Backtracking...Our trip to Vidalia!

My entire family including myself, Craig, Maci, Camden, my mom, dad, brother Alexis, and Oliver all flew to Georgia on August 3rd. Our main reason for going was The Oaks Baptist 10 year reunion- however the trip had other great perks including seeing some great friends and showing my son and husband the town where I grew up. The kids, Craig, and I stayed with my longtime childhood friend Jessie Williams. I also got to see Robin, my gymnastics coach growing up. It was neat to see my old houses and schools and take a real life trip down memory lane. Then to top it all off I had the coolest surprise ever when I was able to meet up with Jessica McCrillis (childhood friend) and my Russian gymnastics coaches Marina and Sergey at the Cheesecake Factory in Atlanta. It was an amazing trip!!!

                                                     My house in Ailey, GA age 2-6

My house in Vidalia, GA age 6-15

                                   My gym coaching growing up Robin and our kids (minus Maci)

                                                          My family and Jessie Williams

                  Coach Sergey, Jessica, myself, Maci, Coach Marina and her grandson Conner

Weaver Family Reunion in Mississippi

Every two years the Weaver family gathers for a reunion in Louisville, Mississippi at Lake Tiak'O-Khata. This year all 9 members of my family (myself, Craig, Maci, Camden, my mom, dad, Aaron, Alexis, and baby Oliver) all packed up in two vehicles and made the 10 hour drive. We broke up the trip on the way up, stopping in Monroe Louisiana and spending the night at a hotel. We arrived at Lake Tiak'O-Khata that afternoon just in time to enjoy some swimming time! Camden loved sliding down the swirling slide. This is something I have great memories doing as a child.He even did a front flip off the high dive! Maci had fun splashing in the water. The whole family enjoyed visiting with cousins and other family members, especially our cousins from Springfield, VA. Maci did very well on her first vacation and amazingly well traveling a total of 20 hours in the car in just 4 days!

                                                    Worn out just as the car trip started

                                                              Maci and Cousin Matt

                                                Matt, Lauren, me, Maci, Aaron, Oliver

                                                               me, Maci, Lauren

                                             Standing in front of the Mississippi River

                                                              Down by the Lake

                                                              More fun by the Lake

                                                           Camden on the car ride back

5 months old!

Maci is doing so many new things at 5 months. She is rolling both ways like a champ. Recently, after a ten hour long drive in the car she rolled over 13 times in a row both ways! She loves her bath and enjoys splashing in the water. She even got to experience her first trip to the lake and her first plane ride! Maci has now been to a total of 4 states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia). She is such a happy baby-always smiling and so so sweet. She has tried nearly every stage 1 baby food including green beans, peas, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, prunes, apples, bananas, and pears. Tomorrow we will try peaches. So far her favorite is DEFINITELY the pears. She gobbles those up like crazy. Just a couple days ago she has started to sit up without support for a few seconds before toppling over. In only 11 days I go back to work full time teaching third grade. Luckily I have found someone in the neighborhood to watch her that loves babies and will be great with her. I am going to miss her like crazy but I am excited to get back into my classroom and meet my new kiddos. And lets be honest, I know my wallet will be excited to finally get a full pay check!

Visit to Ft. Worth

This weekend we went to Ft. Worth for my niece's 2nd birthday party. Camden and Maci enjoyed seeing all of their cousins. Rayleigh (Camden and Maci's cousin who was having the birthday) especially loved Maci. She wanted to play with her as if she was one of her baby dolls. It was so cute! Here are some pics from the trip!

                                                             Maci and cousin Paisley

                                                         Maci and Daddy at the park

                                                                Camden climbing

                            1st cousin's pic: Caeden, Caysen, Rayleigh, Camden, Maci, Paisley, Kolter

                                                                       And another!

                                                               Maci and Uncle Bubba

Very Smiley!

Today Maci rolled over from her back to stomach for the first time. I walked in the other room for two seconds and I missed it! Lucky for Craig he got to see it. Hopefully she will do it for me tomorrow :) She is getting a little better at eating solid foods instead of only spitting them back out at me. So far she has tried rice cereal, oatmeal, green beans, carrots, and peas. So far the only ones she has really liked is the oatmeal and carrots. I have also tried to give her apple juice but she refuses to try it. Here are plenty of smiley pictures of her. She is such a happy sweet baby!

