Sunday, November 29, 2009

Our Baby is 6 Months Old

Our sweet princess is 6 months old! Where has the time gone?

At her 6 month appt, she was stretching out the charts at 21 lbs, 4 oz and 28 inches long! She does not miss a meal and is coming close to maxing out the length on her twelve month sleepers. Yes, my adorable six month Christmas outfits that I bought in my pregnant excitement are still in packages in the closet (er, boxes). But we love her so, so, so very much, and I don't care what size she is wearing!

This past month she has continued her rolling and rolling and rolling. She still prefers the right, with an occasional nod to the left roll. It's probably 99 to 1. She is also sitting up, almost completely on her own. Padding around her is preferred for the quick turn and tumble. But she loves to sit and play now. She is also quite the daddy's girl. No matter what she is doing, if daddy comes near, she is all smiles and giggles. She will even stop nursing to arch herself upside down to take a peek at her handsome dad sitting beside me.

Speaking of eating, she tried her first vegetable in time for Thanksgiving! She is loving sweet potatoes and will start peas this week. I am pretty sure she said "It's about time" when we fed them to her.

To capture Anabelle in all of her 6 month adorableness, Auntie Abby, Auntie Rachie, Mimi and I spent an entire day in a photo shoot of the little miss. Abby has a fabulous camera that we bought a great lens for just to capture our baby girl on. And Abby did AMAZINGLY! The pictures were better than we could have hoped for. In fact, all 495 pictures were beautiful. Here are the princess ones of our 21 pound sweetheart:











Saturday, November 28, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

From our little pumpkin.


Just a sneak peek at Anabelle's 6 month photos. More to come!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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...

Monday, November 09, 2009

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!

Sunday, November 08, 2009

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!

Friday, November 06, 2009

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....


Wednesday, November 04, 2009

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!