness, and we love her to death!

Like Daddy like daughter...

I think Macie has seen you lick your plate clean one too many times babe :)

For Daddy...

We love you!

The Last Couple Weeks...

I've been meaning to post some of this stuff for over week, so now I am finally getting around to it. Last weekend we went to Utah for our newest niece's baby blessing. She is a precious little thing and we are glad that we could be there for that. Thanks Mandy and Mark for having us. On the way down to West Jordan we stopped in Salt Lake to walk around Temple Square for a little while...

Macie and I were so ready to get out of that car! And she LOVED being outside for the little while that it wasn't raining...Perfect timing.

Macie with her Daddy.

I didn't remember how many fountains they have there. Macie got so excited at every one, but especially at this one:)

The weekend before last we went down to Salt Lake (yes, two weeks in a row) for the Supercross races. We were able to stop and see my sister Mandy and her family for a while, then met up with the Johnsons for dinner and the races. We had a lot of fun, especially Reed. I think he was smiling the entire time:) Macie was again a trooper and actually enjoyed herself until she fell asleep in the Main Event. She would get so excited when all the riders would rev their engines just before the races began. I think it rained all day long until just before the supercross started. Reed thinks it was Divine intervention;) I was just happy I didn't have to spend all night in the car with Macie.

I told you he was happy.

It was still a little cold after dark. That is the reason for the snowsuit. We decided that it was probably better that it was cold and wet that day because I think all of the girls we saw there were fully dressed, NICE.

Me and sleeping Macie, & Kyle and Katie.

Here are just a few pictures I thought were cute of our little girl at home...

She loves to sit at the door and look outside. She also LOVES to get the shoes that are by the door. But mostly when her dad's big dirty work boots are there, those are her FAVORITE!

I always feel bad when this happens.

Reed and Macie watching a show together.

I just though this was cute because she kept touching his face...Melted his little heart:)

SuNsHiNe...

It has been SO nice to finally have some warm weather and sunshine! We have loved being able to go do things outside, especially Macie! When she's not outside she loves to looks out the windows, and gets upset when we walk away. When she does get to be outside she loves watching the birds, and hearing the cars drive by. But her favorite thing to do outside is try to eat whatever she can get her hands on! Some of her favorites: grass, dead leaves and cement chips! I've learned that I can't leave her alone if she's on the ground, she's too quick! It's so nice to just be outside though. The three of us have gone on lots of walks, played Frisbee golf and other yard games, and planted the garden, and cleaned up the lawn. I'm so glad we got outside when we could because I just looked at the forecast and..................rain and snow for the next five days!!! I hope they're wrong. On a happier note, our little girl has grown up SO much in the last couple weeks, but especially in the last week! She can now army crawl, crawl on her hands and knees, sit up really easily from her belly, pull herself up on things (mainly the crib), wave when she wants, and give fives. She loves to run her fingers through her hair when she is tired or eating(milk, that is). When she gets mad at me the first thing she does is reach up for her bow and pull it out! It's so funny, but kind of frustrating sometimes, I think that's why she does it. She also says MaMaMaMa a lot, but she doesn't know what she's saying because she says that for everything, but still:) She also LOVES her daddy and gets so excited when he walks in the door from work. It's almost impossible for me to feed her before bed because every five seconds she has to pull away and look around the room to see what Dad is doing. It's so fun to see her grow and learn. We love being parents and are SO lucky to have her and each other! Here's a couple pictures from the last few days...

I have to watch her like a hawk when we play on the blanket outside. I turn around for a second and she dives to the edge of the blanket and shoves a dead leaf in her mouth! I guess there's worse things:)

This morning I was making Reed's lunch and I hear a THUD. I thought Macie had pulled herself up on something and fallen, but when I didn't hear any whining I peeked in on her. She had pushed over the paper shredder and was already eating her spoils. It made me laugh. Speaking of eating things, last week I found stickers and a piece of tape in her diaper! So this week I've had to keep my floors spotless, vacuuming at least once a day! Everyone told me she'd be into everything now that she is starting to crawl, and I think I am only starting to see what they mean. Time to really child-proof my house!

Learning to Scootch

JuSt SoMe PiCtUrEs...

I planned on having different posts for a lot of these pictures, but I put it off, and now that will take too much time. So I'm just going to put on some pictures of different things during the last week or so...

Macie's first Easter egg hunt, she is so excited!

We had to move all the eggs together because she couldn't pick which one to go to. And when she finally got to them I had to take them away because her slobber was making the dye go everywhere. So I switched them for plastic eggs, but she knew those weren't as cool.

Reed had to help Macie find her basket:)

Me and my chubby little cutie.

She played with her Easter basket the rest of the day...until she got stuck in it!

The other day I was doing the dishes and I came in and found Macie wedged under the couch playing with magazines. She only knows how to maneuver that well when I am out of the room!

Doesn't she look so grown up all of a sudden?!

Last week our ward had a party at the rollerskating rink. I don't know who was having more fun, Reed or Macie. I think Macie was actually probably better than me at the whole skating thing. I hadn't been since middle school, so I was a little rusty:)

Macie loved her sweet glow necklace and bracelet!

Standing up

Maice has learned how to pull herself up if she is already on her knees or bum. So she thinks she is SO BIG when she stands in her crib all by herself...

bEd HeAd...

Since Macie has so much hair, she already wakes up with pretty bad bed head. Reed always asks her if she's been "fighting tigers." Here's a couple mornings we caught on camera. I wish I looked this cute with my own bed head:)

I think she's still half asleep in this one:)

The BIG CHEESE...

Last week I purchased a 40 lb block of cheese to cut up and freeze...Cheese food storage, right? I understand that sounds a little crazy but it was really cheap so thought I'd just cut it up and vacuum package it, easy enough. Well, What was I THINKING??!! Do you know how difficult it is to cut an enormous brick of cheese? It's hard...anyway, it was for me. I started at around 11:30 a.m. and finally got done just after 5:00 p.m. So, at least I spent my whole day hacking at this huge cheese. It's actually sounding kind of funny now that it's over, but when I was in the middle of my troubles it was NOT FUNNY! But I managed to keep in all those naughty words I was thinking and didn't even cry once. But I did finally finish, and the spoils...I don't have to pick up cheese at Winco for a year. What was I thinking?

Nice hack job right?

About 1/3 of the way done. I wanted to cry, so I took pictures instead:)

All done...thank heavens!