Happy Birthday Aunt JJ!!!

Mackenzie & the birthday girl

Sweet Aikman

Ashlea & Jami

Silly girl

Jami & "THE Aunt" Amy

Get it girl

Cousins: Aikman, Luke, Logan, Ethan, Mackenzie

Ethan, Mackenzie, Aikman

Kisses

HA!

Ethan still trying to give kisses

WALKING!!!

Mackenzie, you are finally walking on your own!!!! Mommy & Daddy were getting ready to go to Kelli & Beau's rehearsal dinner tonight and you were playing in the hall. I was out there with you and you stood up on your feet with your hands on the ground. You've done this a few times before, but this time you were able to stand up from that position and take a few steps. I was jumping up and down and clapping like crazy telling you what a great job you were doing which I'm pretty sure scared you because you plopped back down on your bottom. It didn't take you long - after the first few steps, you were all over the place.

We are really enjoying watching you take all of these steps and learning so much along the way.

We love you,

Mommy & Daddy

"No no!"

Mackenzie,

Daddy heard one of the funniest stories from one of your daycare teachers tonight! When he picked you up from daycare, Ms. Wanda shared this with us:

Ms. Wanda was holding you and you started squirming really hard trying to get out of her arms. When she put you down, you crawled quickly towards your crib. She looked up to see that another child had pulled your silkie out of your crib and was playing with it.

You took your silkie away, shook your hand at the child and said "no no!!"

This was the highlight of my day! You are so cute and it amazes me that you can communicate with other people! Now we just need to work on sharing...

We love you!

Mommy & Daddy

Blog Hop

I thought I would join in on the "Blog Hop" fun and share my favorite photo:

This is our sweet baby girl, Mackenzie, during her 12 month portraits taken just last month.
Photo credit: Paige Horras Photography

Our 4th of July Weekend

Mackenzie and her cousin, Dawson Parker

She loves the swing at Nan & Pops' house!

Nan & Mackenzie

Happy Fourth!

Pops, Mackenzie, Nan

After waking up from a very long nap!!

Pretty in Pink

Forward-facing car seat - Yippee!

I tried to keep her rear-facing as long as possible, but it was finally time to turn the big girl car seat around.  It was bittersweet - she was obviously excited about the change, but it was sad to say good-bye to one more "baby" thing.

We took her for a drive around the neighborhood to see how she liked it.  She seemed in awe the entire time....who knew there was so much to look at!!

On a side note, as we were driving along, I found my dream house!  Pretty, isn't it?  :)