Crown Center

We took the kiddos to Crown Center recently on a fairly warm day. They had a great time, running around outside and eating at Fritz's (the choo choo place). Then we went to Kaleidoscope where Addy wanted to do nothing but cut paper the whole time. She loved it since she's never gotten to use scissors before. She'd cut, cut, cut and then tape, tape, tape.

Macey's Vocabulary

Macey stood up on her own today! I know that may seem silly since she's been walking for a couple of weeks, but this morning, she lost her balance and fell, then got in the yoga "down dog" position and got back up by herself. Up until today she'd have to crawl over to furniture or a wall to get back up. I guess it's the little things that excite me! :)

She's also added several new words to her vocabulary:

wa-wa=waffle

mo =milk or drink

dow =down OR up

papa =papa (duh)

She LOVES to play peek-a-boo. She never gets tired of it the way mommy does! She's mastered the fake cry. Addy just has to get near her when she has a toy and she screams and cries and tries getting Addy in trouble. It used to upset Add, but she's used to the little stinker now. Ask her any question and the answer is "no?" or "huh-uh" while shaking her head no. Also, I can't even count that number of times she says "uh-oh" throughout the day!

Biker Baby

This baby is scared of nothing! She's climbed in drawers, on the fireplace, on top of large toys and tries climbing into the bath. She got onto the Dora 4-Wheeler a few weeks ago and rode it like a pro!

You Are My Sunshine!

Addalyn enjoys singing "You Are My Sunshine" to her baby sister from time to time. This time though, it's followed by "Low" and then "Single Ladies" (for those of you who can't understand what in the heck she's saying!). Right after I stopped recording, Mace tried getting out of the chair and Addy said "no-no baby girl!" and grabbed onto her little ponytail like it was a handle and pulled her back up! Poor Macey Lee!

Apple Bottom Jeans

Here's Addy singing her favorite song...at 7:30 in the morning.

60 Degrees In January!

Another Walking Video

She's certainly walking more than she's crawling now! I can't believe my baby is walking. She can't get up yet without grabbing onto something to pull herself up, but she's getting there!

Curly Locks

Aunt Brookie curled Addy's hair the other evening at Addalyn's insistance. She had just curled Sterling's hair so Addy of course wanted hers to look just like "Durlene's hair". This baby is so stinkin' beautiful, and oh-so sassy!

The Loves of my Life!

These babies had me laughing so hard last night when they were in the bath. After a few minutes I finally grabbed the camera. I LOVE how they interact with each other now (as long as the interacting doesn't involve fighting--which it often does!).

Macey Taking Steps

Mace walked from the coffee table all the way into the kitchen last night! It's so funny how she always says "boom!" when she falls and she tends to fall so gracefully. She's getting there though!

Mace

I had another video that I accidently deleted that was so darn funny. When I set vegetables in front of her to eat, she always rocks her whole body back and forth and says "no? no? no?" always in the form of a question. I accidently deleted the vid of it and tried it again, but this time she was hungry enough to eat them. Every time she hears the word 'outside' -- even when it's just my dad asking the dog if he needs to go outside -- Macey says "burrrr!" which I did manage to catch on this video. She also gets a kick out of blowing on her food, Addy's food and my food if she thinks it's too hot.

The Sweetest Voice

My favorite part of the morning is when I listen outside of Macey's bedroom door to her "talking". Her voice is so stinkin' precious! She's been "talking" to me a lot more with very serious expressions like what she's saying is so important. When I ask if she wants to go outside, she says "burrrr!" and usually when I ask if she wants to go night night she says "no?" but more in the form of a question than a statement. I love it!

Macey is 13 months...and still not walking!

She's getting close though. She took 11 baby steps the other night. When it was warm out the other day, I took her outside and held her hand and we walked all over the back yard. She loved it! She did really well too. I didn't even have to hold both hands. Just one. She stands for longer periods of time now too. I'm afraid for Addalyn once Macey does walk though. She's kind of a bully and screams and swings at Addy a lot more than a baby sister should!

Poor Addy!

Geez. Where did the time go? I haven't posted in a while. Have had many ups and downs over the past few weeks to try and sort through. This week has been one of the "down" weeks, for sure. There's been so much happening and I've been trying to nurse poor Addalyn back to health. She had a really high fever Saturday morning when she woke up. She really seemed to act okay until her fever would spike again over the next couple days (when I say spike...I mean spike...got up to 104.9 TWICE!). We had a few sleepless tear filled nights, between her high temp and her terrible chills. I figured it was just a bug and my 3 a.m. phone call with "ask-a-nurse" said the same thing. By the 3rd day of the high fever though, she started vomitting too. I took her into the doctor where they did a flu test and a strep test which both came back negative. I got her to potty in a cup while we were there so they could test that, and sure enough, my poor girl has a UTI (urinary tract infection)! I guess all the levels were pretty high (not sure what this means, protein and blood and something else...?). She got an antibiotic injection (one in each leg) and then we were told to come back the next day. When we went back yesterday, she seemed to be doing better, her fever had been down for several hours so they gave me a prescription to get filled for her to take for the next 10 days. Of course, an hour after we got home, she got the chills again, fever went up to 102.5 and she was back to just laying around. I called the doctor AGAIN, had to bring her in AGAIN, and she had to get 2 antibiotic injections AGAIN. It broke my heart! It was so hard having Macey there too and trying to keep her entertained and love on Addy at the same time. I started her on her oral antibiotic this morning and in 10 days once she's finished it, I have to take her in for an ultrasound on her kidneys to make sure she doesn't have any kidney damage. Let's all say a quick prayer that she's fine! She's been through enough, that's for sure.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Here's Addalyn's new favorite Christmas song. She's apparently on repeat mode!

Macey Mace

Macey still isn't walking, but she did stand for about 10 seconds last night without holding onto anything. I was so excited that I think I scared her so she collapsed. :) She has added a few new words to her vocabulary. Thanks to her big sister, I hear "NNNNOOO!" from her all the time accompanied by her chubby little finger pointing at me. She gets really excited when she sees a banana and says "nana" or sometimes "nanana". She looks outside and (with lots of emotion) says "BURRR!". If she's standing by the door she always goes up on her tip toes to say it. When she's in the bath she says "ba" over and over. I can only assume she's trying to say "bath". She knows where her "pretty hair" is and her belly button. She's been giving me tons of hugs and kisses lately for no reason. I love it! I'll be sitting on the floor and she'll crawl over and lay her head on my leg and make a "mmmmm" sound and then look up and smile her sweet smile. She barks everytime she sees Reggie, but it's more of a "oo oo oo" than a bark and when she sees a duck she says "ah ah ah". Hmmm...that's all I can think of for now, but she's doing something new everyday so I'm sure I'll have more to post soon! I'm also including a video of the little stinker eating Gigi's apple. She's never had an apple and I took my eyes off of her for one second and she started eating it like she's done it a hundred times before!

PS--You should all know that I did not serve her the tray full of Goldfish! That was all Addy!

Santa Baby!

The girls got to meet Santa on Saturday. Addalyn asked him for a "wone and a tamra"...a.k.a. a "phone and a camera". Macey wasn't too sure about it, but they both had fun. Addy made (and then ate) a pretty Christmas tree and played a fun game of Candyland. They looked so precious in their pretty dresses!