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Six Months with our Sweet Girl!

April 23, 2013 by erinqmcgee · Leave a Comment

WOW, Six Months went by fast.

Really really fast!

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Tonight we both hung out in her room during bedtime and we read her On The Night You were Born (such a sweet little book if you haven’t read it yet)…

“On the night you were born, the moon shone with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’

Because there had never been anyone like you… ever in the world.”

and I got very emotional thinking about that awesome night over 6 months ago.

It’s sad to think we’ll never swaddle and snuggle our sweet Makenzie newborn again. It’s a slight relief to think that we made it this far and it is getting SO much easier (this is true new Moms, it gets way easier, I promise). And it’s fun and exciting to think that it gets more fun every single day with her. Watching Makenzie grow and explore the world has been the BEST and most AMAZING experience ever. We’re smitten. 🙂

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Here’s what our girl has been up to this month:

Stats: Weight – 15 lbs, 14 oz – 40th percentile; Height – 25 inches tall – 25th percentile; Head circumference – 42.2 inches – 34th percentile; Cuteness – 100th percentile!!

She’s such a little peanut!

Eating: Our girl is fearless with trying foods. So far she has liked everything – peas, carrots, squash, prunes, bananas, apples, sweet potatoes – you name it and she’ll eat it. It’s hilarious to watch her cute little face as she experiences new stuff.

She also likes to eat her 6-month picky stickies…

Yum! (Yes I took it away from her the moment after this picture was taken)

The “after” view of the picky sticky

Playing: Makenzie is interested in everything around her. It’s so cool to watch her take it all in, grab for it, touch it, try to eat it, roll to it. She’s one busy little girl. He favorite toys include her jumperoo and the floor.

Learning & Exploring: It seems like every single day Kenzie Girl does something new! In the past few weeks she has perfected rolling both ways. She’s getting good at scooting (backwards only) and she is a sitting pro! We think she is getting close to crawling because she can hold herself up but she hasn’t quite figured out how to make it all work together (thank gosh – we don’t have baby proofing completed yet). When it comes to communicating, her newest trick is shaking her head No. It’s Hilarious! How do they learn this stuff so young?

Happy girl sitting up on her own

Sleeping: She’s back to sleeping through the night… normally 10-11 hours every night – heck yeah! But her day naps aren’t as great. She normally only naps about 10-40 minutes 2 times per day. See below… I can’t make this up!

Best Time of the Day: Kenz has calmed down SO much from her (slightly) fussy infant days (or maybe we just know what we’re doing now?). Either way, life is much easier (good-bye witching hour). Kenz is such a sweet baby girl, and loves to go new places. It’s awesome because we can pretty much take her anywhere as long as we are armed with toys.

Worst Time of the Day: Saying good-bye to her every morning 🙁 (but I guess that counts more as a sad time for us). She loves her friends at Doodlebugs and probably doesn’t even notice that we’re gone.

Some Funny Things This Month: Life with a babe is pretty hilarious. Now that’s she’s good at flipping over she has wiggled away diaper-less on more than one diaper-changing occasion. And with the introduction of new solid foods, the blowout has been taken to new heights, yikes!

Makenzie pretty much cracks us up all day. Her laugh is so darn cute I think it could actually be used to resolve wars.

Giggling girl at her 6-month photo shoot

We could not be more grateful to have such a sweet, healthy, cutie girl. She has filled every day of the past half year with so much love & cuteness. Looking forward to what the next 6 months brings!

Stay tuned, it’s going to be a fun ride.

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Picture of the Week Meet Mr. Doodlebug

April 20, 2013 by erinqmcgee · 1 Comment

Fridays in the McGee house are normally pretty happy. How can we not be in a good mood knowing that we are just a few hours away from two full days of family fun, minimal obligations and relaxed schedules? No need to pack lunches and make bottles before bed; no need to lay out clothes for the next day; no need to set the alarm for 5:15 am. Ahh, the good stuff in life!

Despite the chaos going on in our country, Denny and I both left the house yesterday morning in a pretty good mood. At about 10am our little days got a bit brighter when a sweet little e-mail popped in our inboxes. The awesome team at Doodle bugs snapped a picture of our little girl meeting Mr. Doodle bug himself!

Too cute!

Kenzie didn’t seem too impressed but we definitely were. 🙂

Enjoy!

Another day in the life of Kenzie girl – kicking off socks and meeting Mr. Doodle bug!

