Matt Jenna and Macy

Halloween and Thanksgiving

2011-12-02T18:48:00.000-08:00

This year Macy was a skunk and a bunch of red grapes...I couldn't decide!! She loves candy and still says "trick of treat" multiple times a day

Time sure flies! Sorry this blog has been the last on my list. We have had a really great fall. Im really sad it is officailly winter!! Im excited for Christmas and going home to warm Arizona in just one short week but I am really dreading the snow and ice and gloomy days. At least we will be heading to Arizona for a whole month. I have mixed feeling about this because we don't have very much time left in good ole Indiana. And I really really do love love love it here. When we get back from Arizona we will only have 4 more months living here....cRaZY!! Im scared...im not gonna lie. I don't know what lies ahead for us so it is so scary. Im really gonna miss all my friends here...SSSOO much!! Infact, Im getting teary just thinking about it! Im really gonna miss my house. I love my first little house I made into home. We had our first child here and so so many memories and parties. I know when I look back I will LOVE these years here in Indiana. Ive grown leaps and bounds. Ive had a couple of real goals that I made for myself and Ive accomplished almost all except mastering sewing which I still have a couple months to work on :) Anyway, I posted like a million pics of our life the last couple months. Matt is doing so great in school and is going to be finished really early....job search is soon! Hopefully we can find a job in Az but we will see??? Macy is doing so great. She is such a fireball! She has such a strong, cute, personality. She has gotten a lot harder lately and is very much full time!! But we wouldn't change a thing! She is talking up a storm and gives lots of loves!! Macy is super friendly...a little too friendly sometimes and isn't scared of much of anything. She loves her baba (I know) blanket and thumb and outside. She also loves playing in the car, animals, and shows (which she asks for all day long). She is a very picky eater but loves anything with RANCH! She is so social and has lots of friends! We love and adore her!! Ive been really busy doing what moms do...clean, cook, entertain, ect...my calling keeps me really busy too! But I love it! I love the Young Women and look up to them so much...we have an amazing group of girls. Anyway, wow I have been writing a lot. Matt is currently having a call of duty boys night at our home which consists of about 10 boys (almost dr's which is even more funny) 3 tv's and lots of shooting and laughing. They are having so much fun! Haha Matt is gonna miss it here too!

Matt went fishing in Michigan a couple weeks ago and caught a ton of salmon, he was way excited about this and plans on making this a ritual
Macy and Mommy at the zoo
Picking berries at our favorite orchard
Riding the train
Macy loved feeding the giraffe. Today we were at our friends house and she was having so much fun feeding their dog! All giggles!!!
So hard to get a family picture with these two!
We went to a really cool Halloween festival with some friends and they had an awesome corn pit!
Our good friends the Farnsworths at the zoo with us!
Daddy and Macy working on teeth together... anything daddy does macy does
macy loved playing outside this fall!!! Poor girl is cooped up inside now
helping daddy water the lawn
ok this ticket box for my Halloween costume took me so many hours im ashamed to say how many but Ill just say definitely over 10 hours!
Some of the girls that went to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn
Let me explain...so this year we had our last and final year of our annual Halloween party with our year of dental students. My amazing friend Jenalee threw the best party!! We had a carnival themed murder mystery party! It was such a fun night! I was the ticket lady and matt was the FBI agent. I love Halloween. And I must say I won the Halloween costume all 4 years!!

The clown was the murderer!
The boys got into it too :)

Macy and Matts pumpkin
Cutest skunk around! It was so much fun dressing her up!!! She loved the idea of getting candy and being outside at the same time. She was so funny cause if we would talk to the neighbor for longer than 10 seconds she would pull on our arms to hurry so she could move on to the next house! This girl loves candy!!!
Matts brother Garrett and his cute wife Lexi came to visit. We had so much fun with them.
All bundled up ready for the cold!
My stinker ready for church who hates nursery!
A couple of my friends threw a shower for our awesome friend Brooke. It turned out really cute!

For Thanksgiving we got to go Iowa to spend Thanksgiving with Matts sister Marie (who is AMAZING and can do anything and everything and she is so gorgeous too) It was such a blast! Matts parents and his two younger brothers came too. We had so much fun with them. We also got to go to Navoo while we were there too and that was such a neat experience. Macy had so much fun with her cousins. We love our family! We were so lucky it was only a 5 hour drive and we did it while Macy was asleep so it was a piece of cake...of course I wasn't driving either :)
Meg and Macy
eating pizza
playing in their awesome backyard
Marie made the best food. It was so fun to see how she made things. Ive always watched my mom cook ( who is an awesome cook too) but it was fun to see the different recipes. Thanks Marie and Nate for such a great weekend. Oh ya we did hit up Walmart at 10pm on Thanksgiving too :)

Macy at a year and a half

2011-09-25T17:58:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures from awhile back that were taken from my iphone. I finally learned how to upload them onto my computer. This one is at my brother Keiths wedding!

Macy and her cute cousin Conner. Poor Macy begs for me to put her bathingsuit on almost everyday and now it is so cold that we can't take her swimming anymore. Chelsey gave me the bright idea to have her "swim" in the bathtub...so we tried it but Im pretty sure she wasn't quite satisfied.

This picture was taken at Aspen Grove in Utah at our reunion. I love these two!

This little girl makes such a mess these days. She is finally faster than me which is trouble cause I can't keep up with cleaning up all her messes!

Carrying around Daddys listerene. Macy is so funny cause she will carry around Daddys shirt when he is at school and just call for dadda all day.

This one cracks me up! She wants to be just like daddy!

Here Macy is with her "boyfriend" Lincoln at the zoo. These two are so cute together. Lincoln gives Macy about 20 kisses everytime he sees her. My friend Anya and I want to set them up someday so that we can plan a wedding together :) they would make a pretty cute couple

Macy loves the zoo these days so since we have a pass and the weather has been nice we go quite often. Here she is looking at the dolphins. She loves the dolphin show and claps like a big girl when the dolphins do their tricks :)

Wow thats a lot of blue. Do you ever feel like you are just in a certain color of mood that day. Like you dress yourself and your kids in the same color and anything you buy that day is that color too....is it just me?

1 chocolate chip cookie= total mess

sorry im super lame and all these pictures are turned.

This little girl has quite the personality!

