Saturday, August 29, 2009

My Baby Girl is 3 Months old!













I cannot believe how fast the time went. I suppose with being very sick in the hospital, trips, and tons of activities all summer, time has just flown by. I seriously cannot believe Makenna is 3 months old today. We brought up the jumparoo for her for the first time last night and she loved it. She has been more awake these days and very happy and playful. She is a great eater and she sleeps through the night. She has slept through the night basically since day one which is a huge blessing. It has given me the energy to take care of both my kids without being too wiped out all of the time. Besides Makenna being three months old, like I said, we have had a very busy summer. We have gone to Lagoon basically every weekend, gone to Idaho numerous times to take care of our houses and visit family, we have been to a wedding, Seattle, Raging Waters, and so many more different activities and events that we are so looking forward to changing pace and seeing fall. Every fall I decorate the house so nice in fall colors and flowers. I am pretty excited. We are also looking forward to Cancun this year with Chez's parents for the first time! It has always been my parents who have come and now we are so excited to show Cancun to the Jones's. Well, this is all I have to say for now....lots of stuff this summer but not ever enough time for me to tell it all. P.S. I have a nice camera that I ALWAYS forget everywhere we go so a lot of these are on my camera phone. Thank goodness for that! My new goal is to always remember to take my camera everywhere I go! You just never want to miss a moment.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Kingston vs Makenna



From Pregnancy until now, nothing is the same between Makenna and Kingston. I had a completely different pregnancy experience, labor and delivery, and newborn stage. I guess if we ever decide to have another baby some day, I will know if it is a boy or girl because these two were SO opposite!

KINGSTON:

No morning sickness
Uneventful labor
LONG delivery (took 45 minutes)
Born at 39 weeks
7lbs 3 oz
21 inches
Dark Brown hair
Dark eyes
Never slept through the night

MAKENNA:

Extreme Morning Sickness
Major complications in the end and hospitalized for a week
SHORT delivery-we are talking like 3 or 4 pushes
Born at 37 weeks
7lbs 14oz
20 inches
BLONDE hair
Bright Blue eyes
Slept through the night from day 1

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Lots of Stuff but Not Much Time











Since having a second child, my time has been diminished and my internet time is quick and minimal. So, a lot has happened which I will explain and post a lot of pictures. Two weeks ago my mom came to town for a visit. She came with us to Idaho Falls to go to Garrett's (Chez's brother) wedding. It was a very nice wedding and the bride was gorgeous. Her colors were so pretty too and all the sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews, wore clothing to match. We had a reception that night and then another reception the next day in Bear Lake. On Monday, we flew off to Washington to visit my family for a week. The flight with a toddler and newborn was enough to give me a very BAD headache. I took some medicine when we landed that was very strong and by the time we made it to my parent's house, my headache was gone. My parents moved into a new house, AGAIN. They buy and sell every couple of years and before the market crashed, they made a lot of money doing that. Anyway, it was fun to see the family and hang out. I flew back by myself with the two kids and I was very nervous. Luckily, I had it all planned out the night before and things went surprisingly very smooth! It made me super excited for our December trip to Disney Land and Hawaii (well, we arent sure if we want to do Hawaii after Disney Land or Cancun. It all depends on plane prices). Now we are all settled back in and unpacked which feels nice. Our next adventure is to Lagoon this weekend(which we do every weekend with our season passes) and Raging Waters for a work awards party. Also, Makenna had her 2 month check up today. She has bad reflux so I have been so worried about her weight gain but she is doing great. She is in the 50th percentile for weight and the 75th for height so I am feeling so much better about her growing. She is such a sweet little thing! Kingston is doing well too. Still adjusting to the divided attention with two kids now but he loves his baby "shisher".