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:
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