And a "Good Friday" it was!!

Friday before last (aka, Good Friday, haha) McKenley's Mimi, Aunt Rachel, and Aunt Katy, and I loaded up and headed to Fort Worth for the little princess's first trip to the zoo!! She has started to take such interest in animals of all different kinds, we thought it couldn't be better timing. It was a bit on the crowded side because all the schools had out for Good Friday, but since its such a big zoo, the crowds weren't that bad.

McKenley had THE BEST time!!!! She couldn't stop staring at all the animals. She would point and point and make the only animal noise she knows, "ruff! ruff!" -- and no, they weren't all dogs, haha.

First stop, PRIMATE HOUSE!!

The gang!

Loved standing at these exhibits and "talking" to the animals!! haha

Had lots of fun playing with the fun souvenirs!

 On to more fun in the African Safari!!

 We were actually in front of the lion exhibit when he started roaring!! In all my years of visiting the zoo, this was the FIRST time I'd ever seen the lion roar!

McKenley was SPEECHLESS!!

 She loved the penguins!! I think they reminded her of watching Happy Feet! haha

 FISHEES!!! She loved all the bright colors, Casey says now we need an aquarium, haha!

 Last stop... Flamingos!!! And boy were they entertaining!! They were making so much noise and we even saw some of them fighting!!

Thanks Mimi for taking us to the zoo!! Can't wait to go again :)

And can you believe, that was only the FIRST part of our day!!  As we left the zoo, our little adventurer didn't even make it out of the parking lot before she passed out!! We headed back to Mimi's house and decided to take our adventures to Southlake Town Square for some shopping! Of course McKenley got a treat from her Mimi, she said it was a "pre-Easter gift" an adorable stuffed chick that baby LOVES!! Aunt Rachel got a dress for graduation and we had a great afternoon walking around and enjoying the weather!!

Finally, we were off to dinner! It wasn't the smoothest experience, but all in all, McKenley LOVED the Mexican food (like her mommy), the company, and most of all the live band!! She danced the whole way through dinner.

I have to say that I am so happy that I have such a trooper for a daughter. She was in great spirits all day, no matter where we took her! We were EXHAUSTED by the time we finally got home! But we sure did have a "Good Friday"!!! :)

Christmas #5 - Mimi's house!! and Christmas cookies

On Christmas Eve we had the BEST time decorating Christmas cookies!!!! And of course, we had to get McKenley involved, and YES, she got a bit dirty!!

And after we baked the cookies, we definitely had to taste them!! Here's McKenley's first taste of Mimi's gingerbread!!

I think she liked it!!!

And Mimi even gave McKenley her OWN drawer in the kitchen to keep herself busy while the rest of us cooked!!

Okay, on to the presents and more pictures!!

McKenley got some amazing gifts from her aunts and Mimi and David! At one point I almost couldn't find her because of all the bows and boxes surrounding her!!

SNUGGIES!!!!

Aunt Rachel helping McKenley play with her new toys!!

 

And then it was time for a mini-photo shoot in front of the tree!!!

 

These last few days have been AMAZING!!!! I can't wait for many more family-filled holidays to come with our little princess!!

Easter 2011!

Well... McKenley's first holiday was SUCH a success!!

She got to meet some of her aunts, uncles, and cousins for the first time...

She was quite comfortable 

with Cousin Allison

Cousin Blake is SO excited to have a playmate!

She got to wear an ADORABLY cute dress... (sometimes I forget she's not a doll, haha)

Spend some time with ONE OF her favorite aunts...

And we got to take our first, OF MANY, family photos!!

I don't think McKenley spent more than 5 minutes not being held by someone, and believe me, SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!

I can't wait to spend years and years to come enjoying holidays with my little girl and our family. Especially since I will get to find more fun outifits to dress her up in for every occasion!!