Camden's 6th birthday party

Camden's 6th birthday party was a success! His party was held Saturday July 7th at 5:00 PM. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it yet. We had about 30 guests including friends, family, and neighbors. The kids played on a bouncy slide/pool combo and then ate hotdogs and cake. It was a lot of fun!

                                                             Playing with friends!

                                                                  Splashing around

                                                                Excited about presents!

                                          Camden and his cake that his grandma made

                                                           Blowing out the candles!

                                                                   All of the friends

Maci is 4 months old!!

Maci turned 4 months old this past Sunday. She is doing so many new things like eating her feet, trying to do a sit up, and putting everything in her mouth. She had her doctor's appointment on Monday. She weighed 13 lbs. 6 and a half oz. putting her at the 45th percentile for weight. She was 24 and a half inches long putting her at the 50th percentile for height. Her head circumference had jumped to the 75th percentile, but my family has a history of big heads so I'm not worried :) The doctor wants us to try soy formula for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of 4 to see if it helps with the spit up. If that doesn't help our next step is Alimentum formula and if that doesn't help we are off to see a GI specialist. The doctor also gave us the go ahead for solids and we have so far tried rice cereal. I have two more months at home with her, and then its back to teaching! I am hoping the clock ticks by very slow :) I am enjoying every minute with my precious girl.

Trip to the zoo, visit from cousins, and more

Fun in Waco!

The Zoo

On June 8th, my brother and I took our kids to the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. While this wasn't technically Maci's first visit to the zoo, it was her first visit awake. Her favorite animal was probably the fish. She was very alert and payed close attention to them. Camden also had a great time! His favorite part was probably swinging on the ropes at the Orangutan exhibit.

                                                  Camden being silly at the fish exhibit

                                                 Camden, Maci, and cousin Oliver

                                                                   Strolling around!

                                          This picture of the alligators is creepy to me!

Visit from Cousin Emily and Andy

My cousin Emily and her husband came to visit on their cross country move from Virginia to Arizona. Camden absolutely loved playing with their absolutely adorable cockapoo, Jasper.

                         This is a terrible picture of me, but a great picture of Emily and Maci!

Emily, Andy, Maci

                                                        Camden with his new friend Jasper

Maci's first swim

I took Maci to the pool for the first time this past Saturday, June 16th. We went to the Baylor pool at the Student Life Center. This is an indoor pool so I didn't have to worry about sunscreen or her getting sunburned. She seemed to really enjoy the water. She only cried once when her brother splashed water in her face.

June 2, 2012

This week I went back to work. Maci did a great job staying with Craig on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and my mom on Friday. I missed her so so much. The first day was pretty difficult but it was easier on Thursday and Friday. Now I am done working for the summer so I get another 2 and a half months at home with her. I am dreading August however because it is looking like that's going to mean daycare time. I would do anything to keep her out of daycare. Camden got sick so frequently as an infant in daycare it was a nightmare. I am still hoping that I will magically find someone to keep her that I can pay so she isn't exposed to all the germs. I know kids will eventually get sick when they start school but I would rather her be a little older before it happens.

This weekend the kids and I went to stay at my Moms in Waco. Craig had to work so we decided to go away for a little visit. We had cake and ice cream for my sister in law Alexis' 30th birthday! I got to see my sweet nephew Oliver crawl all over the place!

This afternoon Camden played his last coach pitch baseball game of the season. He hit the ball all three times!!!

Maci finally rolled over again for the first time in almost 6 weeks! Of course she did it for Craig when I was at work....but he did get it on video :). I weighed on the scale this morning and it looks like she weighs about 13 pounds! She is such a sweet baby and is smiling all the time now. She even laughed out loud once last weekend for Craig and twice yesterday for my mom! I guess I'm not that funny to her :).

Some pictures from Portrait Innovations (Maci 3 month pictures and Camden 6 years)