Utah Trip

we went to Utah for my brother in laws wedding. It was a lot of fun. We spent a week in a nice resort in Midway. It was beautiful and so much fun hanging out with all of the in-laws. Traveling with a baby was quite the experience. They lost our car seat at the airport, but luckily it was found and made it to Salt Lake when we needed it. Macie did great on the plane and I had to be brave and breast feed on the plane and at the airport in a restaurant. I'm getting pretty good at using the Hooter Hider! :)

Bryce threw up the day of the wedding/blessing. He actually threw up in the Salt lake temple, but luckily he made it to a garbage can. It was hard to see him throw up....I just cried. Man am I pathetic!! :) He made it through Macie's blessing, but just barely. Not quite how I imagined it, but it was nice. A lot of my in-laws were there. It meant a lot to us.

Macie is getting so big! She's been hurting a lot lately and we assumed it was colic, but I brought her to the doctors and they said it might be reflux. She had to get a cathader put in to get a urine sample and while they were holding her legs up to get the cathader in, she pooped all over the nurses (twice). It was awesome! It squirt like 4 feet! :) The nurse said it was the first time in 21 years that that had happened. GO MACIE!! :) They found out she has a Urinary Tract Infection on top of whatever else she might have. So they gave her 2 shots in her thighs of an antibiotic and after that she was so happy. She had to go back today to get 2 more shots and once again she's happy. I love seeing her happy and feeling good. Hopefully we'll be able to catch up on our sleep now. :)

Bryce and I are both working and taking turns watching Macie. It's nice to be back at work, but i really miss my little girl while I'm gone. I am with her alone from 7:00 a.m. till' around 3 or 4 while Bryce is at work and it's pretty rough when she's hurting and fussy all day so hopefully the meds she was prescribed do the trick.

Kyra's visit

Kyra came and visited us last week. It was so nice having her. It was my Parent's Mother's Day present to both of us. It's always hard when company leaves and it's back to just Bryce and I watching little Macie...it's quite exhausting lately. She still has her days and nights mixed up which makes for a LOOONNNNGGG night! There sure are some good info-mercials at all hours of the night though. :)

My sister took these pictures of Macie and I...I love them. She's getting so big. She is quite the eater. She's already 12 lbs....she's gained a pound a week! She's got so much personality....I love it. She smiles lots and is a really happy baby. We are lucky to have her.

new pictures- Macie at 1 week

Macie McKay Hannibal

Little Macie has arrived and we couldn't be happier. She is a beautiful, happy little girl who already has so much personality. Delivery went pretty well...here's a brief summary...

• Arrived at hospital to get induced April 16th at 5:00 a.m.
• Had 3 different nurses attempt to get the I.V. in....SO painful....3rd time was a success
• Started on pitocin
• My Dr. came, checked me...i was at a four, so he broke my water
• Immediately after I had these intense contractions one on top of the other
• After about 20 min. of this I asked for an epidural...anesthesiologist arrived and gave me one 20 LONG miserable minutes later.
• My nurse checked me immediately after epidural...i was at a 10
• So basically I went without drugs through the worst part, but it was still nice being numb for the pushing and getting stitched up. :)
• Pushed for about 30 minutes and little Macie was here.....I bawled for about 20 minutes

So that's it...we spent 3 days in the hospital and came home. It's so nice being home. she's much more calm and it's nice getting in a routine. She's a night girl. She's up all night it seems and sleeps most of the day. She smiles all the time and today she laughed....I couldn't believe it. She has a really tight grip and loves to dirty herself as soon as we changer her diaper. This is quite the adjustment, but we are so in love with this little girl!

Our new kitty....PATCHES!!

me and patches watching t.v. :)

So I was going for a walk and this cute little kitty came rubbing against my leg...no color and too skinny. So I got some food and brought it back to her and she ended up following me home. She's been with us a week now. Our cats won't have anything to do with her which is really sad. they just his at her and stay outside to avoid her. :( She just wants a friend poor little girl. I think she's half callico half orange tabby...she's got some funny markings. She is pretty fun to have around!

yet...another nesting project

These are the picture ledges we made. Cool and cheap except the guy at home depot was pretty sure that a woman couldn't tell if a piece of wood was straight or warped. Well, I bet Sierra had a better eye for straight boards than him. Look at the top shelf. What a goober home depot worker.

New nesting project

At church on Sunday this cute little infant was wearing the cutest little bandanna dress. Unlike most bandanna dress it had the triangle parts falling in the front and back, which I loved...so I recreated it! And to match it, I made an elastic headband with some left over scraps. And now we have this adorable little bandanna dress that only cost $1!! LOVE IT!!