My growing girl

Mackenzie has been so cute lately I just couldn't help but show you some pics.

This past weekend Aaron's grandparents came down from Nevada to visit. We had fun hanging out with them for the day and they loved seeing Mackenzie!

Mackenzie and her Nonna

Mackenzie and her Papa

Mackenzie enjoys a nice glass of wine like her mama

Mackenzie was my model for some of the things I made. Don't worry...I don't dress her like that everyday.

Playing in boxes again

Mackenzie is a little piggy! She loves eating anything and everything. This night it was spaghetti!

Little Fabric Dollhouse

I made this little fabric doll house for Mackenzie's friend Caliey Bea's first birthday. I love how it turned out and it was fairly easy to make (after I worked out a few kinks). Although I would love to claim that I designed it myself I really got it off of this tutorial. So go make one yourslef or if you are not the crafty type let me know and I can make you one :) (I think I'm going to sell a few). Enjoy!

Walking Already!

Mackenzie is 11 months and is fully walking! Around 10 months she took her first couple of steps but in the last week she has really taken off. I was so excited for her to finally walk so I could put her down when we were out and she was wiggling out of my arms trying to get down and crawl all over the dirty ground but now I am not sure I knew what I was in for. Mackenzie is in love with her new found freedom but running around after a toddler all day is a lot of work for those who are chasing her!
She also loves climbing onto anything and everything....

playing in baskets....

and going up stairs

Holiday Boutique

Last weekend my friend Cyndi (who makes slings and super cute Christmas stuff) and I were a part of Mariner's Holiday Boutique. It was SOOO much fun! We ended up selling a ton of stuff and doing well so it was definitely a sucess in my book. I can't wait to do it again next year!

I am also doing 2 more boutiques this holiday season. One is going to be at my friend's house in Corona Del Mar Saturday, November 29th and the other is at Foothill Ranch Elementary School on Friday, December 5th. Let me know if you would like to come and I will give you more details :)

Thanks so much for all of your support!

Our little bumble bee

Last night was Mackenzie's first Halloween. Although Halloween isn't my favorite holiday I have to admit I love seeing little kids dress up in their costumes and I love getting lots of candy...for Mackenzie of course :). Every year our church puts on a Harvest Festival that we go to with tons of games, candy, prizes, food, etc. It definitely beats trick or treating! Here are some pictures from the Harvest Festival. Sorry there are so many...Mackenzie and her friend's were so cute I just couldn't not post them all!

Our Little Bee

Mackenzie and Cailey Bea...they were SO cute together!

It was so funny...when Mackenzie first saw me with my face paint on she started crying and was scared of me. I think she was more confused than anything because she knew who I was but didn't know why I looked different.

Me and Jenielle and our little bugs

Our Family

One of our friend's brought their pug who was dressed up like a bee. Mackenzie loved him and wanted to play with him the whole night...she has a slight obsession with dogs.

Mackenzie and her daddy

Friends

I just love her so much!

Me, Anna, Jenielle and Becky

Mackenzie loved watching everyone and taking everything in. She had a lot of fun!

Our flying bee

Mackenzie had a cute hat that went with her costume but I knew she wouldn't keep it on for long so I made her a little bee clip to go in her hair. You can see it and more on my website http://www.lubirdbaby.com/

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we took Mackenzie to a pumpkin patch for the first time. The pumpkin patch we went to is in the parking lot at our local mall. To be honest I expected it to be a little lame but I figured it would at least be an experience for Mackenzie and something fun and "fallish" to do. But once we got there I was pleasantly surprised. There were little rides, a petting zoo, tons of pumpkins and other fun stuff. Mackenzie loved the animals and all the pumpkins. She also loved sitting on this big tractor that was there and pretending to drive it. It ended up being a fun little outing and something we will definitely do again next year.