5 Months!!

That's right, little Miss Macy is 5 months old today! She has been such a good baby. She loves to smile and will for anyone she sees, which is totally different than Ellie was/is. :) She rolls over from front to back, but doesn't do it all of the time. She recently has started to like to play with toys, which makes me happy because it is something to keep her busy. She bears weight like a champ, which again is totally different than Ellie was. :) I love her so much and can't get enough of her. (I would love her even more if she could be consistent at night!) Anyway, I took some pictures of her today in the same outfit I put Ellie in when she was 5 months old and took a picture in the same spot. (I know I'm a nerd.) I love it because they are totally different, but still look like sisters. Macy was not as chubby and she is definitely lighter (as in color) than Ellie. She is my blue-eyed beauty!

Ellie is the first picture and the rest are of Macy.

How cute is her smile?

And I have to throw in a picture of Ellie because a miracle happened...she actually smiled for the camera!!

Halloween

I love Halloween! It is my older brother's birthday, so growing up my mom always through a Halloween bash for him/for all of us kids! Thanks Wes! :) I feel like I have to keep the tradition alive and make Halloween fun for my kids. Even though I didn't come CLOSE to making as great a party as my mom always did, I still had a great time and I think my little girls did too.

First, we got invited to a friend's party on Friday night. Ellie is of course Snow White and Macy was a banana for that night because my awesome/talented friend, Ashley, was making her costume. Ellie was a banana when she was Macy's age and I had to post their pictures side by side to see if you think they look alike. Macy is on the left, Ellie on the right.

I guess it is kind of hard to tell in the banana suit. :)

 

P.S. Ellie is the worst at taking pictures! Seriously, as soon as I pull out the camera she purposefully looks away! How rude! :)

Then on Saturday some family and friends came over for a little get together before we took the kids out trick-or-treating. This time Macy was a mermaid. How cute is this costume?! Ashley seriously whipped up this little number the night before. She is A-MAZING!! She didn't even have a pattern.

 

It had been raining on Saturday so I was worried that it would ruin our trick-or-treating plans, but luckily it stopped right before we left. It was still COLD, but the kids were brave and we had a lot of fun! Macy only lasted one house and then Greg took her back home. At first I thought he was being a great dad looking out for his little girl, but I'm pretty sure he really wanted to get back to watch some football. :) He still is a great dad. :)

Anyway, we had a great Halloween and I can't wait for next year!

I have to show this picture of Macy because I think it is cute. She was loving Marie. :)

3 Months!

Macy is going to be 3 months next week! I seriously cannot believe that. Where did the last 3 months go?? My awesome friend, Heather, offered to take some cute pictures of sweet little Macy. I love them! Thanks again Heather!!

I took Macy to her 2 month appointment last week and her were her stats...

Length: 24 1/4" - 95%

Weight: 11 lbs. 6 oz. - 50%

Head: 39.2 cm - 50%

She is such a sweet baby and I'm so grateful for that. As most of you know, I have a pretty demanding 2 year old. :) Macy is pretty patient (as far as a little baby goes) and will usually just hang out while I am taking care of/dealing with Ellie. Greg is back in school now so he is gone a lot at night, so it helps out a ton that Macy is pretty chill. We love her and are so grateful she is a part of our family!

My Little Beauties

My fabulous neighbor, Shannon(shannonhaddenphotography.blogspot.com), took Ellie’s 2 year pictures and Macy’s 2 week pictures for us. I LOVE how they turned out. Here are just a few of my favorites.

This picture below cracks me up. We tried really hard to get a picture of the two of them together. That is not an easy task with Ellie. She doesn’t mind having Macy around, but she doesn’t want to ever touch her and definitely doesn’t want to take pictures with her. Ellie looks like she is loving her little sister, but in reality she is smelling the flower on her headband. She was gone from this pose as soon as she finished smelling it. This is really the only shot we got of the two of the together. Next time…hopefully. :)

Thanks Shannon for taking such fabulous pictures!!

One Week…

Well it has been a week since Macy joined our family. So far things are going really great. We are just adjusting to having a new baby in our house and trying to get Ellie to like her little sister. :) Here are some pictures from the last week.

Ellie not wanting to be next to Macy.

My dad and Dawn made this beautiful cradle for us. I absolutely love it and love that all my babies will get to sleep in this.

Anyway, sorry for the picture overload, but Macy changes so much everyday!

She’s TWO

Ellie turned TWO on Friday!! I can’t believe that my little girl is two! She all of the sudden seems huge to me (maybe because Macy is so little?). Here are some pictures from her birthday. We celebrated on the 7th since I knew I would be in the hospital for her actual birthday.

This girl definitely likes to be clean. We tried to get her to dig in to her cupcake, but she would only use her one finger.

I hate this picture because I look ENORMOUS (it was 2 days before I delivered okay), but I had to get a family pic with her new bike that we bought for her birthday.

Here are pictures from her actual birthday. I love these pictures because Greg did Ellie’s hair since I was in the hospital. I don’t think I need to say any more. Bless his heart…

We love you Ellie girl!

Macy Kaye Andersen

Miss Macy is here!! We couldn’t be more excited to have her. I had a scheduled c-section yesterday, which was actually quite anti-climatic compared to Ellie’s birth. It was nice to not have to go through labor, but it made me a lot more nervous because I was totally aware of what was going on. Everything went well and Macy is perfectly healthy. She was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 20 inches long. I think she looks a lot like Ellie did, but then again she is only a day old so we will see how she actually turns out. Anyway, here are some pictures of our sweet little girl.

