Here's Angie, Amy, and me looking our best right before the game started!
The boys got so tired of our huddle, but we had some really sweet plays because my dad is on our team and he comes up with great stuff!
Great action shot, Mommom!
I think this picture's hysterical... look at Stephen on the ground just missing my mom and Jeff about to tackle her!
This is after Jake tackled me and I still held onto the ball to get our first (and only) touch down! The boys were supposed to play two-hand touch (the girls only had to touch them with one hand), but somehow I ended up landing with the ball under my belly and grass stains on my knees!
Here are the men in their huddle... they were so cute!
I love this picture of Jake and my mom. He looks like he's afraid to break her, but he's determined to stop her!
That's my boy making a pretty sweet play... he almost got impaled by the fence!
Gotta love this action shot! Stephen tore up this game... the boys definitly wouldn't have won without him!
Here I am claiming pregnancy... it got really hard to run at the end so Jeff would just tell Jake to go long and I couldn't keep up so he'd catch the ball every time!
Being the perfect little girl that she is, she slept through our whole brunch and football game and woke up right when it was over. Here she is eating her Thanksgiving brunch with Daddy!
This year my dad asked us to say what we were thankful for about God. It was neat to think about how I've experience the power of God in a whole new way this year by being a mom. I've seen how God protects Mackenzie even when I make dumb mistakes. I've seen Him watch over her and care for her when I couldn't be with her. I've experienced the blessing of His wisdom in parenting decision... so many times I've been at an impass about what to do and God so gently speaks to my heart and leads me in the way I should lead Mackenzie. That verse in Isaiah about how He "gently leads those with young..." has been on the forfront of my mind recently because I feel like that is how I've been cared for by God. He does gently lead me when I cry to Him for wisdom!
Some Mackenzie updates: She is getting SO smart!! The other day I asked her where her cup was (more or less talking to myself, but I always talk outloud now a days!) and she ran to the pantry and started beating on the door. I went over and opened it and sure enough, there was her cup! I was blown away that not only did she know I was asking WHERE her cup was, but she also REMEMBERED where she had put it! So cool! She understands so much now... if I ask her to get me the ball or the book, she knows exactly what I mean. She communicates very clearly what she wants through sign language, pointing, and... let's face it... whining... and totally gets her point across! She's trying to say more words, but "at" means: up, on, off, eat, out, and that. She now takes naps and goes to bed without fussing... which is HUGE... I thought she'd never learn to fall asleep without tears! She'll sit in her little chair and look at books for 15 mins. at a time... she won't let me read to her more than a few pages, but she'll sit by herself and look through a family photo album that I made for her and point to all the pictures, then close it, open it, and start all over again. She adores her daddy... literally, he's the only one she talks about all day. If a car drives by she cries if it's not him. When he pulls up she runs to the front window to greet him, then the side window to see him walk by, then the front door. She now stands in front of you and puts her arms up when she wants to be picked up... it's so cute... esp. with her pig tails in! She's getting way attached to her silky blanket and she'll pull it out of her crib and snuggle with it, which is so cute too! She's learning to use a fork and a spoon. Usually I'll stab the food and hand it to her and she'll take her bite and hand the fork right back to me. I think that's it... I just feel like there's been a big jump from just 12 months to 14 months!
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