At ONE year..

Our little MacKay Carlisle can:

*Say a few words, "Ba" (ball) "Mama" (which either means me, or he wants his bottle), "Ba-ba" (bottle), "Hi!", "Uh Oh"

*Claps, waves hi & goodbye, blows kisses, How big is MacKay? SO BIG

*Loves music, singing to any song, dancing at any given moment

*Starting to back away from his furniture and stand for a few seconds at a time

*Has 8 teeth.  Four on top & four on bottom.

*Takes 1-2 naps a day.

*Sleeps 10-12 hours at night. (Started waking up to go #2 at night... ugh.)

*Loves to crawl very fast, jump, climb and move, move, move.

*Is usually good about going to any old stranger.  Is starting to become more clingy to Mama.

*Loves to give big wet, open-mouthed kisses.

*Makes a pretty cute scowl.

*Loves to imitate any noise.

*Favorite toys are cars and balls.  He likes to "drive" cars around and make the "vrrrrrrroooooom" sound as he does it.

*Doesn't like to sit still anymore.

*Loves his big sister.

*Favorite "toy" is the staircase.  Is starting to learn how to go down on his own.

*Will go and discover things on his own.  

*Laughs very hard.

*Loves bath-time and will stand at the bath or shower if anyone is in it and whine to get inside.

*Loves stroller rides (as long as we keep moving), being outside (even if it's super chilly), being around kids.

*Likes to eat: chicken nuggets, oatmeal, fries, rolls, beef, chicken, beans, corn, veggie sticks, baby foods, and ice cream.  He also LOVES chocolate.

*He still loves his binkie and bottle.  Would drink about 40 oz a day, if we let him.  We are weaning him to 3 bottles a day... and it's tough.  Hopefully, we'll be bottle-free in 6 months.  Hey, at least it's not formula.

*Is just about the sweetest boy.

We love you MacKay.  You are a sweet addition to our family.  You are so "CONTAIN-A-FUL", as Whitney calls you.