February 9th - Part 3

Continued...

Kirby and I were instantly in love. Kirby sat behind me with Kinley in his arms and was playing with her already. He would touch her cheek and talk to her while she turned her head from side to side and stuck her tongue out at him.

She was in her bassinet, but she didn't spend much of the 3 days in the hospital in there. They finished things up below the blue curtain and it was time to go back to our L&D room for another hour or so. The nurses got to wheel me, and Kirby got to wheel little baby down in her plastic bin :). He was so proud of her. 

Things were such a whirl-wind when we found out we were having our baby today. We were the only ones of our family in the state, so it was a really nice surprise when we got back to the room and my seastarrr was there waiting for us (I think might've been waiting for the baby more, but it's okay :)  ). She had jumped the first flight in from AZ. Wooohoo thanks sissy! 

A very very proud Auntie!! 

I got to snuggle my little lady while I was not splayed out on an OR table for the first time. It was a nice relief, because when I was trying to hold her on my chest on the table my arms were shaking, and I still couldn't feel anything and was afraid I was going to drop her. 

Not here though :)

I look awfully shiny huh? Heck yeah I was sweating my butt off. I wasn't hot that I can remember, but I couldn't stop sweating. Shortly after our good friend Dave showed up and it was a big surprise! We weren't expecting any visitors so quickly, but we welcomed him in. We love Dave :) He was so excited..."it's a miracle, she's just a miracle."

Then Dave left and we were taken upstairs to our recovery room. I remember being wheeled around in the bed, we took an elevator, and then we arrived in our room. It was much much smaller than our L&D room, and there wasn't a rocking chair or anything like downstairs. We did have a sink w/ a counter top and one of those chairs that pulls out into a very uncomfortable bed - sorry Kirb and Ali.

Lots of people kept coming in to check on us, and putting warm blankets on me. I couldn't understand why they were stacking them up when I was completely drenched in sweat already and they told me that my body temp was like 84 degrees...oh...hrmmm...okay then I guess. After a couple hours everything was back to normal for the most part. I do not miss people coming in ever 30 mins or hour and pushing my belly down, or the spinal tap meds wearing off and feeling like I had been ripped in half at the lower abdomen. I also don't miss the tracking bracelets on Kinley's legs, it kept slipping down so the nurses would rush in and then yell at us hahaha oh well.

Baby stayed with us the whole time. She was always being held by mommy, daddy or auntie.

Such a sweet girl

My mom was jumping a flight from Florida that night and would be there the next day. She was so excited to see her grandbaby :) 

She had her first bath the next day. She wasn't really feeling it though. She didn't like to be nakey at first and cold with the water. She likes her bath water really warm!!!

Her grandma showed up during her bath :) and got to watch through the nursery window. She had to stay in the nursery after her bath for a while to warm back up and do measurements. It was the first time she hadn't been in the room with us. I was pretty excited to see my mom. My first trip walking after the surgery was to the nursery pushing a wheel chair. They wheeled me back to the room afterwards. Hahaha...it was pretty painful and exhausting. 

When they brought her back my mom got to hold her.And later that day Kirby's mom got there (I think, it might have been the next morning, I don't remember, but I think I have it right). Both grandmas were so excited to hold and see their granddaughter and I was excited to see baby girl have so much love from her grandparents. Friday her my dad got there, and he wore a mask because he had a cough :). It was cute! And that night her other grandpa got there!! They were both in love :)  But she only had eyes for her daddy.

We started with formula in the hospital because Thursday she went 12 hours without eating. She just slept all day, and therefore she lost a lot of weight. Enough that the doctors were concerned with her eventually being jaundiced even though she wasn't at the time. We tried and tried to BF, and she had a freaking amazing latch, but apparently I'm just for looks! Haha - thanks boobs... **Spoiler Alert** I even pumped and pumped and pumped after we got home, but I never made enough to keep up with her so for my mental sanity and her health I decided after over 2 weeks to just use 100% formula. I know many out there wouldn't agree with my decision, but I stand behind it to this day. It was the best thing for everyone. **End Spoiler**

We had lots and lots of awesome visitors from our works come by during our 3 day stay. We loved seeing and visiting with our friends. Ali got a break from sleeping on the counter that connected to the sink - haha

We were finally released to go home on Saturday with a pediatric follow-up scheduled for Tuesday. And...we decided on a name...finally!!! I really wanted Kinley James, but conceded and agreed with Kirby on Kinley Marie...our little wiggle :). 

