Summer is finally here in Colorado. We've had the rainiest May. It's in the record books. So, now everything is green and blooming, which is wonderful. Now, it's time for the warm weather. Yesterday was really our first summer day....and today is 90 degrees. That means it's 82 degrees in my house. I hate to turn on the A/C this early, because I love to have the windows open the the fresh breeze blowing in, but it is stifling in Macy's room. It took her over an hour to fall asleep this afternoon.
Here are some of her activities over the past couple of weeks.

Kevin has been building a playset/swingset for Macy. It is coming along quite nicely. We need swings and some sort of ladder, and she'll be set. Then a BIG sandbox around the whole thing.

Giving Diesel a much needed drink.
I love these ponies.
Snuggling in to Diesel before bed.
Helping mama water the flowers. Macy loves to help and she LOVES the water. Time for the pool. I hope she likes it.

So much......

So much has happened (in our small little world) in the past few weeks. So, bear with me as I post alot of pictures. I know you're disappointed with that :)
Kevin's birthday was last week, and Macy and I (with grandma and papa) took him to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. As you can see, we had to bundle up, and it rained mostly the whole game. It was in the afternoon, which meant Macy needed a nap. There was way too much going on in the stands for her to try and sleep in my arms, so she and I went out to the car and made a makeshift "bed" in the back of the car. She slept for a little bit, which was enough to keep us going for the rest of the game and out for dinner.

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My sweet sweet girl
Snuggling up to daddy
Macy's hair has been growing in pretty quickly now. We can get 2 ponies in the back too.
Macy is in LOVE with stickers.....even from the banana :) and she loves the feeling of having them on her face. She'll leave them there all afternoon.
Macy brought her little step stool and put it up on the couch all by herself. And then.....

....we discovered we have a dare devil on our hands (one that has very good balance).
Her little "house" we got at the World's Largest Garage Sale last weekend.

She was helping me make applesauce this morning.

Here she is putting her baby "night night". She took all the dish clothes out of the drawer and those were her blankets for her baby.

Hope you enjoyed catching up.

Mothers Day

Kevin bought Macy a ladybug bubble machine. She LOVES it (to say the least).

Pure Love

How can you have such pure love for a child? I didn't know this feeling until I had Macy. It's amazing what a child can do for your spirit. Macy is such a sweet child, and just filled with energy and pure life. It is such a gift to be her mother and to watch her grow and learn new things. She is like a little sponge that just soaks up every little moment.

Macy loves wearing her little tutu.

We got a little water toy for Macy. She loves splashing around and making a mess.
Of course as soon as we put it together and got her outside with it, the sun went away and in rolled the thunderclouds (notice in the background), and the wind.
She was not happy to come back inside.

Macy's new hat

My sweet

Here is one of her swings from her new swing set. It is sitting on the ground while we do some work on the swing set to get it up and running.

Easter Pics

So, as promised, here are some Easter Pictures.




Macy's shoes were like Dorothy's except Macy's were a creamy white color...and of course SPARKLED!!!

Back in the swing of things

Thankfully, my sweet little one has turned a corner and is feeling better. There are still sores in her mouth, that bleed sometimes, but for the most part she has been happy, smiling, and playing like normal. She has had a good few days, for which I am very grateful.

We had a good Easter with family and some pictures will follow. ( I forgot my camera, so pictures are on other cameras that I need to get a hold of). Here is a cute video of Macy doing what she does. She has started singing Twinkle Twinkle, Rock a bye baby, and saying some phrases of nursery rhymes. It has been so fun to watch her grow and blossom lately.

Oh so sick

So, my sweet little Macy.....who is usually happy, smiling, giggling and talking up a storm has not been that way for over a week now.
Starting last Monday, the 11th, she woke up with a fever of 102. That was the start of the most horrible week we've had in a LONG time. She was lethargic, didn't want to eat anything, fussy, and crying pretty much the whole day and just needy.
She wanted to be picked up, then she wanted down, she wanted a bite, and then she'd spit it out. Nothing was right. And anything Kevin and I tried just made her mad. We'd put her in the bath in the middle of the day, which would help for a while, then she'd want out of the bath (NOW) and then the fussy mad time would continue. We actually were only able to get her to eat a pancake one morning......while she was in the bathtub.

Needless to say, she was feeling awful, and Kevin and I were miserable because we couldn't help her.

We took her to her pediatrician on Monday, and he told us she has Coxsackie Virus (Hand/Foot/Mouth Disease). Although she didn't have any sores on her hands or feet, her mouth was filled with sores and her gums were bright red. No wonder she hasn't been eating anything.

Since it's a virus, there is nothing we can do about it. He said usually it runs its course in 7-10 days. By Monday we were at day 7.

Well, today is Wednesday, and thankfully she looks like she might be on the downhill slide of things. Actually eating things periodically, and Ibuprofen is helping. No fever since Monday night, so we might be ok.

Please pray this ends soon. We want our smiley, happy, fun little one back.
p.s. we finally have enough hair for pony tails. She actually leaves them alone and asks for "two pony tails" in the morning when she wakes up. Too sweet.