chatty maycie!

Merry Christmas!

Our 3 littles in front of our Christmas tree on December 22, 2011. We opened presents this night at our house before we left for both grandparents houses. The kiddos had fun unwrapping and playing with their new toys from us and started getting very excited for CHRISTMAS morning at Grandma and Grandpa Westerbuhr's where Santa would bring their presents!

3 months

Miss Maycie turned 3 months on December 7th. At 3 month Maycie....
-loves chewing on her hand!
-is a drooler, she often has a ring of wetness around her neck:) mommy might have to get used to having a bib on her all the time!
-still spits up after most feedings...we go through a lot of burp towels at our house!
-feeds on demand about every 2-4 hours. but most nights only wakes maybe once or not at all to eat
-takes 2-3 naps a day. her afternoon nap is usually about 3ish hours long if her big brothers don't wake her up. and then she likes to be asleep by 7pm. she wakes in the morning around 7am too.
-has the most amazing smile we have ever seen.
-laughed out loud for the first time on her baptism day to grandma singing jingle bells! she had kind of laughed before but this was the first FOR SURE laugh:)
-was baptized on Decemember 18th by Fr. Mike in Kearney, NE at Prince of Peace church. Her Godparents are Uncle Mark and Aunt Carrie.
-still LOVES her bath! she just lays there like a little diva soaking in her bubbles!
-started reaching for toys and loves looking in the mirror at herself
-loves when we talk to her, especially her big brothers!
-coos and goos alot, chatty little girlie:)

we love you to the moon and back baby girl! so excited to have a baby girl join our family, you are amazing in everyway and we are so very blessed!

1st Swim!

loving the water!

ready to go in her cute swimsuit!

Maycie and I came with daddy to Vegas for his AutoDesk conference and Miss Maycie and I went for her first swim today. She loved the nice water-warmed to 83:) And enjoyed every second until we had to get out in the chilly air (only 70 degrees today). We are having a lot fun walking the strip and shopping while daddy works! Today daddy presented in front of over 200 people for 1 and 1/2 hours! We spent our time at H&M while he was doing this hard work, hehe! Love spending this alone time with our new little girl!

Newborn Photos

Maycie's newborn photos were done by Carrie's cousin Jody. She did a great job and we are so thankful to have that tiny bebe captured forever in such amazing, sweet photos. Priceless!

Thank You Lord!!

Most thankful for THEM!

This Thanksgiving we are SO. VERY. BLESSED. My heart is just so full and happy. We are so thankful for our healthy, happy, energetic, funny, creative, spirited little boys. And the cherry on top is our new little princess, bringing all things girly to our life. Life is so good. Daddy has a great job that provides so well for our growing family, I get to be at home with our little blessings showing them all the world has to offer and all the great things God has for us on earth. So very thankful I am living my dream of being a stay at home mommy to our peanuts, couldn't ask for more. Being there for breakfast each day, preschool drop offs and pick ups, the big smiles after naps, the snuggles on the couch, the kisses during "rock out" time in the playroom, playing super heroes, and hide and seek, going for walks and finding all sorts of treasures on the way and every other little detail of our special days together mean the world to me.

And on top of that I get to spend the evenings and weekends with the man I married 7 years ago and loving him more each day as I watch him be a daddy to our boys and seeing the gleam in his eyes for his new daddy's girl! The parenting team we make together works so well and I couldn't imagine spending my days with any other person!

So thankful too for our parents and siblings and all the love and joy they bring into our life, watching them love on our kids is the best!!

And our friends, the daily joy you bring to our lives is such a gift, we are so thankful for each of you and the different ways God has brought you into our lives!

Thank you Lord for this amazing year and all the blessings you have bestowed on us. We are so very blessed!! Our cup runneth over!!!!

2 months and 2 years!

Breck and Maycie had a doctor appt together, Maycie for her 2 month check up and Breck for his 2 years. It was nice doing both at once:) Made me even more aware of the fact that I have 2 babies right now:) Crazy, tiring and so much fun all at once!
Breck is doing amazing! On the developmental checklist he caps out at 3 years, 8 months!! And he just turned 2, my little smartie!! His language and vocab are incredible the doctor said...but he does have an unfair advantage being the son of a speech therapist:) but still....boys are usually BEHIND in language not WAY ahead!! Woo hoo little man!! Mommy is so proud of you!!
Physically he is doing great too, 32 pounds and 36 inches tall. Growing like a little weed!

Miss Maycie is also a little weed, she was 13 pounds, 8 ounces-95th percentile and 24.75 inches long- 99th percentile!!! Not sure how this shrimp of a mama has such a model height little lady!! Doctor is impressed w/ her growth and says we have no worries about supply obviously she is thriving like crazy! Everything else checked out perfect for my little princess too, healthy as can be!!

This is one SUPER thankful mama for her healthy, happy little peanuts! Having such a great well baby check just makes my heart happy and overwhelmed with gratefullness for our adorable blessings we have been given!!