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(The rest of Oct & November 2010)

Happy New Year's Eve!

2010-12-31T08:46:00.001-05:00

Family Pics 2010

2010-12-29T21:24:00.002-05:00

Thanks Sara!

It's been ONE month!

2010-12-28T23:08:00.001-05:00

Miss Izabella Eloise was a month old on Christmas Eve! We can't believe how much our lives changed in her first week and now, how fast the month has gone. She is generally happy, a good eater, and a decent sleeper. She loves to be held and "Ohh" and "Ahh" at you now. We are so blessed and can't wait to see what she does next!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T14:01:00.002-05:00

We got one of the best presents ever this year.....the arrival of our second daughter, IZABELLA ELOISE MORIARTY!
We're about a month late telling her story, but life with TWO little princesses has been...well, hectic :-)

On Tuesday November 23rd, Mommy had her last Dr.'s appointment at 2pm and was dilated 3cm. The Dr. moved my scheduled induction up from 8am the next morning to 10pm that night. We went back to Grandma's to have a nice meal out together and relax for a few hours before heading back down to the hospital. Of course, leave it to 95 and the Thanksgiving holiday...we got stuck in traffic and were late to the induction appointment. We arrived about 1045pm but, thankfully my regular Dr. Mercado was on call instead of someone else. She had been with me the whole time about a natural birth and scoffed at the paperwork for a scheduled Pitocin induction that night. At 11pm, she checked me and I was still 3cm. She broke my water and hooked me up to the monitors for 10 minutes. Everything was good, so she said we could walk the halls, use the restroom, stretch, use the birthing ball, whatever for an hour and then she would come back to check on me. We only made one lap around the floor before the "real" contractions started about 20 minutes later. Back to the room we went for many bathroom trips as my body cleaned itself out preparing for birth. By 1145, we were calling for the nurse to come check me. When she did, I was 4cm. The contractions were about 4 minutes apart for a minute long each. I stayed in the room from this time on barely able to leave the bed, but refused to lay down as I was having back labor. Baby girl was face up, so her head was pushing on my spine. It grew more and more intense and I was willing to try any position suggested for relief. By 1am, I was 6cm with contractions 2 minutes apart lasting about a minute and a half. It seemed I had no time for relief between them and was really starting to feel the pressure. All the nurses started setting up the room for delivery as things were moving quickly. By 2am, I was fully dilated and waiting on the Dr. to get there with contractions less than a minute apart. I was ready to push before the nurses would let me and before the Dr. arrived. I clearly remember 3 nurses talking me through breathing exercises to not push and the charge nurse frantically calling for the Dr. to hurry again on the phone as she held Izabella's head in and said she was not going to catch this baby. As soon as the Dr. came through the door, still putting her scrubs on, I just had to push and out came her head. One more push and she was here! Finally! After a month of waiting on her arrival, she was finally here!! I held her close to me in disbelief and excitement as Daddy cut the cord and I got cleaned up. Izabella Eloise is our little miracle and we could not be more elated to have our two beautiful girls!
Thankful we were able to follow the Bradley Method and have a completely natural, quick, delivery of a healthy baby! Matt was an excellent coach, I couldn't have asked for a better Doctor, or a more beautiful baby!
Izabella Eloise Moriarty
24 November 2010
0212 7lbs 13oz 19in

Where is baby girl?!

2010-11-20T08:33:00.000-05:00

We were looking for a little deja vu from Makenzie's birth at our 42wk checkup. With her, I had my final appointment the afternoon after I was due (we are past that this time) and I was dilated 3, membranes stripped, outback dinner, mall stroll, ride home, she came late that night!
So, we were so excited at yesterday's afternoon appointment that I had finally made some progress and was dilated 3! The Dr. stripped my membranes and off we went to L&D for his requested non-stress test to make sure baby girl was still doing okay in there overdue. She passed with flying colors scoring 8/8. The best part was getting to see her one more time in the womb during the sonogram. She had her little lips pursed like she was blowing us kisses <3
They kept me on the monitors for a few hours while I was contracting and watching the baby's heart rate. I didn't make any progress dilating and declined Pitocin, so we left thinking we'd surely be back when she decided to come on her own later that night.
Off to Outback we went. I ate the same thing I had the night before Makenzie was born (coconut shrimp and a ranch salad) while I was still having contractions off and on :-)
We went to the mall and took a few laps observing all the glory of what it is to be a teenager today and agreed we are not looking forward to that part of the girls' lives, ha.
About 10pm, we headed back to Grandma's and went to bed. I was just sure that we were going to have a Makenzie repeat and this chic would be waking me up at 2am letting us know it was finally time.
But, NO. Here I am, still at my Mom's, still pregnant!
Baby girl has today and tomorrow left if she wants to join the Moriarty Scorpio crew and keep Mommy out of the hospital for Turkey Day. Wish us luck, we obviously need it! :-)

Shocker..

