Makenna smiled at me and said,
"Daddy home, Big Doggie night night Makenna, okay?"
A quick learner that one.
We were lucky enough to have both sets of parents come to town for the blessing. We are so grateful that they made the effort to come support us. Thank you for making the weekend so special!
While we were in Omaha for Christmas, my dad compared Makenna's personality to that of a dog. I know that probably sounds weird, but in a lot of ways it is true. Makenna is VERY social, and loves to be where the action is. (Is my child the only one who BEGS to go to nursery?) She is sometimes shy when she meets new people, but warms up within a few minutes. She is full of energy, and doesn't often sit still for long. She loves all kinds of physical activity: running, jumping, spinning, dancing, anything.Makenna is also a very polite child (most of the time). She is good with her pleases and thank yous, but my favorite things to hear her say are, "Blesses Baby Hudson" whenever she hear him sneeze, or "Excuse you (insert name)" whenever she hears someone burp.
Lately Makenna has been saying some funny things too. Yesterday after finding an open can of pop in the fridge, and helping herself, she said, "MMMMM pop juice! Yummy in my Tummy!"
On Sunday she climbed onto the couch with me and John, and pointed to my cheek, and said, "Look Momma, chocolate on your face!" Confused, I asked John if there was chocolate on my face, and he said that Makenna was pointing to one of my freckles.
I pretty much just love my little girl, and want her to stay little forever...is that too much to ask?
Hudson has been such a GOOD baby. While we were in Omaha, I started calling him my "Angel Baby" because he really is such an angel. He is usually only fussy when he is either tired or hungry, and other than that, he seems to have such a calm, sweet disposition. Makenna has a LOT of energy, so it is nice that Hudson is so calm, he even tolerates Makenna's constant love and attention (which isn't always the most gentle) incredibly well.
Hudson has also been a great sleeper in most ways. He has been great in that he can put himself to sleep (with the aid of his binki) and doesn't need me to hold or rock him to sleep. I do sometimes just because I want to, but I often will just lay him down when he starts acting tired, and he will go to sleep on his own. He also has done really well with his days and nights. He has never been wide awake for any extended amount of time during the middle of the night, but instead just wakes up to eat, and then goes right back to sleep.
This brings me to the one area of sleep that we are still working on...the waking up to eat part. For the most part, Hudson still wakes up every 3 hours to eat at night. He will sometimes give me a 4 hour stretch, and a few times has done a 5 or 6 hour stretch, but usually he is up every 3 hours. I know he is little still, so I am not expecting him to sleep 12 hours every night, but it would be nice to have a 5 or 6 hour stretch on a more regular basis.
My friend just loaned me the miracle blanket tonight, which she said helped her baby sleep longer at night, and although I felt like I was putting him in a straight jacket, I used it when I put him to bed tonight, so we'll see how that goes.
