Herpangina

Friday was a hard day. McKenleigh slept and cried or sat most of the day. If you know McKenleigh, then you know the is NOT normal. She is a VERY BUSY little girl, she only cries when she is hungry or tired, and is usually a big smiler. Well not today. She would smile and laugh, then cry and lay on my chest. She looked so sleepy and cried like she was in pain. She felt hot, so I took her temp and it was 101.9. So I called the doctor and off we go. I had given her Tylenol before we left for the doctor to help with the fever, and by the time we got saw the doctor she was all smiles. What a good little girl. They tried her temp. and it was up to 102.7. The doctor was so surprised she was in as good a mood as she was, with as bad as she felt. He looked in her ears, nose and mouth. Then told us she has Herpangina (nothing in common with Herpes) I was worried at first, but the doctor explained it was a viral infection that causes ulcers on the back of the mouth and throat. Poor girl. I am to give her Tylenol for the pain and she should be better in a few days. Well we made it 9 months and a week and her first illness needed no antibotics so I am happy. She has been happy, just very sleepy, not eating much and very snuggly (I must admit I like that part). She is feeling better and will be back to herself in no time.
She saw her new car and was thrilled, so...we took her for a ride. Here she is with a 102 fever, but still happy.

Addiction

I am willing to admit it, I am addicted to Consignment sales. I enjoy shopping at the baby boutiques as well, but finding so much stuff at such a great price is awesome. I went to one this morning and think I did well. I spent an hour and $125. I was pleased, we will see if Jason is...

Push car, 4 peg puzzles and an interesting standing toy she can crawl under.
(Don't tell her about the puzzles or car, they are for her Birthday)

10 outfits and 4 hats

11 outfits, white Keds($1) and hat and gloves


And my favorite!! 2 snowflake outfits that are 9 months and 12 months. She had one like it when she was newborn and I loved it. Now we have some for this year and one has never been worn, still has the tags. The other is an outfit with socks from Janie and Jack, I was able to find a few outfits today from there at a great price. Yeah!! At least it is a good addiction.

Ever wonder

what happens when Mommy walks out of the room for just a second. Well this is it.







Hi Mommy, I love my new toy!
(Granny Becky, she is wearing the life is good shirt you bought her on your last visit. It still fits =) )

Crutches, Roses and a Video camera

This week has been a crazy week. Wednesday night I was walking across the grass to church and stepped in a hole and 'pop,pop,pop' McKenleigh and I fell to the ground. Don't worry, McKenleigh is fine. She just started playing in the grass. Mom came down on Thursday to take care of McKenleigh and take me to the doctor (Bad sprain,not broken), and Jason stayed home on Friday. So... Thursday- Sunday I was on crutches. The experience of crutches and a 9 month old was interesting, but I think it was great for Jason. He had the responsibility of the house, the food, McKenleigh and all her needs. By Sunday night he was ready to go back to work and had a new appreciation for me and staying at home.

My foot- slowly looking better

Jason was so sweet. Red Roses have a very special meaning and are of special times. He took McKenleigh and they bought me some beautiful Red Roses to cheer me up. They have opened so nicely.

Sunday after church we were talking about how fast McKenleigh is growing up and how she will be walking soon, so we went and bought a video camera. Look out, many videos are in the near future.

Pictures

Here are some fun Pictures from September.

Jason and McKenleigh in their Purple

Sweet sleeping baby.

Playing with Ella's doll house ( notice the boo boo. She pulled her books of her bookshelf and
scratched her nose).

Still loves her toy corner.

Ready for the Big Game!

Playing Golf with Daddy and "Uncle" Don. She is determined to get that head cover.

Box from Granny Becky

McKenleigh relieved another fun box from Granny Becky (Jason's Mom) this week and I hate to say it, but I think she liked the box more than the gifts. However I was very excited about what was in it.









We got a great AU throw (with the temp. Jason keeps the house I will be using this), McKenleigh got a sweet AU outfit and Jason got a AU chips and salsa plate(not pictured, Jason grabbed it and took off).
Thank you Granny Becky and Eddie.

9 Months!!

McKenleigh is 9 months old today. I cannot believe she has been here for 9 months. She is a wonderful baby, and we are so blessed. I will add her bear picture, but here are a few wonderful things about our "doodle bug"

- She like to whistle, and whistles when she is happy, or calling the dog.
- She LOVES lady bug (the dog) She loves to give Lady food from her try and crawl up the chair to eat her. If she is crying for any reason, all we have to do is ask "where is your puppy" and she stops crying and looks for her.
-She still loves to suck her thumb, either one will do.
-She likes ducks and Jason's putter covers.
-She can walk down the sofa and step to the chair.
-She says da da all the time and if I say "Ma Ma" she say "Da Da" right back at me. This week her new sounds are Na and the first part of Dog- "Do", we haven't gotten the "g" sound yet.
-She knows the meaning of No and will look and you and grunt when you tell her no.
-She never meats a stranger. At church she will go to the friends behind us and we will walk away and she doesn't care.
-Her favorite books are Dr. Seuss- Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. and the two book made by
Grandma- The Caskey family ABC, and The Beach .
McKenleigh you are a blessing and a joy to us all. Your smile lights up a room. We love you.

