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K only had one meltdown this morning and it was over in less than 5 minutes so that was good! It was so nice to wake up to a happy baby instead of a fussy one this morning! Praying it wasn’t just luck and the mylicon is actually working for her. 

We had a hectic morning trying to pack up to leave town as I realized I forgot to make arrangements for the dogs. We got it worked out, but that added dropping them off to my to do list. I also went back to coaching this morning. Thank goodness for bows because I threw one on her to pretend like she was wearing clothes instead of still in her PJs.   

She usually wakes up around 6:30-7a to eat. Go figure this morning she woke up at 6 which meant she’d want to eat again around 9, right when I had to coach. We made it work! 

This afternoon we drove up to Daytona for a wedding rehearsal dinner and K spent the evening with her grandma, B. She got to meet her cousins for the first time! B sent me updates throughout the night and after she ate, Kens basically slept basically the whole time. 

It was quite the busy day and now we are finally all settled into the the hotel. Here’s to hoping Kensie wants to sleep tonight and sleep in tomorrow because I’m one tired momma! 

What a day! Kensie slept AMAZING last night and was such a sweet cuddle bug this morning. However, once she woke up it was a whole different ball game. 

I feel like a lot of times we only see happy baby/kid posts and we don’t share the real nitty gritty of it. I didn’t start this blog to only share the “best” moments but to share the real ones. So, for all the mommas out there that have a baby who’s screamed it out – I’m right there with you! This little girl is amazing and sweet and cuddly and sleeps through the night – but sometimes she is not so happy and she has a SERIOUS set of lungs in her. 

Last week when Kensie had her fussy fits it was in the evening. She wakes up with gas a lot and gets fussy, but this morning was a whole new level. If I wasn’t holding her, she was full out screaming. Once I picked her up it still took a while to settle her down. 

I had all these plans of doing laundry, running errands, getting some work done at Starbucks and packing for the weekend – HAHA!! I didn’t even get a coffee today…

​Eventually I got her to relax for a few minutes and she hung out on the “recliner” I made her while I got some work done. 

Once she was over that, we changed her diaper and she finally stopped sweating (from screaming 🙄) so we got her dressed and she took a power nap. 

We even got some strength training in while Kensie practiced her push ups on me! 

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I also made it to the gym today…but my workout wasn’t nearly as impressive as hers. 

K just started the probiotics and she’s been taking gas drops but a friend of mine told me she used Mylicon for her baby boy when he had the same gas issues so we are giving that a go! Both times I gave it to her tonight she seemed to be okay after she ate. Fingers crossed! 

Welp, Kensie managed to poop out of the FRONT of her diaper this morning, so that was eventful…

I had my 6 week check up today and was officially cleared to workout. I can’t squat with weight yet and have to take lifting extremely light and slowly build back up. Today I did rowing, burpees and a lifting complex of hang power cleans and shoulder to overhead at 65lb. It felt okay, but I can definitely tell a difference in my core (or lack there of). 

Kensie was such a good baby today traveling all over with me to my appointment, lunch with daddy, some shopping and the gym. She had a huge fit tonight after her bath, but overall she seemed a lot less gassy today and I got lots of sweet smiles from her. Hopefully tomorrow will be even better! 

Kensie had her one month check up today! She’s grown 2 1/2 inches and gained 2lb and 5oz from her birth weight! She measured 22in long and 10lb 5oz. 

She was not a fan of having to get naked and waiting on the doctor. 

The doctor asked me how she is doing with tummy time and I think maybe she didn’t believe me when I said she can push herself all the way up! She put her on her belly, and sure enough K did it. Doc said she is super strong and that is a 2 month skill! Woohoo!! (Also, uh oh for me…this nugget is going to be running before I know it.)
She got a shot which she was NOT a fan of. She had the saddest little cry but she cheered up pretty quickly once she got her sparkly band-aid and got to put her clothes back on! 

I told the doctor about how bad Kensie cries from having gas bubbles after she eats. I’ve started giving her Little Remedies Gas Drops which helps a bit but I still feel so bad that her tummy hurts so often. I’ve even tried to take out dairy and different foods and nothing seems to help much. 

The doctor explained that her metabolism isn’t developed which is a huge contributing factor to colic in babies under 4 months. She told me to get Gerber Soothe which is a probiotic to help with her getting good bacterias and hopefully relive some of her discomfort. Hopefully it works! 

