Pool Party!

We had a wonderful weekend in Jacksonville! Nonna and Pappy threw Macie a pool party so that our family and friends could help her celebrate her FIRST birthday! Macie ate an entire slice of pizza and she was also quite the swimmer!

Here is her cute little smash cake...

I don't think Macie thought it was so cute. Please, God, let there be a day that I cry when someone puts cake in front of me! :)

But swimming with Pappy sure was fun!

A special thanks to all of our frineds and family who were able to come celebrate with Macie. We all had a great time and we look forward to seeing everyone again very soon!

The Arthur's will be in Jacksonville for Thanksgiving and Macie is already talking about turkey!

Do you see what I see?

Looks like a plus to me! :) Baby Arthur #2 is due May 1, 2009! Jim, Macie and I are super excited. Especially Macie, she wants a little brother or sister to play with. Apparently mommy is boring. Ha!

Macie found something...

Her nose...

Our morning at Hyde Park Village

Macie and I went to Hyde Park Village this morning. It's a nice little outdoor shopping area with a cute little fountain in the middle. We walked around and then Macie played around the edge of the fountain. She is obsessed with water.

As you can see, Macie is my little professional stander-upper. She is also becoming a perfectionist at walking while holding onto furniture....or the ledge of the fountain for that matter! :)

Aunt Lauren taught Macie how to say "ut oh" so whenever she drops something or knocks something over, she says "ut oh". It's so cute, you can't even imagine.

Macie will be ONE in less than two weeks! Can you believe how quickly this year has flown by? It makes me cry everytime I think about it. Sniff sniff.

Nothing much new with the Arthur's. We are still looking for a house and we found two that we really like. Hopefully we can put in some offers and see who wants to play ball. We'll keep everyone posted!

Chore Girl

Macie LOVES the play with the vaccum cleaner. She promises to do a real good job of cleaning the floors when she is old enough!

Looks like she is old enough to me....

A windy day at the beach!

Today we had a suprise party to attend in St. Pete Beach for a good friend of ours. It was a ton of fun, and we got there a little early to take some cute beach pics. It was super windy and cloudy, but the pictures came out pretty good!

Picking up a seashell...
Macie loves to stand now, but she can't do it on her own yet.
Macie and daddy...


Not much else to report here. We have been house hunting and found a house that we loved, but somebody else put in a full price offer. What suckers. Who does that in this market? Oh well, there was one...there will be many more!

Oh, Macie finally took a sippy cup today. It only took me three months and about 12 different kinds, but it worked! I was so happy I could scream! :)

FYI: high maintenance starts early on.

So, Macie was playing in the "stuff" room. We are living, temporarily until we find a house to buy, in a two bedroom house. One room has our bed/crib and one room has our stuff. Anyway, I walked out for a second while Macie was in there playing on the floor. I walked back in a found her playing with my LV bag. She pulled it from the shelf and was checking it out. I am screwed. Nobody told me this starts at 11 months of age!

I love when she sits like this. She does it all the time and those feet kill me.
Hey, mom, I like this bag. When do I get one?
Hmm, let me dump it upside down to see if there is anything in it.

No, sweetheart, mommy carries diaper bags now. :)