2010-11-17T09:03:00.000-05:00

I'm STILL pregnant!
41 weeks:

‎1. Tired of being preggers for sure
2. Wasting time off work I thought I'd be spending with baby girl
3. Going nuts waiting at my parents house
4. Afraid they are going to induce me (drugs) on Friday
5. Makenzie was on time and had a big noggin, this one's going to be huge
:-(

In need of encouragement

2010-11-15T17:59:00.002-05:00

I had my 41 week checkup this morning, which unfortunately did not bring any good news. I thought I would go and be further dilated and he'd strip my membranes. Thought we'd have a baby tonight for sure, but nothing happened because I'm not making any progress...cervix is thin and have been dilated 2 for about 3 weeks now. They are ready to induce when I am, but as sick as I am of being preggers am still going to wait until Friday when we see the Dr again. He offered me Cervidil to further ripen the cervix, saying if it were more ripe then I would be more likely to dilate further. When we talked about the risks, he told me it could be a C-section so I declined.

Pray for us that I am further dilated on Friday or she shows her face on her own before then!!

TMI?

2010-11-09T20:54:00.001-05:00

So, about 2 weeks ago Mommy ended up spending the day in the hospital with some minor bleeding and contractions 3mins apart. The Dr. and nurse (probably) made the mistake of telling her then that they did not believe she'd make her due date. Since then, she's been on edge anxiously awaiting for it to be "time". Due on Friday and trying to get her out, we've referenced Giving Birth Naturally in an effort to get things moving along.

Tried: sex, pineapple, spicy foods, chinese food, eggplant parm (def got contractions going but they didn't last), black licorice (disgusting!), nipple stimulation, rasberry tea, walking, and wkly chiro adj

Afraid to try: black or blue cohish

Ready to try: Castor oil and/or acupressure

Have a drink for us and pray she gets out soon!

Makenzie's 3 Year Checkup!

2010-11-08T13:28:00.000-05:00

Wow! The past three years have flown by so quickly and it's hard to believe how much Makenzie has grown :-)
At her checkup this morning, the Dr. reported she is successfully meeting or exceeding all of her developmental milestones and growth stats are as follows:
Height- 36inches (25th %)
Weight- 31pounds (50th %)
Head- 50.5cm (90th %)

3.5 Moriartys

2010-11-07T21:52:00.000-05:00

3.5 Moriartys: September & October 2010

Fetal Development - Month 8

2010-09-28T17:24:00.000-04:00

Fetal Development - Month 8

July & Aug

2010-09-18T14:26:00.002-04:00

Growing Moriartys: July & August 2010

The Bradley Method

2010-09-13T22:00:00.001-04:00

Figuring it out on the fly with Makenzie did work for a natural birth, but didn't work for the unforseen pain and panic. Here's to hoping the Bradley Method will get us through this time!
Choosing an Unmedicated Birth

Baby Shower

2010-09-12T14:00:00.002-04:00

Some of you are asking when our baby shower is and where we're registered; no shower this go round, but we're on Amazon :-)
Hugs

Daisy

2010-09-11T17:48:00.001-04:00

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May and June

2010-07-04T15:45:00.001-04:00

What's been goin on?

The (growing) Moriarty Family: May & June 2010
Warm weather meant cleaning up the yard and bringing out the little pool at home, going to a Top Chef restaurant, celebrating Hailee's 7th birthday, cousin James' baptism, sing-a-longs, dress up, beach trip with pools, icecream, puttputt, rides, cotton candy, games, fishing, and family time; a visit from Aunt Kristi, friend Ava's 1st birthday, the Herndon Festival, celebrate Fairfax, The Watermine, Splashdown water park, random little presents to make the Big Sister feel special while she's still an only child, time with Grandparents, new friends and water play at school, confirmation of a baby Sister, Grandpa Moe's birthday, Mother's Day, the National Race For The Cure, Father's Day, a baby bump, first swim lesson, summer concerts, and tailgating all made for SWEET SUMMER FUN!!

Sweet summertime

2010-06-06T15:04:00.002-04:00

Makenzie has had a fun couple of weekends! While Mommy prepped for and took an important test for work, she went to baby James' baptism and loved running around with Sam and Lucy.

The next day she was lucky enough to run around The Water Mine

This Friday, we just hung out at home since Saturday was going to be an early morning. Once Makenzie had mastered doing the Hokie Pokie dance, she sat to be the instructor with her baby doll for Daddy. She fondly calls the baby doll her baby sister "James" haha.

Saturday morning, we joined family for The Race For the Cure in remembrance of Daddy's Mommy, Carol.

The long hot walk was followed by brunch (thanks Uncle Rob and Aunt Jessica!) water play with cousin Sam and his new table, and Mommy got a little reminder what life with a newborn's like!

We finished out the weekend with a trip to the Herndon Festival with Grandpa Moe :-)

We were told...

