Christmas 2013

Christmas totally snuck up on me this year. We have been so busy and then we all got the stomach bug about 3 weeks before. A few days before Christmas, we finally had time to go see Santa for a picture. This is a pic of a pic, so the quality is horrible, but I am too lazy to scan it right now. We waited in line forever so Stormie was asleep by the time it was our turn! Makenzie told Santa she wanted her 2 front teeth this year for Christmas!

This Christmas, my sister, Greg and Danielle came down. We did Christmas Eve at my mom's house and then everyone came to our house for Christmas day. We don't get to see them very often, so Makenzie gets a little overstimulated when she's around them.

Makenzie still believes in Santa...this year, she left him 2 cookies, a Fiber One bar and a soda!

Stormie totally slept through Christmas morning, but it was nice to have another year to enjoy it with Makenzie alone. She wanted to use the giant stocking this year, and luckily Santa knew exactly which one was hers!

She asked for a stroller this year for her American Girl Doll and Bitty Baby. It's difficult to find a stroller tall enough for a 7 year old, but Santa knew right where to go!

She was super duper excited to get more American Girl Doll clothes! Love her face here!

She asked for a new pair of cowboy boots. I loved this pair, but we ended up having to take them back because her feet had already grown again! She picked out another pair that she loved too so she was happy.

3 months old

Time has flown by and you are already 3 months old! You are smiling, laughing, and cooing up a storm. You are way more of a talker than your bigger sister was. We made a trip to the ENT this month to check your hearing and your noisy breathing and all was fine. At the ENT office, you weighed in at a whopping 15lbs 6oz!

You are eating about every 3-4 hours and still wake up once or twice during the night. You are starting to enjoy the bouncy seat, exersaucer and your activity gym, but you really prefer sitting up in something like the Bumbo most.

Big sister loves to make you smile and coo. She is a big helper and loves you to pieces!

2 months old!

You had your 2 month check up and immunizations. You weighed 14 lbs 6 oz and you were 24 inches long--2 pounds and 1 inch larger than your sister at this age! You are smiling and cooing like crazy; even trying to imitate Daddy and stick out your tongue.

We are concerned about your hearing, as you only really react to loud noises. We will be seeing an ENT in a couple of weeks to retest your hearing.

You haven't yet gotten the hang of sleeping more than a couple of hours at daycare each day. You last for about 1 hour at home in the evenings before you are cranky and exhausted. You then sleep until about midnight, have a bottle, then sleep again until 3am or 4am, have another bottle and sleep until I wake you to get ready for the day. We love you and love watching you grow and change every day before our eyes!

 

Halloween tradition!

Gig em Aggies!

2nd grade

My big girl is growing up so very fast!

Another tooth gone!

1 month old!

Sissy still is madly in love with you!

You have started cooperating more with being put down, and even fell asleep in the bouncy seat!