McKenley hopes everyone has a wonderful Christmas!! Hope you enjoy her Christmas pictures, she had a blast at our most recent photo shoot :)
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Uh-Oh!!
I couldn't change the settings on my camera fast enough to take a video, so I took a bunch of pictures and put them together in a video to show why Casey and I are officially in trouble!! haha! My favorites are the first and last pictures. I think in the first one shes says, "Are you watching what I'm about to do!? It's gonna blow your mind!!" and then in the last, "YA! I just did that mom!!" :)
ENJOY!!
ENJOY!!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Happy 9 months!!
I cannot believe we are only 3 short months from it being a whole year since our little princess came into our lives!!! She is keeping us SUPER busy with all her movement now, we seem to be chasing her everywhere :)
Accomplishments:
- McKenley's scooting has gotten VERY quick! She is EVERYWHERE! Casey & I have had to be much more alert to where she is, especially if she is really quiet :) She still hasn't mastered getting up on her knees, but we are seeing more and more signs that this is around the corner everyday!! Its so much fun to put her down on the floor and just watch her move all around the house. She has been compared by many to a little lizard the way she "slithers" around, haha!
- She pulled up to an almost-stand on Monday!! The pack-n-play (broken down and in its case) has been our barricade since she became mobile. Looks like its not going to work much longer! She used the handle on the top of it & next thing I knew she was on her feet!! WHAT!!
- The princess had SUCH a great time celebrating her first Thanksgiving!
- The doctor gave us the clearance to give McKenley just about all table-foods. So whatever Casey and I are eating, she can eat! (with some adjustments of course!) She has yet to turn down anything I have given her. By far, her favorites are blueberries, carrots, peas, and squash!! She's had a small amount of turkey and chicken, but now that they don't have to be pureed, she will start getting them more and more!!! She loves eating the food on her own & is tolerating me feeding her less and less!! haha
- She has started being vocal more and more! I hope everyone got to see McKenley wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving, it is truly one of the cutest things ever!!! We have even heard a "dada" in there a few times!!
- McKenley is still a SHINING star in swim class!! She is doing great with 3 seconds and should be moving up to 4 seconds soon! She even got to swim with daddy this month!
Speedbumps:
- We really haven't experience many issues this month, KNOCK ON WOOD!!! Since she has become more mobile, we are working on that fantastic little word, "NO!" The smarty pants definitely knows what the word means, but this doesn't mean she likes to obey it :)
- It would be very nice if she would learn to go from a crawl to a sitting position!! She gets so frustrated when she's tired of being on her stomach for too long and cries until I sit her up... hopefully that will happen soon!!
Stats:
- Length - 27in (25%)
- Weight - 17 lbs 12 oz (45%) - this went down a bit, so the Dr thinks she should be hitting a growth spurt soon... we'll see!
- Head - 17 in (30%)
- Food - She has decided that since she's SUCH a big girl now, she wants little to do with others feeding her and more to do with her feeding herself! Our next big items on the menu are solid meats and cheeses! She's eating 3 solid meals a day, pureed foods or yogurt and finger foods, and taking 4 bottles. We try to get atleast 5-6oz of formula in her, but she normally loses interest around 4-5oz :/
- Diapers - She is still in size 3
- Clothes - In all 3-6month clothes and some 6-9 (she grows out of the nighties with feet sooo fast!!)
- Sleep - We have finally gotten back on a GREAT schedule!! McKenley wakes up around 8 or 8:30 and then goes down for her first nap around 10:30 and sleeps until 12 (hopefully, haha). Then, we wake up and play for a while, eat lunch, play some more, and go back down for a nap around 3:30 and normally she sleeps until 5:30 or so. McKenley goes down for the evening around 8:30 and sleeps through the night!! We are sooo lucky to have such a good sleeper!!
Her daddy and I are so excited to for the holidays this year. She is already the BEST present of the season. I can't wait to see how much fun she has opening presents and enjoying all the festivities and ESPECIALLY her first trip to see Santa!
- McKenley's scooting has gotten VERY quick! She is EVERYWHERE! Casey & I have had to be much more alert to where she is, especially if she is really quiet :) She still hasn't mastered getting up on her knees, but we are seeing more and more signs that this is around the corner everyday!! Its so much fun to put her down on the floor and just watch her move all around the house. She has been compared by many to a little lizard the way she "slithers" around, haha!
- She pulled up to an almost-stand on Monday!! The pack-n-play (broken down and in its case) has been our barricade since she became mobile. Looks like its not going to work much longer! She used the handle on the top of it & next thing I knew she was on her feet!! WHAT!!
- The princess had SUCH a great time celebrating her first Thanksgiving!
