The other Macy???

It's officially a mystery. A few days after we brought Macy home from the hospital James came up to me and asked where Macy was. I told him "she's right here", to which he responded "no, the other Macy." Even though, the kids came with Josh to pick us up from the hospital I figured he was thinking that the Macy at the hospital was different from the one we brought home. He let go of it after a few days though so I did as well. Fast forward a week...Monday night my oh so perfect sweet baby started screaming for hours on end from what I am sure was gas pains. Finally at midnight when James fell out of bed and Samm wanted a drink I was beside myself and started sobbing. Josh came to my rescue though taking care of the older two and then held our screaming baby so I could collect myself. Needless to say I was exhausted on Tuesday. This is when my great friends came to the rescue and two of them took Samm and James home with them to spend the night so I could get some rest while the baby was sleeping. So, What does that have to do with the other Macy? Well, Josh just went and picked up the kids and when they got back James ran straight up to me and asked "where's Macy?" I once again said "she's right here." His responce was "no, the other Macy." Then he proceeded to fall on the floor and cry because I told him that there was no other Macy. So, if anyone knows where I can find the "other" Macy please let me know!!

Signs of life

After one week Macy has finally decided to join the world.

Waking up is hard work though...so with the help of her thumb she goes back to sleep.

Our new little girl!!!

After nine months of waiting and wondering...SHE is finaly here. Macy Marie Rollins. 7 lbs 3 oz, 19 1/2 inches. Everything went really well with the c-section and Macy is doing great. She has no problems at all nursing and is sleeping great. I've even had a few four hour blocks of sleep the last few nights. We are so excited to have her in our family and I can't wait to see her grow up and find out just who she is.

Samm is very excited to have a new sister and said "she is so tiny like a little mouse."

This is pretty much how James feels about her.

Both thought Mom's bed was really cool!

Getting Pampered

I have to start by saying that I have the greatest friends in the world. Not only did they insist on throwing me a baby shower even though this is my 3rd baby, but they made it a pedicure party knowing my great distaste for shower games. I am usually a very good sport though, considering there are baby showers every other month. I even acted out vaginal delivery once when I was forced to participate in charades. I won't go into details but let's just say I am in the history books for that one. So, this is me eating the most delicious coconut cake I have ever tasted (thank you Joni) and getting my toes looking adorable.(thank you Shandolynne) Now if only my sister lived here, Oklahoma would be perfect!

Waiting

Why is it that eight months can fly by and then suddenly a couple of weeks seems like an eternity? I have finally started the one week countdown though and I am frighteningly aware of how unprepared I am.

Getting Busy...not what you think!

Josh has been really busy during this Christmas break remodeling our master bathroom and helping me to repaint our hall bathroom. Both still need a few finishing touches, but I am happy to say that we now have two fully functioning bathrooms.

I don't have a before picture of this bathroom, but lets just say black marble with gold swirls. Josh completely tor out the old unit and installed this one. He even did all the plumbing work for the sinks himself.

I know toilets don't seem all that exciting, but Josh also ripped out this toilet, gutted out the tank, put new "stuff" in, Cleaned it up (thank you honey for that one) and put it back in. He has also replaced the flooring, put up new molding, and painted the walls that used to be purple.

This bathroom is on its third paint job, and I think we have finally found a winner. I really had no intentions of changing it, but then I found a new shower curtain that I fell in love with. I had huge reservations about doing the blue ( I always think ducks and geese) but I have to say I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! This year was probably the most fun I've ever had watching the kids open their gifts. Samm jumped up and down in excitement with every gift and shouted "it's just what I always wanted!" Oh, to be five again. James just got so many cool noisy boy toys that he didn't know what to play with first. His favorite by far though was the storm troopers.

Samm of course loved all her gifts but has a passion for tea parties. Needles to say we have had many of them in the last few days.

And Josh got the job of assembling all the fun gadgets, but I don't think he minds too much!

Weight loss competition

This summer Josh and I are headed to Mexico, and since we are both going to have some weight to lose we decided to make a competition out of it. I thought I should be able to weigh in the day before the baby is born, but Josh thinks for some odd reason that it would be cheating. Anyway, we have posted a little poll just too see who you all think is going to win. (me of course) It is completely anonymous (I think) so don't be afraid to vote for who you think is really going to win. (me of course) Once the actual competition is under way, we will keep you all updated as to our progress.

smarty pants

I know everyone thinks they have the cutest and smartest kids ever. Believe me, I'm no exception. I just have to say though that Samm continually amazes me. A couple of weeks ago she asked me what the word miniscule (sp?) meant, and then last Sunday she started telling us what kinds of things were facts and what were opinions. Tonight she blew us away when we had the kids hold a box on their laps in the car because it wouldn't fit in the trunk and she said to us "This box is just too heavy and cumbersome." What five year old even knows that word? I guess she is learning a lot of this from a word game online at pbs kids, but as a mother I was still rather impressed that she could use it in her own sentence. Were still not so sure about James. All he says when you talk to him is "huh?". Good thing he is so dang cute!

Fun with Grandma

Samm and James dipping pretzels at Grandma's house. James did more eating than dipping!