What We've Been Up Too

I started this post to put up a video, but it just takes forever. Even when the clip is short, is it supposed to take a long time? Pictures are super fast.... Weigh in if you can!

Anywho:
Macie has 7 teeth, has been starting to take steps (her current record is nine, but they're more frankenstein steps than walking).

And she's just overall being cute.

Here is further proof of her cuteness!

9 months

Our little one here is getting so mobile! It's so much fun, but it is difficult to get her to sit still for pictures. It makes it quite an adventure.

Most of the pictures look something like this one above!

It's hard to believe how quickly these months have gone by. We're getting ready for Macie to have a cousin! If you didn't know, Jim and Stacy are due in early April. Logan James is on his way. Only 7 1/2 more weeks (or something like that!). We're getting excited and Macie is planning on showing him the ropes.

This morning

I couldn't stand how cute she was. Jose calls this her little menonite head band. She's just so much fun right now!

And this is what I get to wake up to most mornings. What a cutie!

What has Macie been up to?

So here are a few pictures. I tried to send some to GG and Papa last night but I got a mailer demon this morning saying that I put too much content in. I'm not having any luck with posting video though. Does anyone know why it takes so long to upload? Is a 2 minute clip too much for blogspot? It took over 3 hours last night and my camera battery died before it finished.

She's currently crawling and standing on her own, but no steps on her own.

Macie loves the blinds. Just to play with. She's got some next to her changing station.

I think this is it for now. Just thought I'd share some Macie time for the Family. More to come!

Inspired

I just saw that another friend of mine had started a blog, and I thought about dustin' this old blog off again and giving it a shot.
The good news is that blogger is currently not blocked at work. If this was from home there would be no chance I'd update it. But if I have a minute during lunch or after work then I'm happy to update as possible. At home these days I'm rarely even on fac.ebook so I'm happy to see updates here!
So here are the stats:
Jill - 31
Jose - 34 (birthday is on Wednesday! The big 35!)
Macie - 6 months (as of yesterday!)
It's just been amazing to see her grow and I can't say enough how much I'm enjoying being a mom.
I'll post more later, I'm just dipping my feet back in this blog world.

38 weeks and one week left

So the title is referring to this baby girl who is on her way (so I hope!).
Today is 38 weeks along and this will be my last week at work (if I can make it through the whole thing). It should be okay, it's state testing week so I'm hoping for an 'easy' week. But what I've learned is that teaching at Ron Hock.walt, when you think you're in for an easy day, it rarely turns out that way. But at any rate, we're getting ready.

Stay tuned!

Seniors in High School

One of the homework questions for my civics clas whas which branch of gov't awards federal grants and contracts.
About half of them wrote either the 'national' branch or the 'federal' branch.
These are seniors in high school. And no, not at the continuation school, but at Wal.nut High School. Yikes!
And I know this isn't my fault. I'm very clear about our 3 branches of gov't. I'm really good at remembering which ones they are. I say it a lot.

Oh yeah, they were allowed to use the book, too.