Weekend in review

Well, we finally had a weekend where we didn't have anything going on... no traveling, no out-of-town guests, no social events of any kind. Not that we haven't enjoyed being "on the go" these past few weekends, but it was time for a break. After a low-key dinner with friends on Friday night, we hung around the house on Saturday and then ran some errands just to get out for a few hours. Sunday we went to church and listened to the guest speaker, Kirk Cameron. He has an awesome testimony. It was neat to see him go from an '80's teenage heartthrob to a Christian father of six kids under the age of twelve! After church we did some yard work and M hung out in her stroller. She eventually fell asleep holding onto Bunny. I hope your weekend was just as relaxing!


Posing for a rare shot with Mom.


Looking stylish in her red and animal print combo.


Little fashionista all ready for church. Her daddy thought she looked like a painter (he wasn't a fan of the beret). Annie thought she was like a cute little cupcake. I'm not sure what she looked like but I know she was precious, and got lots of attention at church :-)


Hanging out with Mom & Dad on the patio.


Too tired to stay awake any longer - taking a nap with Bunny.

Baby Dedication

We dedicated our little girl to the Lord at church last Sunday. It was such a special occasion, and we enjoyed being able to celebrate it with our family.


The church gave us this card - I love that it has the meaning of her name.


Grandpa & Daddy with Mackenzie before church


Looking cool with her shades while hanging out with Gigi.


Posing with Aunt Kimberly.


Stylin' in her new "mink" coat.


Granddad with his two girls.


Uncle Matt & Aunt Kimberly came up on Saturday to hang out.

Dinner with friends

Last night we had dinner with our good friends the Tolivers. We went to a fun neighborhood Italian restaurant, and Mackenzie slept through a good portion of the meal so that we could eat and visit. She looked pretty cute in her new outfit, and you know I couldn't pass up a good photo opportunity!

Sweet Girl

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13-14

Doing big girl stuff!

We've been busy around here... I suppose "busy" is a relative term, and it's probably way overused, but I'll go ahead and use it here because, after all, it's my blog, and I can write whatever I want :-) Due to aforementioned "busyness", I've been a blog slacker, so I wanted to go ahead and post some pictures of how we've been spending our time. Our weeks have been filled with - both Steven and I have been putting in extra hours. We've done a lot of traveling on the weekends. (I'll be posting Lubbock pictures later) During all of that, Mackenzie has been doing a bunch of big girl stuff. I can't believe how fast she's growing!

She's holding her head up really well:

She's started eating stage 1 baby foods:

And LOVES them:

Notice how she's trying to grab the spoon:

Good Morning, Sunshine!

Good morning, good morning, good morning,
It's time to rise and shine.

Good morning, good morning, good morning,
I hope you're feeling fine.

Come on and get up, Get out of bed,
You've got to get up you sleepy-head,

The day is dawning just for you,
And all your dreams are coming true

Doodle-la-doo, doodle-la-doo, doodle-la-doo
Good morning, good morning, good morning,

It's time to rise and shine!

My mom used to sing this to us to wake us up in the morning. I'm sure it was better received this morning than when Mackenzie becomes a teenager. I'll have to post pics in a few years so you all can compare. Happy Friday, friends!

You're always 17 in your hometown...

We went to Sweetwater last weekend for Steven's 10 year high school reunion. I can't believe it's been 10 years. Steven and I started dating during the spring semester of his senior year, so I already knew most of his classmates. It was interesting to see how some had changed. (and how some hadn't changed at all!) Unfortunately, the weather wasn't very good for the Homecoming football game. It was rainy, so we only went for a little while. Mackenzie was really cute in the red dress her Grammy made for her. I even bought her some red patent shoes to match. The guys braved the weather on Saturday for a round of golf. Susan came over and spent the afternoon with us. Saturday night we went to the reunion at the country club. Sunday we went to church and visited with Kerri and Annie. M was really good all weekend - I can't believe how much she's growing. She'll be 3 when we go back for my 10 year reunion. Kinda crazy to think about! Here are a few pictures:

Labor Day Weekend

Here are some pictures from Labor Day weekend. We didn't do much - just hung around the house on Saturday, made a quick trip to Fairfield to visit my family, and then ran some errands on Monday. We enjoyed having an extra day off!

Pictures

Here are some pictures from a few weekends ago. Mark and Kimberly (Steven's brother & sister) came up to visit. As I mentioned here earlier, our computer had died, so Mark was able to rebuild it over the weekend. Kristen came over for dinner Saturday night, and for some reason, she was the only one to pose for a picture. Well, the only one to pose besides Mackenzie - she poses on a daily basis ;-)

Wanna get away?

Have you ever seen those Southwest Airlines commercials where someone does something really embarrassing, and then the tag line is "Wanna get away..."? I love the one where the two guys are playing a baseball game on the Wii, and the guy that's never played before chunks the Wii remote at the other guy's plasma TV, causing it to come crashing to the floor.
I had one (or several) of those moments yesterday morning. When I'm dropping Mackenzie off at daycare, I usually park in the garage. There are a few places on the street where you can parallel park, but they're almost always taken. Yesterday there was one available, so I decided to take it. Someone was behind me, so I didn't feel like I could follow the parallel parking rules (pull even with the car in front of the spot, back into the space, etc). It looked like I should be able to just pull into it with little effort - wrong... I pulled in, backed up, and begin repeating this process over and over. By this time, Mackenzie had started to cry, so that wasn't helping my concentration. I could see the security guard watching me (he was trying to act like he wasn't, but I know he was), and I was beginning to get frustrated. Finally, I decided it was good enough, even though I wasn't straight and was barely out of the flow of traffic. I got M out along with all of her gear for the day and proceeded to the door where I had to stop to show my badge to the security guard. Of course, I couldn't find it and had to put down everything to go through all of our stuff. The security guard waited patiently while all the other Moms and Dads showed their badges and filed past me. Finally I found it and took her upstairs. I got her settled in and and was ready to head back to the car. I should also mention that on Tuesday I had minor toenail surgery, so I wasn't walking very well at this point (so I probably shouldn't have put on those heels yet). As I was coming down the stairs and walking out the door, I missed the step down and started falling. Guess who caught me? Yep... the security guard. I was beyond embarrassed. I muttered, "Thank you" and hurried to my car. As I was getting ready to leave, I saw the security guard standing by my car to help guide me as I backed up to give myself enough room to pull out of the spot. I suppose he thought I might need a little help. I really wanted to disappear.
Of course none of this fazed Little Bit... good thing she's not old enough to be embarrassed by her mother!


Dear God,
Thank you for the kindness shown me by the security guard yesterday morning. However, if it's not too much trouble, perhaps you could find him a different job so that I never have to face him again! I would be forever grateful.
Amen

Sound Advice

What do you do when it's 11pm, and your baby would rather "play" than sleep?

Get out the video camera, of course!

I apologize to the readers who were looking for something witty or inspiring - this is one of those posts that only the grandparents will be excited about.

The week in review

Here are some pictures from this past week. Nothing exciting to report, but the grandparents are requesting new pictures.