Week 6

Makena has had a lot of family visitors! Here is her sweet Aunt Jennifer and cousin Jace. Jace loves to look at and softly touch his little baby cousin. He giggles at her tiny toes and loves to feel her hair.

Makena loves to look at the blinds as light comes in through the cracks. She could look at that for hours! She also LOVES her play gym. She kicks her legs and swipes at the hanging toys with her hands.
It is super cute to watch how much she loves that thing!

I have been sitting with her in front of a mirror and having her look at her and my reflection. She has really seemed to enjoy that too. She likes to look at herself when I hold up a mirror.

 Makena has recently discovered her tongue! She is always playing with it, pulling it in and out of her mouth. It is super cute!

 Makena is an excellent eater and sleeper at night! She eats every 3 hours during the day and averages about 5 oz. About a week and a half ago we stopped waking her up every 3 hours to feed during the night and have just let her wake up on her own. At first she was quite happy waking every three hours, but then she went to a four hour stretch, then five, and now she has gone six hours twice! Even then she cries, we feed her, put her back down, and she sleeps another three to four hours! She has her night and days figured out pretty darn well. Her naps during the day are a little more rough, but has no problem just eating and sleeping through the night. We have been implementing a lot of the BabyWise schedule for feed, play, sleep, repeat, until night just feed and sleep. Also, trying to get a full feeding in each time she eats so she isn't just "snacking". She is a healthy little baby and doesn't cry very much at all. We are very grateful!

Tyler just finished his teaching portfolio and has applied for graduation!!! WOOOHOOO!!! So he is done with school...until he gets his Masters, but he is planning on waiting a couple years. He has really had to discipline himself to get it all done so fast. He has been extremely motivated and I am so proud of him!!!

We are planning on staying in Utah one more year and then we will try to get jobs in Wyoming, Alaska, or somewhere overseas. We love Utah and the four seasons and the mountains, but the teacher pay and retirement just isn't there, so if anyone has some good connections for us please let us know!! :)

I start teaching again May 6th. Tyler's sister Emily will be coming over to nanny until the end of the school year. I am thrilled about this!! Then we will have the summer to be together and she won't have to start daycare until August! :) Also, we found a daycare that is about a two minute drive from the school so we can go visit during our lunch break and pick her up right after school and go back to finish prepping for the next day. :) So things are working out. :)

We are so in love with our sweet little baby! Everything she does is adorable! Tyler is such a good father and has been completely smitten since the first few minutes of her life when she grabbed onto his finger with her sweet little hand. I am so grateful for the ability to feel love and to have these family relationships on Earth!