Wednesday, September 24, 2014

5 months old!!!

Mackenzie is 5 months old today!

Standard sit with the elephant to see how big you are getting! 

mmmm chair taste so good

Getting big!

Loves to suck her thumb/hand/anything actually...

tummy time

What is this elephant doing here?

Cute baby jeans, oh the pockets!!

No real attempt to sit up, doesn't seem interested and lasts for maybe 1 second.

point provin!

See?  I like to put anything in my mouth!

Selfie :)

I love her. <3


Not too much has changed this past month.  Our schedule is the same as before with naps & eating pretty consistent these days!  She still sleeps from 7pm - 7am with one night time feeding.  We have been doing bottles in the middle of the night for about a week now. The nap schedule is the same 3 naps a day, 8:30, 11:30 and 3:30 are the usual times she goes down.  Two naps are 90 minutes and one is 45 minutes.  Mackenzie is a very good baby and pretty much only cries if she's overtired or bored :)  She has become more frustrated lately because she constantly rolls to her tummy and then is stuck.  I can tell she WANTS to learn to army crawl or move somehow but she still has a couple months till this happens!  Since the weather is getting a bit cooler it is reminding me that soon it will be winter and snowy/very cold.  We have been going on walks every day- sometimes twice so Mike can join us when he is home.

Sorry if this is too much information (but since I am recording all our memories here I want to remember this!)... I am almost done with my pump.  Not many people know but I stopped nursing at about 3 months and have been exclusively pumping since then.  It is crazy how much time I have spent attached to that thing.  I am very grateful that Mackenzie took to breast milk well and that I have been able to continue so far.  I was pumping 4 times a day and got it down to 3 then 2... which is currently where I am at.  I think by 6 months we will be completely done and just go to formula but I am happy we made it this far!!

Here are some pictures from the end of September including Mackenzie's first cubs game!  They won - maybe she will be a lucky charm for them :)



Helping mommy with laundry!

Wearing her Grandmas Little Girl shirt!

Daddy being silly!

She's not quite sure if she likes this yet... 

Mackenzie was so interested in the flags on top of the park as well as everything to look at!  Thankfully she loved it.

M with some friends :)

A blue bib because Dad thought there was too much pink..

Blurry but she's happy they won!



Monday, September 15, 2014

"Firsts"

This past month has had a whole bunch of Mackenzies "firsts"!  Here are a few pictures of them :)

8/27/14 First Winter Hat!

9/4/14 First time in the highchair!

9/7/14 First time watching the Bears!


Go Bears!

9/8/14 First time at the grocery store - it went OK!

9/9/24 First t-shirt from ISU!

9/11/14 First time going out in a hoodie & jeans :)

9/12/14 First Mommy & Me playgroup - her first craft haha

9/13/14 First time in the ergo out & about !

First time at an apple orchard & a wagon ride!


9/14/14 First swing ride :)

Her first time sleeping through the night was September 6th! From 7pm - 5:30am!  

Many more first are to come!  We love capturing Mackenzie's firsts.  A book I read by Karen Kingsbury called "Let Me Hold You Longer" also talks about remembering all of Mackenzies lasts.. which we definitely don't do a good job at!  She is growing up so quickly.. almost 5 months old already!  She no longer is rocked to sleep, doesn't sleep on mommy anymore, only takes bottles, doesn't cry in the bath (she now LOVES it), doesn't need us to hold her head up, doesn't sleep in her bassinet... so many more I am sure I am missing.  One I look forward to is doesn't nurse in the middle of the night :) But I KNOW I will remember that last :) 

Love you little baby M <3