Super busy next couple of weeks! But relief at the end of the tunnel...

Warning! Picture overload!

Total model shot..

For Easter we visited the Astill's and the Rabe's

traditional Easter egg hunt at the Rabe's for gift certificates and chocolate eggs- my favorite! Thanks mom and dad!

Couldn't get one with Mckell's eyes open- Thanks for the super cute dress Blake and Taryn!

The Jr Core is FINALLY coming to an end here in two weeks and I can not express how extremely excited and relieved I am! The Jr Core is BYU's first year of hell they put you through in their accounting program. And yes I mean hell because they can make your life that way because their program is ranked #1 in the nation. I used to think I was a decently smart or above average student until I went through this program and my self confidence got knocked down a few levels. However I am proud to say I am almost done and made it out alive! (most of you are thinking to yourselves 'big deal it's college', but seriously one of the hardest times in my life) Anyway, I have less than two weeks left of oral and comprehensive exams and then on to a fun filled summer! My first stop is Wisconsin to visit Jake, Jill, and their boys and I'm so excited! Get ready for some girls to even out the score there Jake! haha Then I will be flying into Nashville for a couple days at Ben and Kendra's for a visit until Courtland picks Kell and I up to continue on to Knoxville for a couple months.

6 month stats and a visit to Grandma Jeane

So we took Mckell in for her 6 month check-up and she is still such a tiny peanut!

weight: 13lbs, 4th percentile

height: 26inches, 58.4 percentile

head circumference: 16.5inches, 35th percentile

The only number I'm a little concerned with is Mckell's weight. At 2 months Mckell was in the 24th%, 4 months 10th%, now 6 months 4th%- should I be concerned? My pediatrician didn't think much of it, but I'm thinking that's not a good sign. For now I'm just going to start feeding her baby food at 3 of the feedings along with breastfeeding- any other suggestions?

On Sunday we stopped at my grandma Jeane's house for a visit and of course she had her famous homemade white chocolate easter eggs ready for us! She is such an amazing woman- love you grandma Jeane!

My perfect easy baby is finally (and I don't mean that in a good tone) turning into a "normal" baby. She is starting to get sassy and tell me her mind. It was pretty cute at first... but not so cute anymore- I'll have to post a video latter to show what I mean. But I know what you're all thinking, I still have no idea what it's like to have a "normal" let alone a "bad"? baby.

My baby is 6 months old already! AHHH!!!

Look at me mom, I can stand all on my own! Well... sort of

Still LOVING tub time

Going through the "I only like my parents" phase. Every time someone comes to visit, Mckell starts crying. I don't know if we need to take her out more to expose her to more people or what but when it's just me and Courtland and one or a couple people visit, she freaks out. But she does just fine at church and at the store?

Mckell has discovered her voice.. and I'm not sure I'm completely loving it..

The first video is of Mckell doing this new noise/mouth thing, not really sure what to call it. Kind of funny.

The second video is Mckell's outbursts of yells- very funny at first... not so sure how funny anymore- well, it just makes it hard to study and do homework.

Big thanks to my mom and Courtland's mom for coming down to Provo and helping out these past weeks! It's been kind of crazy around here because Courtland has been flying back and forth from San Jose, California for second round interviews with 3 of the big 4 accounting firms for summer internships. So far he has heard back from PWC and KPMG with offers so it looks like we will be spending part of the summer in California. We haven't decided if Mckell and I will go too because we're assuming it will be a lot easier to find just a room for him to rent vs a whole apartment for all of us (and a lot cheaper)! Summer internships are usually 6-8 weeks. So for the first half of the summer we will be in Knoxville, TN with APX again doing the sumer sales thing and then depending on when the internship is we (or most likely just Courtland- Mckell and I will just go back to Utah) will be in San Jose, California for the rest of the summer. Needless to say it's going to be a crazy summer with lots of packing and moving around and I HATE HATE packing! But I'm so proud of Courtland for getting offers- I have such a smarty for a hubby!

On the downside... I'm really not a big fan of California. Why you ask? I'm not really sure I just have a bad taste about it but it looks like that's where we will be moving once we're both done with school for at least 5 years! BLAH!!! I wish we were staying in Utah forever but I did promise Courtland I would try to be a good sport so any positive things people have to say about San Jose I'm all ears! (Just don't say you'll be close to the beach because that really doesn't entice me much.) But after those 5 years, I'm praying we'll come back to Utah. I really want to raise our family here, it's just not the same anywhere else. (guess I'm a bit bias) But I'm very stubborn and eventually we WILL be living in Utah, for sure at least when Mckell is older and friends become a big part of kids lives.

