Today is YOUR birthday!

9 years ago...I became a mom for the first time.

I gave birth to Mackenzie Joy and for that moment on, I knew that I had been given the best gift ever, Motherhood!

Well, it is crazy to think that my #1 is now 9!

Mackenzie only request was dinner was Chuck -a -Rama (all you can eat buffet) where she could have all of her favorites; mashed potatoes, cinnamon pull aparts, scones, grapes/watermelon, boiled eggs with ranch, and a mixed up icee topped off with 3 different desserts, and I couldn't say pretty much anything, except eat up and enjoy.

After dinner, she was dying to open her gifts and she was excited with all of her gifts. It doesn't take much to make her smile, she loved the fact that she was given cash. When people asked her what she wanted, she would say money, because when she wanted something and if mom or dad told her no, then she wanted to be able to reach into her pocket and buy what she wanted.

Also, I was told when buying her birthday cake, she informed me that she is now too old for cartoons on her cake. Really??? That has to be one of the signs of growing up and I don't want my #1 to grow up.

So, in honor of Mackenzie's 9 spankings (and her pinch to grow an inch) I will share 9 of my favorite things about her.

1. Mackenzie truly is our "Joy"

2. She is great help and is an example to many

3. She is affectionate and thinks of others

4. Mackenzie is very creative

5. She has a beautiful smile

6. She has a strong spirit and beliefs in the church

7. She is very organized; everything has its own place

8. Fast learner...knock on wood, school comes easy for her (Didn't get that from her mom)

AND

9. Mackenzie has a good self esteem, she can be herself and she is OK with that

Happy Birthday Kenzie!

Hope you live this next year to the fullest and you get the wish you made when blowing out your candles...you for sure deserve it!