She's perfect in every way :)

Nom Nom Nom...

I love food!! Mmmmmmm, chunky sweet tatoes!! My favorite.

Snuggle me

I just wanna snuggle mom, that's why every time you put me down I wake up and make angry faces at you. Leave me be. I'm happy right where I am (the words she is saying but sound like rawr)

You can't find me

Kinley thought it would be funny to scare the bajeeeezuz out of mom on Saturday. Picture this, standing in the kitchen washing bottles, looking down to rinse rinse rinse...look up and don't see your 5 month old?! My heart dropped until I walked around the island to find this...

Notice the little leg sticking out...haha she had kicked the bar enough that it folded over on top of her and she was like hey this is cool. Just hanging out not making a sound. I laughed out loud at her. I have a feeling she's going to be quite the little trouble maker...

Growing so Fast

Kinley is growing so fast I can't even believe it. She has almost completely mastered sitting up on her own. I'll pile a blankie around her if I'm going to jump up right quick, but most times, she hasn't moved. She'll lean back pretty far and catch herself. She's just crazy. I put her in a high-chair eating out for the first time last week and she did great. She absolutely loved it, and so did I. I'm not sure how much she weighs now, but her inside her car seat is far from light. Now she just gets mad if she doesn't get to eat at the table when everyone else does. I'm not sure when that will happen, but we're taking baby steps!

I also left Kinley w/ my sister for 1/2 of the day when I went to work. It's the longest I've ever left her, and she was really good. I was even really good. Woohoo go me!!

This was her "missing" me :)

Her feet can now touch the ground in her walker at the office, so she goes....backwards. Yes, that's right. Silly girl pushes herself under the spare desk in my office or into her pnp. As long as she can stand up in it, she's happy.

And her auntie came to work with us too :) She worked really hard!! 

Kinley: Hey that's my stuff

It was a pretty exciting week. Eczema is gone. No more citrus fruits. So we're doing oatmeal with banana flakes for breakfast starting today, and either a regular veggie, or a stage 2 veggie for sitters. She liked the sweet potatoes last night, they were a little chunkier and she did great with them. I'm honestly not sure when we're supposed to move up, but I'm thinking she's okay. If she couldn't eat it she wouldn't right?? That's my thoughts anyways. They have mac'n'cheese in the stage 2!!! I was super excited, but I didn't get it. I thought we'll try the veggies and the mixed garden veggies, then we'll try those. I just feel like she's growing up so fast. Mac'n'cheese?! Oh Boy....

And this is what the weed eater sound makes her do! 

So we know not to make that sound now, right daddy? 

4th of July Fun

We spent the 4th of July weekend at my parents in the Land of Liberty :) with my brother and my sissy and her schmryce. Our old neighbors Ron and Tammy came too.

We were also joined by Heinz and Timmy ^ and Buttons and Sascha

Sorry puppies, no pictures. Kinley loved Buttons. She kept leaning towards him and pet him. Then she tried to eat him :) . I'm pretty sure that's her way of showing loves (: 

She also had her first fishing trip! 

She loves her Uncle B.

And her daddy of course :)

Poor girl was really tired after being woken up early to go fishing, so she napped for most of it while helping mommy hold the umbrella.

And no - we didn't catch any fish. 

Everyone tried really hard though. 

Auntie got Kinners a little pool. She had a blast laying in it relaxing and then kicking her legs and splashing. She loves the water. **sidenote** She even takes showers now. 

She likes her Kinley sized pool :) 

Kinley also made a new friend named Kylie! They had fun sitting up together on the couch. Kylie is 6 months old :). We love their family! They weren't sure what to think of each other at first, but they wanted to "feel" them out. Then Kylie decided she really wanted Kinley's bows :) See below!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!

Happy Birthday Mommas

Happy Birthday to Me :)

I like to think that's what Kinners was saying in this picture anyways..

She really likes this cuppy too. After all of them we've tried it seems to be her favorite for now.

She woke up super happy, but she's been kind of a crabby patty. She'll only sleep if I'm holding her. I'm pretty sure she doesn't feel good, because typically I lay her down and she goes to sleep on her own. The culprit: eczema looks like it's back and we had peaches for dinner. Do you know what that means? Woohoo back to regular formula and no more peaches!! Woohoo Stinky bottles - bye bye, stinky spit up - bye bye, stinky stinky nasty poop - bye  bye. = Super happy momma! 

