I have always liked reading peoples blogs, especially people I haven't seen in a while. Also, now that I am a mother, I just love reading people's blogs about their experiences with their children. I hope that by getting started I will be able to remember a lot of the little things that are usually forgotten.
Like most married couples, my husband and I hit a rough patch a little while back, but by God's grace we got through it and I think came out the other side for the better and are now the proud parents of our first baby girl. I got pregnant in Oct. 2008 quite unexpectedly but found it to be a nice surprise. I was sick for most of my pregnancy, was sore, had pain and even through it all was excited about what was to come. I thought I had prepared myself for anything when the time came to give birth...then I realized I had prepared for everything except the possibility of a C-Section, which is what I ended up having. I was 41 weeks and hardly progressed at all so they decided to induce me. My labor progressed fine for a while until I stopped dilating at about a 6, they let me stay there increasing the pitocin for about 4 hrs and they said there was nothing else they could do but prep me for a C-Section. I was TERRIFIED but didn't really have time to do anything seeing that everything after that happened so fast. Needless to say, the procedure was surprisingly fast...don't even think it took a half hour, and my beautiful baby was born, I saw her and knew she was perfect. Maisie Marie McQuary was born July 17, 2009 at 8:30pm at 8lbs 3oz.
Since then, Maisie has been the most active baby ever....not that I have been around a ton of them. She decided she was ready for the world and didn't need to sleep all day. She was barely two months when she decided she wanted to be on her feet, I would prop her up on the arm of the chair with the boppy so she could watch baby Einstein. She would hold herself standing, I was just there so she would fall sideways. She wanted to play in all the toys that were for infants at least 6mths of age. She loves to just jabber, and I love to listen to her. My dad calls it her song, she always has a song to sing. I think she was not quite 4mths when she started rolling over and scooting on the floor, she was crawling and sitting by 5 mths and started pulling herself up to stand before she turned 6mths. Since she started pulling herself up to stand she has been trying to walk, she will hold on to the furniture and walk accross the floor. She is now almost 8 mths and is doing the one handed walk (holding on to stuff with just one hand) and will then let go and stand there on her own deciding whether or not she wants to take a step.. She is a happy baby, laughing, squealing, playing with minimal fuss throughout the day. She gets grumpy if she is hungry, tired, or not feeling well and that's it.
First I would like to say, for those who may not know me THAT well, that I am a military brat. Georgia is the place I call home because I lived there most of my life. I am a born again christian, married to an Air Traffic Controller in the Air Force. We are, for now, living in Keesler, Mississippi. My husband and I got married in GA, moved to Lajes, Azores for two years before moving here. I have a bachelor's in Spanish Education and a Master's in Human Relations.
Like most married couples, my husband and I hit a rough patch a little while back, but by God's grace we got through it and I think came out the other side for the better and are now the proud parents of our first baby girl. I got pregnant in Oct. 2008 quite unexpectedly but found it to be a nice surprise. I was sick for most of my pregnancy, was sore, had pain and even through it all was excited about what was to come. I thought I had prepared myself for anything when the time came to give birth...then I realized I had prepared for everything except the possibility of a C-Section, which is what I ended up having. I was 41 weeks and hardly progressed at all so they decided to induce me. My labor progressed fine for a while until I stopped dilating at about a 6, they let me stay there increasing the pitocin for about 4 hrs and they said there was nothing else they could do but prep me for a C-Section. I was TERRIFIED but didn't really have time to do anything seeing that everything after that happened so fast. Needless to say, the procedure was surprisingly fast...don't even think it took a half hour, and my beautiful baby was born, I saw her and knew she was perfect. Maisie Marie McQuary was born July 17, 2009 at 8:30pm at 8lbs 3oz. Since then, Maisie has been the most active baby ever....not that I have been around a ton of them. She decided she was ready for the world and didn't need to sleep all day. She was barely two months when she decided she wanted to be on her feet, I would prop her up on the arm of the chair with the boppy so she could watch baby Einstein. She would hold herself standing, I was just there so she would fall sideways. She wanted to play in all the toys that were for infants at least 6mths of age. She loves to just jabber, and I love to listen to her. My dad calls it her song, she always has a song to sing. I think she was not quite 4mths when she started rolling over and scooting on the floor, she was crawling and sitting by 5 mths and started pulling herself up to stand before she turned 6mths. Since she started pulling herself up to stand she has been trying to walk, she will hold on to the furniture and walk accross the floor. She is now almost 8 mths and is doing the one handed walk (holding on to stuff with just one hand) and will then let go and stand there on her own deciding whether or not she wants to take a step.. She is a happy baby, laughing, squealing, playing with minimal fuss throughout the day. She gets grumpy if she is hungry, tired, or not feeling well and that's it.
When she was between 1 and 2 mths she had some gas issues, she is a breastfed baby with VERY minimal bottle use so I know it had to be just regular gas. It really only bothered her at night and sometimes when I would try to feed her....but I started to give her mylicon and gripe water and that seemed to work wonders so I consider myself blessed not to deal with colic or major gas problems.
She started teething at 3mths and those dissolving tablets were a life saver....she tolerated those better than the orajel. and she has two beautiful bottom teeth. I was going to wait until she was 6mths before starting her on solid foods, but right after she turned 4mths she insisted that she was ready so I started her with the cereals. She has loved food ever since. I think one of my favorite things I remember was making apple pies with my mom in the kitchen and Maisie took an apple quarter that was peeled and cored and started to use her bottom teeth to scrape off some pieces...she was only 6mths at the time I think...a little young for solid apples...lol. Now everytime I am eating food she insists on trying it, she has tried fresh tomatoes, nectarines, green beans, potatoes, among other things. I also make 90% of her baby food because she likes it better than the store bought.
Maisie is also an animal lover, I have a cat, dog, fish and a chinchilla (new addition) and she just loves all of them and tries to show them by pinning them to the floor and climbing on them, i just love it.
Well, I have officially written a book...and still haven't said everything I could have. In a nutshell, I love being a mom, I couldn't have asked for a better baby, she is so beautiful and truly a gift from God. Even if nobody else reads this....I know I will be able to look back and remember how great God has always been.
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