Rockin' out

Chris was bouncing Mckayla on the couch and it was so funny because (like always) she had one hand sticking straight up and it looked so funny the way it was bouncing too. It was ironic too that right when I started filming a commercial came on tv that has a song that Chris likes so he started bouncing her to the beat (and adding a little daddy flavor to the song too!)

Bright Eyes

Aunt Lacey and cousin Abbey came by for a visit yesterday and Mckayla was such a good girl! Lacey got to get in a lot of cuddle time and Mckayla was happily alert for a long time too. I love it when she is like this because she just intently studies you when you hold her. I caught this picture of her when Lacey had her sitting up to burp her. She was so bright-eyed and content!

Sooo sleepy

Mckayla loves cuddling with daddy in the recliner, in case you haven't noticed by the many pictures of her with him here! This cracked me up though because of how she ended up positioning herself on his lap. She looks pretty comfy to me!

Game Day

Last Saturday we watched the OSU football game and right afterwards, the OU football game. Since we are a "House Divided" on our loyalties, Mckayla had to wear her OSU socks for the OSU game and cheer with Mommy, and then we had to switch her to her OU socks for the OU game to cheer with Daddy. They both clashed horribly with her outfit, but she is too tiny still to even come close to fitting any of her team clothes, so the socks were the best we could do! I must say though her OSU wardrobe FAR exceeds her ONE OU outfit :)

Mommy's girl?

So a lot of people have commented that Mckayla looks just like her daddy, which I think is cute and makes her daddy happy. I really wish I could tell but I guess I don't have the outside perspective because I can't tell any resemblance to either of us. So out of curiosity I found this baby picture of me that was scanned into the computer (that's why it is so grainy) and was trying to compare with her. I can see a resemblance but what do you all think? I plan to find better baby pictures of both of us to really compare. This was the best I had on hand.

First doctor visit

Today Mckayla is 2 weeks old and she had her first check-up with her pediatrician. It was a quick visit just to weigh and measure her and for the doctor to just check her out and answer our questions and give us some information about what to expect developmentally. I've known her doctor for many years because I grew up going to school with his daughter and we were good friends for awhile. It is nice going to someone you already know and trust. Anyway, I was very curious to find out how much she weighed because she eats SO well! I haven't worried at all about her getting enough and gaining, I was just anxious to see by how much! I was still surprised though when the nurse weighed her and she was 7 pounds 8 ounces!!! Remember she was 6 pounds 9 ounces 2 weeks ago at birth, so gaining almost a pound is really really good! The doctor said that for most babies they are just hoping that they have gotten back up to their birthweight! Go Mckayla! Everything else checked out perfect as well, so we are so thankful that our baby is so healthy!

Happy Halloween!

These pictures were actually the day before Halloween because she wore her costume all day on Halloween. The outfit is a little big on her and kept bunching and riding up in the back, but it was just so cute! I'm not posting pictures of her in her costume yet because they are what she is wearing for the pictures on her birth announcement and I want it to be a surprise, but I'm going to mail them out next week so I'll post them then. We just stayed at home on Halloween and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters and a couple of our friends came by with their kids all dressed up so cute. She didn't get to wear her costume for trick-or-treat time because she had a little accident all over it, but that's okay, she had SO much fun showing it off to her Grandma Terri and all her friends at work when we came by for a surprise visit that afternoon with her cousin Abbey!