Sleeping and Talking

My favorite time of night is when McKenna's feeding bag has to be changed. I drag my feet out of bed, turn off the feeding maching, hook her venting up and head to the kitchen knowing that once I hook her new bag up I can stare over her and watch her sleep and then sneak into Keaton's room to make sure he is still breathing and jpeaceful.

Keaton is the cutest sleeper. He sucks his thumb and looks like he is at such peace. Each time I sneak into his room he is in a different position and a different area in his crib. I imagine that if I were to record him one night I would see him tossing and turning. The cutest part is when he is laying on his tummy with his bottom up in the air, arms trapped under his tummy and mouth open drooling. SO so cute!

Keaton now has two teeth on the bottom and he makes a whistle type noise trying to talk. He still doesn't babble any words. But he sure does try. And he has the most adroable laugh. It's contagious. He loves to be held upside down, to do the airplane on mommy's knees and when the word "Peas" is sung. Yeah, not sure why but he does.

Keaton isn't crawling yet, but he certainly is trying! He floats on his tummy, swims his legs and hands in the air and grunts as if that will help his body move. First Steps has taught us to push on one knee at a time to help encourage the crawling but so far it has not helped and just frustrates him more than anything.

McKenna finally found her voice today. She has been making a deep "Cat call" type noise all day. It is hilarious! SHe has been doing raspberries a lot lately, but for her to put a noise with the raspberries, or a noise other than grunting because she wants something is awesome. Brings tears to my eyes and a smile across my face.

McKenna struggles to sleep. She can't really nap well during the day because she has to sleep in the room that all the activities are goin on in due to the retching. So napping is a struggle. ANd at night not sure what it is but she usually wakes up around 2 or 3 and cries loud screams the rest of the night every twenty minutes, making it difficult to get much sleep. But the past week she has had a couple good nights of sleep. Not nights in a row, but still, they are nights of sleep non-the-less. So we are very grateful for that!

McKenna takes after her mommy and sleeps with her hand on her face, or near her head. SHe doesn't do well without something to hug on, like a blanket or stuffed animal. And though it takes her a while to fall asleep, she is the cutest little sleeper you could ever see.

Feel so blessed to be a mom. Even with all the difficulties we have had I still reflect on this year and thank God a million times over that we have our babies, and they are alive. Excited to see the journey God has for them and what they will do, who they will be, where they will go.