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Macy turned 6 months on Tuesday. She is a sweet baby. I think finally, I am enjoying this one. I can't get enough of her. She still has no teeth. I have sworn that she has been getting teeth for months now. She has NO desire to learn to crawl and I could care less. She hates being on her tummy, which is kind of necessary to learn to crawl. The way I see it, she isn't moving and that is easier for us all! I have been working a little on getting her to eat solid foods. My other two were definitely eating much more food. Her, not so much. She is truly our "baby". She has tried rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes and squash. I am making her baby food thus far. It is kind of fun, easy, and it makes me feel good. Wait, maybe that is why she won't eat, hmmmmm..... She is rather large. Shea hasn't had her 6 mos checkup yet, but I am guessing she is 17 or 18 lbs, and about 27 inches. It is almost time to get her out of the carrier seat. I know it says until 22 lbs, but she is already over the height limit. I just want to get into the warmer weather so I don't have to put her in the bunting.

Colton turns 3 on Tuesday. What a kid. We are going out to Red Robin for dinner. Raegan even gets to take the night off from Flips class. I know it sounds bizarre, but we have no idea what to get him. He LOVES tools, but has every one. He doesn't play with much else. He now carries a plastic Wal-Mart bag of tools every where he goes. My man has a problem. He is kind of OCD about them too.

Raegan turns 5 on Saturday. It is her golden birthday. We are heading for Little Gym for a "friend" party and them back to the house for a family party. Should be a good time. Right now she has a "thing" for Ariel- The Little Mermaid. I guess Chris is getting her a ball glove. He is going to attempt to coach her first T ball team this summer. Crazy....

Ode to Colton....

Colton has a full blown obsession with tools and anything that has to do with them. Even the clothes that he wears are full of tools. The first thing he does in the morning is get his tools and goes straight to his tool bench. He eats with his tools. When it is time to go to the daycare's house he packs them in a plastic bag. He prefers an electric drill the best. He has two, actually three. His Beepa Matson(grandpa) got him a new saw of some sort. Then his other Beepa and grandma got him a nail gun and some other odds and end tools for Easter. We had to hide the nail gun this morning because he has to be very quiet in the morning when he goes to daycare - whole other story. We didn't think it would be good to send the nail gun with him shouting, "Die, die, die" You may say to yourself, a three year old saying this is rather disturbing, and while it is, we couldn't figure out where he picked that up. The kid can hardly talk so at first we thought he couldn't be saying that, but he is. Yesterday Raegan filled me in on where he got it. Oh yes, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." OOPS. I guess he won't be watching that anymore. He really does imitate TV, so there is definitely truth to the fact that TV can influence kids. Chris and I both decided that we need to be more vigilant about what we let the kids watch. Sorry kids, no more Spongebob. Colton even ends his night with his tools. He sleeps with them like most children would sleep with a stuffed animal. He is surrounded by them. Very cute. If he continues this fad, he will be more handy than his dad. He can manipulate a screwdriver with one hand turning it like a professional. What talent. He is a neat kid........

Morning Chat

For those of you that don't know Chris' friend Mark, this won't be as funny....Chris is in Mark's second wedding this summer. And those of you that know Chris know how much he loves the spotlight especially to do it a second time. So he called recently to give him the details: The wedding is on a Friday night. There is NO alcohol being served. The reception is at the basement of the church afterwards. Here is the best part. The bachelor party is here. Yes at my house with my kids home. And no, nothing obscene will go on. They are going to watch movies...It will be Colton's first bachelor party and mine for that matter....

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It's NOT Spring Mommy....

These are some pictures of when we went to the St Patrick's Day Parade on the square. It was a lot of fun. It was a bit chilly but everybody was so well behaved. I never thought I would be able to take Colton to a parade. He actually stayed by us. Yea Colton. HE turns 3 in one week.

So, today Raegan asked me if Easter was today. I told her no. She said,"Well then what are the flowers on my calendar?" I told her that it was the first day of spring yesterday. Then she said, "Mom , it is not spring. Look outside." I guess she was right. When you get over 10 inches of snow it is hard to think spring like.

I am having a great week home with the kids. I can't say I have been relaxing at all, but it has been so nice letting everyone just sleep in. Raegan didn't get dressed until 6pm tonight when she decided to help daddy shovel. Too bad he sold the snow blower last week:)

Macy is doing lots of fun stuff. She is rolling both ways now. She so loves watching her brother and sister. She smiles all of the time and even laughs when she sees them. The kid has one flaw. She still wakes up a few times a night. I've gotten used to it, but could use a great nights sleep some time. She still has no teeth and has made no progress with food. She gags every time I try to feed her.

Milestones

Friday, January 25, 2008

Milestones

Macy started giggling today. It is so adorable. She is such a smiley little girl. She is by far the happiest of the three. I think she is very close to getting her first tooth also. Tonight we put her to bed without swaddling her for the first time. She went right to sleep. It kind of makes me sad. She is growing up too fast.
Ding and Dong are so full of attitude right now. Raegan is sassy and then Colton copies her. So neat. They sure do love each other though. I think they need a weekend at Grandmas. Let me know when you want them!!

Update

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Update...
Spring Break starts tomorrow. I almost don't want it to start because I don't want it to end...So much is going on here. Macy is almost 6 months old. She is getting so big. She rolls both ways now. She started right about at 5 months. She rolls much faster from tummy to back. She isn't a big fan of being on her tummy. We started trying foods. We started with rice cereal, then moved to oatmeal and then tried carrots. She doesn't really like to eat much of anything. Whenever we try she just clenches those lips. I guess I will just nurse her until she is 6. We gave her a little hair cut. She was sporting the look of someone that was going through chemo ( no offense anyone). She had three different spots where her hair was 5 inches long and then other spots where it is just a quarter of an inch...She looks so much better now. Colton is well, Colton. He is a riot. He is the epitome of a naughty little boy and I love it. He is starting to master the technique of telling me (in Coltonspeak of course) to look at something and then he turns around and does something naughty. He still LOVES tools and everything that has to do with them. If it has a switch, button, knob,etc...he is obsessed. The tool bench we got him for Christmas was maybe the best toy for value ever spent. He still doesn't have the language skills that we would hope. I know everyone says that "he is a boy" but it still makes us worry a bit. When I say worry, I guess worst case he may need some help with speech therapy or something. We will ask his pediatrician. Some of my favorite mispronounced words by "the buddy" Oompa Doo (What he says when he wants to watch Willy WonkaBen -breadEecy - MacyAegan - RaeganTooahs - toolsAnd then there is Ragaen. She is registering for Kindergarten on Monday. Wow, this is so exciting, yet so depressing. I can't believe my first "baby" is going off to school next year. I also can't believe that in the last five years I have had 3 babies, and lived in two houses and gotten married been to Mexico, Punta Cana, Oh Vey, what will the next five years bring? She is growing up to be such a nice little girl. I never thought nice would be used to describe Raegan. Don't get me wrong. She still has her Raeganisms. She can't be VERY standoffish...She doesn't talk when SHE doesn't want to. In fact, she doesn't do anything when she doesn't want to. Last night she had two of her favorite friends over and they got along so well. There were no little squabbles or anything. I can't wait to see how she grows up, just not too fast:(

Poor Baby

I am home sick with Baby Mace today. She cried more yesterday than she has in her entire life. She was miserable. She had a 102 degree temp. So, I called the doc today and of course she is in a great mood.