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My favorite phone call of the year

April 18, 2013 by erinqmcgee · 1 Comment

Ring Ring… unknown number… and there it is!

My favorite phone call of the year. It’s like Christmas Morning! It’s the annual phone call from the OU Phon-a-thon!!!!

YESSSS! And Ironically, it came a few days ago. Just in time for today – OUr Day!

I might be the only person in the world that gets this excited about a telemarketer but I LOVE OU… I LOVE the Phon-a-thon and I LOVE all the reminders of how Denny and I ended up where we are today. And this call is THE biggest reminder.

In an instant Denny and I are connected to the place where it all began via a current OU undergrad at the Phon-a-thon! Don’t get me wrong, I love the life we lead today, but every year when we get our annual call, I become completely green (yes I intentionally said that) with envy of the person on the other line. I can’t talk enough to them!

I ask them to tell me all about Court Street – the sights, the smells, the new bars. I remind them that they should study less and stay out more. I ask them to go to the Pub and have a fish bowl for me. I ask them if they’ll go to Pita Pit for me. I ask them to walk across College Green for me.

Normally they don’t know how to respond so it can sometimes get awkward by the time I ask them to sing Stand Up & Cheer, but sometimes I get a fun one and they just let me babble on about the land of Bricks and Beer!

But it’s not a Phon-A-Thon call without telling the poor kid on the other end of the phone WHY I love their call so much. Truthfully, they probably would have hung up on me 20 minutes prior, but I wait to give them my Visa # until I tell them the story. The story that started it all. The call that changed my life. Cliché, maybe. Annoying, maybe. But it’s the truth. It was a call that changed my life.

The call on March 8, 2004 that connected me to Denny… my best friend, my hubby, the awesome Dad to Makenzie, the laundry do-er in our house (yes ladies he does the laundry), the man I’ll grow old with, the (sometimes) person that annoys me like crazy, the (frequently) person I annoy like crazy, the one who likes me just enough to deal with my crazy blogging, the one who still loves me when I’m cranky, grumpy, and hanging out on Sundays in gross sweats, but most importantly The One (the Only One) who said I Do to me at the same campus where he first said Hello to me.

Pretty cool, right?

Ahh to be young and in love again! (Almost 5 years and almost 15 pounds ago)

:: OUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOUOU ::

So for those of you that haven’t read it/heard it/lived it with us, here it is ….

(can also be found by googling “Calling for Love” Erin Denny McGee”)

Calling for love Erin Quilty, BSC ’05, and Dennis McGee, BSC ’02

By Erin Quilty

It was the type of cool, cloudy Athens afternoon that would have best been spent watching a movie with my sorority sisters. Instead I reluctantly agreed to work an extra Monday shift at the OU Phonathon.

Meanwhile in Washington, Pa., Denny McGee, a 2002 graduate, relished in the fact that his evening work meeting was unexpectedly cancelled. As fate would have it, these unforeseen changes in our evening schedules were the reason our paths crossed on that memorable March evening.

My Phonathon shift dragged on, and the name Dennis McGee popped up on my screen as the next alumni to call. Little did I know this name belonged to the man with whom I would one day grow old.

As I heard the phone ringing in my headpiece, I prepared for another conversation. “Hi Dennis, I’m Erin, a junior at Ohio University,” I said. Denny’s deep voice was full of enthusiasm as he talked about his time at OU. We immediately clicked, and the conversation flowed easily.

Although Denny was reluctant to donate, he was not shy to ask if he would ever talk to me again. I felt my heart beating in my throat when Denny asked if we could meet during his upcoming trip to Athens for baseball alumni weekend, but I politely declined. I knew immediately that I made a mistake turning down an opportunity to meet him, so I wrote down his number.

As I told my friends all about this amazing conversation, I was glowing. I could not explain the connection I felt with Denny, but I knew we both had found something special.

I could not stop thinking about Denny, so I turned to my favorite college research tool, Google.com. I found all of his OU baseball stats and also the Kalamazoo Kings Web site, which is Denny’s former independent minor-league baseball team. When I saw his charming smile, I knew I had to call him again.

It took me three days and a workout at Ping to finally get the nerve to call my alumni crush. As soon as I heard his voice on the other end of the line, I knew I had made the right decision. “Erin?” Denny asked. “Phonathon Erin?!? I was hoping to hear from you!” We talked another two hours that night and every night thereafter.

