well, hello stranger

Long time, no bloggy.

Yes, we do fun things that I need to blog about...
but, it's near impossible to when miss priss wants to be held all. the. time.

I'm not complaining....
Well, maybe I am a little...
but I know I will miss this one day.

Macklyn has her days when she will play on her own for a little while and when this happens, I'm usually getting something done {really quickly}---like washing or folding clothes, doing the dishes, cleaning the toilets {yuck!}.

I don't want her to grow up too fast, but I am ready for her to hit the stage where she actually doesn't mind playing on her own.  She's fine if I'm right there beside her.

Oh, and sleep is great....at night.  I won't complain about that because she could have her days and nights mixed up and never sleep at night {when I do}.  She'll take a few cat naps, but usually only in my arms. 

Other than never letting me leave her alone for a minute, she is a perfect little angel.

Seriously.

She's the SWEETEST little baby.  If all babies were like her, I guarantee there would be a lot more around. 

What a little talker she is!  I would post a video of her talking and laughing, but that takes forever to load and I don't have that much time.

She constantly smiles and I LOVE IT!

Macie gets so excited because her baby sister smiles at her.

Macie sure does love Macklyn and Macklyn loves Macie too!  That warms my heart.  I hope they love each other this much forever! 

I've caught Macie trying to comfort her sister after waking from a nap or if I put her down {and she gets a little upset}.  All of the sudden the crying will stop and I look back to see sweet Macie helping me out. 

I did have to explain to her once that she can't pick Macklyn up {she had grabbed her from her rock and play and was HOLDING her in an awkward way...freaked out a little}.

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Macie is great.  We've made a few trips to the park already this Spring and we'll break out the inflatable pool this week {hopefully}. 

Now that we have a baby tagging along to all of our outings, pictures aren't as frequent....unfortunately. 

I think the last time I actually took some pictures was the other day at my niece's softball game.  She's awesome, by the way.  They won and Macie had fun playing with Noah and seeing Hannah.

After a couple of Ringpops, Noah had a blue mouth and Macie thought her tongue had turned pink...because it's not already pink.

Yes, there are seven braids in Macie's hair.  Her sweet teacher did that after a Bible story at school that day.  The next day, she had to have multiple braids again--we only did four, though.

Macklyn just hung out in the Moby.  She got pretty cozy after a while and fell asleep.  Sweet girl.

 Sweet Hannah!  I'm so proud of how great she is doing in softball.

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Today, I wanted to take a few pictures of the girls together--that didn't work out so well.  I got the pictures of Macklyn above, but Macie wasn't feeling it.  Maybe tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, we are meeting our next door neighbor for a walk around the neighborhood.  She has a baby girl that is about 3 weeks younger than Macklyn, so we'll have a buddy growing up next door.  We went walking on Monday too and I'm hoping to make it a habit...maybe I'll drop the rest of the baby weight!

The walk was fun.  The "farmer's tan" sunburn as a result of not using any sunscreen, however, was a big FAIL. 

Look at that little happy face peeking in on the pic. :)

I guess I'm going to have to get out in a swimsuit to even out my tan soon.  It's already sleeveless weather and I can't have my arms looking like this!  I had to rethink my wardrobe this morning to ensure I didn't make everyone jealous with my sexy arms.

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This past weekend, we went to Chris' mom and dad's for a little celebration for his dad's birthday.  As usual, the kiddos had fun.

Macie was a butterfly catcher for the day, then decided to strip down to her underoos and run through the sprinkler.  All I was thinking was BURRR!  She wasn't even phased.

I think this might be the first picture of the three of us since the day she was born and I'm pretty sure we don't have one of the four of us.  Sad.

So, that's what has been going on with us lately.  I say it every time, but I really hope I can start keeping up with blogging a little better.  I know, I know... just set the baby down, Erin.

Our week in iPhone photos!

I see this on this blog every week and always think, "I should do that!"

I never do the 10 on 10 like I would like to do each month {have sworn to myself that I would every month since I started the blog over two years ago! <----links to my very first blog, WOW!

So this week, I am actually doing something fun!

And MAYBE, just maybe...I will continue something.

Monday was a chill day.  Macie stayed at her Lolli's Sunday night and Macklyn and I hung out at the house, just playing around.  She had her first experience in the swing outside....and LOVED it.  Macie was excited for the delivery of the new chicks at Lolli's.  She's in love with them!  Macklyn got her first ponytail (you can sort of see it in the picture.  Little bit and I headed to Paradise for a visit and to pick of big sissy.  When we got home, Macie wanted to ride her bicycle....and decided to attempt acrobatics.  We put a stop to that pretty quick (right after I got a picture of it!).

