So Sorry

Anabelle wanted to tell you we are so sorry for the delay in postings! It's been a busy month in the Mack house. We put our house up for sale by owner, sold it 17 days later. We have packed up the whole house and are in the midst of signing an agreement to build our new house. Mike has packed up his whole house and begins working in Greenfield on the 30th. We have found a house to rent in Greenfield and will be very close to Papa & Mimi. We hope to break ground on our new house in the next 30 days and be settled in it by the summer!

That's our life in a tiny, tiny nutshell. I feel like we are in a constant, ever growing whirlwind. Our minds are continuously racing, and my to-do list is growing by the minute. I appreciate your patience through this all as my friend or blog reader. We're busy, but we still need our friends!

Until the next free minute...

Belated Birthday Love!

It's a week late, but Mike's birthday was last Sunday. We celebrated both his and my dad's birthdays Friday night in Greenfield with my family. It was, in true Campbell/Mack fashion, at El Rodeo. Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a burrito and margarita! And an adorable baby girl in a sombrero!

We celebrated his birthday by spending it at home, as a family, and eating a LOT! Biscuits and Gravy for breakfast, Buffalo Chicken dip for a Colts game snack, and lasagna for dinner. I think he needs more birthdays! Happy Birthday, honey! We love you lots!

And today is actually my dad's birthday! His celebrations have been going on for about two weeks. And Anabelle's ribs last night were part of his birthday dinner from Tia & Tio. So, here's to her sweet Papa... Happy Birthday, dad! We love you, too!

Are We Sure?

Are we SURE we want our 5 month old staying with her grandparents when we get pictures texted to us of this?

Mike and I dropped Anabelle off at Papa & Mimi's last night for another overnight so we could tailgate and go to the Colts' game today. We had a wonderful day (with beautiful weather!), but we are afraid she might have had too good of a day. Tio and Tia (Tony & Joy) brought ribs to celebrate my dad's birthday, and everyone there thought it'd be funny to stage Anabelle like she'd eaten some.

This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. After laughing, I then feel bad for Anabelle who was probably dying to lick that BBQ sauce off of her cheeks. She would have given anything to have a taste of the goodness. (No, she did not eat any of it! Don't go calling our doctor...)

Silly Hat Day

Remember silly hat day during Homecoming weeks in high school? Anabelle has one that now will rival for both silly and most adorable hat day. Mimi made Anabelle this precious little thing that makes her look like she has pigtails in! It is a riot to see it on her.

Look out, cold weather, here comes more cuteness!

p.s. It was a very exciting weekend this weekend to get to see Aunt Rachie! She hasn't seen Anabelle for two months! A long time for such a tiny girl. Anabelle loved getting to play and snuggle with her and can't wait for Thanksgiving to do it again!

Pretty Baby

As I mentioned before, Aunt Abby came to take some great pictures of Anabelle. Turned out that her camera was dead, so I took some great pictures while Aunt Abby played with her! Check out the most beautiful baby model there is...
(I photoshopped out the background of this for Mimi)

When you enlarge this picture, you can see her two bottom teeth that are in and the mountain of gums next to it where a third tooth was coming up. The third tooth, praise God, has now broken through! Hopefully her pain is over, too....

Sugar Baby

If you recall, last year Mike and I were Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies for Halloween. This year, with our very own Sugar Baby, we had to enhance the ensemble! We didn't have anywhere to be, but we did have a photographer (Aunt Abby) on hand to shoot some photos. So, we did.

I must say that she might be the cutest Sugar Baby, ever! She is already asking for me to make her a bigger one for next year.

That evening, Lily stopped by with her mommy and daddy to show off her princess bumblebee costume, and to score some candy! She was darling in her outfit, but Anabelle wanted her antennae! You can almost see the conversation happening, Anabelle says "Give me those sparkly things!" and Lily is saying "Get away from me crazy baby!" But really, they love each other.

Aunt Abby spent the night with us afterwards and took some great pictures of Anabelle. Here she is feeding her some yummy cereal! Thanks, Abs, for everything this weekend!

How We're Feeling

If this smile says anything, it's how we're feeling this morning!! After daddy fed her a later meal of cereal, we also gave her some Tylenol for the third(!) tooth that's coming in. She then slept for almost 11.5 hours last night! BIG smiles on all of our faces this morning!

She's presently squealing with delight at her exersaucer. It's a wonderful start to the day.

Laughter, the Best Medicine

More Celebrations (Overdue)

(Somehow the publishing this got overlooked) Anabelle welcomed another friend to the world last week! On October 4th, Abigail Chapman Land was born to some of our best friends, Katie and Cam Land. It wasn't that long ago that we welcomed their first daughter, Sarah. Abigail is just precious! She was born with a full head of thick hair, with sweet little blonde highlights. Already a girly girl! Anabelle is excited to have a girlfriend to go shopping and do her nails with.

We also celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary last week! To celebrate, we try to get away for a weekend somewhere in Indiana each year. This year was Corydon, IN. We stayed at a sweet B&B there, visited a few wineries, toured the Marengo Caves and treated ourselves to massages.

It was a lovely weekend, but it was missing someone! Anabelle stayed with Papa & Mimi while we were gone. They all had a wonderful time, which made Mike and me feel much better about being away. We still managed to talk about her most of the time we were gone!