Random Paige Pictures

Here are some cute pictures of Piage within the last month that I thought needed to be posted! She is growing too fast!

Stop taking pictures of me!

Stretchinnnggggg!

Such a cute smile

Garrett making her smile! So adorable when daddy talks to her!

Such a pretty smile...

 

Paige and Grandpa over Labor day at Woods Canyon Lake. 

Such a cutie...

Miss Mommy

Kenzie has been such a big helper since Paige arrived and loves to act like a mommy as well! She nurses, holds, and burps her baby like a champ :) She even asked to put on my homemade moby wrap for her cabbage patch doll. She loves to hold her sister and help out when I need it. I am so lucky to have such a natural!!

Helping me feed Paige...

Cute girl with her baby...

She is ready to go!!

Riding Miss Ruby

Saturday the 18th we took Mackenzie to do her most favorite thing...ride a horse!! The Dewitt Stables here in Mesa have 2 ponies that little kids can ride on their own and this time Mackenzie chose to ride Ruby. She even got a fun pink helmet to wear and couldn't wait to get going. She has such a love for horses, it is so cute! Garrett led the horse for awhile but when inside the arena she got to do it all on her own. It was good that we went in the morning as it got hot fast and she even left without a tear drop this time. We usually are bracing ourselves for a major meltdown, but she did great! 

Getting ready to rock and roll...

After the horse scared her by sneezing, she took him for a walk...

Miss Kenzie with Ruby!

Enjoying being a mom

So this is the first year since I started having babies that I have been lucky enough to be home everyday. I was a bit worried that my life would get boring and I would want to get out, but as I have learned that 2 kids are more time consuming than 1, I have much more to do at home. Between the nursing and diapers, dishes and laundry, shopping, and meal preperation, spending time with Kenzie, there doesn't seem to be enough time in a day to get it all done! This semster seems to busy super busy as Garrett is taking 19 credit hours and would have no time to help with the kiddos if I were working. We barely get to see him as it is! So, I am so grateful that I get to be home watching the sweet interaction of my girls, and the way in which they are growing and changing each day. My partriachal blessing says that the "most important job for me on this earth is to be a worthy wife and mother...". This reminds me what I need to be doing, whats most important, and that I can do alittle better everyday.

Paige is 2 months

Man, time is flying by!! She was 2 months last saturday and growing like a weed. Paige loves sleeping on her tummy and gets really antsy when she is ready to be laid down and left alone. She is still nursing and takes the bottle every 3 hours. When fed just a bottle she downs a whole 4 ounces in no time! She is a great eater! She has been smiling like crazy and starting to "coo" and talk to us. She loves daddy holding her and talking to her, but if he is wearing a hat, she does not like that at all!! She just looks at him very confused. Paige loves being held and cuddled when she wants to be. Her little muscles are getting stronger as she holds her head up pretty well. Garrett is ensuring a bicep workout as he holds her arms and she pulls in towards him. She is a very happy baby and we love her sweet disposition! In another week we have to start her vaccines, which are no fun at all for both of us. Pictures to come of my cute girl!!

What fun kenzie has holding her
"Paige Roof"as she would say!

What a cute little smile! She makes me melt each time I see it!

A crazy couple of months

So the last couple months we have seen more of the hospital than I care to have. I had the baby, then Garrett had hernia surgery, then one night I woke up with the worst pain of my life that would not go away so I went into the ER and found out I had gallstones. So an appointment with my general surgeon and a week later I was yet again back at the hospital getting my gallbladder removed. I had 4 small incisions for the camera and tools, and recovery was not so fun. My ribcage hurt super bad and percocets where my friends!! It has been almost 2 weeks since my surgery and I am back to normal. I am just awaiting the time when I can start my cardio and weights again!! As for now, no more hospital visits for awhile!!

Paige Updates

So I took her to the Dr. this week and poor little thing has a cold. Which entails congestion that leads to not sleeping well, spitting up more frequently (projectile),hard time breathing, and not nursing as well. On a better note she is getting better and we got her on a formula that is a bit thicker and she spits up way less!! FYI- putting 1 teaspoon of rice cereal in 2 oz. breastmilk also helps babies that spit up a lot or have acid reflux!!She weighed in at 9lb. 110z. WOW!! I guess she is making up for lost time!! These are some cute pictures I have of my Paigers!!

All of the following pictures are between 8/30-9/3/10 at 5 1/2 weeks

And I caught her cute smile!!

Ducks

So Kenzie and I were up early and decided to head to Freestone Park to go feed the ducks. When we got there we saw that the ducks were not on the pond but on a hill eating out of the grass. So luckily we didnt need to go far and started throwing small pieces of bread and they all started quacking and waddling our way! We had a ton of ducks quacking as we fed them and a few brave ones came right up and took a whole bun from kenzie's hand. After that, when they would come up Kenzie would just drop it in fear that they would bite her. After the feeding fest Kenzie decided to chase them all. pretty entertaining!

The 2 white ones were the brave ones who looked the most ragged of the group

My cutie and Me

Watch out ducks, here she comes...

Sweet Moments

Last night while I was trying to get Paige to sleep in our bed, Kenzie woke up and laid next to Paige, and stroked her head soo sweet and then put her arm over Paige and went back to bed. I wish I had a camera handy, but it just made my heart melt. I could just feel and see the sisterly love that Kenzie has for her little sister. I should have known because when we were driving home from the hospital Kenzie feel asleep in Paiges lap, in the car seat! i can also see it when Kenzie helps calm her down while I am getting a bottle ready by patting her tummy and and saying " hey hey, its ok " then Kenzie yells "mom, she getting fussy, she needs a bottle"! i hope and pray that they always will have a special bond, and love with eachother!! It just makes me feels so grateful and happy to see sweet momnets like that! Love you Kenzie and Paige!