MaKieley's trip to the Alamo

MaKieley has been asking for a while to go and see the Alamo. We decided that on our trip this summer we were going to go and do just that.We started off at this cannon. It reads In Loving Memory of Warren Eugeen Boynton. Sergeant U.S. Army World War II This was an area where periodically a historian would come out and retell the events that lead up to the fall of the Alamo. MaKieley was a little bored by this so I took her picture to get her mind off of it. She just wanted to go and look at everything. She is more of a hands on learner than a listening learner.
This was a carved stone statue from Mission San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo). MaKieley wanted to know where it's head was.This was a acequia or irrigation ditch, part of the original acequia built to supply farms and the Mission San Antonio del Valero. We also made a stop in the gift shop and MaKieley wanted to pick out a coffee cup for Dangran. There were so many choices we wanted to be able to show him how hard the decision was for her. WELL apparently the gift shop is a no picture are too. I got in trouble for taking her picture!Marley had had about enough! She fell asleep just like this! I thought it would make a great picture for an ad campaign for Ozarka!Before we left my dad showed MaKieley a picture of me and my brother standing in front of the Alamo (in almost this exact place) so MaKieley was insistent that we do the same of her and Marley so she could show Dangran.After walking around the Alamo for a while we decided to make our way across the street to the Riverwalk and find some lunch. We ended up eating at The County Line (John's choice and his favorite). It was very good! What a fun day we had at the Alamo and the Riverwalk in San Antonio!

Greenbean kinda Girl

Marley loves greenbeans! She loves to suck them up! She is so funny when she eats them. She sucks them in and then chews them up and swallows! Then she claps for herself!
She has such a sweet smile and beautiful blue eyes!

Eating chicken and greenbeans makes a girl tired!

Sleeping Baby

I love to watch my babies sleep! They are so peaceful and relaxed! I just could not resist taking some pictures of Marley while she was sleeping.

Colter's BIG 1st Birthday

Today we had Colter's BIG 1st birthday party with all his little friends! There were a lot of people there! Everyone at hot dogs and chips andt then a cupcake!
Once again Colter let us know he did not like having icing all over him! He shook his hand to try and shake off the icing but it did not work! That stuff was stuck to him.

Colter received lots of neat gifts! I'm sure there will be plenty of hours of play at his house!

Sisters

My sweet girls' feet!

9 months Old

eating some finger foods

fast crawler

loves ducks and can say duck

trying to walk

loves to gives kisses and hugs

plays well on her own or with others

loves to jump

loves to drink from straws

wearing a size 1-2 diaper (a between size)

wearing some 0-3 month clothing (anything that is not pants) and 3-6 month clothing

is ok with wearing shoes but would rather go without them

she loves to help with the laundry

Our Sweet Colter's First Birthday!

Today our sweet Colter turned 1! Here are some

pictures from his first celebration.

Happy Birthday Aunt Lyric

Happy "24th" Birthday Aunt Lyric!

Yummy! Birthday cake is GREAT!

Marley is 8 months!

My sweet Marley is 8 months old! She is getting smarter and smarter everyday! I thought I would just list some things about her life as it is now.

- Marley is still wearing 0-3 clothing and moving into some of her 3-6 month clothing (particularly things that have long pants)
- She is still wearing a size 1 diaper

- She still loves all foods!

- She is doing great with finger foods!

- She loves to crawl around and is now pulling up on things and would like to just walk off (and often times tries to - but ends up falling)

- She loves her exersaucer - She loves to JUMP!!!! - She loves to clap and say the word YEA! while she is clapping

- She loves to talk and carry on conversations

- She is a joy to be around

How many Pacis?

Marley is a paci hog! She likes to have one for each hand and one in her mouth! As you can see she loves three! She like to play a game with them, it goes like this: She has one in her mouth and I have one in mine (there is a little piece on the back side that I can hold between my teeth). She takes the one out of my mouth and I then take the one out of her mouth. She places the new one in her mouth and I do the same. Then she takes the one I have in my mouth and I take the one she has in her's! This can go on for a VERY long time!

A New Stage

Marley is pulling up! She loves to walk (while holding our hands)! But I had been resting easy in the fact that she was not big enough to pull up and try on her own. Well in watching her today...she was pulling up and letting go! I think she thought she could walk away on her own! Not very cool! -said Mom! She is to tiny to be doing such things! I guess when you have so many people around you doing something that looks so cool you just want to try it yourself! I think this is what they call peer pressure! I think we are going to have to watch her closely as she gets older and is surrounded by other peer pressures that are not good for her!

Will Crawl for...

Mini Vanilla Waffers!

Marley would rather walk than crawl. But I have found a way to make her move! She loves mini vanilla waffers! So (John says like you would do for a dog) I put out a couple of her favorites and she moved her way right to them! Who would have guessed it!? She makes me smile! :)

Cool Contest

I heard from several friends (via their blogs) that there was a cool contest going on to win a digital picture frame! I have looked at these things and priced them until I am blue in the face knowing there is no way I am going to find the money for such a luxury! But winning one is ok ... right!? I think so! If you want to enter to win hurry over to 5 minutes for mom and enter to win! It will be fun! :)

Another Hap Birt!

Today is our sweet little nephew, Oliver's, Hap Birt! He is such a sweet & handsome little man!

HAPPY HAP BIRT OLLIE! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY! WE LOVE YOU!

Sister's Tea Party

Show me how this tea party thing goes.Oh! Is that how it works?I know how to do that! Watch!

I told you I knew how to do this.
Such a pro! :)

Another Gap

Well you guessed it! MaKieley is missing another tooth! What a production it was to get that thing out! The tooth has been loose since Marley was born (just a little then - and has become progressivley looser)! It has been so loose in the past couple of weeks that I was afraid it was going to fall out at school and be lost like the first one! I told her at the beginning of Spring Break that the tooth was coming out before she went back to school - it did not matter if I had to pull it or she pulled it!
TODAY WAS THE DAY!
Tomorrow she is to go back to school so after church I told her she had until 2pm to get it out herself but if it was not out at 2 either John or I were going to pull it. 2pm came and went and the tooth was still in her mouth. I had such a migraine and I was not sure I could do it but we made it through. She squealed and squalled and tried to make her self throw up and covered her mouth and put her head down and tried to get out of my lap and made every excuse she could think of! I'm sure you can see the pattern. I finally told her all I was going to do was put the dental floss around her tooth and then we would talk about what to do next. I guess she is like her mommy in that way! I want to talk before acting! I'm sure it drives John crazy most of the time! Anyway we put the floss around the tooth and then talked about how we were going to pull the tooth. MaKieley wanted me to pull the tooth but because I was feeling so sick to my stomach - due to my headache - I was not sure I could get through it. I motioned to John to stand behind MaKieley and for him to pull the floss. WELL he did and it popped right out into my lap! It was finally done! She screamed - in a high C my mom said - and then she was totally silent and asked if it came out. I showed it to her and she ran off to see her gap!
Such Drama! I'm told I caused drama very similar when I was her age!

Happy St. Patty's Day

We decided that during Spring Break we were going to have a movie night and show MaKieley {and Marley :)} some of the movies we watched as children. So we also used it as a St. Patrick's Day Celebration (of sorts). We rented Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins. MaKieley loved them both and already wants to watch them again! Marley sat and watched more than I expected her to but eventually fell asleep. It was a great family night! We do not get those enough!