Dedication Ceremony at Westgate

Makenna was dedicated to the Lord on Saturday, January 24, 2009
We were able to join James, Christina, and Steve on stage. Makenna cried nearly the entire time we were up there. Her daddy took her about half way through the presentation, she burped up some spit up, and then in two seconds she fell asleep. He has "the touch". Once she stopped crying I could actually concentrate on what Cindy Simms was saying. She wore a cute little dress which was completely covered up by her blanket during the entire service. After looking at the picture that my Dad took of Makenna and I, not only does she look like a doll (literally not figuratively), she is swimming in the dress. Oh well, I guess there's room to grow.

Doctors Visit

I hate this! That is how I felt yesterday at the doctor's office. Makenna had her 2 month check up yesterday morning. It went fine with her Pediatrician. She weighed in at 12.5lbs and 23 inches long. After asking the doctor a few too many questions, probably, she sent us down to the immunization office at Kaiser. Makenna received her first four vaccines. Three shots and one oral medicine. She did fine with the oral vaccine. The nurse said it was flavored with vanilla. Yum, I'm sure. You know newborns love flavored foods, when all they know is breastmilk. Her soar faced confirmed that notion. Then came the shots. The needles were so big, it seemed they would have gone right through her whole leg. Yikes. I braced myself and Drew and I spoke softly to her as the nurse gave her the first shot. Her face went dark red and she screamed the loudest we had ever heard her scream. My heart broke and I wanted to just cry along with her. Because she was already crying the last two were not nearly as shocking. When the shots were finished and her chubby thighs were bandaged up, I held her so tight, still choking back guilty tears. She quickly recovered and fell into a long deep nap on the way home. I felt so bad for her, but reminded myself that I too had these same shots when I was a baby. Do I remember them? No. Will she, no. Okay then get over yourself Mom! It was clearly more difficult on me, then it was on her. Today she is already over it. Drew said it is good character development.

First Sharks Game

So as many of you know, both the Froese and the Faulconer families are HUGE Sharks fans. In turn, Makenna will be also...she will not have a choice. On Tuesday Makenna went to her very first San Jose Sharks game. We had amazing seats. Top level, first row, right near the exit. The arena staff gave us ear plugs for her little ears. In our excitement of bringing her along, we kind of forgot that extremely loud sound is not the best thing for her hearing. Bad parents. They had a tough time staying in place but they helped block some of the sound. Makenna fell asleep for half of the first period. She woke up with one of the really loud cheers from the crowd. She then had fun watching the Jumbotron until 7 minutes left in the second period. I was nervous about breastfeeding in the freezing cold, super loud arena, so you can only imagine my relief when they guided us to the First Aid center. We were able to use a private room in the center. It was quiet, warm, and convenient. We returned just in time for the third period. She began to get a little tired about half through and fell asleep. She even slept through the Sharks goal. I covered her ear with my hand to add to the sound barrier. Overall, she did great. Thankfully I was near the exit and I could get up and down with her easily whenever needed. No one was bothered by my interruptions. The game was kind of boring. No scoring until the last few minutes of the game. It went into overtime and the Sharks came out on top. I think she really enjoyed the game. Drew was really proud. Go Sharks!