First Christmas (again and again!)

We had a busy holiday weekend! Christmas Eve was spent at my Gma and Gpa Hemesath's house, as it has been every year for the past 31 years. This year it was extra special because Steve and I had Maecy in tow. She was dressed in a cute little red corduroy jumper and snowflake tights. Of course with all that hair, there had to be a headband too!

Of course by the time that Santa arrived, we were already in our pajamas! Maecy was pretty indifferent about Santa Claus this year. I can't wait to see her reaction next year!

We spent the weekend at my mom's, and we had our family Christmas on Sunday. 

She got to play with her cousin Aiden 

(After this picture, there was a small slap in the face!) :)

She also got to meet her Aunt Jenni.

And, of course, there were lots of snuggles with Gpa and Gma!

When we got home that night, Maecy opened the presents from Mommy and Daddy. She had a great Christmas, and got lots of fun and exciting toys that she wanted to thank everyone for!

Now, if you are keeping track, that was only 2 Christmases, but the weekend before, Steve's family was all home for baptism, so we did the Krob Christmas that Sunday (yes, it was an insanely busy weekend!)

Playing with Gpa Jim



Maecy opening her presents

Aunt Jen had the magic touch...she hadn't napped all afternoon

Baptism

Maecy was baptized December 18th. She had a gorgeous hand-crocheted gown made by her Great Grandma Hemesath. Close friends of ours, Rob and Kurin, are her Godparents. After mass, we had dinner at our house for about 20 members of our family. I was happy with how everything all turned out, and the weather cooperated which was great!




My dad came down for the baptism and it was the first time he met her. I think Gpa was pretty smitten with his first granddaughter. It was nice to get a few pictures of them together!



Maecy throwing a tantrum...

which wore her out!

Four generations

Three Month Photos

We had our photos taken for a Christmas card. Maecy was a trooper for about 15 minutes...and then she was ready to be done. I think we got some pretty good shots despite the limited amount of time we had to work with.

I can already tell I won't be able to say "No" to that face!

Does she look annoyed with us already?!?!?

Merry Christmas to everyone!

~ Love the Krobs~

Steve, Jess, Maecy, & Finley

Sleep...at last!

It's happened...I was beginning to think it never would. Maecy has surprised me...She is sleeping through the night!  And not just once in awhile. I have had 6 glorious nights of sleep. Maecy has gone from getting up 5 or 6 times in the night, to sleeping for 10-12 hours straight!

Last Thursday night I had had enough, I was running on about 3 hours of sleep for the second night in a row, and I was so exhausted I just broke down crying at 3 in the morning and decided no more. That weekend we were going to "cry it out" as the books and internet articles say.  I also made the decision to eliminate the pacifier.  It was afterall the culprit of all of our sleeping problems. It would fall out, Maecy would wake up without it, and become upset. I would rush in trying to quiet her. I felt like a big meany, but I decided I was probably a whole lot meaner without sleep! :)

Thank goodness my mom came down on Friday night, so I had her for moral support. And I needed it. Friday night was rough.  She was so mad when we put her down the first time. I proceeded to go in every 10 minutes and reassure her, and try to soothe her (which of course was completely ineffective because she was so worked up). I had to go in 4 times.  I was starting to lose hope...then silence. It lasted about an hour and a half. We repeated the same steps again. The night continued pretty much the same, but the chunks of sleep got longer and longer. I started to think that maybe we were going to get some sleep around our house afterall!

Saturday night was great - she was sleeping within 15 minutes, and while she fussed around 2:30, she was able to put herself back to sleep within minutes.  Since then, she has slept through the night without a peep! :)

Since she no longer has her pacifier, she has found her thumb. Right now I am not thinking about how she might be a thumbsucker until she is five...I am just enjoying a full night's sleep! :) Speaking of sleep...it's about that time!

Maecy's way to tell me she is ready for bed...twirling the hair and sucking her thumb!