Ice Cream Cones and Bed Head

Yikes! Do I really look like that? Whew, it's just Dad looking through the sliding glass door at me! It was a really nice day at home. I was banging on the glass to get Dad's attention so he would take me outside. Mom would like to point out how sparkley the window glass looks.

Mom and Dad walk around the yard with me. They show me the leaves on the trees, the hasta plants, our tiger lilies. I even picked a few leaves for Grandma! I still don't like to sit in the grass. It feels funny on my toes.

I am wearing my favorite skirt. It has lots of ruffles and matches my shirt very well.

Like my farmer's tan? Mine is just like Dad's. Before I go out, Mom slathers me with sun tan lotion SPF 1000, puts on a huge wide brimmed pink hat, and pulls the stroller sun shade over me. All anybody sees of me when I'm in my stroller is a coconut smelling Graco freight train as Mom does laps around the neighborhood.

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this weekend! We had lots of fun together. I went for a swim and this is a picture of them pushing me in my swing. By the end of the day I was really tired and fell asleep. No hard feelings though. Grandpa and Dad fell asleep too. I have been getting some really wild bed head now that my hair is getting longer.

I did have something new to show them. I can stand up on my own for a couple of seconds. I am a little wobbly but I can do it. Now that I figured out how to stand up I want to do it all of the time.

I had a nice visit with Grandma and Grandpa. But they had to go home. I'll miss them. But, I know that I will see them again soon.

This is a picture that Grandma took of me. I'm eating an ice cream cone.

Fooled you! I'm not really eating an ice cream cone. It's plastic, but it looks real doesn't it.

This is a picture of me in my hideout! Gimme another Nilla wafer or the butterfly here gets it!

Just kidding Mr. Butterfly.
This is actually a tunnel that you can crawl through with lots of neat chimes, and lights, and things to pull yourself up on. Dad has even crawled inside to check it out.

This is a picture of me and my doggy!

Finally, I have a video clip for everyone. Just like Blockbuster. Watch it as many times as you want and no late fees. Check out my cool swimsuit. It is the "in" style this summer.

Check Out My Crazy Hairdo

Hi there! Happy Father's Day everyone! This year was Mom and Dad's very first Mother's Day and Father's Day. Normally, I wouldn't take any credit but.......

As you can see I am growing and growing. Mom almost has to stuff me in my pink swim suit! This is a picture of me crawling around the house. This weekend I set the family land speed record for crawling from the living room to the kitchen. I usually chase Mom all over the house or I go dachshund hunting! I love following Daisy everywhere. She and I are becoming fast friends. I feed Daisy all of the food that I don't want to eat. Daisy licks my face, hands, and feet. I try to grab her tail, but she is usually too quick.

I now hold the title of the "Loudest Baby in Church" two weeks running. Mom and Dad are fast becoming the couple that no one wants to sit in front of or behind. Dad will take me out of Mass and I will quiet down so he will bring me back in so I can sing with everyone else. I usually like agreeing with the homily or the petitions too.

This is me getting ready for my 10 Month pictures in the front yard.
"Hey, zip it. We're getting ready to take some pictures over here!"

And this is the final result.

Yep, this is me at 10 Months.

At 10 Months I can do a lot of things. I have really grown up in such a short time. Mom calls me her little lady. Mom says that there are lots of girlie things to look forward to doing together. She said we can paint our fingernails with glitter, look for sandals with flowers on the straps, and do our hair together. Speaking of hair, check out my new "do" in this picture.

Mom fluffed up my hair after a dip in the pool. It is really growing fast in the back. The breeze will make it wave back and forth. Mom and Dad think that I will have hair like Dad since it started out dark brown.

We spent all weekend out and about (between eating, naps, and diapers). Mom and Dad took me for a walk around the neighborhood. Dad carried me the entire way - no stroller! The next day I got to swing in my swing on the front porch. And, best of all, I took another swim in my pool! This time it was outside on our deck. I played with my toys and splashed and splashed. When I was tired of swimming, I stood up on Dad's side of the pool and tried to climb out on my own. I haven't quite gotten the climbing thing down quite yet. I can climb on Mom to get to the couch. I have also started to crawl over the top of Mom and Dad instead of just going around.

