macies blessing day

dec 27th was macies blessing day. i wanted to do it close to christmas in hopes that family would be in town and able to be there for it. we did end up with a pretty good turn out. about 25 people at the church and closer to 20 for dinner. i didn't think we'd have enough food but it turned out ok. and macie was a very calm baby all day for it. slept threw her blessing and most of sacrament. tolerated being passed around very well.

christmas morning

christmas morning. the picture of the other 4 of us looking at the camera is the perfect picture of macie.

curtis ariana and macie

macie was awake so i thought i'd take advantage since the camera was out. the other kids like their picture taken too

our tree

just finished decorating our tree. i did most of it a week ago but was missing some ornaments so we found those and the kids helped me finish.

our messy house part 1

our two car garage!

our exta room. storage and vaughns desk and laundry room.

our bedroom, closet which i love and bathroom. i love the tub too.

our messy house part 2

ari's room has the pink curtain, macie's has the crib and curtis' is the green curtain. we are working on painting his room. the top half is yellow and the bottom half will be dark green.

the living room standing in the kitchen...

this is our messy kitchen. it has a good view of the living room from the sink. its a nice set up really.

1 month old

macie is 1 month old today! in her first month she has learned to drink, sleep, mess her diaper... lol the obvious things. but she has also smiled a couple times. giggled once, figured out that her feet make her move, her thumbs will help sooth her a little while shes waiting on a bottle. she knows that diaper changes are a good thing. she usually doesn't cry about them. shes learning a lot about faces and people. she has also found her voice. she will wave to certain people if they say hi to her.

i have learned a 3rd isn't a whole lot harder than a 2nd. shes a very good baby and for the most part right now easy to take care of. she usually sleeps at nite between 4-7 hours at a time. she may look a little like ari did but doesn't act or sound like her. i am very grateful for that!!! macie actually cries when she wants something. ari went straight to screaming. she didn't cry for the first several months.

more 4 week old pictures

i think the flash scared her in the one.

macie is 4 weeks

and two days from being 1 month old.

more pictures

curtis and ari wanted their picture taken today. so i decided to add macie to the pictures too.

curtis is 4, almost 4 1/2. ari is 2 1/2 and macie is 13 days.

christmas party

we had a family christmas party with my dad's brothers and sisters the day after thanksgiving. santa showed up and brought treat bags for everyone. ari screamed. curtis was anxious and had a hard time waiting his turn and macie slept threw it.

macie a few hours old

these were a few from my camera finally got put on the computer.

macie has arrived!!

macie was born nov 20th at 558 pm weighing 8 lb 7 oz and 20 inches! labor and delivery wasn't bad at all! it actually wasn't very painful and all in all wasn't very long either. i got to the hospital at 730 but things werent' even started til around 10. then it was delayed by 11 cause the epidural wouldn't be available til 1. by 2 we had the epidural and meds for contractions going again. stubborn little girl, wouldnt stay put when they were checking on dialation so the drs didnt wanna break the water in case the cord tried coming first. it would have caused emergency c section. so outta safety for both of us we waited til after 5 when things were a little closer to happening on their own. contractions were coming in groups of 3 lasting about 4-5 minutes but i wasnt feeling most of them. so also by 5 or 530 they seperated to 1 at a time. dr came in and broke water when i had gotten to a 9. 10 minutes later she was out! no stitches for me! i even got to cut the cord again. she started breathing right away but didn't want to cry. she didn't really cry until they started giving her shots after she was about an hour old.

she has black hair and brown eyes for now! i just saw the color of them today finally. she is very strong and has been picking her head up to look around.

after a few hours one of my legs was awake and i needed to go pee, but the other was still dead asleep. i had help to get to the toilet and then had to tell the nurses that i didn't feel good and felt like throwing up. then i almost passed out. they got me back to the bed and laid it down flat and kept me awake with amonia, nasty stuff!!! and got me feeling better again by fanning me. they said it was from the epidural wearing off and getting up too soon. it took 9 hours for my leg to wake up from being asleep from the epidural. i think it was a side effect from the epi i had with ari. that dr hit a nerve. the one for macie did an awesome job! didn't hit a nerve and did things pretty quickly.

new things to come!

my induction date is set for friday the 20th if she hasn't shown herself by then. i almost don't think she will wait that long. we are in our new house now, its not organized yet but its livable. we went to our new ward, new building. maybe when we find the camera is when we will take pictures of the new house and of macie when she comes.

new house

we signed on our house yesterday!!! we will move in as soon as we get a phone call tonite! we are just waiting for it to be recorded and funded and as soon as that happens i will go in and clean it a little and hopefully be able to sleep there tonite! i will put up pictures when i get them taken.

pumpkins

we started carving pumpkins the other day.