10 months old

Here are some of the pictures we took of Macy. Sorry for the red eye, I haven't removed them yet. Things are getting very hectic around here, so it might be a while before I post again. The next one will probably be of Kayla's birthday. 3 years old!

Easter

What a wonderful day we have to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ! To know that He took on the penalty for our sins and that we can have eternal life with Him. What an awesome day it is!

We had our own Easter Egg Hunt and Kayla could get all the eggs she wanted. I even stuffed them with candy, stickers, and money. She had a great time. Next year I'll have both of the girls out there finding eggs.

Easter Egg Hunt

Yesterday we went to an Easter Egg Hunt with 6,000 of our closest friends. I didn't realize they were planning on quite so many until we were almost there. It was an absolute zoo. A helicopter dropped 30,000 eggs over the 20,000 that were already on the ground. Kayla loved watching the helicopter, so I have to tell myself it was worth it. Unfortunately there are a LOT of greedy parents. Kayla was in the 1-2 year old group and parents were running out there and scooping up dozens of eggs. One family we saw probably had close to 100 eggs. There were about 4-5 adults with a child who was about 18 months and a baby who was about 6 months. Kayla walked away with about 5 eggs plus some broken pieces. She wasn't disappointed, just her mama. She thought the helicopter was great, so I'm glad we went.

Caterpillars

Kayla watched this caterpillar for quite a while. Even during dinner she wanted to keep getting up to check on it. Marc would touch it with a stick and it would curl up for a minute. As soon as it started moving again Kayla wanted her daddy to touch it again. She was quite fascinated.

Sign Language

Macy is finally signing. We've been working with her for several months. She definitely understands some words, but now she can communicate with us. So far it is just "more" that she knows, but it's a huge step in understanding that she can tell us what she wants. I only have pictures to post right now. The sign for more if bringing the tips of all 5 fingers together, but she just claps her hands together. I remember with Kayla, once she picked up a few words she just kept going. She knew that she could tell us what she wanted to do. We only ended up using about 20 signs with Kayla before she started to talk more. She is great about helping us teach Macy the signs. So far we are working on more, eat, and bath. Oh, and she is finally drinking out of a sippy cup. I thought that would never happen. She'd even start crying if she saw me getting it for her. Now if I can just get her to hold it herself...