Saturday, January 31, 2009

Just a bowl and a wooden spoon...

I had used this bowl and spoon for my sharing time in primary and when I was cleaning out my church bag I decided to see if he wanted to play with it instead of me putting it away. He ended up playing with it the entire day and didn't touch any other toy, except maybe a few books. He had so much fun with it, as you can see from the pictures.















This is one of my favorites! What a fun, happy little guy!



My RED HEAD!

cute, silly and random...seriously!

Mac loves drinking water out of his water bottle. And he loves water! Every once in awhile I catch him doing this.

This boy hates cuddling, but loves comfy. He loves to roll around on the couch or on a blanket and sometimes he will even pull the pillows off the couch and do this. I thought that this was pretty funny because he was just laying there spinning the wheels on his dump truck.

He loves books and as you can tell he had them all out of the basket this day. He loves picture books, especially when there are trucks in them.


He is really strong and loves to move the furniture around. He moves this chair around all the time. The table will sometimes get caught on the chair taking it with him. They both should be on the other side of the step stool against the wall.


Just looking cute with crackers all over his face.


He loves Graham-crackers! He loves to have a whole piece and take bites off of it. What a big boy.


These were new pants, size 18 months. A little big before I washed them. I looked over at him, standing in his favorite spot, looking just like this. He didn't even notice.


He loves to love on his bunny. He gives it hugs all the time. Here he is pointing to his eye.


He is always standing like this.


He loves to get into bags. He had fun playing with Daddy's new OSU cooler he got for his birthday. Then he spent alot of time trying to pick it up and carry it. He is always getting into his diaper bag and pulling everything out of it.


He loves his Daddy, seriously!


Here he looks like he is just playing around, but he was actually throwing a fit about something, I don't remember about what.


He was really proud of himself, squeezing into this space that I have purposefully blocked off so that he can't play with the blinds. What a stinker!


Love the face he is making!


Not sure why, but this picture make me chuckle! Love this boy!


He really is a crack up and always making us laugh!


Thursday, January 29, 2009

A few things Mac...

I just need to get a few things down that Mac is doing (or isn't).
He started walking last week, and this week has completely refused to walk on his own.
He has all of a sudden started doing a few animal sounds:
horse: neah (sp?)
sheep: baa
cow: moo
dog: grunt/bark sound
he is saying a few two word phrases (and uses them correctly):
Thank you
All done
He is a good mimicker so he has said and does say a ton of words.
New ones I can think of are:
bu (book)
wa (water-signs it at the same time)
mo (more-signs at the same time)
bir (bird-signs at the same time)
doddy (doggy)
be'ee (benny-grandma & grandpa W's dog)
bebe (baby)
ball (can sign it also)
no
boo (peekaboo)
bune (balloon):
we hadnt talked about balloons for a couple of weeks and we walked into a store the other day and he pointed up and said "bune". I was stunned!
(I am sure there are more)
This kid loves music and loves to dance. He has this whole foot stomping thing going on sometimes and it is too funny.
He knows exactly when to say amen in a prayer, and will say it before we do.
When we ask him if he wants to brush his teeth, he sticks his fingers in his mouth and moves it back and forth.
He has started a new thing where he will rest the side of his head or face up against something when he wants to give it loves. He was doing it to the dogs in his book today. So cute!

I will add more as I think of them.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Mac and his Grandpa!











Sunday, January 25, 2009

"How To Make a Mess!" guest blogger:Mac

Mac asked me the other day if he could have his very own post on my blog.
Mom: Sure, what do you want to post about?
Mac: Well I am really good at making messes, maybe I should teach everyone how to make a mess and look so cute that your mom won't get mad at you.
Mom: Well, you are very good at that. I would like to know how you do that too. I would also like to know where you learned that from.
Mac whispers: I can't tell you, but his name starts with "D" and ends with "ad".
Mom: Oh, I should have known. Ok, where do we start?
Mac: You can take pictures of me when you catch me making a mess.
Mom: Well, do you promise to clean up after yourself when you are done?
Mac: Sure! (with a little chuckle under his breath)

Step 1: After you sneak the bag of goodies out your diaper bag. Sit there all cute and eat what ever yummy snacks your mom packed for you that day. Pretend that you really like what you are eating so she won't think that you really just want to empty the bag out on the floor.

