5 on Friday!

1. Carter has been home from his week long vacation at the Lake for a week now, and things couldn't be any better. It is so wonderful having the family together. Carter is a great big brother. He really enjoys giving Mackenzie a bottle and holding her on his lap. Of course it doesn't last long - playing with his toys are much more fun! Luckily, it last long enough for a few good shots!


2. Wednesday, March 10th marked the two week birthday for our little princess. She really is a good baby. I'm afraid to praise her too much, as we know how quickly things change. However, she seems to have fallen into a fairly good routine already. She is eating every 4 hours pretty much on cue. Some nights she even gives me 5 hours straight.... oh how I love those nights. She enjoys her days either playing or sleeping..... oh, and peeing and pooping! We took her for her two week check-up and she was given a great bill of health.

Weight: 8lbs 8oz - 50%
Height: 21 1/2 - 90%
Head: 14 - 50%

If you remember, she measured 22 1/2 inches long at the Hospital. Her pediatrician doesn't think she is shrinking, she is pretty certain they mis-measured her in the Hospital.


3. On Tuesday, March 16th Josh and I will be taking Mackenzie to Duke Pediatric Orthopedic to have an x-ray of her hip done. She was born with a dislocated hip, which is very common for breech babies. There is a possibility they will put her in a brace. As soon as we return from the appointment I will update the blog with the details. According to her pediatrician we should not worry, since it was caught so quickly there will be no long term set backs. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

4. Nana's week long vacation is unfortunately coming to an end. She will be missed by all of us. Carter and Mackenzie have had some wonderful bonding time with their Nana (as have I) - which is so very special for everyone. I have had the luxury of coming and going when I please - I will have a reality check next week.... having to get Carter to school with Kenzie in tow will be a feat. One I'm not sure I'm quite ready for....


5. This past weekend was absolutely beautiful - so, we took the kids to the park for a few hours. It was packed... but, Carter had a BLAST. I'm pretty certain he played on every piece of equipment. However, he clearly had the best time chasing Josh on the diamond.




Mackenzie was very content sleeping!


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Livin' it up!

Carter is going to be bored stiff once he comes home... he has had the time of his life at Nana & Granddaddy's this week. Here is a quick recap of his last two days at Lake Murray. We can't wait for him to come home tomorrow!!

Mommy and Daddy,

We had a change in plans today. Because it was such a pretty day, we decided to play outside and not go to Chucky Cheese. We played a long time on the playground equipment at the local park, ran around the bases on the baseball field, saw a deer in the state park, went for a boat ride and fed the sea gulls (dozens of them).

It was a very busy and fun day. I am exhausted, I plan to go to bed at 8 p.m. when Carter goes down for the night.

Granddaddy








Mommy and Daddy,

We had another good day on Friday. Carter played the piano, watched a Thomas The Train movie, took a long walk, played baseball, played basketball and rode around on the pontoon for two hours. The boy only has two speeds when driving the boat: really, really fast and super fast (Carter's words). We also fed two boxes of Cheerios to the sea gulls.

Granddaddy

Week one....

.... is under our belt - do I dare say it has been a bit easier than I expected?!? I've probably just jinx'd myself - but, what can ya do. We seem to be getting on some what of a schedule, it has been nice to have this week just the three of us; however, I miss my little guy more than words can describe. I'm ready to get into a grove as a family of four.

I tell ya what... having a scheduled c-section and not laboring for 18 hours really is much easier on your body. I feel much better physically and emotionally this go round. Amazing what a little bit of experience will do for ya, too!

On Monday night we decided it was time for Mackenzie to meet our friends at La Rancharita - a local Mexican restaurant in Apex. 5 days old isn't too soon for a little rice & beans, is it? All well if it is, Momma needed a Margarita!

Two nights ago I decided it was time for Mackenzie to sleep in her own crib. We had her in a pack-in-play in our room, and it just wasn't working. Hopefully, once Carter is home we are able to keep her in her bed without too much distraction to him. Fingers crossed. I'm pretty sure Josh was able to get an entire nights rest last night... I'm sure that felt good considering today was his first day back in the office.

Check out our 1st weeks worth of pictures by clicking here!

More lake time!

Carter playing with some of Josh's old cars!

Enjoying some fishin' with Granddaddy! According to Carter they didn't catch anything... but were going to try again tomorrow!


Quality time with Nana & Granny!

What is my kids obsession with baby bath tubs... he is convinced they are his boats. Already reading a boat book... look out Granddaddy, you'll be buying Carter a boat for his 5th birthday at this rate!

Enjoying a Dinosaur book with Nana before bed time!

Camp Nana & Granddaddy!

On Sunday Carter was running a bit of a fever so Josh's folks offered to take him back to the Lake with them on Monday for the week. Of course my first thought was no way, as I had already felt like I hadn't seen much of my favorite lil' man because of the hospital stay, etc. But, after some thought and discussing it with Carter, we decided it was probably for the best. It wouldn't be any fun having to tell him over and over again not to get near his new baby sister. So, on Monday morning he left for his adventure.... as you will see from the pictures below he is having a BLAST, to say the least.

Nothing like some Noggin watching on Nana's bed with his WVU hat....

Having the time of his life at Monkey Joe's! Climbing on up.....

Slidding on down.....

Of course you know our little peanut had to ride the bull dozer ride!

Heading home.....

Things were going so nicely, we were able to get discharged only after two nights in the hospital. After a c-section they often want you to stay three nights.... however, I was ready to go home. I didn't think that would be the case, as having all the hospital staff help only comes once in your life. However, I was ready to sleep in my own bed and see my little man! After being home for less than an hour I was beginning to have second thoughts and wished we would have stayed in the hospital.... but, that quickly passed once I saw the sparkle in Carter's eyes when he held Mackenzie during book time. It was just perfect looking at my babies snuggled with their Daddy! Night one at home went fairly well, I am certainly glad we had Nana, Granddaddy & Auntie Ramie here with us to help.... we are so fortunate to have such a good support system!

While we were waiting to get discharged Mackenzie gave me a very special gift... a beautiful necklace that had a double heart charm on it that had both of my babies birth stones it in. Stunning! I'm pretty sure that is when it truly set in that I have two beautiful children.

Party time!

On Thursday Carter came to the hospital with a party in mind.... balloons and cookies in tow.

Carter enjoying his cookie on my bed.

Playing with the balloons!

Sweet kisses for his baby sister!

Carter & Mackenzie spending quality time with Auntie Ramie.

We had a few visitors on Thursday evening. Tom & Kathy with Mackenzie.

Leilani & Frank! Thanks for the visit guys!