She is trying to put her pants on for her.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Today's activities
When Mackenzie was born I decided that I was not buying any jar food for her but would make it on my own. I guess you could say I did that...Although I did not buy jar food I usually just took what we had for dinner and smashed it up appropriately for her. This year I discovered the bebo blender. It has a steamer/blender in it. I am absolutely in love with it. I currently have made 15 cups of apples, 8 cups of sweet potatoes and a 1 cup of carrots. I plan on using it for more than just those items but hope to keep a months supply on hand of those three items and making other things as a as need bases only. The blender can be expensive but I would look at websites like Craigslist (I got mine for 60 compared to 200 if bought at the store).
As for the new year I decided that I wanted to try something different with Mackenzie. We usually let her watch a couple programs of Mickey mouse club house in the morning but because of all the traffic we have coming in and out of our house the t.v. is on more in the evenings than I would like and I was finding that she was enjoying the t.v. a little more than I was comfortable with. So first thing this morning I made us a big breakfast which included eggs sausage and applesauce. I also spent time with Mackenzie working on crafts etc which is something I really want to do I just am not good at it. I know it isn't much but we pulled out the play-doh and we spent most of the morning and day playing with it and making different items. She also participated in helping me make Emma's food. I hope to have many more days like this. I feel like we got so much more accomplished and we had a much more pleasant house today.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Mackenzie the Big girl no longer baby
I look at Mackenzie and just get overwhelmed with thinking how much she has grown up over the past 2 years.When I think back on the past year and what she has come through it truly amazes me. Mackenzie is always so great at going through changes. In a month period we moved into a new house, put her in a full size bed, took her pacifier away and brought a new baby sister home. Then back in October Mackenzie had a huge obstacle come in her life. The Dr told us it was night terrors. For those who have never dealt with this before, I pray you never do. It just broke my heart to see my daughter struggling and there was nothing I could do about it. It lasted for about 3 months and it affected every area of her life. She was loosing about 5 hrs a sleep each night. She would wake up screaming in the night and was just terrified to be a lone. Most nights she either ended up in bed with us or one of slept with her. We broke our number one rule in doing that but when your already loosing sleep with having a new born you cherish the few hours you do get and will do just about anything to keep that sleep. Her biggest milestone recently and mine is that she is no longer wearing diapers. She has been ready for a while but life had gotten in the way. I took the first week of January though and devoted it to her and with in 2-3 days she was potty trained. She is only in diapers at night time. I am not sure what we will do with the night time issues. Mackenzie at about 18 months old was going through some things and the Dr told me to give her a cup to take to drink with her. If you don't give it to her she will ask for it. Her vocabulary has improved tremendously over the past 6 months.
One of the things that melts my heart the most is watching her sing her bible songs. She will be walking around the house and start singing "for the bible tells me so" that is about the only line she knows and she will say it over and over again. She loves going to her "class" which is the Sunday school time. She usually will end up going to 2 out of the 3 services and it is the one time I am ok with her saying she isn't ready to come home. She usually will ask a couple times a week about going. One blessing we have is the fact that our back yard buts up to the property of our church so we will usually take a walk over there once or twice a week and say hi to the staff. It's nice that both my mom and dad are on staff at church so the girls are able to see their Nana and Papa often. I can't wait to see what God has in store for 2012
A little about Emma
Emma is now 5 months and amazes me everyday. From day one I could see her personality and how it was going to be so different from Mackenzie. I have had to constantly pray that God would give me strength to get through the first months of her life. I found that I was not enjoying her baby stage and I was wishing it away. I think it has helped bring out a new more loving mommy. Emma has needed that cuddly I'm gonna hold you for hours kind of a mom. I learned quickly that I wasn't good at that but prayed that God would help me to enjoy those moments with her more. She dealt with a lot of stomach problems and poor thing cried a lot in the evenings because of it. At her 4 month check up I talked with the Dr about it and she told me to start feeding her food. Since then I have seen a major difference in her. She is sleeping more (slept through the night for the first time last night =)), she is no longer having stomach pains and she is spitting up less. She laughs a lot and bring a smile to my face every time I look at her. She is now rolling over from back to stomach and stomach to back. She is using her hands to grab at things. If you lay her down she will go straight for her feet. They are her favorite toys =). I love watching her and seeing her develop in her own way just like Mackenzie has.
Happy New Year
I know by now everyone had given up on me and figured you would never see a new blog =(. Well as I have looked back on 2011 I know that God has truly blessed me. I have a wonderful Husband of 7 years and 2 beautiful daughters. The past 5 months have not been the easiest but with God leading I made it through. I hope to be able to post more blogs now as things seem to be getting easier. Notice I didn't put slowing down, I think that ship sailed years ago =). Each day and week seems to bring new challenges and obstacles but I would like to think that I am heading in the direction that God would have me go.
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