Pigtails

Okay so this picture of pigtails is not that great, but it is the only one I have captured so far. So as promised...



How about the ponytail... She is sitting in her Great Grandmother's (Young) little red chair. She LOVES it!

Carpooling

This is our first week carpooling from Ten Mile. Barbara is taking Maci & Parker in the mornings this week. I picked them up last night. Maci is a very jealous little girl. Last night I went to pick Parker up and load her up in the car seat and Maci about crawled up my leg to get me to hold her! But after we were loaded in the car all was fine. Maci talked and talked to Parker. Parker is the quietest baby ever and full of smiles! When we got to Parker's house I found out the Parker had fallen asleep at some point. I have no idea when because Maci talked to her the whole way. So apparently Maci doesn't require a lively crowd! They are too cute riding together. I will try to remeber to get a picture in the morning.

Did I mention that I get 15 minutes all to myself in the morning! Today I put away 3 baskets of clothes, finished the dishes, AND picked up all Maci's toys. Why I do that I don't know. She will just drag them all out again. It is just nice to come home and see the floor.

Sick Maci

This is Maci's first day back to Jeanne's. All week she has been running a fever, but not acting a bit sick. So who knows. Leah claims Maci gave her some terrible illness, but Maci did not whine near as much as I have heard from Leah!!

Since we were home I was able to catch a couple pictures. Here is one of them...

Doctor Visit - 15 month Check Up

We visited the doctor Monday. Maci weights 21 pounds 1 ounce which puts her in the 37th percentile. She is 30" tall or the 23rd percentile. Her head was 18 1/4 or the 66th percentile. We are going to continue the 2 steroid breathing treatments a day. And her Zyrtec allergy medicine. She is really congested. Dr. Burdin's goal is to keep her out of the hospital this year. We talked about getting a filter system for her to keep some of the allergens away from her at night. I am going to look for a room purification system. I have a friend coming to check out the furnace. I really don't want to spend anymore time at the hospital. NOT that hanging out with Grandma Jane everyday wasn't fun. We can arrange time with her without costing me an arm and a leg. Although, Maci was very spoiled and it was as enjoyable as a hospital visit could be! Maci did learn to like ice cream, cookies, and mashed potatoes while in the hospital. I guess Aunt Mary will have to make her King Arthur cookies and just bring them over to Maci at home this year! And Aunt Amy fixed Derek and I dinner one night - I am sure she wouldn't mind us coming over. Well, Uncle Paul will if we don't bring Maci with us!

I took some cute pictures of Maci last night on the porch. I will download those tonight. I just picked my comptuer up from the cabin. Still waiting on internet, but more post coming soon!

Happy Maci - Grumpy Mom

Well the good news is that Maci and I spent the weekend at the new house. We worked on it all weekend cleaning, arranging and STUFFING things in the unoccupied upstairs/storage unit! It is habitable, however, not organized enough for me. I think I might go nuts if I don't get stuff put away. I did get my closet, the kitchen, living room, and upstairs bath livable. We are using our extra fridge from our old house, and it was too big to fit in the kitchen. So our fridge in on the porch. Not real accessible, but usable! Maci and I have to go shopping for a microwave. I can't live without one. It takes way too much time to reheat her macaroni on the stove. Actually I am so spoiled, I didn't even think of it until Derek told me to just put in on the stove. Who knew you could use the stove to reheat!

With all that said. Maci was a SUPER girl all weekend. She played and played by herself while I worked away. The only time she really gets in the way is when you are using ANY form of water. The girl likes water. I was scrubbing the floors and she was mimicking me the whole time right in front of me. So not much cleaning accomplished. I would pretend to go back to unpacking something and sneak back over to clean after she had moved on to playing. This worked little bits at a time.

Maci was really into pretend playing this weekend. After I get above water, I will have to go get my old table in grandma's basement and the crib my parents saved from my play toys. She is going to LOVE them. This weekend she would sit on a little stool and use the end tables as her table.

I have to get a picture of her long hair. For the first time (okay first time I tried), I was able to put her hair in pigtails. It was too funny. And amazingly she left them alone.

Well, today we have a doctor's appointment. We will have an update on weight and height. Also, we get shots today. Her breathing has been acting up since Labor Day weekend. We spent the whole weekend outside and now I can't get her back to normal. Well normal for her. Derek is concerned about her feet, so we will find out if we need to go to the foot doctor. He thinks she is too flat footed. Update coming soon...

Maci is going to be a STAR!

Okay so maybe she is not going to be a star, however, a start on a college fund will be nice. The story goes...

There was a recall on Maci's carseat from evenflo. So I went to the website to verify the information. In the meantime I kept seeing all these ads for "Baby, You're a Star!" So, I entered her picture. Who knows if she will really win, but it is worth a shot! If she wins, she gets a $10,000 college scholarship.

So if you have time EVERYDAY to go enter a vote for Maci. Just click on the link to the left and it should take you right to the photo to vote. If not here photo id is 16435.