Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Mckenah - August/September Updates

Mckenah is now 6 months and is a happy and great baby. She's been enjoying trying new foods - so far we've had rice and oatmeal cereals, sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans - and finally broke into fruits the past week or so with bananas, apples, and blueberry applesauce! She has always been a pretty good sleeper in the evening. Her typical routine now includes going to sleep around 7:30 and being down until around 4am. So really, I can't complain too much about that! She'sitting up all by herself now, and loves to pull hair and touch faces! We also took her to the Children's Hospital on Monday for her final check-up on the heart murmur/VSD issue they found at birth. Everything has healed wonderfully and she's officially discharged and there's no need for further checks or need for any precautions. It was great news! Here are pictures from her 4th and 5th months.

4 months old - August 10, 2012


Still at 4 months - Aug 10, 2012

A thumb sucker through and through!

Daddy, Mckenah, and Berkley's babies and toys :)

4 1/2 months

 



 

Leaning out of her chair to get at her toys


5 months - September 10, 2012 - waiting for cereal!!


Rice Rusks



Here's a video of Berkley and Mckenah taking a bath together when Daddy was in Canada. Berkley was pouring cups of water on Mckenah and they were both giggling a ton - it was super cute! I didn't get too much on tape, but you can hear Mckenah's giggles if you listen closely :)


End of Summer Fun with Berkley

Things are going well here. Berkley took swimming lessons late in the summer, and is now taking another class on Sundays. Both classes have been a parent/child class, which has been fun for the two of us to do together! This past weekend she even swam to the teacher without me holding her! She has arm swimmies of course - but it was a great moment! She loves jumping into the pool to me, and blowing bubbles too! More exciting news for Berkley is that we worked hard in September on using the potty! She is all done with diapers and pull-ups, and even wears undies overnight! She's doing so great and is especially interested in doing it all herself! Berkley loves to help me in the kitchen, playing outside, taking care of her baby doll, and being a big sister! Here are pictures from August/September!

Loving her backpack from cousin Gianna


Part tom-boy, part princess

Mmmm, ice cream cone!


Showing off her undies
and her sticker chart!



Impressed with the gravel/stone delivery


Helping Daddy






Bird house art project

The finished project!


Changing her baby's diaper

 
Kite flying


Helping Daddy put on her princess crown as we celebrate his birthday

Tea party with Mckenah, Kitty, and Bear!

Snuggles in the exersaucer

Friday, October 5, 2012

Mckenah's baptism - August 4, 2012

Mckenah's Baptism was on Saturday, Aug 4th at St Mary's in Portage. Her Godparents are her Aunt Rachel and Uncle Dan, who flew in with the boys for the weekend. All the kids were very well behaved in church and Mckenah was a perfect angel too! She even gave Father Murphy a big smile when he was blessing her at the end.








with Auntie Amy


Mckenah wore the same dress I wore at my baptism!



With Great Auntie Jill

Of course there was a dance party after the baptism!