Kayla Olivia Mackie joined the world on January 15, 2008 at 5:27pm. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. Her arrival made me an Auntie for the first time. She is absolutely perfect and adorable! Brinley loves her so much and affectionately calls her, “my baby”. Uncle Scott accepted the title of “Godfather” and he is very honored and proud. The new little Mackie family is doing fabulous! We are all very excited to welcome this new addition to the family.
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
(And I’m not talking about Mariah Carey.) When I was a kid, it seemed like everyone called their grandparents some slight variation of Grandma and Grandpa. Maybe it was Grammy and Grampy or sometimes Nana and Papa or even Ma and Pa but nothing too different from that. Until I was pregnant with my first More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Remember all that stuff I talked about yesterday? Planning a trip, packing the car and hitting the road? Well, all of that combined with actually being on vacation gives me what I’d like to call “The Vacation High”. It’s many things all rolled into one (or into a few days actually). The feeling of excitement More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
When most people hear the word vacation images of tropical islands, warm beaches and fruity drinks probably fill their minds. While all of those things sound amazing to me, they’re not what comes to my mind when I think about vacation. To me vacation is time spent away from home with loved ones doing things More >
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Saturday was our five year wedding anniversary. Since it falls on a holiday weekend we decided not to celebrate this big milestone on it’s actual day but wait and do it the following weekend (this weekend). With that said, we traveled down to visit Scott’s side of the family for the day. His brother lives More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Ever hear a person call someone a name (nickname or term of endearment) and think to yourself, “Where the heck did they come up with that?” Of course you have your standard shortened names like Chris for Christopher or Sue for Susan. Then there are the not so easy to figure out ones like Dick More >
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
I want to preface this post by saying that this is not intended to be a ::slap in the face:: to anyone who does not feel the same way. I’m simply writing this as ‘the other side to the story’ so to speak. After reading recent posts from Blair, Allison, and Katie, I felt compelled More >
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
We celebrated Nora’s First Birthday on Saturday. It’s hard to believe that she is a year old already. It truly is unreal how quickly the time passes. Nora has filled our lives with so much joy. She is such a character and watching her grow and change every day is just awesome. Looking back at More >
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
Today’s guest post is from Devan over at Accustomed Chaos. She is a mommy to three little ones and lives her life Gluten Free. Her blog is great because she is so full of information and shares lots of recipes and ideas on how to live without gluten in your diet. Even if you don’t More >
about 2 years ago - 8 comments
Last week I was a single lady. From early Monday morning until late Friday night, Scott was in California for a work conference (the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference for those who care). He asked me before he left not to “tweet” or post about being home alone because he’s overprotective of his girls and didn’t More >
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
For eight years of my life, I was the baby. The second born. The first girl. I have an older brother. He’s two and a half years older than me. I’m sure he was not thrilled when I came along, and I can’t blame him. We didn’t really get along well as kids, but what More >
about 4 years ago
Wow! Godfather, Scott! Congratulations to the both of you! She is beautiful. I really am happy for all of you knowing everything everyone went through!
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