I've been tagged!

Here are the rules:

1. Go to your documents/pictures.

2. Go to your 6th file.

3. Go to your 6th picture.

4. Blog about it.

5. Tag 6 people to do the same.

6. So here we go...



This was taken on my birthday this year. Macy is shirtless because the carrots that you can still see on her face had soaked through her shirt and we only had 20 minutes or so before bath time. The bow is from a gift Gerald gave me. I am now a dork who saves all ribbons I come in contact with so I can use them to make hairbows for Macy. Gerald joked that I wouldn't have to do anything to this one, Macy could wear it "as-is". So this is that "as-is" picture. I seriously contemplated having Macy wear it to church, just because I wondered what people would say.

Thanks for the tag, Sarita!

I tag Rachel, Ruth, Cristall, Rissa, Martha, and Holly Gibb

Macy is on the Move!

I'm not sure if we can really call it an army crawl.

Maybe a Circus Crawl!

A Princess needs a Throne!

Gerald and I have had a hard time eating lately. It is very difficult to eat dinner when your child (although fed, clean, and surrounded by her favorite things) is screaming, yelling, and otherwise demanding undivided attention from the floor. So we have been eating cold food through gritted teeth. We found the solution and...

Macy got a high chair today!


She seems so small in it, like we need to put a book under her and prop her up. We might have to try this.


So we tried it out tonight, without the tray at the table with us.


The chair was great, we took turns feeding her (and feeding ourselves) and dinner went very well!

So here's to many more happy, fulfilling family meals!

I'm a dork...but...

I love this picture Erika Hart took of my brothers and sisters and I this Christmas, and I love the ABC show Brothers and Sisters. I think that our picture kinda looks like a poster for a show like brothers and sisters-- so I made it into one. Granted I could have worked harder to make it cool... but you get the picture.

It's not easy being 6 months old!

But Macy makes it look so good! Macy has had a horrible week-- She turned 6 months old in the midst of the worst cold of her short life. We went to the Children's Clinic for her check up and we are happy to report that she is in the 50%tile for height, weight, and the 95%tile for head circumference. (we're raising a Da Vinci)


She still loves to play with the paper and show off her new skills for the doctor. Unfortunately, this time we had the unique experience of being diagnosed with 2 very nasty ear infections. Macy got out of having shots, and we have to go back in 2 weeks. So no shots, but a nasty ear infection... 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other.

We are also pleased to announce that Macyn Cherie Gibb is a bone fide sitter.


That is right folks, she can sit with the best of them. Macy can sit so well that she is not sure how to get back onto her belly to scoot around.

So she kinda cries because she knows she is going to have to fall to get there. But she does and we are confident that in time she will find a lower impact means of getting mobile.

That is all for now, but we know that there will be more to fascinate you in the near future-- so stay tuned!

Beany Baby!

Macy started solid foods today! She turns 6 months next Thursday, so we were going to wait until then, but Gerald will be out of town and we wanted him to be a part of this blessed event (and the aftermath we have heard so much about). Our little Macy lets us know what she thinks of the green beans we tried tonight in the video. How do you think she liked it?




Sorry Macy, it's good for you.

So, uhm... how do I catch up?

Well, some things have happened since I blogged last. A few things... no, lots of things. Some big things, some miraculous things, some hard things, but mostly good things. To catch you up here are some pictures and quips about the last month.





We loved our Arizona Christmas! So much fun! Macy loved all the attention from Grandpa and Grandma and Auntie Lacy! She played with her 2nd (?) cousin Griffin (although this is about as close as they got, Grif was not sure about her) and we all had a wonderful, relaxing break. We also had our first Gibb family photoshoot since Gerald and I got married, Lacy got home from her mission, and Macy was born. Gerald's cousin Jamie took them, if you are in the Phoenix/Mesa/Gilbert Areas check her out weedfotos.blogspot.com





So after a week of 60 degree weather with the Gibb family, we headed back East for the Harper family Christmas. As if there wasn't enough excitement-- Macy got her first tooth on Christmas Day! Although this is a very difficult event to take a picture of, we did get one good one on Gerald's phone and I am trying to get it off-- when I do I will post it. She now has 2 beautiful teeth. Here they are


It was a real treat! All five of my brothers and sisters, all their spouses, and all their children in one house (Thank you Rachel!) for a whole week! It was crazy, but it was so much like the Christmases I remember growing up. There was a ton of snow, so much great food, and not a single dull moment! Everyone loved playing the Wii, especially Gerald. I was not very good at it :(. Most of the fun though was just getting to hang out together.






We enjoyed taking another set of family pictures, they were taken a week apart but look like completely different seasons.





We also took a quick jont to New York City where Gerald and I saw Wicked with Mom and Kirk, and The Little Mermaid. We took Macy on the subway, saw the Skaters at Rockefeller Center, Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and felt very urban. I would love to live there, Gerald would be happy to never see anything but Broadway.





So that was our wonderful, eventful Christmas. We had a wonderful time. We loved seeing our family, traveling, and taking a break from real life. But next year... we are going to Hawaii... alone. All things in moderation :).

After Christmas we packed up and moved! We have a new house! We live in Sherwood, OR on Vintner Lane. WE LOVE IT HERE! Once we get all settled I will take pix and post them.

So, nothing that big-- traveling the country, moving, craziness. So now we are settling, and we will keep you informed!