Our Little Christmas

We had our first Christmas by ourselves this year. It was fun and very busy. Christmas Eve consisted of decorating our tree, baking cookies, and starting some of our new traditions. We decided to open one gift (new pajamas) before bed and watch a Christmas movie. Macy LOVED her Dora pj's. We also began our tradition of eating delicious hamburgers on Christmas Eve. While in Florida we will be eating at Steak n' Shake. One of THE best burgers I have ever had (but I am satisfied with a fast food burger so I might not be a good judge). Finally, we ate cookies and hot chocolate while reading Luke 2. On Christmas we got up about three hours before Church to get ready (and still got to Church late *sigh*), took a few pictures and saw what Santa brought, ate some cinnamon rolls (another tradition), then loaded everyone up, went to Church (I caught about 10 minutes between taking out three children), came home and opened presents, took some more pictures, put Macy down for a very little nap, then we loaded everyone back into the car to go to Christmas dinner with another family, ate and played, came home for more presents and more pictures then fed two babies, cleaned up all the new toys, and went to bed. It was slightly exhausting. To prove it, both boys slept 8+ hours on Christmas Eve and Christmas night (Zack slept 10.5 hours last night). Merry Christmas to me! Now that you have read ALL of that, here are a bunch of pictures of our little Christmas!

Macy helped decorate some reindeer cookies for Santa. I know it's a little odd for Santa to eat reindeer cookies, but they were cute.

Macy's new Dora pj's.

Macy decorating our felt tree. We did a felt tree this year so Macy could decorate and undecorate it to her little heart's content.

Nick and Zack wearing their new pj's and posing for their Christmas Countdown picture. Only one day until Christmas!

Zack on Christmas morning.

Nick on Christmas morning.

The three kiddos.

The boys having a good time.

Zack with his new Broncos onesie.

A quick family pic.

Nick and his new Gonzaga onesie.

Our stockings hung by the chimney with care.

Macy Turns 19 Months

Macy turned 19 months last Friday. She is growing by leaps and bounds. I can barely keep up with her. Here are a few things she has been up to:

*Macy can find and start an episode of Dora on the Roku (Netflix Watch Instantly). I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing . . .

*Macy counts everything that there are multiples of and switches back and forth between English and Spanish.

*Macy will pick up clothes and put them in the hamper without being asked. She also takes things out of the hamper and makes a bit of a mess.

*She will look at a picture of Andy and me and say, "Mama, Da-ey" as she points to each of us.

*Macy will take my eye shadow applicator and put it up to her eye like she is putting on eye shadow.

*At Church Macy pointed to a picture of Jesus and said, "Jesus".

*Macy is getting used to her little brothers. At first she completely ignored them. Then she was really interested in them and would give them kisses, push them in their swing, help them with their binkis, and share toys with them. Now she pretends she is a little Mama and carries her doll around, puts it in the swing, and starts the swing for it!

*Macy says, "bye, bye" and closes the door or she will stand at a closed door and knock on it (she thinks that this will somehow open it).

*Macy has learned how to work zippers. This means there are a whole bunch of new things she can get into now.

*Some of Macy's new words: "I'm sorry", "Awww man", calls herself "May May", "more", "all done", "all gone", "ok", "fishes" (as in Goldfish crackers), says, "oh boom" when she falls down, and repeats pretty much anything we say. Today Andy got her to say, "Tebow".

If you like pictures of Macy you will really like this post because there are a ton!

Macy playing in her room
Macy showing off her full mouth of teeth.

Macy working on her computer.

Smiling big for the camera.

Macy grabbed my eyeliner, pulled the cap off, and put some on her eye. The picture is blurry, but you can kind of see the line on her eyelid.

Andy used this headband to keep Macy's hair out of her face.

Macy unzipped her pj's to find her belly button.

Macy at 19 months.

Macy found some of my ribbon and started building a tower.

Macy and her own little baby.

Nick and Zack Are One Month Old!

Nick and Zack turned one month old yesterday. I can't believe how fast the time has gone! They had their one month check up today. Nick weighs 9 lbs 12 oz and is 21.5 in long. Zack weighs 9 lbs and is 22 in long. They are quite the silly little boys. Nick likes to have his meals on time. If he's ready to eat he will start to get really sad and cry as if to say, "I can't believe you guys forgot about me!" But after he eats he'll often have a big smile and all is forgiven. Zack is often not too interested in eating. He gets all wiggly and grunts until he's done then he wants to look around with his big eyes WIDE open. They are both getting really good at sleeping at night. We often get a good 5-6 hours in a row. It's been very nice.

Here are some pictures from this past month.

They aren't identical, but you can definitely tell they are brothers!

Showing off their matching outfits.

All dressed up in their sports pj's.


One month picture.

Zack at one month. He has owl pajamas on. I thought it was fitting because he sometimes looks like a little owl with those wide eyes!

Nick at one month. He doesn't look around quite as much as Zack. He prefers to sit and ponder things instead.

Macy giving Zack kisses. Sorry if you get a little seasick!
Macy giving Nick kisses. She sure does love her little brothers.