Praise and Worship with Reuben

This is a video of Reuben singing some praise and worship with Daddy at the Destiny Staff Christmas party.  You can see his passion when he squints his eyes during his favorite parts.  Looks like we have a lil worshipper on our hands  BIG THANKS to Jessica for capturing this on video for us!

10 Months Old

These months are just flying by!  I know I said last month that Reuben was crawling everywhere but I HAD NO IDEA.  Reuben is REALLY crawling EVERYWHERE, pulling up on EVERYTHING, and eating ANYTHING he can get his hands on.  He’s enjoying trying lots of new foods and flavors.  His gag reflex is pretty intense so it is abundantly obvious if he tastes something he doesn’t care for.  Reuben is very aware of “Mama” and “Dada” and tries to crawl around and find us.  There have been a couple times he has crawled back and forth in front of the laundry room door saying “Dada” waiting for his favorite playmate to come home  I’m LOVING each new stage and each new adventure with our precious little boy!

The weekend before Christmas, we went on a short trip to Dallas for some shopping.  While we were there, we got to meet little Reid.  Reid is 3 weeks older than Reuben and the son of our dear friends, Allison & Brian.

Aren’t they the cutest???

The restaurant floor after Reid and Reuben were finished eating/playing

Reuben loved lounging in the pillow bins during his first trip to IKEA.

Reuben also got to meet Santa while in Dallas.  He was a little shocked, however, that Santa appeared to be wearing his Christmas pajamas!

His new smile…fake and squinty BUT still pretty cute!

Hey, Cammie!  Don’t worry…I am NOT going to pull down your Christmas tree.  I’m JUST looking

Trying out his new tunnel and tent

His look for most of Christmas break…PJs, bed-head, and a foam letter in his mouth.

Helping Mommy with the laundry

Enjoying some snow flurries with Daddy

Even playing in a bucket can be fun when your 10 months old!

Hey guys!  Check out all my teeth!

P.S.  A Christmas blog is coming…sometime…hopefully soon…

Fashionably Blessed

I was getting Reuben all dressed for Sunday morning church in the most adorable outfit when I quickly realized that the only part of the outfit I had purchased were the socks!  Reuben is a very blessed little boy with lots of wonderful hand-me-downs from his BFFs, Troyer & Diego, AND brand new, trendy little clothes/outfits from friends and family who love him and care very much about his style.

The outfit featured below is brought to you by:

PaPa Mac & Cammie (dress shirt), Troyer Keane (jeans & shoes), & Diego (blazer)

The attitude featured below is brought to you by:

3 services in the church nursery because Mommy & Daddy were both on the worship team this weekend

Okay, Mom, here’s one smile.  Can we be done now?

I am so done with this.  I’ve got places to crawl!

And…the meltdown begins…

And…like any loving mother would, I kept taking pictures…

And…those are real tears…

And…he’s beginning to double over in anger…

And…those are crocodile tears…

What?  You like my outfit?  Hey, thanks!

Redeemed Rocker

A friend of mine from college, Kara Paslay, has a super creative blog in which she shares all of her amazing design ideas and projects.  Kara’s latest post was absolutely beautiful.  She symbolically describes her relationship with God through her “relationship” with this old, beat up rocking chair.  I just had to share…

9 Months Old

Reuben is 9 months old today!  This has been a big month for the little man.  He is now CRAWLING all over the place and PULLING UP in his crib.  It took him a few days, but he has now figured out how to sit back down after pulling himself up.  Reuben is full of joy, loves to laugh, talk, and explore.  He has abandoned all toys and just wants to crawl around and touch everything he hasn’t been able to reach for 9 months.  Enjoy the pictures

Showing off his new standing up skills

Posing with Mommy before a day of Christmas shopping

Daddy wanted to make sure Reuben had plenty of toys within reach

Puppet time with Daddy

Using Uncle Chad as a jungle gym

Our family on Thanksgiving Day

(one of many attempts to get a Christmas card pic)

Reuben’s new BFF, the doorstopper

This is how he fell asleep after Mommy let him cry it out

Loving his puffs (No real nutritional value but LOTS of sanity value for Mommy)

After a week or so of being TERRIFIED of the bath, Reuben is finally loving it IF Daddy is right there with him

And just one more to make you go, “Awwww”

8 Months Old

This has been a very busy and fun month full of lots of exciting milestones.  Reuben has officially cut three teeth, he’s right on the edge of crawling, and his little personality is really shining through.  He’s a very playful, happy, charming, and sweet little guy.  Reuben loves to laugh and scream.  Nick and I are very proud parents

Reuben got to meet and hang out with a new friend Elijah.  Elijah and his parents are missionaries to Papua New Guinea.  They came to Tulsa for a short visit before they head back this month.

Reuben is giving Elijah a goodbye kiss.  Poor Elijah.