2010-05-19T21:58:00.002-04:00

Makenzie's going to have a little SISTER!!!

March and April with the Moriarty Family

2010-05-02T16:44:00.001-04:00

The Moriarty Family (March & April) 2010

Congratulations Erin!

2010-04-24T12:47:00.003-04:00

Mommy's cousin, Erin, gave birth to a sweet baby girl yesterday!
Gabriella Lee Shaw weighed in at 7lbs, 12oz, and 21.5in long :-)

Welcome Sweet Baby James!

2010-04-05T22:34:00.002-04:00

Sweet Baby Jamesis finally here!

Congratulations Jessica, Rob, and Sam!

What's Mommy been craving?

2010-03-26T21:29:00.004-04:00

Healthy things of course!

With Makenzie, Mommy only wanted fruits and sweets. But this time, she wants salty junk!

Guess what?!

2010-03-21T16:14:00.002-04:00

Do you get the picture?
We're soooo excited!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

2010-03-07T15:08:00.002-05:00

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Jan & Feb

2010-03-06T12:55:00.001-05:00

Ringing in 2010: The Moriarty Family (Jan & Feb)

We totally belong at the beach

2010-02-10T14:36:00.003-05:00

November & December

2010-02-09T00:23:00.000-05:00

Rounding out 2009!

MCM: November & December 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-06T14:57:00.001-05:00

Smooch!

Cyberwarfare: The Issue China Won't Touch

2009-11-23T15:27:00.000-05:00

Cyberwarfare: The Issue China Won't Touch

Happy birthday again

2009-11-08T14:06:00.001-05:00

This time to Daddy!

Happy birthday!

2009-11-03T22:21:00.003-05:00

Happy SECOND birthday to Makenzie!

We celebrated with a happy meal, a sundae, visit from Gpa, presents, and a two year checkup, ha. We'll be going to Baltimore this weekend as a family to celebrate in more of a Makenzie oriented fun time :-)
Here are her latest stats:
33 inches tall (30th percentile)
26.5 pounds (55th %)
49cm head (85%)

We are so proud of how far she has come in just 2 short years!

Newborn

1st birthday

Now

:-)

Check out her birth story in an earlier post!

MCM: Sep & Oct

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Makenzie Carol Moriarty: September & October 2009

HappyHappy!

2009-11-01T13:31:00.007-05:00

Happy birthday to Uncle J!

Happy Halloween!

Happy November.....which means it's even closer to Makenzie turning 2!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-28T21:25:00.001-04:00

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Makenzie's almost 2!

2009-10-11T16:40:00.004-04:00

While cleaning out Mommy's MySpace profile (she's cancelling it along w/Twitter & just doing the Facebook bit now), she found this blog she wrote when Makenzie was just about a week old. Makes her want to cry now and seems like sooo long ago!

"Sunday, November 11, 2007
Baby Girl
Current mood: accomplished

So Makenzie has finally arrived!
On Friday November 2nd around 4pm (the day after she was due), I had my final sonogram appointment. She was still measuring just right, head down, had plenty of fluid, and I was dialated 3. I wasn't having regular contractions yet, but the Dr. suggested I take a walk in the nearby mall and get something to eat; wait it out a bit and see what happens.
I had more contractions, but nothing worth timing so we went home.
Of course, I didn't get a shower and go straight to bed. I stayed up until about 11:30 doing other things and timing contractions that were eratic.
1am Saturday morning, just over an hour after I finally went to bed, I woke up with the worst pain in my lower back and really strong contractions (she was making her way down the birth canal); stronger than any of the other ones had been anyway.
I stayed up for an hour timing them and wondering if this was really it or I was just sick because my stomach was killing me so much.
My last trip to the bathroom that hour was when the rest of my mucus plug came out and then I knew it was time.
I woke Matt up and he called the Dr. She was in a Csection and didn't call us back right away, but we didn't know this until later so we kept waiting for her to return our call.
About 45 mins. later we weren't waiting any longer. We were getting in the car with Uncle J driving and Grandma helping me breathe while Matt rubbed my back. That was the longest most uncomfortable ride ever.
We got to the emergency room around 330 am and they wheeled me up to the labor and delivery floor right away.
They checked me in to see my vitals, measure my contractions, and check my dialating....I was almost at 8!!
Everything went into speed mode at this point. I feel like there were 15 people scurring around getting me "ready".
Two great nurses, my Mom, Matt, lots of unbearable pain (no epidural), really exhausting pushing, and a couple hours later Makenzie came into the world!
It was 607am Saturday November 3rd 2007, she weighed 7lbs 14oz, measured 19in long, and is perfectly healthy!
We are elated, could not ask for more, and are more proud than we could have ever imagined :-) "

"Yayyyy, I did it!"

2009-10-10T21:35:00.005-04:00

Who's better looking? Bob Dylan or Makenzie Moriarty?!

We realized today when we had something exciting to share that we haven't blogged in what seems like forever. Sorry about that!

