Growing Maycee

A week and a half ago we took Maycee in for her 4 month check-up. We found out shocking things.

Maycee is now 13lbs and 6oz. In the 50th-75th percentile for weight.

Maycee is 25 1/2 inches long. SHE IS IN THE 75TH-90TH PERCENTILE FOR HEIGHT! That is all Stephen.

Maycee will be taller than me. I know it.

Stephen, the Graduate

WE ARE DONE WITH SCHOOL!

I am so proud of Stephen. He has been working full time and going to school full time to be able to get his degree...and he did it!

Thanks to numerous fees and other unforeseen expenses, Stephen decided not to walk. After calling Boise State to let them know of his decision, they thanked him for the information and told him that he would receive his diploma in the mail in February.

February.

Congrats, Stephen Post. We care enough to send you your diploma after 2 months...ish.

Go-Getter Stephen

Stephen has set an amazing goal for himself. He is training to run a marathon in Ogden, UT in May 2011. Just in case you do not know that is 26.2 miles.

26.2 MILES!

Crazy.

He has set his mind on it and is literally "running" towards his goal.

The turning moment came last Saturday when he had to run his furthest yet, 13 miles. Due to a family outing Stephen was forced to run after dark. At 7pm.

Stephen ran 13 miles at my parent's farm in just above freezing temperatures. Rain. Wind. Mud. AND leftover dirty snow.

Stephen.

I love you.

You are going to make it to this marathon and run 26.2 miles.

SHOUT OUT TO MY HUBBY!

Worst. Parents. Ever.

Last night the unthinkable happened.

I laid Maycee on her back on the floor after feeding her last night while Stephen and I were watching T.V. We became enthralled in a funny commercial. After our attention was drawn away from Maycee for 10 seconds, we looked down and realized that something had changed...

MAYCEE WAS ON HER STOMACH!!!!

Stephen and I missed a monumental milestone in our child's life because of a stupid commercial.

I'm never watching T.V. again.

Holy Hannah!

Watch this. You won't be disappointed.

Maycee & Daddy Photo Shoot

...and Mom.

Maycee is so intrigued by the camera, but just won't smile in front of it. She's all smiles 'til she sees the camera. What's with that?

Maycee Food

Maycee had her first try of something on a spoon. I don't know that I would really call it food because rice cereal smells awful. I wasn't even brave enough to try the stuff, but I gave it to Maycee. This was her reaction.


She really wasn't that big of a fan, but she didn't cry! She would open her mouth and then push the food out with her tongue. Her expression was of complete disgust. Poor girl. It'll still be a while before she gets good food.

Stephen Loves Me

Stephen and I had an exchange a few nights ago. This is how it went down.

Me: "Do you love me?"

Stephen: "Yes."

Me: "How much do you love me?"

Stephen: "...I love you so much that if the largest animal..."

Me: "The Blue Whale"

Stephen: "...the blue whale swallowed you...I would come and dig you out with a spoon. That's how much I love you!"

As you can see Stephen loves me very much.

Going Private

We're going private on December 1st. We would love for you to join us! Send me your e-mail and we will sign you up. Thanks for those of you who have already sent me yours!

Stephen, Kami, & Maycee

Happy Thanksgiving

This last Thursday we had the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving with Stephen's family. It was really awesome to sit around the table with family and go through the things that we are all thankful for this year. Because of the awesome experiences that I've had over the last year, I would just like to list a few things that I am SO thankful for this year.

1. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has given me the opportunity to be a mom. I love Maycee so much and it has given me a whole new perspective on life.

2. I am very grateful that my husband has a job and that we can pay our bills. Because of that I am able to be a stay at home mom.

3. I am especially grateful for Stephen. I love him SO much. We have made a beautiful life together with the kindness of our Father in Heaven.

4. I am grateful for the gospel. It makes my life happy. Because of the Plan of Salvation I will be able to be with my family forever.

