Mckenna is 1 month old!

I can't believe she has been in my life for one month! Where has the time gone? Motherhood has been wonderful. I love to hold my little Mckenna. She is starting to cue and smile at me. Her smile is so cute. Of course I am bias! Now that she turned 1 month, she has suddenly awakened from her slumber. She pretty much slept 24hrs a day for the first month. With the exception of a couple days when she was awake for a few hours. I guess she was really tired from her trip here. I had the challenge of waking her up every 3 hours to feed her, except at night, which was no easy task. This girl is quite the deep sleeper. I have tried taking off her clothes, changing her diaper, talking to her, moving her around. But the one thing that seems to get her just about every time is a cold wash cloth on her back. I know it sounds a little cruel, but hey I've got to do what I've got to do to wake this girl up. Thank goodness she has woken up for her month long slumber, I don't have to use such drastic measures to wake her up.
McKenna likes to hold her hands in fists. When she opens them up her hands are beautiful. Her hands are pretty and her fingers are long. I have noticed recently, she has been grabbing her hair. Its kind of cute. She is a pretty good nurser. She likes to nurse with her eyes closed. Every now and again she will open her eyes, but that is a rare occasion. She can hold up her head pretty well for a one month old little girl. She likes to look around and can make eye contact with people.
Unfortunally she has caught Tucker and I's cold. She has got her first cold! I feel bad that I gave it to her. Now I get the challange of sucking out her nose with the nose sucker thingie. Anyway, she has been a delight in my life. Being a mother has been good so far. Not to challenging, but I think I got a pretty good baby.

P.S. my sister-in-law took these picture for me. I think she did a pretty darn good job. Thanks again Kristin! Your a peach!

3 weeks old

Our little girl is 3 weeks old now. Took her to the doctors this last week and she weighted 9lbs 6oz and is 22 inches long. The week before she weighted 8lbs 8oz, She gained almost 1 lb in a week. I am so proud! She is such a cute and lovable little girl!

What she does best...sleep! Too bad its not during the night.

A little mommy-daughter time

San Francisco

Tuck and I decided we would go to San Francisco on Friday. Just to get out of the house. We didn't do to much, walked around the pier, drove around looking at the nice houses, looked at the beach, went to the Oakland temple, looked at the Golden Gate Bridge. As you can see it was a little windy. Little McKenna didn't like the wind to much. I had her covered up, then quickly uncovered her for the picture. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge up in the right hand corner. I wanted to be able to see the bridge a little more, but it was soo windy and cold we just wanted to get back in the car and not retake the picture.

McKenna's first bath

Her cord fell off so we decided it was time to give her a bath. She has done really well the two baths she has had. She just sits there and enjoys her warm bath. Since I am a newbie, my sister, Elisha, showed me the techniques of a good bath.

Smalls has found a new place to sleep

This is McKenna's bouncer....Smalls has discovered its a nice place to sleep. I suppose she is a little jealous and took the opportunity to jump in when McKenna wasn't in there.

Happy 6 months to smalls

Our little smalls isn't so little anymore. She now weights almost 8lbs! She has gotten so big since we got her4 months ago.

She is quite the little character and is very entertaining. She is a joy to have in our home.

Facts about Smalls...

Her hair grows like crazy,
watches over McKenna,
gets a drink of water before going to bed,
likes chewing on rocks,
likes to sit on laps,
likes to bite when she plays,
pee's when someone new comes over,
likes new people..will lick them to death,
loves eating otter pops,
sleeps on our bed,
runs in circles with her tail in between her legs when she gets really excited

McKenna

Well it has been a week and half since our little McKenna arrived. She has been a delight to have in our home. She has been a trooper sleeping through the night. We went on our first weekend away from home, up to grandma's house. She did wonderful. For the last 4 or 5 nights she has only been waking up once at 4:30am, with the exception of last night when she really didn't want to sleep, but did pretty well.

Facts about McKenna

She is a very easy going,
likes to sleep during the day but does pretty well at night,
loves to suck on her fingers,
has a cute voice,
doesn't cry very often,
hates having a dirty diaper,
has lots of hair,
has a good mix of both Tucker and I,
she likes to sit up on your knees looking at you,
the tips of her ears bend down at times,
her pinky toes curl in on both feet,
she is a good nurser, latched on right from the start,
has long fingers,
has webbed toes,
can hold her head up

In her sunday dress

Our little family

McKenna looking cute

Sleeping

A little daddy-daughter time

Sucking on her finger

Trying to sit up, but not doing to well

McKenna