An Eventful Week

It has been an exciting week in the Sabin household. First of all on Thursday the 25th Makenna turned one month old. I can't believe that a month has gone by already. When I was pregnant I remember wishing that time would move faster and now that she is here I wish it would slow down. The day after her one month "birthday" she had a Dr's appt and weighed in at 8 pounds 1 ounce. She had been what I thought was colicy but it turns out she had acid reflux. We got some medicine for her and it is as though we have a whole new baby. She still has her moments like every baby but nothing like it was. There was one day that she cried from noon until midnight. It was awful! I am so glad she is doing better. It broke my heart to see her so upset.

We also had our first "road trip" with Makenna to visit Nick's family in Gig Harbor. She did so good in the car, she slept most of the way. I learned a few good lessons to prepare for next time though, such as bring some pumped breast milk so we don't have to stop when she gets hungry. It took about an hour longer both ways with stops for feedings. Other than that I didn't forget anything! I was so proud of myself. Nick's family was so happy have Makenna there. For Nick's younger siblings it was the first time that they got to hold her and for Brook, he got to meet her for the first time.

Taylor (the youngest) was so funny with Makenna. She was the first baby he had ever held so he was a bit nervous. He asked a lot of questions about and how he can make her better. It was really cute!

Amie was so happy to be able to show Makenna off to her friends at church. She has been taking pictures to school and church to show her friends how cute she is. She is a very proud Auntie, and a natural with her.

Brook was extatic to finally get to meet her to say the least! Brook couldn't be there the night she was born because he is the lead in his high school's musical and he wasn't able to get out of rehearsal. When he came in the house he just said "where's the baby?" He didn't care that she was fussy he just wanted to hold her. He even ballroom danced around the living room with her to try and calm her down.

Kristin stopped by after work to see Makenna to! We always seem to cross paths when we are there so Nick and I were very happy to see her. Hopefully we'll see her hubby Ryan next time.

I realized I didn't get any pictures of Nick's mom with her this weekend, but here is Nick's dad with her. His dad is so funny, he tries to act like Makenna is no big deal but we know that he is a total sucker for her. You can tell just by the way he looks at her.

Our other exciting news is that Makenna's cord stump FINALLY fell off on Sunday night and now she has a cute little belly button!

To celebrate her cord stump falling off, she got to take her first REAL bath. No more sponge baths for her. She loved her bath. We didn't think about bringing her baby bath tub so we found a sink and it worked just fine.

This coming Sunday Makenna is being blessed. I'm excited to get her dressed up in her pretty white dress and have lots of family around. It will be a great day!