8 months....

Well, this is a little better, one post a month! McKinley turned 8 months on Monday and we celebrated that by taking her to the doctor! Turns out my baby girl had an ear infection in her left ear and the beginnings of pink eye! No fun! I have to say though McKinley smiled all day long. She is the happiest baby I have ever seen. I really wish I could be more like my daughter when it comes to that....smile in spite of everything!

Carleigh starts school on Monday. Unfortunately she did not make volleyball but has turned her focus to cross country. She is doing really well in cross country and we hope she makes JV or Varsity.

I am SO ready for it to cool off here though. This summer heat is never-ending and leading to some HIGH cooling bills!

Well, back to the grind. Hope everyone has a great week!

7 months...

So,

I've done a horrible job on keeping up on this! I don't know how people do it! McKinley is growing by leaps and bounds! She is sitting up really well now and gets up on her hands and tippy toes and rocks back and forth. I forsee crawling in the not to distant future! Every day it seems like she gets bigger and bigger. I'm enjoying it so much.

Life has been a little crazy lately as Jodie is working ALOT trying to get the school portion of the church that he has been working on finished up. Carleigh has stayed busy with volleyball and choir camps. I can't believe the summer is coming to an end already. Carleigh has volleyball tryouts next week.

We did take our first "family" trip to New York City in June! We had lots of fun touring the city and hanging out with my parents and sister. I will say that traveling with an infant is alot of work. I am hoping next summer we can plan a trip to the coast.

Here are some pictures from New York and McKinley's 7 month photo shoot......

Easter Weekend

Sunday we went to church to celebrate Easter Mass. We got there 30 minutes early and it was already crowded! I am amazed at how many Catholics only seem to attend mass at Christmas and Easter! I thought I was going to luck out and McKinley was going to sleep during mass...not so much, we made it about 20 minutes in before she started crying! I did thankfully remember to bring a bottle so that helped a little but she was still fussy. After mass we headed home and took some Easter pics and then headed over to my mother in laws for some lunch. We had some delicious ribs and then watched Sydney and Luke (McKinley's 2nd cousins I guess) hunt for Easter eggs! Sdyney and Luke were facinated by McKinley. We even managed to get a cute picture of them holding her. A little later we headed out to Rockwall to see Betty and Jim's new house. It's very nice! It's funny though because the floorplan is very similar to the one they have now except Jim has his "man cave" off of the garage! Looks like its going to take just as long to get there :( but we are happy that they are getting out of Mesquite!

This weekend we are headed to Poteet for the Strawberry Festival! I'm really excited to see all my family and for McKinley to meet Uncle Bryan and all his family! This is the first time in a long time (I think the last time was Grandpa's funeral) that we have all been together. Hope the weather is beautiful!

The cold continues....

So McKinley has been in daycare for close to a month now and she has had a cold and cough for well close to a month now! I'm happy with the daycare and think the women that watch her are wonderful. I am just struggling with her having this stinkin cold so long! I know it's supposed to build her immune system but come on a month already?? When will she recover? Thankfully she doesn't seem to be affected by it too much. Her temperament is same at it always has been, sweet! I'm hoping with the warm weather moving in that she will get through this in the next week or so.

I decided since I wasn't taking her to the Easter bunny that I would have to take some of my own Easter bunny pictures. I was actually able to snap some cute ones of her. She is getting SO good at holding her head up now and she is talking up a storm. Happy Easter everyone!

First week back....

I started back to work this week and its been hard. It's hard to get up at 5am everyday and hard to drop off McKinley at daycare. She seems to be doing well there. I just hope she doesn't forget who I am. That's what I'm most worried about, that she will forget her mommy and only want the people that take care of her at her daycare. Yes, I'm probably overreacting but I can't help it. I've been with her for the past 11 weeks and it's so hard to only get to see her for a couple of hours in the morning and evening. I can't hug and kiss her enough!

Introducing McKinley Alisa Reese....

So, I'm incredibily behind on updating this blog! I do have an excuse though, taking care of McKinley is hard work! She blessed us with her presence on December 16, 2009 and time has just flown by since then! She is 2 months today! I can't believe it!

This is by far the BEST thing I have ever done! I am really, really enjoying being a mommy! There is NOTHING better than watching that cute little chubby cheeked girl give me a smile! I am sad I have to go back to work on March 1st but incredibily lucky I've had this much time with her. My company has been so amazing to my family.

McKinley is smiling and cooing alot now and holding her head up so well!! Believe it or not she is SLEEPING through the night (5 nights in a row now)!! What a blessing!! SO glad she is doing this BEFORE I go back to work! I have attached various pictures of her from birth up until today. Enjoy!! :)