Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

Macy celebrated her first birthday Saturday! Mom, Dad, Misty, Julie & Avery all came in from Texas for the event. Lora & Sidney were there as well. We are blessed with so many great friends, who made the day extra special. Her good buddies Anna Kate, Taylor & Lexi were there to join in the fun. Here are some pictures.




Singing Happy Birthday!Avery finally gets his cupcake!




The sweetest sugar!She delicately picked at her "smash" cake. She was overwhelmed with gifts!It's hard to believe our sweet baby is a year old. What tremendous love & happiness she has brought our lives over the past 12 months. We love you, sweet girl!

Pumpkins In Focus

For those of you who may not know, we recently discovered Macy is very hyperopic (farsighted). Ironic, isn't it? We made her a pair of glasses out of the smallest frame we had. We are in the process of finding more frames so she'll have a variety. Macy has amazed us with how well she wears her glasses. Ocassionally she will still look over the top of the them, prompting us to call her "professor". She rarely takes them off.We took our little pumpkin to a pumpkin patch set up at a local church. She loved it and didn't want to leave.Just one more week and our sweet baby girl will turn a year old! Happy Fall!!

First Steps & Play Dates

This past weekend Macy took her first steps. We also switched her from formula to whole milk, so we felt like we just had a weekend full of our little baby growing up. I don't have any photos or video yet, but I will try to get some soon.

Last Saturday Macy got to play with her friend Taylor a little bit. This was while Daddy went on his playdate with Ben (Taylor's daddy) to go fishing on the coast. They caught quite a few fish, & a few sharks. Here is a picture of some of their catch.

It is fun to watch Macy & Taylor interact more these days. Sunday when we got to church, he was sitting a few rows in front of us. He'd squeal & laugh at her, and she'd do it right back. It was too cute. Does this look like trouble or what?When we had our fish fry, we let the kids play in the back yard. Macy likes grass just about as much as she likes sand. The only way she would play is on a blanket.

Have a great week!

Eleven Months of Sweetness

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???

Beach Baby

Our weekend beach trip was wonderful! We went to Orange Beach, AL (which is right on the FL state line) and stayed at a resort we'd enjoyed back in the days when we could sleep-in & play as we pleased. It was a different kind of trip having Macy with us. No parasailing or snorkeling as before, but we had to agree it was so much more fun! 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!