Thursday, April 12, 2012

Always going...

Things always seem to be going around here, probably doesn't have anything to do with having two toddlers around. lol, hard to imagine that my baby could be considered a toddler. She has been walking for a few months now, practically does everything on her own and she isn't even a year! Speaking of which, less than two months from now is her BIRTHDAY!! I can't believe how fast it has all gone by. She really is just the sweetest thing. THen a month after that, my first baby will be turning THREE! She is a talking machine, practically having whole conversations. It is amazing the difference I see in the two of them already, I really think that Sammy is going to be our outgoing one. Maisie was and still kinda is really quiet when we go out with people she isn't really familiar with, and Sam will smile at everyone. Sammy HATES WATER!! And I don't mean to drink, I mean, to get in it. Maisie has always been my water baby, she LOVES it always has, but Sammy refuses! Always screams when it is bath time. Sammy, believe it or not is not as picky about food, don't get me wrong, Maisie is a GREAT eater, but there were a few things she didn't care for and Sammy likes EVERYTHING!

Well, I didn't plan on cutting this one short but I have a hungry baby yelling at me, i better not ignore, until next time...

Saturday, March 17, 2012

BLAH

That is how my week has been, BLAH! haha, the whole house seems to have caught the crud. Poor Sammy seems to think she has to teeth two teeth at a time. I started feeling my throat hurt on Monday by wednesday I felt really bad, I actually think I may have caught a cold, not just allergies. Bryan came down with the same thing, only difference is he got to come home and sleep on the couch while I ended up doing everything and feeling the same way...good thing I love my family :) Sammy had caught the sniffles, but I don't think she felt like we did because most of her complaints have been about her mouth. So if she caught a runny nose, it was probably because she was a little vulnerable from teething. What really gets me is all this "sickness" I guess around the house and our friend Angel's daughter Mimi was sick and over at the house, and Maisie didn't catch ANYTHING! That is my strong girl. I thank God and hope she stays strong. I am thinking it has everything to do with God first, then breastfeeding, eating a little dirt here and there and now the fact that we are going as much green in our products and whole foods as possible! Anyways, everyone else is on the upside of this now.

Sammy is walking ALL OVER THE PLACE, and she is so funny! She will hold her arms up in the air like she is Rocky, yelling and carrying on like she owns the place. Maisie has had a pretty good week over all, I am trying to stay positive, though lots of people make it difficult. I don't want to be nieve, I know kids are not easy, the terrible twos I think could have been a lot worse, and now I keep hearing people talk about the three's being worse! That is okay, I am a believer in staying positive, I know God has it all in control, and as long as I try my best to be a good parent, God will get us all through alive! haha. I am so thankful that she has a loving spirit, that she knows what she wants, is not afraid to try, and doesn't want anyone to get hurt, and that she eats...GOOD FOOD :) There are so many other great qualities, but I would be here all day. The other day she was sitting next to me on the couch and with a STRAIGHT face, looked at me and quoted a line from the new Winnie the Pooh...."send the pig" hahaha. It was CLASSIC, she is SOOOOOO like the rest of my family. She also started to quote part of the original WTP, the part when Pooh went to see rabbit and maybe have lunch with him, I heard Maisie say "nobody" and "somebody", it was so cute, love that kid. She has also been watching a lot of Veggietales lately, she loves them, and it was so cute because she told me that Jesus is on Veggietales, and I heard her quote "the Bible says..." because they always end on what the Bible says. LOVE IT!

Well, enough about the kiddos, they are great, we are great, hope you all are great too!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lots of cuteness

I have been enjoying watching my kids grow, and seeing all the cuteness that comes with it. In the past week I have seen some new things in Maisie. Of course we all know she is talking up a STORM and sings all the time, which I LOVE! but for the first time this week I heard her say a small prayer for her food! It melted my heart. I was fixing lunch for the girls and I put Maisie's plate on the table and went back to finish Sammy's and I heard her ever so softly say, "thank you God, amen!" I was in shock! We always pray for our meals, but I hadn't officially been working on a particular prayer with her, so I was amazed and so thankful. That little girl just loves church and praying and singing about Jesus. Don't get me wrong, I know that most of it is superficial, she doesn't really understand yet what God and Jesus are really about, but I am praying that this is just giving her a firm foundation in what will become and everlasting relationship.