Another quote from Stephen

"Wouldn't it be funny if moms fed babies with regular milk and daddys fed them with chocolate milk?"

Ruining Christmas

I have a secret hiding spot.

I have a secret place where I stash all of Stephen's presents for his birthday, Christmas, or any other holiday that I wish to buy him a gift for.

Stephen doesn't like that I have a secret stash spot.

Every time I have something hidden, I tell him, just to get him riled up. I think it's funny.

This is the conversation that we had last night about the stash.

Stephen: "Do you know what you are getting me for Christmas this year?"

Me: "...Yes...I've already bought most of your presents."

Stephen: "You know. I really like surprises. BUT you are forcing me to look for my presents because I really want to know where your hiding spot is. You are ruining Christmas."

Me: "Go ahead. Look. You'll never find it."

He hates that I am so cocky about it. It's true. He never will find it.

Trick #2

My dad was so excited when he saw that Maycee was able to stand up on her own. He was finally able to perform the trick that he has been looking forward to since she was born. Here is the picture proof.

Aren't her smiles contagious?

Here are the worn out circus performers.

Wow.

That's all I have to say.

Trick #1

Last Wednesday Maycee learned her first trick. She is now able to hold up her head and chest while she is on her tummy! The first time I saw her hold her head up I was so excited.

I cheered her on.

That made Maycee all the more excited about her trick.

I love this little girl!

So...

I got my first hickey yesterday.

From Maycee.

She loves to suck on things. Especially skin. When she was going to town on my arm I didn't think anything of it until her mouth let loose and I had a giant blood rush to the skin.

Something I didn't think I would face as a mother.

Bath Time

Last night I gave Maycee a bath.

I filled the tub and stuck her in.

She pooed.

I lifted her out of the tub, drained the water, filled the tub back up, and laid her down again.

She peed.

I lifted her out of the tub, drained the water, filled the tub back up, and laid her down again.

THIS time she got her bath.

Good thing she didn't spit up.

Poor Maycee

This morning I awoke to Maycee's cries at 6:30am. Her cries were soft which normally indicates that she will go back to sleep. After a minute, I went to check on her.

As I walked towards Maycee's room, her cry sounded muffled. I immediately began to panic and quickened my pace. I turned on the lamp as I entered her room and walked to her crib. Maycee's blanket was all the way over her head and her little legs were kicking wildly out of the bottom of her blanket.

I pulled the blanket off of Maycee and she was a little anxious.

This little girl moves too much in her sleep.

Bottles

Maycee tried her first bottle today.

She hated it.

BUT we kept trying.

Every time Stephen would put the bottle in her mouth, she would begin to suck on it, but then wail. I think she realized the little bits of milk that poured into her mouth from the bottle made her realize how much more hungry she was and then wailed all the more.

Stephen gave up and handed Maycee and the bottle to me.

I tried to give Maycee the bottle and she wailed harder. She could smell that I was the one who was supposed to be feeding her the right way. I gave in for a minute and nursed her for about 30 seconds. After she calmed down and was eating I began to explain to her that Mom and Dad needed her to take a bottle so when we had to be away from her for more than four hours she could still get food.

I stopped nursing her and gave her the bottle. She started to resist, but then began to drink. She drank half of the bottle and I gave her to Stephen to finish feeding. Watching Stephen feed Maycee was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. I didn't realized how much Stephen missed out on by not feeding Maycee. You could see that he really enjoying seeing that side of her.

Stephen is an amazing dad.

I am the luckiest woman ever.

Good job Maycee.

Halloween Stash

Maycee looks very stoic. In my mind she is holding very still so Daddy's starburst doesn't fall off of her head...

Here's Maycee with her "goods" from Halloween. She is getting really good at holding things in her hands. She clung to those pieces of candy pretty well. We had to pry them from her little fingers. Hopefully this is not a foreshadowing of things to come.