GUESS WHAT?!
Makenzie pooped in the big girl potty for the very first time today! Whoohooo!!!
As you know, she has been going "Peepee" for quite some time now. But this morning, she woke us up shouting "Potty Mama!". We took her in the bathroom expecting the usual little tinkle (which she did) but then when we went to take her off the pot she said, "No, go poo poo!".....and that she did.
Feels strange writing about poop, but hey.....it's an exciting part of life now! ha

Thanks!

2009-08-29T23:21:00.003-04:00

Thanks to Gpa for finishing our upstairs!
and to EmmaLemma for introducing Makenzie to popcorn.....she um, sort of likes it

Babies Everywhere!

2009-08-24T18:30:00.003-04:00

CONGRATULATIONS are in full order this week!!

Mommy's cousin Will and his wife Leslie gave birth to their first child, Brayden William Mansard in SC

Daddy's cousin Jason and his wife Katie gave birth to their second child, Julia Marie Moriarty in CT

and Daddy's brother in-law's sister Megan and her husband Rick gave birth to their second child, Benjamin Richard Keifner in VABeach!

To answer everyone's pressure questions: No, we're aren't pregant....yet ;-)

Quick hello

2009-08-23T22:16:00.002-04:00

So.....Mommy's new job doesn't allow her to be online & Daddy still hasn't caught on to the blog world yet, so we are way behind in updating :-( So sorry. We've been having fun @water parks and pools, going on fair rides, working on house projects, and a few other fun little trips. We will post pics on the weekends. In the meantime, here's a pic of Daddy w/his work team

Something big in works at EDS: smaller paychecks

2009-08-06T10:34:00.002-04:00

NO REGRETS :-)

Something big in works at EDS: smaller paychecks

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Vote for Makenzie!

2009-07-27T21:57:00.001-04:00

We just entered a picture of Makenzie into this online baby photo contest. Please come vote for our picture of babygirl! Thanks!

Happy July!

2009-07-12T15:59:00.000-04:00

4th and more from New England!

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Happy Anniversary!

2009-06-30T21:36:00.003-04:00

To Uncle Rob and Aunt Jessica

and to US!

:-)

Slideshow

2009-06-30T21:35:00.002-04:00

Of May and June:

Kenzie: May & June

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-20T20:49:00.001-04:00

Hospital, part deux

2009-06-20T19:29:00.007-04:00

Mommy and Grandma took Makenzie to a follow-up appointment with her pediatrician on Friday am. Unfortunately, Kenzie was still a little groggy, irritable, and nauseous. Kenzie threw up in the office and her Dr. decided to send us over to Mary Washington Hospital to get another scan.

Scan showed there wasn't any new bleeding, which was great of course but he also took some bloodwork and most of her levels were off. He put her on an IV (I will let you imagine how fun it is to chain a toddler to a medicine pole) and decided to check her in to keep her overnight.

We came home this afternoon and she is acting normal overall; no more throwing up, not as irritable, just really tired. Cross your fingers we are done with hospitals for awhile now.

Hospital Stay

2009-06-18T20:19:00.008-04:00

While Mommy was starting dinner on Wednesday evening, Makenzie was cruising around on her Horsey (which she loves and it was Daddy's when he was little) when she somehow fell backwards off of it and smacked her poor little head onto the kitchen floor pretty hard. She gave us a good scare because her eyes rolled back into her head and she fainted for a moment.
So we ran off to Fair Oaks ER where we played the waiting game, got checked out from head to toe, and had some meds....well sort of. They wanted her to get sleepy so they gave her a double dose of benedryl but she wasn't having it. Dr. decided to give her something to make her go to sleep so she could do a brain scan but it didn't stay down. It came back up all over Mommy, Daddy, Kenzie, the nurse, and the room :-(
The scan showed us that she did not have a skull fracture, but she did have a small pool of blood under the skin. We were transferred to Fairfax Children's Hospital, stayed overnight, and are finally home.
Kenzi's acting more like her self but we're keeping a close eye on her and she'll see her ped tomorrow :-)

RIP Abbey Girl Fields :-(

2009-06-14T15:17:00.002-04:00

Poor Abbey kept getting worse off and my parents decided it was time to put her out of her misery. The bone cancer can't get her anymore and she is running free in doggy heaven.

Welcome Maylie!

2009-06-05T21:43:00.002-04:00

Congratulations to the Lillard family!
Maylie Rae Marie Lillard came into the world this morning at 0821 weighing in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 18.75 inches long :-)

They were dancin.....

2009-05-31T22:07:00.004-04:00

..and groovin, and jammin to the music

My new favorite word..

2009-05-27T21:45:00.004-04:00

..is "Poop!"

P.S. Dr said I just have allergies and I now weigh 26lbs!

