Mackenzie 9 months

Well we haven't had Mackenzie's 9 month appt yet but she is growing and getting so big! Here is an update...

-Size 3 diapers
-9-12 month clothing
-She loves pulling herself up on everything and is a power crawler
-She still wakes up once a night to eat (although she didn't last night! it was wonderful!)
-Naps 1-2 times a day but this is getting harder and harder for some reason. Yesterday she didn't nap until 4 pm and that was only a hour. May have contributed to her not waking up at night...
-Loves to put everything in her mouth right now - i mean EVERYTHING
-Her favorite toy is her camera and the stand and walk toy we have
-She follows her sister everywhere
-Eating 7 oz at a time and gets baby food 2-3 times a day. She loves all foods pretty much but can be picky depending on the day about what she will actually eat
-Loves both puffs and yogurt melts
-She is a daddy's girl...she lights up every time he comes home or she sees him and cries when he doesn't pick her up or take her with him
-Loves the bathroom - she loves to stand in there and watch us in the shower. A bit creepy but I think she loves to hear the water run.

I will come back and update once I have her 9 month stats!

Mackenzie - 2 months

Wow can't believe we are past the two month mark already!! Time is going by so quickly. We went to the doc last Monday (she was 9 wks) for her 2 month check up and shots. We have some concerns that she may have a lazy eye - Tricia has one too but not this bad - but other than that she is doing great! 11 lbs 4 oz and 22 in long. I can't remember her head circumference but I think either last time or this time they measured wrong because that went almost straight up on the chart that he showed me! She got one oral shot and 3 shots in her little thighs, I cried a bit but she got over it quickly. She was really fussy the next few days though and slept a lot. Some things to remember:

- This past week or so you have started to smile a lot
- You like to be held a lot which is way different then your sister
- I am still doing some breast milk and some formula. This may be ending soon though because being back to work, caring for a toddler and newborn by myself most nights and on the weekends a lot, and everything else I'm quickly getting overwhelmed and finding time passes so quickly I don't get a chance to pump.
- You are still sleeping in your rock n play by our bed. May attempt to move you to your crib at 3 months though. I'm thinking you may end up being a stomach sleeper.
- Your sister adores you :) I know this may not always be the case
- You are eating 4-5 oz at a time between 3-4 hours between your feedings.
- You have a pretty bad bewitching time between 6-8 at night where if you aren't eating you aren't really happy but sometimes you don't want the bottle so you are just unhappy and crying.
- You love to lay on my chest and sleep and sometimes I just let you.

Mackenzie Faith

Well our new little girl is here! I can't believe it - she is just so perfect.

So here is what happened:
On Monday around 2 am I started having some contractions that were pretty close together (I had been having them off and on for the last few weeks but these were different). So I timed them and they were between 3-4 mins apart sometimes closer. I called the on call doc and he said that unless my water broke or they started to get really painful I didn't need to come in just yet. So I just laid there for a little while and then at around 5 am I had a gush of fluid and I was pretty certain my water had broke. So I hopped in the shower and started getting all my stuff together to head to the hospital (my husband was on his way home from MI). We called Ben's Aunt around 630 am and had her come down to watch Tricia.

I got to the hospital right around 7 am and they checked me. They said I was only 1 cm dilated but my water was broken but I still had a lot of fluid there so it hadn't all come out but I was definitely in active labor and would be staying. So they got me moved to a labor room. I started antibiotics because I was group b strep positive (which I didn't even know until I got there!). They didn't want to start pitocin until they were sure how things were going to progress. My doc came back  in to check me at around 9 am - at which point I was having some pretty good and painful contractions - and said I was 5 cm already! So no need for pitocin I was moving right along. I decided to go ahead and get the epidural since I couldn't have one with my first I  wanted to get it this time for sure. The anesthesiologist came in pretty quickly and got set up to do it. It was a lot of pressure and some pain but man was it worth it!! It was in after about 15 mins and I was feeling much better. So over the next little while doc came back in and checking me and I was progressing pretty quick. By 1045 am I was about 8 cm. He checked me again at around 1230 and I was still only 8 but a much better 8 then before. Next thing you know though I was having a TON of pressure and the doc came in around 1245 and said I was complete and it was time to start pushing. So they got everything set up and I pushed for about 20 mins and she was born at 1:11 pm! I was in disbelief about how quick it all went and that she was here. Her cord was wrapped around her neck two times and her and my temps both jumped after she was born but everything settled out pretty quickly.

I didn't get moved to my room until around 4 because of my bleeding. They did end up having to give me a shot and then 4 pills every six hours to get my bleeding under control because it didn't want to slow down. But everything was good other than that. I was released yesterday afternoon around 130 pm and I am glad to be home. I have been pretty emotional and want to cry at everything. Which I know is normal but still. It's hard. She slept awesome last night - ate at 1230, woke up at 4 to eat and went back to sleep then woke up around 745 am again. So I'm a happy momma this morning :)

I just love this little girl so much and couldn't be happier!