When Denny came to OU two months later for alumni baseball weekend, we were inseparable, and he continued to visit me almost every weekend until I graduated in June of 2005.

After two-and-a-half years of our long-distance relationship, I recently moved to Buffalo, N.Y., and we are finally together! Denny is a sales representative for R.J. Reynolds, and I am a sales manager at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo. We plan to someday get married on the campus of Ohio University.

Editor’s Note: Erin and Denny are engaged and have set a wedding date of Aug. 16, 2008, at Ohio University. The wedding party will consist of 10 former Bobcats. Congratulations!

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Picture of the Week Date Night

April 13, 2013 by erinqmcgee · Leave a Comment

Hi honey, I’m home!!

After a pretty rough stretch at the McGee house I’ve returned to blog-ville! I missed my laptop, but it waited for me like a good little laptop (even after I slathered it in Lysol).

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Last Tuesday morning kicked off some less than stellar days in McGee history. Imagine the scene in the Hangover when they first woke up in Vegas (minus the partying and the tiger in the bathroom)… that’s kind of how we felt.

What we thought was something that Denny ate, turned into a full-blown flu that visited both Denny and me (luckily it did not visit Makenzie-yay!). It was a sleeping-on-the-bathroom-floor, hugging-the-toilet, blacking-out-due-to-dehydration flu-a-palooza. It kicked our butts.

Unfortunately way worse than the flu was a few nights later when Makenzie was up all night with what turned out to be her first double ear infection. Ouch and ouch! Our poor babe was miserable, but bounced back great after a few days of snuggles and antibiotics. She is such a little trooper!

Sick peanut 🙁

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BUT on a much brighter note, last week wasn’t all bad (you didn’t think I’d write a whole post about lame-o sickness, did you?). Denny and I managed to squeeze in an awesome and much-needed date night between the fevers and the other fevers. Thanks to the my parents for watching our girl, we took a little trip to the casino to see one of the funniest guys ever, JIM GAFFIGAN!! True, we had to practically overdose on caffeine to stay awake for the show that went past 10pm, but we persevered and laughed our butts off! We even made it out for a night-cap at our favorite Lancaster watering hole. Go us!

Unfortunately we don’t have any pictures of us all dressed up and out on the town, but here’s something just as good. Two ice-cold beers and a nice momento of a funny night.

Cheers to us! And cheers to Lysol, Amoxicillin, immodium and Pepto!

Here’s to more nights of funs and less days with runs! (C’mon, I couldn’t resist that rhyme)

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Pictures of the Week Easter Fun

April 1, 2013 by erinqmcgee · Leave a Comment

Hi friends,

It’s me, Makenzie! I rolled over to Mom’s laptop to share some Easter pictures. Mom keeps saying that she thought she left the hotel industry, at least until I was born, because lately we’ve been having lots of guests. It’s SO fun! The Hotel McGee is at 100% occupancy. I just can’t help that people want to see me grow.

Mamaw and Pappap came this weekend, and so did the Easter Bunny! Take a look at all the fun…

Here I am all ready for my school Easter Party! “Hi Mr. Bunny!”

I was so excited for Easter I woke Mommy up at 4:30 am. We had a tea party while we waited for everyone to wake up. (Thanks Aunt Lorraine for the fun toys!)

YAY! Finally time to see what the Bunny brought!

And the Bunny brought some sun too so we went for a walk. Mommy made me wear this silly hat before we went outside. “Mom I look like a fool!”

After that we had tons of fun playing!

Gotcha Mamaw!

But just when I let go of her hair she tickled me until I wet my diaper, oops.

They wouldn’t let me eat any chocolate so I went for Daddy’s foot. It looked yummy!

But Ewww, this is gross.

Oh well, Daddy made up for his stinky foot by giving me some giggles! I guess I’ll forgive him. He loves me so much!

That’s about it for now. I better head back to dreamland! I’ve got lots of growing to do, I’ll be SIX MONTHS this week!

Nighty night, xoxo

Kenzie

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Why buy the formula when you can get the milk for free?

