McKenzie's First Easter!

Today we celebrated our first Easter as a family of three!  McKenzie had a wonderful day of being spoiled by many Easter Bunnies!!  The day turned out to be beautiful and McKenzie looked beautiful!  She was great during a jam-packed Mass and even slept through most of it.  She got to visit her Grammie and Grandpa, Nana and Auntie, and then had an afternoon of fun at Great-Aunt Sandy's!  She got to play with her 2nd cousin, Alyssa who was just fascinated by her and kept calling her "baby"!  She was even great as many people wanted to get a few minutes to snuggle with her!

Five Months Old on 4/17/11

Happy 5 Months McKenzie!

At five months old McKenzie has been very active and INTERactive!  She is so funny and loves to show off.

Here are some highlights of the past month:

• McKenzie is almost through all the "stage 1" foods.  Once she gets through all these foods she will start having daily meals.  Probably cereal and fruit in the morning and veggie for dinner.
• After months of trying so hard McKenzie has mastered rolling from her belly to her back and her back to her belly.
• McKenzie loves blowing raspberries whenever anyone is watching!  She is so smiley and starting to laugh more now too.
• McKenzie went to her first park visit.  I put her in the baby swing and she loved it!  She was laughing and smiling the whole time!
• McKenzie visited her first Easter Bunny at Hebert's Candy Mansion.  She did a great job taking her picture!!  Next week McKenzie will celebrate her first Easter!
• McKenzie is finally transitioned to her crib for both naps and nighttime sleep.  We haven't mastered sleeping through the night (again...as she was doing it once!) we have been able to get her back to sleep in the crib.  She is waking 3-4 times at night, and we help her get back to sleep and one time she gets fed.
• She is still taking short naps, but I do believe this is getting a little better!
• McKenzie spent her last week with Caitlin this week.  After vacation, McKenzie will get to spend her Tuesdays and Thursdays with her Auntie!
• McKenzie loves her jumperoo.  It is probably her favorite toy!  She can finally reach the floor!
• I weighed McKenzie this morning and looks like she is just about 16 pounds!

Diapers: Size 3 (size 3 overnights at night)

Clothes: 6-9 months
Sleeping: approx 7pm-7:30am with one feeding a night.  She is currently waking many times a night because of her new sleeping arrangements (crib!!)  Taking 3-4 naps a day for about 30 minutes each.
Food: Once before bed, about 2 tablespoons of a single ingredient food.
Feeding: 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours
Formula: Enfamil Nutramigen

HIT ANOTHER MILESTONE! 4/11/11 20 weeks

McKenzie has been working so hard on trying to roll over, but up until tonight she hadn't been able to do it unassisted.  We have been helping her roll and leaning on the bed to help her (cheating we know!) but tonight she rolled over from her belly to her back BY HERSELF on our bed!!

McKenzie's first trip to Hebert's Candy Mansion!

Today (4/10/11) we took McKenzie to visit the Easter Bunny at Hebert's Candy Mansion in Shrewsbury, MA.  She did such a great job and smiled so big!!  Take a look at some pictures below:

McKenzie Update on 4/7/11!

Hi everyone!  McKenzie is now 20 weeks old and 2 weeks away from turning 5 months old!  I wanted to give an update blog entry because Miss McKenzie has been doing so much lately!  Read on...

• McKenzie started her second fruit tonight, APPLES!  She pursed her lips...so I'm guessing it was a little tart for her!  Although EVERY food she tries for the first time she makes the funniest face!
• McKenzie's has tried the following foods:  rice cereal, squash, green beans, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, and bananas.  We have been giving McKenzie about 2 tablespoons of one food before her bath.  We do one food for 3 days and then we move on to the next food.
• Although mcKenzie hasn't rolled over yet she is very close and loves to roll to her side and push her self with her feet.  Since this is her new trick she has decided to do it in the rock n play while she is sleeping.  Well this causes her to become twisted in the rock n play and scares me!  Soooooo we have started to transition McKenzie into her crib.  We moved the crib into our room to ease the transition, but McKenzie hasn't taken to the crib yet.  Tonight will be the 4th night of trying the bed.  We haven't made it past 11PM without moving her back to rock n play yet.  We'll see how tonight goes!
• Next week is McKenzie's last week going to Caitlin's house on Tuesday and Thursday!  After April vacation Auntie Tracy will start watching her on those days.
• McKenzie has really started to enjoy the jumperoo.  She'll play for 20-30 minutes in it!
• McKenzie is starting to sit unassisted for a few seconds and will pull herself forward sometimes.
• McKenzie LOVES blowing raspberries...and although she spits all over us we crack up everytime!
• McKenzie is starting to laugh at funny noises we make.  If I make up a funny song or animal noise I can really get her going!
• McKenzie is growing like a weed!  She is now wearing 6-9 month clothing...but we still squeeze her into 3-6 months :-)