Kensie caught up on some serious z’s this morning from her busy Thanksgiving weekend! 

Once sleepy girl finally woke up, she got a morning bath and went to church for the first time! 

Then her sleepiness continued after lunch while I got some stuff done around the house. 

We attempted to get our Christmas tree today but they were all dried out so we decided to wait until they get their new shipment in tomorrow!

This evening she spent a little more time with her Great Gramps and her Great Aunt and Uncle before they head back to Wisconsin! She gave lots of extra snuggles and smiles today. 

We sure are going to miss them, but it was such a fun weekend celebrating with everyone! 

I didn’t get around to posting K’s blog last night because we got home really late from Night of Lights and we were all completely exhausted. I even pulled a Mom of the year move and left Kensie in her car seat to sleep for the night until she woke up to eat. 

We spent the morning relaxing a bit from the weekend festivities then we went to dinner and Night of Lights in St. Augustine!

It was fun, festive day and wore Kensie out – she slept 9 hours only waking up to eat once! Woohoo!!

Well, it’s the first Black Friday in probably 10 years that I haven’t gone shopping. But that’s okay – because we spent it with family instead!

Kensie was super sleepy today from all of the Thanksgiving excitement. 

This afternoon we hungout with family by the pool so they could enjoy the summery Florida weather. Then we headed to Disney Springs for the drone Christmas light show and dinner!

I’m sure the next few years Black Friday will involve me buying lots of toys for Kensie – then all too soon she will be old enough to come shopping with me! 

SO much to be thankful for! My moms family lives in Wisconsin so we are used to having a pretty small Thanksgiving with just our family or neighbors and rarely get to spend the holidays together. This year we got to spend it with my aunt, uncle, Grandpa AND a few friends! It was such a fun day and we loved hosting Kensie’s first Thanksgiving! So thankful for our family, health and friends. We have some truly amazing people in our lives. 



Kensie gave us one extra thing to be thankful for last night…the turkey must have done her in too because she slept from 10:30-4a, ate for 10 minutes and went back to sleep until 7:30! Woohoo!!

As the title of this blog post states – Kensie had a “great” day…because she got to meet her GREAT FAMILY! 

My Gramps and Aunt and Uncle came in from Wisconsin today to spend Thanksgiving with us and meet Kensington. 

Apparently she’s supposed to be called a “Grand Aunt” but we think that sounds stupid, so we are going with Great Aunt. 😉 

It was such a great evening getting to spend time with family that we only see once or twice a year. It was also entertaining watching Gramps and Aunt Kris fight over holding Kensie and timing each other on how long they got to hold her before they had to trade off. LOL!

I hope Gramps doesn’t read these blog posts, because if so he may get mad at me for sharing this; but, I caught him crying as he held Kensie for the first time tonight (his first great grand baby!). It was the sweetest moment. 

We’re looking forward to Kensie’s first Thanksgiving and spending the weekend all together! So grateful for such a loving, fun family and that we get to spend some of the Holidays with each other. 

Kensie has been going through a “I’m only happy if you hold me” phase the last 2 days. We have family coming into town this week and we are hosting Thanksgiving so I had to finish staining our table and was attempting to clean the house and get errands done.

After making a trip to the mamaroo every 30 seconds for 5 minutes I resorted to trying to put Kensie in the ergobaby and wearing her while I cleaned the house. As I was cleaning, Jack was following me around EVERYWHERE. 

Kensie finally fell asleep, then woke back up and was over being in the carrier. I put her back in her swing, and Jack stopped following me. I realized he was following me because I was carrying K! 

This is from another day…Jack always lays by her when she’s in her Mamaroo! Every time she cries, he runs to her. He sure does love his Kensie!

We had to run a few unexpected errands today and fussy little Kensie ended up wearing a shirt and slippers to the store…momming at its finest right there. 

So, remember the other day when I mentioned that grocery shopping with a newborn would be a no go? Well yeah. I decided to test that today. The verdict…

Still a no go.

While today was one of the more challenging days and I was admittedly getting frustrated when she wouldn’t stop fussing while I was trying to get a million things done – it also made me stop and think. She won’t be this little for long and one day (that will come all too soon) she won’t want me to hold her every second, or even at all. I know they say we can learn a lot from kids but I didn’t realize how quickly she’d teach me. She gave me a good lesson in “stopping to smell the roses” today and I’m very thankful for that!