These pics will be posted everywhere! I'm a little obsessed, I know!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Happy Days... or Moments!
I just think these are cute and some of the moments when we're smiles instead of tears! I love to get her dressed in all the cute outfits and accessories we have for her! She is still too small for a lot of it, but I don't care! And I swear she's not supposed to be able to lift her head like she does! That's crazy to me. I drink a lot of milk, so that must be it! Haha! We love the baby carrier too. Well, Chad does at least. It still kinda scares me, but he walks all around the house with her in it and she loves to look up at everything so that's another thing that prevents the crying for a little bit. Chad's a big help when it comes to making her stop crying. She gets all stressed out a lot of times when I'm trying to calm her down. They say it's because moms smell like milk so it makes babies instinctivley want to eat even if they're not hungry. So Chad can calm her down instantly most of the time. I think it's the milk thing, but he swears he's just got the touch. That could be it too... or at least he can think that! She does love her daddy though! That's for sure!
Bath time!
I was nervous to give Kamryn a bath so this isn't her first bath, but one of the many! They say only bathe your baby like twice a week, but ya right! Bath time has proven to be one of our favorite times! She loves it! She gets really fussy, I mean REALLY fussy, later in the evening, so I like to give her a bath at night just to at least stop the crying for a little bit. Doesn't help the overall fuss fests though. She still won't fall asleep until late, but I'm not complaining. I think it could be a lot worse. I'm almost getting to the point where I want to put her to bed and let her cry it out until she fallls asleep. Not there yet though. I let her cry one night for an hour and felt like it was child abuse! Now I'll wait 15 minutes and go get her. I love to rock her, and sing to her, and cuddle with her! The best is when I'm burping her and she just falls asleep on my shoulder! I'll just leave her there until she wakes back up! I can't help myself! The books tell you not to do those things, so hopefully I'm not doing damage by not "training" her enough... WHATEVER! We do what we want! My mom wants to ring my neck whenever I tell her about something I've read in a book and stress about if I'm doing something "right" or not. She says we've been blessed with motherly intuition so USE IT cause you can't get that from a book! I think that's good advise. Love Ya Mom!!!
O.M.G.!
Don't be embarrassed if you shed a tear or two when you look at these! Does it get more precious that this! Our biggest and best news of all, is Kamryn finally made it here January 18th at 6:53 am, 8.1 lbs and 21 inches long! Her long awaited arrival proved to be worth the wait! I went into labor Friday night, went to the hospital Saturday night with contractions 5 mins apart and they wanted to send me home because I still wasn't dilating! I could have killed those nurses! I begged to talk to the Dr. because by then I was in SO MUCH PAIN and couldn't imagine sitting at home in that kind of pain all through the weekend. They offered my a shot of morphine and I was on my way out when in walked the Dr! I could have kissed him! He broke my water, (the most awkward feeling ever), and I had my epidural a half hour later (heaven send). Labor still lasted ALL NIGHT and she was finally ready to make her apperance early Sunday morning. She sure did take her time, that's for sure! I was pregnant 41 weeks and in labor almost an entire weekend! She came into this world surrounded in love and adoration. My entire family was there when she made it here which made it an exciting experience for all of us. She was perfectly healthy with the exception of a bad rash and abnormally alert. She took to Chad right away and he to her. I was more awkward with her than he was at first and he changed more diapers than me! He loved being part of the delivery and was even man enough to cut the cord which he wasn't so sure about at first! My mom was in heaven, Bertie in awe, my dad fell in love, Brad wasn't quite sure, and Jeff and Amber's family excited. It was done and now we have a daughter. The next few weeks would prove to be... different than we expected, but worth it all the way! We love her so much!
She is already growing so much! I feel like we missed the newborn stage with her! Even taking these pictures, the photographer said she looks and acts more like a 2 month old that a 1 week old! She holds her head up and is way strong! Compared to our friends' babies, she seems so much bigger too! I think she just overcooked a little! She is a good baby though, we just need to figure out how to get her sleeping better... and are open for suggestions! Good luck to all the other new moms too!
PREGO
Some of you might find this a little awkward, so sorry, but I love these! The photographer at Bertie's wedding offered me a discount to come and take some maternity pictures, so why not?! Now I have something to remember that awful nine months I spent uncomfortably, miserably, painfully creating our beautiful baby! Some girls say being pregnant is easy, beautiful, and love it... NOT ME! I have a whole new respect for moms, that's for sure. I'm glad to not have had to do it alone though. It turned out that the majority of our friends were having babies at the same time so it was nice to have the support and understanding from them. We're lucky to be having our kids at the same time and going through the experience together. I also want to give a shout out to Chad for putting up with me throughout the whole experience. It was a challenge for us from the very beginning. Just trying to get pregnant proved to be difficult and our first failed pregnancy was an experience that prepared us for any trial that might come our way. This pregnancy started off bad, with the horrible nausea that forced me to quit my job unexpectedly which placed a financial burden on us, but Chad supported me entirely. He waited on me hand and foot and never complained, and I mean never. It actually shocked me! Then as I got finally feeling better and quit throwing up after about 5 months, the discomfort set in. Backaches, leg and foot cramps, sleepless nights, weight gain, and the general discomforts of pregnancy turned out to be harder than we had both expected! Chad sure did step up to the plate and I'm lucky to have such a supportive husband. I love him so much and am so excited to be starting our family!!!
