5 months old!

Makenna turned 5 months old on Monday! It is crazy how fast time is flying by! Here is what Miss Makenna is up to at 5 months!

- She is getting over her horrible UTI adventure, finally! I am so happy!
- She eats 4 ounces every 3 hours or so, still!
- She still wakes up at least once per night, sometimes twice!
- She can roll from back to tummy, and then gets mad whenever she does, because she doesn't know how to roll back and hates being on her tummy!
- She still LOVES whenever she hears Kailey talking to her! She just laughs and laughs!
- She is the happiest baby!
- We have started putting her in her exersaucer, some, even though she is way too little, just because she hates being on her back now and she wants to play with toys!


- She doesn't like cereal, yet!
- She is 13.5 pounds!
- She is wearing size 2 diapers!

Even though she keeps us up at night, she is such a joy, and we are so blessed to have her!

Rough Weekend

This has been a rough 4 days. Makenna started running fever during the night Wednesday night. Luckily, Casey is off on Thursdays, so he was able to stay home with her. The fever continued throughout the day, and even got up to 104.2 during the night on Thursday night! The only way she would sleep Thursday night, is if I held her, so I did! I stayed home with her on Friday, and even took a trip to the doctor. He looked at her ears, listened to her chest, etc. He said that since her fever was so high that he wanted to do a Urinalysis. When Kailey was about 5 months old, she had a UTI, so I had already thought this might be a possibility. He also decided to do a flu test to make sure that wasn't what was wrong. I waited about 30 minutes, and then he came back and said that the urine was clean and that he would call me back to let me know about the flu test. Makenna and I came home and the poor little thing was listless and barely moving. She then proceeded to throw up any time I gave her Tylenol or fed her. It was horrendous. Finally, I guess she decided to just quit eating all-together to avoid throwing up. When the doctor called me around 6:30 on Friday, he said the flu test came back negative, but that her urine showed some white blood cells, so to start her on some meds until the culture came back on Sunday. Well, the girl would NOT take the meds. She just kept spitting them out at me. Plus, she still would only eat about 2oz every 6-8 hours, which wasn't helping the situation any. Friday night was honestly, the most horrible night ever. She literally sat up screaming until 4:00 in the morning. Casey and I just traded off holding her as she screamed. She wouldn't eat anything, she just screamed. All day Saturday she was acting more normal, but still would not eat much. Saturday night she slept more normally. She woke up at 11 and 2 screaming, but Casey was able to get her back to sleep. By this time, I began feeling sick as well, so I was no help to him. At 5:30 when she woke up, I was able to get her to eat 2 oz. Sunday, this morning, she was doing ok. I felt incredibly nauseous. Luckily, my mom and sister were in town, so I was able to sleep, while they took care of the girls. This afternoon, I called to get her culture results, and found out she indeed does have a UTI. I am incredibly overwhelmed and upset, because I can't get her to take the meds or eat. Anytime I give them to her, she throws them up. I just really don't know what to do. I am so incredibly worried about her. I know God is taking care of us, because of everybody that is praying. Kailey heard me crying earlier and said "mommy. God has the whole world in his hands! He has the tiny little babies in his hands!". This was amazing to me, and definitely a word from the Lord. I know that even though this is a really hard situation, He is taking care of us. I just wanted to blog about this, to get it off my chest! I'll let you know how it all turns out, I am looking forward to the other side of this situation!!

Pumpkin Pics 2010

We went this past weekend to the Dallas Arboretum to take our traditional "pumpkin pics". We had some technical difficulties, to say the least, so we didn't get as many pics as I would have liked. My camera died at one point, so these are the good ones I got on my phone. We will probably have to have a retake, at least of the girls, to get some for our Fall Cards.








Every year, we take pictures of the "cousins". Here are Kailey and Caden last year:



This year we have two new cousins, Caleb and Makenna. They are getting so big!

Cupcake Blog!

I have decided to start a cupcake blog! I am going to start making a new recipe each week and blogging about it. I am actually toying with the idea of selling cupcakes, but not sure if it would work out or not. If I start trying these out and they seem like they would sell, then I might give it a go, but we'll see! Anyway, here is the link to my cupcake blog!

4 months old!

It's crazy, but true! Makenna turned 4 months old yesterday! We are taking her to the doctor on Wednesday for her lastest stats, but here are some things she is doing at 4 months old:

1. She is teething! How do I know this? The constant drool, chewing on her fingers, waking up 2-3 times per night. That is how I know!

2. She is smiling and laughing a lot.

3. She coos and "talks" to us all the time!

4. She lifts her head and tries to lift up out of our arms when we are holding her.

5. She still LOVES when Kailey talks to her.

6. She still wakes up at least once per night, but lately it has been two because of the teething. :(

So sorry!

Whew. It has been awhile since I have posted! Sorry about that. Unfortunately, I still do not have anything exciting to post today either...bummer! Things are getting better at school. I now have one class of 28, one class of 14, one class of 19, and two classes of 30. Even though those 3 classes make me want to run for the hills, things are getting a LOT better. Luckily these kiddos seem to be pretty good kids for the most part and are manageable! Now, I'm not saying its perfect, but I am definitely getting used to it!

Things at home are good for the most part. Kailey is on again off again yucky feeling. Some days she has allergies, some days her tummy is upset, other days she is fine. Nothing serious, but enough to be irritating. It is that "do I call the doctor or not??" kind of stuff.

Makenna is growing bigger and bigger. She is a sweetie pie. She still will not sleep through the night. Most nights she only wakes up once, but I think she may be starting to teethe because a few nights this week she has been up 2-3 times. Blek! But again, we are getting used to it and it is manageable! (By the grace and mercy of Jesus!)

Kailey is saying all sorts of funny, sweet things these days, I just forget to write them down. I have also taken lots of pictures, but on my iphone! Whoops. I'm going to see if I can figure out how to upload them from my phone onto blogger, because my blogs are always better with pictures! On that note...here is a sneak peak at the girls' halloween costumes!

Kailey's outfit:


Makenna's outfit:

3 months old (late post!)

Makenna turned 3 months old last Wednesday! I am a week overdue! I remembered to take her pictures on the correct day, though!






Things Makenna is doing at 3 months old:

-Lifting her head pretty good. I am trying to really work on the tummy time to give her more practice!

-Laughing..mainly just at Kailey, but it is super cute!

-Sleeping most of the night. She usually goes to bed around 8pm, and wakes up at 4 or 4:30am, then goes back to sleep until 8am or so.

-Her daycare teachers say she is the best baby they have and that they wish all babies were as good as her!

-She LOVES her new toy bar on her carseat that her Aunt Allison gave her. I mean seriously, she would just stay in her carseat for as long as I kept pulling it to play music!

-She is now switched completely to formula. :( She is eating around 4-5oz per feeding, every 3 hours. (This one is kinda a bummer. I really wanted to nurse her longer, but with me going back to school it just wasn't working out anymore.)

She is a sweetie pie and we love her bunches!