Macey's first piece of art!

At school Macey did her first finger painting! We of course have it up on the refrigerator! They do a lot of neat stuff with the babies at her school, which is one of the reasons that we chose this particular place. It may not look like impressionism to some of you, but it sure made an impression on us!

Macey's books from Chad

When Macey was born Chad gave her an incredible gift. Every month on the 20th, Macey's birthday, he sends her a new book! We have really enjoyed reading the books to her. We think that it is really neat that she is able to not only recieve these books each month but that they are picked out just for her by Chad. He may be in Omaha, but she is able to get a special gift from him and constantly be reminded how much her uncle Chad loves her and thinks about her!

Macey and her friends

Well, Macey has been able to play with some of her friends lately. We went to a pampered chef party at Nana and Pawpaw's house and that is where she finally met Jesse for the first time. It was so funny because I am not sure that they knew what to think about each other at first. It was really neat because when we sat them next to each other they just studied each other and would reach out to touch the other, they even held hands. I can see a long friendship in the works!

We also went to visit Alisha and Addison. Macey wasn't able to play with them for too long before it was bedtime but we were still able to grab a couple of pictures. It wasn't as much of a shock for Macey to be in the mix with them because they are used to not being the only baby around. They looked at Macey as if to say, "wait a minute you arent my sister!" For those of you that couldnt figure it out or dont know, Alisha and Addison are twins that were born exactly two weeks after Macey.

Watching Macey around all of her friends made me start to think of how much fun we are going to have in the years to come at birthday parties, slumber parties, etc...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, we have really enjoyed our first Valentine's with Macey! As you can see in the photos, Macey was all decked out in her Valentine outfit. We also took some pictures showing off the gifts that Macey gave us. She had a cookie made for her daddy and gave me the necklace that I am wearing. We hope that everyone that is reading this has had a wonderful Valentine's day and want you to know that we love all of you very much!!

Trip to the Zoo

Well, we took our first trip to the zoo with Macey. I can not believe how much she liked it! I am not sure that Macey saw many of the animals because she did a lot of people watching or I should say that a lot of people were watching her. She loves to be outside so she was loving riding around in her stroller in this beautiful weather. We had her sunglasses on for a while and surprisingly she really liked wearing them! It was so funny because we were pushing her around in the stroller with her glasses on and before we knew it, she was sound asleep but we couldn't hardly tell because she had her shades on. I put a picture on here with her asleep. I think that her favorite part was when we were in with the fish tanks, she probably felt right home in there! Drew took us behind the scenes of the tanks and gave us a tour. Macey really liked it back there with all of the water running and getting to see Drew.

Personally, I have never been a huge fan of going to the zoo, probably because it is always so crowded when we go. But now that I know that Macey loves it so much, I enjoy it much more. I have a feeling that we will be making many more trips to the zoo...

Sorry for the wait...

I know that it has been somewhat of a wait for us to get another post up!! I have been out of town all week in Vegas for work and Macey has been a little under the weather, so needless to say we have been a little pre-occupied. This week Macey has had the stomach virus and is now on the down hill slope of it. She is feeling much better and we are so relieved because it is just so pitiful for a little baby to be sick like that. Of course, I cant help but think that she was just missing her mama!!

Just to give you an update on what all Macey is "excelling in".... She is now starting to actually play with toys!! She will grab at almost anything and of course put it straight into her mouth. Last night I had her sitting in my lap while I was eating and she started grabbing at everything on my plate! It is really funny how amused Landon and I get over the smallest things these days. I could have never imagined the pure enjoyment and love that Macey has brought to us! She is absolutely a gift from God!

I am posting some of the pictures from when she was born. It amazes me how much she has grown! I will try not to wait so long for the next post.