What a long hard...and rewarding...5 months it has been! Mackinley was born on September 13, 2009, a whole 15 days early. Kelsey went out to brunch with her best friend Linnie that morning and Linnie called it - she said, you are having this baby this weekend. We will both learn to listen to our intuitive friends from now on :)
Mackinley was born healthy and alert at 6:03am and after a botched assessment with our labor nurse we had a rough few days in post pardom. It will be a life lesson to all of us that even though they wear a uniform and work in a hospital...they don't always have a brain. A serious word to the wise...if your labor & delivery nurse at Swedish is named Wendy...run, run far and fast and don't stop until you find another nurse!!!
We celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving, Kelsey's birthday, a magical Christmas and a happy New Year with our new little guy, it was quite a way to end 2009. Mackinley is now 6 days from turning 5 months old and we can't believe he's been with us for so long, the days go by so quickly it feels like he was born last week. Well minus the sleep deprivation. He has hit all of his milestones and seems to think both moms are pretty funny right now. We are just working through this last month of "little baby" time before we start rice cereal...I guess that means they are no longer newborns :(
Kelsey and Mac spend their days singing and playing and taking walks with ladies from our PEPS group. We also joined The Little Gym and while it was kinda pricey it seems like great fun for the next 20 weeks. We have been having fun with our neighbors Lisa and her baby Ava who was born just weeks after Mac. I hope we can be neighbors for a while because we think they will be great playmates.
Tami has been busy at work and finally finished her last certificate class for the time being! If you have been hanging out with us you know how exciting that is for all three of us!!!!
