Braves Game

For Father's Day I got Marc tickets to a Braves game. We left Macy with my mom. Kayla kept asking when we were going to play, and she didn't pay much attention to the game. We walked around some and played a little, but she spent more time eating peanuts than anything else. That girls loves her "peanups!"

Running to the base. She LOVED it!
Within 10 minutes of being in the car she was sound asleep.

Old Pictures

I know it's been over a week since I've last updated, and honestly I haven't taken many pictures. The first one is from Macy's cardiologist appointment. She did so great and was so still for the nurse and doctor.

Here are the girls with Marc on Father's Day.

Macy's Cardiologist Follow-Up

We had Macy's 1 year follow-up today. The PPS murmur is now gone. That was expected to go away as her heart and lungs grew. The cardiologist still heard a murmur, but said it was just a normal murmur that many kids will have as they are growing. Her EKG had the same results as they did when she was 1 month old, and we did not have an echo cardiogram. He said that that there would be no treatment at this age even if the ASD (hole between the atrium) was still there. We will go back when she is 2 for another EKG and echo, but he is expecting that the hole will have closed itself and she won't have to ever go back again! I am so thankful that we have access to Sibley Heart Center and even more thankful that Macy is doing great and is expected to heal up without surgery. Oh, she managed to put on 3 oz. in 3 1/2 weeks, so at this rate she will be 18 months old before we can put her forward facing in the car seat! Maybe we'll start feeding her pizza and cookies all day! ha

Kayla wanted to "fix Macy's hair."

Kayla's cousin was in town for a week and all the girls plus a couple of friends had a tea party at Grammie and Grampie's house.
We went to visit Kayla's cousins in Huntsville. They had a "Cousins Party" where we celebrated all 6 birthdays at one time. I don't really care for this kind of icing, but that is obviously Kayla's favorite part.
My timid children finally having fun at the pool. Kayla loved jumping in and Macy started enjoying herself after about an hour. We had the best time and the pool felt great! I was amazed at how warm it was.
Sharing Carrots. I think Kayla ate at least 2 snack bags of carrots plus an entire piece of pizza. She worked up quite an appetite!

Portraits

Yesterday we took the girls to have their pictures taken. It was for Kayla's 3 year and Macy's 1 year. Neither of them were quite in the mood. At least they weren't fussy or crying - just no smiles. Thankfully they take about 100 pictures so we did get some good ones. Here are just a few of them.

Doctor's Visit

Today we took both girls for their yearly check-up. For those of you interested here are their stats:

Kayla is 37" (50%), 30.0 lbs (25-50%), and has a blood pressure of 92/20. I didn't think that was possible!

Macy is 28 1/2" (25-50%) and 18lbs. 10oz. (10-25%). Guess it will be a couple more months before we can switch her forward facing in the car. She has to be 1 year AND 20lbs.

They both had shots today. Kayla had one and Macy had 2. Now they are both in bed and hopefully sleeping it off.

Party Time!

Macy had her birthday party on Saturday. It was a beautiful day and Macy had a good time. She had a lady bug theme, and yes, that's little lady bugs on her outfit. I couldn't resist.

She LOVED her cake. It didn't take her long to get both hands in there. She was so intent on eating as much as she could that I don't think we got a smile out of her. She was quite focused on that cake!

Ice Cream!!!

Macy had her first taste of ice cream on her birthday. We wait until their first birthday before we give them sweets. I know, mean parents. Anyway, it was MUCH harder to wait with the second child when the older one is eating cookies and ice cream. Macy hadn't been feeling well all day, but once she got some of that sugar in her system she went wild. She was laughing so much that other customers were coming by to see her. We'll post party pictures soon.

Happy Birthday Macy!

Thursday was Macy's first birthday, and we took her to the aquarium. She had a great time and so did Kayla. She ran a fever the night before and on and off on her birthday so she wasn't feeling her best. Overall, she really enjoyed herself.

Marc caught this cool picture of one of the beluga whales.
The girls absolutely LOVED hanging out and watching the fish. We had a hard time convincing Kayla to go see other fish. She wanted to stay right here.
We are having her birthday party tomorrow, but we give the girls their gifts on their actual birthday. Kayla was great about not opening everything for Macy, but she helped her and showed her how to open. That takes some self-control from a 3 year old! Kayla did a Build-A- Bear for Macy. She made one for herself while on vacation last year and every time we pass one of the stores she says she wants to make one for Macy. We told her he could make one for her birthday and she never forgot. She is so proud that she made it especially for Macy.
Macy's first baby doll - well first one that is her own. We only have about 300 in the house!

Left Alone

Kayla can be pretty independent when she wants to. Last night she was playing so well in her playroom and Marc and I were able to get some things done around the house. She came to us and said she had something to show us. THIS is what we found. She emptied a total of 12 boxes. She said she "wanted to show us everything." She was very willing to clean it up with our help. Thankfully her boxes are labeled and organized so we got everything put up pretty quickly.