A Little Concert Fun

Sissy and I went to see Elton John!  He came to Tupelo and we had to see him.  He was amazing and played all kinds of hits that we just sang along and danced to.  What fun!  And of course with her trip my girls squeezed in some quality playing time with their GaGa.  A perfect visit! 

 Sir Elton

 Matching girls ready to play!

 GaGa and her girls

 Macie and GaGa

Sweet Morgan playing at the park

Spring Breaking

For Morgan's Spring Break I packed up the girls and headed to the beach!  We were all in need of some sand therapy and time with RoRo, Packe and GG.  We just got to spend time relaxing and having fun.  It was perfect!  It was still a little chilly but Morgan insisted on putting her toes in the sand... and I will never argue that!  We only had one day of sun so we went to the beach that day.  Good thing because it poured down rain the rest of the week!  But it was just what we needed and we came home ready to finish the school year. 

 Dinner at the Shrimp Basket

 Posing at "her" beach

 Digging holes with Packe-it's what they do

 Getting her toes wet with GG

 Macie and RoRo

 She's happy at the beach too!

 Morgan and Packe got doughnuts one morning and of course got green sprinkles for St. Patrick's Day!

We got doughnuts...Macie got a hat

Growing Too Fast

Every night I pray that God will slow time so I can enjoy this.  I want to remember every moment.  And yes, even the late night crying ones!  Because the joy that Macie brings to our life far outweighs all of that.  It's funny to look back but I remember standing in the kitchen crying when it was about a week before Macie was born.  Jeff came in and asked what was wrong.  I told him I just realized that I won't be able to love someone as much as I love Morgan.  He told me he was worried too since we just love her so much.  But God works magic, I swear!  The moment I saw Macie's sweet face I knew I was done for.  The fact that God gave me such sweet baby girls in my life to love so fiercely is amazing.  We are forever blessed!

Ok, enough sappiness and on to the fun!  Macie is a happy little thing and I can't believe she is 6 months old!  Where has this time gone?  This is why I want time to slow.  She is such a snuggle loving girl and will put her face in my chest at any moment.  I pray this never changes.  She is getting stronger each and every day.  She is a rolling machine and will go from one end of the room to another in a second!  She is also sitting up and loves looking at life from this new perspective. 

She is generally a happy little girl.  But her biggest smiles and true laughs still come only with big sister.  She is totally a Mommy's girl.  This is just because I am with her ALL the time!  But that will change more as she gets older.  She's eating all kinds of food and rice cereal and hasn't found something she doesn't like yet!  She's a big girl (just like her sister).  At her 6 month checkup she was 18 pounds 4 ounces and is 27" long.  In the 90th percentile of course!

We love her so much and can't wait to see how God works in her life as she grows!

A Blessed Day

On Sunday, March 9, 2014 our sweet Macie Elizabeth was baptized.  It was a glorious day and we could not have asked for more!  Knowing that both of our girls have been baptized in such a wonderful church brings such joy to our lives.  Macie was wide awake and enjoyed the whole thing.  Rev. Colby Cuevas performed the ceremony and baptized her with water he brought back from a recent trip to the River Jordan.  That made everything even more special!  After our church service, we all had lunch and got to visit the rest of the day.  Everything was perfect...almost.  If we could have just kept the stomach bug away from our house!  Last weekend Jeff, Macie and Morgan ALL got sick with the virus.  On Sunday, Sissy woke up sick and then Mom, Grandma, Carrie, Bobby and Sam all felt it on Monday.  Hopefully this is the end of the sickness and was not a great way to end the wonderful weekend! 

 Rev. Lynn Mote, Rev. James Curtis, Me, Macie, Morgan, Jeff and Rev. Colby Cuevas

(Rev. Sapada Thomas not pictured)

 Adorable

 Sleeping through "Amazing Grace"

 Our blessed family

 Macie with RoRo and Packe

 Macie with GG

 Morgan, Emma Kate, Belinda, Macie and Ben

 Macie with Robin and Phil

Four generations of women

Family Fun

The Saturday before Macie's baptism was a great one.  We had all of our family in town and we got to just love on each other.  Everyone got to town that afternoon so we just stayed home and played.  And ate.  And laughed.  And had a ball!  It is such a joy to see how much love my two girls have in their lives.  I am thankful each and every day for this family.  Lord knows we would not be here without any of them!

 Bubble fun in the backyard

 Story time with Packe

 Belinda, Macie and Carrie 

 It got quiet in Morgan's room so after investigating we found them sharing their iPads!

 Morgan and Macie with GaGa and Pop

 A little friendly doubles ping pong.  It's funny how the three most competitive people in the house stop being that way when they play with someone so terrible! (BTW-the terrible one is me)

 Macie and GaGa

All the "kids"

Rolling and Other Skills

We are having tons of fun in our house these days!  My silly girls keep me (and each other) laughing all the time.  Don't get me wrong, we have our trying days too, but mostly there is fun.  Macie is growing everyday and I just love this stage in her life.  She is now rolling all over the place!  She had mastered rolling from her front to back but just couldn't get that belly over to go the other direction.  But last week she finally did!  Morgan and I left her on the floor and went to the kitchen.  When we came back Morgan saw she had moved and was shocked!  "Mom, look what Macie did!"  We were so proud and all went rolling with her.  My growing girl is moving too fast! 

 Morgan giving Macie a checkup

*She had me hold her hand when she gave her a shot...just in case it hurt

 Who me?

 Morgan celebrated Mardi Gras at school

Sleeping Sweetness

Meeting Patton

On Friday, February 28 Patton LaFleur made his way into the world and we are so thrilled!  The next day we went to the hospital to meet him.  Michelle and Garett are now proud parents to this sweet little man!

 Me, Patton and Michelle

Patton Ike LaFleur