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!

Decked out and ready to go!!!

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!!

Haha! We were just tryin to do our part!!

First visit to the stadium. BOOMER!!!

 The next day we did a bit of shopping on Campus Corner and had some fun with some of the things we found!!

Loves the Gnome almost as much as her dad!!

Wish this had fit better, haha!

Already a #1 Fan!!

 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!

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 :)

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)

7 Month pictures

She's just so precious... and getting so big!!! Click on the picture to see the whole album!!

7 Month pics

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. :)