Macy, Macy

I was looking on my blog this last week and in the topics section I noticed that Davie's name is about twice the size of Macy's. At first, this made me feel bad because I know I have blogged so little since Macy was born and we finished school. After I thought about it for a while I realized that Davie has been around for two more years than Macy so it's probably not nearly as bad as I think. All the same I am more than willing to admit that I haven't documented her as well, at least on this blog. 

After this last week I feel it necessary to have a blog post about Little Miss Macy. Have I said she's a sass yet? Yeah she's a sass. This last week, Tuesday especially, Macy was literally trying to BREAK me. I can think of no better way to say it. Of course Tuesday was our anniversary so maybe she was just trying to wish us a happy anniversary in her own awful little way.

Macy has for quite some time been the most excellent little trouble maker around. From day one she had great motor skills, yes as a newborn. I literally just do not know how to describe her. I often find myself trying to decide why she is so difficult, but she truly knows how to get into everything, at any and every second, every turn all the time.

For example last September, she climbed out of her crib.... she was barely 18 months. All these toddler abilities for the most part are simply annoying and makes my daily little chores, like basic cleaning, difficult, but there are other times where it is a disaster.

She was running at Lowe's and wasn't looking forward, then she turned around and smacked into the edge of a long piece of gutter (like for the roof). This, injuries at Lowe's, has happened several times. Mostly falling because she was running too fast, but there have been several inattentive runs that have ended in her smashing her head/face into something. Ouch!

 Like drinks, she always seems to know where liquids are, she always seems to be thirsty AND about 90% of the time she spills said liquid everywhere. Sometimes on purpose. Regardless of whether everyone in the whole house is yelling "No Macy! Wait let us help you, you will spill!!" Just this morning in the time it took for me to pick Violet up (because she was crying) Macy had spill 80% of the contents of her cereal bowl. That was most likely on purpose.

It's frustrating because she's so adorable and I love her so much. All you moms know exactly I'm talking about SOOO much it almost hurts. Then she turns around and blatantly ignores everything I say. Repeatedly. I've definitely struggled with trying not to yell. I wish I could say I have it under control but between Davie and Macy someone's always in trouble. And no one listens when I talk in a normal voice. Mom life all the way.

Macy is probably the quintessential second child. A couple of weeks ago I remember looking outside while Davie and Macy were playing. Davie was messing with some sort of bug on the sidewalk and Macy came up behind him with a sand shovel in her hand. 

She tapped Davey on the head with the shovel and he didn't react then she did it again and again and again harder each time until Davie finally started crying. I really try my best to not get in the middle of every fight because I don't feel like that's realistic but also because there are so many of them at this age. I do genuinely feel bad for Davie because Macy is so rough and he really is a very good brother most of the time.

 He definitely instigates plenty, but Macy has bugging him down to an art. I can't remember which one of my parents said this but it's totally true Macy is a tormentor. I love her to death and she can be sweet as candy but she definitely struggles. What can I say?? Macy IS two.

Macy has been slow to talk not because she doesn't have the skills. She just straight up doesn't want to and for the longest time she had a very small vocabulary and most of it was commands like, go, stop, no, mine, shush, etc. A couple months ago she started adding animal noises as the animal names so instead of cat she would say meow instead of cow it's was moo. I think my favorite of all these sound titles is her little mermaid doll she sleeps with and all the little Ariel figurines she has. We've tried in vain to tell her it's Ariel or the little mermaid but she insist on calling it her ah-ahhh-ah (just like the little song Ariel sings when she gives her Voice away).

Macy and Ah-ah-ah

 Just a hot mess

Another thing she's been big on is frozen, not because we have encouraged it, she just decided she liked it one day. Macy always called Anna and Elsa- Anna. We couldn't get her to say Elsa, we knew she could but she would not until this last week she finally decided to say it! A couple of months ago I had bought her a pair of pajamas that had Elsa on it in hopes of bribing her into saying Elsa's name. Total no go. Then this last week I made a pudding cake and I got her to say Elsa without even fighting. It's funny because I had heard her kind of say it before I knew she could say "El" and I knew she could say "sah" but I could not get her to saw them together. It sounds a little more like El-tha but I'm just glad she is trying. She has since lived the last 4 days her new Elsa pajamas.