Big Month For Makenzie

2009-05-26T19:46:00.004-04:00

Baby girl's not such a baby anymore!
In the past few weeks she has started to:
-Go to sleep awake and sleep all night!
-Not wake up crying in the morning
-Get a healthier appetite
-Babble all the time and let out new real words in context daily
-Jump
-Play tag
-USE THE POTTY!!

Happy Memorial Weekend!

2009-05-25T19:41:00.014-04:00

In commemoration of all the U.S. men and women who have given their lives for our military's service, we THANK YOU!

Friday evening, we got some yardwork and gardening done. We then grilled some cowboy burgers and enjoyed some Alagash beers ;-)

Saturday was sunny and warm, so we got Makenzie's pool out for the first time and she LOVED it! Our air pump was a weak one, so she sunbathed while we waited for Grandpa to save the day
Yayy, he's finally here to blow this thing up! I'll just sit here and snack until we get some water
About time!
Thank you Grandpa, I had so much fun!

Sunday morning, we all ran errands and everyone in Whole Foods thought Kenzie was the cutest thing ever....can you blame them?!
Then, we (Kenzi, Daddy, Mommy, Hailee, and Dakota) went hiking in Great Falls with Grandpa and Daisey
Again, Kenz was fearless of the water (beach outlook this year lookin good!)

Mommy keeps saying she wants to be a weatherwoman because the weather man's never right, but we were in luck today for another zoo trip (Reston Children's Zoo) since the rain held off! This time, we got up close and personal with all the animals; Kenzi even fed a humungous camel!

Please join us

2009-05-21T21:20:00.000-04:00

For this year's National Race For The Cure!

Watch Makenzie having fun @the park:

Welcome Ava!!

2009-05-20T21:53:00.002-04:00

We're about a week late, but are excited to announce the birth of Ava Mary Fields for proud parents Chris and Kelly!

Some pics from Mother's Day weekend (park and Cox Farms):

We got to spend some fun times with Aunt Kristi while she visited- National Zoo, cousin Sam's house, and the neighborhood park :-)

Nice weekend

2009-05-12T21:35:00.000-04:00

I hope everyone had as nice of a Mommy's weekend as I did!
Friday, I had my Hail happy hour at Zum Rheingarten for NG

Saturday, the three of us went to the coolest kid park around. Highly reccommend checking out this awesome place which, of course, Northrop helped create :-)
Sunday, Matt got up early with Makenzie and let me sleep in as late as I wanted all by myself! Sounds simple enough, but not sharing the bed with any animals or other beings was NICE ;-)
He took Makenzie to pick up breakfast, flowers, and chocolates. I'm so lucky!
LOVE YOU

Happy Mothers Day

2009-05-11T11:11:00.000-04:00

Thanks Mom for being awesome and doing so much for us on a daily basis.

Your the best!

Love Makenzie and Daddy

Thinking about my 3rd Mother's Day

2009-05-05T21:44:00.001-04:00

Couldn't imagine my life without her!
xoxo

This week, in the Moriarty world...

2009-05-04T21:14:00.000-04:00

Daddy continues to be a super worker bee and will hopefully be getting promoted (cross your fingers) again soon!

Mommy said goodbye to EDS, an HP company and hello to Northrop Grumman :)

Makenize is now 18 months old and the Dr. says she's "entering the terrible twos early", joy
Stats:
23lbs 14oz, 45th percentile
32in tall, 60th percentile
48cm head circumference, 85th percentile (sweet, we're out of the 90s) ha

Hailee Mae turned 6 this week! Birthday hugs from Kenzie

Dakota man continues to be the best crumb picker upper ever :-)

and Jack & Dempsey are growing "like whoah" as Daddy would say, pics next time

P.S. Feliz Cinco de Mayo manana!

Dangit!

2009-04-21T15:46:00.001-04:00

Seriously, croup sucks and we're ohhhh so sick of it! Most of you probably remember the hellacious winter battle we had with Makenzie. She had a double ear infection, all her molars came in, she got RSV, croup with stridor, then pneumonia and a horrid diaper rash. It was not fun. So, here were areyes, @the playground.....but it was on this day that we left to go to another slide set b/c there were two kids running around sounding like baby seals. Then, last week our awesome daycare provider's daughter was hospitalized with the well known bark. Now, Makenzie has it AGAIN :-( Think we caught it early though so say your prayers she gets better soon. Now is not the time for Mommy to stay home w/sicky Kenzie.....she's starting a new job on Monday ;-)
P.S. She weighed in @24.4lbs!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-16T14:13:00.001-04:00

Happy Easter everyone!
We had a nice time with family over to our place for dinner and an egg hunt :-)
Thanks to everyone for coming and for all the baskets of goodies & gifts!
Makenzie loves her new music table!
Caught w/Daddy & the cupcake batter :-)
Sam tried to walk w/me!
Our little Easter Angel :-)

WhoooWind!

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Happy birthdays

2009-04-06T22:01:00.000-04:00

To cousin Sam on his 1st

and Goddaughter Emma on her 4th!

