new toy

we received the johnny jump up as a gift from a baby shower, but we just now busted it out during christmas...mccoy wasn't sure what to do in it...he kind of spun around and then kind of hopped, but eventually he loved it!

ole for jose's

over the christmas break, we got to meet up with mandy and michael at jose's in hot springs...it was so nice to get away and enjoy the holidays with our friends...mccoy was so good at the restaurant...he is still at that age where we can take him out to eat and he's not too fussy...mccoy also loved his margarita (just kidding!)

hot springs for christmas

mccoy and i headed down to hot springs last monday to celebrate christmas with my side of the family...burt came down on wednesday...mccoy also got to meet his uncle patrick for the first time...he had such a good time with him... this little outfit was from uncle p at one of our baby showers
the fam

metropolis christmas party

sunday, before christmas, our salon had it's christmas party at julee turner's house...she had it decorated so pretty...here we are in front of one of her trees... when burt and i got there, it was mccoy's eating time...so julee offered to feed him and max (amy clark's son) wanted to help as well!
our newest gal, shea, in her lovely xmas sweater holding mccoy

mccoy loved max playing with him...it was the first time he really played back with another baby

amy, max, mccoy and i...max just kept wanting to touch mccoy...it was so sweet!

playing on the floor

we had such a good time...thank you julee!

stocking fun!

so, i've been working on mccoy's stocking forever, and i finally finished it!!!

here is the beginning of it... i hand stitched all of it except the parts that i machine sewed

he absolutely loved it especially all of the jingle bells on it

i also made him his first christmas ornament, a sock monkey!

on sunday, we opened all of our presents from the box family...
here, we are working on him sitting up...luckily, he had something to fall on

mccoy loved grabbing the tags and the pretty presents

lucky and papa always give the cousins a nutcracker for christmas...this was mccoy's first one! he loved watching it's mouth opening and closing...thank you lucky and papa!

brad kloss's birthday night

saturday night, we went to the kloss's for brad's birthday...it was so much fun and it was the first time we put mccoy to sleep after his last feeding in a strange place...of course, he did wonderful, and it was a great time for burt and i to hang out with adults! when we left, though, it was heartbreaking to wake up mccoy and put him in the carseat, and then to have to wake him up again once we were home...but it was worth it!
kenzie holding mccoy...i think his head is as big as hers

this is copper, their new dog

this is why these outfits have pockets in the front...so his toys can fit in them and not fall on the floor!

burt and brad

becca and i

titus isn't ready for this

mccoy has recently grown very fond of our pugs, especially titus our youngest...but i'm not sure titus has the same feelings


titus says "please, mom, help me!"

kitchen helper

our latest favorite toy...tupperware...this christmas should be so easy!

here comes the rice cereal

mccoy had his first go-round with rice cereal this week...he does pretty well opening up, but of course, it goes everywhere...we've done alittle each day, but we are waiting until 6 months for the 'real' food...baby steps!

monkeying around

mccoy hangin' out in his monkey hat that his godmother mandy bought for him

playdate at the westmoreland's

this post is alittle belated, oh well...let's go back to the razorback game against mississippi state...we went up to rogers to visit our friends keith, teresa and whitley westmoreland to watch the game...it was also our first get together with lots of babies...whitley is a month older than mccoy and our friends, tara and kyle roach just had hudson 2 1/2 months ago...sarah and todd phelan also had their son, jackson, there who was about to turn 1...we had such a good time and mccoy was a perfect angel, i know i'm his mother but he really was so good...he slept at his nap times without crying and when he was up, he just sat back and watched everyone...oh, he did drool a ton!
whitley sharing her exersaucer with mccoy
hudson parker roach

...and we're back!

(warning: long post ahead)

for thanksgiving, we headed down to dallas to visit burt's family...we decided it would be smart if we left at 5:30 am on wednesday...that meant i needed to have everything by the front door the night before, so i could just nurse him, load up and hit the road...these are some of my pilesso much stuff to take once you have a child...and i know it will only get worse!

our new jogging stroller, burt wanted to test it out down there...my in-law's live in this neat community near the north park mall that used to be a golf course, so it has lots of trees, several ponds (you have to watch out for the geese) and great walking trails





a new toy from lucky

papa reading to mccoy...he loved the dr. seuss books

bath time! mccoy's first bath in a real tub...burt's knees didn't appreciate it though

cute thanksgiving pjs

i am definitely not ready to see our baby in a real bed, but he does look cute

mccoy hanging out with his great grandmother, nani...she just loved holding him and so did mccoy

thanksgiving day...

burt's sister and her family...mandy, aaron, austin and drew

drew absolutely loved mccoy...he thought it was just wonderful how mccoy would hold his finger...he later asked his mother if mccoy had been crying since he wasn't there to hold mccoy's hand

aunt mandy and mccoy

she told me she was excited that she finally gets to be called an aunt

drew wanted to feed the ducks, so we all went down to the pond...mandy and drew took off trying to find them, while we enjoyed the sunshine

our family

HAPPY 5 MONTH DAY MCCOY...he didn't really get pumpkin roll, but he sure wanted to...this is also right after he exploded all over burt!

more reading!

at mccoy's christening back in august, he wore my family's christening gown...so lucky (that's my mother-in-law's grandma name) wanted some pictures of mccoy in their family gown...i thought he look so precious!

on saturday, the cousins and us went to a park in dallas to take some pictures for lucky to use as christmas cards...this is what austin and drew wore and underneath is a picture of mccoy's outfit...i wasn't able to get a good picture of him in it, but he is going to wear it at christmas again...so i'll hopefully have plenty then

mccoy on the way home (he loves to play with burp cloths)...we once again left at 5:30 am, but it was so nice to be home early and he did great the whole trip!

this year, burt and i have been so blessed, and we are thankful for all of our family and friends and our health, but most of all for our sweet and precious boy, mccoy...he is the light of our lives and everyday is a new adventure...i can't wait to love him more tomorrow!