Tuesday was a school day for Macie.  Macklyn and I headed to the Apple store shortly after dropping Macie off to get some troubleshooting done on the MacBook.  She was such a trooper in the store!  Afterwards, we made a Target run and headed home to get big sister.  Macie just loves Macklyn to pieces.  She always wants to be right by her side - giving her hugs and kisses.  Macklyn LOVES her little "play mat" - those animals are her new pals.  She'll just talk and talk to them!

Wednesday, we made a trip to my hometown to visit and pick up my mom's MacBook (I needed it for homework since I was computer-less).  My grandad and uncle brought some cows in and put them in one pasture, but one of them decided she wanted to go over to the garden.  My grandma said she ran out there shooing that stinkin' cow away.  She and my grandad work hard on that garden, the last thing she wanted was a cow trampling and eating up her veggies!  The poor girl in the picture was missing her buddy and wouldn't stop mooing.  Macie said it hurt her ears.  She let me get a few pictures of her anyway.  Miss Macklyn has everyone wrapped around her fat little fingers - she was really showing off for Grandma and Nana!  Macie and those stick horses.  When Noah and Hannah are around she's battling to gain control of all three.  I try to make her share, but she just doesn't want to for some reason.  We made it home for little bit to get a bath and I snapped this picture of her svelte figure.  I don't think she gets enough to eat.....

Thursday was another school day....I didn't get one picture of Macie this day. :(  How can you not love this sweet face???  This was the first day Macklyn wore a pair of shoes.  My mom gave these to her for Christmas and they fit now.  Yay!!!  She and I headed back to the big city to the Apple store to pick up the computer.  They said it was one program messing everything up...too bad when I got home it was still doing the same thing even after removal.  So now I have to take it back up there again.  UGH!  I'm just glad I bought Apple Care and it's still under warranty - no out of pocket for me!!!

Friday was a big day.  We went to play group at Chickfila.  Macie got to play for a while with her friends there.  After, I needed to pick up a few things from Walmart.  Macklyn was STARVING so we sat in the car for a feeding.  Macie's face shows her enthusiasm for sitting in the car waiting for her sister to finish.  I recently bought a Moby wrap and LOVE it!  At first it felt awkward, but now it's a lifesaver.  Macklyn will just snooze in this thing for hours.  We got to play outside.  I'm loving this sandal weather and so are my toes....besides my right big toe (ol' gimpy).  It's about to fall off unfortunately - just in time for sandal season.  Macklyn got to swing again and Macie had a yummy popsicle.  We're still trying to figure out if we can repair the trampoline (from the last storm....it blew into our fence and bent like a potato chip) - Macie's a little bummed about this.  Poor girl, only got to play on it for about two months.  Chris had a package delivery and Macie attempted to hide behind the big ol' box.  :)  Macklyn is ALREADY in a size TWO diaper.  How did that happen?  She will be two months tomorrow!

Saturday, I didn't take any pictures.  We went to my cousin's little boy's first birthday party, Macie went home with my mom, Chris and I went to our friends' little boy's t-ball game, then went to the same friends' parents' house.  Long day, summed up in a nutshell.  It was a fun day!  :)

Sunday, we took bluebonnet pictures out at my grandparents' land.  The flowers were so pretty, but the kids (besides Hannah) weren't digging the whole taking pictures thing.  We got a couple of decent pictures, but not what I wanted.  Oh well, can't win 'em all!  I can't believe how big Hannah is now - she loves taking pictures, so I asked her to take one with me.  I just love going out there.  Brings back memories of my childhood and riding around with my Grandad in his old Toyota pickup, drinking from his milk jug full of water - he would freeze water and it would melt throughout the hot summer day.  We would drive all around checking on the cows and looking over the land.  After we finished, we went back to my Granparents' house.  Macklyn fell asleep on my mom, she was giving her those sweet baby snuggles.  Macie picked a rose without asking, so I made her take this picture.  My grandma took a picture of my sister like this when she was about this age.  When I was about five, I wanted one just like my big sister, so she took one of me too.  Now we have one of Macie.  I'll try to find the one of me and share that.  Hopefully I will get one of Macklyn one day too!

So, that was our week all summed up.  Maybe I can start doing this to keep up with the blog a little better.  I know I'll regret not posting, so I'm trying to get back onto the blogging wagon!  It's just so hard when I'm one handed the majority of the day.  :)