Carving Pumpkins at the Astill's!

The Astill's had us over for pizza and carving pumpkins- they also celebrated my birthday with cake and ice cream! We sure had a good time- as you can see with Mckell smiling in the picture below.. thanks Astill's!

Courtland using the power tool to carve his pumpkin

Carol and Andrew

Natalie and Allison carving their pumpkins

blowing out my candles

So funny- Mckell had her very first blow out at the Astill's and right on Courtland's dad! Ops! Sorry Riley!

So calm and happy because she just leaked through her cute outfit... not so cute!
Courtland's finished pumpkin- pretty good huh

another quick catch up- mostly for scrapbooking reasons...

Happy 6 weeks old Mckell! 10.27.09

Loving her super warm outfit- 6 weeks 1 day
Big eyes! Cute flower clip from Blake & Taryn and headband from Kathleenplaying with daddy

Kathleen came in town! Me and Mckell went up to her mom's house to celebrate Avree's first birthday! Kathleen had such a cute halloween birthday party for her- so fun! I can't believe how big Avree had gotten- they just grow so dang fast...Mckell loves tub time- she could stay in all night long. 6 weeks 2 days

little catchup update..

I know you probably don't care to know exactly how many weeks and days Mckell is in all the pictures, but I just want to know so when I go back to scrapbook I won't have to try to remember... anyway- lots of pictures!

3 weeks 4 days- holding her head up strong

3 weeks 6 days
3 weeks 6 days

4 weeks 2 days- I love this dress, it's my favorite of her outfitsCourtland thinks he can turn Mckell into a gamer... NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
4 weeks 6 days- getting so big!

Trying so hard to crawl... or just push with her legs- I love her little bummie

5 weeks 1 day- out on a walk in the cold, the hat is still a bit too bigOut other baby Lucy- I think she's been feeling neglected and not the center of attention anymore
Happy birthday to me! I turned 24 (so old to me, I still feel like I'm 18) on October 22, 2009! Mckell 5 weeks 2 days
5 weeks 3 days

Sort of liking her bumbo, but learning to keep her head up!

Love cuddling with my baby girl, 5 weeks 4 days

Can't get enough of our baby girl!

Pretty in purple for her three week picture!

Snuggling with daddy

I like the bow, and no I don't think it's too big for her head...

umm... yes

So looking at the last post and the huge bow I have on Mckell's head I do realize it is a bit big for her currently. However, if you could see it on her in person, it really doesn't look nearly as bad (trying to defend my bow while laughing because it truly does look ridiculous). Anyway, in the future I will make sure her bows aren't bigger than her head- for Jake. haha Actually... no guarantees but your comments have been considered, lol.

Mckell turned 2 weeks old on Tuesday!

Courtland turned 24 and Andrew returned home!

Courtland turned 24 last Saturday and his brother Andrew got home from Iraq that night! We went up to Courtland's parent's to celebrate.

Andrew holding Mckell for the first time, so cute

More pictures of our new life and little family!

My friends came over to my parent's house to visit and meet Mckell

Rachael, Jodi, Ali, Me, Mckell, Cassi, & Brock

Mckell is not your typical baby- most babies love to be wrapped up tight, but the trick to getting Mckell to sleep (especially at night) has been not to wrap her up at all. She likes her arms up by her head and to be able to kick her legs.

Second tip that helped get Mckell sleeping at night- jammies! We started gettting Mckell on a routine- warm bath, jammies, then feeding with the lights out and off to bed... works like a charm.

We tried giving Mckell her first bottle for some daddy daughter bonding time- I think they both enjoyed it!

Mckell's cord finally fell off.

Starting Mckell early on praying... jk

We sure love our baby girl- she's too much fun and we can't get enough of her!