Rice Cereal

Myth: Rice cereal sustains a baby longer than just formula or breast milk

Truth: It actually sustains them less.

Last night I gave Mack rice cereal and she actually had a few bites and liked it. She also had 6 oz of formula on top of that. You would think she was down for the night. Not true, she woke up earlier than she has in over a month absolutely starving. I did not think she could possibly be hungry so I am trying to find tylenol or gripe water in the dark. I decided to see if she was hungry and she was. I had to make 2 bottles because she sucked the first one dry.
My baby is the one that is out to prove everything wrong. She will not go on a schedule. She can last 10 hours on 2 oz formula and then she will only last 2 hours on 8 oz. There is no figuring her out and she won't let me. I challenge "super mom" to get this child on a schedule!!

I do love my daughter very much, she just gave me an awful night last night.

Our Little Valentine

We got some really cute pictures of Mack yesterday so we thought we would just post some!
She is smiling so big at her Dad who can usually always get her to smile.

I just love her big eyes

And those chubby cheeks!

Isn't the bib so true!!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Yesterday I made Travis breakfast and took him out to a movie and then he took me out to eat and gave me a neck massage. It was a good day for us. Today I am trying out a new recipe for dinner, so wish me luck!!

For Mom

This last month we have been quite busy and I have slacked on taking pictures and staying updated. We moved to Montana and live in a trailer next to Travis' grandparents. It has taken a long time to move in while watching a baby, but we are getting settled just fine. The fun thing about living in Montana is that we don't have to pay sales tax!

This last week Carrie (Travis' youngest sister got married) and we spent the week before in Rigby Idaho having fun with Bridal shower, snowmobiling and hanging out with the family. The wedding was great and Carrie looked beautiful and they are a happy couple!

That is just a short update for now and here are some pics because my mom is missing Mack!

She is 4 months old now and just tall and thin. She is 26 inches long and 13 pounds.

She is not looking at the camera she is actually zeroed in on the computer.

Belated Christmas 2009

We had a fun and busy Christmas. All my sisters were in town and we had a fun time just hanging out.
Mack already has so many things so she got one present this year. Her Bumbo, which she loves.

The wrapping paper was more interesting than most anything. Any why wouldn't it be?!

Sarah got this basket for her beach cruiser bike. Mack just looked really cute in it.

Mack had a couple outfit changes because she has so many cute Christmas clothes. The reindeer outfit is from our neighbor.

I never go a Christmas without making a gingerbread house. My sisters and I had so much fun decorating our houses. Leah and Sarah are the really detailed creative ones and Anna and I are the impatient ones so our houses all turned out quite different.Leah's had a big Y on the roof for BYU--of course.

Anna's had a mouse out front!!

Sarah actually took the time to cover the roof in pretzel sticks. It turned out looking really cool.

Mine had Rudolph on the roof!

Overall we had a great Christmas, I hope all of you did as well.

Nuggets Game

We went to the nuggets game last night to celebrate Daniel's birthday. (Sarah's husband) It was absolutely freezing and snowy and icy and it took a long time to get there, but it turned out to be fun. We road the TRAM and had everyone very bundled.
I think Mackenzie was actually quite comfortable in her big snow outfit!!

The Pepsi Center was packed and Mack loved having so many things the listen to and look at.But her favorites were Mimi's scarf and picking at her Dad's arm hairs. She did so well at the game. She hardly cried at all even though it was way past her bed time. But there was no sleeping going on because whenever the Nuggets made a basket and the crowd cheered she would get a little startled and look all around.

By the way, the Nuggets won by like 20 points.

Looking forward to Christmas

I am so excited for Christmas. We are going to have the whole family together for the first time in a while. That includes Sarah and Daniel! We hardly ever get to see Daniel so it should be nice to get to know him better. We have some fun things planned and I am just excited to have more people around and things to do.
We took some fun pics of Mack yesterday in her Christmas outfit, there were so many cute ones!! I especially love that her hat is way too big!!!

At our ward Christmas party Santa came to visit so we got a picture of Mack with him. She was just content and didn't mind at all. I think Santa really enjoyed it!!

2 months

Mack is 2 months old. She weighs 10 lbs 12 oz (30%) and is 22 1/2 in (50%). Right now her favorite things are her bath , her swing, going for rides in the car and stroller and keeping her mom up at night!