Easter Weekend Festivities

Happy Easter! I hope your Easter weekend was as great as ours has been. We drove up to Townsend on Saturday to visit DD and JJ at the river. Natalee always has so much fun up there. Her favorite outdoor activity has become finding rocks. There are plenty of rocks up there and she literally spends the entire time throwing them in the river. Who knew that could entertain a toddler for hours.

When we got home we dyed Easter eggs and painted Easter stained glass. She was interested in the eggs for a very short amount of time. I ended up letting her decorate plastic eggs with stickers. Much more kid friendly! She really got into the painting. My patio table will unfortunately show the evidence for a while.

Today was filled with candy, Easter bunnies and Easter eggs. I think Trey and I consumed far more candy than Natalee did. After church we came home and sent Natalee out and about to hunt Easter eggs for the first time. She picked up on what to do so fast! She got so excited every time she spotted an egg. Icing on the cake was when she discovered the candy inside. Once that happened she just wanted us to get the eggs for her and bring her the candy (smart girl). She didn't like going in the mulch to grab eggs. She would say, "Ewwww" every time her feet got dirty. Such a girly girl. The finale was her Easter basket full of the most random stuff. I found ridiculous glasses at the dollar store to put in her basket. I thought she would like over them without a second thought. Much to our surprise they were the first object she grabbed. She proceeded to put them on and wear them while she looked through the rest of her basket. It was beyond hilarious.

I put up a few pictures from the weekend. Enjoy...

Natalee and Nana being silly
Her new Dora umbrella

Such a silly girl

Natalee's two favorite eggs

Looks like she found the kit kats

On the hunt

Spotting her first Easter egg

Chillin in DD's chair

JJ helping her find the perfect rock

Marching for Babies

Today we walked for the March of Dimes. This organization is very dear to our family after going into labor at 24 weeks with Natalee. They were amazing while we were in the hospital supplying us with educational material on premature deliveries, what to expect and how to prepare. Luckily we avoided a stay in the NICU and made it to 36 weeks. Delivering a healthy baby is something we do not take foregranted. To have Natalee walk with us made me realize how blessed we are to have her in this world.

Natalee spent most of the morning on Trey's shoulders. I always get my feelings hurt when she doesn't want to come to me in crowded places. I've resorted to the idea that she just likes to be taller than everyone else. I definitely can't help her out with that. She got to sit in a fire truck for the first time today. I thought she would be little timid but I was wrong. She got in the truck and just started hitting all the buttons. I told the firemen there was no telling what types of sirens would go off when they started the truck. There was also a bumble bee running around. She was compeletly intrigued by the bee from a distance but wanted nothing to do with it up close.

And... WE'RE BACK!!!

I know we've fallen off the map for a while! I have promised so many people I would get better about keeping family and friends in the loop on our crazy lives! Here goes my effort...

Natalee is almost 21 months! I can't believe we almost have a 2 year old. Where has the time gone? She is keeping us busy to say the least. She started going to "school" or Mothers Day out 2 times a week in January. Amy, Trey's sister, is one of her teachers. She absolutely loves going to school and interacting with other kids. She has really blossomed since she began. Her vocabulary and the way she interacts progresses on a daily basis. It has been unbelievable to watch the rapid change. We have to be careful in our house now that she repeats everything that comes out of your mouth.

Now that the weather is warming up we have taken her to the lake a few times. She is a different child on the boat. She is totally fascinated by every aspect of the water. Uncle Lee could wakeboard for hours and I don't think she would blink an eye. I have a feeling we will be spending much more time on the water than last year. We have come to the realization that she would sleep outside if we would let her. The child loves to be outside. We have to drag her in at night (literally)!

We've started the potty training process. Some days are better than others. We went through a phase where she was excited about going to her Elmo potty. She even peed a couple times in it. Oddly enough it was always when she had an audience. She is such a crowd pleaser;) Now she doesn't want anything to do with the potty. She's even lost interest in her M&M's (her treat for using the potty). Look like this is going to be a long road! Wish us luck!!

Needless to say the Mack's are doing great! Trey and I have seemed to find some type of work/life balance (on most weeks anyway). I started a new job in September that has me pretty busy. It seems like we've all adjusted well to the schedule change. Luckily we have amazing support at home! Between the babysitter/nanny, mother's day out and grandma's we have all angles covered when work takes me out of town! We live one day at a time in this house!

Happy Girl

Little Monkey

First time to Pump it Up! Never seen her so excited!

Somebody found Mommy's lip gloss

First day of Mother's Day out