Happy Grandparents Day!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Grandparents Day to all our Grandparents: mine, Jordan's, Kaitlyn and Keith's. Hope you all are having a great day. We thank you all for all that you do and just for being in our lives. Much love from us all.

Also, I wanted to get a picture in of the fun and colorful carrots that I grew in my garden. This picture's for you Sis.

Keith is 1 month old and Kaitlyn has a new haircut.

It's amazing how busy life gets with two. Keith is getting bigger everyday and more alert. He is "talking" and looking around quite a bit. He's still really gassy though, but seems to be doing better relieving it. There are times when it doesn't seem to bother him as much as others. Of course I'm still not sure what's causing it. He eats a lot too. There are days when I'm not sure if I can keep up.

Kaitlyn decided to giver herself a new haircut. She was supposed to be watching her movie upstairs in Jordan and I's room, but she got into the bathroom and pulled out the little pair of safety scissors that I keep in there for whatever. I asked Jordan to go check on her because I heard something drop that didn't sound right. I was feeding Keith at the time. Kaitlyn was coming down the stairs as he was heading up and she tried to keep him from going up there. That's when you know she was doing something she knows that she shouldn't be. He went up and said he saw the scissors and my hairties on the bed, but it didn't register. Then he saw the lock of hair when he went to the other side of the bed. Meanwhile, she had come to me to try and get me to save her. I looked at her head and couldn't believe that she had cut a little bit of her hair off of her forhead. It's not a lot, but it's noticable if she has a ponytail in.

Other exciting news is that Keith's room is painted and the crib is up. There's just a few small things that need to be done, like Jordan getting the rest of his stuff out of the closet, and then Keith will be completely moved in. Yeah! Only after more than a month after he was born, but it will be done.

2 weeks old

Keith was 2 weeks old on Monday which is when he had an appointment. He is looking good and is already 8 lb. 10 oz. and 21 1/4 inches long. He's gained 1 lb. 2 oz. and a little over 2 inches. He eats a lot and I mean a lot. However, he has a lot of gas as well. It even wakes him up sometimes, because he is filled with so much gas. His doctor said that it's something that I'm eating and I'm going to have to figure out what it is and not eat it anymore or at least while I'm nursing. This means that he'll wake up sometimes a half hour after I lay him down, which at night means I don't get much sleep. He eats every 2-3 hours all day and night as it is and you add in the gas and I don't sleep very well.

Daddy's little rocker

Kaitlyn is taking it very well and seems to really like her little brother. She gives him kisses and says that he's cute all the time. She also seems to be becoming more interested in using the potty now, which is a little odd since she hasn't wanted to use the potty at all the past couple of months. I just feel bad, because she'll ask me to use the potty while I'm nursing Keith and can't help her at the time.

Duke has become hyper protective which is good and bad. It's good that he feels he needs to protect us more with the baby in the house, but bad because he barks at every little sound it seems. I guess it's a good thing that Keith doesn't seem to be bothered by it.

Jordan is busy with work, which is good since we need the money, but it's also a little frustrating, because all summer long work had been a little slow, but now that we have a baby it picks up, a lot. So, I'm home by myself all day long and we've hardly had a chance to talk since we came home from the hospital. I'm not even sure what's going on any more.

Good news in getting rooms finished though. Jordan should be able to move all of his stuff down into his room after this weekend. I'm hoping to get Keith's room painted this weekend too. We'll see how it goes.

He's arrived!!!

I know that I was doing a terrible job keeping everyone up to date on the blog these last few weeks, but life was a little busy with doctor appointments and Kaitlyn and worrying about the baby being late and a possible inducing for me. When we got home things have been a little crazy trying to get used to a new schedule as well, so that's why I'm just now getting this posted.

Keith Christopher arrived on Monday, August 10, a day late, at 8:21 am. He was 7 lbs. 8.5 oz and 19" long. He's a mellower, healthy baby. Plus, he was delivered a lot faster than Kaitlyn was. He decided that he wasn't going to wait and came in about 4 hours, where Kaitlyn took 14 hours. We got to go home on Tuesday, which was nice. The only concern that they had was he didn't want to eat very well on Monday, but he spit up a bunch of stuff all over Uncle Tyler, then some more later. They ended up flushing out his stomach, because he had apparently swallowed some fluids on the way out. Since then he hasn't had any problem eating. Also, he seems to have a clogged tear duct in his left eye, so I have to wipe the eye and apply some ointment to it and massage the duct several times a day. He coos and mews and moans a lot too. He's quite a little talker already, especially when he's sleeping.

He already had to have his first doctor visit today. It was just a well child visit. He has gained an ounce over his birth weight already and seems to be doing well. He is slightly jaundiced, so we have to keep an eye on that, but he's doing good. His eye is doing better and everything else is fine.