And of course, my little Sammy, she is officially taking steps and doing a wonderful job. She is also teething and I can now see one of her top middle teeth, maybe even the second one. She is not a fan of me looking so I have a hard time knowing for sure what I see. Sammy has been giving me a hard time at nap time though, she is great at night when it is time to go to bed, but for some reason she thinks that nap time is supposed to be with me, lol. Oh well, she will get the hint, though I hate when she is upset. She does one afternoon nap, just after lunch for about an hour and a half to two hours and she may or may not take a short nap around six pm. Doesn't seem like enough sleep for a little one, but her sister was the same way. At least she sleeps longer than her sister did at this age. I had to make sure Maisie didn't sleep until 10pm because she would wake up before 8am, though I think she usually got up around 730am anyways. I can put same down just after 9pm sometimes and she will still sleep until 9am. She gets up at 8am sometimes too, but it is still much better than Maisie.

We went to a squadron Mardi Gras parade this past weekend and Maisie was dressed up all cute in her tutu from Nana. She had a great time, and so did Sammy. Sammy actually got her picture taken for the Keesler News, hopefully I will get to see it on Thursday!

Well Bryan leaves for his mission trip this weekend so I will be by myself for a week. Not that I am afraid I can't handle the kids, I do everyday, but sometimes my patience can run thin and I hate being edgy with the girls so I hope it won't be too bad. On a great note, my parents are coming this weekend, not nearly for long enough, but I will take what I can get. Poor Bryan is jealous he will miss them. Oh well :)

I guess I better get off of here. We bought a new Kinect for the XBox and I started that workout game thing and it is kicking my butt! But I am trying to stay motivated! We shall see, so far so good. Until next time...

Monday, January 30, 2012

Long day...


Well, Bryan is working over 12 hours today, so I am in for the long haul by myself and the babies. At this very moment I hear Maisie getting into the babies snacks that she isn't supposed to have...geesh. Oh well, such is life. We are on day three of our good potty days. I cannot BELIEVE the regression I have seen with Maisie, it is unreal! She is potty trained, she has been for a few months, but all of a sudden she is acting as if she has no clue, or doesn't care. She has been peeing all over the house!! BUT, like I said, this is day three of good potty days so I am just praying and being as patient as I possibly can.

Sammy has been a little crabby the past week, I think she is teething something horrible, but all I see are swollen gums! I am ready for her to pop out a few more so she can get some relief! Maisie already had her top teeth I think by this age, I think Sammy's are going to come in all at once, yay...poor thing.

I love watching them play together and hearing them playing and laughing in Maisie's room, it is so sweet. I hope they keep being sweet to each other. I know they will have their moments growing up of arguing and fighting but at the end of the day I really want them to know how important they are to each other. Family is so important.

Anyways, we had a good weekend, ate a lot of good homemade food. Bryan had to work part of the day Saturday, but he was off in enough time to grill burgers and we ate them on the homemade buns I made! Then the rest of the leftover potato wedges and some homemade chili. Then at dinner we had some homemade bulgolgi that our neighbor made with some chow mein noodles and some homemade lumpia that my other neighbor made and froze for us...YUM! It was SO good! Then of course Sunday was great, we spent the day with our lovely friends, the Thomas Family after church, love them.

Not much else to report, better get back to the babies,

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Starting over...

I thought maybe I could attempt to catch up on where I left off of here, but geesh!! it has been over a year!! I was pregnant with Samantha and now she is a whopping 7 1/2 mths old! So there is now way I could recap everything about this past year, and therefore I am just going to start from how things are going now. My kids are beautiful, smart and wonderful! Samantha is crawling and sitting and rolling over and walking along furniture. She has one walking toy that she will walk with if she ever stops dancing long enough to focus, lol. She dances way more than Maisie ever did. Speaking of Maisie, she is doing wonderful as well, although she has been slipping in the potty training area at home. Not sure what is going on, but there have been several times that she just pees where she is standing, no warning, nothing! It makes me so frustrated!! But we move on and hope she gets better, at least it isn't in public, so far she is great when we go out.