- The doctor gave us the clearance to give McKenley just about all table-foods. So whatever Casey and I are eating, she can eat! (with some adjustments of course!) She has yet to turn down anything I have given her. By far, her favorites are blueberries, carrots, peas, and squash!! She's had a small amount of turkey and chicken, but now that they don't have to be pureed, she will start getting them more and more!!! She loves eating the food on her own & is tolerating me feeding her less and less!! haha
- She has started being vocal more and more! I hope everyone got to see McKenley wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving, it is truly one of the cutest things ever!!! We have even heard a "dada" in there a few times!!
- McKenley is still a SHINING star in swim class!! She is doing great with 3 seconds and should be moving up to 4 seconds soon! She even got to swim with daddy this month!
Speedbumps:
- We really haven't experience many issues this month, KNOCK ON WOOD!!! Since she has become more mobile, we are working on that fantastic little word, "NO!" The smarty pants definitely knows what the word means, but this doesn't mean she likes to obey it :)
- It would be very nice if she would learn to go from a crawl to a sitting position!! She gets so frustrated when she's tired of being on her stomach for too long and cries until I sit her up... hopefully that will happen soon!!
Stats:
- Length - 27in (25%)
- Weight - 17 lbs 12 oz (45%) - this went down a bit, so the Dr thinks she should be hitting a growth spurt soon... we'll see!
- Head - 17 in (30%)
- Food - She has decided that since she's SUCH a big girl now, she wants little to do with others feeding her and more to do with her feeding herself! Our next big items on the menu are solid meats and cheeses! She's eating 3 solid meals a day, pureed foods or yogurt and finger foods, and taking 4 bottles. We try to get atleast 5-6oz of formula in her, but she normally loses interest around 4-5oz :/
- Diapers - She is still in size 3
- Clothes - In all 3-6month clothes and some 6-9 (she grows out of the nighties with feet sooo fast!!)
- Sleep - We have finally gotten back on a GREAT schedule!! McKenley wakes up around 8 or 8:30 and then goes down for her first nap around 10:30 and sleeps until 12 (hopefully, haha). Then, we wake up and play for a while, eat lunch, play some more, and go back down for a nap around 3:30 and normally she sleeps until 5:30 or so. McKenley goes down for the evening around 8:30 and sleeps through the night!! We are sooo lucky to have such a good sleeper!!
Her daddy and I are so excited to for the holidays this year. She is already the BEST present of the season. I can't wait to see how much fun she has opening presents and enjoying all the festivities and ESPECIALLY her first trip to see Santa!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
8 Months big!!
Eeesh! Runnin a few days late with this post, we've been a bit busy with fevers and family and just all around craziness :)
Ms. McKenley has been SUPER busy this past month beatin down milestone after milestone. Casey and I cannot believe the things she accomplishes everyday! She's growing so fast and although we are so proud of her accomplishments, we just want time to slow down so we can soak in every last second!
Accomplishments:
- McKenley is becoming MUCH more efficient at scooting her way across the living room (video to follow soon). It has always been Daisy trying to get McKenley's toys, well now we have to worry about the baby going for the dog toys!! Daisy is not happy that her toys keep disappearing!
- We took the princess on her first trip to NORMAN!!!
- She is getting much more accurate at getting finger foods into her mouth and not the cheek or losing it before it gets close to her face :) We have even started eating "real" food, like avocado and blueberries!!!
- I started making McKenley's food this month, which has been SOOO much fun! There is such a bigger range of foods that McKenley can eat when I make it myself! I think her favorite so far is a mix of pineapple and pears! YUMMY!!!
- Made it through another "first" holiday, Happy Halloween my little ladybug!
- Learned how to wave buh-bye!!! Yes, it takes LOTS of prompting, or it happens at completely random times, but it is THE cutest thing ever!! Tried to get it on video this morning, but she wouldn't cooperate, of course!
- We have also graduated to a sippy cup with a straw! She isn't completely successful at keeping all the water she has sucked up in her mouth, BUT again, cutest thing ever!
- In swim class, McKenley is now going under water for 3 seconds (I know, doesn't seem like much, but common, she's only 8 months old)!! I laugh every time she goes under, the instructor says, "Ready, goooooo!!!!" and she takes this deeeep breath and dives out of the instructor's arms all on her own. After 3 seconds we bring her back up and this small stream of water shoots out of her mouth like a little fountain! Cracks. me. up!!!
Speedbumps:
- Suffered through her first serious fever :( Last week McKenley's fever got up to 102.7!! Our poor baby was completely miserable. Luckily, it didn't last for too long, but boy was it awful. All we wanted to was to take her pain away!!
- Daylight Savings Time... yes, Daylight Savings Time IS a speedbump! I used to LOVE gaining that extra hour... NOT ANY MORE!! No one told me that babies do not realize they are supposed to sleep an extra hour :( Needless to say, we're a bit off the schedule that we worked so hard to create, hopefully it won't take too long to get back on track!! :)
Stats: (these are unofficial measurements that I have taken at home)
Length:
Weight: 17 lbs 3 oz
Head:
Food: She is eating all homemade foods at this point. So far she has liked everything I have given her! We have also recently discovered avocado and blueberries that she LOVES!! We switched to barley, instead of oatmeal, and she seems to not even notice! Next on our list of things to try: lentils, yogurt, eggs, asparagus, and eggplant! YUMMY!!
