Easter 2011!

Well... McKenley's first holiday was SUCH a success!!

She got to meet some of her aunts, uncles, and cousins for the first time...

She was quite comfortable 

with Cousin Allison

Cousin Blake is SO excited to have a playmate!

She got to wear an ADORABLY cute dress... (sometimes I forget she's not a doll, haha)

Spend some time with ONE OF her favorite aunts...

And we got to take our first, OF MANY, family photos!!

I don't think McKenley spent more than 5 minutes not being held by someone, and believe me, SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!

I can't wait to spend years and years to come enjoying holidays with my little girl and our family. Especially since I will get to find more fun outifits to dress her up in for every occasion!!

Lately...

Can't believe it's been so long since I have posted about how things are going for baby and me! :/

Well, needless to say, Ms. McKenley has been a busy little baby lately!!

Last Friday, Mimi, Aunt Katy, McKenley and I met for lunch on the square in downtown McKinney (oh! and Melissa joined us!!) and ate at YUMMY Spoons. Then, Mimi, McKenley, and I strolled around the square and enjoyed the AMAZING weather!! We stumbled upon an ADORABLE baby/kid clothing store and good thing they had very little in the way of infant clothing, it could have been detrimental for the bank account. I did end up getting a precious head band with a flower!! I used it in her pics on Sunday!! SEE BELOW!!

Then the next day, Daddy got a new car! McKenley is very excited about driving around in his new ride.

Sunday, McKenley participated in her second photo shoot! Erin brought over some fantastic props and McKenley cooperated amazingly. Check out some of my favorite pics below:

 And then after being such an angel in the pictures, things have been kinda rough for my princess :( She is having some tummy issues that are making it very hard for her (and therefore mommy) to get any sleep.  We visited the doctor and she gave us some ideas to help make her more comfortable. Daddy and I have done everything we can to help our baby out and things seem to be getting a bit better.

Yesterday we went to Target to get her VERY FIRST Easter dress!! I cannot wait to get her all dolled up in her fancy new dress and take her to enjoy her first holiday with the family.  She is going to LOVE GiGi's house and meeting all of her amazing aunts, uncles, and cousins. To top it off she is also looking forward to meeting Aunt Stephanie and Hunter!! Now, lets just hope the long day away from home goes smoothly... should be interesting getting everything packed up, heading out to Colleyville and spending the day there... maybe we should all start praying now for patience :) haha

Will post soon with Easter pics and an update on how things went!!

Happy 1 month princess!!!

I CANNOT believe our princess has been with us for 1 month already!! Not to mention she is not even supposed to be here for another week! haha

We went to the doctor for a one month check-up, not a standard visit, but since she was a preemie, they said it was an option. Needless to say, we took them up on their offer! The first time we took her, she had only been home for 2 days, at that point, we didn't quite know what we were getting into. At this point though, we DEFINITELY had questions!!!

Here are her stats after being part of our world for 1 month:
Height/Length: 20 inches - 95%
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz - 75-90%... yes, she put on a whole pound in 2 weeks, shes a growin girl!!!
Head: 13.5 inches - 50%
Note: these percentiles are based on other babies that were born at 35 weeks, not babies that were carried to term and now 1 month, at some point she will transfer over to the scale with full term babies! :)

The doctor gave us some pointers on how to help the little bean with all the congestion she has been dealing with and hopefully the drops and propping up her mattress will help her. She can thank her mom and dad for being dealt the crummy hand of allergies and congestion, sorry love! :(

Other things she has done/mastered in this month:
- The pouty face:

How will we EVER be able to say no to her!?! haha

- Our first walk:

No worries, she slept right through the entire walk! But mom enjoyed getting out!

- First shopping trip with the girls! Thanks Mimi and Aunt Katy for all the fun clothes!
- She's getting better and better at holding her head up while on her tummy. Dr. Smith even told us that she was impressed with how comfortable McKenley was at being on her tummy for a preemie baby!

We can't wait to see what McKenley accomplishes in her next month of life!