We miss Nonna!

December 12, 2008

My mom, who has been here for a few months enjoying some time with Mackenzie, went home Friday. It was a very sad day, but I understand that she probably missed her family, her own bed and Charlie too!

We have been trying to keep up with each other through the Webcam, but sometimes it just doesn't do the trick. I know Mackenzie misses her Nonna and I just wanted to give her a "shout-out" on here and let her know how much we love her!

Nonna - you are the best and we can't wait to see you again. Hopefully it will be very soon! We love you SOOO much!


Nonna and Mackenzie watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (the original of course!!).


She loves her Nonna!!

Poppa came all the way from Florida just to see his favorite grand-daughter!

Mackenzie thought Poppa looked kind of like Santa Claus!

Poppa's fingers were really tasty too!



We miss you too Poppa!

Fun with the Family at Red's House

December 11, 2008

We had a family night at Red's and it was great!! Little Miss Mackenzie went to bed before the camera came out so we didn't get any pictures with her but the pictures we did take were so much fun!


Awww! :)


Sisters! Where was Ash?!!?


We caught him off guard! But at least we got a pic!

My favorite niece!! Look at those eyes!

It's been a long time since we all got a pic together!

We love you Mama!!

Hahahaha!!

Bubby!

Being silly

Sweet Cousins

December 10, 2008

Aunt JJ & Ethan came over for a quick visit tonight. It was really fun and I think Mackenzie and Ethan really enjoyed playing together although we missed little Miss Lee! I got a few shots of the sweet cousins checking each other out!




Hey you...


Holding hands! :)


Sweet sugar for Mackenzie! So cute!

Christmas Card Pictures...not!

This past weekend was the weekend that I was going to get a PERFECT picture of Mackenzie in her adorable Christmas outfit so that we can use it on a Christmas card...well, it was suppose to be anyway.

Mom and I took Mackenzie to Erin's house where there were two beautiful trees just waiting to have someone take a picture in front of them! We even had help from Tom, Brenda, Erin, AND Izzy Parker! But no...it was not meant to be.

Now, please don't misunderstand - Mackenzie was looking very cute in her outfit. It's just that there were no smiles! Well, maybe one or two, but we didn't catch them on camera. Plus, she has a new face she's trying out where she sticks her tongue out and then chews on it a little - she looks like a very cute monkey with this face. But that is not the face of a Christmas card picture.

Hopefully we will be able to get some cute pictures when we have our tree up and decorated - I just don't want to wait too long because I'd like to send the cards out within the next couple of weeks.

Matt and I got our first Christmas tree last night from my mom - thanks so much Mom!! - and we are putting it up this week. Hopefully we will have it up before the Thanksgiving holidays and the Razorbacks have us away from the house for a few days. Realistically though, it will probably be this weekend.

Maybe, just maybe, we will get some smiles then!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

So...I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but I'm SO excited about Christmas (notice the new background!) Not just because it's my favorite holiday, but because it's Mackenzie's first Christmas and that seems to make it so much sweeter!!

We took a few pictures of Mackenzie in a cute little Christmas outfit....she didn't like it at first. I don't know if it was the outfit or the danger time-zone between 6 and 7:30. Anyway, here's some of the pics we took: