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 :-)

First taste of food 3/17/11

...........enough said!!!

FOUR MONTHS OLD on St. Patty's Day :-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!  Today is a very special day for MANY reasons.  First, today McKenzie turns FOUR MONTHS OLD!  Second, she had her 4 month well baby check up.  Lastly, ONE YEAR ago today we found out we were going to be parents! Sooo...let's get on to the highlights from today's doctor's visit:

• McKenzie is 14lbs 11ounces (75%ile), 25 1/4 inches (85%ile), and her head circum is 41cm (64%ile)
• McKenzie's head has rounded out and the doctor doesn't feel she needs any physical therapy!
• Although McKenzie is spitting up a lot, she is gaining good weight and she is happy between feeds so NO MEDICINE NEEDED :-)
• McKenzie has eczema on the back of her legs...no big deal, just itchy and annoying!
• Her eyes, nose, ears, lungs, hips, and belly look great!
• She is NOT teething...even though everyone thinks she is!  Dr. Bolton didn't see any teeth emerging yet.
• NO water until 6 months old...sorry Uncle Ben...
• She got 2 shots and the rotovirus drink...she certainly screamed, but did very well!
• Dr. Bolton thinks she may be waking up multiple times a night because she may be approaching a big milestone (such as rolling over), her cold is bothering her, and/or she is waking up and wondering where Mom and Dad are!!
• And....McKenzie will be starting solids tonight!!!!!!!!!  She will work her way through the first foods 3 days at a time to make sure there are no allergies!  We hope she embraces this new stage :-)

17 Weeks Old on 3/16/11

Wow!!  Our baby is 17 weeks old!  Tomorrow she will be 4 months old!!  Tomorrow McKenzie will go in for her well baby check up and get another round of shots.  Here are some highlights from the past week:

• McKenzie is so close to rolling over!!  She tries so hard!
• Spitting up is more frequent and more in quantity!
• She is talking all the time!  We can even get her to laugh over certain things.
• We believe McKenzie my be teething.  She is constantly chomping on her hands!
• McKenzie also has her first diaper rash!
• McKenzie has a little head cold :-(
• McKenzie has started waking up many times a night...again.  We are hoping this is a 1-2 week phase and not a permanent thing!

Diapers: Size 2 (size 3 overnights at night)

Clothes: 3-6 (but they are getting very snug!)
Sleeping: approx 8pm-8am with multiple wake up times in between!  She is beginning to form a napping schedule too.  She usually takes 2 short naps and one long one.

Feeding: 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours
Formula: Enfamil Nutramigen

16 weeks old on 2/9/11

McKenzie Ann was baptized on Sunday at St. Timothy's Church in Norwood.  She did a wonderful job and looked beautiful!  It was so nice to have all our family and friends there to celebrate such a special day.  It's so nice to know how much love McKenzie has in her life.

McKenzie also got to meet Anthony and Elissa from FL!!  They flew up here to see her get baptized!  Elissa did a fun little photo shoot at our house for us too!  The pictures came out so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next week McKenzie will be FOUR months old!  She'll go in for her 4 month well baby visit and get another round of shots :-(.  If all is still good, she'll be starting solids too!  Even with the formula switch, McKenzie is still spitting up quite a bit and may have to be put on relux medicine.

Diapers: Size 2 (size 3 overnights at night)


Clothes: 3-6 (but they are getting very snug!)

Sleeping: approx 8pm-6am and then back down until 8-9am (sometimes!)

Feeding: 5-6 ounces every 3 hours.

Formula: Enfamil Nutramigen

15 weeks old on 3/2/11

15 Weeks Old!

Well it seems we've finally settled into a routine.  Mommy is back to work and McKenzie is at daycare/babysitters during the week.  On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday she goes to daycare at Mommy's school and the other two days she gets to play with Caitlin at her house!  She loves both places and is so loved, it makes working so much easier.

This weekend McKenzie will be baptized and we are looking forward to a very special and fun day with family and friends!  Stay tuned for pictures!!

Diapers: Size 2 (size 3 overnights at night)
Clothes: 3-6
Sleeping: approx 8pm-5:30am and then back down until 9am (sometimes!)
Feeding: 5-6 ounces every 4-5 hours.
Formula: Enfamil Nutramigen