"The Boo-Boo Healer"

Around our house, a Dora band-aid has healing powers - I'm assuming.  I haven't personally tried one.  The other day, Macie was playing when she suddenly hit her knee on a chair.  I know Macie is not a weenie, so it was a big deal when she was so upset and crying.  We all know how painful hitting our knee can be.  When she has a boo-boo, she always asks for a Dora "banaid".  It works every time:

The healing power begins.

Getting better.

Happy girl!

All better now!!!

I'm so glad that Dora band-aids have this magical healing power.  Mommy kisses only go so far - sometimes I just need a little back-up. 

Potty Training MACIE Style

So I have been working on potty training Macie every since she turned two.  I have had little luck with the whole process until now.  The past couple of weeks Macie has been very good about going "tee-tee" in the potty, but she told me that she's too scared to "poo-poo".  Well, I broke down and got a big plastic see through box with "poo-poo prizes" (thanks to my friend Cassie's parents' idea) and set it right beside the potty.  Now, every time she goes "tee-tee" she gets to long for one of the "poo-poo prizes".  Yesterday, she finally did it!  She was so excited too.  She kept screaming, "I DID IT, MOMMY, I DID IT!!!"  So stinkin' funny.  She got her cheap Dollar Tree prize and was super duper happy (sadly it broke 5 min. later, of course).

Well, today she left the room for a while then all of the sudden she runs into the living room screaming, "I DID IT, MOMMY, I DID IT!!!"  I walked back into my bedroom bathroom and she sure did "do IT"...in her little potty and took it upon herself to take on the clean up responsibility as well.  GROSS!  "IT" was everywhere...all over the little potty, HER HANDS, the big toilet.  She was so proud of herself, so I couldn't be mad.  I started the bath water, put her in there, and started to clean "IT" up.  Again, she got her "poo-poo prize".

I'm so glad that my 2 1/2 year old is finally potty training, but I hope this little adventure never repeats itself.  I didn't take pictures of "IT"--too nasty--but I did take some pictures of the "poo-poo prize" box and then Macie wanted to model for me:

"Prissy Pants"

"Poo-Poo Prize" Box

Wow...Has it really been 4 months?!

I knew it had been a while since I last blogged, but I didn't realize it had been 4 months!  We always seem to stay busy, but it also seems like we haven't really done a lot since February.  We've taken a couple of trips to the zoo, Macie attended her first wedding (where she was absolutely terrible, by the way, but that's understandable), and Chris and I have just watched Macie grow right in front of our eyes.  

She has changed so much in the past few months.  She's expressing herself through words a whole lot more.  She speaks in sentences and will have conversations with Chris or myself.  The words she uses (and actually knows the meaning) make me laugh.  Especially words like disgusting and delicious. 

Macie has developed quite the appetite for, of all things, hard boiled eggs.  She's a very particular and picky eater and likes a variety in each meal, so it has been difficult figuring out what to feed the child.  Mainly she will only eat cheese, lunch meat, sometimes corn, loves pickles, and hard boiled eggs (no yolks).

Here are a few pictures from the past few months:

 

 

Pictures from the Zoo:

 

Lori's Baby Shower Pictures:

 

Macie with Chris' best friend's little girl, Brittan.

With Hannah at the Circus.

A couple of months wrapped up in one blog...

So, it's been a couple of months since my last post, and boy has life been busy.  We had Christmas, New Year's, and Macie's 2nd Birthday.  I really cannot believe my baby girl is 2 years old ALREADY!!!  I guess the saying goes: Time flies when you're having fun!

My baby is no longer a baby...she's turning into a little girl.  She is into all things girly...baby dolls (she's a good mommy), singing pretty songs, brushing her hair, smelling perfume at department stores, applying makeup, and bubble baths.  Oh, and talking on the phone!  She loves make phone calls.

Here are a few pictures of the past couple of months:

This was from our first big snow on Christmas Eve.

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Little Miss Birthday Girl!

Macie with her Nana!  My  mom thinks she has a goofy look on her face, but I love this picture.

Chris and I on our ski trip.

My little sweetheart!

Throwing snowballs at Daddy!!!

The mountains...I did a little editing and made it look super cool!

This one needs explaining.  Chris and his friend Jared decided to do a photo shoot in some awesome sweaters (haha!) on our ski trip.  I took it upon myself to do some editing.  Goofy guys!!!

Macie let me curl her hair.  It looked so stinkin' cute!

My little hopper...she loves to jump!

Macie really likes to wear boots...especially my boots.

Macie Got 3 Goldfish!

This past weekend, Macie got to stay Friday AND Saturday at her Lolli and Pop Pop's house while Chris and I got a weekend to ourselves. She had a great time...she got to meet Santa Friday night and Saturday her Aunt Ashley brought 3 goldfish home for Miss Macie. I'm so glad she had a great time and here are a few pictures from her fun weekend:

(Sorry, cell phone pictures)

She was at the front of the group.

She got some princess lipgloss from Santa!

She wasn't crying...her Aunt Ashley said she was thinking about what she wants for Christmas.

Still with Santa!

She loves the lipgloss...she's playing with it here!!!

She likes to stare...really close!!!

Attitude, if I've ever seen one!

Just hanging out with her fish while watching her shows.

Testing My New Camera

I finally have a chance to sit and write a new entry! I'm almost through with this semester, YAY!!! This week I bought a new SLR camera and have had a chance to take a few pictures of my little cutie. I, by no means, am a pro and I'm not sure I ever will be but with this camera it sure makes me feel like I'm pretty close! I should have bought one before Macie was born, but these bad boys take a lot of funds to pay for. I know it will definitely be one of the best investments of my life and I can't wait to snap all of our memories through the years. Anyway, I've only had the camera two days but here are a few pictures I have had a chance to take:

"Hello, where are you?"

I love this one!

Little Miss Priss...she was having a great time posing for me!

Hey Mom!

She loved playing in this little play house at the park.

Our Halloween '09

Last year for Halloween (Macie's first), we didn't go trick-or-treating. Instead we went to Macie's Uncle Nick's football game and on the way, Chris hit a deer in my Tahoe. So, this time of year rolled around and all I could think of was that happening again! Well, I'm glad the night turned out a lot better this go-around. Macie had an absolute blast for her official "first Halloween"! Trick-or-treating just came natural for my little stinker. She looked adorable as a little kitty. We went to Meridian to meet my mom then headed to Clifton to meet my sister and her kiddos. From there we went downtown for a bit then headed back to Meridian for a stroll down Main and Bosque. The very last house we went to was Cole and Sonja Word's and they had a great little haunted house set up that Macie was pretty crazy about. Her fascination was mainly with a spider that dropped from the ceiling. What is pretty creepy is that I found a black widow in my car two days later...ick!!! Her new saying is, "PIDERS UCK!!" (Spiders yuck!) She's so funny. Anyway, here are some pictures from our Halloween adventure...

Macie with her Nana.

With favorite cousin, Hannah.

Dino-Noah. He'll be running around with the other kiddos next year!

The two again.

Mommy and Miss Mace.

This was the haunted house. Piders...UCK!!!

The end of the night. She was not ready to go home!