Birthday Bash

Little "Miss December"

We had Mac's little birthday party on Saturday and it was a long but really fun day. It rained outside the entire time but that did not keep little Mackenzie's spirits down, she had so much fun playing with her little friends, eating hotdogs, opening presents, and of course eating cake! It was also fun for Mommy and Daddy to see everyone and catch up. Now its on to Christmas time; which of course is the best time of the year!

Bring Me Cake!!!

WOW!!!

She was so lost; way too many people looking at her:-)

Fun!!

Yummy!!!

Our Little ONE YEAR Old!!!

Well its official little Mac is a toddler! Mackenzie turned one on Saturday and it was such a bittersweet day for Matt and I, its so hard to believe that it has already been a year. She has changed so much in the past month, she is walking all over the place now and starting to get faster and faster (I know running is just around the corner, yikes!). She is talking up a storm, more of her own language but there are a few words that we understand, Mama, Dada, dog, cat, bird, that, horse (according to some people) and of course uh oh. She is also starting to say Zoey but it sounds like Doey:-) She imitates EVERYTHING we do and when she wants something she points and grunts really loud (so lady like).

She likes to take off any piece of clothing that she can, shoes, socks, pants, bows and sometimes diapers! Which drives me crazy because it is so darn cold outside (for California its cold). She will not wear a darn thing on her head; so all those adorable little beanies will not be on my child:-)

Some of Mac's favorite things in life are vanilla wafers (thanks to Papa Eric), riding on the Polaris or the golf carts with daddy (she cries when we take her out), riding in her Wagon, and now thanks to daddy chocolate chip cookies (why do I even bother with the Organic healthy diet!). She absolutely loves the dogs, petting them, getting in their waters, laying in their beds and yes I'm admitting this eating their food (only once)! I guess our daughter thinks she is a dog:-)

We had a tiny celebration on Saturday for her birthday, but the big party is this weekend because not all the family was around for her actual B-day, and everyone wants to see her in her little tutu eating cake:-) So stayed tuned for pictures of her party!

xoxo,

Matt, Lisa and Mackenzie

Thanksgiving

Going for a walk with daddy in my WAGON!
Eating some turkey:-)
and more Turkey:-)
Having fun with my Uncle Travis
Yum!!!!
Mine and my sisters's Fab pies (homemade)

The newly engaged happy couple:-)

Cooking some good stuff!!

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving with our family! Mac had turkey and all the fixings:-) We were so thankful to have each other and that we were all home eating amazing food and spending some great quality time together.

First Steps:-)

Sorry its sideways:-)

11 Months Old

I cannot believe almost a year has gone by since our little angel arrived into our lives, I now get to really plan for her birthday party:-)

Mackenzie keeps changing everyday; she is really starting to get such a personality. She now throws little tantrums when she does not get what she wants; she will throw her head and arms on the floor and cry really loud! Oh us girls and our attitudes:-)

She can now stand completely by herself and can take about two steps towards us and then she realizes that no one is helping her and sits down. She will also walk and just be holding on to one of our fingers and the minute we let go she sits down. So I know walking and even running will be in our near future, but I'm not going to push it because I know once they start to walk than its a whole new ball game:-)

We are having a really great time here in the Dominican; Mackenzie, Mommy and Daddy are all getting really tan. One of our daily routines here is going to the pool:-) Mac is getting much better in the water, if I tell her to kick she does and we are working on getting her comfortable on her back in the water. We get to go to the beach this coming week and stay a couple of nights before we go home to the states for good; so that should be interesting for little Mac.

She now has a total of eight teeth and pretty much has written off baby food; she always wants what Mommy's is eating; I think her favorite food right now is bananas and spaghetti (with the sauce of course).

Escrow on our new home closes around the 20Th of this month and we cannot wait to move in and just relax for a couple of months before baseball starts all up again:-)

Pix's to follow of our new home:-)

xoxo,

Matt, Lisa and Mac

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall........

Who's the fairest one of all.....Mackenzie is!!!!! Little Mac was Snow White for Halloween and boy did she look beautiful being a little princess! She even ate her poisoned apple:-)While the boys where playing baseball all of us girls took Mac to some new friends house out here who just adopted a 16 month old baby boy named Jason and they already have an 11 year girl. So Mac had so much fun dressing up and playing with too many toys!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Before we left for the Dominican we went to the pumpkin patch at home and it was the only cold day in California so far...so Mac got to wear her cute little fall outfits! We had such a great time going with Grandma and seeing the animals and crawling all around the pumpkins:-) Hope everyone has a very spooky Halloween!!!!

10 Months!

I can't believe that 10 months have gone bye; it really does seem like yesterday that we brought Mackenzie home, and of course she is still amazing us everyday with her new and old little ways. One of her favorite things to do is reading her books, she flips through all the pages and just talks to herself and tells her own version of the story. Her favorite book is "Where's Spot" because she loves to flip up all the different pages (well the pages that she has not torn off). She has now learned some of her songs too; when we sing Old Mac Donald to her she can also say Ee--i--ee-i-0 and when we say patty cake she starts to clap her hands (so cute).

Its getting really hard to hold Mac these days because all she wants is down!! Which was not really fun towards the end at the baseball games (godbless the family room!) She still crawls like a little champ and cruises and still pulls up on everything. She is starting to let go and sometimes will walk to us without help if we are sitting really really close to one another:-)

It has not only been a busy month for little Mac but also for Mommy and Daddy too; We sold and moved out of our old house and now are in escrow on a new house! For the time being we are staying on Grandma and Grandpa's ranch (which is so much fun) and we will also be in the Dominican Republic for a little while too because Daddy will be playing baseball there.

We love our life and thank God everyday for all the blessings that he has sent to us!

xoxo

Matt, Lisa and Mac

9 Months!

Mackenzie is nine months old!!!! We cannot believe how big our little girl is getting; everyday she changes more and more. She is still crawling like a champ and is ALL over the place, she now knows how to move her safety gates (not good for mama) and gets so excited when she gets out! She is into every drawer, cabinet, bag and pretty much anything else she can get her little hands on. She has a couple of new words, she can say uh oh (she says it after I do) and she says baby; she also understands no (so funny) and she understands when I say "come to Mama". She can now cruise from furniture to furniture and I know walking is in our near future (oh boy).

Some of Mackenzie's favorites are: Swimming (she can now get dunked with mama), Avocado's (cannot ever get enough) and her Daddy reading her books to her.

It has been a crazy past couple of weeks for little Mac, she now has 6 teeth total and trust me we are so happy that they are all out and we are all sleeping great again! We have also been traveling like crazy this month, first Mac and I and the dogs drove back home for a couple of days to visit family and pack up our house that we sold, then we flew to Salt Lake to watch Daddy play baseball and ended up staying a couple more days with our friends the Kings and it was so much fun for Mac because she got to hang out with all the kiddos. She Especially loved little Sophie, she kept hugging and kissing her it was so cute! Oh and between all of this craziness we also went to the doctors and Mac is super healthy and growing like a champ. She weighs 21 1/2 pounds (90%) and is 281/2 inches long (90%). She just could not be anymore perfect and everyday she just melts my heart even more!

I love my Debit Card!!!

Pearly Whites!!

Playing with Ruby

Mackenzie for some reason does not get why Ruby wont play with her.....you be the judge SO FUNNY!!! Oh and please excuse Matt without a shirt....just woke up:-)