Happy Birthday Mackenzee!

Happy Birthday Mackenzee! We love you so much!

{More pictures to come}

Happy Birthday Mackenzee!

Mackenzee really wanted to wear this dress up skirt for her birthday party. Don't ask me. I guess she just wanted to be really pretty. So, after a little negotiating (as much as you can get away with with a 2 year old), we compromised on her putting it on and getting her picture taken. I know...I could have just let her wear it, but 20 minutes into the party she would have ripped it off and then I would have had a naked baby running around the house. ;0) Something had to be done!
She acted like a pro opening up the presents this year. She did get a little practice in last weekend out at my mom's house, so maybe that helped. Either way....she ripped through them quickly and loved all of them. As much of a stinker as she can be, she really just loves EVERYTHING. And I'm not kidding.
She got so much dress up stuff. She's stocked for quite a while. She got some last weekend, and then a big bag full from me, and then her Aunt Beckie got her this awesome trunk full of even more stuff. I think it has five outfits in it with jewelry and a couple of pairs of shoes. She's set. Here she is with her cousins, as they are trying to get her all dolled up. Kenzee was in heaven.

As a side note for family members who were at her 1st bday party but unable to attend this year...no burnt fingers, but apparently she has lingering memories of the trauma because she wouldn't even blow this year. She started to cry when I asked her to blow on it, so Landon did the big brotherly thing and blew them out for her.

And we have decided that we don't need Christmas at our house this year. Mackenzee has so much fun stuff now, that she's set. ;0) I won't know where to put anything else!

Mackenzee is 2!

Mackenzee is two! Can you believe it? Not that she hasn't been behaving like a terrible two year old for a while now...but that's besides the point. She is so excited it's her birthday, though I'm sure she has no idea what it means. She just knows it's all about her...and that's all that matter to her! My sister took these pictures this last weekend. They were taken consecutively in the order shown. Mackenzee just kept posing, so Melanie just kept snapping. Sigh. Can you say little diva?