I definitely think the last week or so she's gained more confidence in her speech. David is the one who mentioned it first, and I agree, but I definitely think Macy gets self-conscious about not being able to say things correctly and then she won't try.

Now that we have a baby in the house she's always caring for her babies carting dolls or stuffed animals around, putting them down for nap and singing to them. I was a little worried she might be jealous just because she was more of a mommy's girl to start with but she's done really great since Violet arrived. I've been very impressed with both of my kids both times. They are great helpers.

She was always been our eater but has since traded that in for being a persnickety little two-year-old. Food staples like bananas, apples, strawberries, bread rice, chicken, tacos (you name it) are suddenly something she will no longer eat. Or she eats like a bird.

Macy loves books and hasn't really ruined any. She's gotten a lot better at snuggling, loves candy of all kinds, still working on potty training (not quite ready yet), has a funny OCD type way of cleaning occasionally (mainly wiping herself or other objects down with baby wipes).

She gets in these silly moods that put us all in stitches, usually its because she makes the funniest faces. She might be a stinker but she is ours and we love her to pieces!

Old News, New Baby

I wish it wasn't so, but this is not really "new" news because I have waited so long to blog about our newest addition coming in June.

 We are having baby #3 in June (and yes, I am due on my birthday) and it's going to be another girl! I am very excited because I don't have a sister and I always REALLY wanted one. And now Macy will have one! I don't think any of us thought we would have a girl. With all those Warden genes I was worried Macy might be our one and only.

  So we are very excited. While trying to get that perfect shot for my new Facebook cover photo I also captured several others of these two goons. 

They are adorable as always. Even if I had to take a fillion pictures to get the one I needed. 

It should also be said that Davie is not disappointed, he only knows what it's like to have a sister and I'd like to think he's still a little young to really care/know, I was trying to get him to make silly faces. 

I did my best to coax them both to stick their tongues out and it didn't really work. 

Davie is the only one who can follow directions. 

Close up

Aren't their little blue and pink outfits cute??

What did I say? Two goons.

Cheer guys!

They got a little distracted

Wow the cheesiness

Both cheering, but not in the picture frame....

both cheering, but Davie's face is covered...

and both cheering but Davie isn't smiling. Oh well they are still cute.

Macy is One

I LOVE these baby blues. There is so much to say about our Miss Macy. For starters, I'm pretty disappointed in how little I posted about her in her first year. The part that matters, to me at least, is that I did photograph her monthly.

This little gal is a spit fire. She has so much in common with Davie! She never stops, she gets really mad when you tell her no and she gets even more mad if you make her snuggle. 

This baby is an EATER! She out eats Davie almost everyday. She wants to try everything. Including dirt rocks, shoes and everything else she can get her hands on. I try to be a relaxed mom but when she is trying to eat, swallow and ultimately ingest everything she gets her hands on it makes life, for me, tougher. She's always got something in her mouth.

She has less hair then Davie did at this age, which makes my hairstylist self is sad. I mean I figured if I gave those little fuzzys on her head a year I'd be able to play with it. I can put her hair up in one little ponytail, but I don't do it very often because I'm worried it will break her soft baby hairs. 

Macy also loves to dance. It doesn't take much, just a moderately good beat. When I sing silly little songs she will dance to them. Her groovy baby moves never cease to entertain. She is so cute.

Unlike Davie Macy does show love more, not that Davie doesn't, but Macy does it without making us beg for it (haha). The week we were in Florida Macy learned/started to give these super sweet tiny baby hugs. So when we got home she greeted us with little baby hugs around our necks! Ohhh my! These little hugs are heart melting (her dads words), we are eating them up.

By using kiddy chairs, stools and pillows this little gal has learned she can climb to new heights to get what she wants. 

"Silly Mommy and Daddy, you can't keep things from me."

These pictures aren't as nice as Davie's, but the weather outside was yucky and our home here is not set up in a way that I would want pictures taken throughout their shared room or our disastrous (and also shared) bedroom.

  

Macy learned to walk on her own at about 11 months. She could have done it at 8 months, but thankfully she gave us a little more time to prepare for her mobility. 

