BIRTHDAYS, BIRTHDAYS AND MORE BIRTHDAYS!!

This month is such a special one it's birthday time for me, and Hakon, and Russell, and Royall, and Rhonda, and Dani and Brock and Colton and Abbie, and Annika and Uncle Bob and Uncle Jeff and Vanessa and I am sure I have missed someone. Maybe it is because it is my birthday month that I remember more people who share this month with me, but seriously it seems like there are a lot of friends and family with September Birthdays. So For my B-Day we did a quick trip to my parents house to visit and then headed to Barrhead to celebrate Mark's Aunt Rhonda and "Uncle" Mark's 50th Birthday. It was quick but fun and full of tons of good food.  Macie was a lucky girl and got to see all of her Grandparents this weekend as Vickie made the trek up to Barrhead for the Birthday Bash. I forgot to get pics at the birthday party but will post a few we took in Ponoka.

BAND CONCERT!!!!

Today me and Macie had our first Band Concert.  We had so much fun banging on all the pots and pans and singing some of her favorite songs. Like A Smile goes a long long way, skinermarink, rockin robin, splish splash and of course if your happy and you know it.

after about 15 minutes it eventually turned into lets pick the pots up and play with them.

I PHONE PHOTO DUMP!!!

I love our new I Phones for quick cute photos, especially when the camera is not around.

A SNEAK PEAK

BEFORE

a little happier now that life is starting to feel more normal

AFTER

okay a lot happier

Hello fun backyard for us to play in, Macie already loves the little kiddie swing

So there are already so many reasons I love this house better and Lloydminster better, but to pay some respect to the old house first I will list the things I miss about it.
#1 of course without fail the Hot Tub
#2 That Mine room, Macie's room and the bathroom were so close together, I know as that gets older it will change, but while she is little it was so nice to be able to put her in her room to play while I got ready.
#3 Going for walks at night. Even with Mark I don't know if I would feel safe going on walks after dark. In Kitscoty I felt safe going by myself, although after my incident in Lethbridge if it was really dark and really late I wanted Mark to go with me.
#4 The traffic was much calmer in Kitscoty
#5 our neighbours.

What I love about being back in Lloydminster and this new house I Could go on and on and on, here are just a few things
-a fenced in backyard
-a walk in closet, and ensuite
- 3 bedrooms upstairs
-a way bigger master bedroom
- that everything is 2 minutes away. Today I am walking to staples with Macie and then walmart for groceries. Glorious is what it is
- newer appliances
- the feel of a newer house and that everything is more modern and nicer looking
- my bigger backyard, not only is it fenced in but it is bigger
- and again that everything is 2 minutes away. That is without a doubt the best part.

Love the new house and Love being in Lloyd. I am repainting all of the walls and will show more pictures of the house as I get them all done. Up next is the den. 

Could it get any worse

This poor little girl is not only dealing with an endless irritated eye, this past week she has gotten a runny nose that just won't go away. To make matters worse we moved these past two days, plus I have been painting so her life and our house is in total and complete chaos. Oh and to top it off she is getting her first tooth. Lets just say this week for her and myself has been a long one.

could this be anymore pathetic

8 MONTHS

It is blowing my mind how quickly Macie is growing up, time is definitely going by way to fast, and I need to get even better at taking time to appreciate the little things with Macie, like hugs, and giggles, and smiles.

Macie at 8 months:
- Has been crawling for about a month now, is a slow crawler, but gets wherever she wants. I hope this means she will be one that takes her time and enjoys life and is not always in the fast lane like so many of us.
- Is starting to say Mama, mom, mmmmmuuuuummmmmm. I can't wait for her to connect that word to me.
- Is such a good little eater. She loves broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, potatoes, chick peas, kidney beans, greek yogurt mixed with strawberries and spinach, and every fruit on the planet. She loves her pablum, mama's milk, rice husks, and cherrios. I have to mix all of her meat in with her vegatables in order for her to eat it, and for some silly reason she is not a huge fan of sweet potatoes, I know what baby doesn't like sweet potatoes. She also isn't a huge fan of asparagous, and squash.
- Is a great sleeper and is up every morning around 7:30. So if I have her in bed by 8:00 every night she almost does a full 12 hours. Still struggles a bit when we sleep on the road, but I will take it to have a fabulous crib sleeper.
- Loves to walk, with of course help from mom and dad. I think my predictions were right in thinking she would be a late crawler and an early walker. She didn't crawl late, but definitely not early, but everyday she makes more and more strides towards walking. The last two days she has taken two small steps on her own but then realizes what is going on and falls into my arms.
- Puts a smile on for anybody and everybody, super friendly little girl, but I have noticed when we are out of her comfort zone she likes to be held by mommy while being super friendly. Which if I am being honest doesn't hurt my feelings.
- Loves play time, especially when we play toss with her balls
- Enjoys story time and sing time
- but especially loves just finding things to climb on and pull herself up on.
- definitely has blonde hair, which is super cute right now with her small baby tan
- loves to go for walks in her baby backpack my mom and dad got us. She loves to just look around at nature and everything going on outside.  If I don't take her outside at least once a day on a walk or playing in our backyard she gets grumpy.
- Is super cleangy around 4-6 everyday which does not help with trying to make super.
- still has terrible goopy, red burning eyes. No matter what I do it does not go away. I feel so bad for her. 
- and of course is still the most adorable, sweetest, cutest little girl in her mommy and daddy's eyes.

Mom and Dad:
- moving in 7 days. yay can't wait to be back in Lloydminster
- Mark is getting ready to going back to teaching, got released from Young Mens and is now the Branch Mission leader, and being a fabulous father and husband.
- I have been a bit of a lazy bum lately, and haven't done much of anything except pack our house and watch the olympics, and take care of my little one.

Molly and Lily:
- growing more and more found of this little girl everyday. Lily did the cutest thing the other day, Macie hit her head on a toy of hers and started crying really loud, Lily came running down the stairs and started giving her kisses and was making her she was ok. So adorable.

you can really see how bad her eyes are in this picture

is watching for Molly and Lily to come running into her bedroom

stink they are cute

loves to put her head into the dogs for kisses

FIRST DATE NIGHT!!!

Yay finally, Mark and I got to go on our very first date since having the little munchkin. Saturday was a good friend from Marks work 30th Birthday. So we headed to the legion for a big birthday bash. We didn't stay to long as we only had the babysitter for 2 hours and needed to get some groceries, but it was so nice to be out just the two of us. We then headed home and finished our date night by watching the Hunger Games outside on our deck, while siting in the hot tub. Such a great night and can't wait for lots more of these nights once we move into Lloydminster.

Best Little Girl

Yesterday was my Grandfathers funeral and I don't wish to write my feelings here, but in my personal journal. I wanted to say how beautiful it was and what a wonderful job everybody did that was involved, and how unbelievably grateful I am for the amazing little girl Macie was. She was quiet and good the whole entire service which was 2 hours, so that I could be there and hear all the wonderful things said about my grandpa, and was also amazing at the cemetery. Thank you Macie for being so good at a time I really really needed you to be.