Trying to fall asleep, but failing...

Smiling big for daddy - we hope you have a better day!!

(Her silly new smile)

And we looooooove paper and bubble wrap...gimme gimme

Hopefully we'll have a better night going out to sushi (hooray!!!) with mommy, daddy, gg and grandpa! 

And thank you babe for the awesome birthday wishes! You are my forever favorite! Loves :) 

February 9th - Part 2

Kirby and I got to the hospital a little after 2 and we were taken into our L&D room. This was it - no turning back now. The nurses were all really great. I got all ready and took one last pregnant picture :)


I was having contractions - woohoo! But the one nurse was like oh - lookie at that monitor you're having some good looking contractions - they must not be too strong though because you don't seem to be feeling them. I just gave her a look - hell yes I was feeling them. I had been since I got home to pack my bags, I was just trying to stay calm with a surgery looming that would bring my little one into this world! Woohoo. Kirby was watching tv - I think the travel channel or maybe the discovery channel?! and I was all changed and hooked up to monitors and iv's. Surprisingly doing everything went by pretty quick and it was time for Kirb to get into his gear!

He looked great in his paper suit, hat and booties.

After talking to all the different docs and seeing my doctor again (he's my favorite), it was time to go back. Did you know they make you walk to the operating room? - No? Me either, so don't feel bad. So I snuggled a blankie around me to cover my flapping back and left Kirby in our room until it was time for him to come in.

The room was like any operating room in the movies or tv shows. White and sterile. There was also another room coming off of it, or maybe a hallway. I'm not too sure. I'm glad that I have remembered this much almost 5 months later. The anesthesiologist was pretty funny. I'm pretty sure I was shaking from nerves and it was a little cold. I had to get a spinal tap and I was having contractions, so rolling over onto my side and curling up into a ball over my basketball belly wasn't the easiest thing for me to do, let alone hold still. But I tried. The spinal was quick and burned a little, but not as bad as I'd prepared myself for. Woohoo!
Back to laying flat and waiting for the numbness. I wasn't supposed to be able to feel my toes, but I could wiggle them so I was freaking out. They were cleaning my belly and I'm pretty sure I was splayed out for all the world to see, but I was worried about the fact that I could still wiggle my toes. I think I was a little loopy from the medicine. Kirb definitely agrees. They brought him in at 4:20 and it was time.

Do we look nervous??? - nahhh

I couldn't feel anything, my toes no longer wiggled, and my fingers were even tingling. Not sure if that's supposed to happen...oh well. Kirb hid behind the blue curtain the whole time - he doesn't like that kind of stuff. Me personally - I wish he could've gotten the nurses to take more pictures! It was super fast. I don't think they even started cutting until after they brought Kirby in. At 4:30 exactly baby girl no-name was born.

7lbs 6ozs 20.5 inches long - 4:30pm

Kirby = Daddy = Love

Yay - it was mommas turn :) 

One little happy :) 

To be continued...

Decisions...decisions

Trying to decide on where to live or rent or buy sure is exhausting. It wears Kin out

But she keeps on trucking with a smile on her face :)

Working Hard - Present Day

I realize this may get confusing. I'm going to post about current events and in between sometimes go back and do a catch-up post for missing the first 5 months! So eventually we will be 100% current ha!

Today as I was reconciling our bank account at work and Kinley wanted to help. I have a feeling this is going to occur more often :) My bank papers are all crinkled and crunchy and slobbery! Yum!!! Sorry bank papers, at least you just go into a binder. She really does work awfully hard when she's here. This week she figured out she can stand up in her walker and woohoo - her feet almost reach the ground!!!

Here's her feeties on the box being a little ham :). Thank you FEDEX. She really loves grabbing and pushing all the toys off the tray. She'll be 5 months on Friday! I can't even believe it.

I can also lay her down with a blankie and a binkie in her PNP and, wouldn't you know it, she puts herself to sleep! My my what a lucky mommas I am turning out to be. Silly little girl has been so good since the beginning. I joke w/ K that our next will turn out to be triplets w/ colic and acid reflux that are all on 2 hour sleep schedules! YIKES!!!

Here's my sleepy little lady :)