 

We’ll be taking a lot more pictures in the next few days so I will update this soon I promise! Hopefully we can get Ellie to take a picture with her…she isn’t too interested in her right now though.

The Little Walker

No, Ellie is not walking, but she is getting closer. She is 21 months old tomorrow! Her physical therapist dropped off a little walker this morning and Ellie has become a pro at it. It was really frustrating for her at first, but once she saw her cousin do it, she was all about it. Above is a picture of her with her walker and below is a video of her showing off her skills. Sorry my voice is annoying, but a mom has to get excited for her 21 month old that is finally walking, right?? (Please excuse her crazy hair and grungy look. Her hair goes into a fro if you don’t do anything with it. It was one of those days today.) My friend, Jill, said that I should put tennis balls on the back wheels to make it slide easier, just like her grandma's. What do you think? :)

Does this mean I get to use a handicap pass to park in handicap spots??

We Did It!

It is Ellie's third night without her paci and so far things are going way better than I thought they were going to! We threw them away Friday night and that first night was the hardest. She went to bed late because we were out at dinner. After I finished rocking her and singing to her I went to put her in her crib. She just looked at my with a really sad face and said, "Uh oh." I'm not going to lie, it broke my heart a little because I felt bad that I all of the sudden took away something she has had since the day she was born. I kissed her and closed the door and she screamed/cried for about 15-20 minutes until she finally gave up and fell asleep. We have a video monitor so I was watching her to see what she was doing. It was sad because she was laying there making the sucking face like she had her paci, but there was nothing there. Poor girl. Anyway, she slept great that night, but woke up at 6:30 the next morning. She usually gets up around 8:30, but I think she didn't know how to go to sleep without her pacifiers.
Later that day she went down without any problems and slept for about 2 1/2 hours! Hallelujah! That night she went down without a problem too and slept until 8! Her naptime is usually around 11:30, but we didn't get home from church today until about 2:15, so going down for her nap was hard because she was way overtired. She eventually gave up the screaming and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Puting her to bed tonight was no problem at all. I must admit that it is sort of freeing to not have to worry about knowing where her pacifiers are at all times. I hope things continue to go as well as they have been!
Next thing to work on...going/staying in nursery!!

T Minus 4 Days!

Thanks everyone for your input on the pacifier. We are going to do it on Saturday. Greg wanted to do it yesterday, but I told him I need him there to help me just in case things get really crazy. I'm letting you all know so that I won't back out. So, Saturday it is! I'll let you all know how it goes. Wish me luck! (Hopefully you are all right and it will be harder for me than it is for Ellie!)

I Need Some Ideas...

Ellie is about 20 months old and still uses that stupid green soothie pacifier the hospital gives you. I try to only give it to her in the car and for when she sleeps. She has to have two when she sleeps, one to suck on and one to rub against her eye...weird I know. Anyway, she recently has figured out that if she goes up to her room she can reach into her crib and get them. I am really sick of them and want to throw them away, but I'm SCARED TO DEATH to do it. That's how she puts herself to sleep and I'm afraid it will be disastrous if we take them away. Also, I would like her to be completely done with them by the time the baby gets here so she doesn't relapse with the babe's pacies. :) Greg really wants to do it, but I need a major pep talk/advice on how to do it. What have you done to take away the paci and was it a horrible experience? Tell the truth!

It's a...

GIRL!!!!!

We are going to have two little divas at our house! I was a little shocked at first, but I'm totally excited now. I love when little girls match and now I can't wait to match my two little girlies!!

Where to Begin?

So, I am the worst blogger, but I have a good excuse. I have been completely out of it for the past couple of months because I was SO sick with this baby. Thankfully, I am doing much better now. I’m starting to feel like I have my life back again! Another excuse is that I have THE WORLD’S SLOWEST COMPUTER!! Seriously I cannot stand my computer because it takes extra long to do everything. Finally, I decided enough was enough so now I’m using Greg’s computer…much better.

Well so much has happened in the past couple of months that I don’t even know where to begin. I’ve decided to post some pictures over the past couple of months because it is too overwhelming to try to write about everything.

So first things fist. HALLOWEEN. (Wow that is bad!) Ellie was a chicken and loved her costume. She wouldn’t cooperate with picture taking so this is the best we got. :)

Next, Disneyland!! We went right before Thanksgiving with Greg’s brother, Eric, his wife, Kailee, and their son, Brody. Here is Ellie and Brody chillin in the double stroller together.

And on to Christmas! My fabulous aunt, Shirl, invited Mark and Marie and Greg and I up to Idaho to spend Christmas with her family in a cozy cabin at Island Park. We had so much fun!    I love this picture because it was taken Christmas day after the kids had spent HOURS playing with all of their new stuff. I think it was around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and they are all still in their jammies!

We had a great Christmas with the Idaho Dyers! After Christmas my family came up to Utah for a few days to go skiing/snowboarding. It was so good to spend time with them. We wished Wes and Amber could have been there, but hopefully next time! I didn’t take too many pictures, but here is one of my dad, Ellie, and I watching everyone sledding.

And the last thing happened tonight. We went over to Mark and Marie’s for ice cream and the girls were going crazy! Here they are enjoying some yummy ice cream.  

Wow…that is the last few months in a nutshell. Hopefully I will be better about updating this…maybe that should be my New Year’s resolution. Is it too late for that?

Oh, we find out what we are having on Monday morning so stay tuned for that!