March 30, 2013 by erinqmcgee · 4 Comments

(It’s taken me almost 6 months to get the courage to post this but I’m posting it because I imagine I’m not the only one who has faced the breastfeeding guilt struggles. Although it’s a pretty personal post, just know that I’m writing it to maybe, hopefully, possibly make one or two new Moms feel even a tiny bit better about their decision. If you agree, pass it on, share it, and remind a new Mom that no matter what she decides, it is the RIGHT decision because she is the only one that will know best what works for her baby)

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Guilt, guilt, guilt… isn’t there enough of it in this world already? I used to think that I knew what the word meant…

I should eat healthier… I should work out more… I should give to more charities

But it turns out I didn’t even know the half of it until I became a mom. More specifically, a mom that wanted to breastfeed.

It started out innocently enough. I was pregnant and I thought, Sure, I’ll breastfeed the baby. Dogs nurse their pups, and cavewomen breastfed their babies, so It can’t be that hard, right?

In the pre-baby classes there were all kinds of conversations about how “good” moms breastfeed. I started to realize that if this whole breastfeeding idea didn’t work out I would be in for quite the guilt trip.

But then it got worse. I had Makenzie and the lactation ladies came in nonstop. I know they meant well but some of them were really pushy. It wasn’t going very well and I was starting to feel the weight of the world on my shoulders.

On our last morning in the hospital I asked the nurse for some formula samples and she told me that if she gave them to me I would have to swear not to tell anyone that she did it. Hmm, did she think I asked for painkillers? When she finally came back empty-handed a few hours later she admitted that she just couldn’t do it. She couldn’t get me formula because she was scared to get in trouble. Get in trouble for giving a new mom formula?? Wow, nothing like hefty NYS mandates to make a new Mom feel terrible for her uncertainty about breastfeeding.

By the time we were home, I was totally overwhelmed. I swear I heard Jaws music every time the baby was hungry. It was painful and frustrating and I was grappling with terrible guilt for the fact that I didn’t enjoy it. I wasn’t even sure I could continue, and the thought of formula seemed like the perfect solution if not for all the guilt.

Rather than enjoying every moment with my beautiful, precious, new baby, I was feeling so sad/embarrassed/distraught because breastfeeding was so darn difficult. What was wrong with me?? Was I somehow missing the breastfeeding gene? This is not what I expected. And as new Mom, I was also sleep deprived. I was still recovering physically. My hormones made me a hot mess. And I was trying to do the 5 S’s non-stop for 24 hours a day. It was a perfect storm.

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So why you ask, did I share this personal story? Why does this warrant a blog post? And what is the answer to Why Buy the formula when you can get the milk for free? Well, the answer is that sometimes it is just better to buy the formula…even when the milk is free.

Yep, I said it. Sometimes formula is better. And this is not even because of physical issues, but emotional ones too. To put it in perspective imagine this… you are thousands of feet above ground in a plane and you have a new pilot flying a plane without a flight attendant. Would you rather him leave the cockpit to serve you healthy apples? Or would you rather serve yourself pretzels so he could focus on staying in the air? Okay, not the best analogy but my point is that new Moms need to focus more on the big picture of not crashing versus stressing over other stuff that our society dictates is the “right” thing to do.

Right now, I’m pretty sure that some of you are in total disagreement with me. But before you start sending me nasty-grams with “101 Reasons why breast milk is best milk,” and before you start throwing stones at my house, just understand what I’m saying.

Yes, breastfeeding is best! Yes, I wholeheartedly support Moms that can do it. But Yes, it is a TREMENDOUS committment and it needs to be considered just that. And if that commitment isn’t right for the Mom, then it is okay! Say it with me… It. Is. Okay!

As Moms, as friends, and as a society, we MUST learn to support fellow Mamas!! We MUST let them know it’s okay however they choose to feed their baby. We MUST remember that it’s their baby, their body, and their decision. Don’t new Moms have enough pressure already?

And for those of you that still don’t agree with me, no problem! You are wholeheartedly open to your own opinion. But if you choose to make me feel like a bad mom, just remember that the day will come when I might just catch you at McDonald’s buying your super perfect breastfed baby french fries. And then you might just get a taste of your own perfect-mom medicine.

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So what finally happened you ask?

Well despite the pain and the frustration, I did end up breastfeeding Makenzie. I got lucky, and with the support of an amazing non-pushy lactation lady I figured out some tricks to help with the pain. But it wasn’t easy. Along the way I had a bout with mastitis and I spent way too many (unnecessary) days and nights in tears over all if it.

And although I won’t make it to her first birthday, Kenzie will be 6 months before we thaw out the last bag of breast milk from the freezer. And although it’s taken me some time to truly feel this way, I’m happy with this outcome. It works for us and that’s all that matters. And part of me is actually pretty proud that we’ve made it this far especially because I wasn’t sure if I would make it 6 days when it all started.

