BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!

Yes I am going to brag because last night my daughter went to bed at 10:00pm and did not wake up once until 7:00am, that is 9 hours of straight sleep for Mommy, Daddy and Macie. How gloriously wonderful is my little girl.

FOR GRANDPA DUDLEY!!!

I can't wait to meet you Grandpa when you come up for my blessing. I hope you have a great Birthday!

Love Macie

SWEET MOMENTS!

Macie this morning you were sitting in your chair when all of a sudden you started crying, you had just been feed, changed and just awoke from a great nap so I didn't know what the problem was. I picked you up and lied you on my chest and you stopped crying, at the moment I was reading an e-mail so I finished reading my e-mail and then looked down at you, your eyes were wide open and your hands were clinging to my shirt, all you needed was some snuggles with mom. It melted me and almost had me in tears. I can't believe how much we already love each other and need each other.


The dogs have been so good in keeping there distance from you as per orders from Mom and Dad, this morning I was cleaning the house while you were kicking on our bed, I checked up on you about every minute to make sure you were okay and one time I came in and saw this. So adorable. All three of you ended up sleeping like this for about 15 minutes.

THAT HURT!!!

This morning I awoke at 4:55 to Macie crying and telling mommy I am ready for food, come feed me. So I hop out of bed and start making my way to her bedroom, when all of a sudden wham. My nice big forehead meets the corner of our bedroom door. Down I go holding my head thinking for sure I am going to start gushing blood it hurt so bad. Mark jumps out of bed wondering what the heck just happened and comes to my rescue. Thankfully it was not as bad as I thought, or my tired brain thought. Just a little bump and a little tender when I touch it. When I got out of bed again at 6:00 and it was still pitch black I definitely had my hands in front me, will probably be doing that for the next month. I wish I could see the whole thing in an instant replay I am sure I would be busting a gut laughing.

MENRICHMENT

The elders quorum in our branch had an activity planned for the past month to watch the flames/oilers game at the Jeonnette's house however the day before the activity they had to cancel due to a family thing. When I found this out I knew Mark would be crushed as he was really looking forward to the activity so without even asking Mark I offered up our house for the activity.
Mark was pumped and got the house, himself, and Macie all ready for the game. He put up a bunch of signs to taunt the Oilers fans which ended up only being Vince Holland. About 9 or 10 men should up, it was fun listening to them laugh and poke fun at Vince. It sounded like they had a great time. They even let me and Macie come down and watch the game. Which ended up being a victory for the flames, sorry Vince. I was a little sad too as the Oilers are starting to emerge as my favorite team.

I know Macie looks a little boyish hear but how cute are these two together, love them both so much!

OUR FIRST MONTH

MACIE:
-weighed 9lbs 15 ounces today
- is an unbelievably good sleeper. at night she sleeps for 4 to 5 hours then wakes up for a quick 30 minute feed and then back to bed for another 3. Last night she even did a 6 hour stretch 20 minute feed then 3 hour stretch. Loving it!!
- is a fantastic eater as you can tell by her weight. Eats often eats lots and is growing big and strong thanks to it. She will sometimes take a bottle but enjoys mom the best.
- is making noises other then crying now, it is a very soft coo noise.
- loves her baths but hates getting out of them and getting cold.
- is tolerating the diaper change, does not cry anymore but does not enjoy it.
- loves lying on the floor in her bedroom with the heater on her and kicking her hands and feet.
- will stick to a schedule if Mom puts in the effort.
- absolutely loves to snuggle especially on mom and dad's chest.
- smiled at me today when I was talking to her, it melted my heart.
- has a loud cry but thankfully is very easily fixable. She only cries about 5 things: Food, Sleep, Gas, Diaper Change, and a change of scenery. Once her needs our meet she is back to being my happy baby. The only time it is a struggle is when she has gas and even that she fixes quickly.
- hates being put in her carseat, but falls asleep within 1 minute of being in there.
- has tried a pacifier about 3 times but has decided it is not for her.
- is absolutely wonderful, adorable, beautiful, fantastic, the list goes on and on, I can't be grateful enough for what a good baby she is being.

Kalinda:
- Is totally and completely in love with this little girl
- Is getting amazing sleep for being a new mom, although still have tired days and moments and the big bags under the eyes show it.
- grateful I walked and ate healthy my whole pregnancy has made for a quick recovery.
- is counting down the days till I can go in the hot tub, swim laps at the pool, run on the treadmill, and go for a bike ride.
- is learning that the best days with Macie are when I am totally focused on her. When I put away the computer, TV remote, and the messy house and work on keeping her on a good schedule.