Diapers: She is officially in Size 3, big girl!!
Clothes: In all 3-6month clothes and some 6-9 (she grows out of the nighties with feet sooo fast!!)
Sleep: We are sooo happy she is still sleeping through the night, with the exception of when she was sick. She normally goes from 8:30pm - 8:00am (except after DST, it's 8:00 - 7:00 :/ ). Its a good day when I get 2 naps a day that are longer than an hour. Normally she gets one good hour and a half long nap and one 45 min nap. Hopefully that will improve!!!
I CANNOT believe we are on the downward slope to 1 year!!! She is getting bigger and bigger each day and doing more and more things that make me literally stop in my tracks and say, "Oh my gosh, shes growing up WAY too fast!"
I mean really, how could you NOT love this smile:
Ms. McKenley has been SUPER busy this past month beatin down milestone after milestone. Casey and I cannot believe the things she accomplishes everyday! She's growing so fast and although we are so proud of her accomplishments, we just want time to slow down so we can soak in every last second!
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| Yeah... I'm a little obsessed! :) |
- McKenley is becoming MUCH more efficient at scooting her way across the living room (video to follow soon). It has always been Daisy trying to get McKenley's toys, well now we have to worry about the baby going for the dog toys!! Daisy is not happy that her toys keep disappearing!
- We took the princess on her first trip to NORMAN!!!
- She is getting much more accurate at getting finger foods into her mouth and not the cheek or losing it before it gets close to her face :) We have even started eating "real" food, like avocado and blueberries!!!
- Made it through another "first" holiday, Happy Halloween my little ladybug!
- Learned how to wave buh-bye!!! Yes, it takes LOTS of prompting, or it happens at completely random times, but it is THE cutest thing ever!! Tried to get it on video this morning, but she wouldn't cooperate, of course!
- We have also graduated to a sippy cup with a straw! She isn't completely successful at keeping all the water she has sucked up in her mouth, BUT again, cutest thing ever!
- In swim class, McKenley is now going under water for 3 seconds (I know, doesn't seem like much, but common, she's only 8 months old)!! I laugh every time she goes under, the instructor says, "Ready, goooooo!!!!" and she takes this deeeep breath and dives out of the instructor's arms all on her own. After 3 seconds we bring her back up and this small stream of water shoots out of her mouth like a little fountain! Cracks. me. up!!!
Speedbumps:
- Suffered through her first serious fever :( Last week McKenley's fever got up to 102.7!! Our poor baby was completely miserable. Luckily, it didn't last for too long, but boy was it awful. All we wanted to was to take her pain away!!
- Daylight Savings Time... yes, Daylight Savings Time IS a speedbump! I used to LOVE gaining that extra hour... NOT ANY MORE!! No one told me that babies do not realize they are supposed to sleep an extra hour :( Needless to say, we're a bit off the schedule that we worked so hard to create, hopefully it won't take too long to get back on track!! :)
Stats: (these are unofficial measurements that I have taken at home)
Length:
Weight: 17 lbs 3 oz
Head:
Food: She is eating all homemade foods at this point. So far she has liked everything I have given her! We have also recently discovered avocado and blueberries that she LOVES!! We switched to barley, instead of oatmeal, and she seems to not even notice! Next on our list of things to try: lentils, yogurt, eggs, asparagus, and eggplant! YUMMY!!
Diapers: She is officially in Size 3, big girl!!
Clothes: In all 3-6month clothes and some 6-9 (she grows out of the nighties with feet sooo fast!!)
Sleep: We are sooo happy she is still sleeping through the night, with the exception of when she was sick. She normally goes from 8:30pm - 8:00am (except after DST, it's 8:00 - 7:00 :/ ). Its a good day when I get 2 naps a day that are longer than an hour. Normally she gets one good hour and a half long nap and one 45 min nap. Hopefully that will improve!!!
I CANNOT believe we are on the downward slope to 1 year!!! She is getting bigger and bigger each day and doing more and more things that make me literally stop in my tracks and say, "Oh my gosh, shes growing up WAY too fast!"
I mean really, how could you NOT love this smile:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
OKLAHOMA!!! 2 weekends in a row!
The past 2 weekends we have hit the road northbound 35 to the great town of Norman!! Even MORE exciting, it was princess's FIRST trip (of many) to Sooner-land!
The first weekend we went to get family pictures taken on campus!! Thank you Misty Cate for the AMAZING pictures!
Our first stop upon arrival to Norman, was some lunch at Pita Pit... I think she loved it!!
Then it was off to visit the Sigma Chi House Mom!! Sooooo sweet :)
After our visit we got changed and headed to campus for our photo shoot :) And of course, we had to take a few of our own!!
