We woke up this morning and sang the birthday song! Mackenzie laughed and clapped like she just knew it was all for her! We had planned to make a trip to the zoo this morning but since it was 86 degrees outside, we decided to save that for fall weather.
Nonna and Poppa came into town from Citronelle, Alabama to celebrate the occasion and we had so much fun playing! Aunt Erin also came over to give Mackenzie (and me) birthday presents. Mackenzie actually really enjoyed ripping into her presents and I'm pretty sure that Erin was really impressed!
We had a great time and it really took the entire day for it to sink in that our sweet girl is actually ONE YEAR OLD.
Mackenzie,
Happy one year baby girl! You are so special to us and words cannot express how proud we are of you. You are always smiling and making us laugh. You really enjoy being able to be more independent, but you are still very attached to us - which is totally fine with Mommy & Daddy. We are soaking it up while we can!
We have kicked the bottle (as of today) and you don't seem to miss it at all - I guess only time will tell. You don't seem to like sweets or regular milk, but I'm confident that those will come with time. You LOVE fruit which is no surprise since that was one of my favorite things when I was pregnant with you. :)
You are still sleeping great! You go to bed at 7:30 (usually on the dot!) and wake up between 6:45 and 7:30. You move around a lot in your sleep and you seem to really like sleeping on your belly with your knees pulled up to your chest. You sleep with your silkies that your Nonna gave you - one small and one large. You are quite attached to both and you will suck on your bottom lip when you even see one of them. It's the sweetest thing ever to rock you while you snuggle with your silkie.
You seem to be very healthy and you have 6 teeth (four on the top and two on the bottom). Brushing your teeth in the morning and before bed is actually one of your favorite things to do - but that's probably because you like to try to suck all of the baby toothpaste off before we actually get to the brushing! :) Your toothbrush and hairbrush seem to be favorite toys of yours and you are content to hold them for hours.
You still love books and it's so fun to watch you flip through them - you are such a big girl. You also really enjoy pulling out your canvas cubby boxes and digging through all of the toys. You mainly like to pull everything out, but I'm sure you will like putting things away sometime soon (I hope!). You also still love your push-toy from Nonna and playing with all of the blocks.
Sweetie - we love you so much! We are so proud of the little person you are becoming and we are so blessed to be your parents. We'll always be here for you no matter what - caring for you, supporting you, and loving you!
Love,
Mommy & Daddy
Mackenzie enjoying a cupcake that Aunt E brought over for the birthday girl!!
Mommy is really excited about sharing birthdays with Mackenzie
ONE YEAR OLD!!!!
We love you Aunt E!
Mommy just had to get a picture of the birthday banner
I think she really liked it. :)
Okay - that's enough.
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