Potty Trained!

I meant to include this in my last post! Mckenzie has been potty trained since early spring! She has been doing great, with very few accidents.  Daycare was a huge help with this as they weren't concerned with helping us...they said just send some extra clothes! She was completely potty trained in a matter of days! She absolutely loves wearing her big girl undies and going on her own :)

Routine check-up

Had a routine check up with my OB today, all is going well! The doctor used the doppler today and we heard baby's heart beating! What a wonderful sound! :)

We go in at the end of May for another check-up and anatomy scan...which we will find out the sex.  I think it'd be fun to wait until the end, but I'm one of those people that wants to know! I loved keeping Mckenzie's name a surprise until she was born.  It actually worked out great since we ended up changing her name after we saw her...She was supposed to be Ashton Mckenzie (Instead we went with Mckenzie Ashton).  I think we will probably do the same this time around :)

Doctor also said I pretty much haven't gained any weight. To my surprise I'm still wearing my regular jeans.  I've always heard you show much sooner with #2.  I've got a little bump starting but most people wouldn't notice yet!

I've been keeping a BIG secret...

I'm excited to finally announce we're expecting Baby #2 to arrive October 22, 2013!

Mid February already?

Mckenzie is getting over a cold, she had a brief bout with RSV last month.  A few kids got it and it spread quickly.  Thankfully it was pretty mild but she had to stay home 2 days.

It's starting to warm up over here...we had some really cold weather last month and snow several times. We're back to decent temps and lots of sunshine!!!

Mckenzie is talking so much it's crazy!! She carries on full conversations, is very observant, I've lost track how many words are in her vocabulary. She points out things that I assume she wouldn't know what they are.  Loves to do arts and crafts, loves babies, her purses, shoes, and loves to go shopping (uh oh!).  She also loves to sing! They learn all kinds of songs in her class. She knows close to a dozen songs, its amazing how she knows them all.  Sometimes she starts signing a song I don't know and I google the words and figure out what she is singing :) She is very observant everywhere we are and go!

All is well here, our parents are both coming out at the end of the month, and then Mckenzie and I are going to Oregon next month (for work)

I made Valentine's Cards to send to the grandparents...they LOVED it! I thought it would be fun to send a photo card for the holidays, its easy and they enjoy it!

Treats I made to send for Mckenzie's Valentine's party!

Homemade Red Velvet Cupcakes for her Valentine's party...they were a hit!

Slacker.

I've been a total slacker on my blog but want to get back to it!

We've been busy since my last post.

Mckenzie turned 2 on November 13th.  She is growing so fast and is talking all the time now!  She carries on full blown conversations, wants to know what your doing, asks "why" all the time.  She is very smart and observant about everything. I've completely lost track of how many words she knows, she talks about things that I wouldn't expect her to even know.   She loves to help in the kitchen and sit on the counter to watch me cook and prepare meals.  The funny thing is my grandma used to do the same thing! Overall, Mckenzie has done really well since her surgery, she's had 2 minor bouts of croup but nothing that required a trip to ER.  She unfortunately has RSV right now, overall is doing well.  Several kids at her daycare got it. There's not much to do for it except inhaler, oral steroids and ibuprofen.

Thanksgiving was spent in Oregon (my birthday also landed on Thanksgiving).  I went Black Friday shopping and then Jeremy and I headed to Corvallis and went to the Civil War game with our good friends Bryan and Trish.

We stayed home for Christmas this year since Mckenzie is old enough to understand.  It was quite nice to just relax and not be on the go all weekend.  We did got to Oregon in mid-December and celebrated Christmas with Jeremy's family.  My parents and step-brother and his girlfriend came to Idaho for Christmas.

All in all things are going well!

Spunky little girl

Mckenzie is doing well and is recovered! Most definitely back to her spunky personality! :) She had a post-op follow-up today and her surgeon was very pleased with how well she did.  I just pray she doesn't get sick too much this winter. She has another follow-up in 3 months.

She returned to daycare/pre-school last week. She had another explosion in her vocabulary, she is well over 100+ words right now. She knows what things mean that I would not expect her to know.  Seeing her blossom just validates what a wonderful choice in child care we have made. She attends a daycare center that has had curriculum since about 1. She loves it, they do projects and have a rigid schedule for the day.

She has been doing excellent with potty training too. I thought for sure that would have regressed since her interest peaked right before she had her surgery. She has been doing really well and sure lets you know when she needs to go, and you better be paying attention!

Update

Mckenzie did great during her recovery.

She was a lot better than I thought she would be. The doctor said that kids are either act like nothing happened or their a wreck. Thankfully she was good overall. She did well taking her pain mess for the first 5 days and then it turned into a fight to get her to take her meds.

My mom flew out the week after and watched her whil ei was working, Mckenzie was doing really well 1 week post-op.  By last Friday she was doing good, overall ate well throughout her recovery, getting fluids in her was hit and miss but good overall.

She returned to daycare yesterday and had a great day :)

Surprisingly during her recovery she wanted to use the potty all the time. Before she had surgery she was doing great in the potty.  Now she is all about going to the potty and even tells us when she needs to go. Not quite ready for big girl underwear yet but it's great to see her be able to know when she needs to go and tells us :)