Other things in the family...

...Let's face it, many of these post over the past several months have been about McKenleigh...and that makes perfect sense. She is the center of many things in our world, but what else have we been doing?

(OK, before we go any further, yes I am writing this not Marie. I know, I know; I'm over 30 and Republican but what can I say? Let's just agree that Marie has been a positive influence in more ways than one and leave it alone. agreed?)

Well, if you read the Drudge Report (BTW, Drudge is the only place for news...sometimes Mom will ask if I have seen a particular news story...I tell her if it wasn't on Drudge I probably missed it and really didn't need to know about it anyway); anyway, back to my story. If you read the Drudge report, you may have noticed we are having a little gasoline shortage in Nashville. Well, it is in Franklin too & for three counties around us. Since the refinery infrastructure in this country is so dangerously thin a single Cat 2 hurricane can knock it out, everyone in Nashville started filling up last week, and filling, and filling, and filling their gas cans, and filling. Anyway, we went through double the gas over the last week starting a bit of a panic on Friday morning. By this afternoon, we are empty.

This wouldn't be so bad, but both our cars were getting very low...so I came up with a plan. I called Terry and asked if they would bring a couple of gas cans from Hopkinsville on their way through Nashville. My car is now nearly full and when Terry and Kenda come back through tomorrow on their way home, I'll have a little extra horded in the garage...I swear it is really Lord of the Flies out there. But we should be fine for the next week until the supply catches up (or the "Chosen One" lifts his hands and sends us more gasoline - All Hail Obama, may his greatness live forever).

We also started working as coaches with the 7th graders at church. With over 200 kids in the youth group, it is an impossible task for the youth ministers to be able to stay up with all of them. So they have six coaches, three men and three women, per age. We have committed to being with these kids until they graduate high school. So far we have had a blast. We did a bit of team building last Sunday afternoon and I nearly fell over laughing when one of the girls made a deadpan observation about 7th grade boys; apparently they smell...

I wanted to tell her they would start taking showers in a few years, but decided to hold off...it was very funny though.

Auburn started playing football & since the games are a little too close for comfort, I don't think Marie has seen more than a dozen plays this season. She is a great addition to the Auburn family; she gets physically ill if Auburn isn't ahead by a comfortable margin...I love it!

We went to the start of the Symphony season Last Friday; it was the first concert we have attended in the past three years where we enjoyed the entire performance. Sir James Galloway brought his flute and at the end of the scheduled performance he started playing a few Irish folk tunes with the orchestra including Danny Boy. It was a wonderful concert and a long ovation from the attendees.

Well, I guess that is enough from me, I'll let Marie get back to the regularly scheduled McKenleigh updates.

Baby Box!

You have heard of a cat box and a dog box, well here is our baby box. When I need some time to my self or need to run an errand and want tp make sure McKenleigh is safe, I just put her in her box and let her play.
Just kidding.
We have a box in the office we put Lady in , when we leave the house. McKenleigh has shown some interest in the cage for a week or so, then the other day she decided to check it out. Here she is moving in on Lady's territory. Lady just sat there watching her, then gave her a few kisses.




She took and empty water bottle in the box with her, I guess she needed a toy.

Da Da and Whistle

Here is a video of our messy faced doodle bug. She is sleepy, so a little fussy, but it is her bed time. She is so funny, when I say Momma she says da da almost every time. She is trying to look around the camera to see me, then at the end, we are showing off out talent of whistling. Jason and I both whistle quite a bit, and she has picked it up. Most of the time if you whistle at her she will whistle back. Enjoy.

Tongue

She found her tongue. She walks around sticking her tongue out and it is so cute...for now, hopefully she will grown out when she is older.

New Background

I have added a new background, and a friend said all she could see was black. Can you see the new back ground and words or do I need to delete the background?

I have added a new background, and a friend said all she could see was black. Can you see the new back ground and words or do I need to delete the background?

New Trick!!

She's a climber! Look what She can do.




Here she is in action just for Uncle Adam.

Baby Book

Here is a post for our family that lives far away. This is some of the pages from McKenleigh's baby book we worked on over the weekend. I have more pages to do, and I need to write on the pages, but here is a glimpse.

working on her room

One of McKenleigh's showers

BIG BELLY! but only gained 24 lbs.

Wonderful Pictures taken by Katie Mosley-mkm photography

It took 6 months to agree on a name, these are what we narrowed it down to.

Our little girl's first picture and our first family picture.




War Eagle! Our little Tiger.















First flight and trip to Montana