The next day we did a bit of shopping on Campus Corner and had some fun with some of the things we found!!
And of course we had to take a picture in one of the telephone booths!!
The second weekend in Norman we went sans baby! Our FIRST weekend away! We had the pleasure of traveling with Joel and Lezlee (also their first weekend away), even though they are Raider fans :)
We had a great time tailgating, braving the rainy & cold weather, and even though the Sooners lost a FANTASTIC weekend!
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| Decked out and ready to go!!! |
Our first stop upon arrival to Norman, was some lunch at Pita Pit... I think she loved it!!
After our visit we got changed and headed to campus for our photo shoot :) And of course, we had to take a few of our own!!
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| Haha! We were just tryin to do our part!! |
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| First visit to the stadium. BOOMER!!! |
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| Loves the Gnome almost as much as her dad!! |
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| Wish this had fit better, haha! |
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| Already a #1 Fan!! |
The second weekend in Norman we went sans baby! Our FIRST weekend away! We had the pleasure of traveling with Joel and Lezlee (also their first weekend away), even though they are Raider fans :)
We had a great time tailgating, braving the rainy & cold weather, and even though the Sooners lost a FANTASTIC weekend!
Another new project :)
So I decided I didn't have enough to do with my time, and have started making McKenley's food myself!! I didn't really know where to even begin, soooo I just made everything!! I visited our local Sprouts to get a "few" fruits and veggies and left with:
- Butternut Squash
- Sweet Potatoe
- Yellow Squash
- Zucchini
- Carrots
- Corn
- Peas
- Canteloupe
- Pears
- Peach
Once I got home, it got a little CRAZY in the kitchen. It looked like a farm had exploded in our house! I steamed and baked and boiled and peeled and chopped and pureed to my little heart's content!
Once everything had been pureed I started mixin things together! Here's what I started with:
Doesn't it look sooooooo scrumptious! haha
And then poured all the mixtures into ice trays to freeze them into individual portions...
Once they were frozen, I poured them into bags to save for later!! :)
Needless to say, McKenley has enough food to last SEVERAL months!!! She has been eating the homemade food for about a week now & I am pleased to say she has loved everything she has tried!! I even think that it is the reason we haven't had ANY tummy issues in the past week! YAY!
I already can't wait to see what new fruits and veggies she enjoys and what I can mix together to make yummy meals for her :)
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Trip to the Dallas Arboretum!!
Today McKenley and I took a trip down to the Dallas Arboretum with a group of moms and other precious little ones!! I got to take lots of pictures and with all the pumpkins they turned out AMAZING!!
(Click on the slideshow to see bigger versions of the pictures)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
7 Month pictures
She's just so precious... and getting so big!!! Click on the picture to see the whole album!!
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| 7 Month pics |
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
7 Months Big!!!!
I cannot believe our little peanut has been in our lives for 7 months now! I can honestly say, I don't even remember what life was like before her :)
I have to admit, I was a bit of a slacker last month and didn't post any of her stats or accomplishments :/ So this will be things that have been going on in the last 2 months!
Accomplishments:
McKenley has been SUPER busy these last 2 months:
- She is able to sit up completely on her own now! ANNDDD, I have even been able to walk a few steps away without the constant fear she is going to fall backwards and bang her noggin! (This is not to say we haven't had a few noggin bangs!)
- She has learned to bang toys together or against something & LOOOOOVES the big noise it makes
- McKenley is working soo hard to become mobile. She has mastered rolling front to back and back to front quite well and barrel rolls ALL over the living room! On top of that she has started a small bit of scooting. Whatever the strategy, she is able to get to the toy she wants, even if it takes her 10 minutes! haha
- Don't know whether to put this in the "speedbump" section or the "accomplishment" section, so I'll mention this in both :) WE HAVE TEETH!!! As of September 20th McK's bottom 2 teeth broke through!!
- FIRST GAME DAY!! McKenley is already brainwashed & loves her Sooners. I can't wait to post the first time she says Boomer Sooner :)
- PAAAARTAY! My social little butterfly has already been to 2 birthday parties. Her cousin Blake turned 3 and we visited the firestation & the Ms. Poppy turned one! Can't wait to celebrate with more friends as she gets bigger!!
- Casey discovered one of McKenley's favorite way to pass the time! Our little scholar LOVES reading Time Magazine... or chew it up :)
Speedbumps:
Although McKenley has been busy knockin down those milestones, these last 2 months have not been without our struggles :(
- About a week and a half ago, we had to make our first sick visit to the doctors. Our poor little girl fought her way through a yucky cough. It took us a full week to get back to our routine, YUCK! We did learn lots about how to fight congestion - prop the bed up, Vicks plug-in, sitting in the steam bathroom, and the ever hated "nose sucker"
- As I mentioned before, TEETH! Hopefully she'll let me snap a picture of them soon. Man can 2 little teeth cause so many problems! :(
- Her sensitive skin is still causing issues here and there. We had to get a prescription ointment from the doctor that really cleared things up, but after a week or 2 of not using it, the rough patches seem to come back. Hopefully it doesn't get out of control during the winter.