This is a picture of me in my pool! I love playing with my lobster. It doubles as a thermometer. I also have a toy boat and some fish. The fish are three different sizes. The smallest fish can be swallowed by the medium size one. The medium size fish can be eaten by the big fish. They are really neat.

I try and try to get Daisy to jump in the pool with me but she acts like she can't hear me. She mostly just lays underneath our deck furniture and blinks her eyes at me.

I don't cry when water gets on my face - not even a single tear. Dad says when my eyelashes are wet they look just a like a super model's. Mom wants to know why Dad is checking out super models eyelashes. Dad says Mom is his super model. Too late Dad, Mom is on to you.

This Mom and me after my dip in the pool. I am wearing my swim suit cover-up.

This is me swinging on my front porch. Can you guess who is pushing my swing?

It's Dad! Here we are sharing a laugh.

Finally, I wanted to share with everyone my "who me?" look. I usually give this look to Mom and Dad immediately following a loud crash. Case in point, I am sitting next to the bookcase in this picture. It is to my right, your left - just out of sight. No matter how many times Mom picks me up and puts me down in front of my toys there is no substitute for pulling down the books or trying to climb up the book case.

Mom tried to out-smart me by putting toys on the shelf to distract me. You can even see one, it's a purple unicorn, in my hand. But, considering I have the toy in my hand and my "who me?" face on, I don't think Mom's idea is working.

That's all the blogging I can do for now. Next week, pool side video of me! Mom and Dad had lots of fun watching me splash around and hopefully next week they will be able to share it with you.

And if anyone finds some little fingerprints on the bookcase and books everywhere....."who me?"

All Right Kids, Outta the Pool!

Guess who had a birthday? Mommy did!

I had cake!

I won't say how old she is because a lady never reveals her age or her Mom's for that matter. I got her a card and I signed it by tracing my hand on the inside since I can't write just yet. Mom had lots of fun on her birthday. She got to open lots of nice presents and cards from all of our family. Then, she went shopping all by herself!

Birthdays are always lots of fun. I am looking forward to my birthday! Mom let me play with her balloons. They were really fun. I like playing pretend. Can you guess what I'm pretending here?



Why it's the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! My name is Macy, and ummm the balloon is like the ones in the parade........ badum-bum (cricket, cricket).

Here is another potentially embarrassing picture of me. My favorite book is Little Duck. It has a finger puppet that is attached to the book and helps tell the story. The story goes something like...."Meet little duck swimming in the pond. He's hoping to playpeekaboo with someone who comes along."

So Mom and Dad are now starting to refer to me as their "Little Duck". This is in addition to little snucks, pumpkin, turkey, Macy-baby (just in case they forgot who/what I was), our little rosebud, peanut, the list could go on and on.

From the look of my outfit, it would appear that my rear-end has already met Little Duck. It's not surprising that Mr. Duck is a little flat because I weigh 19 pounds and 10 ounces now. And, I have been practicing sitting down. I started out with an uncontrolled plop. But, I have worked my way up (or down as the case may be) to a controlled descent with my Pampers breaking only a little of my fall.

In addition to packing on a few more ounces, I have something else to share. My third tooth is starting to come in! This one is on the top. After I came back from Riley Children's Hospital it really started to show. My appointments went pretty smoothly. I had a gastric emptying study in the morning. It wasn't a lot of fun. The technician literally taped me down to an exam table for an hour! I did watch Elmo and Baby Einstein since I had no where else to go. I fell asleep during Baby Einstein.
It is a little tiresome when you're taped to a table to look at a real dog, then see a cartoon dog, then see an impressionist painting of a dog - and then repeat this process for about 20 other animals. It is especially boring when you compare a red, furry muppet talking to a goldfish name Dorothy. Now that's entertainment!

Just one more thing. On Mom's shopping trip she bought me a swimming pool! Yeah! I looooooooooooooooooooooooove the water. Mom also bought me a pretty pink swimsuit. The weather had been perfect for swimming right up until Mom bought the pool. Then the temperature dropped, the wind picked up, and it started to rain. What started out as an outdoor pool turned into an indoor pool! Mom and Dad put the pool in the kitchen for me. Dad was in charge of filling the pool while Mom got me in my suit. Mom said Dad had the water just a little too cold. She shouldn't worry, because I will take care of that in due time.