We love you both and had lots of fun at your parties :-)

March Madness..

2009-03-25T20:52:00.001-04:00

..without much basketball :-( Mommy let Daddy make most of her bracket picks this year and we aren't doing so hot. Normally he knows everything sports, but umm not so much this round....

Grandpa Fields has been in the hospital for 3 weeks now. He has been through 6 surgeries and some horrible infections. Please pray for him.

Makenzie misses you all and says hello:

P.S. LOST is on tonight! woot;-)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

2009-03-17T12:05:00.000-04:00

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We pledge...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-16T21:01:00.000-05:00

This time last year, Miss Makenzie could smile and say "Ohhhhh" to us. That melted our hearts for sure. This year she is giving hugs, blowing kisses complete with the "Mwuuah", saying Dada, Mama, Kota, Lee (for Hailee), Gamaw, Guhpaw, giggling, and squealing.....can it really get any better?!

Happy 4th birthday to Dakota too! Watch him cameo in this entertaining video of Daddy pushing Makenzie on her firetruck :-)

Happy birthday (tomorrow) to Grandma, yayy!

Love you lots, Muah!

15 Month Checkup

2009-02-11T13:09:00.000-05:00

Miss Makenzie came in at 30.5 inches tall (55th percentile)
22 pounds and 9 ounces (50th %)
and a head circumference of 48.5cm (97%) because she's soooo smart! ;-)

Believe it or not, we're suffering from some sort of stomach bug now so we've skipped her chicken pox vaccine for now. We'll go back in a couple weeks for that fun event! ha

Boo for Goundhog Day results

2009-02-09T14:23:00.000-05:00

Yayy for funny Kenz

Some more Jan

2009-02-08T15:04:00.000-05:00

Mommy had a girls night out & came home w/more holiday gifts for little miss to open! (Thank you Auntie Allie & Sarah)

We're lucky Kenzie gets lots of her naps in the car, this one w/Hailee :-)

We enjoy watching the Hoosiers.....even when they lose :-(

Kenzi continues to be Daddy's little shadow around the house. Check out this series which started by her helping unload the dishwasher, sure to make you smile:

After Christmas & New Years 09!

2009-02-06T14:42:00.000-05:00

On the way home from the Fields' house, we stopped by the Bull Run Festival of Lights & pulled a Britney (shhh!) so Makenzie could see them all :-)

With all the prior days' commotion, we forgot to see what Santa had left in her stocking so we let her check that out when we finally got home!

Weather was nice & mild, so Kenzie spent some time "running errands": getting the mail w/Daddy, going for stroller rides, & visiting one of the neighborhood parks :-)

After all that running around, this little cutie had to get cleaned up!

New Year's eve, Kenzi wanted nothing to do w/her normal bedtime (approx 2000 on the norm) & kept herself up until 2345 when she finally crashed giving Mommy & Daddy 15 mins of peace to welcome the new year :-)
New Year's day was spent @Gpa Moe's house w/family. Kenz had a great time playing duets w/cousin Sam & sharing finger foods!

The rest of Jan, coming soon!

Christmas Day & pm

2009-01-27T13:27:00.000-05:00

Christmas Day Aunt Kristi & Gpa Moe came to our house for brunch. Mommy made German apple pancakes and Makenzie got to open some more presents from CO!

That evening, we all headed down to the Fields' house for Christmas dinner & yet more gifts for baby Kenzie!
She really liked the lights on their huge tree (just like last yr, but she wasn't strapped to the bouncy seat this time around) & the bows :-)
Getting good @this unwrapping stuff
Thank you Gma!

Love you Uncle J!

Day after Christmas & New Year's to come soo soon! :-)

Christmas Eve & am

2009-01-26T21:49:00.000-05:00

Makenzie didn't know what to think of dancing, singing, Christmas Tigger at first.....but then she wouldn't stop pushing his button

She tried to pet, feed, and hug our reindeer :-)

Christmas Eve Mommy and Kenzie stayed home b/c they were still sicky, but Daddy went to Grandpa Moe's to see him w/Aunt Jessica, Uncle Rob, cousin Sam, & Aunt Kristi. Christmas morning back @our house was more exciting than last year as Makenzie got plenty of practice opening gifts from all of our birthday celebrations!

(Thank you Aunt Jessica & Uncle Rob for my first purse!)

Going shopping

Thanks for my new dress Mummum!

The Moriarty Band

...Christmas day, evening, and New Year's to come soon and we promise to get better at updating more frequently!

Daddy doesn't blog.....yet

2008-12-30T10:04:00.001-05:00

So, we haven't updated since Mommy was leaving for Boise....which went pretty well. She has an enthusiastic new team, but she is sure she does not want to ever live there :-)

After a day @home, we all headed up to RI on the train. The way up was fun, the way back not so much. We had a fantastic time with family while we were there for Thanksgiving though, and the trip was complete when Makenzie totally warmed up to Mummum

.....and Daddy's fav, the AwfulAwful, ha!

