Christmas 2010!

Merry Christmas Everyone! We had a wonderful and busy Christmas Day! The day began around 4:00am when Mackenzy woke up screaming twice because she had thrown her pacifier out of her crib and couldn't reach it! After 2 retrievals from her wonderful parents on 2 separate occasions, she slept peacefully until about 7:30. We also got a surprise call from my step dad who attempted to sing the end of "We wish you a Merry Christmas"! Yes that's right folks, Jarvis sings! Then while daddy slept, Mackenzy and I had a yummy breakfast and built our gingerbread house! Making a gingerbread house is much harder than it seems and ours was a little lopsided which is why it's not pictured... :)

After breakfast we went over to my mom's house for Christmas brunch! We had quiche, ham, pickled cold slaw, sweet potato casserole, cranberry relish, collard greens, and funfetti cake! Yum! After brunch we opened gifts and a very sleepy Mackenzy sort of understood the concept this year! She tore the paper off a few presents but was quickly distracted by my mom's camera...

I made the mistake of letting her open her books first. She LOVES books, especially if they have anything to do with Dora the Explorer! After she opened that present she was complete and wanted nothing to do with opening gifts! If you notice in the picture, Mackenzy is so smart that she can read her books upside down!



My stepsisters came over to have brunch with us and of course Nicholas was under the table hoping for a treat!

Here is a very sleepy Mackenzy hoping someone will take her out of the high chair... She loved Mimi's ham and sweet potatoes! Even though she was sleepy she never fell asleep! Around 4pm she slept for about 30 minutes before we headed over to Nana's house (Ray's family). Needless to say, the long day left Mackenzy very tired and when she went to sleep at 7pm she was out cold until 7:30 the next morning!

We finally got some real snow (not ice) on Christmas day! The news reported that the last time we got snow for Christmas was in 1947 and this year we got about 6 inches! Mackenzy was thrilled to watch the snow from the comfort of her heated home, but when I took her outside she wasn't to happy. In the house the said "Wow" and "Snow" but when we went outside she wouldn't move from the front porch until I shoveled a path for her...

"Mommy, what is this stuff?"

And of course I had to take a picture of the parkway! I think our area look beautiful in the snow and in the fall when all the leaves are changing colors. We are also thankful to live near the school because our road gets plowed quickly!

This is Mackenzy venturing out in the snow on the path that I created to our cars. She wanted to go and talk to the neighbor's son but she wouldn't step in the snow! She was perfectly content waving to him from afar!

We were so thankful to Ray for taking us out for a ride. We were all ready to get out of the house especially since our cable didn't come back on until about 12pm that day... We went to Friendly center to look for some new shoes for Mackenzy and were very unsuccessful for the 2nd time because they never have her size... She has Ray's big feet and now wears a 5.5!

Flashback Picture:

Here is us from a year ago. Mackenzy was 3 months old. It's amazing how time flies and how big she's gotten over the past year! We are truly lessed! Merry Christmas!