Loves chocolate like her mom. She says it like koklate...its so cute! How can you refuse! No wonder she is so dang spoiled

Macy is obsessed with her blankie and bottle and she loves her monkey too :)

ps no one told me to take the bottle away at 1 because she will get crazy obsessed with it, i just thought it was cause they wanted their baby to grow up and since Macy is still my baby I wanted to keep giving her a bottle but soon it will be time and I am DREADING it!

Macy loved petting the sharks at the zoo.

It is so hard to get good pictures of Macy these days. She is not interested! But I guess its better than nothin :)

Matts school is right by the zoo so sometimes when he can go in late we will go to the zoo.

Notice Macy crying! Why is she crying? Cause her Daddy isn't holding her! There are about 5 pictures like this but most of them she is reaching her arms out. Why can't she just love her mom the most!

Daddy introduced Macy to fishing

you can tell that she LOVED IT!

I love these pictures cause you can tell how excited she is about fishing with her dad

One day we were actually ready before we had to leave for church, which never ever happens! So I thought we could take a quick picture :)

Ok I feel really sad and pathetic that I didn't get hardly any pictures of Chelsey when she came to visit me! I am the worst! I feel super lucky that my best friend in the whole entire world (does that make up for it?) came all the way to Indiana to visit me. PLUS she has 4 kids to arrange for! We had so so much fun though and I will always remember her coming to visit. Thank you Chelsey you are so the best! Love you

She keeps me busy can you tell?! Yes she climbed in there by herself

Macy always wants to play with all my makeup and jewlry while I get ready. Its a love hate things cause it makes such a mess and takes 10x longer than it should...but it is so fun and cute that I can't help but love it.

This isn't that great of a picture of me or her...I think we just work up from a nap but Macy is actaully smiling. If you look I am actually tickling her with my hand :) whatever works, right?!

25 things about Macy Girl

1. She just turned 18 months

2. She is the pride and joy of her parents life

3. She has the cutest personality I have ever seen

4. She is already my best friend

5. She is so much like her Daddy and alittle like her mom

6. Her Daddy is her favorite followed by her blanket, bottle than mom

7. She is such a chatter box these days

8. She loves shows and will watch almost an entire movie. She points to the tv and says sho sho

9. Macy loves outside! She also points to outside and says side side...so we spend alot of time outdoors

10. Macy has always sucked her thumb, but it seems like she is ALWAYS doing it now..thats not gonna be a fun habit to break either

11. Macy is obsessed with monkeys! She loves loves loves them!!

12. She also loves cars, choo choos, and planes and balls and dirt..should i be worried?

13. Macy understands everything we say, its crazy how much they learn!

14. Favorite movies: Tangled, Toy Story 3, Princess and the Frog and Monsters vs Aliens

15. Macy is such a picky eater and 3 x a day we force her to eat

16. When she does eat her favorites are RANCH DRESSING, mac and cheese, turkey, bananas, fruit loops and candy especially kokolate

17. Macy sleeps 8pm to 8am and takes about a 2 hour nap.

18. She loves shoes!

19. She loves to skype or do anything on mommys computer or iphone

20. She loves to read books and will sit for as long as you will read to her...seriously

21. When she wakes up she never cries and just plays in her crib and usually is laughing to herself

22. She loves to cuddle especailly if you have her blankies

23. She loves to sing at church and dance at home

24. She loves to play with Daddy

25. WE COULD NOT LOVE HER MORE!

So far this summer..

2011-07-23T19:12:00.000-07:00

Cutest face loving frosting!

mmmm

My friend JenaLee made me this beautiful birthday cake! Thanks JenaLee

My friend lacey threw me this awesome Birthday Brunch Hat Party and it was so much fun!!!!!! I am telling you I have the best friends here!! Not only was the party perfect and planned perfect and decorated perfect but Lacey had a baby only a month beforehand!! Thanks Mrs Talented Lacey. I love you til death and then some :)

Yummy yummy food!

The hostess of the mostess Lacey

Our fun group and some of my dearest friends

this little girl and her wild hair

She is so dang big now

Arizona firework celebration with the fam

Macy loved the fireworks

Macys best friend and love of her life...she literally lives for her daddy

spending time at Grandmas house

cousins

Macy and Meg

We got to go to Aspen Grove in Utah with Matts whole family for the Riggs Reunion. It was such a blast! I married the best family

Matt and his little brother Dan

Macy loves her Grandma

seriously cute

Beautiful!

Macy and her cousin Ty

Thanks Grandma Riggs for the awsome trip!

Meg and Macy playing

fun times

Messy eater

She is such a goof ball

Preston Macy and Landon....so cute

How is my daughters hair so dang curly???!

Macy loves her other Grandma too :)

Fourth of July with the girls who matter most. My sisters and my mom

Macy loves outside and swimming.

My cute sister and her hubby Brian just moved to AZ! Yay

macy and mommy

Girls night!!

Macy and her bff Lucia...so cute

Grandma gave Macy an icecream sandwich. Yumm

Love this picture of Macy and her cousin Henry

So far we have had a great summer. We got to spend about 5 weeks in Arizona. Matt got to come for 2 weeks. One week we went to Utah and the next weeek he did an externship...so he didn't get too much of a summer break...poor guy. We had so much fun in Utah. We went to Aspen Grove and had such a blast. Matts family is so the best and so much fun!! I also got to spend a day with my best friend ever Melanie who I rarely get to see so that was such a treat. I am so sad I didn't get any pics of us together...but she is amazing! In Arizona we had a blast swimming, playing with cousins and hanging out with friends and family. I also snuck in a time or two at last chance :) I feel very blessed to have such good friends and family. Another time when I really needed my camera and didn't have it...My little brother got married!!! He married the cutest girl named Hannah and I wish I had a picture of them. THey are so dang cute! It was dang hot but such a fun day. We are actually coming back to AZ on Thursday for Matts brother Garretts wedding and I will be in AZ for about a week and a half. It's been a crazy summer and Macy is just getting back to her schedule when we are gonna drag her back to Az. SHe is the cutest thing but such a handful lately! She definatly has an opinion and is starting to be pretty verbal about it. She starting walking in AZ (at 15 months finally) and now we cannot keep up with her. Seriously all I do is cook and pick up after her. She is such a love bug though and we squeeze her all day long. She is the funnest thing ever!!! Anyway Im gonna cut this short cause I have to finish watching the Bachelorette Men Tell All...haha

pics

2011-05-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

Miss Macy is into everything. She loves to explore and entertains herself really well.

