Keeping up with Cora

Friday night, my mom was with Andie most of the afternoon. Miss Andie got a pedicure while mom slurped down Java House. They picked up Andie & Brian's rings for their wedding, ate at Chic-Fil-A, where they were weirdly in awe of these ketchup packets, and went to Hobby Lobby. Twice.

Mom had to work Saturday. Yuck. But, I didn't mind... Our neighbor Melissa rocked me to sleep and I love her for that. Dad had a softball tournament, and mom managed to pick up my disc of pictures from Miss Wendy. How cute am I?

My parents have to pull my hair out of my face because I can never see!

Did you know that my mom spats my hand and tells me "No, Mackenzie" every time I touch that? And I just laugh at her because I am as stubborn and tough as my daddy! haha!

Then, mom made me this cute wreath for my 1st Birthday party, picked up my invitations, and made these Pom Poms.

Aren't they pretty?

I took Memaw her Birthday invitation....

And I chewed on the wheel of her walker :) Yumm!

I just love it!

On the right is the oven door, which Dustin made it so she can open the door and put her food in it. Where is the sink you ask? OOPS! :) We are having our sweet friend Angela paint this for Mackenzie and we were so excited to get it to her that we completely forgot to put the sink in!

I can't wait to see this after Angela is finished with it. You should go check out her stuff here. She is so talented. I have a few pieces that she made for Mackenzie and the quality is out of this world!

This is Kaci, Hannah and I on our very first trip to Florida! It makes me laugh out loud every time I see this! I wonder if I will look back on the pictures that I just loved of Mackenzie when she was a baby and think "What was I thinking?"

She was more than excited to play with them!

The bunnies were not so excited to see her though :) This one is trying to bail!

Sunday morning, we went to church! We watched a really good Nooma video, and discussed how Christians are under a microscope every day. Those people who say they don't believe, they are watching us all of the time. And that is where my heavy heart got heavy answers. I knew I had to be unselfish and share the imperfection in our life instead of only showing the great things. Because somewhere... At some point, someone will see that Dustin and I are not perfect at all, but Jesus loves us just like he loves our baby, and our neighbors that don't go to church, and even the people that were arrested for child abuse last week. He loves everyone. He doesn't discriminate.

Sunday night, my sister and cousin Tyler came to visit. I didn't get a picture of Ty because Mackenzie was not in to him that night. I joked that she didn't like him because her daddy told her to tell him if there were boys at home when he wasn't. :)

After being off work for almost a week with pneumonia, Mackenzie and I got up this morning, and brushed our teeth with our combs,

And got back on schedule this morning!

But who wants to eat dinner outside to make it a great day? :)

We stopped by El Zarape for dinner... I love how quick and cheap this place is!

And Mackenzie loves watching the men run from table to table! Haha!!

Dustin started working on Mackenzie's Play Kitchen for her 1st Birthday! :) Shh.. She doesn't know! Haha!

Dustin has done a great job on this! I can't wait to see the finished product.

I can't sit still, so I have been working on orders instead of resting....

Mackenzie has chewed on toys since her front tooth is coming in. Yay!......

We have put about 100 miles on her walker...

We have been outside every day this week... This 70-80 degree weather in March is awesome!

Mackenzie found her drawer in the kitchen....

And she helped me do laundry! :)

I don't even know where to begin? These past 11 months have flown by!

You are growing so fast! You weigh 20.3 lbs and are wearing 12 Month clothes. You are in Size 3 diapers, and Size 3 shoes.

This is the look you give us when you are up to something.. Like sticking your fingers in the electric outlets or pulling all of the paper out of our printer. When we say "Mackenzie, No!" you smile and wave at us. It usually gets a laugh :)

You are starting to take a couple steps at a time, but you move around everywhere by crawling. (Aren't her boyfriend jeans just the cutest? We found those at a kids resale shop in TX in the fall)

You still only have two teeth, but you are definitely cutting more. From the way our week has gone, it seems like you are cutting all of your teeth at once! We bought you a toothbrush and you love chewing on it in the mornings while I get ready.

We have seen a lot of this pouty face this week! Turns out, you have a double ear infection and a pretty roughed up throat. Dr. Beene gave you an antibiotic to knock out a possible mild case of pneumonia. A baby at Mrs. Sherry's tested positive for RSV today, and there is a huge possibility that you gave it to her!

Here is our monthly hair picture! :) You still love your baths, and I still love your hair! :) I have started pulling it half up during the days that you are at Sherry's to keep it out of your face.

You are such an amazing baby. We love you more and more every day. It seems so weird that we are in the middle of planning your very 1st Birthday Party!!