Sunday Afternoon Naps With Mom

Beth

On Sunday we went to church with Brandon and Mitzi.

During the Sacrament Beth, my four year old niece, walked over to us and whispered, "What are you guys doing?"

I replied, "Watching Maycee sleep."

Beth, "You're supposed to be thinking of Jesus."

...

Beth then walked back to her seat.

Thank you for the reminder Beth!

I love little kids.

Happy Halloween!

For Halloween this year we went to visit Stephen's brother in Spanish Fork. Knowing that this was Maycee's first Halloween, I couldn't help myself...

Isn't she the cutest little bee you have ever seen?

Just a little plug for 'Other Mothers'...they had absolutely fabulous prices for little kid costumes.

We wanted to get a picture with the three of us and Stephen immediately says, "Lets take the picture in front of Brandon's batman case!" I didn't think it would work, but we tried.

Brandon also had to add that he couldn't get all of Maycee in the picture with me holding her.

So Stephen held her.

Bethy really wanted to get picture taken with the "Little Maycee Bee". We tried really hard to get both of them smiling.

All in all we had a lot of fun eating chili, carving pumpkins, eating blizzards, and everything else in between.

FYI

Hello, dear family and friends!

Stephen, Kami, and Maycee have decided to go private with our blog as of December 1st. We would love for you to still join us so PLEASE send your e-mail to either my e-mail, Stephen's e-mail, or add it onto the comments.

We love you!

Stephen, Kami, & Maycee

Favorite Things About Being A Mom

1. Every morning when Maycee wakes up, she is SO excited to see me! She kicks her legs, gives me a huge smile, and she coos.

2. When Maycee is really tired, but can't fall asleep, I pick her up and lay her on my shoulder. She whimpers for a few minutes and then goes limp from utter exhaustion. Then we cuddle...

3. After pulling her off of my shoulder and there is a huge spot of drool on my shirt.

4. BATH TIME!! Maycee loves the bathtub. As I lower her into the water and her fist and feet hit first, she recoils at the new sensation. As soon as she realizes where she is at, she kicks and flails her arms tirelessly. Her eyes are squinting the entire time because she splashes water in her face, but that doesn't stop the splashing.

5. Conversations with Maycee. She listens to me talk to her for a little while, but then she tells a very long story with a lot of smiles.

6. During her fussy periods, when she is being held by someone other than Mom or Dad, she is given back to me to calm.

7. Kissing her neck when she coos and tries to scrunch her neck.

8. Singing to Maycee and she doesn't care what it sounds like.

9. Rocking Maycee to sleep.

10. BEING A MOM! I really didn't think I would feel this way about this new job that I have.

Farmer Maycee

Last Wednesday I got to go to the farm with Maycee. We had to get some use out of those cute overalls!

We got to ride in the truck with Grandma.

Maycee slept ALL day. Surprisingly she even slept really well that night too!

Thanks Mom and Dad for the potatoes and tomatoes and the rickety old pallet...I am so excited.

We even got to see Grandpa in his fancy, smancy glasses.

Yeah for beet harvest!

Aunt Krystal is a goober.

Krystal was trying SO hard to get a picture of the two of them sticking out their tongues. We didn't think it would be that hard because Maycee ALWAYS has her tongue out. It is her favorite play toy. This is what we got.


I think it's hilarious.

Oh!

While setting up the church for a Relief Society activity, I asked a couple of kids to "watch" Maycee in her car seat. The little five-year-old girl and three-year-old boy were enthralled by Maycee.

Walking out of the gym I looked over to see what the kids were doing. I said to the five-year-old, "Maycee is very entertained by you!"

Little girl, "Huh? What does that mean?"

Me, "Uh, she is content with you. Do you know what that means?"

Little girls shakes head in the negative.

Me, "...She is enjoying you. Do you know what that means?"

Little girl, "Ohhhh, she likes me!"

Me, "Yes, she likes you."

