i spent last weekend making lots of baby food for macie. our freezer is now full of ziplock bags with individual portion size blocks of food. so far she has just tried bananas, pears, and peaches. she likes the pears and peaches, but will only eat the bananas if they are mixed in with her cereal (they are so slimy they just slide right out of her mouth). hopefully we have enough food to last her about a month. i also figured out that making your own baby food (especially if you go organic) does not save money! if you like to cook, though, it is fun to make...and to me it looks and tastes a little better than the jarred.
macie has been working on sitting up for the past few weeks. in just the last couple of days she has been able to go extended periods without any assistance. every milestone is exciting as a new parent!
on the 4th, blake and i ran in a race with a group of our friends. blake ran the 8k and i did the 3k. our friend, gary, held macie while we ran...she was cheering for us at the finish line!
a couple of weeks ago we visited our friends, kim and eric, in krebs. one of the days we were there we drove to robber's cave park to spend the day. we took a short hike up to the cave then spent the rest of the time eating lunch and snowcones. kim and blake took turns carrying macie...appearantly it was quite a chore to hike with a baby. next time i think it would be fun to do the 10 mile hike!
yesterday we went up to blackwell for my cousin annie's baby shower. she is due in 7 weeks and is having a little boy that they are naming balen james. my cousin justin's girls had fun holding macie all afternoon. after the shower we went out to annie's house and got to see balen's nursery. he's got the cutest cowboy room! it was a good day despite how hot is was!
