Mackenzie's First Ear Infection : (

After a year of only a few small colds, Mackenzie has gotten her very first real sickness. She had been really fussy at night for the past week and that is not like her at all. She usually sleeps right through the night with no problem at all. At first, we thought it was just teething because she is getting 4 of her molars in right now. However, she also started to be really fussy during the day. I knew something else had to be wrong at that point. I called the doctor on Friday to see what we should do and they recommended that we come in. The nurse on the phone said that babies can sometimes develop an ear infection while they are teething, so she wanted to have the doctor take a look at Mackenzie's ears before the weekend began. I took her in and sure enough, she had an ear infection along with a slight infection on her gums where her top molar is trying to come through. He put her on Amoxicillin for 10 days and a Probiotic as well so that the antibiotic does not kill all of her good bacteria which can cause things such as a yeast infection. I am relieved because I thought I was going to have a hard time giving her the medication. It is very hard trying to give her PolyViSol (Vitamin D supplement) because she hates the taste. I have to mix it with juice to get her to take it. That is why I was a little concerned, but she loves the bubble gum taste of the Amoxicillin. Hopefully my little princess will start to feel better soon. I hate seeing her in pain. She is normally in such good spirits and I am ready to see that side of her back. I am glad we caught this before Mary Kathryn gets here.

Mackenzie's Birthday Bash!

So, Mackenzie's birthday party turned out to be a resounding success!!!! I was a little worried that morning because it was cloudy and misty, but by the time the party rolled around, it was in the mid 70's and sunny! We had the entire party outside, so it was very important that the weather cooperate. I did a princess theme for Mackenzie. She had a tall Princess cake and a small smash cake that matched the big one. When it was time for her to eat her cake, she dug in and threw most of it on the ground. I don't think she understood she could eat it. It was so fun to watch! Doug wanted a keg for all the adults and I think they were very pleased with that decision. We had cheese and pepperoni pizza for food. The kids played in the sand and water table my mom got for Mackenzie and we also had a bubble machine going. I put a bunch of toys in the family room for the kids to play with in case they got bored with outside, but what was I thinking? HAHA! That did not happen at all!! Tollie Medley, a friend in the neighborhood, was nice enough to let us borrow her outside tables and chairs she bought for her son's first birthday. I am so glad we had those! It worked out perfectly. I decorated each table with a bundle of pink balloons. For party favors, I gave out little bags filled with animal crackers, bubbles, a party blower, coloring book and crayons. That went over VERY well! The kids seemed to love the bubbles! We had some left over animal crackers, so Mackenzie and mommy have been enjoying those. Mackenzie only opened one of her birthday gifts while her guests were here because she started to get really tired. We put her down for a nap and Doug and I opened the rest of the gifts after everyone left. We got sooooo many nice things!!!! I think I was more excited about opening the gifts than she was. HAHA. We were so happy the party went so well and even more happy that we had so many nice friends and family to celebrate with!!!!!!!!!! We don't have too much longer till Miss Mary Kathryn arrives and we can go through all of this again! : )

Our Little Girl is ONE!!!!!

Well, Miss Mackenzie turned ONE today!!!!!! Time has really flown by this past year and Mackenzie keeps changing and learning more and more each day! We had a great day today! I made her some cheese eggs and blueberry muffins for breakfast this morning and then we ran some errands to get ready for her big birthday bash on Saturday. Tonight, we went to Max and Erma's for her birthday dinner. My parents, Doug's parents, Leslie and Mackenzie's cousins Caroline and Chase joined us. Mackenzie had a child's pizza and fruit for dinner, but she spit out most of it. HAHA! I think she was just really excited about everyone being there. They have an ice cream bar for the kids at at the restaurant, so we gave Mackenzie some vanilla ice cream. She seemed to really love that! The restaurant staff came out and sang Happy Birthday to her and she clapped her hands and smiled really big. They had one little candle in a scoop of ice cream. She of course did not understand how to blow it out, but she loved looking at it. Caroline and Chase both gave Mackenzie really sweet cards and Caroline colored a special little picture for Mackenzie. We had a great time and can't wait to celebrate with all of our friends and family this weekend!!!!!!!