Stats:
Mackenzie Faith
1:11 pm
7 lbs 1 oz (dropped to 6 lbs 12 oz after birth)
19 3/4 in long

Happy New Year!

Well it's finally 2013 - the year of our new baby's arrival! Can't believe it's here already. We spent New Years Eve at Ben's grandpa's house like usually then headed to our friends house to watch the ball drop. I couldn't believe Tricia actually stayed up. She was slightly cranky but did really good overall! Hoping this is a really good year :)

As far as the new baby goes, we are totally not prepared at all. No name chosen. Room hasn't even been started! I feel so far behind but with Ben working out of town a lot and me being 8 months pregnant I can't do a whole lot. There's still things that need to be cleared out of that room before we can even begin to put the baby's stuff in there. I did have a baby sprinkle today that was thrown by my sister and mom. It was at Spaghetti Warehouse and it was a really good time. There were only about 15 people total because of people who couldn't make it but that's ok. I think we got a lot of the little stuff (and diapers/wipes!) that we need for the new little one. I have a few things to return that will help with credit towards the stuff I have to get. The biggest thing is ordering the crib this week so we can have that. I also need to figure out what we are going to do about a dresser - whether we move the changing table from Tricia's room to the new baby's and get her a new dresser or maybe buy another one for the new baby. Don't exactly know yet but we will figure that out here soon. Just so much going on I feel like there's not enough time left to get everything done.

Work has been completely crazy which probably hasn't helped the whole not preparing for #2 thing. With my boss being out due to her husband, my work load is just insane right now. She should be back in a few weeks now but things have been so insane I feel like I don't have a minute to breathe. And by the time I get home at night and do dinner I am exhausted and ready for bed.

30 weeks

How far along: 30 weeks
How big is Baby: Size of a head of cabbage
 Maternity Clothes: Everything is maternity now besides sweats! Although when I was at the doc last week I still was not up any from where I began my pregnancy
Sleep: Ok - I have been getting up with a lot of heart burn at night and of course going to the bathroom
Movement: A lot - but not so much the last few days so hopefully she's just doing some resting
Food cravings: No real cravings for anything specific. Here and there I want something specific but nothing all the time
Food aversions: Nothing
Gender: Another little girl :)
Symptoms: Lots of baby kicking, peeing all the time, bigger belly for sure!
Nursery Progress: None - we just got our basement finished and some of the stuff that is in the nursery has to go down there so we can just now start on everything
Best moment this week: Well I would say the ultrasound last week and seeing the baby again :)
What I am looking forward to: Making progress on the nursery now and starting to buy a few things hopefully. Appt on Tuesday!

24 Weeks

How far along: 24 weeks
How big is Baby: Size of a cantaloupe
 Maternity Clothes: Almost everything I wear now minus some shirts are maternity. It's more just for comfort, I'm still not that big. A lot of shirts I still fit into though that aren't maternity but I usually don't wear those out
Sleep: Pretty good so far. I usually wake up to go to the bathroom at least once but go back to sleep pretty quickly as long as I am not having heartburn or those pains in my stomach
Movement: I feel the baby a lot especially in the morning and at night
Food cravings: Not too much, I've started to eat some more sweets and chocolate but I'm trying to not eat so much of that anymore but it's hard with Halloween now! I do love my apples right now with carmel dip though :)
Food aversions: Nothing at all that I can think of
Gender: Another little girl :)
Symptoms: Lots of baby kicking, pains in my stomach, peeing all the time
Nursery Progress: None - I did buy a few clothes from Carters from the clearance online but nothing else. Going to try to work on some of that this week like going through old stuff and cleaning it all
Best moment this week: All the kicking!
What I am looking forward to: Next appointment on Nov 13th and then I think biweekly appts after that with ultrasound too I believe! I can't believe we only have 4 months left!!!

11 week survey

How far along: 11 weeks
How big is Baby: My ticker says its the size of a lime!
 Maternity Clothes: Nope haven't had to get into those yet...I'm losing weight! 
Sleep: Ughh not good, can't get comfortable because i am a stomach sleeper
Movement: None yet!
Food cravings: Not much...sometimes sweets, a few times pickles, potatoes mostly though as strange as that sounds. All I want to eat and all that ever sounds good is potatoes.
Food aversions: Pretty much everything most days
Gender: Unknown but strong feeling it's a girl again
Symptoms: BIG swollen boobies, some cramping here and there, heartburn, nausea, constipation (see last post)
Nursery Progress: None whatsoever!
Best moment this week: I wish there was one....
What I am looking forward to: Doc on Monday to hear the heartbeat for the first time - fingers crossed!!