Mackenzie James Hux

I cannot believe this little one is a week old already. A week and a day actually. She weighed 8 lbs 13 oz at birth so you know her mommy was ready to get her here, but we sure were as well. The anticipation was getting more than we could stand because she was 5 days late. Brooklynn was 3 weeks early so I think we all had our hopes up of her getting here earlier than she did. Now we know why for both girls...Brooklynn hasn't stopped moving since she arrived, just couldn't wait to get here and get started and Mackenzie was content where she was and seems to care about nothing but sleep and chilling. You may say well all babies are like that, ummmm not exactly hahaha! We tease that she heard all that was going on outside the womb and was determined to stay put. 

Yes, Mackenzie, this whole, enormous, extended family you've been born into is a bit over the top at times. We are loud and can be a bit much, but you are loved by lots of aunts, uncles, grandparents, a big wonderful church family and of course the greatest mom and dad and big sister on the planet. You will never lack for family to love on you and encourage you and cheer for you! It's a crazy bunch but it's good and God is good to have blessed us with you and you with so much family to surround you. 

We cannot wait to see you grow. We look forward to watching you find out what you enjoy doing. We know God has created you with desires and equipped you and enabled you to use those desires for His kingdom. We can't wait to celebrate the day of your salvation, your 2nd birth, as we've already claimed that and believing God for that since we first heard of you. You were created with eternity set in your heart and good works are already established for you to do. As much as we all love you, God loves you more and more and more. You sweet child have been dedicated and prayed over and we are believing God for great things! We love you so much! 

I've thrown in our pics of from just moments old to a few hours! Blog #2 is going to be just a blog-load of pics if you'll indulge me or you can skip ;)