McKenzie's two month checkup

I am so super behind in posting! So sorry folks...but anyways, Miss McKenzie is 2 Months! Well more like almost 3 months now :-/ She is healthy and strong-growing so big every day! At her two month appointment she weighed 13 lbs which was in the 90%, was 23 3/4 inches long which was in the 98%, and her head was 39 1/2 inches which was in the 95%. Big girl huh? I guess she had dropped in her percentiles a bit-but since she was off the charts before and now in the 90's they weren't too worried :) The doctor was also impressed with her neck strength and head stability. He said that she was doing things that they look for in 4 month olds. She is also way super alert and sleeps at least 8-10 hours at night. She was going 12 hours for a few nights, but she's back to one feeding during the night. I think she's going through a growth spurt because she was also eating more frequently during the day. That or I was loosing my milk? I don't know. She has started spacing out her day feedings again so maybe she'll go back to the whole 12 hour deal at night. Either way I really don't have anything to complain about-I'm one lucky momma! :)

Another thing that happened is she got blessed by her daddy! It was a very sweet experience and I cried. I don't remember crying for Steven's, but there was just something about my baby girl's blessing...Anyways, enjoy the pics!

She wore the blessing dress my mom had made for me :) I made the headband and put matching flowers on the dress and shoes-yep I also crocheted little flip flops for her. I think I got more compliments from men on those flip flops than anything! :) kinda funny :)

I think she looks so much like Steven in this one! Just like him in fact! McKenzie is second and on the left and Steven is first on the right. 

And now starting some random pics that I just love :) We sure are enjoying our sweet bundle of joy!

I absolutely love her little dimple. She is smiling and talking all the time now and its so fun to see this face :)

My little boy is getting so big! I was getting dinner ready and trying to distract Steven from whinning for food, so I gave him our plates and cups to take over to the table. I just thought he would place them stacked on the table but nope! This is what it ended up looking like-he did it all by himself! Such a big helper :)

In this picture I think McKenzie looks a lot like Steven... its so hot down here that when we go to the pool she is one naked little girl and I bought a fan that blows on her. I also love this picture because it reminds me of Disney World pictures we took with Capri and Steven, but now its Casen and McKenzie-For those who don't know, Casen (pictured on the left) is only 3 days older than McKenzie. However, our little missy has overtaken him in weight already! :-/ haha :)

See what I mean? Here's Steven and Capri at disney world when they were 2 1/2 months :)

Don't judge me for having naked children-its so hot! :) Anyways-here's proof that Steven loves his little sister. He's always talking to her and kissing her and hugging her...we just have to try and make sure he doesn't smother her with his love.

Check out these rolls! :)

Going on a family walk-work gave me a nice little gift card that was enough to buy a double stroller! So nice! We've already gotten tons of use out of it :)

Rachel came to visit!!

We're back in Texas!! And guess who came with us! My niece Rachel! It was so much fun having her here...it wasn't near long enough. Come back to Texas Rachel! :) Enjoy the pics of her stay with us

An early present for Steven's birthday from my parents was put to good use :)

And of course you can't come to Texas and not go swimming right? My co-worker friend Shanelle joined us with her little girl JoJo. And the bottom right pic? Well lets just say I can't keep Steven's swimsuit up when he wears his life jacket :)

Steven LOVES McKenzie and is always asking to hold her-I'm so glad he loves her this much!

We made shirts with tape and bleach while she was here-so fun! :)

We also stopped by the Dallas temple, made a nursing cover for my sister Angela, and Rachel made Mike's favorite dish-sweet 'n' sour chicken (which he loved and said was the best ever-good job Rach!)

And on the last night we went to the Nickel Arcade, had some fun, and shed some tears :( You're a sweet girl Rachel-my kids sure miss you as well as us ol' folk :) Thanks for the good times and memories-I'll never forget this visit with my Lil' Sista ;) 

And here we have Idaho...

Yay!! I love spending time in Idaho-Always fun and always an adventure. The kiddos and I were able to go for a couple weeks the excuse being a family reunion at the end. Before the Reunion we were able to go boating, to Niagara Springs (where we camped) and just spend time with the fam. My sister, Marjorie, was also visiting from Chicago and it was so fun and nice getting to spend time with her and her boys. Sadly Mike wasn't able to come :( He was planning on it but then a great opportunity and responsibilities with work didn't allow him to. He was missed thats for sure. Anyways-lots of pictures (not of the family reunion though...oops!) Enjoy!

Boating...and I got to slalom ski! Wahoo!

And my parents had their sidewalk and driveway poured while we were there. Steven and Marjorie's boys loved watching them-so cute :)

We'll always remember that-especially since their footprints are in the driveway :)

Niagara Springs is such a pretty place-we had so much fun! And as you can see Steven just loved his cousins... 

As did McKenzie-neither of my kiddos lacked in attention this trip thats for sure :) And I tried to make sure McKenzie didn't get eaten by the bugs :)

Lovin' on the baby :)

Fun in the sun-Steven really became my Dad's buddy while there-he spent a ton of time outside with him walking around, playing on the tramp, swinging, four wheeler rides, everything! Thanks Dad for being a good support and letting him tag along so much!

I love dressing my kids up for church-I think they look so handsome :) And while in Idaho we had to take four generation pictures with my grandma...who knows how many more opportunities we'll get? Steven sure loved her and would call her "great" due to us all calling her Grandma Great. I think she liked all the hugs she got and Steven would often bring the animals he was playing with and run them up and down her legs or on the arm of her chair. He also liked to push her in the wheelchair-we tried to keep it monitored and under control no worries :)

Before heading back we stopped and saw Mike's sister, Stephanie, and her husband, Brent...they were great hosts and took us out for snow cones that were GINORMOUS! Holy Cow is all I have to say! Rachel, Steven and I shared one (Steven also shared with Brent and Stephanie the little mooch) But we still couldn't finish it! We got Captain America in honor of Mike-it was really pretty good and the ice was nice and finely shaved. It was so good to see so much family-we had a lot of fun and like always, it went by way too fast. Until next time!

Ice cream and the pool...who could ask for more?

Yummy ice cream cone once Daddy got home from work...kinda turned out to be a mess

And then the pool! I love having the community pool so close that we can go a lot-its so fun and I loved watching my boys play together :)

Trying to get Steven to float silly boy :)

I just loved his happy little smile in the one above and below.

Proof that McKenzie and I were there too :)

Above is McKenzie...below is Steven...what do ya think? Do they look anything alike ;)