Maisie sure does get testy with her sister though, I know she loves her, but she seems to think she can treat her like her baby dolls. They will be playing in Maisie's room and then they will both come out, Maisie of course is in her panties, but then Sammy comes out behind her in just a diaper....and she was fully clothed before she enter the apparently clothing optional room. Of course Maisie insists that she can wear Sammy's clothes and struts around the house in very small apparel. This is all okay though, because they definitely keep each other entertained and therefore, I may have a few moments during the day to myself.

Maisie isn't napping anymore, she gave that up shortly after she turned 2, so I don't have a me time in the afternoon. Though Maisie and I have an agreement that is working out fairly well for the both of us. Sammy will take a nap in the afternoon anywhere from 1130 to 1pm and sleep for usually at least an hour, sometimes closer to two hours. Maisie, for those of you who may not know her, has a really hard time staying quiet so I take her into my bedroom and put something on the tv. Usually it is one of the feature films for families that my mom has sent us, and she will play with the iPod touch and/or watch the TV while I have a chance to workout on the elliptical that was given to me by a friend. I don't EVEN want to go into how out of shape I am, but I will say that I am working on being much more healthy. So Maisie is content during Sammy's nap and I get a semi-quiet time to do my thing. I will take it!

Speaking of being healthy, we have been making MAJOR changes to our eating, health and beauty, and cleaning lifestyle. I am making all of the soaps, cleaning supplies, shampoos, etc that is used for cleaning the house, and ourselves. I can't make my own make up so we are just going as "green" as possible on that front. As far as eating, there are several things that we have added to our 'diet' that we just can't live without anymore. The first was pure, unrefined coconut oil! This is almost a miracle product, not just for eating, but for health and beauty. I don't even buy lotion or chapstick anymore. You do the research, you will see how beneficial the coconut oil is for you inside and out. The second thing we have started is kefir! kefir is actually quite a big thing now depending on where you look. In a nutshell, it is like plain yogurt, but WAY more probiotic and SOOOOO much easier to make. It is also something that grows on its own, so you don't have to buy more once you have the grains. Anyways, do the research, another WONDERFUL healthy addition to our diet that we can't live without. We are starting to get off of the bleached flours and sugars and going all natural and pure. This is a little bit more difficult because apparently once flour is ground it loses all of its nutritional value in three days and since we can't grind our own wheat at the moment, we will have to be satisfied with the natural unbleached flour. As far as the sugar is concerned, we CAN buy, though a little more pricey, Sucanat which is way more nutritious than the extremely refined sugar that you buy in the store. We are trying to get off of the High Fructose Corn Syrup, do the research, it is bad! We are cooking MUCH more at home, trying to do whole foods, started canning, etc. We LOVE it! It is actually quite satisfying doing so much in the kitchen and making EVERYTHING, not to mention everything tastes SO good.

Anyways, this post is getting really long and kids are starting to go nuts, I better tend to them. It is almost time for Sammy's nap anyways. Hopefully I will have a few moments to keep up with what is going on in our house and not let the next post be a year from now! haha, we will see.

The McQuary Family


Friday, December 17, 2010

Has it really been that long??

I can't believe my last blog post was in October, I am really slacking. But boy things have really been busy, I doubt I will even remember all of it to write about. First was Thanksgiving, I think. I got to stay with my parents for a month and it was so great. Bryan had to go home and work and then he got sick and didn't want Maisie and I to catch it so that is how we got to stay so long. I hate that Bryan got sick but I love the time with family. Thanksgiving was so awesome, the whole family was together. I love spending time with a house full of family, and the fact that we all are so close make it so much better. The food was awesome, ate WAY too much, but loved every minute of it. Maisie of course got spoiled by all the family, they couldn't help themselves. but now that we are home, I have her back to normal :) I think her teeth had given her a small break, although here lately I she has been biting her fingers a lot and chewing on things, so maybe some more are coming. There isn't a whole lot of room left in her mouth, so hopefully we are almost done, although, she isn't acting nearly as bad as when those molars were coming in...yikes.