Matt ran a half marathon. I am so proud of him. Why can boys just do things like this without hardly any training? He did it super fast too!

I love my baby

Macy is still crazy obsessed with her daddy! Infact when I walk into the room where she and daddy are she will crawl super fast to get to him so I won't pick her up! Then she looks back at me...stinker! There are some perks though...she only wants him when he is home so I get a lot done and I get more out of church :)

Macy has the cutest personality I have ever seen! She is so friendly and loves everyone! She will give anyone kisses and big cheesy smiles. She is the happiest, cutest thing!

helping with laundry

this is Macy and her boyfriend Ethan. Matt already has his guns ready for when she gets older. It will be really interesting to see how Matt is when she is older cause he is already so crazy and protective of her.

Sitting on Ethans lap

"What do you want me to do Mom"

I am so happy spring is here. It is still always rainning and overcast but we have had a couple really good days. Macy is so crazy about outside! I swear she is just like her daddy. If we even say outside she will point and shake her head yes and crawl (yes still not walking) to the door. She screams with excitement when we open the door and clings onto the outside door when we try to pull her in. She also is crazy about dogs! I am not a dog lover so this is crazy to me. Yesterday I was playing with a toy dog and I starting pretend barking so she crawled over to the door so I could take her to see our neighbors dog. She loves all sorts of dogs...big, little, any! She even lets them kiss her face! Gross

April

2011-05-01T19:21:00.000-07:00

I threw a shower for my cute friend Lacey! It was a lot of fun. Thanks to all who came and to all who helped. Love ya Lacey...ps you are too cute pregnant!

"want some"

Easter Sunday

She loved all the easter candy! it was so fun to see her excited to get to her easter loot

We went to the zoo since Macy is in love with animals!

I can't believe April is gone!! Crazy! It does not feel like May cause it has been raining for the past month EVERYDAY!! I am ready for some sunshine. Yay for the summer. I also can't believe Matt is starting 4th and final year. One more year and we will be HomE!! It is kind of bitter sweet. I love it in Indiana but I miss my family, especially now that DeAnn is back home and Im here all alone...except for the trader...jk Randi and Bart :) love ya! I know this year will go by super fast and I am getting very nervous about all the change and getting ready to move and sell our house and all that jazz (wow I sound old). I don't know why I am getting anxious already but I think its cause DeAnn just went through moving. This month was honestly really hard. I've been really homesick. ANYWAY....my cute little brother got engaged just the other day so we will be going home soon to visit. I am so excited for him. He is marrying the cutest girl.

So our Macy girl is getting so dang big so fast. She is my little friend and we play all day. I feel like she is my companion and we do everything together. She is so much fun and I already feel like we are best friends!! Macy could not be any cuter. This little girl is quite little but with a huge personality!! Oh man she is so fun and friendly to everyone!!! She seriously makes tons of friends at Walmart...not kidding. Kids and Adults! She isn't quite walking but getting really close. She stands on her own, waves, folds her arms, shakes her head yes and no, shows us where her eyes and hair are, claps, whistles, gives kisses and loves, says ya, dada, mama, ba ba, roar (like a lion) and matt swears she said grandma :) she loves to copy us and will copy what we do and say. She loves kids and dogs! My child is not very girlie!! I am trying to force it on her but it just isn't happening! She is pretty tough and not scared of anything. She isn't too fond of dolls or dresses or bows. She like outside, dogs and daddy! She brings us so much joy. And we cannot get enough of her. She is such a good girl. We are so blessed!

March and Macy turns ONE

2011-03-28T18:15:00.000-07:00

We had a party for Miss Macy turning ONE!

She loved the cake

Some of the guests

McDonalds on her Birthday

Macy had a Monsters Vs Aliens(her favorite movie) party in Arizona.

Barros with Macy's friends

How is my child so freaking white next to her black cousin Meg...still cute though

Macy having fun at Grandma and Grandpa Gunnells

4 moms= lots of kids at the park

All the Gunnell cousins..so fun

Macy with her cousins Annie and Meg..love this picture!

February

2011-02-27T18:16:00.000-08:00

Matt and I had another Valentines Party with our dental school friends. I love hosting this party...or any party for that matter :) We have the best friends!!!

Our Miss Macy Girl! She is such an angel baby and so much fun. I could kiss her all day!!! Sorry im retarded and didn't rotate the picture

Macy and Daddy playing x box. Seriously this girl is so in love with her dad it is ridiculous and sometimes makes me a little sad. She so loves him more than me ( I don't blame her, I like Matt more than me too :) ) but it really does hurt my feeling a little. I will try to hold her when Matt is holding her and she will shake her head no or cling to Matt :( I love that they have such a cute relationship though...it is so fun to watch them together...they are both obsessed!

Yay Bart (my brother) and Randi came out to visit us. We had so much fun with them. They are the cutest funnest couple ever! I just love them so much. We showed them around Indy went to dinner, cooked, and shopped. It was so fun and I can't wait til they come again!!!

Ok so I have the most amazing friend Jennalee that invited me to go to OPRAH with her since she got two tickets! Plus our other friends Kim and Lindsey got tickets to the show too, so we had so much all going together, it was such a blast. The show was on soap opera stars, which I pretended to be a huge fan :)

thanks Jennalee I owe you big time!!

I didn't think February was so busy, but now that I updated my blog Im thinking it was pretty crazy. I also went to visit my sister for a week, but forgot to take pics (except with my phone, but I don't know how to upload them...ill ask Matt later :) ) It was so fun to go to DeAnns and have Macy play with her cousins. Plus DeAnn is the best host and so much fun....Basically we have been having a lot of fun! Next up Matt goes to Honduras for 10 days and I go to Mesa! Can't wait!

Christmas and more

2011-02-01T20:32:00.000-08:00

Matt and I on Christmas morning

Santa came!! Don't judge how bad I look.

Matts family sets up a trap so no one can sneak to see what santa brought during the night :)

We went to Bart and Randi's for Thanksgiving and had so much fun. Randi is amazing!!!

Some of the thankgiving crew

My happy Macy

I love you Lacey!!!