Only a few days after returning from RI did the Fields family get bad news on Great Grandma Nancy in IL. She was put back in the hospital and was not doing well. A few days later, she passed away :-( She is in a more comfortable, peaceful place now.
On the way home from IL, we all got the stomach flu and while Mommy was away Kenzie caught pneumonia. We are getting better each day!

Kenzi was totally excited to get her first real Christmas tree with Daddy and Grandpa Moe....more Christmas to come soon! :-) Hugs

November: A Year in a couple months

2008-11-14T11:05:00.000-05:00

So, you have just seen Makenzie grow through her first year in the past couple months on this blog and should be all caught up now that she's ONE and we're back to a new November!
What a milestone November it is too; go OBAMA!!
Kenzie had her 12 month appointment last week weighing in at 22lbs and 29inches tall (40th percentile & 50% respectively). Her 95th percentile head is another topic :-) She was due for 6 shots (crazy!) but we just had 2 and will go back next month for more.
Mommy and Daddy have both been fighting off head colds, but are starting to feel much better this week!
Mommy is off to Boise for work this coming week and Daddy is going to have fun with the Kenz :-)

October: Let the parties begin!

2008-11-11T21:15:00.000-05:00

Makenzie finally got her 1st (I'll call them semi-pro) pics taken @BabiesRus
She's started giving her bears hugs on demand
Had a fantastic home birthday to celebrate the one and only FIRST
Enjoyed helping Uncle Jonathan celebrate his birthday with ice cream cake
Kenzie had a very special birthday cake from Grandma; it was shaped like a lamb made in a tin that her Great Grandma Pat had on her first birthday, that she used to make Grandma's 1st birthday cake, that Grandma used to make Mommy's first!
Kenzie poses with Daddy on his birthday
Had fun in the Del Ray parade (thanks Sam!)
Got Daddy to puff his chest out when she showed an interest in Hokie beer pong
Go Skins!
Happy Halloween!
We are in for it, big time
I want THIS one!

September: Standing alone!

2008-11-07T15:45:00.001-05:00

Forget hanging on to stuff, I can do it ALL BY MYSELF!

Playing in Grandma's stuff checking herself out in the mirror

Loving being outside in the grass, chasing Allie's dog

Getting bold in the bathtub

Baby racer!

August: Makenzie's 9 months old and Mommy & Daddy visit CO!

2008-10-30T13:24:00.000-04:00

This was cute until she broke it :-(

Hanging out with cousin Sam and Aunt Jessica
Hey "Kota!" (She said it!)

Grandpa, check out my pig tails!

Cutest Hokie award
Caught in the cabinet!
At the doggy park
Mommy and Daddy in CO with Aunt Kristi and Hainze, not Dakota:-)

Talking to Daddy instead of eating :-)

July: It's hot! birthdays, fireworks, & the beach

2008-10-23T13:20:00.000-04:00

So you'd think fireworks would scare Makenzie since last year I felt like she was going to jump out of my belly, but no....she just watched them go up into the air and smiled at the bright bursts of color! Here she is in Mommy's baby dress and again starting to crawl :-)

We celebrated Grandpa Denny's birthday

and baby Matt's first bday!

Makenzie got in the pool for the very first time in our hotel at the beach

and enjoyed the view of the waves with Daddy

I like this last pic because she was so into pulling herself up on things around this time and checking everything out from a different angle. It was funny to watch her look at herself when she was just a few months younger

June: I'm standing! (& a whole bunch of other stuff)

2008-10-18T21:49:00.000-04:00

So it wasn't always self-initiated, but Makenzie became interested in standing

As always, we participated in the National Race For The Cure (R.I.P. Grandma Carol) & Miss Makenzie Carol was quite the showcase

Here she is babbling on the metro

Grandma Cindy figured it was time this little girl had a pig tail!Mommy and Daddy happily celebrated their anniversary with a private trip to BaltimoreHappy Father's Day Daddy! Let me help you open that :-)

The Moriartys finally met LucyMakenzie took her first flight to Indiana and got to meet Daddy's good friend, Mike, in Indy

Then we drove to IL to meet Great Grandma Nancy
, hang out with 2nd cousin Kaden,

Great Aunt Jolie
Great Uncle Steve

Aunt Kelsey
Aunt Brooke

2nd cousin Zoe and Great Aunt Donna

Great Aunt JulieAunt Jeanine
2nd cousin Amanda

Great Grandma Pat (4 generations here!)Aunt AmandaUncle Evan

...and much more of the midwest fam,
but even after all that she's still a Momma's girl!

May = Mommytime

2008-10-13T14:37:00.000-04:00

Mommy's first outing alone finally came this month and she had a blast with her girls

HaileeMae turned 5 & brother Dakota got to help celebrate with Happy Meals!
The fam went hiking in Great Falls so Mommy could work up a sweat, Makenzie could be outside, Daddy could wade in the water, and the doggies could swim!

