My Big Girl

I can't imagine that 5 years have flown by and my baby has started Kindergarten. It is Wednesday and I am still crying! Although I am thankful that I am the one crying and not Madison. She is really enjoying school. She really likes her teacher and has already made some little friends! Here are a couple of pictures of the week.

Macy- 11 months!

Here is our little Macy Grace in her 11th month!

A Busy Summer

The summer is coming to a close and it has gone by much too fast. I am finding that I am SO sad for school to start. I really enjoy slow mornings with the kids and us all being together. We have had a couple of slow weeks here to recover from a busy July and I am very thankful! July started off with a drive to Houston after our AC died :) and then we packed up and headed to Albuquerque for a few days to visit my Aunts and Uncle. It was such a fun visit for me and for the kids. So fun in fact, that I forgot to take a single picture while were were there. After that we headed up to Ft. Collins for staff training. We got to stay with Greg and Danica on our way to New Mexico. To say that the kids had fun there would be an understatement! Max and Madison and Brennan must have run 50 laps around the house in these outfits! It was so fun and refreshing to reconnect, even if it was just for a night! In Ft. Collins we lived with Dave and Megan and their three kids! It was a blast! Our kids were so happy to have 24 hour a day playmates and living life with friends for 10 days did my heart good! Brennan found the true boy inside on a little hike we took one day! One of the other MAJOR! highlights from the summer was getting to see Cheryl and Lena who have been here in the states this summer. on our way home we took a quick little tour of The Garden of the Gods. And on our way to and from training, we stayed on Co. Springs with the Josts and thanks to their planning we got to see all sorts of fun friend like the Vincents and Thad. And, with Tom, Trisha and Thad as our witnesses, Macy started to crawl!! Thanks for rejoicing with us that night guys!!! SO, while July was rich with fellowship, it was in some ways bittersweet. We are thankful for where the Lord has us, but we deeply miss our friends. We are choosing to be full of gratitude for the times we are able to be together, and praying that there will be more times together soon

Macy gets a bath in the sink at Nana and Papa's.
Nana and Macy taking a little walk.

On the way to Houston we stopped in Brenham at the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory for a tour. I have never seen so much ice cream in my life...and at the end of the tour they give you a BIG scoop of ice cream :)

The girls are in a little window where the stores have matching clothes in both sizes, so we are having fun with it.

4th of July Fun!

We had a great July 4th in Houston with my family. We enjoyed the neighborhood parade and the fireworks at the Church. On Sunday, Madison asked if I could leave her and Brennan there and let Nana and Papa bring them back to Austin in a week.

10 Months

My mom took these pictures of Macy when we were in Houston this last week. I really can't believe she is 10 months old. She is still not crawling, and of course I am worried, but she does scoot along in a sitting position - maybe that is her way of crawling. She is a hoot...she loves attention. She likes to be dramatic and lay face down on her high chair tray, she loves to feed me, but won't eat what I have made until she has smelled it and taken the tiniest little taste, and she makes the funniest face scrunching up her nose (one day I will capture it on film). And, the faster I can push her in a stroller or cart, the harder she laughs!

Macy is 9 months

Here are a few recent pictures of Miss Macy. She is getting more opinionated and loud- so cute. This is such a fun age. She is not crawling - which has me half thrilled and half worried! The doctor is not concerned - yet - since her fine motor skills and social skills are fine. But we are working on getting her to move.

LIP SMACKIN' GOOD!!!!

As I mentioned before Macy is a picky eater, but when she likes something she really likes it!!! I am not a great cook, and quite honestly I really don't enjoy preparing food...so this latest little stage with Macy really delights me!!!
On another food note...I think that Brennan is able to digest goat's milk (he can't eat cow's...and sadly, neither can I after three pregnancies- strange what the body does)so I started him on goat yogurt, but it is way too expensive...so I bought a yogurt maker (after killing 4 batches of yogurt without it) and we have been making our own yogurt(cow and goat). Yesterday morning I felt so satisfied as I watched all three of the kids eat their homemade yogurt-and they all liked it -a small miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swim Lessons, Soccer and Just Silly

It hasn't even been a year and I have already slacked off with monthly pictures of Macy. I did get 7 month pictures, but I can't seem to find them. So, I have just added some cute ones from the last couple of months. We have finally, after 8 months gotten in a relatively good routine. Macy sleeps well at night, but her naps are still a bit touch and go, although most days she is getting two pretty good ones, but usually with a little bit of a fight. She is enjoying her solid foods, but it makes me laugh b/c she is already quite finicky. She often turns her nose up to my homemade baby food and opts for the organic jar food...a bit of a baby food snob! Other than that, she is all smiles and delights us every day!

Bye Bye training wheels

Maddie learned to ride her bike without training wheels!!

Time for an Update

It has been a busy couple of months. Here are just a few of the highlights. And, just overlook the repeated pictures that are under the wrong headings...I am out of time so this will have to do!
Madison lost her first...TEETH. That's right. Not one tooth, but two within a couple of days. And one of her adult teeth is on it's way in. I may be silly, but the loss of those baby teeth was very emotional for me!


We had a wonderful ten days with Grandma Rozzie when she came up from Mexico for a visit.>




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Macy turned 6 months (and now 7 - but I am catching up :) )



Mike and Madison went to a father/daughter dance! And, yes, Brennan did get dressed up for the occasion! :)