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Picture(s) of the Week Cousin Love

March 26, 2013 by erinqmcgee · 3 Comments

Life has been crazy for the past 10 days, but we were able to sneak away to Ohio this past weekend and meet sweet Baby Boy Jack! He is GORGEOUS and so incredibly snuggly. He is also a really good baby. He loves to sleep and he barely made a peep while we were there.

So cute, and barely bigger than the stuffed animal!

It was great to meet Mr. Jack and it was really fun to see the three cousins together. I can only imagine the fun they’ll have as they grow up together… and the trouble they’ll get into. Yikes!

Check it out:

Big brother kissing little brother — sweet!

Happy cousins — cute!

Uh oh, Kenzie starts instigating and takes a swipe at sweet little Jack — Trouble!

Hm, Jack seems to sense the impending trouble and takes cover…

And then Big Bro swoops in for the hug/body slam.

Yikes!! End shoot!

It was Norman Rockwell turned Honey Boo Boo.

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But aside from the humorous cousin photo shoot, we did manage to get a great picture of my parents with their 3 grandkids. So sweet!

Nana & Papa surrounded by the loves of their lives

So there you have it, a quick recap of our wonderful little trip to the Buckeye State.

Have a good week and a great Easter! I’m hoping the bunny brings me a few free minutes here or there to grab the laptop and finish up some posts soon.

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Picture of the Week Welcome Jack Sullivan

March 18, 2013 by erinqmcgee · Leave a Comment

Auntie is one of the best titles Ever!

And I am SO incredibly excited to announce that I am an Auntie yet again. Yesterday (St. Patty’s Day!) at 6:07 pm my sister, Melissa, delivered a sweet, beautiful and healthy baby boy. Talk about the Luck of the Irish!

Such a sweetie!

Welcome to the world Jack Sullivan Bixler!

Melissa was a rockstar and and delivered him in less than 8 1/2 hours from start to finish. (Which seems only fair given her 26+ hour delivery for Big Brother Ryan–whoa! Can we say edipural?) Unfortunately I wasn’t there for Jack’s birth like I was for Ryan’s birth due to work, but I am absolutely counting the seconds until I get to meet this sweet little guy!

I’m totally in love and so thrilled for Melissa, Thad & Big Brother Ryan!

Jack, I can’t wait to watch you grow up, and I feel so lucky to be a part of your world.

I Love you so much!

xoxo, Auntie Erin

PS Makenzie said to tell you that she’s glad to have someone younger than her so she can finally be in charge of someone. Good Luck with her buddy!

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Beautiful family — may have to super impose Ryan in there

Sweet snuggly Jack

Who’s this guy?

Hi World!

Peeking in on Little Brother Jack (or perhaps gazing off in the distance to his new “Big brother truck gift”)

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How College Prepared me to be a Mom…

March 16, 2013 by erinqmcgee · 2 Comments

They say History Repeats Itself.

They are correct!

Fall 2001 was very exciting. I was embarking on a life-changing experience… I was about to become a college kid at OU.

Sara, one of my best friends in the world, was one of my roommates, and we were about to meet our other roommate. We’ll call her “K” for the sake of privacy. Sara and I had no idea what to expect with K and we were anxious, excited, and nervous.

At first glance, we loved her! We had a number of things in common and we were ready to embark on a new journey together in close quarters.

K, the new roommate, took some adjusting. We were all pretty new to our roles, but we were doing our best to make it work. K was kind of messy, and left her clothes everywhere. She often stayed up way too late, and seemed to have a need for frequent male attention, often when she was staying up way too late. Talk about awkward! In addition, K must have been really thirsty because she drank a lot and left her bottles everywhere (usually Nati Lite, eww). And sometimes, when she did this, she wet the bed and she once even wet the futon (again, eww!). Sara and I were new with the roommate scenario and we didn’t always know how to handle K. Sometimes there were tears; sometimes there was frustration; and sometimes we learned lessons.

Despite all this, Sara and I managed to have a fun and memorable year. We survived the fall, the winter, and the spring quarters and walked away much smarter than when we arrived. But when it came to K, we decided we did not want to live with an attention-needing, heavy-drinking, bed-wetting, mess-making roommate, ever again!

Or so I thought…

Fall 2012 was very exciting. I was embarking on a life-changing experience… I was about to become a Mom.

