Happy Early Birthday!

Maci had her 1st Birthday Party this last weekend, even though she doesn't turn officially a year old until this Friday. She had a great time. The next day she slept for 6 hours between 2 naps! She was worn out.
As you can see, she had her own cake to dabble in - I really thought she would be messier than she was. I also made homemade ice cream. Maci really didn't eat ice cream that day, but she had been testing the leftovers!
She opened lots of presents. She had enough toys before the party, but she loves all the new ones. Her uncle Dan bought her the noisy toys! Her aunt Chris bought her a tricycle and she thinks she is big stuff on it.

POPO Partying

Lost: Binky

So Maci is a particular baby sometimes. She only likes one kind of Binky aka pacifier. We have purchased several of them. Along the way we have lost all, but one blue Binky. I decided not to purchases additional ones as when we we lost the blue Binky we would be done with them. Well that day came two days ago. She had it at Jeanne's then when we headed home I forgot to get it. We made it through the night, and really wasn't a bad night. The next day I asked about it, and Jeanne thought she had it outside in the play yard. So they looked for it yesterday. IT IS LOST! However, she made it through last night too. So I guess all that worrying I did thinking it was going to be SO hard to get her to give it up - time wasted! I could have had one less gray hair!

We are gearing up for her birthday party this weekend. If anyone is in town, come on by for a little sugar!

Fruit

Last night Maci decided she likes fruit. She ate dried apples. She also ate grapes. She is quite the eater. She had supper with us. And then for her snack before bed she ate a nutrigrain bar (the whole thing), 4 grapes, 2 cheezits, and a handful of dried apples. So far she has not liked juice either. She just drinks formula and water. So maybe now she will like juice. As long as I keep food in front of her - I can get lots done! While she was chowing down, I started a load of laundry, cleaned the floor, & put away a load of laundry. It was great!

My first strawberry!

Maci had a BIG weekend. Saturday she visited Aunt Laurele in the hospital at Macon. We didn't stay long, but long enough for Aunt Laurele to tell us to get moved in to their farm house. AND how to wash the curtains when we got there. Oh and which bedrooms she suggested we live in with the seasons.

Then we stopped by Grandma Dunham's. Maci was famished after all the socializing. She joined Grandma having tuna fish and green beans. She is a big fan of Grandma's homeade bread.

Then it was off to Lisa Leather's wedding in Edina, MO. Mom and I stopped for a bite to eat in Kirksville prior to the wedding. Maci of course had to sample our dinner. We made it through the wedding. I asked Susan afterwards if she could hear Maci singing. Thank goodness she could NOT! We sat WAY in the back. After the wedding we stopped for ice cream, Maci enjoyed ALOT of it!

Yesterday we planted our garden. The neighbor, Tina, tilled and tilled and tilled some more. For our first break we headed to town for some needed supplies. Then it was off to Aunt Mary's for additional plants. She gave us a medley of plants. I thought Tina and I listed very carefully, however, we forgot what several of the plants were once we got home. We planted them all. My theory was if they turned out to be a flower instead of a garden item - I will move it then! While we were visiting Aunt Mary, Maci tried her FIRST EVER strawberry. We searched the patch for the reddest berry we could find. At first she was not real keen on it. But she did end up eating it. She has to like strawberries or she is not my child!

She ended the evening eating her spaghetti. I should have taken pictures. She was covered head to toe. I gave her a bath and had to empty the tub twice because the water was DIRTY!

Another Night of Sleep

Maci slept through the night again! We are setting records...

Maci's favorite food seems to be Macaroni & Cheese with a side of broccoli. I think that is very similar to Max's favorite...except switch the broccoli with peas! Maci has never had peas with hers, so it might be the same.

The waters are still very high. We took a trip to check out the creeks tonight. They are flooding the fields. The little corn plants barely stick up above the water. I don't know if they will ever get beans in the ground! Rain is in the forecast all week.

Cinco de Mayo

Last night Maci slept in her own bed for 7 hours! And I got my first good sleep since she was born. We will be moving her crib back soon. Before she would never stay in it, but last night she was exhausted so she made it all night. We had a busy day yesterday! She celebrated Cinco de Mayo with Great Grandma & Grandpa Young at their house. We really went down to help them mow their yard. However, the yard was too wet for mowing. Derek did get to weedeat. Maci played and played, and only took a short nap.

It is a very stormy day today. We drove back up to the cabin and it poured buckets on us. All the water levels are very high, and flooded in some spots.

Maci has been climbing all over EVERYTHING, and emptying any cabinet, drawer, basket, or bag she can get her hands on. Today, she kept emptying the cabinets before I could get the last one she had been in put back together. She also has been climbing stairs. She hasn't quite figured out the backing down yet, and has had a couple tumbles. I tried to teach her how to scoot down them, but she is very independent and wasn't ready to learn from me yet.

Undressing Myself!

Yesterday I showed up to Jeanne's house and Maci didn't have her shirt on. I asked if she had something on it ... NO she did not. Jeanne said she undresses herself now. She had been running around in her diaper most of the day. So now she can undress herself, I need to work on her dressing herself! And I thought her new trick was going to be walking. She does stand on her own now, but no steps taken yet...