Ferocious February

As I said before, February was a tough month for us. The first month of Taylor's life was great. She naturally kept a 3 hour schedule, was happy and was sleeping great at night. At some point she started getting really really fussy. At first it was because she was progressing with her night sleep SO well that it wasn't good for my milk supply! Going for longer than 9 hours without nursing that soon is not good. So I started setting an alarm to pump at night. Hear ye! If you're a mom and would love nothing more than a full nights sleep, it is definitely hard but it's SO much harder to wake up to pump than it is to breastfeed. Something about hearing the baby cry is just a tad more motivating to pop out of bed.

After a few nights of pumping and taking Fenugreek capsules I could tell my milk supply was back up and that was great! But Taylor was still having a really hard time. It wore on me after a few weeks, constantly worrying about her. As long as she cried I thought about her and wondered how I could make her feel better. I wasn't able to get anything done around the house or with Kallie and Jayda. There are SO many different reasons a baby could be crying. After starting to feel a little loony and shedding more than a few tears, Brad gave me a blessing and we said lots of prayers for our little baby. 

At her 2 month check up her pediatrician was very encouraging. He said it's SO common for babies that age to be really colicky and fussy for no apparent reason. He sees it all the time. He said I could try a couple things like eliminating food groups from my diet or giving her colic drops but there's still a chance I'll just have to wait it out. I did try a few new things and Taylor finally started getting better toward the end of the month. I don't know for sure what helped. Or maybe nothing; maybe she simply grew out of it. Either way, I'm so grateful.

Opening Valentine's Day mail from Grandpa and Grandma

On Valentine's Day Brad gave me flowers and a caramel/chocolate apple. It was actually a really fun surprise to get that instead of chocolates! I loved it.

In one particular week I had a doctor appt for Taylor and one for myself as well. First we checked in at Taylor's, the nurse called us back, I undressed her (which woke her up) and the nurse took her vitals. At this point the receptionist showed up and said I either had to pay something or go home. Apparently something went wrong when Brad added Taylor to our insurance. So there I was holding a naked, crying and hungry baby. I took her back to the waiting area, threw on my nursing cover and fed her, then redressed her and drove home without accomplishing anything. Couldn't they have warned me on the phone when I was scheduling the appointment that our insurance wasn't settled so I'd have to pay? Or at least tell me before we're called back to strip down Taylor naked? Common people.

I arrived at my doctor appointment a couple days later. The nurse called me back, I gave a urine sample, she took my vitals and brought me into the ultrasound room. The doctor came in and we discussed my next course of action. She left the room while I undressed. I sat on the exam bed. I messed around on my phone. I layed down and played with my phone some more. I practically fell asleep. After waiting 55 minutes a nurse walked in and said, "Oh, didn't anyone tell you? The doctor had to leave for an emergency at the hospital. You'll have to come back another time." What?! Oh my heck. How could this possibly happen twice in one week? I have to find child care for all these doctor appointments!

An awesome family that is very dear to our hearts moved to Utah this month. We already miss the Fraileys fiercely! 

Jill is the baby queen of the world (our ward at church is overflowing with babies right now. Taylor isn't even in this pic.)

"This picture is for Jill!"

My friend sold me her Silhouette and I'm a little intimidated to own one because while she gave me a great deal on it, I still feel internally pressured to use it soon and often to justify the purchase. But I wasn't expecting to own one right now so I don't even know what to do with it yet! She also gave me a lifetime supply of ribbon and I can't wait to use it but I still can't seem to find the free time to craft. I'm still learning to manage life with three kids. For the first time since becoming a mother I really feel like I can't keep up with laundry and cleaning. It's a never ending cycle! I need to improve my system.

The balding on top means it's obviously not a mohawk. How about peacock tail?

We have a continual issue of squeaking brakes on our van. It's kinda ridiculous how long it's been happening because we've replaced them all but that didn't solve the problem. We just need to get around to finding it. Every time we park in public Brad yells, "McGarys are here! Can you tell?"

Wearing some random cheap costume glasses. They sure make her look older though!

Diaper cast undone

After Taylor wore her hip dysplasia cast for three weeks I took her in for another ultrasound and got great news! Her hips have improved even more and she now only has to wear it 12 hours a day for the next six weeks. I'm totally fine with that because she sleeps great in it so she just wears it at night.

As much as this macho dad wants a boy, no one can get sick of these McGary girls! Every single one has stolen his heart.

Baby sleeping on chest = selfies. What else is a mama to do?

Six kids over for preschool (two of them are tag-a-long siblings). Let the tornado roam free!

I haven't made muffins in forEVER so it was really fun . And I texted this pic to Brad at work to make him feel bad for leaving so early.

I stayed for preschool at Donny's house one day and I thought Kallie looked so grown up while she was writing her name on the chalkboard!

While I was making dinner Jayda was playing with bean bags on the floor. All the sudden she started crying so I ran over to see - what kinda looked like chili - on the floor in front of her. I was so confused. I thought, "This looks like beans, did she break one of the bean bags?" but that didn't make sense because the beans in the bags were dry, right? They wouldn't look like that. I finally realized she happened to randomly vomit something that looked like beans all over the bean bags. And then again two more times that night. Jayda is so interesting because she was perfectly happy right before and right after she puked each time.

Kid Phrases:

Me: You need a bath.

K: No, that's too fascinating.

K: We saw the bad gray monkey at the zoo. 

Me: Why is the gray monkey bad?

K: Because it has a tail.

Me: Why is it bad to have a tail?

K: Because it'll poop on us.

K: That's what bad guys do when they die people.

Kallie has two cousins named Emma. She differentiates by calling them:

"Dark Emma"                                                                        "Blond Emma"