Today our Macy Joy turns 11 months. That means just one more month until the big birthday! This does not make any sense to us. How could that much time have gone by? It just isn't possible.Macy is now standing on her own and contemplating walking. She just hasn't quite decided to take that"big step". 
She has begun to develop quite a sense of humor, too. She even has what we call her "fake laugh". 
She is very sweet & loves to get up in our laps to snuggle. She began to blow kisses this week, and I'm hoping to get a video soon. She has 4 teeth now, so she likes to eat more good stuff.
The child loves the outdoors, so we went out this morning & took a few shots. 
sueños dulces (sweet dreams)....or maybe crazy ones???
Macy was not a fan of the sand. 
She didn't like being too close to the waves coming in either. 
Seeing as this was a spur-of-the moment trip, we didn't have time to try & find someone to take photos. We thought we'd do it ourselves...with a only a tripod...and an infant. Need I say more? We didn't have any huge keepers, but I'll throw in a few for fun.
It was a bit overcast at times, but the cooler temperatures made it more enjoyable. In fact, after everyone cleared out on Labor Day, it was as though we had the whole place to ourselves! 
We sat out on the balcony at night listening to the ocean, and looking in on our little sleeping beauty. What a great way to celebrate two years of marriage! Some people weren't even ready to leave as check-out time rolled around! 
Our first stop was Mary 
This tree sits outside and is over 2000 years old!
Being the history nerds we are, rather than spend most of the afternoon shopping at the outlet mall in 
Macy loved the front porch, which has been completely rebuilt. It has a great view of the ocean.
Well, we survived Macy having tubes put in her ears 2 weeks ago. It was a very quick procedure, but the crying as she was coming out of the anesthesia is what nearly had us in tears. She calmed down once we got home and went to sleep for a few hours. She woke up as though nothing had happened. Let's hope this is the end of ear infections! Our sweet work family sent her a teddy bear with balloons signed "Your Eye Care Nannies". 
One Saturday we decided to venture out to the Hattiesburg Zoo. It is a small zoo, which is good, because with the heat and humidity, we only lasted about 20 minutes. One of the coolest things was getting close to some peacocks that wander the grounds. That is, until we accidentally stood between a mama peacock & her baby. 
She still isn't a pro with the sippy cup, but we discovered she REALLY likes Coke. We were in Williamsville last Saturday which consists of an old general store that is actually owned by Peyton & Eli Manning's grandparents. I think they even bagged groceries there some back in the day. You can get anything from a new pair of Nikes or brand name clothes, to saddles, or even bacon sliced while you wait. Anyway, they have the old fashioned Coke machines where you can still get the bottled cokes. 
We wanted to introduce her to this little treat, not knowing it would lead to what might very well have been her first word (besides "Mama" and "Dada").
Or maybe the adventure is a stroll around the neighborhood..
She is a little less adventurous when it comes to food, which is why it surprised us when she LOVED salsa tonight at Mi Casita (don't worry...it was fairly mild, and she is half TEXAN).
Whatever the adventure, we are so blessed to be sharing them all with her. Every now and then, something will happen out of the blue to make Macy giggle like crazy. We were out back the other night, and Charlie swatted at a mosquito. She started to cackle. Luckily, I had the camera on hand to capture the moment:
