Macyn at the BEACH!

We went to Charleston this past weekend for a friend's wedding and while we were there we were able to spend some time at Folly Beach which was such a blast! Macyn loved the sand even though I was trying my hardest not to let her get too messy/sandy. I knew she would've eventually and I have the pictures to prove it! She quickly learned that she liked the taste of sand and she kept on eating it! Just the thought of it is making me cringe all over again!! But even though part of me can't stand seeing Macyn all messy and sandy, I can't wait to see her on the beach again this summer! She is already a beach bum!

Macyn Feeding Herself!

I was feeding Macyn some plums when she pulled her head back and grabbed the piece of plum I had on my finger and put it in her mouth. After that, she wouldn't let me feed her anymore, she had to to it all herself. I would put a piece on my finger and she would grab it and bring it to her mouth. I quickly grabbed the camera and this is what followed:
Here she is working on her pincer grab taking the plum off of my finger. She was

concentrating so hard but she was also muttering something the whole time. I think she was talking to herself and telling herself "You can do it!" She dropped this piece of plum on her leg.

She was able to pick it up with a pretty good pincer!

Here she is staring at the piece of fruit! Look at her little tongue sticking out!

Ahhh, the sweet taste of success!

Although she is getting a lot better at bringing food to her mouth, here were a few casualties that fell on the floor! Not too bad!!

I can't believe how far she has come from her milky rice cereal! I am so proud of her, she is such a good eater, she eats pretty much anything we put in front of her! She has to keep up the chub somehow I guess!

Wow Macyn, You Finished Your Veggies...Or NOT!

This is what I found after dinner when I unbuckled her high chair.Looks like she's starting early on hiding her veggies! I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her!

Macyn's First Ponytail

Macyn's hair is getting so long I am able to put it in a ponytail! I can't believe that she has so much hair! I can't wait for it to grow longer!

By this time, after all of the pictures, she was ready for the ponytail to be taken out and to go to bed!!

My Little Strawberry Shortcake!

Here are the most recent pictures of my sweet little Macyn in her cute strawberry outfit. Sorry to everyone that was looking for updates on the blog, I promise to be more diligent with posting. I know everyone LOVES seeing our little girl grow up and she is doing it so rapidly, the blog is a GREAT reminder to keep taking pictures and to keep documenting all of the memories and milestones.
Enjoy!!!

Magazines...A Subscription to FUN!

Macyn LOVES magazines! She loves to crinkle, tear up, and eat the paper. Whenever daddy leaves one of his Men's Health or mommy leaves one of her parenting magazines laying around within reach, Macyn will get to it and DESTROY! It's pretty entertaining, unless it's one of the magazines that we haven't gotten around to reading yet!!

My First Sewing Project!

My friend Christy was kind enough to give me and another friend, Jenni, a free sewing lesson one night. She showed us how to make a pillowcase dress. I chose the most difficult fabric, seersucker but being a novice sewing, how was I to know that when trying to hem, the seersucker thread would sometimes get pulled INTO the machine?? I was still able to work with it, I just had to be very careful and Christy had to do one of the hems because I kept messing it up! But the dress turned out beautifully and Macyn looked adorable!!
Jenni, who had a sewing machine but never used it, was kind enough to let me borrow her machine and I have been on a sewing kick ever since then! I made ruffled bloomers to match Macyn's pillowcase dress (ok, I made ruffles and sewed them onto a pair of bloomers that came with another outfit) and a hooded towel for her because her baby towels are getting way too small. Now I have a TON of projects in my head of what I want to make, there just isn't enough time at night to do it (I wait until we put Macyn to bed before breaking out the sewing machine).
Now, I am obsessed with trying the new projects so much so that sometimes I am up so late, I have to stop myself and go to bed. It is so addicting mainly because once I start something, I feel as though I HAVE to finish it!
Here is the picture of the Macyn in the dress! Isn't she the perfect model?!
Here are the ruffled bloomers:

Here's a better picture from the back. She looks so cute! I can't wait to make her even more clothes!!!

Uh Mom, a little help here...

Along with standing up in her crib, Macyn is also falling down in her crib. I have NO idea how she did this, I woke up to her screaming and when I walked it, her little arm was stuck. She must have been sitting and fell forward catching her arm. Of course I HAD to take a picture before letting her loose, she just looked too cute. When I walked in, she just started grinning because she knew help had arrived but then I left to get the camera and I think she was a little worried I was going to leave her like this! haha

Yummy crib!

Here are some more shots of Macyn in the morning, gnawing on her crib railing! At night when I read her her books, she loves to stand up in her crib and look at the pictures which is great. I used to have to lean into the crib and read to her which was a pain in the...back! She discovered a game to play as well if the book isn't entertaining her. She'll stand in her crib, let go with one hand, and then let go of the other hand and fall on her tushie! I was trying my hardest not to laugh when she first did it because I didn't want to encourage it but she just kept on doing it. Instead of coasting, she would just reach out her hand to where she wanted to go, whether it was an inch or a foot away and then just fall, sometimes face first. It's scary but I know she has to learn and I can't always be there to protect her. She's getting better at it though! She will be walking in NO time!!!!

Breakfast with Daddy

I know that it's been a while since I've posted something new and I am going to just go posting crazy to catch up! So many new developments have happened. Macyn has really started becoming more and more mobile. First she was crawling and now she's pulling up on all of the furniture and getting ready to cruise! She loves standing up in her crib and biting on the rail so I had to get a bite guard but she loves biting on that now!
She has been waking up earlier and earlier and was actually up to see daddy off to work which was a first! I am desperately missing the days of her waking up at 8! Oh, I had no idea how good I had it!
Here she is hanging out with daddy while he ate some breakfast before heading out to work!