I finally decided to take MacKenzie to the doctors on weds. Although she no longer had the 103 tempt she was still a little fussy and she was pulling at her ear a little. She had a ear infection the month before so I didn't know if her symptoms were from teething or a ear infection. The teething process as really brought on some bad habits. She is now waking up multiple times a night and is relying on me to fall back to sleep. Its really hard but I think I am going to have to let her cry herself to sleep. She is very strong willed when it comes to this. She ended up being fine her weight was 16pds 6oz putting in the 25th-50th percentile in weight 25 and 3/4 in. MacKenzie has had some struggles this week and I am hoping that this is going to be a short phase. one of them has been the car seat. She throws these fits for the majority of the ride. It definitely makes me think twice before I go out by myself because everything around here is spread out. She also has become very clingy. It doesn't necessarily have to be me who holds her but she wants to be held more than usual. I have also learned to hate and love the pacifier all in one. I have struggled with the idea of pulling it totally. We are working on right now using it only at nap time. We were just about there when we had to take a 19 hr trip to Illinois. We have started working on it again and now I am finding that it is one of the reasons she is waking up at night time. Its always so hard to know what to do as parents especially being new at this. I know the most important thing is consistency. We did take a couple of days to go out and have fun. We went to the pound one day and she absolutely adored the dogs. It was so much fun to see her interact with the dogs and laugh. On Friday afternoon we went to the Williamsburg outlet store with "Auntie" Susan and "Grandma" Lynn. MacKenzie is so blessed to have so many people in her life that love her. After the outlet mall we went shopping for her dedication dress. "Grandma" Lynn is making Mackenzie's dress for her it is going to be beautiful. I found some really cute summer clothes for her and I can't wait to put them on her. This week has had some challenges but also alot of changes. She is developing more personality and really starting to take off with the crawling. Everyday she is getting faster and faster. I also joined moms club international so I am looking forward to meeting some moms and giving MacKenzie a chance to interact with some other kids her age. She will be 8mo old on the 12th she is really starting to enjoy playing with other kids. I have also noticed that she is wanting more food and less formula and breast milk. She has two teeth that have come through all the way and more trying to come through. Next week we are traveling to Harrisonburg for a wedding so hopefully we will get some pictures posted of that.