Girls night! Rachel came to visit me, we had a lot of fun together. I love Mama Corollas and these girls!!!

Making toffee at Tamaras

Yay for Disneyland!! First time leaving Macy over night! Matt is such a cute Daddy and took such good care of Macy while I was gone.

This is kind of a hodge podge of pictures...but better late than never. Thanksgiving and Xmas were great. We went to North Carolina for Thanksgiving and had a blast with the family. THanks Randi for making it so amazing. Than for X Mas we got to spend most of December in Mesa. We had a lot of fun but its really nice to be home. It is FREEZING here. Matt has had 2 days off from school because of the weather. We are currently having an ice storm. I am so over this weather!! Yikes. Anyway, we are doing great. Macy is getting so dang big and so so fun. She is now crawling everywhere and getting into everything. She has two teeth coming through and survived her first time being sick. She is the cutest thing and has a really cute bubbly, fun personality. We just adore her. Matt and I have so much fun with her and openly admit to spoiling her like crazy. Basically we can't get enough of her. Matt is doing great in school. He is going to Honduras in March for a dental mission....so off to az for me and Macy again. We only have a year and a couple months left here in Indiana...I can't believe it. We are really gonna miss it here. We love our friends!!!! I recently got released from 2nd cousler in the primary presidency and Matt and I are both in nursery now. :) I have a lot more time on my hands now. We have been trying to stay warm and basically try not to go too many places. We are getting a little over the whole staying in doors thing. Everything is going great with us and hopefully I will post again before next xmas!

Happy Halloweeeen!

2010-10-31T16:44:00.000-07:00

Yay! I love Halloween. We had a really fun weekend with lots of fun parties (I didn't get enough pics) but I must say it is fun in the fall here....I just hate the winter sooo much. Dreading it!! Seriously. It is starting to get really cold here. Pretty soon im gonna be a homebody cause im not gonna want to drag Miss Macy out in the snow. This time of year is really fun and flies by. My mom is coming into town next week for a week. I love having visitors especially my mom. I am excited for her to see Macy again. She changes so fast. She has the cutest happiest personality! For Thanksgiving we are going to my brothers house in NC my sister is also coming from PA..then off to Arizona at the beginning of December!

Rachel and Sally Came to Visit!

2010-10-15T19:13:00.000-07:00

Visiting the zoo

Making apple pie after going to Anderson Orchard

Macy trying her first jar food...she didn't love the green beans...but she is still so cute!

Picking apples

Oh ya...I got Macy's ears pierced! I know it is so so sad. Matt was pretty mad for awhile. She cried for a couple minutes and then she went back to her happy self. I felt really bad...but it is so cute!

Macy had so much fun with Sally. Sally played with her the whole time!

Rachel and I had so much fun in the kitchen. We cooked so much yummy food together since we both love to cook.

Cute girls!

Thank you so much Sally and Rachel! Come back soon. We had so much fun with you guys. XOXO

2010-10-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

DeAnn and Brianna coming to Indiana to munch on Macy

Daddy is always playing with Macy

At the dolphin show when Garrett came to visit

This is my favorite girl ever

Look at those rolls

Camping at Lake Michigan with Dental Friends

Some of the girls

Macy's bff ellie

Daddy feeding my rice cereal

Macy's boyfriend Ethan

She is such a happy girl...always!

My mom gave her a biscuit..she loved loved loved it

Grandma Gunnell and Macy's other bff Lucia

My aunt cheri took the best picures for us! Love em

Keiths homecoming

Grandma and Grandpa

Keith and Macy. Keith is such a cute uncle.

Daddy has been teaching Macy to pull her bows off! They are both in trouble!

Rambling

2010-10-04T19:49:00.001-07:00

Ok I know I am the worst blogger EVER! I am going to update my blog with pictures very VERY soon. I seriously am not technical at ALL so I hate to upload all my pictures (probably around 200) and spend the time updating mine when I could be looking at yours. I never write on my blog either cause I know everyone really likes to see pictures..but here it goes..... We just got back from AZ. My brother Keith just came home from his mission. It was so fun to see him, he is such a great brother and so loving. He has always been so sweet. Infact, I always took advantage of his sweetness and "traded" (stole) all of his new toys for my old ones. I am so glad he is home..even though I am far away. While we were down there Matts Grandpa passed away. It is so sad, he was such an amazing, generous, righteous example to all of us and we loved him so so much. I got to stay for the funeral and it was so great to be with everyone. I just got home yesterday and trying to get organized and get laundry done and the oh so fun walmart trip(s)...since i always forget stuff..and yes I have a list too. Macy Girl is doing so great! I am so glad to get her back on her perfect schedule. She is such an angel baby and just the happiest girl in the world. Her smile and laugh melts us. I love love love being a Mom and she is my pride and joy. She is a little chunk! Short and fat! She is so petite with rolls in all the right places. We give her so many dang kisses. I am trying to let her eat baby food. I hate that she is growing up. Matt swears I will breastfeed until she is 4...no I will stop at 1 but probably cry the day I stop...(getting choked up thinking about it) seriously time flies. But I am having so much fun with my baby girl. I love dressing her, and giving her kisses, and playing with her. I feel so blessed to have her and motherhood is so much better than I could have even dreamed. Plus Macy is the best baby and never cries and is so content. She sucks her thumb and loves her mom and dad. She has rolled over maybe 15 times but doesn't do it often....its hard to move all those rolls! She is a dream come true! I would literally have a million of her. Infact, i would totally try to get pregnant right now if I didn't get so sick. I just want to enjoy Macy to the fullest.
Matt is doing really well in school. I swear he makes it look so easy...but he does that with everything. I think he is enjoying working on patients and still has lots of time for his family. I don't know how he does it. It helps that he doesn't stress. He is seriously the best dad I have ever seen. AMAZING! And he is such an amazing husband..i am just lucky no blessed!
I am doing really good too. I love my life right now and want to click pause. I get to stay home with Macy and i love taking care of her so it is all fun and no work. I run around cleaning and cooking and entertaining and playing with Macy. Matt is so great about watching Macy so I sneak in quite a few girls nights too :) We are loving Indiana and being in school and I think we are going to really miss it when we move back to Arizona. We have made the BEST friends here and have such good memories already. Dont worry we still have over a year and half but time is really flying. Well i think i am done rambling. Til next time...I will post pictures very soon~! I have committed to all of you now.

more vacations

2010-08-08T17:28:00.000-07:00

My family in San Diego

Macy Girl has rolls everywhere!!!

