My Beautiful Grandchild

What a beautiful baby Mackinzie is.. I just love to hold her and kiss her. Demaree is doing so good and is being a great mom.. she doesn't want to leave her anywhere... and that's good considering her age. She could be like most young moms and want to leave the baby and go do stuff, have fun, etc.. But wherever Nathan and Demaree go, Mackinzie goes. Nathan is a great dad too, he's very attentive with her, and does more than he probably should (midnight stuff) since he works and Demaree doesn't. They are both being such wonderful parents. I'm very proud of them both!

Here are some pictures of the little princess:

Mackinzie Mia

Baby Mackinzie Mia arrived Thursday, October 15th at 8:08 p.m. via c-section after a long 27 hours of Demaree trying to dialate, she only got to 5 then because of all the pain meds, started to go backwards.. Never heard of that before, but that's what Nathan said. Instead of going forward, she went backwards and her doctor said that's it.. c-section.

Mackinzie weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, 18 inches long. Very tiny and oh so adorable! Tiny cute little features and she cried like a tiny mouse.. barely made any sound when she cried.

Demaree is now home and trying to get the hang of breast feeding, it's hard for her, Mackinzie was given the bottle because of one of the meds Demaree was on, she needed to get it out of her system before she could try.. and by that time, she had already gotten used to the bottle, instant satisfaction. So Demaree is pumping so that she can get more milk while she continues to try and bottle feed.. she is sad to hear her cry because she is so hungry.. I don't blame her. ( I did that with my last.. I only breastfed Allison for about 3 weeks.) And, OHH, does she get mad! LOL Now she is crying!! lol

I have lots of pictures that Nathan (daddy) is going to send me, as soon as I get them, I'll post them.. I can't wait to share, she's adorable.. (she looks like Demaree when she was a newborn).

Baby Shower

Baby Shower: Check!

It's over and I immediately feel less stressed.. although the food didn't turn out like I had wanted and I spent way too much money, I'm glad it's over. Having 25+ people in my home at one time was hard on me, I really don't like being around alot of people, plus playing games and being in the center and talking, I shutter to think how I managed!

Demaree did get lots of great gifts for the baby. Needed to return just one item because she had already gotten it at the other baby shower. Only ONE "quiet" incident with ONE, or really TWO people who I thought would have behaved given them being in someone else's house, but of course, why should they... it's how they are.. but we got through it without it being noticed by anyone else but me and Demaree.. I think... no one has said anything about it since the shower. Next family event.. they are NOT invited! lol

Food Issues: The nachos, I bought the wrong brand and the cheese sauce looked like "crap" and really didn't taste much better.. very bad! I felt horrible because almost everyone was really looking forward to them. Good thing I made a 7-layer dip which was almost all gone by the end of the night! Chicken Salad Sammies: I guess not too many people like it... I think it was the red and green bell pepper.. I don't know, they didn't go quickly and I had lots left over... gave lots away and had to throw alot out too.. such a waste!

Next issue: Getting my checkbook back in order AND help get the babys nursery all fixed up and ready to go. The baby will be here in no time.

Baby Shower Update

It's coming fast!!!

I'm afraid that I'm spending way too much money.. but I dont know what else to do? No one else can help me.. My mom bought a few of the prizes.. I bought the rest of them and all the decorations and supplies.. I made a list of the food to buy, omg... there goes our food for the week money.. Yikes, I'm in trouble! I haven't even thought about the cake.. I will need to do that at the end of next week..

Freecycle Really Works!

When I first joined freecycle, I thought, why are these people just giving stuff away when you could sell it and make a few bucks.. Well, I'm glad they DO! I put up a offer ad and a wanted ad.. Got people to take what I was offering.. got one bite on the wanted ad, which was a fridge, we need a fridge for the garage for the baby shower..

One gentleman emailed me and said he had one, but that he couldn't just give it away, he wanted $50, which wouldn't have been so bad only he didn't have electricity because he was about to move out... but HOW would we be able to tell it really worked? So I backed out of that one..

While I was talking to the girl about pickup arrangements for the item we were offering, I was telling her about the fridge thing and she said she has a fridge that her Mom didn't need anymore that was just sitting in her backyard, that they were just going to haul it off.. I said I WANT IT! lol So, we delivered the item to her and picked up the fridge last night! Yeah, it needs cleaning, but at least we can use it for the party.... and we don't either have to rent one, buy one or go without, which was going to happen at this point..

So I'm thankful for FREECYCLE at this point! Thanks to Stacy and her husband Jose for being so nice and not abducting and killing us last night, LOL