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!
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