Well, since we have been home we have been busy with Christmas stuff. Our choir had a performance at the Belingrath Gardens in Alabama, and it was fantastic. I had never seen so many lights before and Maisie did wonderful. She had so much fun running around...although she touched one strand of lights and the whole strand died...oops, not sure what she did, but she had to do something! haha. We have been putting up our Christmas decorations on the inside and outside of the house and I love it, I love the look of Christmas, gives me a happy feeling. I know, that sounded cheesy, but didn't know how else to say it. Bryan is still working on the outside lights, hopefully they will be done by christmas, LOL.

And the most exciting part about all this is my parents coming out Thursday night before Christmas and staying the weekend! I am so excited. My mom hasn't seen the house since we got all of our stuff unpacked so hopefully I can get things cleaned up and keep them that way. Kinda hard to keep the house clean with Maisie throwing her toys everywhere, wearing my shoes all over the house, and anything else she can get ahold of. Anyways, it will be so much fun, I can't wait.

As far as baby #2, I FINALLY got in to see the doctor. I had to get my initial appt. done yesterday, and they did the 7 viles of blood but Praise GOD they got it the first time and I didn't even bruise! Does pregnancy make your veins bigger and stronger? I think someone should do a study on that because all the blood you have to get drawn when you are pregnant is crazy and I seem to be doing better with #2 than I did with Maisie. I had the not so pleasant women's exam early this morning, so that is done and over with. But the best news of all is the fact that the military is 100% on board with getting a VBAC. I was so worried they were going to fight me on having this baby naturally and now I know they are going to help me! Another praise! I just feel so blessed! The nausea is down so that it barely bothers me at all (just have to stay away from certain foods...lol). Of course I am feeling tired ALL the time, but I am much more able to do things this time than last time so that is great!

Maisie is wonderful and learning so much, she is so smart. I can't believe how big she is getting, I sometimes look at her clothes thinking there is no way my baby is wearing that! But she isn't a baby anymore, she is a toddler (though she will always be my baby). I love how she loves to watch my old musicals with me. Even if she doesn't sit and watch the whole movie, if a singing and dancing scene comes up, she will stop what she is doing to watch the whole thing. It is so stinkin cute!

I think our puppy Monty is finally past the point of no return and will survive :) haha, he is been really good lately, although he will be getting fixed on Monday...so he may not be all that happy for a few days...oh well. He and Maisie are buds and get into lots of trouble together, mostly her fault cause she gets him to get into stuff...rotten girl ;)

Well, I better get off of here and take advantage of her napping...won't last too long. Miss my family, love you all...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Cuteness through the funk...

It seems everyone has been in kind of a funk lately. Poor Maisie is struggling with this one molar trying to come in. I have never seen her so grumpy and tired. I am still wondering if she maybe caught a bug too because she had runny diapers too, but she never really had a fever. I think maybe the stress of her tooth was just upsetting her tummy and making her life miserable. Of course through it all she still managed to be as cute as ever and sweet (sometimes)lol.

This morning sickness is no fun...but I have to say it isn't as bad as last time. I thought for sure I was really getting sick by this point last time and all I have right now is some nausea, and the best part is it is the worst in the morning, it isn't all day. Although, it kinda comes back late at night and I think that is why I am not sleeping all that great. I can't seem to get comfortable. I am also having this dry mouth problem, I don't remember this from last time, but of course I was puking everything up. But I have to literally be constantly drinking something all day for my mouth not to feel like cotton. The back of my tongue feels fat, but at least it doesn't hurt anymore. Well, today I feel better than yesterday, you know that feeling you get when you get water up your nose? it is a very awful feeling, try having that all day, and everytime you stand up your head pounds so bad it feels like your brains are going to explode (on top of the nausea). I felt like that ALL day, but I was smart and just kept drinking water trying to drain the fluid out of my head and today I feel SOOOO much better...I will keep drinking though just to make sure.

I really can't wait to visit my mom and dad, I may actually get more of a break. It is not easy being sick with a puppy and a toddler. I'm so glad I have a laid back pup.

Maisie is being so cute right now and learning so many new things. She loves to pretend she is talking on the phone, and she is blowing kisses now and it is my favorite. She is climbing a pile of clean clothes right now...I really should put them away. She sure does love her puppy though, it is so great watching them play, and so hard to get it on camera. I can't wait until mom and dad get to see them playing, they will get a kick out of it.

Well, I think I gotta let the pup out again, hopefully will post again soon.