Reuben got to go to the pumpkin patch…or the produce stand.

We bought this adorable costume for Reuben for our church’s annual Fall Festival.  He wore it for a total of 3 minutes before he freaked out.  Unfortunately, we only have a few pics that we snapped at home when we tried it on.  He looked so cute!

Loving his food and making a huge mess.

Hey guys!  I’m just trying to crawl around!

Showing off his adorable hand made sock monkey beanie.

Love this adorable face!

Nick and a band from Destiny had the honor of leading worship at a college retreat.  Reuben and I got to go along to show our support.

Reuben loves to listen to Daddy sing.

The youngest band member

Hanging outside with the band just chewing on some keys.

My favorite pic of the weekend.  Makes me think of Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Trying to crawl around at Troyer’s 2nd birthday party.

Just chillin with his buddy, Diego.

All tuckered out after the party.

Helping Mommy and Daddy celebrate our birthdays.

Major bed head after waking up from a nap.

Cheering for Stellan!!!

I have been following MckMama’s blog for a couple of months since my friend, Allison, introduced her to me.  I love the honest, humorous, and often heart wrenching way that MckMama shares about her daily life of raising 4 beautiful YOUNG children.  The most compelling story has been of her youngest, a son named Stellan (AKA MckMuffin).  Stellan was diagnosed with a heart condition before he was born and his prognosis has never been good.  Well, Stellan’s health has continually gotten worse and better over the course of his short little life.  I have found myself, time and time again, praying for and crying with this family that I don’t know nor will I probably ever meet.  After experiencing the NICU with Reuben for 10 short days (they were LONG for me), I have a very special place in my heart for mothers of sick babies.  No one can truly understand the pain, frustration, helplessness, disappointment, or anxiety unless you’ve been there.  The last couple of days have been very scary for Stellan but I just read the most WONDERFUL NEWS and I can’t help but share!  Please join me in celebrating with MckMama and her precious family!

Happy Birthday, Nick!

Today is one of my favorite days of the year…a whole day to celebrate my AMAZING husband!  I love you, Nick, for SO many reasons.  Watching you become a Daddy this year has given me a million more reasons to love you all the more!  You are so patient and caring for Reuben and me.  I’m so proud of your dedication to our little family and your commitment to raising our son in a Godly home.  I can’t believe it has been 10 years since we had our 1st joint birthday party.  So much has happened in those 10 years.  I will be forever grateful for the day that we first met and the lifelong friendship that began at that very moment.  Reuben and I are very blessed to have you as our husband and father.  You are doing a great job and far exceed our every expectation!  I love you!

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday afternoon, Nick and I took Reuben to the pumpkin patch.  Both sets of grandparents decided to come along for the pumpkin fun.  It was a beautiful fall day and we enjoyed putting Reuben in piles of all different kinds of gourds and taking lots of pictures.  He lasted for about 30 minutes until he had enough.  A GREAT time was had by all.  On Saturday, I was looking through some pictures on Facebook and noticing that friends of mine that had gone to the same pumpkin patch as me had pictures of their children with animals.  I was confused…we didn’t see any animals while we were there.  Hmmm….  Well, last night at church I told my friend, Kara, that I felt like a big dork because we completely missed the animals at the pumpkin patch.  She was equally shocked that I had missed them because apparently there was NO possible way that I could miss them.  We quickly figured out that I had not taken my son to the pumpkin patch at all.  I took him to a little produce stand owned by the same people.  If I would have driven 2 miles further down the road, we would have been in pumpkin patch paradise.  So…just another reason to vote for me, Amy Agimudie, for mother of the year  Oh well…enjoy the pictures!

“Ummm, excuse me guys, why are you putting me here?”

“The sun is so BRIGHT!”

*yawn*  ”Being cute is a tough job.”

“Okay, fine, Mom.  Take your picture.  I’m not smiling, though.  This is humiliating.”

Mommy, Daddy, and Reuben Mac

G-pa Mac, Cammie, and Reuben Mac

*Please notice the sign in the background that clearly indicates the location of the pumpkin patch.  We were at 151st and Memorial.  Shall I remind you that Nick and I both have Bachelors AND Masters degrees???*

G-pa Fred, G-ma Z, and Reuben Mac

“G-pa Fred put me on this big metal thing that really seemed to stress Mommy out.  I’m not sure why…”

Strikin a GQ pose

“Who cares about these weird green things when there is hay for me to eat???”

Awww…cute pic of the day

“I like these pumpkins!  They’re just my size!”

“Okay, I’ve taken my pics, eaten some hay, and I’m ready to go!”

Reuben and Cabos

Uncle Chad and Auntie Rachel babysat Reuben for a couple hours this afternoon.  Cabos, their weeny dog, was a source of great enjoyment for Reuben while he was there.  Enjoy!