Icestorms are no good!

Well, I logged on to blog last night but was interrupted by Kensley screaming and crying. I'm not sure what was wrong with her. She went down before 10 and then kept waking up crying. I would have to pick her up and hold her- at midnight we were in her room and I was rocking her. I put her down and she woke up again. So for the first time in a week and a half, she slept with me in bed! I didn't want to do it but I was exhausted and I knew we had her Dr. appointment at 9AM this morning.
Yesterday we went to Holly's and hung out with Holly & Maddox and Whitney & Hailey. They are all so cute together. It's fun to watch them play. Kensley is still the laid back one- she just watches everyone around her. I was a little worried, but I think it's just her demeanor. When Whitney & I were ready to leave, we walked out to our cars and they were covered in ice- Lance had to help us out by scraping our windows so we could see. We both got home safe & sound!
This morning was Kensley's dr. appointment for her second set of shots. It was at 9AM but there was no way I could get in my car. The doors were frozen shut and I was scared to get on the roads. It was like a ghost town in our neighborhood. We ended up leaving around 9:30. It took us almost an hour to get there! We didn't drive above 25mph the whole way. I was very nervous!
Miss Kensley is growing like a weed- she is 15lbs & 26.5 inches long. Everything looked great and he said to continue giving her rice cereal (or oatmeal) with a fruit. We've done apples, bananas and prunes. She loves the prunes- crazy thing! Once she hits 6 months, we're good to go on almost anything. We just have to blend it up. So that'll be interesting. I just can't believe that she's already eating foods! Time flies by so fast. We're still breastfeeding- and I try to give her cereal once or twice a day.

Here's a couple pictures from the day.


All three playing. Kensley just laid in this and relaxed. :)


Feeling eachother out...... Maddox liked her bow








Here's a video from last night- she was in a great mood!

What a beautiful day!

It was absolutely gorgeous today! The high was 80- and yes, it is still January! We tried to enjoy the weather as much as possible. I had to get my teeth cleaned and then we headed to the mall. I only had time to run into Children's Place because we went to visit Kimberly at school. It was really nice to see all the teachers and coaches. Unfortunately, when we got down to the gym for athletics, they had a fire drill! What were they thinking?! Poor Kensley was really sleepy but was hammin' it up for everyone around....UNTIL the fire alarm went off. Poor thing was scared to death- the noise hurt her ears, i'm sure. Once everything was clear and we went inside, I put her in her car seat and she was out in a minute! Tonight has been good... I watched The Drs. I record it every morning- it's the best! I am hooked on it... thanks to Kat. If you don't watch it, I highly recommend it.

Here's to another night....

Well, the last 2 nights Kensley has slept in her crib! I am so excited- I only hope that I can stay strong and not let her get in the bed with us! I'm not sure what did it in. My mom came up on Sunday and stayed the night- she put her in her crib Sunday night and she slept there! So tonight will make 3 nights.... hopefully we won't have any trouble...

Kensley & I went over to Whitney's today to play with Hailey and take pictures. (Whitney mentioned starting a blog- so I think I'm going to do that!) We wanted to take some cute Valentine's pictures for possible cards. It is so much fun to get together with them- I can't wait until they start interacting together.

I have a new job- or so I call it. Kent and his dad are wanting to purchase some cattle for some land we own and so I told Kent I wanted to help out in some way. So I am to do all the research on the basics of raising cattle. I'm pretty excited about it!

What a weekend!

Well this past weekend was full of "adventures". I never get sick- however, this weekend changed that. I woke up Saturday morning in pain. My stomach hurt so bad. I ended up having to call Care Now and get in for an appointment. Kent had to leave to get some things done- so it was just me and Kensley at home. Luckily, my friend Whitney offered to keep her at her house. She was a lifesaver! I dropped Kensley off there on my way to Care Now. They did an x-ray of my stomach, blood work and then a uranalysis. They thought it could be an ulcer so they gave me the lovely "cocktail" shot. Well, that only made my pains worse and I threw up. So they told me I needed to go to the ER so they could take more extensive tests and do a sono of my stomach. Lindsey lives up here, thankfully- and she was off work! She was going to come over and visit- little did she know, she was getting herself into something more! haha She came with Kent up to Care Now to pick me up. I couldn't drive because the pains were so bad. We picked up Kensley, went to the house and then headed to the ER. Kensley had her first day trip to the hospital- she did great! After 5 hours & morphine, we were ready to be released. They gave me three medications- for stomach ulcers, UTI and nausea. I thought I couldn't nurse Kensley but after talking to a friend that is a pediatric nurse, she told me I could! I was SOO happy- because Kensley is very anti-bottles. It's bad. I am feeling a little better now... this is not fun!

My mom came up here to help out today while Kent is at work. Last night Kensley was such a big girl! She slept in her crib! I was so excited! Hopefully we can do that two nights in a row!

Blogs....

Well, I opened this account back in August in hopes to start blogging on this instead of googlepages. Well, obviously that hasn't happened. I have copied/pasted my first blog about Kensley's birth....

September 2, 2008
Kensley came into the world on August 26th at 4:10pm. We went to the hospital at 5:30am, got checked in and they started my pitocin at 6:30. The Dr. came and broke my water at 9:00 and I had my epidural by 9:30. The rest of the day went by really fast. Our nurse was amazing! By 3:45, I was ready to start pushing. I did a few "warm up" pushes and the nurse had to call the dr. It took him about 15-20 minutes to get up to the room- which was a little scary because Miss Kensley was ready to come out before then! As he walked in, she was sliding out- the nurse had to stop her while the dr. put his scrubs on and got everything ready. So at 4:10, she was born- she was so beautiful and pink. Kent and my mom took pictures of her and then Kent and I got to spend a few minutes with her alone.
We spent two nights in the hospital. We sent Kensley to the nursery at night so we could get some rest. Kent stayed the first night with me- it was a little rough because I was still hooked up to the IV and that made noise all night. The second night my mom stayed so Kent could go home and get a good night's sleep. I slept a lot better that night. No IV's hooked up to me so it was a lot easier to get up and down (and less noisy). We ended up leaving the hospital at about 11:30. The rest of the day at home was nice and peaceful.
Today, Kensley is a week old. She is such a great baby. She doesn't cry a lot- I try to get her fed when she's making noises or is "rooting". She screams at the top of her lungs when we give her baths. Kent and I gave her one the other night and she didn't like it at all. Kent doesn't like it when she cries, so he lets me do that part- and then he gets the towel and just saves the day! He bundles her up in that and she stops crying. Usually every night before we go to bed, she lays on Kent for a while. That's their bonding time :) We've had so much company, it's been pretty crazy. My mom is up here this week to help out, which is nice, but we have such a small house that it's been stressing Kent and I out a little. We like to have everything picked up and out of the way- and it's just hard to have it like that when people are over here all the time. But we'll survive! :-)
So all in all, this baby has been such a blessing to us. Kent and I have become so much closer- and in such a different way. It's amazing and I love it. Kensley has really filled that special place in our hearts.