Daddy is always playing with Macy

Cutest face ever!

Getting ready to go to the beach to lay out....just kidding!!

Hangin out at the beach with the family

Getting Macy dressed for the beach was more fun than actually being at the beach..

sorry im retarted and can't flip the pics

I know...ive been on so many vacations. I hear it all the time! But we had a really good time in San Diego and we got to spend a couple days in Mesa too. My Macy is getting so big. I thought I would be so sad but I am having so much fun with her at every stage. She is such a good baby!! We are so lucky to have her. Macy is such a good traveler. Her Daddy was dying missing her though. Here are a couple facts about our Macy Girl

1. Her mom and dad are crazy about her!

2. She seriously is the best baby ever! She only cries when she is tired or hungry

3. Macy eats every 3 to 3 1/2 hours...see Mom im flexible :)

4. She still sleeps an hour after she eats....so she sleeps a lot

5. Macy loves her thumb especially when she is tired. All night we hear sucking through the monitor...it is the cutest thing ever

6. Macy loves when her Mommy and Daddy to sing to her

7. Shes rolled over for her Daddy but not her Mommy...its hard to roll over with all those rolls

8. Macy goes to bed on her own and usually only cries for 1 minute or so

9. Macy loves TV, it is so funny cause she will kick her legs and laugh. Matt is such a cute Daddy cause he always watches cartoons with her

10. Macy has been sleeping through the night for about a month and half

11. She loves to look at herself in the mirror... oh man she already has a big head

12. Macy loves to read books with Mommy

13. Macy has rolls everywhere...even on her ankles!

14. My baby is over 14 lbs and she started at 5.9 lbs

15. She is in the 50% for everything except height :)

Serioulsy a ton of pictures!

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My Macy is getting very round :)

Uploading these pictures makes me want to go wake her up and play with her...but I definitely wont!

Love kissing those cheeks...all day long

cabin fun in Arizona

Loving on the babe

My favorite picture!!! I love these two girls...Macy and her Grandma

Grandpa Gunnell

Oh I freakin love her

these two cousins are already best of friends

GG Riggs...love it

deleted for you Beth!

but he's hotter! I know im such a dork...its late

Look at the rolls on her tummy...ummm

San Carlos Mexico

The whole group...so fun

My angel baby

My best accessory and favorite girl

the fam

love her..

Cute smile

Macy Girl, Grandma and Great Grandma

she sleeps a lot still

SHe is so fun!

Her blessing day and Fathers Day June 20 2010. Matt did such an amazing job! He is the best Daddy!

Mommy Macy and Opa

My mom made this amazing dress. It was so long and elegant. She is my princess

Cutest face

Im obsessed...can you tell?

Macy Girl!

2010-05-27T11:13:00.000-07:00

We LOVE this girl!

2010-05-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

fight night!

Mothers Day Present...both blizzards are mine!

Excuse the finger

Love this girl

Gotta go babys crying!

2010-05-02T16:50:00.000-07:00

This is a really bad pic of me but cute of Macy

First time going to church

She gets a million kisses a day!

She loves her Daddy and Daddy is so crazy about her!

Matt holds Macy so much! He is such an amazing Daddy, it is crazy. He holds and takes care Macy as soon as he gets home. It is the sweetest, cutest thing to watch!

Tired Mom

Macy is changing so so much! It is so fun and so sad!!! My baby is growing way too fast! Ive already been crying about it. Although it is so fun that she is starting to smile and really focus on us. It is so crazy how much we love love love this little girl. Macy is doing so great and she is such a good baby. She is starting to snack instead of eating so that has been a little frustrating, but it is ok cause I would do anything for this little girl. It has been the funnest thing ever to be a mommy. The best part of the day is getting her dressed in the morning...or afternoon :). I love trying new clothes and bracelets and bows on her. Infact, I spend longer getting her ready than me! She is always bathed and dressed to perfection and then there is me in my pj and without brushed teeth (don't tell Matt)! She seriously is my baby doll. Matt and I are just so in love with her!!!

Our Sweet Macy

2010-04-14T16:27:00.000-07:00

This Macy girl is so sweet! We just love her so so much!!!! It has been a whirlwind...but so so so so fun. It feels like I am playing house and she is my little doll. Macy has been such an angel, she sleeps a ton but starting to wake up more. Shes a very good eater and nurses about every 3 hours. I love being her Mom and feel so incredibly lucky to have her!

Macy came about 2 weeks early. My water broke at 4am and we were shocked! I was in labor for about 15 hours and it was the hardest thing ever!!! My epidural didn't work well, but she was worth it all...all the labor and all the throw up and nausea for 9 months. We just love this little girl!

Macy Kate Gunnell

2010-03-27T17:05:00.000-07:00

2010-03-24T10:13:00.001-07:00

Well the internet at the hospital is horrible so the pictures didn't post so here is round two.

Macy Kate

2010-03-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

Okay to start with this is Matt so my apologies for the lack of cleverness to the blog scene. Anyways here is our little angel. She was 2 weeks early so quite a suprise to us. Jenna's water broke at 4am and then was in labor for 15 hours. She was amazing and is amazing. I love her so much and am so proud of her. So Macy is 5lbs 90z and 18.75in. she is so little but is a cutie. we love her soo much.

Chicago and ultrasound pics

2010-03-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

Matt at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Us at the Shedd Aqurium

Here we are with the Thompsons eating Chicago style pizza at Giordanos. We had so much fun in Chicago. Thanks Thompsons!!! You guys are so much fun!!

Here is the latest of the baby! Only 3 more weeks now and I can munch on those lips! I already love her!!!

Ok so I hate all pictures these days, but here I am at around 35 weeks

2010-02-15T19:09:00.000-08:00

I threw a shower for my friend Emily. She is such a great friend....love you em

I got to have another shower here in Indy and it was so so fun. Karen you are amazing!!! Thank you so so much for throwing me this shower. You are the best! Love you too :) Thanks everyone for coming to my shower! I have the best friends ever!

ps I got lots of pics of this shower...so here are some of them.

she even bought and arranged these flowers for me....so gorgeous!