I played in the pool for a good part of the afternoon. I even splashed water all over my face and didn't cry one tear. By the time I had to get out half of the water was splashed on Mom, Dad, and the kitchen floor.

Flash Slideshow

Well, I hope you all have a great week! I'm going swimming!

This is My Foot

Check out all of the books that I have been reading! I started with the Fairy Tales book, moved on to the West Point Registry of Graduates, and finished up with Sister Wendy's Story of Painting. Do you like my PJ's? I like to hang out with Mom in the morning. We both sit on the couch in our PJ's while Mom feeds me. I'm usually asleep.

As you can see, I am standing up. I can stand up almost everywhere. I am thinking about walking, but I just haven't got to that part of my "to do" list. I am a little wobbly still. I did learn how to climb the steps a lot faster. Instead of crawling on each step until I stand up with both legs at once, I actually step up one leg at a time. Mom and Dad think that I'm going to be right-handed because I lead with my right leg.

That piece of wood by my feet is a train whistle. My Grandpa likes trains and even worked as a fireman for the railroad. That's where his dad worked too. I think I like trains just like Grandpa because the train whistle is the very first thing I play with when I crawl over to the bookcase. I can't make it whistle yet, but Mom and Dad will give it a blast every now and then. They don't do it too often because Daisy gets scared. I can hear the trains that go by my house when I fall asleep at night. I think they help me sleep. But the first couple nights Mom and Dad thought a train was heading straight for our house! It was because of the baby monitors. The monitor in my room would pick up the sound of the train whistle and Mom had the one in their room turned up pretty loud so you can imagine what happened next.

This is my piggy-bank. It hs a bunch of coins that you can put in the top and it will count or play music. I have an orange coin in my hand. I really like taking off the plastic door on the otherside of the piggy bank.

Mom and Dad spin the coins on the floor like quarters. Sometimes Dad will roll the coins across the living room and I will try to catch them. Well, to be truthful, I let them hit something and fall over. Then I look at them and maybe crawl by on the way to my other toys.

I like wearing my yellow dress. The only bad part is my knees are getting floor burn from all of my crawling around. I am the Speed Racer of crawling babies. You really have to keep an eye on me because I can be anywhere in about two shakes of a lambs tail (however long that is).

I have recently decided that I need to learn to sit down. In the past, I would take Mom or Dad's hand and then let them help me sit down. Now, I just lean back and plop! I have a lot of cushioning with my Pampers butt. The first couple of times it kind of startled me. I am getting better at sitting down a little easier.

Grandma will be sooo proud of me that I am learning to play the piano! I like to play my piano during dinner. There arent't a lot of keys so my song list is a little limited.

So far I can play Tiny Dancer by Elton John, Piano Man by Billy Joel, and These Are Days by Natalie Merchant. I am working on some other stuff too. Strangely, Mom and Dad don't always share my musical enthusiasm. I think it might be because my piano only has four keys and each one strikes the loudest xylophone key that you can imagine. Dad says it's a phase and I will grow out of my music. I can see Mom saying the Hail Mary under her breath. Dad has already said "no" nose piercing or tattoos. How am I supposed to fit into the music scene? Do they want to ruin my life? (Mom and Dad wrote this part: "Yes, yes, we do want to ruin your life by making sure you eat your vegetables, dress like a lady, and go to school")

I am making it a lot harder on Mom and Dad to take picutres because I am so quick these days. This is a close up of me. Look how tall I am these days! You can barely see my feet. Mom says that if Dad doesn't get away from the computer and starting running again you won't bee able to see his feet either!

As you can tell, my eyes are continuing to slowly turn color from blue to brown. I am getting a lot of hair now too! It is mostly in the back, but I am working on my bangs.

I am going to Riley Hospital for Children again this week. Doctor Miyamoto is going to check on my ear tubes. He is nice. His office is brand new and everything has that new furniture smell.

I am also going to have a test done on my tummy to make sure whatever I put in is moving out. Dad says that all anyone has to do is change a couple of diapers and they would know that everything is moving through just fine. Mom said that this isn't very scientific.

Well, I think this is it for now. But, before I go I have one more thing to do. In the movies they always mention the title of the movie somewhere during the show. So, before I go........

This is My Foot.