Still here

we made it through Christmas, and almost through 2010!! I can't believe it. Here's some randomness pics for the grandparents :)

Lucy and her BFF "Binky"

I don't know who this boy is :)

Cutie pie Lucy

hee hee....doesn't that just make you smile?

Cutie pie Jr.....she's getting some killer eyelashes too!!

Ok, this is helarious! I should have made this picture bigger so you all could get the full effect....check out macy and lane's expressions.....they're like little twins! goof balls

Ok, here ya go...macy's almost got the look down, she just needs to learn to stick her toungue out on command

I decided to take some more pictures of Macy in her blessing dress because we didn't get many good ones the day she was blessed.....

Such a beautiful girl!

and this is how Lucy entertained herself during our little photo shoot :) She loves the phone

Hangin out

forbidden territory

Our kitties got a little visitor the other day, and they weren't all that sure what to think about her!

The cats were a little scared of the chicken, but eventually got brave enough to go check her out. The chicken was fearless and owned the deck as far as she was concerned.

finally the cats just gave up and let the chicken be.

Did you notice the drool smudges in the above pictures from being taken through a nasty glass door??

This would explain those :)

This is one of Lucy's favorite places to be....watching whatever is going on outside....and begging to join whatever it is!

smiles!

Macy is smiling alot more these days, and i was finally able to get some pictures of it...I haven't been able to get the big happy smile yet, so just use your imagination :)

Blessing

We had Macy's blessing this past sunday! My mom made this beautiful little blessing dress for her, and she looked SO CUTE in it!! Thanks mom!!!! We got lots of compliments on it at church too!

I just love little babies dressed in white!!! We didn't get many pictures of her that day becuase church is always so crazy for us, and then we had friends over for dinner that night and Macy wasn't in the mood for pictures. So i'll have to dress her up again and take some more pictures....

Me and Macy hanging out that night.....

Our attempts at a family picture were futile that day...this was as good as it got :)

It was a fun day! I love baby blessings :) Lane was a little tired when we got home from church, but look at their fun christmas ties!!

3 munchies

i havent been able to get many pics of the three kids together, so this was exciting! How cute are they?? It's fun to see them all together! It's crazy how much they look alike. It looks like we'll be one of those families that you can see one of our kids by themselves and say, "yup, that's a Wood!"

I was looking at Macy one day and thought, wow....she's pretty big. So we decided to do a Macy-Lucy comparison on size

Macy 6 weeks

Lucy 1 yr
I didn't realize how much macy and lucy looked alike!

For that big of an age difference, Lucy's really not that much bigger.....kinda crazy...Either Lucy is a tiny 1 yr old or Macy is a monster 6 weeks old?

b-tend

meet frosty!

he came to visit our house yesterday.

lane was so excited ....but a little sad when he didn't come to life when we put his hat on!!

One of his favorite things to do these days is to "b-tend" (Pretend for those who aren't fluent in toddlerese)

It's so fun, and he's a good little b-tend-er...

our frosty has some sweet potatoe eyes....which may or may not be tragic if the birds discover and try to eat them!




here's a size comparison of how big our frosty is.....and here he is finally complete with "tophat" thanks to mama's beach bucket

6 weeks!

Macy turns 6 weeks old today! It's been a long month and a half, but has also gone by really quickly! So, I'll be honest. I'm REALLY glad that she's 6 weeks old, and i'll be even HAPPIER when 6 MORE weeks have gone by. Why? Because i'm terrified of newborns. Yes. I am......even after 3 of them. Why?? Becuase. I don't know! They are just scary to me, and fragile, and unpredictable. I love my newborns, don't get me wrong, but I just have this relief when they are about 3 months old, and smiling, and chunky, and happy.

And sleeping through the nights :)

Macy is growing SO FAST! She's getting thick and sturdy, and looks really long to me! She seems to be developing a lot like lane did.

She is starting to smile sometimes, but not very consistently...i can't wait till she is a full-on smiler, because when she DOES smile, it's big and happy and SO SO cute...

Macy is getting better at sleeping at nights, and she isn't nearly so fussy after she eats (yay for zantak and sensitive formula!!) She also isn't awake for 2-3 hours after she eats at night too which is happy for me.


Macy loves loves LOVES to be held. She would be a perfectly happy, angel baby if she were being held 24 hours a day. And I would probably gladly oblige if i didn't have a 1 year old (who ALSO loves to be held and is a bit more insistant than macy) and a 3 year old who wants to play....and wrestle :)

Macy also LOVES her binky.....it was probably a forced love, but it's her best friend nonetheless...

All in all she is a good baby. It is interesting and hard and fun all at the same time to have basically 3 babies. Hard, because.....well there's 3 of them!! Logistics alone is exausting, but emotionally and mentally hard becuase figuring out exactly what 3 different little minds, spirits, and personalities need to thrive at any given time is tough for me. They're all at different stages of development so keeping up with that and giving each the right challenges/help with things to learn and grow and be happy definately comes with a learning curve.

Fun: becuase the older two are learning to play better together and having fun interacting, and both of them are so spunky and fun and SMART!!! Scary smart sometimes, but I love it.....

Macy loves her big brother and looks for him when he talks. She calms down almost instantly if he sings to her or tells her stories. She is tolerant of Lucy at this point.....and doesn't freak out when Lucy is "teaching" Macy about her facial features...(i.e. poking her eyes out, and trying to pick her nose and put her fingers in her mouth) She's pretty mellow most times, but definately has a good set of lungs at others.

We do love her, and are SO happy that she has joined our family!

Catch up

Well here's some pics of Macy to cover her 0-6 weeks of life :)

She's changing so much! She's starting to look a lot like baby Lane to us...but she has her own look too. She's such a cutie and a sweet baby. I can't wait until she starts smiling a lot!!

I love this picture of Lane and Macy. It says "love" to me. Lane has been SUCH an amazing big brother. Of course he has his moments but he has LOTS of awesome moments that outweigh the crazy ones....

Today for example, I was trying to load all the kids in the car, and i was outside with Lucy. I came back in to Lane rocking Macy in her car seat so gently and talking to her and had totally calmed her down and she wasn't crying anymore.....it was so sweet....i love my little guy!

funny face

Floppy girl

me and my baby

my sister and macy. She came out to help us for a couple of weeks and it was AWESOME!!! we miss her :)

My Dr.......he's smiling so big becuase he's DONE with me being a patient....:) I was a little bit of a pain in the behind this go-round!! :)

my little pea

haha......the torture starts early in this household.....this was at Lucy's birthday party :)

sleeping beauty

I LOVE this outfit. Scott's mom got it for Macy and it's so sassy....i love it!

It starts young....