Young Party of Four

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9 Months Old Dear Mackenzie, Happy 9 months Smiley Girl! I can’t believe we have hit the “9 months in, 9 months out” point! You are such a big girl. Your Daddy and I talk all the time about how just a few short months ago you were so different and you have such a little personality now. There is so much I want to tell you about your last month. You have learned all sorts of new things and it is like night and day between this time last month and now. We haven’t gone for your 9 month appointment yet (it’s on Thursday) so I’m unsure how much you weigh and how long you are. I do know you are likely above 17 lbs. I know that because you had your first “sickness” this month. It wasn’t a traditional sickness though. Our entire family (including Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandaddy and Uncle Rick) got a terrible cold. People had it diagnosed as everything from the flu and upper respiratory infection to bronchitis. I think I was patient zero which likely served you well. Due ...

A week ago today, Kenzie was officially the same age out as she was when she was born. Yeah, in my head that makes sense. Kenzie was born at 37 weeks, 1 day. Last Tuesday she turned 37 weeks, 1 day old. In honor of that I wanted to repost her birth story. This was never posted on this blog as it was not in existence when she was born and therefore it wasn't really shared. I figured now was as good a time as any to share. =) So much has changed since July 30, 2012. We are quickly approaching her 9 month birthday and I can't believe how much she has grown in just a few short months. Our 7 lbs 6 oz (breech... my goodness check out those legs) bundle of joy and our very happy almost 9 month old Happy Birth Day Mackenzie! Trust me though, when I got up this morning, that is the last thing I expected to be saying. Let me back up a bit first though. As you may remember from my last post… Friday I had my usual weekly appointment. We found out then that my blood pressure ...

Today, at 8 months and 5 days, Kenzie learned to crawl. I am one proud momma!

This Easter weekend was a lot of fun. We started our weekend out by going to Good Friday communion at church. This was our first time doing this and it was a really great night of worship and communion. Kenzie even sat through the entire thing. It was only about 45 minutes long but when you consider that it started at 6pm (an hour before bedtime) that was quite an accomplishment. Saturday we decided to dye eggs with Kenzie. This year that really just involved us dying the eggs and letting her watch and look at them. Next year she should be able to participate more.  Easter Sunday we started our day by getting dressed up (sort of) for church. Our church isn't one that most people wear suits or anything. Nana and Uncle Rick came to church with us. Papa was supposed to come, but he was not feeling well. I think we gave him whatever this sickness is that we are passing around our house. Before leaving for church, Kenzie got to see what the E...

Saturday, March 30, 2013 8 Months Old Dear Mackenzie, Happy 8 months Smiley! Wow! Every month it is just crazy to me that you are getting so big. This month has been exciting. Last month I mentioned how you weren’t really babbling yet. To be honest, you don’t really “babble” in the traditional sense of the word but you definitely talk to us all the time. You don’t often use those repetitive syllables like mamamama over and over again. You can say ma, da, na, ne, ba, and a lot of other sounds though. One day you even said “mom” clear as day. I am not under any false assumptions that it had any meeting behind it, but it was still cool to hear. Your daddy actually was in the other room and asked me who said that because he thought it sounded like a child instead of a baby. I had been getting sort of worried of your lack of babbling but we have decided that it definitely doesn’t worry us anymore because you are talking so much and using so many different sounds. You just don’t ...

From our little family.

As a lot of you might know, Steven's parents (Mom and Dad Y or Grandma and Grandaddy) recently moved from South Florida to Palm Coast. This move was a pretty big deal as Mom and Dad Y have lived in the same house for over 30 years. Steven helped them move a couple of weekends ago but this weekend we decided to take a trip to visit them so that Mackenzie and I could see the house as well. Their house is so very nice! Makes me jealous! They have so much room and the storage is just insane. We had a great day visiting and Kenzie had a blast playing on their grass. They have St. Augustine (whereas we have Zoysia and it is still dormant at this point so it isn't really soft yet) and she had such a great time experiences the different texture. I'm still learning to use my camera as a true DSLR so I just had to get a couple of shots of Kenzie playing in the really green grass. I just wish I would sometimes think to have someone take a picture of her and I or the three of us so tha...