Happy 7th Anniversary to us!

June 28th was our 7th anniversary! To celebrate we spent 11 days at Kurt's parents beach house. The first 4 were alone and the next 7 were with the Hendersons, Lowrys, and Nixons. I will post some pics soon, but there are some on Laudan's blog and Kelly's blog if you just can't wait.

I was going to post 7 things I love about Kurt but since I am not a cheesy person, I figured he would die of shock. And I need him around to help with the kids, so I'll just post these pictures of us on our honeymoon in Hawaii.







A funny story about our honeymoon~ We spent the night at the Tutweiler the night we got married. Before we even pulled away from the B&A Warehouse, I was crying. In the elevator, the bellhop was looking at me like I was completely nuts. I said, "I guess you don't get a lot of brides crying." He just shook his head and said, "No we don't." I definitely don't deal well with change!

We got to the room, and we found a dried booger on the the headboard. Then we found one on the comforter. Kurt called the front desk to come up and change the sheets. I remember Kurt on the phone with them telling them that it looked like someone "blew snot" all around the room. I was crying and laughing at the same time.

They came to change the bed and examined it up close under the light. I guess they wanted to make sure it was old. I am not a hotel fan at all, and this didn't help! The next morning when I was in the shower, standing on a hand towel so my feet wouldn't touch the bathtub, I looked over and there was another booger at eye level. Yuck!!

We got to Hawaii, and for the first 2 or 3 days, I cried, threw up, and used a 1000 minute phone card4. I told y'all I don't deal well with change! Because of this, Kurt would go to the bar every morning and wait for it to open. He said he knew something was wrong when he was waiting at the swim up bar at 9:30 am. Thankfully that part of our honeymoon only lasted a few days. After that we had so much fun! And now we love to laugh about our first few days of married life. :)




I need to add that Kurt didn't go to the bar b/c he was upset with me. He went to the bar b/c I was in the room on the phone with my friends and crying. :)

4 months old!

John Henry was trying to kiss her, and she was trying to suck on his nose. He was so excited that she was kissing him back.

This is how Macey sleeps, with one leg out.

This is how it ended. Both kids screaming.

Only 16 days late! We were at the beach on the 1st, so I took these when we got back on the 8th. It took me 2 photoshoots b/c Macey got tired and needed to be swaddled and put down for a nap both times. The 2nd time I just gave up and didn't try to get anymore pictures.

At 4 months, Macey weighs 12 lbs, .8 oz. :) She has only gained 8 oz. since her 2 month checkup, but Dr. Amason didn't seem concerned. He said she is right on track. She is 24" long.

At her appt., she had to get 2 shots. John Henry said he wanted her to get a shot and be scared about getting a shot. A far cry from how upset he was the first time she got one! I think she gets on his nerves a lot now. I am a little scared about how things will be when they are older! They do have some sweet moments though. He was really excited to hold her at the beach when he saw that their outfits matched. So funny!

Macey's acid reflux seems to have gotten a lot better. She only cries about 75% of the time now, rather than 95%. :) Usually swaddling, mylanta, and a paci dipped in water (or I am in the car or really really desperate- tea. I would have died before I did that with John Henry!) does the trick and she calms down. She mainly only cries when she is hungry, sleepy, or wants to be swaddled. Just wrapping her in the miracle blanket and giving her a paci calms her down if she isn't tired. She has to have her left leg out, or she will kick until she works it out. It's really cute. Really she is a much better baby and at least I know now what will work!

When I was little my great uncle put a poem in my birthday card (I think. I will have to check on that.) Anyway, it said:

There once was a girl with a curl

right in the middle of her forehead

When she was good, she was very good
but when she was bad, she was horrid.

That is Macey exactly! When she is good, she is the best baby. She will play by herself or just lie on the floor and "talk" to us. But when she is bad- watch out!

We aren't going to try food until she is 6 months old, even though she dr. said we could now. She is eating about every 3 hours now, sometimes even longer. At night, she sleeps about 6 hours for her first stretch, 2 for her next few. Most mornings, I end up putting her in the bed with us sometime around 7 or 8 to try and get a little more sleep. I will not do what I did with John Henry though and let her sleep there every night! I have learned my lesson.

Macey loves to play with toys. She picks them up and tries to put them in her mouth every time. She has a little thing in the living room with hanging toys that I sit her in front of in the bumbo, and she will grab them and smile. I need to get the exersaucer out soon. I sat her in Kate's a few days ago and she seemed to like it.

Napping is still unpredictable, but she is starting to take a 1-2 hour nap in the mornings, which is great! Then she usually take a short nap, then a longer one. I love naptime.

Dr. Amason said to keep doing tummy time, but as soon as I put her on her tummy, she rolls right over to her back. We still haven't gotten a haircut, but I think we will this month.

I think that is all I want to remember this month. And, just fyi, it is really annoying to write a blog post through the pink sharpie that someone colored on my computer screen when I turned around for 5 seconds this afternoon!