Mark:
- Is a fantastic Dad he is going to spoil this little girl rotten. He knows how to keep her awake and happy, especially if mom needs a break for a minute, can feed her a bottle, will change her diaper with no complaints, pick cute outfits for her to wear, boils all her bottles to keep them sanitary, snuggles her to sleep. Pretty much loves his little girl and nurtures her the way she needs to be nurtured. If I wasn't around she would be well cared for.
- Is a fantastic husband, giving me breaks when I need them, doing the early morning feeding when he is on days off which lets me sleep from 10 at night till 6 the next morning. Gives me massages when I ask for them, helping me keep the house clean, never complains even if he is exhausted. While all at the same time is being the Young Men's President, Taking another Engineering course through NAIT, teaching his GPO class monday nights at the College, and of course working a full time job.
- Is a wonderful priesthood holder. He is nurturing and strengthening our family in the gospel everyday and I love him so much for this. Making sure we have daily family scripture reading, prayers, and weekly FHE.

Lily:
- we'll of course is crazy jealous of Macie and all the attention Macie is getting and she is not getting
- still with being jealous she is also very interested in Macie. When Macie is lying on the floor if Mark and I wear not there I don't think Macie would make it out of all the licking, kissing, jumping, and sniffing Lily would do to her.
- is concerned for Mom and wants to snuggle with me whenever she can, does not understand why I am slow moving, not going for walks and always occupied with Macie.
- Is still totally loved by Mom and Dad and I can't wait for warm weather so we can go for walks as a family.

Molly:
- don't think she is jealous at all just insanely curious about Macie whenever she cries she runs over to Macie and wants to see what is going on
- When Macie cries really loud it kind of annoys her and she sighs like uh no not that loud screech again it hurts my ears
- is more cautious around Macie and will slowly go to her when she is lying on the floor and try to smell her and figure out who and what she is but does not try and attack her like Lily tries to do.
- is wishing the weather would warm up so she could go for walks.
- and is still loved by mom and dad

Cobalt:
-we'll she is still here, that is a good sign. actually Cobalt is being really good and for the most part just ignores her, every once in a while she gets curious and wants to sniff her.

So I discovered PINTEREST yesterday and I fell in love with it. The awesome quotes had me busting open a gut. The awesome craft ideas got me excited to try my hand at being crafty, I swear I put on 5 lbs just looking at the food ideas, and the home decor had me wishing I had a bigger wallet.

Here are just some of the quotes that had me smiling.

KISSIN CHEEKS!!!

Oh my Macie how I love kissing those chubby cheeks of yours I could do it all day long!

BEFORE AND AFTER!!!

Today was Melissa's baby shower so Macie and I went to visit her future friend Emrie (Melissa's little girl). It was so nice seeing all the work girls. Melissa, Joanne, Sara, Paula and Amy (Dr. Zidar's wife) were all there. We had a nice visit and good talk and they all got to take turns cuddling with Macie. Melissa ended up being enduced and had her little girl exactly one week after me she was 7lbs exactly full of lots of dark hair and sounds like she is being as wonderful to her mommy as Macie is being to Mark and I.

SNUGGLERS!!!

We'll this little girl is a lot like her little buddy Lily, she absolutely loves to snuggle. I have a love/hate feeling about it. I of course absolutely love snuggles from my little girl, but when she won't fall asleep in her crib because she needs to be snuggled to sleep on mom or dad's chest for a good 30 to 40 minutes it makes it hard to get things done. I know in the end though I would rather have a snuggler over a non snuggler even if it means less sleep for mommy and daddy and less time to get things done around the house because nothing feels better then a sweet adorable baby snuggling in your arms or on your chest.

A NEW FAVOURITE!!!

If anybody knows my family, they know that we are completely obsessed with sports. We play them, watch them and obsess over them. As a little girl there was only one sport that I hated watching and that was hockey. I thought it was pointless, hated the fighting and could never follow the puck. I hardly ever watched and would usually go play with my stuffed animals or barbies whenever it was on. This September we decided to try cable out again and see how it went. Those two years with no T.V. must of done something to me because besides Criminals Minds and Grey's Anatomy T.V shows are terrible to me. Pointless, filthy, stupid and full of nonsense. So with no good T.V and lots of nights with having to be home this past 3 months, and Basketball season being a no show until now I have been watching a ton of Hockey, and now I am obsessed. I even enjoy watching it over Basketball. I also have a team I am becoming a little obsessed with (Edmonton Oilers) and it is not making my Calgary Flames Fan Crazy husband all to happy. Next year I am hoping to make it to a Flames Oilers game with Me in a Taylor Hall Jersey Mark in his Flames Jersey and Macie with a T-Shirt that has been cut and the front is the flames and the back is the Oilers. We'll see what Mark thinks of that idea.