Amelia, Marchelle, me and Amy.

Tj, Karen (awesome host), me, Emily and Katie! We are all due around the same time, all having girls...so fun!

Fun shot

Brittany...you know i love you too!

Tj, Jessica, Elizabeth and Lindy

Jennalee, Brooke, Melissa, and Candace

Cutest decorations...Karen went all out

The food was so awesome! Thanks for all the work Karen and Brittany. You guys are too good to me.

Here's another pic of me at 30 weeks. I now only have 8 more to go....crazy! But so so excited

Wow its been awhile!

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Matt grilling in the freezing cold

making candy at Aunt Lauras in AZ

Matt and Marie playing with the kids

Look at all these cute presents I got from my shower!!! So so fun!

Christmas Dinner!

Teresa, Becky and Andrea at my shower...thanks girls

New Years Eve night with the Gunnells

Chirstmas party with the Gunnells

Matt always playing with the kids!

Marie and Rosemarie (sis and mom in law) and Aunt Arlene.....thanks for all your help

DeAnn and my Mom did an amazing job with decorating for the baby shower...of course

Chelsey

Some of my family at the shower....I miss all of you! Thanks to everyone for coming to my shower it was so so fun! Im sad I didn't get more pictures of the shower and AZ, basically all these pics were taken by someone else.

I can't wait to munch on those lips!!!

Matt likes this pose cause its like she is in the thinking pose. Every pic we have her hands are by her face!!

And here is me getting big. Im 30 weeks now!!! I can't believe this little girl is going to be here in 10 short weeks....I have so much to do. I have been organizing my whole house and trying to condense and move things around so we have room for this baby and all her stuff. I am getting so excited and nervous.

I need your addresss!

2009-12-20T10:19:00.000-08:00

Hey Girls I need addresses for my baby shower! I am having a shower in Mesa AZ on January 7th. PLEASE leave your address I want EVERYONE to come. Thanks

Thanksgiving and NYC

2009-12-06T19:08:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving we went to PA to visit DeAnn and the family. DeAnn totally spoiled us of course! We got to go NYC too. That is always fun. (Susan I wish we had more time so we could have seen you). It was a lot of driving but totally worth it. Of course I was not the one driving! Scott and Karen and kids (my cousins that live in IN) came with us too. We all had a blast and it was so fun to have a full house. We also did a little black friday shopping!!! Thanks DeAnn!

And the baby is....

2009-11-16T15:01:00.000-08:00

We just got back from our ultrasound and its a baby GIRL. We are so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl or Boy????

2009-11-09T17:28:00.000-08:00

Ok so my next ultrasound is next Monday, and we get to find out if it is a girl baby or a boy baby. What is your guess??

HALLOWEEN

2009-11-02T18:20:00.001-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

More vistors

2009-10-22T10:31:00.001-07:00

We were so greatful Matts parents and his little brother Daniel came to visit us. Matt had a couple days off for fall break. It was so nice to have them here. Gary and Rosemarie are the sweetest people I think I know. I am so lucky to have such great inlaws. Thanks for coming to see us!! We had so much fun!

We played games a couple of the nights they were here. I love playing games and it seems like whenever we get together we play games.

We went to the zoo again and it was really fun. Luckily I started to feel better when Matts parents were here!! Yay almost 16 weeks

These boys are so cute together. Matt loved them being here. Luckily they got to go fishing a couple times together.

Thanks for coming!! We love you!

More vistors!!

2009-10-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

We went to Applebees for a late night snack. My mom thought it was so fun cause she always goes to bed at home by like 9.

It was so fun to have a house full. I am always so sad when my visitors leave. I cry for hours. I hate the house being so quiet when they are gone.

We went to Chick Fil A and let the kids play on the play place while it rained outside.

These kids are so cute and I love that I have been able to see them so much! Lately I have seen them almost every month.

I have been so lucky to have so many visitors lately. My Mom and DeAnn and her cute kids came all the way to Indiana to come see me. We had a lot of fun together. My Mom came first for a couple days and we went to the outlets here and had fun shopping and eating out and watching Heros (which my Mom talked me into watching). Then my sister came into town and we had fun going to an orchard, taking care of kids (and me, I was still pretty sick), shopping, watching movies, getting take out dessert and just talking and having fun together. Thanks guys! You are the best

Going to visit DeAnn and Chelsey visiting

2009-10-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

Chelsey came to visit me!!!! It was so much fun. It doesn't matter what we do we always have a blast. We did alot in 5 days. We got to go to Chicago, which was so fun. Basically the rest was shopping and eating and talking and just visiting eachother like old times. It was so fun to get ready together and have sleepovers just like we used to. The only bad thing about her coming was her leaving. I have been crying all day. I missed her before she even left. Thanks Chelsey, you are the BEST! Love you

weeks

I got to visit DeAnn in PA.

It is always so much fun to visit them. I freaking love my nieces and nephews. And DeAnn is such a good host as always! Thanks DeAnn

Matt has been amazing since I have been on death bed. I am finally feeling so much better, but there was a while there that I basically was completly useless. Matt has been amazing. He is such a huge help and basically took charge of everything. He even put in canned lighting in our house ( that I love). He is so excited for this baby, it is so cute. He has been reading "what to expect" and looks online about baby information and goes grocery shopping so I don't lift anything and has been very concerned and protective about the baby and I. He is going to be an amazing Daddy.

PREGNANT!!!!!

2009-09-26T09:24:00.001-07:00

Guess what.......I'm PREGNANT!!! Yay. Matt and I are so so excited. I am offically 12 weeks. This baby better be DANG cute cause I have been so sick!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for us.
P.S. for those of you still trying...it will happen!!! I will continue to pray for you!!!!

whats been going on in Indy

2009-09-07T19:10:00.000-07:00

This weekend we met up with some of

our friends for a BBQ. The girls stayed outside and had girl talk while the boys watched the BYU game. Thanks Farnsworths, it was a blast!

31 flavors...mint and chip ALWAYS

We went to the Reds game with our friends the Gartenmans. It was a ton of fun, we had really good seats, thanks to them!!

Last but not least we went camping at Lake Michigan. It was cold and raining, but we still had a lot of fun. The "beach" was really nice, it is crazy that it is a lake.