Stats:
6 months~
Weight: 15lbs 6oz (35%)
Length: 26 1/4in. (75%) ~ yes, long and skinny like her mommy... used to be :) haha
Head Cir.: 16 1/2in. (30%)
Food: McKenley has officially put herself on a 4 month schedule. Sooo, she has four 6oz bottles a day... well I offer them to her, who knows if she will actually take the whole thing! :) She has solid foods once a day consisting of a bowl of baby oatmeal and half of the Step 1 Gerber fruit or veggie.
Diapers: Still in Size 2!
Clothes: Our peanut is holding strong in 0-3 month clothes! haha
Sleep: McKenley is sleeping mostly through the night. She loooooves waking up because she has lost her pacifier (I have a love/hate relationship with that thing!) or because she has flipped herself to her back :) She normally takes 3 naps a day that are around an hour or an hour and a half.
7 months~
**Headed to the doctor soon for the 2nd round of the flu shot, so I'll have the official stats then**
Weight:
Length:
Head Cir.:
Food: We have moved to 2 servings of solid foods a day! She has a small bowl of oatmeal with 1/3 of a fruit in the morning & a large bowl of oatmeal with 1/2-3/4 of a veggie at night. She is still taking four 6oz. bottles of formula a day. We have also discovered the yummy little Puffs!! Video coming soon of her working on picking them up and feeding herself!!
Diaper: Still Size 2
Clothes: We are teetering between 0-3 month and 3-6 months :) I love that she's so little, we get much more use out of clothes!!
Sleep: After working through her being sick and teething, we are back on routine BETTER than before!! We have gone 5 night now without waking up at all!! (I try not to talk about it too much though b/c I don't want to jinx us! :)
WOW!! This was such a long post, and honestly I had a lot more that I could've talked about, because lets be honest, I LLOOOOOOVE talking about our perfect little princess. :)
I have to admit, I was a bit of a slacker last month and didn't post any of her stats or accomplishments :/ So this will be things that have been going on in the last 2 months!
Accomplishments:
McKenley has been SUPER busy these last 2 months:
- She is able to sit up completely on her own now! ANNDDD, I have even been able to walk a few steps away without the constant fear she is going to fall backwards and bang her noggin! (This is not to say we haven't had a few noggin bangs!)
- She has learned to bang toys together or against something & LOOOOOVES the big noise it makes
- McKenley is working soo hard to become mobile. She has mastered rolling front to back and back to front quite well and barrel rolls ALL over the living room! On top of that she has started a small bit of scooting. Whatever the strategy, she is able to get to the toy she wants, even if it takes her 10 minutes! haha
- Don't know whether to put this in the "speedbump" section or the "accomplishment" section, so I'll mention this in both :) WE HAVE TEETH!!! As of September 20th McK's bottom 2 teeth broke through!!
- FIRST GAME DAY!! McKenley is already brainwashed & loves her Sooners. I can't wait to post the first time she says Boomer Sooner :)
- PAAAARTAY! My social little butterfly has already been to 2 birthday parties. Her cousin Blake turned 3 and we visited the firestation & the Ms. Poppy turned one! Can't wait to celebrate with more friends as she gets bigger!!
- Casey discovered one of McKenley's favorite way to pass the time! Our little scholar LOVES reading Time Magazine... or chew it up :)
Speedbumps:
Although McKenley has been busy knockin down those milestones, these last 2 months have not been without our struggles :(
- About a week and a half ago, we had to make our first sick visit to the doctors. Our poor little girl fought her way through a yucky cough. It took us a full week to get back to our routine, YUCK! We did learn lots about how to fight congestion - prop the bed up, Vicks plug-in, sitting in the steam bathroom, and the ever hated "nose sucker"
- As I mentioned before, TEETH! Hopefully she'll let me snap a picture of them soon. Man can 2 little teeth cause so many problems! :(
- Her sensitive skin is still causing issues here and there. We had to get a prescription ointment from the doctor that really cleared things up, but after a week or 2 of not using it, the rough patches seem to come back. Hopefully it doesn't get out of control during the winter.
Stats:
6 months~
Weight: 15lbs 6oz (35%)
Length: 26 1/4in. (75%) ~ yes, long and skinny like her mommy... used to be :) haha
Head Cir.: 16 1/2in. (30%)
Food: McKenley has officially put herself on a 4 month schedule. Sooo, she has four 6oz bottles a day... well I offer them to her, who knows if she will actually take the whole thing! :) She has solid foods once a day consisting of a bowl of baby oatmeal and half of the Step 1 Gerber fruit or veggie.