Much needed update

Can you say all girl?

How can this possibly be comfortable?? So Lucy has turned back into puppy mode and I'm going crazy! She is chewing everything all of a sudden and I don't know why? Any tips on how to break her habit.. again?

First time eating baby food (0ther than rice cereal) and we decided to start with peas... wait for it..

Don't think she loved it! haha but after a few nights of eating peas, she now gobbles them right down.

Mckell's I know what's coming face... food!

Who does Mckell look most like? Mommy above or... Daddy! I love this picture of Courtland and Mckell! They are making the exact same face! Could she look any more like Courtland? I don't think she looks like me, not even a little.

Classic Mckell face!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

For Valentine's Day Saturday we went to dinner at Olive Garden and to New Moon at the dollar movies after. Mckell was so good the whole time and slept through the whole movie- I seriously have the best baby ever!

Mckell in her cute Valentine's outfit.
Courtland got us tickets to the Ballet for Valentine's- pretty cute right! And the cookie (that I couldn't wait to eat) said NA + CA = MA.. cute husband.

I came home from school one morning and found this- the worst part about going back to school is missing the little things. I had no idea Mckell was holding and feeding herself.

The cutest sound in the world...

We've been doing lots of silly things to get this little girl to give us a little giggle but we finally discovered what really gets her going- She loves Lucy!  It's the cutest thing and he goes for our first video post.

Mckell has discovered her toes and is lovin them!

Mckell has insisted since she was born to not be wrapped up tight but to be sprawled out in bed- she gets that from me!

Can't forget about Lucy..

At Mckell's 4 month check up the doctor said we should start giving Mckell rice cereal then veggies and fruits.  So although I didn't really want to, I tried giving her a little rice cereal.  Most of it ended up in the bib, which was to be expected.  But I decided I think I want to wait awhile longer to feed her anymore.  Anyone else have any thoughts on when they started feeding their baby other foods??

Courtland was late getting home from class one day and I had to get to school for an appointment so Mckell and I braved the cold and walked to school.  She loved every minute of it.

Mckell also has recently found her thumb and index finger... hopefully it doesn't stick!

We went to visit our friend's Dana and Justin who just had a baby- He weighed the same as Mckell when she was born.  I swear she was never that tiny!  What a stud!

Since I have gone back to school and Courtland has been spending his mornings watching Kell they definitely have a more special bond- so cute!  The best thing in the world is to see a daddy so attached to their baby!

Mckell's 4 month check-up stats!

We took Mckell in for her 4 month check-up, you never really understand when people say they grow SO fast!  She's still a little peanut but I can't believe I've been a mom for 4 months now.. and I'm loving it and ready for a sister or brother!!  Don't worry my husband is more reasonable and not insane and says we have to wait..

Anyway- these were her stats:

Weight: 11.7 lbs and 10th percentile

Length: 24.5 inches and 56th percentile

Head Circumference: 15.9 inches and 33rd percentile

My cute friend Kathleen made her the tutu, headband, and bow and gave her the leggins.  So fun- and she was lovin eating the tutu- Thanks Kathleen!

so little time and so many updates...

Mckell's hair is getting a little longer- but definitely not long enough to do anything with it yet.. don't worry I'm not a fan of mohawks on girls, I was just messing around.

She's been wearing her self out with various activities..

She's been rolling over for awhile now

She's started to laugh- cutest thing ever!

She's now wearing 3-6 month clothing and I'm loving all her new outfits.

BIGGEST CHANGE:  I went back to school this semester!  It is really hard for both Courtland and I to be in school- I don't know how people do it with kids but we're surviving so far!  I go to class from 8-11am and Courtland has classes 12:30-4pm.  Plus we both have a lot of group work projects we have to do outside of class.  We just take turns watching Mckell- sometimes having to take her to school with us (not class, just group work meetings)- we're not that much of BYU zoobies!  My mom comes down on Tuesdays to help out too- so we're managing.  After the first week I begged Courtland to let me quit- but he wouldn't and I'm sure I'll be glad when I'm FINALLY graduated.

And of course, Courtland's friends are still coming over all the time- Adam just moved about a block away- oh boy!

Mckell's almost sitting on her own

It's going to be a hard next couple of months- pray I get through it!  Thank goodness for Nick Jr on Demand- Mckell's loving watching tv... I feel bad but I have to get my homework done somehow!