Don't be fooled the boys found this on the shore :)

Major update 30 freaking pictures

2009-08-15T19:42:00.000-07:00

Ok so I feel so spoiled these last couple months. I know I just got home from my 5 week vacation but I got to go back to go to San Diego with my family for a reunion. It was so much fun and I am so glad that I decided to go back. Poor Matt was left at home for over a week! He is such a good sport.

At Tia Rosas with Chels

I got to hang out with my cute nephews Ty and Dallin

My brother and me eating pizza

I love these girls!!!
My cute sister in law Randi

Oh little oliver...I love those buns and I admit I kissed those buns all over

My cute Mom! Thanks Mom for everything!!! You're the best!

Cute kids I miss them already!

Trey at the beach...so cute!

Me and my Aunt Jenny

We hung out and talked...a lot

My brother Michael and my cute nephew Conner...I could eat him!

Me, DeAnn and Conner and Micheal. It was so fun to all be together

Swimming!!!!! The water was so nice

My Grandma and Grandpa

This is how Ben looked the whole time. Oh yeah and I kissed that face with sand, snot and BP and J all over...true love

DeAnn always put together!

Brooklyn and Bree..they are getting so dang big

The girls at the beach my aunt Kristi, me and my sister Tamara

Oh Cakers...he doesn't even care or notice how much sand he is drinking!

He is such a surfer dude

Marie, my sister in law...so cute

My Mother in law...she is the best

Meg!!!

Cheesecake Factory with Matts family! They are so fun

Ocean Blue!

Birthday Breakfast! Thanks girls sorry I didn't get a pic with everyone together

Cutest Birthday cake ever!! I have the best friends. I am now a quarter of a centry!!!!!!!!!!!!

Picking berries at Anderson Orchard back in Indy

My cute hubby!

Fun in Arizona

2009-07-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun in Arizona! We got to stay for five long weeks. It was so nice to be able to see everyone and just hang out with all our family and friends. We did some serious playing while we were there. We went to Utah with Matts family for a reunion then back to Utah with my family to ride quads. We also got to go to wicked!!! It was so awesome...again! I love that stinkin play. I serioulsy ate out 2 times a day at all my favorite places, costa vida, wings expresss, chuck box, Tia Rosas, Pei Wei, Senior Taco, Kona Grill, Cheese cake factory, baja fresh and much much more. I had a blast shopping at last chance! I get so excited my hands get all sweaty...sorry too much information! I also got to have two sleepovers with Chelsey and do lots of shopping and playing...thanks chelsey! Go to dinner and lunches with good friends. Matt went spear fishing and played with our neices and nephews and went to the cabin and the lake ect.... basically we had a blast! Thanks everyone for making our trip so fun and memorable.

Can you tell I love my cute neices and nephews!

WE'RE HOME

2009-06-08T21:24:00.000-07:00

It is so nice to be home. Matt finished his first year of dental school. Only three more years to go! We are so proud of Matt, and now we have 5 weeks off. We have lots of fun things planned while we are here. We have two trips to Utah and lots of eating out and relaxing and visiting friends and family. I will be taking lots of pictures and will update pictures soon.

Happy Birthday Chels

2009-05-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

Chelsey Happy Birthday! I wish I could be there with you today. Chels you are the BEST friend ever. I have so so much fun with you. You are so fun to be around and you have ALWAYS been there for me. I appreciate everything you have done for me. You are seriously so awesome and i love you! Happy Birthday!

Happy anniversary

2009-05-21T21:06:00.001-07:00

Happy Anniversary Matt!

Sorry girls but my husband is by far the best out there!!!!!... I seriously have the best husband ever!!!!!

I am so blessed to be with someone who is so selfless, and alway so so so so so sweet. Matt has never done anything to ever hurt me, he is the most giving, gentle person I have ever met. He is so amazing and I am so lucky to have him!!

I love you Matthew Todd!!!

By the way its been FOUR years!! crazy!!

Family comes to Indy

2009-05-10T19:46:00.000-07:00

My sister, DeAnn and her hubby and kids came down for almost a week and we had so much fun. My mom came a couple days later and stayed a couple days after my sister left. It is so awesome to have family come see us, but let me tell you, when they left I was a total wreck! It is so hard to say goodbye even though I will see them again very soon. We only have four weeks left until we head to Arizona and luckily DeAnns trip to Arizona will overlap our long vacation of 5 weeks. We can't wait!!! Anyway, we had a very full house, but I wouldn't want it anyother way. Some fun things we did were: check out speedway, eat at bajios, go to the zoo, go to some goodwills :), visit the childrens museum and eat, we ate alot!!! Anyway I really appreciate the long drive for DeAnn and Brian (8 1/2 hours..but totally worth it). And what a great brother in law to come see me when he only has like 2 weeks off a year! Thanks mom for taking time to come see me! Love you guys!

My camera died shortly after they came so I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted, and none of my cute mom, but I still wanted to add a picture of her even though it wasn't taken at this trip.

My FUN trip to the Bahamas

2009-04-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Oh man, I am so spoiled. I am a little ashamed to admit that I got to go to the Bahamas again!! This time it was a girls trip with my friend Emily and her mom. We had so much fun. Basically all we did was eat, sleep and layout, what a perfect combination. We got to go for eight long days!! I missed Matt so so much, but it was a test week for Matt so it was a good time to go.

Thanks Em for all the fun!!!! A couple fun memories...eating a whole fish, our accident sip of alcohol (we ordered virgin)!, pay phone visits, snorkeling, playing cards, sleeping in the airport, finding the best ice cream on the island, me complaining i missed Matt, you complaining about your sunburned hand!! Love you E Barr!!! Thanks again!

Go Pacers

2009-03-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

We went to a Pacers game with some of our friends from dental school. It was really fun. I am so blessed to have such good friends here. Matt was laughing at me cause I asked what color of jerseys the Pacers were. How was I supposed to know? Anyways we had fun regardless of the dumb question.

Spring Break

2009-03-24T15:13:00.000-07:00

Matt and I went on a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas for Matt's spring break. It was crazy cause we had been trying to figure out what we are going to do with the time he had off. We tossed lots of ideas around and decided we couldn't go wrong with a cruise, right?..except if you ask chelsey! We ended up booking the cruise two days before our trip. Anyway we had so so so much fun. I usually get a little sea sick but this time I was totally fine. We snorkled, went swimming, layed out, went to the shows at night, and the casino (bad idea), took naps, shopped at the ports and ate...and ate and ate some more! It was so fun!