Diapers: Still in Size 2!
Clothes: Our peanut is holding strong in 0-3 month clothes! haha
Sleep: McKenley is sleeping mostly through the night. She loooooves waking up because she has lost her pacifier (I have a love/hate relationship with that thing!) or because she has flipped herself to her back :) She normally takes 3 naps a day that are around an hour or an hour and a half.
7 months~
**Headed to the doctor soon for the 2nd round of the flu shot, so I'll have the official stats then**
Weight:
Length:
Head Cir.:
Food: We have moved to 2 servings of solid foods a day! She has a small bowl of oatmeal with 1/3 of a fruit in the morning & a large bowl of oatmeal with 1/2-3/4 of a veggie at night. She is still taking four 6oz. bottles of formula a day. We have also discovered the yummy little Puffs!! Video coming soon of her working on picking them up and feeding herself!!
Diaper: Still Size 2
Clothes: We are teetering between 0-3 month and 3-6 months :) I love that she's so little, we get much more use out of clothes!!
Sleep: After working through her being sick and teething, we are back on routine BETTER than before!! We have gone 5 night now without waking up at all!! (I try not to talk about it too much though b/c I don't want to jinx us! :)
WOW!! This was such a long post, and honestly I had a lot more that I could've talked about, because lets be honest, I LLOOOOOOVE talking about our perfect little princess. :)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
McKenley's newest "trick"
Although she's been doing this for awile, this is the first I've been able to get it on video with such... intensity! haha. It's super cute... until she does it with formula or food in her mouth :)
(No worries, its not sideways like this once you click on it!)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Another First!!! But not a fun one...
Well, add this to this list of firsts...
Saturday morning, McKenley and I, made our way to her first visit to the doctor because she was sick. Casey and I knew it was coming & we are glad we got to wait 6 1/2 months before having a sick baby!!
She woke up Saturday with a nasty cough, much worse than any other cough I've heard from her, so I decided to go ahead and call and make an appointment. We are so lucky to have a doctor that has Saturday hours!!! I'm so glad we decided to go in because the doctor said she had croup cough (or as my mom put it, a bad cough and they don't know what else to call it :) haha). Unfortunately, its a viral infection and absolutely nothing we can do but wait it out! GREAT!! They gave her a steroid shot, which went over FANTASTICALLY, or not, to try and reduce the inflammation in her upper respiratory and sent us on our way.
Luckily, she wasn't showing any other symptoms, no fever, not much congestion, and was in pretty good spirits, so Casey and I were thinkin, "We can totally handle a sick baby!!" and I left that evening to go see a show with my family. POOR CASEY!! That's all I have to say!! McKenley's mood evidently took a turn for the worse and, to put it nicely, wouldn't cooperate with dad. :( I arrived home at about 10:30pm to find our sick baby asleep on her exhausted daddy.
The last few days have been about the same. The cough has gotten remarkably better, but the congestion has gotten a bit worse. Poor thing has so much trouble breathing when you lay her down that it takes quite a while to get her to sleep. We have tried sitting in a hot steamy bathroom for a while before bed to loosen up the congestion, but as soon as she starts crying when we lay her down, the congestion is back. We have gone 3 days now with very few naps and waking up quite a bit at night. One of the only ways we have gotten a nice nap out of her is...
Hopefully we are over the worst of it, I am definitely ready to have my baby back, the one that goes to sleep when I lay her down and takes nice long naps :)
Saturday morning, McKenley and I, made our way to her first visit to the doctor because she was sick. Casey and I knew it was coming & we are glad we got to wait 6 1/2 months before having a sick baby!!
She woke up Saturday with a nasty cough, much worse than any other cough I've heard from her, so I decided to go ahead and call and make an appointment. We are so lucky to have a doctor that has Saturday hours!!! I'm so glad we decided to go in because the doctor said she had croup cough (or as my mom put it, a bad cough and they don't know what else to call it :) haha). Unfortunately, its a viral infection and absolutely nothing we can do but wait it out! GREAT!! They gave her a steroid shot, which went over FANTASTICALLY, or not, to try and reduce the inflammation in her upper respiratory and sent us on our way.
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| Caught in the middle of a cough, so sad! |
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| Waiting for her shot :( |
The last few days have been about the same. The cough has gotten remarkably better, but the congestion has gotten a bit worse. Poor thing has so much trouble breathing when you lay her down that it takes quite a while to get her to sleep. We have tried sitting in a hot steamy bathroom for a while before bed to loosen up the congestion, but as soon as she starts crying when we lay her down, the congestion is back. We have gone 3 days now with very few naps and waking up quite a bit at night. One of the only ways we have gotten a nice nap out of her is...
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| on mom or dad. :/ |
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Solid Foods Update
Well, after a slow start, McKenley has been dominating her solid foods!! She has started eating twice a day, a small amount in the mornings, and a larger portion for dinner. It used to take so long to get a small amount down because she would push most of it out, now that she has gotten the hang of swallowing a more solid substance, we are rockin and rollin!
