Firecrackers go "Pop"

Zack decided we needed to get more firecrackers on Sunday for Macie and Blake. (I think more for himself.) When you ask Macie what a firecracker says, she answers, "POP!" It is really cute.
Not to impressed with the firecrackers.
One Zack got was so loud I thought the kids would lose their hearing.

Nonnie and Pappy helping Macie go down the slide.

Blake loving the water. He isn't worried about getting his face and hair wet like Macie.

Face first

4th of July

Getting ready for the firecrackers.

We went to Zack's parent's house this weekend. It was fun to have the whole family together. Jackson and Jillian are great big cousins to Finley and Macie. They are such good examples. It rained some but we didn't let that stop us. We even did a little swimming while it was still raining. Macie and Finley weren't so sure about that but loved it once it stopped raining.
Grammy had to hold Macie for a few of the fireworks. She really liked them but sometimes couldn't decide whether to be scared or just enjoy.
Macie wants her daddy a lot. She ask for him all the time.

I love this little girl so much!

Macie didn't want to share the stroller with Finley..gonna have to work on that. Finley and Macie had a good time together. They loved playing with the toys and swimming together. They are almost the same height! He is all boy and Macie seems to be all girl!

Jackson got to light firecrackers this year. Here he is just holding a sparkler.

Jillian is just a bit nervous about getting burned.

Michael Jackson reenactment but without something over Macie's face. Just kidding!!!

Macie loves doing things like this...not scared at all.

Cousins

Peek-a-Boo

Macie was laughing like crazy. She was loving that Jackson was giving her so much attention.

Kiss! I love this picture!

Again...I wonder how old she is...she bounced around after Grammy got it out for her.

Jackson rode the wagon down the hill and Macie needed Grammy to carry her. However, after Finley got to Grammy's and we went for a walk, he ran the entire block wiping sweat from his head as he paced himself and Macie rode in the wagon cheering him on. He takes after his momma and daddy.

Wagon Ride

Macie smiled biggest when Jackson and Jillian were running or going over bumps.

Purse-Check

Sunglasses-Check

Dressed cute, hair fixed-Check

Off to play with Blake!

(She put her glasses on and got her purse...not me!)

That's a smile! She loves the swings! (I push her up as high as I can and then go underneath her..that is why I am the opposite direction.)

Swinging with Daddy at the park

Doesn't she look like a toddler and not a baby anymore!

Little Momma
What face is this?
Happy Birthday, Nonnie!
Macie and I met Nonnie for a little bit of shopping and lunch with Pappy on Nonnie's birthday!

Macie has another baby to take care of when she is at Nonnie's. The baby moves it eyes, laughs, cries, and does way more than my babies did when I was little. Macie is in baby heaven with her babies, bottles, and strollers.

Welcome to Our Home

Welcome to our home!
Zack did an amazing job landscaping our yard. We had someone put the stone edging in but he did all the landscaping the other day when it was 100 degrees out. I am so proud of him! I love driving up to our home and playing in the front. (Good thing the garage is a good size..since we have 3 cars. Macie's luckily doesn't take much space!)

Entryway

We are excited to be settled into our new home. Do I miss the old one?...no, not one bit but I do miss our friends and neighbors (although our new neighbors seem really nice and we have talked to them a ton). I am loving our new house. I like everything about it. Here are several pictures of it. We still have a few things to hang like our clock and some decorations but I am glad to be almost completely finished. We finished hanging curtains just this past weekend. It was a good move for us...Zack has a stress free drive to and from work, Macie loves us sliding her around on the floors and pushing her stroller all around, and we love being closer to my family.

Dining Room
We are hoping to texture and paint it like our other dining room.

Kitchen

You can't see the eating area but the there is a table and window to the right of the fridge and the pantry is across from it. It leads to the dining room. The kitchen is so big. I LOVE IT! I was able to store all my kitchen stuff and serving pieces in the kitchen. In the other house, I had things in closest and anywhere I could find. I love the extra space. I am hoping to put an island in sometime in the future. P.S. I love the granite and tile, too! DId I say I love the kitchen?

Living Room

Macie's Corner

She has more room than it looks like to play with her toys.

Our Bedroom

Our Bathroom

Macie is loving her bigger room. She loves playing with her toys in there. Her closet is bigger so her closet has lots of fun toys that she can get to and I like it because I can keep it picked up.

Guest Bath

The picture doesn't show it all but it has two separate sinks. One is by the guest room and the other you get to through the hallway. I mainly took this because I like my new shower curtain and toys. I like that it is a good size. Oh and I didn't take a picture of the guest room or the extra bedroom (someday a baby's room)but they are a great size, too.

Summer Fun

Too many toys or Not a BIG enough pool..which is it?

I blew up the pool toys to take the the big pool tomorrow. She had them all in her little pool and was trying them out. I got them out to let them dry off when she was finished playing and I had to blow the turtle up a little more. Macie went over to the turtle, put her mouth up to it, and acted like she was blowing it up, too. At first, I thought she was biting it and I was about to tell her no and then I realized what she was doing.

Macie is trying to sneak into the flowerbed. I caught her!

I was trying to get a cute picture of Macie in her new outfit...I think it is so cute.

Now that we are all settled in Blake and Macie have gotten to play together a lot this summer. Mom, Lyndsie and Blake came to one of the pools in the neighbor to swim. We had a great time. We ordered pizza and swam about an hour. Before we swam, we went to Sam Moon. Macie would holler for Blake when we were separated in the store.

Blake is the water man. He loves the pool. Blake isn't one bit afraid of swimming and would have his face completely under water and keep trying to move forward. I was impressed! BUT you can't take your eyes off of him for a second.

My sweet daughter is 17 months old and quickly approaching 18 months...what..I have had her for almost 1 1/2 years? What a blessing she is to me! I love watching Macie play by herself, read her books, love on Sebastian, and point to jets and "copters." I keep telling myself to hold onto every moment! Just yesterday she pushed her glow worm's belly when I was going in her room to get her from her nap and it played Cannon D. It is a beautiful song but it makes me picture her being a beautiful bride someday walking down the aisle to that song as I do every time I hear the glow worm! WOW, I am blessed! (I know I am repeating myself.) This is an amazing kind of love.

Hanging out with her dog brothers! Well, I guess Macie is resting after a little walk.

Playing in the water.

I haven't gotten a picture or video of it yet, but we put the slide in the pool and let her slide in. It is hilarious. It reminds me of when my brothers and I did that when we were little!

Who is this baby? Is she 7 or 17 months?

Macie found the baby toys when we were in the extra bedroom the other day. She wanted them all out but I only got one out. She hung out in the bouncy seat for about 15 minutes when I first got it out. She played in it after naptime and then drank her milk in it one morning..my feelings were hurt because she usually cuddles with me when she is drinking her milk. I can only imagine what it will be like when she has a sibling in all these baby toys. She either will help them out bouncing them around and playing or she will be pushing them aside so she can get in. OH and the pacifier...she plays with the ones we tried to give her when she was a baby. She usually is giving them to her baby. She puts them in her mouth for a minute or so at a time...usually just bites them but on this day she kept it in her mouth the whole time she was in the bouncy seat!