Visits with Family

Last Friday, we had visits from Stacey and Jackson, Bryan, Tami and family, Marynell, Lee, Rebecca, and Grandmama and Papa. Here are some pics.

Haley was happy to see Jackson. She told everyone she saw that day 'Do you know what? Jackson's walking!' She thought this was VERY exciting.



Jackson wasn't sure what to think about the baby.



Baby Kendall and Jackson are only a little over a year apart.



Here is Maynee with her girls.



BTOAK and Grandmama and Papa came for dinner. You know the kids table is always the happenin' place to be.



Olivia was the first in her family to hold Kendall. She raced in the door and beat everyone else to her!



All the girls were happy to meet their new cousin.

2 week old check up

Kendall had her (late) 2 week old checkup yesterday. Here are her measurements:

Height: 21 3/4 inches - 90% (she measured 20 inches even at birth)
Weight: 9 lb 10 oz - 80% (she weighed 8 lb 2.4 oz at birth)
Head: 14 inches - 25%

The doctor said everything looked great. When Kendall went to the doctor about 2 weeks ago, she weighed 8 lb 8 oz - she's gained over a pound in just under 2 weeks!

The doctor said Kendall looks great.

Three Weeks Old - Tomorrow!

Haley, Kendall and I went for our first walk yesterday. I forgot how fast babies fall asleep when they're carried in a front carrier. Kendall had been up for awhile and was just starting to get fussy. A calm came over her as soon as I got her in the carrier. I looked down a few minutes later, and she was fast asleep. Here is the gorgeous view I had when I looked down into the carrier.



I also put Kendall in her kick and play for the first time yesterday. This was one of Haley's favorite toys when she was little.



This morning, I put Kendall in one of the pillow case dresses that Mom made for her.



When Haley saw Kendall in her dress, she said 'Oh, she has a pillow case dress too!' And then, of course, Haley just had to put hers on. :)

My little pea pod

A few nights ago, I started swaddling Kendall in a blanket made just for swaddling - it has velcro closures to help it stay put. I've never been good at swaddling babies in a blanket. I can't ever get it tight enough.

Here is my little pea pod! When she's sleepy, she's ok with this. However, if she decides she wants her hands up by her face, she can get very angry very quickly. No matter how tightly I swaddle her in this, if she decides she wants her hands out, she can get them out.



Kendall has done very well at night the past few nights. For 3 nights in a row, she has gone 1 four hour stretch between meals - she eats (roughly) at 10 PM and 2 AM. Getting her back to sleep wouldn't be bad if we didn't keep having accidents right before I put her back in the cradle. Two nights ago she spit up everywhere and last night we had a diaper incident. But the important thing is that she seems to be learning to space her meals out a little longer in the middle of the night (I should knock on wood right now).

Haley has had a cold, and I haven't let her touch or kiss me or the baby. I've also tried to keep her several feet away from us. She's such a good sport - she hasn't gotten her feelings hurt about this at all. It's hard to carve out time to play with her when I'm so tired during the day, but I'm trying. Here she is a day or two ago when we enjoyed a brownie sundae together while Kendall was napping.

Haley's Theatrical Debut

Haley has been taking a class at a local theatre for 3 year olds thru 5 year olds. She enjoys her class very much. She often does the little dances when she comes home (she and I did some of them together just last night).

Haley's friend Jasmyn took the class with her. The girls had a little 'performance' during their final class. Haley does much better at home than she did in her performance. She had just caught a cold and was not feeling too great that day. Jasmyn, however, was VERY enthusiastic about the performance.

Kevin, Marynell, Kendall, and I all came to the show. Kendall slept through the whole thing.

Here are some pics. The kids sang and danced to 'Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?'



Here they are taking a bow. Jasmyn is on the left in the pink outfit.



I was so happy I could come and see the performance!



Click here to see video of the performance!

Haley Sings to Kendall

Kendall was 4 days old when this video was taken.

Memorial Day Weekend

Kendall is back to eating about 8 times a day. She has not done any more projectile vomiting, either. She was awake alot yesterday. She took a few heavy naps late yesterday afternoon. I was worried that these late naps might mean she would stay up last night, but she didn't. She did not have any 4 hour stretches between meals last night, but she went back to sleep after each meal. This allowed me to get some good sleep, too.

We got to visit with lots of friends and family this weekend, including Laura, Clifton, Abigail, and Samuel, Sheila, Rick, and Madelyn, Ruth and George, and Marynell and Oscar. Haley had a big weekend. She and Kevin went to the lake on Saturday to spend time with the Starnes. She also got to go on a picnic yesterday with her friends Anna and Trip.

Haley has caught a cold, so she's not allowed to come close to the baby right now. She's doing a really good job with this.

Here's another pic of Haley and Kendall. Can you tell these girls are sisters?



Kendall has found her thumb another time or two.



Click here to see video of Kendall sucking her thumb