BABY SHOWER!!

Memory: Macie I am writing this post at 3:00 in the morning, you slept so good last night then woke up at 2:00 ate and then got the worst stomach ache you have had yet. It is so hard hearing you cry so hard and loud and not a whole lot I can do about it but rock you, pat your back and snuggle. You have finally calmed down and hopefully your tummy ache has passed and you will fall back asleep soon.

It has been over 7 years since I have had people stare at me while I opened gifts only it was for my bridal shower and yesterday it was for my baby shower. Jen Isackson planned and prepared the shower while Kristi Edwards hosted it at her house. I can't thank Jen enough she did such an amazing job and the decorations, food, and games where fantastic. We played Baby Bingo and I won some lotion, she had the ladies write on a card "Wishes for Macie" and on another card advice for the new mother. We also had an ongoing game throughout the shower where you got two clothespins when you arrived at the party and anytime you said the word Baby and someone heard it they would steal your clothespin and the lady with the most at the end won a prize, Heather Onofrychuk destroyed everybody at the game and walked away with almost everybody's pins. The gifts I got were adorable and am so grateful to all my friends for "SHOWERING" me in wonderful gifts. I got many cute clothes, bath toys, books, teething toys, two amazing diaper cakes, a homemade blanket, and the most beautiful Sunday coat ever from her Aunt Shirley and I can't wait for her to wear it. It was such a wonderful day and so much fun with amazing friends. Lara and Royall you were greatly missed:(

LOOKIN CUTE!!!

All ready to be shown off at my baby shower today.


Dead to the world as Brad and Erin and Janice and Sheldon came for a visit last night.

A NEW YEAR A NEW ME!!!

2012 brings much excitement and new experiences and I want to make the best of it. A whole year of not working to care for my Macie can bring on a whole year of doing nothing and being lazy, or doing everything and being amazing.

My 2012 goals:

Spiritual- read the whole Ensign every month

Physical- run a half marathon and a tri-athalon

Mental- read 6 books this year, with 3 of them being church books and one parenting book

Health- eat 8 servings of fruits and veggies daily and drink 8 cups of water

Financial- save enough money to pay of our truck by the end of the year

a couple extras:

-nurture Macie in the Spiritual, mental, Physical and Health.
-study the Book of Mormon with Mark and prepare for the Sunday school lesson by reading in the study book at night.
-Save for a 3 week summer vacation (can't wait)
-learn a bunch of crock pot meals and freezer meals

MY FIRST 20 MINUTES!!

Last night I decided it was my turn to take the puppies for a walk, it was so gorgeous outside and I needed the fresh air and moment for myself. And what do you think I thought about that whole entire 20 minutes, Macie of course. I think there was one moment that I didn't when I was dreaming about running instead of walking. This little girl of mine is on my mind pretty much 24/7. Motherly instincts really do kick in. At night time the smallest noise out of her wakes me up, when she is sleeping during the day I always feel the urge to go check on her and make sure she is okay, and I do about two times each nap. When others are holding her I have a hard time not watching them like a hawk to make sure they don't drop her and her cry breaks my heart if I can't mend it right away.


Her first Sunday outfit, and yes the thumb has already meet the mouth.

WE STILL LOVE YOU!!

Molly and Lily have not been forgotten but definitely neglected a little bit. They are doing wonderfully with Macie. Molly is so cute with her and follows her around everywhere she goes. Anytime she cries Molly is wanting to know what is wrong and make sure someone is looking after her. Lily has been more concerned with me and what is wrong with mom. Why is she so slow moving, why is she not going on walks with us, and why can't I go near her when she is feeding Macie. I have been so impressed with them and Mark is doing such a good job of making sure they still go on walks and get played with daily.

NEW YEARS EVE!!!

A post not about Macie, I know I can't believe it either. For New Years my sister's family was up to visit so we decided to have a small party at our house with some cousins, and 0ld friends of my sister and the Edwards Family. We had everybody bring an appetizer and dessert and man did we have a ton of food. It was all delicious. Macie had her first real bad night that night of course so I missed out on most of the fun, but everybody had a blast eating, playing games and visiting. The Edwards and Trainers had too little of kids and had to bail early but we did ring in the new year with the Millers, and Passey's. I am glad we had the party at our house so I could have some entertainment that night as I would not have been up to going to someone's house yet and stay that late.