Mackenzie Moments: 8 1/2 months

Mackenzie now has 2 bottom teeth and she has been crawling
and pulling herself up to standing positions on most anything. She has also
been jabbering and we've heard the common sound "da-da" a few times.

Favorite Quotes and Sayings

The only guy a girl can depend on is her daddy.

A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious and your love for her knows no bounds.

I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me "mommy".

Any child can tell you the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.

A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.

Kids were created to give adults an excuse to act like kids.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.

Years ago, families had many children. Today, children have many families.

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.