Denny, one of my best friends in the world, was one of my roommates, and we were about to meet our other roommate aka our daughter. We call her Kenz. Denny and I had no idea what to expect with Kenz and we were anxious, excited, and nervous.

At first glance, we loved her!!! We had a number of things in common (mainly, Kenz was a combination of the two of us) and we were ready to embark on a new journey together in close quarters.

Kenz, the new roommate, took some adjusting. We were all pretty new to our roles, and we were doing our best. Kenz, like most babies, was kind of messy, and left her clothes, toys and bibs everywhere. She often woke up way too late at night, and seemed to have a need for attention from Denny (often when she was up in the middle of the night and I couldn’t figure out why she was crying). In addition, Kenz must have been really thirsty because she drank a lot and left her bottles everywhere (usually breast milk, eww). And sometimes, when she drank a lot, she wet the bed, and she once even wet the crib and the couch. Denny and I were new with the parent scenario and didn’t always know how to handle Kenz. Sometimes there were tears; sometimes there was frustration; and sometimes we learned lessons.

Despite all this, Denny and Kenz and I managed to have a an amazing year. We survived the fall and the winter, and we can’t wait for the spring. We’re much smarter than when Kenz arrived, and despite the fact that I claimed 11 years ago that I would never ever live with an attention-needing, heavy-drinking, bed-wetting, mess-making roommate, I changed my mind. In fact, not only have I changed my mind, but also I’ve fallen completely in love with this new little roommate.

So there you have it. It is possible that the worst roommate in one situation can have the exact same exact characteristics as the best roommate in another situation. Who knew?

And sometimes when you least expect it you uncover yet another connection of how your crazy days as an undergrad prepared you for the real world. In this case, college kind of prepared me to be a Mom.

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Picture of the Week 5 Months!!

March 10, 2013 by erinqmcgee · Leave a Comment

Someone is growing waaay too fast… and her name is Makenzie!

Five months has been our favorite age so far (although I think we’ve said that every month). Makenzie cracks us up daily and we’re pretty sure that she is the coolest baby ever! She’s so cool that if there was a baby high school she would be elected Prom Queen (the fact that she poops her pants could possibly lose her a few votes but her cuteness would prevail).

Here’s what she’s been doing:

Eating – The girl doesn’t miss a meal. In addition to her bottles, she’s been trying baby food. She’s still not too sure about it, but she did enjoy some bananas tonight. It is as messy as it is adorable, and we normally put her right in the bathtub after dinner.

Playing – Kenzie is interested in everything around her lately! She likes to play with her hands, her tootsies, books, toys, her glowworm and anything else she can get her cute little hands on. She’s also getting mobile! She goes crazy in her jumperoo and can now roll from both her front and her back (but she hasn’t yet put them together to roll a full 360 – stay tuned, it’s bound to happen any day now)

Dancing – Makenzie loves to dance and sing… Correction: Makenzie loves to watch us dance and sing (I’m sure that she would participate if she could) but until then, we have regular dance parties to keep our girl giggling and smiling. During her fussy evening period sometimes the only thing that keeps her from a meltdown is when Denny and I dance around like crazy people — marching, clapping, singing — you name it.

Laughing – She does lots of it and it is the BEST sound in the world. We can’t get enough of it.

Sleeping – Hmm, kind of a rough topic right now. She’s too big for her Rock n Play sleeper so we’re trying to get her in the crib full-time. She’s not on board and is reminding us sometimes hourly during the night. We’re trying a crib wedge tonight to help her feel cozier in the crib. Ask us at about 3 am how it works. Moms, any suggestions, please let us know!

Some funny things this month – If you want to find all that Kenzie has done during a day, just follow the trail of socks. She loves to be barefoot and won’t stop until her feet are sock-free. She’s a determined little lady. And, she is also starting to understand what we say (or so we think). If she’s holding her glow worm and you ask her to Kiss the Baby, she’ll give a big slobbery wet kiss to the face of Chloe Glowie (our nickname for her). Too cute!

We can’t believe it’s been almost half a year since she’s been in our world. We are so fortunate to have such a little sweetie. Here is a snapshot of her life as a five month old!

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Six Months with our Sweet Girl!

“On the night you were born, the moon shone with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’

Because there had never been anyone like you… ever in the world.”

Picture of the Week Meet Mr. Doodlebug

My favorite phone call of the year