Matt is so cute! He loves, loves, loves fishing...you can tell from this picture. He seriously fishes everyday, if fact he is fishing right now.

THANKS Steve and Teresa for visiting

2009-03-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun with Matts brother Steve and his wife Teresa and there adorable kids! They came for a couple days and we had a blast. It was so fun to see Matt with his best buddie Ty. These two are inseparable! Thanks again guys, we love you!

the bachelor

2009-03-03T12:39:00.001-08:00

Anyone else still so annoyed about The Bachelor last night? I am still not over it!

Valentines Day Party

2009-02-18T08:44:00.000-08:00

This party was so fun to plan and we had a great turn out. It was a party for the first year lds dental class and everyone showed up. We had about 30 people here and it was so much fun. I absolutely love the dental wives we all have so much fun together. It was a little stressful cooking all day and I spent many hours decorating, but I would do it again in a heart beat. Looks like it might be an annual thing!

Lots of pictures coming up

2009-02-01T21:00:00.000-08:00

2009-02-01T20:55:00.000-08:00

2009-02-01T20:48:00.000-08:00

The worst blogger ever!

2009-01-21T10:16:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't posted anything in forever. I am sorry. I hope my friends haven't given up on me. First of all I can't find my camera charger...and that is a problem cause my camera is dead. So I am sorry for a boring post with no pictures. Anyway, Matt and I are doing really good. We are currently freezing in Indiana. When I open my curtains I am always thinking, here comes more snow. Last week it was negative 25! Crazy hu? But we are enduring it, somehow. Matt has jumped right back into school so we are offically 1/8th of the way done. I know I am pathetic, but actually we are really enjoying it here. I love my house and that keeps me so busy. It is seriously so much work to keep up on a house! Yesterday I spent like 4 hours cleaning my house and it wasn't bad before I started! Anyway...Matt and I are really having so much fun, we actually get to see eachother so much more now then before. Hopefully I will find my charger so I can post pictures of Christmas. I am also going to my sisters house again (hair call) and we are going to New York again so I hope I can find it, so I can post those too.

Fun with family

2008-12-01T11:46:00.000-08:00

THANKS Mom and Dad. We had so much fun! I love you guys more than anything

Can you tell i love these kids

Brianna is getting so big

A few of my favorite people

shopping at hobby lobby all fall items were 90% off. We couldn't resist

my dad with my cute niece and nephews...i love them so much!

my parents for Thanksgiving

2008-11-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to have BOTH my parents here for Thanksgiving. It is going to be so much fun. I am also excited because my sister is coming here for a couple days too. We will have so much fun...thanks guys for making the effort to come see me....I know it is really for the hair (except Dad)

freezing at the zoo

2008-11-11T17:50:00.000-08:00

Today we went to the zoo with the Thompson's. It was really fun. They are such a fun couple. It was awesome no one was there cause it was so cold....I am so jealous of you in Mesa, I talked to my sister Tamara today and she was complaining to me how cold it was in Mesa! She has no clue...and the winter here is just getting started. A couple days ago Matt raked 8 huge bag full of leaves...and you can't even tell now, our ground is covered again. I'll have to take a picture. Anyway all is good, sorry I have kind of neglected my blog lately....i started facebook

mario and luigie

2008-10-27T08:23:00.000-07:00

tagged again...sorry

2008-10-25T20:16:00.000-07:00

8 favorite tv shows
1. anything on food network
2. anything on hgtv
3. american idol
4. thats about it, i don't really like the tv

8 things i did yesterday
1. hair
2. went to costco
3. hung out with friends
4. went to dinner with more friends
5. got stuff ready for a baby shower i threw
6. actually did my hair
7. watched a movie
8. got to see matt, he had a big test this week so he studied alot, i love the weekends!

8 things i look forward to
1. Going home for Christmas
2. my parents coming for thanksgiving
3. De Ann coming to visit SOON
4. Chelsey coming to visit in March
5. Going to see wicked again...no plans soon
6. having babies, hopefully twins, but i will take whatever!
7. shaving my legs
8. eating

8 restaurants
1.pf changs
2. cheesecake factory
3. chipotle
4. wings express
5. panda express
6.on the boarder
7. olive garden
8. texas road house

8 things on my wish list
1. winter to never come
2. four years to go quickly
3. having twins
4. work out everyday
5. see matt more
6. go to the bahamas with emily
7. travel one day
8. live next to deAnn and Chels

people i tag....who ever wants to be tagged

fall in indiana

2008-10-20T17:24:00.000-07:00

tagged by katie

2008-10-11T16:54:00.000-07:00

8 obsessions...
1. Matt, my poor husband I always am malling him
2. Shoes and jeans...can never have too many...its a problem
3. Babies
4. Friends
5. Food...think about all day long
6. Family ....I guess that should have been before friends..
7. My nieces and nephews...they are all so stinking cute
8. My house

8 words or phrases I use often
1. I love you
2. I miss you
3. Stop studying
4. How much do you want off
5. Chunky of blended
6. like.....way too much....my friends are blaming me for their bad habit they are picking up
7. How much?
8. So cute

8 things I want to do before I die
1. Have lots of babies....twins please
2. Buy a prada purse
3. Live next to DeAnn and Chelsey
4. Not shop clearance
5. Go back to school
6. Be a really really good cook
7. Go sky diving
8. Live at Disneyland

8 things I have learned from the past
1. My mom and dad are ALWAYS right...dang it
2. Heavenly Father watches out for us
3. Don't ever gossip
4. Be friends with everyone
5. Don't always buy it cause it is on sale
6. Some people aren't what they seem
7. Choose the right way and you'll be happy
8. Family is most important

8 places i would love to go or see
1. Europe
2. china
3. the Netherlands
4. Hawaii again and again..
5. Home
6. Home again
7. the Bahamas again
8. anywhere a cruise takes us

8 thing i need or currently want
1. Chocolate...seriously
2. see family and friends
3. warm clothes
4. TWINS
5. a massage
6. Take a trip with matt
7. A new phone
8. pf changs...changs spicy shrimp