I Love Fall In Arizona

So does Mac!

I put him outside to play in his jumper and he was having the time of his life watching his toys and birds and feeling wind!

Baby Bullet

Auntie Erin bought us the Baby Bullet for my baby shower for Mac. Since my milk supply is going down I figured now was a good as time as ever to start feeding him solids. 

 And he loved it! I made bananas for his first week, and I froze some avocado for his second week. So far it seems to be pretty cheap and easy, so hopefully we will be able to keep up the momentum and make all of his baby food. 

Cowboy Up

Yeah, this ALMOST happened at church on Sunday.

Rich got cold feet and switched to a tie and no hat.

 Seriously, who would have ever thought Rich would not wear something crazy. 

He might do it to get choir recruits.

Rich is the choir director for our ward and he is trying desperately to get more people out to choir for our Christmas program. It really will be amazing and he has put so much work, thoughts, and prayers into it. I can't wait to be there for it and support him and sing with the choir. 

4 Months

Happy 4 month birthday Mac! 

You are happy and still wake up at least 2 times a night.

You roll from tummy to back and the back to tummy.

You cut your first tooth yesterday!

(your older sisters didn't get teeth until they were 6 months)

 You still nurse and take the bottle well. You drink anywhere from 4-6 ounces each feeding. 

You mostly sleep in your crib unless I am exhausted and then I will have you sleep with me for a couple hours. 

 Your sisters adore you and fight over who gets to "babysit" you or watch you while mom is getting ready for the day.

 You have an awesome belly laugh. 

You spit up so much less now that I am cutting out most dairy from my diet. 

You weigh 15lbs.

You prefer being held over anything else but Miss Mary (your new sitter) is trying to break that little habit. You are liking to "play" more and more each day. 

What a wild ride it has been and we love you more and more each day. Thank you for bringing such joy into our lives. We love you baby Mac.

Nicknames:

Mac, supermac, Mac a do, Mac a doodle, Daniel Dickie Mac, Macaroni, Baby Mac, Mac Attack, and basically anything else that rhymes with Mac.  

Handsome Men

I couldn't decide on my favorite picture of these two guys, so I will post them all!

5am Wake Up

I used to be a fan of waking up in the 5am hour. I would get up before everyone else and go hiking. Spend time outdoors and exercising. Amazing. 

However, with being on call and a baby still getting up 3 times a night I am not a fan of the 5am hour.

At 5am if Cara wakes up we have to put her in our bed or else she will go wake up Ryann for the day.

Here is proof:

Cara woke up because she heard me feeding Mac. So then she tried to come into bed with me, but I knew that she wiggles and squirms so much in bed that if I let her come in bed Rich would be awake and angry... plus I wouldn't get anymore sleep for the night. 

So this day I decided to make Cara go back to her own bed, and an hour later when I woke up at 6, this is what I found. A nice little fort, curtains being pulled down, and by 6pm both these girls were cranky. 

Was it worth it? The jury is still out. I thought it was worth it at the time to let me sleep, but their grumpy attitudes make life tough.

TRICK or Treat

Whenever we stumbled across decorations while we were trick or treating the girls made me take a picture with them.

 Then we stopped by some friends' house and we played tricks on each other with this neat screwdriver headband. 

 Finally the girls got to pass out candy at their house. Ryann and Cara kept careful watch waiting for the kids to come to the door. 

Costumes

 Mac had quite the costume changes this year. 

For actual Halloween we dressed him as Darth Vader and Rich would parade him around singing the song from Star Wars. 

I think Rich had more fun this Halloween than Mac!

 The girls also had costume changes. Ryann and Cara both tried on every princess dress we have to decide which one to wear... next year... NO PRINCESSES!

Okay, fine, they can be whatever they want to be, but the messes they made in the playroom were ridiculous. 

Annual Halloween Party

Every year we do a pumpkin carving party. It has always been on a Saturday, but every year there are people who can't make it because Saturdays are hard. Now that I work on Saturdays I figured we should try another day, like an evening at the park.

Apparently Wednesdays are harder than Saturdays.

 Lets just say it was an intimate affair :)

We had fun and carved pumpkins and I can't believe we didn't get a picture of all the pumpkins. 

We had candy necklaces and prizes and face painting and everyone who came had fun!

2 Peas in a Pod

These silly girls are two peas in a pod. How did they make the exact same poses for each picture?

 I think they were just excited for their "princess makeup"

 And the fact that they would get candy, 

 and popcorn, and get to dance and to see friends. 

Not much better than Halloween!!