Surprise!

So we thought we were finished with making babies, but God had a surprise for us! In March, after returning from our Missouri trip, something just didn't feel right to me so I took a pregnancy test....never expecting a positive result! We were shocked, floored and scared to death to find out that we had baby #3 coming when we had just given birth 6 months ago!

Once we let it sink in, we were excited and began preparations. The first task was to clear out the playroom to make room for baby #3, so Makenzie had to downsize her queen sized bed and move toys to her room. Here is her big girl bed with new bedding--she was super excited!

We didn't repaint the playroom to make the nursery, we decided we liked the bright color. We bargain shopped and found a great deal on the furniture on Craigslist and then found the perfect bedding to match!

Months 8 and 9

These have been the most exciting months yet! You are crawling, cruising and sooo close to walking! You have 2 bottom teeth. I must say, you are not a good teether like Big Sis! You get all the classic symptoms.....fussiness, fever, sleeplessness, runny nose, diarrhea. Although you are still very tall, your growth has slowed a bit. At your 9 month check up, you were 22.12 pounds.

We made the trek to Midland to see Dani graduate highschool in May and you lived up to your reputation of being a terrible traveler. You certainly have a big personality. You charmed everyone at my company picnic--2 of the physicians carried you around most of the day and you loved the attention. You do not cope well with NOT getting ALL of the attention in a room, and you certainly let everyone know when you're unhappy!

7 months is a busy age!

April was a busy month of new things for Miss Stormie Grey! She started crawling and even progressed to pulling up on furniture. She is very clearly saying Mama, Dada, and Baba (bottle) and waving bye bye. It's so fun to see her discovering the world around her!

Makenzie turns 8!

6 months=1/2 a year!

Can't believe you've been with us half of a year already! Your personality is really coming to the surface now. I think you are gonna have quite the temper--between that and your size (21 lbs now), noone is gonna mess with you! You are laughing out loud and trying really hard to say Mama.

It took you forever, but you can finally roll over both ways now when you want to. So far, you choose not to most of the time! You can sit for even longer without assistance now too. You can move objects from one hand to the other and get them to your mouth successfully most of the time too. You have discovered your hand and you seem to be in awe when you watch it and turn it over and make a fist and almost wave--it's really funny to watch. You are eating baby food for breakfast, lunch and dinner now. You have a bottle around midnight and can sleep until 5-6am now. And you love your sister!!

Locks of Love

5th Month with Stormie Grey

This month has been full of sickness for our baby girl. First, we had a case of RSV. We were able to catch it early and avoid any sequelae or hospital stays. It was so very hard to see you so so sick and miserable though.

A couple weeks after we got past RSV, you got sick again and had your first ear infection. This is an improvement when compared with older sister who had her first ear infection at only about 3 months old! When you saw the pediatrician for the ear infection, you weighed in at a whopping 20lbs! Again, compared with sister who didn't weigh 20lbs until about 9 months old!

You went through a period of stranger anxiety that broke Granny's heart. You wouldn't even let her or Pepaw or Nanny talk to you without you bursting into tears! You still aren't rolling over really, but you can pretty well sit up unassisted for at least several minutes before you topple over backwards or to the side.

You are eating baby food for breakfast, lunch and dinner now. You love sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, and prunes. We have tried meats a few times and they make you shudder and make funny faces.

You still love your big sis and light up when she speaks to you or even walks into the room. And here is a picture of big sis cheesing at school with her friend.