First cuss word

We knew this was coming sooner or later as it does with pretty much all kids. Actually, I was pretty surprised it wasn't way sooner and way worse knowing Macy. I was vacuuming in the living room Sunday evening and, as she likes to do, Macy got out her little Dirt Devil to vacuum along with me. I guess it wasn't cooperating in going exactly where she wanted it to go and she was getting frustrated, so she busted out a "sh#$@!" Not once, but twice... just to make sure we heard it I guess since the vacuum was loud. Now I have to admit... even though that is one of those key moments where your kids are watching you to see how you react, it was really hard not to bust out laughing because she used it in the right context and everything! Then she lied when we asked her where she had heard that word... she said from her preschool teacher - right! So we had a talk and she got to spend some time on her bed thinking about it. Not sure how much good it did, she is a hard headed kid!

My baby is 1!

I know I'm a little late with this post, but life gets busy and this blogging thing can suck up a lot of time.... and well, sometimes going to bed just sounds better than getting on the computer!
Anyway, Holden officially turned 1 last Wednesday and we had his party the previous Sunday. It is truly amazing to me that it has already been a whole year since we were introduced to our baby boy.













Mommy put the cake a little too close and I grabbed a finger full!













The blue evidence is on his chin, but now he's dumbfounded at everyone staring at him and singing... as well as the flame of fire... hmmm.













On his new Lightening McQueen ride.


















Macy needed much more coaxing at this cake stuff than Holden, but I guess he's had more opportunities to practice than she did. He was practically dancing in his chair before I even gave him his cake, he loved diving right in!
Seriously, could he look any more innocent?













In heaven!!













Straight to the bathtub we went!

He is such a sweet, cuddly little guy, but is already starting to show an ornery side. He is the biggest momma's boy and starts to cry if mommy leaves his sight for even a second. Poor aunt Kathy is determined to be able to hold him without him crying even if bribery is necessary! This is all new to me as Macy was never much of a clingy child, but mommy doesn't mind.

He isn't walking just yet, but is doing everything else and getting into new things every day... such as unrolling the roll of toilet paper and splashing in the dog's water bowl, fun! He also likes to throw food down on the floor and watch the dog eat it. I figure that's a win/win.

At his 1 year check up he weighed in at 20lbs. 4oz. which I think they said was around the 14th percentile and he was 28.75" long. So.... he's growing, but he's still our little guy!

New photos

I braved it and took both kids to get their pictures taken a couple weekends ago. It was just about as crazy as I expected it to be. Thank goodness mom came along (thank you mom!!) to help out while we picked the photos to buy. But the good thing is that it's over with and well worth it.

The four year old...




































The almost one year old...






















































Bro and sis... while they still love each other!




































Practicing for the big day! (sorry in advance for hurting your neck, I can't get some of the pics rotated)

MORE Tales from the Toilet!

This first tale doesn't actually involved a toilet, unfortunately. On Sunday, Shanon and Brett spent the afternoon in our garage replacing the garage door opener and Macy was out there playing for awhile too. I was in the kitchen working on getting supper in the crock pot when Macy came in from the garage then headed directly out to the backyard. In a few minutes she came back inside and walked right up to me with a big grin on her face and exclaimed that she had just peed outside. It took me a second to process this, but once I did I immediately looked down at her pants and saw that they were soaking wet. She giggled with delight at my shocked reaction. I asked her why in the world she did that and she very proudly said she peed outside just like Brett!! So then we had to talk about how boys and girls are different (obviously, based on her pee soaked pants!). She was a little disappointed, but she still thought it was hilarious and proudly told Brett that she had peed outside just like him.

A couple evenings ago, I was getting stuff ready to give the kids a bath. After gathering pjs, lotion, diaper, etc. I returned to the bathroom and was just horrified when I saw Holden literally playing in the toilet water! I never even thought about him trying to do this let alone that he could actually reach it, but he proved me wrong by the looks of the mess he made on the seat. Thank goodness Macy had actually remembered to flush when she used it last!
Lesson #354: Keep the toilet lid down when not in use!