Kaitlyn is doing better about the fact that there is another person taking momma's attention. There was much crying the first few days, but she is getting better. Fortunately, Nana came up to help out for a week and she's been able to keep Kaitlyn entertained most of the time. Thanks for the help Mom!

We had Aunt Sissy come up and visit us at the beginning of the month. She didn't get to stick around to see her nephew born, but it was good to see her while she was here. She came up to see her high school friend, Jaimie get married. Congratulations Jaimie and Chance on the marriage, it was a really nice ceremony!

I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped to deliver Keith and care for us while in the hospital, and to everyone who has come to see us. Thanks guys!

A much needed break for Momma.

I had about three days to myself this weekend. Granted I shampooed the carpets downstairs for two of those days, but that really needed to be done. I did feel like I got something accomplished though, since nothing else in the house, as far as getting prepared for this baby is concerned, is getting done.

Jordan took Kaitlyn up to the mountains for the Session's reunion camping weekend. She played with Hannah and got to see all the family. My doctor wouldn't let me go, which didn't really bother me. Kaitlyn's clothes came back looking like she had been allowed to just roll in the dirt, but she had fun. When they got back, Kaitlyn was just babbling on and on and on about this and that. I was really funny.

I did have another appointment yesterday. Found out that I am very slightly dialated. So, then Jordan goes to North Dakota to fix some engine or generator, because he's the closest person in the region that knows how to fix it. Hopefully he'll be back today. I keep telling the baby to wait until Daddy gets home before he decides to show up. So far I'm doing fine, and have not had any major concerns.

Also, the doctor, who was not my regular doctor because she's on vacation for a week, said it seemed like this baby is small. She thinks he'll only be in the high 6 lbs. I said that was fine by me, as long as he's healthy. So know I'm a little concerned about that. Then again in the delivery room with Kaitlyn they thought she'd only be in the 6 lb. range, but she was 7 lb. 4 oz. so, we'll see.

Hope everyone had a Happy 4th!!

I know that I'm a little slow on getting this out, but life has been a little busy and yet not busy. Don't ask, I don't know how that works, just know that it does.

We had a good Fourth of July. On Friday, we went out to the lake with the family. It was an unfortunately rainy day, but we did get some grilling done and got out on the boat. Kaitlyn didn't mind the boat ride, but she had more fun playing with the little pop up button on the glovebox. She didn't really seem to enjoy having to wear the lifejacket though.

On Saturday, we went to the parade with Carissa, Chelsey, Hannah, Hayden, and Grama. Kaitlyn really liked getting candy, but she wanted to eat every piece she picked up. She didn't like the motorcycles when they went by because it was really loud, or the fire engines. Afterwards we went to Grama and Papa's for a brunch that turned into lunch. It was good, Kaitlyn had three helpings of scrambled egg. We hung out there for a little while then went home for naps. We were going to go watch the fireworks, but Kaitlyn wasn't feeling well so we stayed home. Jordan and I watched from our bedroom while Kaitlyn slept. She has yet to watch the fireworks.

The other night I was eating some chocolate in the kitchen, because I didn't want her to see me eating it. It was really close to her bedtime and she didn't need to be having any. Well, I'm still trying to chew it up and she comes in and asks, "What are you eating Momma?" I told her it was nothing. Well, she was not happy with that answer and tells me, "Open your mouth, let me see!" She was very serious and I just busted up laughing. She kept telling me to open my mouth and that she wanted to see. It was finally dropped, but it was sooooo funny.

It's been a long and trying week.

I've had another appointment that was uneventful. Another how are things, baby moving, check weight and blood pressure. Blah, blah, blah.

Jordan had to get scoped the other day to try and figure out what's going on with his stomach. There was nothing obvious that they saw, so they took some biopsies and we'll get the results from those in a couple of weeks.

Kaitlyn and I are done with our swim class finally. It's a good experience, but it runs you ragged when it's two weeks in a row, everyday. It's amazing how a half hour can just wipe you out. She did really well, we still don't like to have our whole head under water, but she did make progress on being on her back in the water. We'll have to see if I can get her in again sometime in the fall.

We did have to take Ellie back to the pound this week as well. She bit Kaitlyn on the face. Don't worry Kaitlyn is fine. She just got a couple little puncture marks on either side of her nose. Ellie didn't bite her real hard, but it's enough that we couldn't keep her around anymore. I don't even know what was going on. Kaitlyn may have been pushing or pulling on Ellie, but neither I nor Jordan were in the room when it happened. Everything is fine, but Ellie is no longer living with us. It's hard, because I was really hoping that things would have worked out with her. Duke really liked having her around and Kaitlyn loved her too.