Cow or giraffe?

Whatever it is, this weekend Maecy enjoyed sitting in her bouncy chair staring at and talking to the animal. In other news, we had her two month check up on the 18th and she's up to 11 lbs, 10 ounces and 22.5 inches. Isn't it funny how we boast an infants weight gain but are ashamed of our own? Oh, to be young again!

Maecy flirting with Dad after church a couple of weeks ago

Princesses and Pirates

Isaac and Piper participated in the Princesses and Pirates activity at the Garden City library this past week. Tessie made a great pirate costume for Isaac using some old jeans, and cutting up an old t-shirt.

Isaac and Piper both had their faces painted, did a cake walk, decorated a crown/pirate hat and played pin the eye-patch on the pirate. Piper also did some dancing. Enjoy the pictures.

Isaac's Character Breakfast

Recently Isaac was selected to participate in a Character breakfast as his school. This honor was because he displayed "perseverance" over the course of the month. Tessie, Maecy and I had the opportunity to eat breakfast with Isaac and some other students at the school, along with Mr. Forrey, the principal. Congratulations Isaac.

Here are some pictures of toothless-Isaac eating his crumbcake, yogurt, and orange wedge. Yep, school food still sucks, as do cell phone cameras.

Welcome Maecy Elise Page

Maecy Elise was born on 1/3/09, just a few days late of qualifying for a tax deduction in 2008. Tessie did well with labor and was grateful for the wonders of modern medicine to help her through the pain.

Maecy's stats are:

7 lbs. 14 ounces
20.5 inches long
Born at 15:16 on January 3rd

 
Maecy is spelled with an "e" in honor of her maternal great-grandmother Dorothy Mae.

We will be returning home tomorrow and introducing Maecy to the nursery and her new home.  Hopefully Sadie will not be too jealous of Tessie's attention shifting from her to Maecy.  The other children are very excited about Maecy, especially Piper, who is ready to be a "big sister."

Tessie and I are exhausted after being awake over 30 hours straight. We are ready for some good sleep and hope that Maecy will be cooperative.

Although newborn pictures are never the most flattering, we think she is beautiful.  Enjoy the pictures.  

Piper's Princess Party

Our little princess turns four in a few days.  Tessie, Grandma Buttram and I threw a "princess" party for Piper and her friends from school.  Tessie decorated the house with streamers, balloons, princess lights and special music.

The girls made foam crowns and decorated them with jewels and other embellishments then each of the girls got her picture taken on a throne in the grand ballroom.  Each of the girls came dressed in their "princess finest" and had fun getting their pictures taken.

Tessie had planned games including, pin the kiss on the frog, pin the crown on the princess, musical chairs and others.  The royal table was set with personalized name cards, princess goblets, septers, pink plates and napkins and candles and jewels.

The crowning touch was a beautiful princess cake that grandma Buttram made with a custom petitcoat and beautiful frosting dress.  The cake had a special pedestal with dangling crystals and beads.  Piper had a lot of fun with her friends and she got a bunch of nice princess themed gifts.

Thanksgiving 2008

This year Tessie's sister Lynea and my brother-in-law Mike were our guests for Thanksgiving. Mike and Jessicas two children, Hyrum and Emily also joined us, but Jessica was in Idaho Falls for the holiday. Tessie and her mother worked all day Wednesday preparing pies and side dishes so the turkey was the only thing left to cook on Thursday.

Piper helped Tessie make some of the pies. Isaac made name cards for each diner, customized with artwork depicting some of the favorite things that each person enjoys doing. My card had a Volkswagen drawn on jackstands, along with a stickfigure (me) with a wrench in my hand!

Ethan set the table and helped us by eating down the piles of food that was left over after the meal.

We have so much to be thankful for this year. It is hard to believe that this year has passed so quickly.