RIP Austin Labato

This picture is definitely a few years old...but it's a classic of me, Megs, and Austin.  

We lost a great friend today, and the world got a little darker.  After a long weekend of fighting hard to recover after a motorcycle accident, Austin Labato has gone on to a better world.  The one thing I will miss most about Austin?  His infectious laugh.  His heart is being donated to someone in need.  All I can say is, that person is getting the best!  We sure will miss you Austin!  And our thoughts and prayers are with the Labato family.

Brad and I just booked a cruise for the end of April!!  This is my graduation present...or at least we are using that as an excuse.  These are the places we get to go:

Cococay, Bahamas

St. Thomas

St. Maarten

I'm excited, because I've never been to any of those stops before.  And this is the boat we will be on:  

It's called Freedom of the Seas.  It is a monstrous boat, and I'm so excited to go on it!  Happy Graduation to me!!!

With the New Year and the addition of another grandkid, my mom thought it was a good idea to get another family picture.  Haley Warner, the most amazing photographer ever, was able to be in town to do our pics!  Here are some of my favorites!

My moms face in this picture is priceless.  So is Owen's (Middle child)

The girls.

These kids aren't a handful at all..

Mack and Kaitlyn...so cute.

Welcome New Baby!

For my parents, their 6th grandchild was born the day after Christmas! Wade Cohen Wilding was born around 3:30PM weighing in at 7 lbs 2 oz and measuring 20 inches! Here are a few pics I took at the hospital. Congrats Erica and Sam! You're officially parents!

This was the first time Brad has held any of his nephews or niece as a baby, even though he's been around for 3 of their births...

Christmas Highlights...

Christmas morning at moms house...

Yes, I'm smiling because I got my new vacuum! Brad definitely did surprise me...(I know that I do not look like the queen that I normally do, it's Christmas morning...)

Kaitlyn playing with the princess dress-up clothes she got from Grandma Annie

Later that afternoon at Brads Parents house...

Brad got a Guitar Hero World Tour (the one like Rockband) from his Mom

And he got an Ice Cream Machine...

Mack's new camping chair and orange tic-tacs...

The next day at the Mackay Family Christmas Party...

Mack, CJ, and Kaitlyn opening their present from Grandma and Grandpa Mackay

Mack, Reggie, and Kaitlyn were found hiding in the church kitchen. Reggie made a run for it before I could snap a picture.

And all tuckered out from too much fun...

Listening to the ipod shuffle Brads mom got him for Christmas...

Presents not seen in the pictures:

Mack: Racetracks, a remote control car, new church shoes, a marshmellow gun, lots of candy, and legos.

Me: Stainless Steel pots and pans from my MOM, clothes from Brad, my fav protein shakes and gun from Brad, a sewing machine and table from Brad's mom, and a box of 10 different puzzles from myself.

Brad: XBox 360 Elite from Wife, and an Monopoly MLB Edition game from his mom.

Overall, it was a GREAT Christmas!!!

Makes me so proud...

This happens to everyone at some point...Some more than others. But within the first week of potty training, we already have one. I had to take a picture...someday I will show this to Mack's girlfriends and tell them about his very first PLUMBERS CRACK!

Potty Training!

Last Monday, Mack and I began the big scary journey together of POTTY TRAINING! I had no idea what I was doing, but it seems to be working! With actually very few accidents, we are now beginning to venture out of the house more and more these days! Here are a few pictures of my Big Boy in his Big Boy Underwear! Note: There were all taken on different days, which explains the different underwear...thankfully, he did not have that many accidents in one day. I would also like to note that I do clothe my child in more than just underwear and under-t's...

This is his potty chart after the first day...

You can do everything in big boy underwear! you can roll around on the floor...

You can be dirty (notice face and shirt...)

You can eat breakfast...

And you can play with Toys!!