Likes:
Oatmeal
ALL VEGGIES!! Squash, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, you name it! She loves them!
Dislikes:
Rice cereal
ANNNNDDD, most fruits! Totally backwards!!! We have tried peaches, bananas, apples, and pears... she just doesn't seem to care for them! See the video below to see what I mean! haha
After she finishes her food, she loves sitting in her highchair and chewing on her washrag and spoon! Yes, a simple washrag & spoon seems to provide hours of entertainment for our little princess! haha
All in all, our little girl is getting to be quite the big girl!! We are now working on mastering the sippy cup :)
Likes:
Oatmeal
ALL VEGGIES!! Squash, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, you name it! She loves them!
Dislikes:
Rice cereal
ANNNNDDD, most fruits! Totally backwards!!! We have tried peaches, bananas, apples, and pears... she just doesn't seem to care for them! See the video below to see what I mean! haha
After she finishes her food, she loves sitting in her highchair and chewing on her washrag and spoon! Yes, a simple washrag & spoon seems to provide hours of entertainment for our little princess! haha
All in all, our little girl is getting to be quite the big girl!! We are now working on mastering the sippy cup :)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
6 Month Pictures!!!
Today McKenley and I had our first meet-up with a LensBaby group that I recently joined. I was so excited to meet up with some other moms with cameras and adorable kiddos to learn more about how to take beautiful pictures with my amazing new camera!! My hopes were that these pictures would take place of having to take her somewhere else and pay to have pictures made, because lets be honest, I spent a bit of money on those 3 month pictures... :/
Well, I am excited to say that I think the pictures turned out sooo great!!! With a little help from Sarah, I was able to get some of the most beautiful pictures of our little peanut. I will be posting her "official" 6 month post on Friday after we go to the doctors and get her stats. And to my family... I will try and have some prints available on Sunday when I see you all and I can order what I don't have there for you, because lets be honest, I know you're going to want several of these! haha :)
Hope you all enjoy!
Well, I am excited to say that I think the pictures turned out sooo great!!! With a little help from Sarah, I was able to get some of the most beautiful pictures of our little peanut. I will be posting her "official" 6 month post on Friday after we go to the doctors and get her stats. And to my family... I will try and have some prints available on Sunday when I see you all and I can order what I don't have there for you, because lets be honest, I know you're going to want several of these! haha :)
Hope you all enjoy!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
I'm 5 months big!!
Who can believe that baby girl has been a part of this world for 5 months now!?! I know Casey and I still find ourselves sitting in disbelief that we have been blessed by such an amazing gift!
So I know I am a few days late, but our dear princess seems to be working on some teeth and has been especially cranky lately, so getting a good 5 month picture has been somewhat of a challenge! But, I finally caught her at a good moment today & got a chance to play around with my fantastic new camera!!
At first all I got was this....
But finally after MUCH ridiculous baby talk, gooing and gahing, and shaking and squeaking of her many toys...
Now, onto what Ms. McKenley has been up to in the past month!!
- McKenley is getting better and better at reaching and grabbing for everything... toys, my hair, our food... EVERYTHING!!
- She is actually starting to entertain herself in her ExerSaucer. She used to just sit and stare at everything and now she is pressing the buttons, chewing on the teething toys, and shaking the rattles. It has been fascinating to watch her develop with this toy!
- We have rolling!!! On a very few and random occasions, McKenley has made it from her tummy to her back.
- Because of the last accomplishment, we have been able to let her sleep on her tummy and this has led to 4 nights in a row of sleeping through the night!!!! Lets hope this trend continues!
- Baby girl has found her feet and BOY they must taste good! In the past 2 weeks, she has been working hard to get her feet into her mouth. It is the cutest thing to watch her roll around trying to stretch them far enough to get into her mouth.
Speedbumps we have encountered this month:
- The past few days McKenley has been a tad on the cranky side. She keeps sucking on her bottom lip which has led to the skin around her lip to be chapped. We think she may have a tooth coming in, lets hope it gets here soon so we can get past this funk!
- As I mentioned in a previous post, we started solid foods... and then we stopped them, haha! McKenley just did not seem interested in trying anything new and it became more of a struggle than anything else. But, now that she is a big girl at 5 months :) we are going to try again.
McKenley's 5 month stats:
I am taking her to the doctor on Monday to get her weighed and measured so I will update those stats then :)
Weight: 14 lbs. 4 oz.
Length: 26 inches
Head Circ:
Food: Big girl is eating 6 oz during the day and sucks down 8 oz before bed at night! To think I was worried about her not eating enough last month! ha!
Diapers: Officially in Size 2!