Sam enjoyed being outside in the nice weather too

Mommy's Goddaughter, Emma, turned 3 and Kenzie liked hangin out with her Nana Reuss

Aunt Kristi got to visit while on business
We celebrated our first Mother's Day (even though we sort of celebrated last year when Kenz was in the belly)

We kept up with the nice weather by attending some cookouts
Kenz kept us laughing with her contagious belly laughs. Here, she was in the tub and got the giggles so we grabbed a cell and caught her; then we played it back and she was laughing at herself, hehe

Kenzi's got your "bouncin baby" beat!

April showers and the Sippy cup

2008-10-11T21:06:00.000-04:00

She wasn't due for a sippy cup quite yet (according the Babycenter which has become our weekly source of everything baby), but we decided to give it a whirl anyway and she took right to it!

Aunt Beth came to visit and got to meet Makenzie and cousin Sam for the first time!

Sam would quickly catch up in size to Kenzie; just look at the size of his hands! :-)
We call this one strawberry spike

Kenzie loved the monkey Aunt Kristi gave her
...and she continued to keep it cool like Jackie O

Happy Easter!

2008-10-11T14:02:00.000-04:00

Sitting with Daddy waiting on everyone to arrive at our new house for dinner (but she's wearing Mommy's baby Easter dress and bonnet!)
Kasia came to visit and she was happy to see Makenzie in "something other than pink!"

The most exciting day in March for us was the arrival of Baby Sam!

Baptized!

2008-10-06T15:37:00.000-04:00

We made it official, now lets see if we can keep her Holy...that sounds like I don't mean it, but I do..love my little pumpkin

Proud Mommy and Daddy

It stayed pretty chilly out, but we were ready to use that cute stroller so we bundled her up and took her strollin

Makenzie was well accustomed to her nightly rice bottles by this time, but she had some cereal with bananas and didn't quite know what to think
...but Daddy kept her giggling

Nothing milestoneish about this one; just think a sleeping Makenzie is the sweetest thing in the world

Happy birthday Dakota & Grandma/Valentine's Day!

2008-10-03T16:13:00.000-04:00

Daddy made Mommy the cutest pic of Makenzie for Vday

Dakota got a new toy, which he promptly tore to shreds
Grandma gloated with the best present in the world (note the red sweater was made for Mommy when she was a baby!)

...speaking of Mommy, she had to return to work this month (booo) but Miss Kenzie's lucky her Gma loves her lots and takes super good care of her
Kenzie started taking more consistent naps about this time (4x/day) and Daddy loved the snuggle time

Happy New Year!

2008-10-03T15:45:00.000-04:00

Makenzie attended her 1st party to ring in the new year, but you wouldn't know it since she just wanted to snuggle up to Grandma all night:-)

January brought a nice start to the new year for the Moriarty family as we purchased and moved into our first (town)house! Kenzie's fav spot was in her bouncy seat, looking out the front door
We think she started really showing a personality around this time, so naturally we began to take lots of pics and send out our monthly Kenzi Webshots albums

She met her friend, Matt(hew) while Mommy got to catch up with her best friend, Sarah

Post womb: Month 2

2008-10-03T14:35:00.000-04:00

Poor little Makenzie Carol had her first trip to the ER this month. I think it was harder on Mommy and Daddy while we watched them poke and prod, but she sure did look pitiful. Come to find out, she had acid reflux....thankfully, we think she's outgrown this now:-)
On a more exciting note, she became a true US citizen with the arrival of her SS card!

Makenzie saw her 1st snow, from the window of course, didn't want her getting sickBut when she did have to go out, Mommy bundled her up nice and warm in her cute little snow suit and off they went to house hunt

Kenzie finally met her Aunt Kristi when she came to visit us from CO for Christmas...and she really started "talking" to her Daddy

Catching you up: Afterbirth, not the literal

2008-10-02T14:28:00.000-04:00

So we're going to post some pics, month by month from birth to now, to recap :-)

Makenzie Carol Moriarty made her grand debut 3 November 2007 at 0607!

First day home from the hospital and the new parents turned 26!

Didn't take long to discover little Miss Makenzie Carol preferred the "burrito"Mommy quickly and oh-so-painfully came to the realization that Makenzie is what the lactation consultants call a "barracuda baby", so she reverted to the pump

Kenzie spent her 1st Thanksgiving at her Godparents' house and Aunt Jessica got a taste of what was soon to come by way of "baby Abbott" :-)

At the end of Kenzi's 1st moth, she loved her Boppy pillow and she learned to wink ;-)

Hello there!

2008-10-01T14:37:00.000-04:00

So, we decided that we are behind the times in the Blog world.
Here we are....finally.
We will be updating this page as we can to replace our PreMakenzie site :-)