Crazy Bed Time!!!!

After Macie's hard day in nursery she went to bed at 6:30pm tonight! She has never went to bed so early in her life. Either I will be getting up with her in the middle of the night or she really needed the sleep. I don't know but I hope she doesn't wake up and want to play in the middle of the night! But if she does.... I guess I will be her play mate bc I'm the one that let her go to sleep so early ;)

Fire Station!

Macie got to go to the fire station with some of her friends. She wasn't as into it as I thought she would be. She actually screamed most of the time. I am not sure if it was because her babysitter was there and she thought I was going to leave her or what. She liked being behind the steering wheel of the truck and the lights. She really wanted to go on a ride on the golf cart at the fire station. However, that was not an option and she was not happy about that. After the fire station we took the kids to the park and had lunch. Macie kept wanting to play on the playground but there was too many big kids that kept almost running her over. So we let all of our kids play in the water fountain. We gave them their empty cups and they entertained themselves forever. Thanks Ashlea for getting everybody together we had a great time!

I Graduated!!!!!!!!

So I am a graduate of Saint Leo University!!! I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Human Services Adminstration! I am so thankful to be finished with school. I am especially thankful to my mom and Rick for putting me through school. I am also thankful to my dad and Konnie for helping me while I was in school too! I couldn't have done it without them. After I had Macie I was convinced that I couldn't go any longer and leave her with a sitter. However, I changed my major and I finished!!!! The last semester was difficult because I had to leave Macie for a total of 250 hours over a 4 month period. Any time I'm away from Macie it is difficult. I am so thankful for everybody's support! For right now I am a stay at home mom and LOVING it! I am thankful for the opportunity that I have to stay at home with Macie. I look forward to every day that I get to spend with her. However, I am happy to know that if I ever have to get a job a have a college degree! My mom and Rick took my family out to dinner to celebrate my graduation! We were thankful to have Alison and Olivia join us. Here are a couple of pictures from our dinner. Rick picked out the cake by himself! I think he did a GREAT job! Thank you to everybody for all of the gifts and support! I love you all!

Moved back to Ocala

So we did move back to Ocala! I am sorry to all of thouse that we didn't say bye to but it was a spur of the moment kind of decision. We decided on a Monday that we were moving and we moved by Friday. It was quick but I hate procrastinating things so I just wanted to get it done. There was a few nights where I only got a couple hours of sleep, but it was worth it to get it done. Our house is turning out pretty cute up here. I am really into trying to decorate it right now! However, I want everything now but I know that I have to do it gradually because it gets expensive. Macie has her own bedroom, bathroom and playroom... about half of the house! She is spoiled! Macie actually really likes it up here. Michael and I take her on bike rides almost everyday and then she goes swimming in the pool to cool off. She loves the park and all of the dogs in the neighborhood. It is great to be back but I am missing my family like CRAZY! I loved living so close to my family so it has been hard. However, I still go down to see them at least once a week. Macie misses her cousins and grandma! All in all we are happy here and are loving our neighborhood and house! We miss everybody!!! I will post pics of our house soon!

Hard Day!

So today was a really hard day for me. Macie went to nursery! She started going to nursery in the Eustis ward around 15 months and loved it but now she freaks out. Ever since I stopped interning and have been at home with Macie she has been attached to me. I am not complaining at all! I actually love it! But it is not fun when I have no choice to leave Macie and she screams her head off. Today at church she started crying as soon as I walked in the nursery room. I finally put her down and left. After 5 minutes went by I went and stood by the door and all I heard was Macie screaming along with 2 other kids. I kept coming back every few minutes and then after 15 minutes I was ready to get her. I went by the nursery door and she had stopped. I found myself crying too! I know that is probably ridiculous but I couldn't stop crying myself. I went into the bathroom and was thinking to myself you are crazy! Macie is not hurt stop crying!!! But I couldn't! It was like we were connected or something. I went outside and walked around a little bit and then went to class. Macie ended up calming down and then right before it was time to go she started up again so Julie brought her to me. I know that Macie will eventually love going to nursery and playing with her friends. But for now it is pretty difficult. Michael of course thought I was crazy for being so upset but men just don't understand :).

Wild Flowers

I took Macie out to the wild flower patch in my mom's nieghborhood to get some pictures of her in the flowers. She did not cooperate at all. But anyways, these are some of the pics that I got.

Date Night

Michael took me out to dinner tonight to one of my favorite restaurants Bonefish Grill! It was great! I didn't get any pics because of course I forgot my camera but we had a great night together! Thanks Michael for dinner! I love you.

St. Augustine

I know that I posted a lot of pictures but I just couldn't leave any of them out. I actually started to cry when I was posting these pictures. Macie and Jayden have always been best friends and I feel so bad that I moved her away from him. I hope they will always continue to be best friends! Rhea and I took the kids to St. Augustine beach for a week. We had a GREAT time together. The kids loved playing together as usual. There was a kiddie pool that Macie and Jayden loved playing in. My mom and Missy came up for a couple of days and then Michael and Geoffrey came up to celebrate mothers day with us. We had a great trip! Rhea and I took advntage of the scenery and took some cute pictures of our kids! Thanks grammie and poppie for letting us use your condo!

Macie heard a dog bark and this was her reaction! Too cute!

Macie picked out a m&m covered pretzel at the candy shop in downtown St. Augustine.