Clothes: The little peanut is still in 0-3 month clothes! Atleast she gets a lot of wear out of her clothes, haha
Sleep: We are back on track with naps, 2 naps that are both about 2 hours, an evening nap that is about 45 minutes, and sleeping from 9pm-8am through the night!! Must say, I am feeling pretty well rested at this point... I am going to enjoy it the fullest, because you never know if these things are here to stay!
I must say that I am enjoying my time with McKenley more and more everyday. Watching her learn and grow is so intriguing and I love to just sit and watch her little brain work! As we get further into August and all my teacher friends are going back to work, I get a bit nostalgic. Its a bit strange that I am not preparing with them for the first time in 4 years. Part of me is somewhat anxious of this new journey I am about embark on with my little girl, its so different from what I've been doing in the past, but I can already tell she is going to continue to entertain me with all she will learn and all the new things she will be able to do!!!
So I know I am a few days late, but our dear princess seems to be working on some teeth and has been especially cranky lately, so getting a good 5 month picture has been somewhat of a challenge! But, I finally caught her at a good moment today & got a chance to play around with my fantastic new camera!!
At first all I got was this....
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| You want me to do what?!? |
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| Smile again!?! Jeez! |
But finally after MUCH ridiculous baby talk, gooing and gahing, and shaking and squeaking of her many toys...
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| Okay!! I guess so... |
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| I'm too happy to NOT smile!!! |
HAPPY 5 MONTHS BABY GIRL!! You are mommy and daddy's pride and joy!
And then at the end of the photo shoot, you-know-who had to get involved...
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| Her furry, four-legged sista! |
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| KISSES!!! |
- McKenley is getting better and better at reaching and grabbing for everything... toys, my hair, our food... EVERYTHING!!
- She is actually starting to entertain herself in her ExerSaucer. She used to just sit and stare at everything and now she is pressing the buttons, chewing on the teething toys, and shaking the rattles. It has been fascinating to watch her develop with this toy!
- We have rolling!!! On a very few and random occasions, McKenley has made it from her tummy to her back.
- Because of the last accomplishment, we have been able to let her sleep on her tummy and this has led to 4 nights in a row of sleeping through the night!!!! Lets hope this trend continues!
- Baby girl has found her feet and BOY they must taste good! In the past 2 weeks, she has been working hard to get her feet into her mouth. It is the cutest thing to watch her roll around trying to stretch them far enough to get into her mouth.
Speedbumps we have encountered this month:
- The past few days McKenley has been a tad on the cranky side. She keeps sucking on her bottom lip which has led to the skin around her lip to be chapped. We think she may have a tooth coming in, lets hope it gets here soon so we can get past this funk!
- As I mentioned in a previous post, we started solid foods... and then we stopped them, haha! McKenley just did not seem interested in trying anything new and it became more of a struggle than anything else. But, now that she is a big girl at 5 months :) we are going to try again.
McKenley's 5 month stats:
I am taking her to the doctor on Monday to get her weighed and measured so I will update those stats then :)
Weight: 14 lbs. 4 oz.
Length: 26 inches
Head Circ:
Food: Big girl is eating 6 oz during the day and sucks down 8 oz before bed at night! To think I was worried about her not eating enough last month! ha!
Diapers: Officially in Size 2!
Clothes: The little peanut is still in 0-3 month clothes! Atleast she gets a lot of wear out of her clothes, haha
Sleep: We are back on track with naps, 2 naps that are both about 2 hours, an evening nap that is about 45 minutes, and sleeping from 9pm-8am through the night!! Must say, I am feeling pretty well rested at this point... I am going to enjoy it the fullest, because you never know if these things are here to stay!
I must say that I am enjoying my time with McKenley more and more everyday. Watching her learn and grow is so intriguing and I love to just sit and watch her little brain work! As we get further into August and all my teacher friends are going back to work, I get a bit nostalgic. Its a bit strange that I am not preparing with them for the first time in 4 years. Part of me is somewhat anxious of this new journey I am about embark on with my little girl, its so different from what I've been doing in the past, but I can already tell she is going to continue to entertain me with all she will learn and all the new things she will be able to do!!!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
YUMMY!!!!
At our last doctors appointment, Dr. Smith gave us the go ahead to start solid foods!!! So, Sunday night we started with our first helping of rice cereal! We stripped her down and were ready to give it a go...
She was a bit apprehensive at first...
Then she started getting the hang of it a bit!!
Unfortunately, her patience didn't last too long. We didn't get much further into it before she decided she was DONE!!!
Soooooo, Monday night we tried again! This time dad had the BRILLIANT idea to mix some yummy apples in with the not so good tasting rice cereal & MAN she loved it!
We almost go through the entire bowl tonight, with apples added in!! Next week we will try and introduce some veggies... that should be interesting!! :) ...yeah
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| What are we about to do mom!?! |
Soooooo, Monday night we tried again! This time dad had the BRILLIANT idea to mix some yummy apples in with the not so good tasting rice cereal & MAN she loved it!
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| Those apples were YUMMY!!!! |
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