{March & Spring Break}

We have had a very busy and fabulous last month.  

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Macy had a double ear infection and an eye infection we had to take care of. The kids were having a lot of fun in the Dr. office pushing Macy around... ha! Dont you love Maggies outfit.

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 This little thing cracks us up, we love her and her happy little personality. She STILL has no interest in walking by herself. Grrr!

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 Maggie is a hoot! We never know what sweet little ensemble she is going to come up with...this is what she picked out for ballet that day. 

 She still is enjoying her bike and climbing.

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 I love to bathe Macy. She LOVES the water and is so funny to watch. I can't get enough of her.

Macy

Macy

Maggie

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 Maggie had a little bit of a fall at preschool. She was climbing and lost her footing and bit down on her very long Craven tongue (her tongue and Macy's tongue are usually hanging out of their mouths, because there is really not enough room in their mouth to house it.)

When I went to pick her up she was a the kitchen sink crying and full of blood. The teacher said, just a minute before she bit her tongue.  Since this happens a lot at our house I didn't think much of it until she said, "NO, you don't understand...She REALLY bit her tongue." She literally bit through her tongue.  You could see a mark for each of her top teeth imprinted on her tongue. Her most severe cut being from her two front teeth. (the picture actually makes it look better than it was). I got her home, cleaned it out, gave her some ice and popsicle to suck on to help with the swelling and gave her some pain killer while I called the Dr. Long story short, she needed stitches on that tongue of hers, but after much thought we opted not to stitch it and hoped it healed correctly. Can you imagine a 3 year old with stitches on her tongue? She was having a hard time as it was. Luckily mouths and tongues heal quickly and within a few days it started to close up and feel better and even after 2 weeks it keeps on getting better each day. She might permanently  have a small bump on her tongue, but who is really going to notice anyway? It dosen't bother her. We are grateful it wasn't a more severe accident. 

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The next week was Spring break and we were having my mom and sisters and their kids come stay with us, so we did some re-arranging to help accommodate our visitors. 

We moved the girls into a room together, and got rid of the bunk beds! YAY! And now Kaiden has his own room. We like the arrangement so much better. Here is a pic of the room we threw together in a few days without buying one new thing and 3 days time.  The girls love being together and Kaid loves having his own boy space. I will post a pic of Kaids room next time. 

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Our weather has been amazing. We are trying to spend every last minute outside before the heat gets here. 

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 Macy does walk a few steps by herself, but she has no interest to do more than that! 

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 Relaxing after shopping, cleaning and getting ready for our visitors!

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Monday after noon Jake flew to San Diego for a week long work meetings, and my Mom, and two sisters, Kelli and Jami and their boys came and stayed with the kids and me. We had so much fun. I miss having them close by. 

It worked out perfectly having Jake gone for the week and them coming. I had both my cars here, so they were able to use one of them. I had to get a babysitter to pick and drop them off at the airport, but it worked out perfectly. 

Monday might we hung out caught up, watched the season finale of the Bachelor. It was awesome.

The next morning I went and picked up 3 babysitters and my Mom, sister and I took off for good food (Crackers for breakfast) and shopping in Scottsdale for the day. It was such a nice day being together without our kids! :) The time went by way to fast.

Spent a good part of our day at Last Chance. Jami and Kelli.

....and of course getting our Anthropologie fix. 

 and other shopping and shenanigans!

 With our final destination to SPRINKLES CUPCAKES. AMAZING! 

We got home took the babysitters home and headed to Organ Stop Pizza for an 'experience'. They all loved it!

Poor Linc was so sick the whole time.

It was a perfect day.

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Wednesday we headed to the Zoo. We were there a few hours and then headed home for naps, sprinklers and enjoying the perfect weather.

Mackay. 

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I then headed to pick up the sitters again, and we headed out for pedicures and a fabulous Tia Rosa Mexican dinner. It was a perfect night full of stories, laughs and relaxation, oh, and AMAZING food!

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The next morning we hung out, went shopping with the kids and then headed home to get them back off to the airport. 

Maggie and Mack.

Mackay

Kelli, Me, Mom, Jami

Kaiden, Maggie and Macy loved having Grandma around. We sure are going to miss her visits to Arizona (and our visits to Utah). My heart hurts to think we wont be seeing much of this amazing lady for the next 3 years. 

The week went by too fast. I was so sad to see them go. We had a fabulous time. I can't wait to be by my mom and sisters again...(maybe in 3 years?). Next year we are going to plan a sister trip with NO KIDS to go see our Mama in North Carolina. Can't wait. :) Yay for sister trips!

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St. Patricks Day. 

The Leprechaun comes and leaves gold (candy) in our shoes if we remember to leave them out the night before. Kaiden had been
down the days til St. Patty's Day, I didn't even have to remind him to put shoes out. This is what I found...

He made little notes that said Leprechau (n--he forgot the n) for each shoe. And Kaid and Mags colored a rainbow picture for him. 

They even went to find clovers.

Macy's shoe. :) Kaiden says its Macy and the Leprechaun.



We have had a fabulous last month and look forward to the last couple months of school with Summer fun quickly approaching!