On the Move

Makenna is starting to move around a lot on her stomach. She doesn't move forward, but she does move backwards. She is so funny because she scoots backwards and then gets upset that she is moving away from her toys. She has also gotten very good at moving in a circle. If I put her in the floor and go into the kitchen for just a minute and come back she will be facing the opposite direction that I put her. When we play with her in the floor she makes a complete circle several times in just a few minutes. She isn't crawling yet but I don't think that is far away. She pushes up on her stomach really well and has pushed up on all four for a few seconds several times. There have been a few times when she has scooted about half way across the floor. Although most times she doesn't cover a lot of ground, she moves a lot. A few months ago she hated being on her stomach and I had a really hard time getting her to be on her stomach for 5 minutes. Now she seems to really like it. Now we can play in the floor for a long time before she gets upset. She is growing so fast. Before I know it I'll be posting about her walking :(

No More Bumbo

A few weeks ago I came home from running errands and DJ told me that Makenna had fallen out of her bumbo. Thankfully she was sitting on the floor in the office while DJ was working on the computer. He said he didn't see how she fell he just saw her on the ground. Well a few days ago I found out how she fell out. I only put her in the Bumbo on the bed while I sit on the bed and fold clothes since I know she fell out a few weeks ago. I was sitting on the bed and she was at the head of the bed in the middle. I was folding clothes and watching TV and all the sudden Makenna was in my lap. How did that happen? So I put her back in it and watched her. She was trying to get in my lap and so she was leaning over the side trying to grab my shirt. With a few grunts and kicks of her leg (with her mouth hanging open) she was able to propel herself over the side of the Bumbo. I thought it was so funny. She just looked at me like, hi mom. I can't believe she is getting so big. She seems to be growing so fast, I can hardly keep up. So, needless to say, no more Bumbo.

Poop Explosion

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch next to Makenna. She made a cute face so I picked her up to kiss her. When I did I smelled poop. So I took her into her room and laid her on the changing table. When she put her legs up I could see the poop had leaked through her pants. So, I had an idea that this was going to be a big poopy, but really I had no idea! I took her pants off and when I did there was so much poop in her pants that some splattered on my shirt. Then I could see that her it had soaked through her onesie. So I unbuttoned her onesie and she had a HUGE mess of poop coming up the top of her diaper. It was in her belly button and smeared all the way to the top of her chest. Needless to say it took me a long time to clean it up. What made it harder was that I was laughing so hard I couldn't even see straight. Makenna kept looking at me like I was silly and would smile at me every now and then like "What is so funny Mommy?" I finally got her cleaned up and the clothes are still soaking in the sink. As Shannon said, "Oh the joys of motherhood."