Pool Time!

You may have seen the pictures of Kinsey's first water adventure on Facebook, but these were taken today. She enjoyed it much more this time with smiles and squeals! I caught a few smiles, but as soon as I try to video, she usually stops whatever super cute thing she's doing . . . Anyway, enjoy my sweet baby's fun in the sun!

Long overdue update...

Well, Kinsey is now 4 months old! Thankfully, Jeff is working hard so I can stay with her a little longer than originally planned. I was supposed to go back to work in April, but now it has been postponed until August! Yay!!!!

Kinsey is growing so fast! At her 4mo appointment, she weighed 11lb, 10oz, and was 24 1/4in long. We had to start supplementing with formula about a month ago, and has really been packing on the pounds since then! She has been sleeping through the night since she was 9 weeks old! We are so lucky!! Also, she's at the age where everything goes in her mouth, including nearby hands, so look out!! She has been smiling big, gummy grins for quite some time and is giggling and talking a lot now.

We are in our second Kindermusik session. For those of you that don't know, it is a music and movement class. She really likes when I sing to her,(poor thing has no idea that I'm tone deaf) so I thought she might enjoy it. We get some good smiles out of her, so I think she does.

Our house has been on the market for about 2 weeks now. We're not in any real hurry to move, but we need a little more room for our numerous vehicles and Jeff's many projects. If we could build him a shop here, we would love to stay, but theHOA won't allow it. Plus, we have finally found a church that we feel like home to us, so it would be a shame to drive further than we already do.

We have been attending Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian. It's a 40 minute drive (ride for me!), which is completely worth it when you walk in the door and people greet you with your name after you've only been there twice. What a wonderful feeling! I want to raise Kinsey going to church because I feel like I really missed out when I was a child. The people are so sweet to her and many volunteer to take her home with them! Ha! We put her in the nursery for the first time this past Sunday, while we visited our bible class for the first time. I couldn't really pay attention because I was counting down the minutes until we could go get her, but Jeff said he enjoyed it. Then, we got her out and took her in for the service. Kinsey was singing very loudly and cracking everyone up around us. Then, fell asleep in her daddy's lap, with her arms up behind her head, maxin' and relaxin'! The people around us enjoyed that too. It was a special treat at church because my old(former, not age) minister was the guest speaker and did such a great job! We also got to see so many people from Beltline at Main that were all coming to see him. What a day!

Anyway, that's all I can think of for now. Maybe I can try to update regularly now that Kinsey is napping for longer than 20 min. at a time. Laundry is calling my name . . .

Kinsey's First Bath

Well, it took her a while, but Kinsey finally lost her umbilical cord stump on Sunday, February 7, 2010. We went ahead and still gave her a sponge bath because there was still some "gunk" in there. However, last night I decided it was time for her first tub bath. Here are a few pictures. You'll notice she did not enjoy it much! Check out that cute hiney!!

It's been a while . . .

I'm home by myself now with my precious little baby and while I should be sleeping when she's sleeping, it's a little hard during the day. But, that leaves me a little time to blog, so we'll start back up from here!

I had an amazing pregnancy, with a little high blood pressure towards the end, but everything else was so wonderful. I loved it. However, it made me think my delivery was going to be hard and boy was it! 19 1/2 hours in labor, 3 hours of pushing, all to result in an emergency c-section because she was OT, which means head down, face to the side.

Here is how it went down . . .

We went in on the 13th at 10 to get cervadil(sp?) because my blood pressure has been pretty high, but I wasn't dilating. So, we stayed over night and woke up the next morning only to find out that I still wasn't dilated! So, they went ahead and took me to L&D and put me on pitocin. I was contracting every minute, but I couldn't feel a thing because of pain meds. Anyway, by like 5 or 6p.m. I had only dilated to a 3. They checked again at 8 p.m. and I was dilated to an 8. By 10 p.m. I was at a 10, so we started pushing while waiting for the dr. Well, I pushed for 3 hours and we discovered she was turned head down, but her face was sideways and she was stuck in my pelvis. So, at 2 a.m. I was pulled into the OR and had to have an emergency c-section. 2:52 a.m. Kinsey was here!!

Anyway, Kinsey Elizabeth is absolutely perfect. I love her so much. I am one exhausted mommy, but I know it's all worth it!

"My Treasure . . ."

is apparently what Kinsey means in Arabic. Isn't that perfect? Just thought I'd share! :)

Now, the pictures you have been waiting for . . .

belly and bedding pictures!! :)

I bought the bedding from Baby World in Dallas. The pictures aren't very good, but you get the idea. The fabrics are Watermelon Paisley, Watermelon stripes, Watermelon Candy, and brown Minky Dot. I love it. Now, what color do I paint the nursery?

Just as Kinsey is growing . . .

so is her CLOSET!!! :) I LOVE IT!!! Here are some of her cute new things!!














We have so many sweet friends and family!! Her new Nikes are from her Marnie and Papa(Jeff's parents), her yellow blanket is from my friend, Emily, her purple "Queen" onesie is from my friend, Valerie, the pink "daddy" shirt is from my cousin, Sheri and her family, my friend, Carrie, bought her the pink onesie with the little hats and a matching bandana for Sweetie. I bought the pj's with the cute little feet, the little sundress, the bows, and the diaper bag!!