She really doesn't say many words. She can say Mama, has for a little while, but she only really says it when I'm leaving her in her bed. Thanks for the guilt trip girlfriend, I see how it is. 

She also refuses to sign. Davie knew more words and signs by now then she does. I'd be worried but she is very calculating and I can tell she just doesn't want to. You can see it in her eyes! 

"Yes I'd like more stop doing that weird thing with your hands and give me some!"

Da, is another word she has added recently. Not Daddy, not dada, Da. She does say it to David so we are pretty sure she knows what it means. 

Speaking of Daddy. These two share a special love because of their food. It's pretty cute. Feeding Macy is so fun and easy so her daddy likes to enjoy meals with her. Just in case you were wondering, it's also very cute.

Macy LOVES to turn off the sound on the receiver, change inputs, turn the volume WAY up, or down when we watch movies. We thought she had stopped but this little habit has come back with vengeance this month. It is SOOO annoying! 

Macy loves baby dolls. She gets this super sweet happy smile on her face and hugs them.

There is something about electrical sockets and other chords that attract her. It makes me crazy because there are so many things nowadays that need to be charged and I can't just move them.

She has the bugging brother routine down. She will go up to Davie and decide she wants, no NEEDS, one toy he is playing with and swipe it. 

"Oh you wanted that? Oh well, it's mine now"

This tutu was a little big for her.

This bunny is from her great grandma and Macy is obsessed with it's ears. Usually she pays attention to anything with a face but she mostly loves the ears on this toy. 

Yummy bunny.

Macy has discovered the toilet. Ugh. This is not something we had to worry about with Davie. I think Davie played in it like once? Maybe twice. Macy got in it twice just last week. Yuck!

Eating a bow... I think?

We pierced her ears at her pediatricians office at 6 months. No regrets. I love the little earrings on her. They look so sweet, healed super fast and like I said the poor girl has so little hair I feel that the earrings make up for that a little. 

Just holding some baby toes

She LOVES to empty anything that is full of her diapers. If you come over to our house on a bad (meaning messy) day you will see clean diapers EVERY where. This also kind of drives us nuts. 

"You can't stop this!"

This little gal is so fast, I feel like a get this view quite often.

Folding her arms is another new trick she started this last month. 

Like all moms I find this irresistible and soooo sweet. As soon as my kids start wanting to pray or trying to be involved that's when my inner "I'm such a great mom!" shines. 

got to have some naked baby photos.

She is obsessed with taking off her socks. ALWAYS. I remember Davie taking his off, but he was not nearly as dedicated as she is. Maddening. I mean she wants to walk everywhere, but it's so cold that not having socks or shoes on is just not realistic. 

Putting a bow on. Fixing her hair at this time in her life requires me pinning her down to the ground with her arms at her sides and quickly pulling her hair into a single ponytail. 

If you look it's not really that she doesn't have hair per-say, or that it's not long enough. From her ear to her front hair line, there's just baby fuzz that refuses to grow and meet the other hair she has managed to grow. Poor girl has inherited her mother and father's super deep hairlines :(

But that tiny little pony sure is cute.

Like I said she must attempt to eat anything she finds.

When she was about 5 months she started sticking her tongue out ALL the time. She still does it. 

A good tongue hanging out smile is always cute.

She really wanted that camera.

As of this photo shoot she had no teeth. She has two and is cutting a third right now. That beats Davie by 2 months.

She also didn't want to pose or stay where we wanted her to (the light was best in this part of the room).

I love my baby.

This girl LOVES the stairs. Thank goodness for baby gates. 

She likes to shake her head while she holds onto the railing. This has lead to some tears and bumps on her baby head.

See me climbing up the railing ma??!

She always goes down facing forward (insert scared mom face). We've tried to teach her the bum first method, but she doesn't care. 

Face first is how I roll.

I decided to end this post with her funny little crouched on the stairs pic. Some times she will just hang out on the stairs like this. Looks relaxing enough right?? Anyways we love this little girl and all her trouble. She is so much more determined then Davie ever was and while it's tough to cage her in our tiny apartment we know it will serve her well one day. 

We love you Macy.