Tidbits

Lately Macy has been very imaginative...it all started when we went on a walk and saw some ladybugs.  I picked them up and asked if she wanted to hold one.  She was a little nervous, tried, but was too jumpy to actually hold a ladybug.  Later, she started pretending that she was holding a ladybug.  She would hold out one finger and say she had a ladybug and try to get Clark and I to hold it as well.  She has been doing this for awhile now, but today she took it to a new level.  We were playing at the Del Taco play place and she was running in circles saying the alligator was gonna get her.  All seemed normal til she came over to me with her hand out and said she was holding an alligator.  She has a little toy alligator so I figured that she was just imagining that one.  Then the alligator turned into one that could fit on the tip of her finger.  This alligator is the smallest and nicest alligator that I have met.  It played in her shirt and on the window and I even got to hold it for a bit.  My daughter has imaginary friends.

Macy has been pretty creative with getting out of bed since she was quite little.  She has asked for drinks, to go to the bathroom (she is not potty trained), to kiss Abraham, to sing one more song, etc.  Since she has moved to a big girl bed, it has gotten to a whole new level.   She started saying that there were spiders.  This one was a hard one because if there were spiders, we didn't want to ignore it.  One night, she was looking at the floor in the same place so Clark turned on the light and searched for the spider, there were none.  So every night we have to tell her there are no spiders.  She turned it to monsters and her latest is robots.  She says, "No robots."  And we confirm.   She is really into robots at the moment.  I asked her what robots do and she said, "dance."  She cracks me up!

Every morning and every time Macy wakes up from a nap, she says, "Goog (good) Morning!  I had a good nap!"  She has always been a happy waker uper.

Macy does not like when Abraham sleeps.  She is constantly trying to wake him up and usually succeeds.  Mommy no likey.  Clark says that she wants her partner in crime.  We tried to move Abraham out of our room and into hers, but that was not successful because Macy saw that he was in there and stuck her hands through the bars of his crib and woke him up.  It will be a great day when we can move him out of our room.

Abraham started sitting at 5 months in the tripod position and has gotten better and better at it.  He still falls over a lot, he doesn't realize what happens when he reaches for toys.  He plays with his toys a lot more than macy did.  He finds all the little details on the toys and investigates them.  He is also VERY strong.  Hold him once and you will see.  He will pull your hair, pinch anything he can get a hold of, attack your chin and bite with a death grip.  We have had many a tug of war.

Abraham is almost a perfect baby.  He eats great, is chubby, has dimples, almost never cries, giggles so easily, loves his mommy (and daddy and sister), etc.  The only problem is sleep, he is up about every 1-3 hours in the night.  I say that he has to have something that's not perfect otherwise he would be taken back to Heavenly Father and I want him here with me.  I love my little chunka!