Christmas Day 2007
September 6, 2008 at 5:15 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentWe spent Christmas day at Grandma Lori’s since James was deployed.
Macen’s 1st Christmas – photo shoot
September 6, 2008 at 5:07 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentEarly December
Picture overload from mommy’s photo shoot!
James has deployed
September 6, 2008 at 4:50 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentDecember 13, 2007
James left yesterday (Dec. 12th) and has arrived safely in Kuwait. He was suppose to leave 2 days ago and we had dropped him off, said our goodbyes only to pick him up a few hours later when they cancelled his flight due to the ice storm. So we got another night with him and then had to say goodbyes again. I will email a mailing address for him in a few weeks once he is where he’s going to be. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
WE MISS YOU
We miss you in the morning,
we miss you late at night,
But we know what you are doing
Is good and just and right.
You’re always in our thoughts;
I hope that you can see
we are proud of you for serving
Our country, God, and us.
And when you’re home again
We won’t miss you anymore,
But we’ll always admire your courage
For fighting in this war.
Santa Claus part 2
September 6, 2008 at 4:44 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
End of November
This was our 2nd attempt at Santa. Macen is normally such a smiley little guy, I was hoping for a picture with a smile. Especially since next year he may be afraid of Santa. But it didn’t happen. We were still out of town and he was overdue for a nap. I wasn’t about to take him for a 3rd time once we were home and settled.
Santa Claus
September 6, 2008 at 2:29 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
End of November
Macen saw Santa for the first time with Carson while we were in O’Fallon. Neither one knew what to think about the guy in red holding them.
7 months old
September 5, 2008 at 2:43 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentNovember 30, 2007
Macen spent this month mastering his crawling, sitting up and pulling up. Now he is trying to get to a standing position without holding onto anything, only pushing up from the floor. He hasn’t quite figured it out yet though. He has taken steps on his own by moving along the coffee table. We’ll see how long it is before he is walking. Macen started on solid foods half way through the month. He has had green beans, sweet potatoes (pictured) and peaches. He got his first cold and just started his second one of the month – must be from all the traveling we just did. Be sure to check out the social butterfly post to see all of the people he has visited with this month. We just got back from MO where Macen picked up his toybox that Grandpa Scrogin made him. We couldn’t resist putting him in it.
Social butterfly
September 5, 2008 at 2:33 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentMacen has had a big month of social activities. He got a visit from his friend Baylie and got to see his buddy Jacob while we were in Texas. He also visited all of his cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, great grandmas and great grandpa. Sorry if I missed anyone.
Macen’s 1st Cowboys game – Happy Thanksgiving
September 5, 2008 at 2:31 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentNovember 22, 2007
James and I started a tradition in 1999 of going to the Cowboys Thanksgiving day game. A tradition that we have come to love and the only year we’ve missed to date was 2003 due to James being in Iraq. So we were sooooo excited to share this tradition with Macen.
Typically we tailgate prior to the game but it was a little chilly to have Macen out there for that long so we skipped that (instead he spent time in the hotel pool and enjoyed kicking his legs in the water) and headed straight for the game. He was dressed in a ‘I wanna play quarterback’ Cowboys romper and a huge hit with everyone who noticed him. We had great seats – 10 rows from the field on the 40 yd line. Macen slept through most of the 1st quarter and soaked everything in for the rest of the game. The lady behind us even commented that he was so well behaved. In all the previous years, we’ve had fairly decent to great weather, not this time. We had some wind, a little rain and a little snow so he didn’t get to show off his romper too long before he was bundled in a 3rd layer of clothing. We had a great time and can’t wait to continue this tradition with him in tow.
6 months old
September 5, 2008 at 2:06 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
October 30, 2007
6 months of tiny fingers and toes, 6 months of a beautiful smile!
It’s really been half a year since Macen came into our lives. And it has been amazing! Macen has had a busy 30 plus days developmentally.
*He mastered sitting up within a few days of first doing it
*He got his first tooth at 5 months, 9 days and the second one arrived last week – both on the bottom. Both have come with fussiness
*He had a short stint on rice cereal a few weeks ago but that didn’t sit well with him so we stopped until he was 6 months. Last week, I started him on oatmeal and he is doing much better. We’ll be experimenting with fruits and veggies soon.
*He loves the itsy, bitsy spider rhyme and does the spider climbing up the wall. He started doing it during diaper changes and now if I forget to start singing it to him he just starts the spider without me.
*He started rolling all over the place – the first time he did it, he came upon Mo and got a ‘what are you going to do to me?’ stare from the cat
*He started crawling on Halloween
*And finally, he can now pull himself into a sitting position from his tummy and pull himself to a standing postion from his tummy or sitting.
He had his 6 month check up today and the doctor told him he was an overachiever. He came in at 15.11 lbs and 26.25 inches long -the 25th and 50th percentiles. He has become quite the social butterfly when we are out and about. He smiles and squeals at everyone. Hopefully that lasts for awhile but we’ll see. He has gotten pretty spunky in his Bumbo and has even fallen out once and that was under supervision (I’m not sure what took them so long to recall the item but we may have a rather active baby). He doesn’t like it as much now since it keeps him contained. Macen still thinks Maggie, Mo and Myles are the greatest entertainment ever and is starting to chase them down with his limited mobility. He still isn’t sleeping thru the night which isn’t that big of a deal since I get up in the middle of the night to pump his milk. He has previously slept thru the night off and on until his teeth came in so I know its possible for him to make it all night without a feeding – all in all it’s a work in progress and we’ll get there soon. Macen has been very busy and I’m sure he’s going to keep us on our toes from this point on.
Macen’s 1st Halloween
September 5, 2008 at 2:05 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentOctober 30, 2007
Macen is a giraffe for his 1st Halloween. He is just the right size to get in a pumpkin so I couldn’t resist. Hope everyone has a safe and spooky day!
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