9 Months Later...

Okay, I know I'm REALLY behind on these, but blame my sister because I took these pictures on her camera and she just now got them to me (despite months of my begging and pleading!). This is Macey's first haircut (back in February). It's somewhat fitting that I'm finally posting them because she just had her second haircut on Friday. Her hair grows like Addalyn's did...the back grows a lot faster than the top! As expected, she looks absolutely adorable and is now extra sassy with her new hairdo. When she woke up yesterday morning, I went into her room to get her and she stroked her pretty hair out of her face and said "you like my hair, mama?!". What a doll!

If only her hair grew like this! :~)

MACEY'S BIG DAY!

Macey went potty not once...but TWICE today on the big girl potty! I think that my singing and dancing in celebration scared her a little, but she sure was proud! She's been telling me at least half a dozen times a day that she needs to go potty, and she'll sit on it for a bit, but nothing ever happens. This morning though, she actually went! I managed to get a video the second time today. It's so funny to see how very hard she was concentrating. It was just a few drops the 2nd time, but I think she's kind of getting what it's all about. Yay, yay, yay for Macey Lee! (but BOO to the fact that my little baby is growing so quickly!)

SHE'S SO PROUD!

We Love Autumn!

Making a leaf pile with these girls was darn near impossible! Each time I'd get a decent size pile together, they'd run through them, scattering them about. They were sure having fun though! We also played a game of baseball which was highly entertaining. Mace had trouble sharing the ball so she didn't want to pitch it. Addy had a few great hits! It sure made Mommy proud.






Here's Addalyn doing her cheer..."We missed!
We missed!" and "We lost! We lost!" At least
she's happy about losing!

And then there's a video of Addalyn getting a
hit. :)

Baby Macey...a.k.a. "Pierre"

Macey was taking a walk (run) the other day and fell down on the sidewalk, hitting her mouth. She had a little pink spot right above her upper lip that apparently was really sore (found that out the hard way while putting on lotion after her bath!). She screamed and cried and begged for medicine. I dabbed a little Neosporin on it and then she of course screamed and cried and begged for a "ban-baid". Here is the end result. I was laughing so hard as she was trying to carry on a normal conversation looking like this. I showed her the pictures I took and she laughed hysterically too. Didn't keep her from leaving it on though! Papa gave her the nickname "Pierre" Addalyn got a kick out of.

Mommy Farmer and Her Adorable Baby Cows

I can't believe I'm actually getting these on the blog only 24 hours after they were taken! That doesn't happen enough. :) My sweet baby cows (milk cows, not beef cows!) were a big hit last night while out "trunk or treating". They were great at saying "trick or treat" and "mooooo!" and "thank you!" at each trunk. After EVERY single piece of candy Macey got, she'd hand it to me and shout "open it! open it!". It took a while for her to catch on that she was out to collect candy and take it home (for Mommy to eat when she's not looking). :)



Sterling, Addy, Zander, Macey
Addy, Christopher, Macey, Violet (the babysitters kiddos)Macey doing the bean bag toss game

Addy picking out the winning ducky for a prize

I'm posting this video so that you can all see what these girls put me through! Macey INSISTED on going down the big slide. Addalyn didn't want to go unless Mommy went with her. Wanting to do what I can to make my girls happy, I decided to take them both. HUGE mistake. I had to walk straight up a flight of inflatable stairs, with no handles or rope to help us up. A few steps up, I realized that either A) my arms were going to fall off from carrying the cows, B) I was going to lose my balance and slip and fall straight back while holding these two cows, or C) all of the above. I decided to put them down and shove them up by their little buns until we got to the top. Wow. Addy freaked out and started screaming the second I put her down, which of course caused Mace to lose it. By now the LONG line of kids and parents were all watching and being highly entertained by this 5 minute struggle of the farmer and the now screaming cows to make it to the top of the slide (I didn't realize there was a crowd until we were finally done). Once we finally made it to the top, Addalyn didn't want to go down. Mommy made her go and despite her blood curdling screams, I like to think that she highly enjoyed it and truly appreciates her Mommy for making such a fool of herself, just to give her
babies what they want. ;)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider...

...performed by Macey Lee McKinstry (with a little help from Mommy and Addalyn). Mace has a few songs that she sings regularly but usually stops when I get the camera out. A few of her favorites are, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mamma Mia, You Are My Sunshine, and of course, this one!

Randomness...