Step 2: When she goes back to the kitchen to finish dinner because she figures that you won't make a mess, because it is all too yummy to throw on the floor, this is when you dump your goodies on the floor.

Step 3: Then you play fun games with the food all over the floor like fish hockey. That is where you sweep your hand back and forth until all the goldfishy are spread out all around you. Your mom may actually like this, because it looks like you are cleaning one spot on the floor, and she may think that you are helping.


step 4: act like the cat (that we don't have) double-dog-dared you and you couldn't back down. Then when your mom puts you on the other side of the room so she can clean it back up, make sure you go back and help her by spreading it out more. She will really like that.
by Mac
Thanks Mac for your fantastic demonstration of how to make a mess and not get into trouble. It made mommy laugh. And by the way, you are grounded until you are 19 for not cleaning up after yourself like you said you would.
Love you sweet, cute boy!
Mommy

Friday, January 23, 2009

my day...!

my sweet boy!

THIS IS HOW MY DAY WENT!


i wake up with a killer headache.


Mac wakes up at 6:30 (that's an improvement from yesterday's 4:00 wake-up scream until 5, finally get him up and feeling bad because he was soaked through from a not so good diaper.)


he is super honory(sp?) and cranky the entire morning.


Mac goes down for nap at 9:15 and only sleeps a half hour.


make apple crisp and make the mistake of putting the apple peals down the ancient garbage disposal.


have a VERY clogged sink.


parents show up at 11ish with both Mac and I still in our P.J.s


I still have a headache and a very cranky son.


my parents try to talk us into going out to lunch.


I decline because of headache and not wanting to deal with cranky son at a restaurant.


Mac finally has just had it (as did I) and laid him down for another nap.


my parents try to help me with clogged sink.


we also find a pool of water under the sink.


my mom cleans it up for me, thanks!


my parents leave for lunch.


I take some medicine and try to lay down and sleep, only made it worse.


Mac thankfully slept for his usually 1.5 hour nap.


Mac wakes up a much happier baby, but very clingy.


I still have headache.


parents come back with a bucket for the leaky, ancient garbage disposal.


parents play with Mac.


headache is finally gone.


sink still clogged.


parents leave.


I talk to the idiot who does the maintenance and who owns the management company.


I tell him I want a new garbage disposal because this isn't the first time we have had problems with it.


When I tell him the problems we have with it, he tells ME how to fix it.


I am miffed!


He said he will talk to owner about new disposal and will get back to me next week.


mean while he told me to just keep working on the sink and tighten the pipes, THANKS!


(side note on idiot: every time he comes to fix something which has only been about 3 times, he makes me feel like I should have figured out how to fix it myself, then he will usually to a crappy job at fixing what ever it was and then I have to have my dad or Hubs redo it. Lovely!)


later I go and look under the sink to find out that the leak was not really where we thought it was and there is another pool under there.


I pull everything out from under the sink and clean up water, and move the bucket.


Hubs comes home to both of us still in our P.J.s, house a mess, and no dinner made.
and I have to talk him into helping fix the sink.


he ends up taking the pipes apart and finding the clog and cleaning it out and trying to put the pipes back to together so they wont leak anymore.


meanwhile I am trying to fill the stomach of the bottom-less pit I have for a son.


while he decides that he is done and starts throwing his food on the floor in hand fulls.


only to get down telling me he wants to eat more.
sink is no longer clogged.
house and kitchen are a disaster.


and somehow through out the day I was able to completely prepare my class lesson for Primary and gather everything I need for sharing time, and redoing the baby announcement I made for my friend to use.


I am exhausted!


How about you?

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Great-Grandpa C

This is Mac's Great-Grandpa C. This wonderful man is where Hubs got his middle name, which is where Mac got his middle name.
We were lucky enough to make a trip down (2.5 hours) to visit him with Hubs's mom, Saturday. It was such a wonderful trip and a wonderful visit. I was able to get another 4 generation picture, and a picture of the 3 C's. It was also Mac and Grandpa C's first time meeting each other.
These pictures bring more joy than I could possibly tell you.
This first picture is my favorite, because of how bright blue both of their eyes are.