How to Host A Murder
Seriously, one of the coolest things I've ever done! No- this isn't Halloween all over again. Jeff and Amber invited us over on New Years for a Murder Mystery party! Way cooler than anything any of y'all might have done on New Years! Just kidding! Basically, it's a mystery game like Mafia where someone gets killed and you fight against each other to figure out who the murderer is, except you act this out! We all had a character and had to come dressed up to play the part! SO FUN! Chad was a lawyer/golfer and won best costume! He looked awesome and as you all can imagine, loved playing the part! Jeff got runner up because he had to play 2 characters, a Dr. and a...banker I think. HILARIOUS! Of course Amber looked amazing as... whatever she was! I can't remember hers either! The wig totally played though! Bertie was an author lookin' all sexy in her sweater and eye glasses and as fitting as it was, JJ was a mountain man! Even Sheryl played her part as a secratary and how awesome did she look?! I was an actress, looking all akward with a huge belly, but hey, I came to play! We had a great time and created quite the memory! If anyone ever gets the chance to go to one of those and you're with people half as cool as my family, you'll have an awesome time, so go! But you have to go all out with the costumes! Go big or go home! It was quite the way to bring in the new year! Go 2009!
Ode to Jeffry
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turning 30 isn't that big a deal, but when you're my big brother, it's the perfect opportunity to make fun! What an old fart, huh?!! I seriously LOVE my brother Jeff and love every chance we get to hang out, which fortunately is pretty often. He's one of my favorite people in the world and I'm sure he feels the same about me! He has such an amazing family and I seriously feel blessed to be part of their lives. Amber is one of my best friends and his kids literally melt my heart. We're lucky to be so close and enjoy the great relationships we have. Well, Amber pulled off a surprise dinner for his birthday and we had a good time, especially bowling after. But I have to mention that he did kind of get the shaft this year! My family has the coolest tradition of getting together at mom's house for birthday celebrations and "roasting" whoever's birthday it is. We tell them why we love them and it's everyone's favorite part of having a birthday, especially mine! Well, Jeff really looks forward to this every year, and sadly, his birthday was December 9th but he didn't get roasted until February! The wedding, the holidays, and the baby all got in the way of his celebration. That's just emotionally traumatizing in my family so I want to extend a public apology to Jeffry and tell him again... I LOVE YOU! I want to also set the record straight that he may be intimidating and look mean on the outside, but he's got a thin candy shell and is all warm and soft on the inside! So don't be afraid!!! To all who read this, this is an official invite to just go up and give him a big hug next time you see him! Maybe even tell him why YOU love him!
The holidays came and went really fast this year. Not a lot of time to really enjoy them with the chaos of a wedding, bridal showers, baby showers, and everything in between, not to mention my bad attitude stemming from being as big as a house! We did manage to get through them though and it's no surprise that they turned out great and memorable as always. The boys had a big football game Thanksgiving morning followed by the usual feast and games of which Chad and I always seem to loose at! Christmas was meager this year, obviously, but Chad is always overjoyed when he opens a huge bag filled with underwear and socks! We woke up Christmas morning and played Street Fighter for awhile before heading over to my parents house to open some gifts there and, of course, eat all day long. Just for the record, I beat Chad EVERY SINGLE ROUND. My birthday fell in there among the holidays and I finally got an awesome camera that I have yet to totally figure out and I really need some Photoshop lessons! But I am obsessed with photography and some day will learn how to do it and not just admire it! Someday. And it looks like I screwed up with the pictures and they're in the wrong spot! Bear with me, I'm a total rookie!
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Well Bertie and JJ finally took the plunge! They got married on a blizzardy day in December, but the horrible weather didn't stop us from having a good time! It just stopped everyone else from coming! We ate ( as Brad is demonstrating), laughed ( as the boys are demonstrating), and danced (as Chad and I demonstrate any chance we get)! Nine months pregnant, and I still got it! Funny thing, I actually didn't get one single picture of the bride and groom together that day with the exception of the awesome cake in the face pictures! He got her GOOD! I mean GOOD! Like I might have cried if it were me! He could do no wrong in her eyes though so she just kept smiling and calmly reapplied her make-up! What a champ! She looked simply stunning and I'm so proud of her for the choices she's made. She is my best friend and I love her to death!
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