Well, duh. I really have to get used talking to kids.

My little doll

It is so much fun having a person that I can dress up and that loves me to be around. She's the best doll money can buy.

Bbbrrrr

Friday morning I awoke at 7:30 to Maycee wailing for food. I was running on 6 hours of sleep at that point...and had a headache, painful sinuses, and a sore throat.

After feeding her I laid her in the bouncer next to the couch, while I laid down for a "nap". Maycee again fell asleep, but began wailing again at 9:00. Ugh.

I said, "Maycee! I just fed you an hour and a half ago! There is no way you are hungry again."

As I got up to get her out of the bouncer, I noticed that it was a little chilly. I put her on my shoulder and immediately she quieted. I laid back down on the couch and placed her on my chest and put my blanket over her. She buried her face in my chest and slowly began moving to get in the crook between the couch and my body.

Like mother, like daughter. She was cold.

Favorite status EVER

I almost NEVER get on facebook.

BUT I needed information only available on said website.

Karli's status as of 8 hours ago said...and I quote,

"Bahahahahahaha, my dad has glasses!"

This made me giggle.

The Worst Day Ever!

Poor little miss Maycee had to get her two month shots yesterday. It was very traumatic. According to one of my friends in the ward, more traumatic for me than for Maycee.

Stephen so graciously got off work early to go to the doctor's office with me. The last time that we were at the doctor's office we were frazzled, stressed, and in definite need of great amounts of sleep. That was twelve days after her birth. It seems like eons ago.

I am so glad that we chose the doctor that we did. Everyone at the office is so nice and always gives us TONS of compliments on how cute of a little girl that we have. We agree.

ANYWAY...the nurse took us back to the room of torture. On our way she showed off little Maycee's flower headband to everyone who passed us. She was so cute!

In our room, the doctor came to give Maycee her checkup. She is getting SO big! She is now 10lbs 15.5oz and 22.5in long.

The doctor left and in came the nurse. We laid her on the little bed and I held her legs while Stephen held her arms. The nurse gave her one shot in the leg and the instant the shot penetrated her skin Maycee got this look of pain in her face. Two seconds later she began to sob. I have never heard her cry like that! I immediately told Stephen that he had to hold her legs for the next one and I would hold her arms.

Maycee continued to sob through the next shot. As soon as it was finished I picked her up off the table to consol her...I started to cry. I've never heard her cry like that! I couldn't get her to stop crying either! That made me cry even more. I continued my silent tears for the next hour...even though Maycee had stopped. This is only the beginning...

Just for Future Reference

I would like to say that you should NOT purchase Scentsy Candle scents that smell like any sort of treat.

...I've had a sweet tooth ALL day because of it.

The Dirty Dash

A few months ago, Krystal found a new "fun thing to do in Boise". Stephen, Shane, and Krystal were all pumped. That is until Krystal started to "train" for this event. I LOVE YOU KRYS! There's no way I would have done it! Baby or not...

The Dirty Dash is a race they have been doing for a while in Salt Lake and just started to do this year in Boise. This race in a 10K up a ski hill. When I say hill, I really mean mountain. I couldn't believe what they ran up!

The race was Saturday, September 18th. The runners were Stephen and Shane. The obstacles were a mountain, a root beer, a water slide, and a giant mud pit.

Here is the before picture:

Here are the after pictures:

Honestly, I can't believe they made it out as clean as they did. That mud pit was intense. They even had strings going across the mud pit indicating that they had to go underneath the strings to get through the obstacle.

The strings were laying on top of the mud.

People were diving head first in the mud.

Personally, I think that they were the first people to the mud pit and it was water at that point. They were that fast.

These water spickets were set up to rinse off the muddy runners. Stephen said they were freezing.

Here's the glorious mud pit.

Any takers for next year? They have an option to run as teams! FYI, all of the teams were dressed up in awesome costumes. I'm very sad that I don't have pictures of those...