Birthday Fun

Bowling for the first time

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Cinderella dress

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Chuck E Cheese

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mall play area

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ice cream and cookie

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Birthday FUN!

Special Meaning

I was 3 months pregnant while Jason and I were up north mid-September with my family. I remember being on the dock when my mom and dad had gotten back from one of our favorite place to shop up there, Brownwood. My mom brought me a bag and inside was a shirt. She was so excited to buy something for baby Burgess. She felt so bad that it was so big, but it was the smallest size they had and thought the yellow was very gender neutral. "Baby Burgess will need a shirt from Up North!," she said. Up north was one of my mom's favorite places to be.

This morning, Macey was looking at pictures and pointed out my mom and said, "This is my other grandma!" I am amazed at how well she recognizes her and questions nothing. She was 14 months old when my mom passed away.

First snow experience

Today we took Kelsey outside to experience the fresh snow.

She didn't stay out long because it was cold, but the little bit she was out, she had fun!

Mace and I stayed out longer to play.

We made snowballs, sat in the snow, shoveled,

and I took her for a ride in her sled around the block.

She has requested to play outside again tomorrow.

Great-Grandpa made it to Colon!

Today Aunt Jean was kind enough to take a day off work and bring Macey and Kelsey's great-grandpa Nykerk down to Colon to see what it's all about. He requested he wanted to make it to one of Jason's basketball games and to see our house. We were excited they made it safely here around 2pm so we had time to sit, chat, play, and eat before the game. Macey and Kelsey were quite shy at first when they woke up from their naps, but they slowly became themselves. Macey looked for Waldo with great-grandpa and Kelsey watched some Milo and Otis with him. We ate some bbq on buns and were off to the game. The Magi played tough and were within points most of the game but couldn't pull off a win. I am amazed at how grandpa can sit on those bleachers for a whole game. He didn't want to sit on the bottom bleacher either, he had to climb up to the third row for a better view I guess :) It was a fun day and we're glad they came.

Tomorrow we have Brenda and Lisa coming to visit!

It's a comfy lap to watch Milo and Otis.

Who knows what they're laughing at.

(yes, the walls are now primed and you'll get a whole blog on all of our updating here soon!)

Macey hiding from dad when he came home from work.

Quotes

Lately I'm realizing that Macey is getting so old. It used to be so easy to do a quote of the day because she would say so many funny things. Now, she's getting old and just talks way too old. The questions she asks, oh my, and because does not work for an answer, I now get, "because why?" I am worried I am not going to be able to answers the interesting questions she will be coming up with in the next few years. But I have compiled these quotes from the past week, they're just ones that popped into my head right now.



(Macey handing me the grocery receipt) "Here's an email for you Mom"

(while we're doing a puzzle together one afternoon) "Mom, you're a great best friend"

(while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
Macey -"Why doesn't Mickey live in a house like ours?
Me- "Well........because he likes to play with his friends so his is more like a playhouse."
Macey- "No Mom, his is called a Clubhouse"
Me- "Oh, you're right"


(while watching tv before Jason came home from work)
Macey -"Sometimes I'm sssssselllllllFFFFish"
Me- "Why?"
Macey- "Because I don't let Daddy have a turn with the TV"


(she is really working hard at getting her S's, L's, and F's pronounced right lately) :)

Macey fed a little lamb

Today we were invited to go along with Elizabeth and kids to our friends' Mark and Carol's farm. They have baby lambs and wanted the kids' help to feed them bottles. I was very proud of my Miss Mace for taking a bottle and feeding them right away. Kelsey was just in awe of it all and didn't mind them one bit. She kept calling them dogs and I when I would tell her they were lambs, and she'd shake her head no. All the kids had fun being in the barn and walking outside in the puddles. Mace cried when we had to leave so I know she had fun. Thank you to Mark and Carol for inviting us, we had a great time!

Okay so I guess it's my turn...

25 Random things about me:


1. I have always loved Little House on the Prarie and always will.
2. I love McDonalds and can eat a whole BigMac meal.
3. I traveled Europe for 2 weeks with some friends during my junior year in college to visit a
friend who was studying abroad. I'm glad I'm still alive.
4. I look at ads but never read the newspaper.
5. I started drinking coffee when I moved to Colon, but I can only handle half caf or I feel sick.
6. I hated being called Skinny Jinny in grade school.
7. The first time I talked to Jason was when he had to pinch my fat for measure and evaluation
class.
8. I hate silence. I sleep with a fan or sound machine and need the tv or radio on while the girls
are napping.
9. I hate calling in a pizza order.
10. I am always cold.
11. I love the sport of gymnastics. When I was little I would record the World Championships or
Olympics and watch them over and over and over.
12. My favorite tv shows are House Hunters, Toddlers and Tiaras, America's Next Top Model,
and Baby Story.
13. I'm quite indecisive.
14. I love anything gummy (worms, bears, penguins, peach rings, etc.)
15. When I was about 7 years old, I was He-Man for Halloween.
16. I double cross my legs when I sit.
17. I bite my nails terribly!
18. I am a bargain shopper and think it's hard to spend more than $5 on a top or bottom.
19. I can't remember the last time I changed my contacts. They should be changed every
month.
20. In the car I listen to any Christian station or the girls' PraiseBaby Cd's.
21. I worry more than a person should.
22. I love lazy days at home with my girls, coloring, doing puzzles, reading books, watching
movies, and napping :)
23. I am feeling motivated to start walking/running more this spring/summer to get more
fit.
24. I go to bed by 10 usually.
25. I should be sitting by my husband more at night instead of being on this addicting computer.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Macey and Kelsey would like to say "Happy Valentine's Day" a few days early to everyone since Jason's family is coming down tomorrow to work on our house again (Thank You!) and I won't be able to post for awhile. This is what I get when I try my hardest to get a good picture of both of them. It's not an easy task.

going on day 10

How long can a stomach bug last? WAY too long, that's for sure. Mace is still fighting it off and she was the first to start. She's been dehydrated but not enough to get fluids from an IV ( according to a hot shot doctor that wouldn't listen to a word I said ). Her lips have turned purple along with her legs when it gets really bad, but for the most part she's just not herself. Her stubborness along with not feeling well have caused her to not want to drink much at all or eat more than 5 bites of something in a day. She is going on day 10 for diarrhea and is hardly peeing at all. I just need my little miss Mace back to her normal self.

On a brighter note, we did get new carpet in our living room. I am thrilled because this room heats a ton better than our family room so we've moved furniture and are no longer freezing all day long!

Waiting for Daddy to come home from work.

That's my Roo.

Not feeling so hot.
Yes Roo, you're a big girl.
(this is her new obsession,
begging to to sit in her sister's
booster seat)