I finally uploaded all of my pictures and videos off of my camera so here's a few random pictures. One was a night out at Buffalo Wild Wings for Brook's birthday. Then there's a picture of an early morning dress up session with Sterling, Addalyn and Macey. They had fun being princesses for a morning! Then there's a video of the girls having some fun in the bath. I love it when they interact like this. Sorry for the unsteady video footage, I was trying to keep their private parts out of the shot and Macey was up and down several times!

Alzheimer's Walk

The girls and I braved the cold Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago to finally participate in the Alzheimer's Walk. Thanks to the Storey family for getting us involved with such a great event! It's a disease that hits a little too close to home seeing as my grandma had it for a few years before passing away so Addalyn, Macey and I were happy to do our little part towards finding a cure. Oh, and Slugger was there and Addalyn is apparently still terrified of him. She made her poor Uncle Johnny bend down for at least 10 minutes to hold her until his old man knees got tired. She felt safer in the stroller and wouldn't let him take her out to be held for some reason.

Great Wolf Lodge

I took the girls to the Great Wolf Lodge this weekend and as expected, they had a blast! I wouldn't have been able to do it without LeAnn's help because the girls were all over the place. Ms. Macey has NO fear and several times got herself out of the pool, went up the stairs and down the slide without even making sure somebody was at the bottom to catch her. A few times I even let her go all the way under and the second I picked her up out of the water, she'd look terrified, cough a few times and then shout "NOTHER ON, NOTHER ONE!" as she'd wiggle her way out of my arms to go back to the steps of the slide. Now Addy, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with the slide. She was splashing around by herself in the water, being much braver than normal, but the slide scared her. I was sure once she went down it she'd love it and want to do it over and over again, so I gave her a gentle nudge at the top of the slide, and boy was she angry! She screamed louder than I've ever heard her scream (plus it echoed really bad!) and wanted nothing to do with me for several minutes. I felt terrible! Then, she accidently went a 2nd time (which LeAnn caught on tape) but she went down on her belly. Not a good idea. Once again, she was ticked. She eventually went and loved and and did it over and over and over again. What a fun day!

Macey Has Croup!

My poor litte Mace woke up a few mornings ago with the oddest sounding cough. When I got her out of her crib she sounded like she was really struggling to breathe and was making a wheezing sound. I took her to the doctor to find out she had croup. It's a viral infection so no antibiotics were given, but the doc did give her a steroid to help the inflamation in her throat go down. Her little raspy voice was so cute, but the wheezing was kinda scary. I think she felt a lot worse than she looks in these pictures. :)

Learning To Whistle

The munchkins started "whistling" for Reggie after hearing dad or I do it. I'm pretty sure they think they're really doing it! I videoed this when we were on the way to the airport a couple of weeks ago. I was heading to Atlanta for work, so that's where the "bye mama" comes from. :)

The Happiest Girls Ever!

I absolutely love this video of the girls! The new Miley Cyrus song came on and they both started singing along and dancing around and making each other giggle. It's the sweetest sound ever! If only they always interacted like this...

An Attempt At A Macey Story

Macey's a little harder to catch for a good chat session. She's not like her sister that is always wanting to perform. But Macey has the sweetest voice and I love the stories she does tell when she's in the mood!

Addalyn "Reading" Her Book!

Addy's Doctor Visit

Addalyn had to go to the doctor 2 weeks ago because she kept saying that her front bottom (haha!) hurt when she pottied. She had yet another urinary tract infection and was put on more antibiotics. The doctor said that she really wanted an ultrasound done on her kidneys, especially since I didn't get one done after her UTI earlier in the year. I took the poor baby down to Childrens Mercy for the ultrasound and she tried so hard to be a big girl...but once we went in the the quiet, dark room, she lost it. It took a minute to calm her down, but once she realized it didn't hurt and saw her "lunch" on the screen, she was good to go. I haven't recieved any results back yet, but I'm going with the "no news is good news" theory on this one.

Another Addalyn Story...

She's so hilarious! I love her stories. Especially ones where she thinks that her earrings had peanut butter in them, hence the allergic reaction. :)

Another Park Day!

Macey was SO funny at the English Landing Park. She loved the slides and wasn't scared of anything. This little video is so cute because you can see her excitement as her tiny little legs ran as fast as they could to go to the stairs after sliding, over and over and over again. I'd have thought she'd get dizzy! Also, I love the picture of her swinging and covering her ears because of the super loud train that was going by. She kept saying, "LLLLLOOOUUUUDDDD, Mama!"