2011 Family Vacation

This year, my mom, dad, BB, Maci & I traveled back to the Virgin Islands for 2 weeks! It was amazing and we all had such a good time! On the way there and on the way back we stayed the night in Miami.

This is in Miami in the Everglades. My mom and Maci were the only brave souls to want to hold the alligator. We went to an alligator park where literally those critters would come right on the road that we were walking down... I was a little scared!

This is an amazing beach we went to in the British Virgin Islands. I can't believe how freaking pretty some places are there!
This was a common occurrence during our trip... the two 4 year old's fighting (ALL THE TIME)... I don't know who was worse, the real four year old or the ADULT uncle! Thankfully they were just playing in this picture...

This was on an island in the British Virgin Islands, called something in Spanish that means fat virgin (something gortha ...) anyway these were called the bathes. It was so pretty there.

Me & Maci in a little outdoor bar called The Love Shack! While we were in the town of St. Thomas, we felt the safest in this bar! The town is so gross and the people are so rude... We tried to stay out of town as much as possible.

This was at Coral World. I HATE birds, but Maci really wanted to feed them so I agreed to take her. She loved it at first until...

The stupid bird attacked her head! I tried to get a picture, but Maci was screaming and freaking out, all the birds took off flying and we were all laughing so hard that this was the only picture I got!

Waiting for the sting rays to swim back around to feed them

Maci decided that she loves to pose, so these are her new moves!

I finally had to tell her that was enough for the day! Every time I broke out my camera she wanted me to do a whole photo shoot in her honor! Thanks Mom & Dad for an amazing trip. Maci & I are so lucky to have the family that we have and it's so nice to be able to spend 2 weeks with people that we love so much.

Merry Christmas

Our Christmas Eve tradition is to open one gift before bed. This year Maci got a Baby and Me doll with matching pajama's and robes. She loves matching her clothes with her dolls so it was perfect!

Sleeping with her new baby

Wearing her birthday outfit from the Pruetz family. She didn't want to take these clothes off for days!

Christmas morning, playing in her new tent from Nana & Papa


Christmas evening we had another small little birthday party!

Oooppss, these are a bit out of order, but here she is opening MORE presents. My house is now packed again...!

Maci & Uncle BB, oh yeah and Chloe!

We had such a great Christmas with part of our family. It's so much fun with Maci and it makes me even more thankful on the holidays! It was so funny because Maci was pretty astonished that she actually made it onto Santa's nice list... I'm telling you - 3 was ROUGH!

Christmas Recital

Here are some pictures of Maci's school Christmas recital. She was so cute! She had quite a bit of lines to say and she remembered all of them!

Maci with her future sister-in-laws Cameron and Reagan (: They all love each other so much!

She was so nervous that the whole time she said her lines she had her hands around her head!

I just had to put a picture of handsome Tristian! Maci says he is her boyfriend. She told me the other day that he couldn't wait to grow up so he could marry her because he loved her so much. She says they will have two children named Sally and Jacob! They are so cute together!

Me & my beautiful girl. Doesn't she look so grown up?

Taking her final bow!

School Christmas/birthday Party

Maci's school had a little Christmas party and since they weren't going to be in school for Maci's birthday they sang her the birthday song!

Opening her gift

Telling Santa that she really wanted a shopping cart for Christmas!
Her classmates sang her happy birthday and gave her a hat and stickers

4th Birthday Party

Last month, unbelievably, Maci turned 4! I really don't know where the time has gone, but it seems impossible to me that she's already that old. Although I was ready to see 3 go bye bye (2's are not terrible... 3's are) it was a little sad to celebrate since I still think of her as my baby. She had a great birthday party with our family and some friends! Ignore her hair. It was fixed really cute, but within a few minutes she had pulled out all the bows. I wasn't in the mood to fight with her so this is what she looked like!

She wanted a broom... has she used it? Once... (:

Nana putting her new make-up on her!

Blowing out her candles!


The crew:

Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes! She had a great time, got tons of neat things and is ready to take on the world now that she is 4! She even asked me if she could say bad words now that she is 4... I'm in TROUBLE!