McKenon is one month!

McKenon is a month! Wow...time goes quickly. Life is busy, hectic and I wish I had a little more time to enjoy my growing boy. He is doing well except he has a pretty bad cold (courtesy of his brothers). He is not sleeping as well as last week because he is sick but we are managing. He is starting to smile and really putting on weight now.


First smiles

To add a little more about the illness in our house, Lachlan came down with a cold early last week. It wasn't very bad just a stuffed up nose. Cohen got it Thursday and McKenon got it on Saturday. Well on Monday it got much worse for Lachlan. Yesterday, Cohen felt worse and had a fever. Lachlan's eye started getting red last night and today it was swollen shut (pink eye). Cohen has a sore ear this morning. So we are off to the doc here soon. When it rains it pours! I am just hoping Drew and I can avoid getting this! Nobody said this Mom stuff was easy!

I keep forgetting to add this funny that Cohen says. If I am nursing Mack and someone comes over or calls he says "My Mom is milking the baby"...cracks me up!

Time does fly!

Today we had Lachlan's 6-year well-child checkup. I know he has been 6 for almost a month but I sort of feel like I missed it considering his baby brother came 24 hours later and 9 days late! He is such a big boy now. He talked so big to the doctor telling him all about school, his teacher and his brothers. It was cute (I won't tell you how the shots went, however).

Something I read on Renea's blog has been on my mind since I read it "The days are long but the years are short"...so true. I can agree some of the days are long but the years pass so quickly...how have we been married for 12 years and how is Lachlan 6? They are years filled with wonderful memories, but they have passed so quickly!

I have been taking it easy (or trying). It is really hard to take it easy when you have to feed, drive, put to bed etc. every day, all day. I did develop mastitis, which I had not had with Lachlan or Cohen. Not fun (speaking of long days)! Luckily, Mom was there to help again (thanks Mom)! I am feeling better today but still not 100%. Hopefully, I won't get it again, but if so I will be armed with an herbal remedy if I start to feel it come on.

McKenon has been sleeping really well. I realized that he is a very noisy sleeper so once I stopped tending to the noise he has been great. He sleeps 5-6 hours straight, nurses then 3-4 more. No complaints here. A rested woman is a happy woman! I am so enjoying this time with a sweet baby again.

At the zoo last Saturday. It was so cold this was the only picture I took!
Mack 3 weeks old

Miscellaneous photos

McKenon is growing like a weed, and I can tell his face has really filled out. He has his fussy moments in the evening but does fairly well during the day. He is also sleeping good at night. I usually get a great stretch of about 4-6 hours first then another 3 so I can't complain too much.

Apparently I have been doing too much though. My midwife put me on bedrest for 24 hours. I really felt like cleaning the entire house, doing my workout DVD and making a pot roast dinner was okay two weeks postpartum, but yesterday I started bleeding heavy...so here I sit waiting for Mom to come help me (have I mentioned I am not one to ask for help?). I just need to learn to take it easy...but it is very hard when you have 3 boys...they certainly know nothing about bedrest. So until tonight and for the next week or so no more exercise. I guess even though I feel like doing my body hasn't caught up.

Here are some recent pictures:

First bath...he loved it.


Fell asleep in the swing

Being a Mom...best job in the world (most days)

What can I say except I am in love with my new baby. I really think he is the most adorable baby ever. He doesn't sleep much during the day...I don't really care. He loves to be held most of the time...I love it too (most of the time). I am just in awe of him. Here he is my third boy and he is just as precious as the first 2. I am so glad God gave us this great capacity to love. It is truly amazing. I am so very thankful I get to stay home and be a mom.

The other night at meeting everyone asked what the baby's name was Cohen answered "Mackie-doodle". That is one for his baby book. Lachlan always thinks McKenon is trying to tell him something "Mom he said "Oh" or "Mom he is smiling at me" it is so cute that they love their brother as much as Mom and Dad. They have also been teaching him all about excavators and tractors.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
The boys teaching Mack a little about excavators

A little snooze in the bouncer

New pictures and update

Today McKenon's friend Graham came to visit. I went to see Graham when he was about 1 week old 6 weeks ago...he was the same size then as McKenon...oh how they grow!
Laura & Myra
Timothy & McKenon
Kyle & McKenon



Nicole & McKenon
We are adjusting to McKenon. Everything is going fairly smoothly with exception of dinner time. Why is it that no matter what every child needs me right when I am preparing dinner (and I've just had to heat meals up)? McKenon seems to be a little fussy in the evening too. He is sleeping well at night as long as he is close to me. I am doing well too. I feel like I am recovering, and today I am wearing my pre-pregnancy clothes. They say the average weight gain is 7 lbs during the holidays...I was able to drop 19! We've had a lot of company and meals brought over (thanks everyone) which is REALLY appreciated!

Here are some new pictures. He is gaining weight and weighed 8lbs 10 oz last Friday.

McKenon Riley

Here are some pictures of McKenon and him with the family. We are settling in with life with a newborn. Drew and I are both tired, and of course Lachlan and Cohen have tons of energy! It is fun to see how sweet they are with their baby brother. They are just in awe of him!

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