Last night, Aunt Myra came over to visit. We love that Aunt Myra lives here in town! She is a lifesaver. (Especially lately since Kade has been colicky and Marleigh is fighting some sort of viral infection. But that is another post.)
I was in Kade's room and when I came back into the living room, Marleigh proudly proclaims, "I pooped on Aunt Myra!!!" Both Marc and Myra were laughing so hard they were crying. I'm not sure exactly how it all transpired, but apparently Marleigh had a very full dirty diaper and it some how landed on Myra's leg. Thank goodness Myra is a nurse and is not totally disgusted by #2!
Then today, Marleigh came out of her room saying, "I pooped on Aunt Myra yesterday. It was so silly!" I had to explain to her that it really isn't funny and we don't go around announcing it. Marleigh kept laughing about it. I could just see her trying to do it on purpose because it was "funny". She has been all about good manners (she saw something on Disney Channel about it). I finally told her it wasn't good manners to poo on someone. This seemed to suffice, and we decided it wasn't funny at all. Although years from now, we'll all look back and laugh together, I'm sure.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
6 weeks old!
I can't believe its almost been 2 weeks since a blog post! I am a slacker!!! It seems like we have been so busy the past couple of weeks, but when I stop to think exactly what we have been busy doing, I can't come up with much.
Kade is still growing like crazy. He has gotten into the habit of wanting to be wide awake from about 9:00pm-12:00am. Not so much fun. He still gets up to eat 2-3 times a night, but every now and again will let his Mama sleep for about a 3 hour stretch. He is starting to smile quite a bit and I just love it, although with his ginormous cheeks, I'm not sure he can see when he is smiling! Ha! I have also been slacking on taking pictures, but I promise to do better and upload some soon.
Marleigh has her good days and her rough days. I can't imagine what she must be feeling. I hope she realizes how much we still love her and that her little brother is not a threat to her. I took her shopping a couple of weeks ago just the two of us. She had a ball. It is so funny to watch her in stores. She really does LOVE to shop! I see MANY shopping trips in our future. Marleigh is a great helper with Kade. It is obvious she loves him very much.
Daddy has been busy working, yet he still finds time to help out with the kids and cooking. We are so lucky that he also helps out around the house. It makes it so much easier on me. Thanks for all you do, Marc.
As for me... I've been taking care of the kiddos and working a little here and there. I plan on going back to work after Labor Day. That will be quite an adjustment for all of us. The kids will start going to a friend's house while I am at work. I am so very excited that they will be at Ashley's and not at a daycare. Ashley and Jason's youngest child, Jadyn is just about 6 weeks younger than Marleigh, so it will work out great! Hopefully Marleigh and Jadyn will grow to be good friends.
Okay....not really much of a post, but that's it for tonight. Kade is asleep, so I'm headed there myself!
Kade is still growing like crazy. He has gotten into the habit of wanting to be wide awake from about 9:00pm-12:00am. Not so much fun. He still gets up to eat 2-3 times a night, but every now and again will let his Mama sleep for about a 3 hour stretch. He is starting to smile quite a bit and I just love it, although with his ginormous cheeks, I'm not sure he can see when he is smiling! Ha! I have also been slacking on taking pictures, but I promise to do better and upload some soon.
Marleigh has her good days and her rough days. I can't imagine what she must be feeling. I hope she realizes how much we still love her and that her little brother is not a threat to her. I took her shopping a couple of weeks ago just the two of us. She had a ball. It is so funny to watch her in stores. She really does LOVE to shop! I see MANY shopping trips in our future. Marleigh is a great helper with Kade. It is obvious she loves him very much.
Daddy has been busy working, yet he still finds time to help out with the kids and cooking. We are so lucky that he also helps out around the house. It makes it so much easier on me. Thanks for all you do, Marc.
As for me... I've been taking care of the kiddos and working a little here and there. I plan on going back to work after Labor Day. That will be quite an adjustment for all of us. The kids will start going to a friend's house while I am at work. I am so very excited that they will be at Ashley's and not at a daycare. Ashley and Jason's youngest child, Jadyn is just about 6 weeks younger than Marleigh, so it will work out great! Hopefully Marleigh and Jadyn will grow to be good friends.
Okay....not really much of a post, but that's it for tonight. Kade is asleep, so I'm headed there myself!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Chunky Monkey!
Little man isn't so little! I think he is going to catch big sister pretty quickly. Marleigh is only 27lbs. Today at his check up, Kade weighed a whopping 11lbs, which is in the 95th percentile! He was 22.5 inches long, which is in the 90th percentile. His head (which I knew was huge. My family has some big ol' melons!) was 39.5cm, which is in the 98th percentile. So happy to have a large baby!!!
Kade gained 31 ounces (basically 2lbs) in 2 weeks! That is just crazy! I guess there's a reason that he is ALWAYS eating. I'm just thrilled that so far I have been able to keep up with him. Woo hoo for a chubby baby!!!!
Kade gained 31 ounces (basically 2lbs) in 2 weeks! That is just crazy! I guess there's a reason that he is ALWAYS eating. I'm just thrilled that so far I have been able to keep up with him. Woo hoo for a chubby baby!!!!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Pictures.... and a little randomness
Brooke Jantz took Kade's newborn pictures a few weeks ago. She emailed me a few images so I could order birth announcements. These are 3 of my favorites. After I get the CD of all the pictures, I'll share more. Thanks, Brooke, you did an amazing job!!!
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| This may be my favorite! |
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| Love the look on big sister's face! :) |
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| So sweet! |
Last night eating dinner, Marleigh looks at me and out of the blue says, "Momma says knock you out!" Hmmmm.... nice, Daddy. Ha ha! We both about choked on our dinner laughing. He said that he told her that once. Proof that you have to watch what you say around Marleigh!
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Tomorrow Kade will be 4 weeks old. Where does time go? He have his checkup in the morning. I'm anxious to see what he weighs. He eats ALL the time and looks huge to me.
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Aunt Marinda and Uncle Dave came for a visit this past weekend. It was so good to see them. We hadn't seen them since their wedding back in May. Marleigh got some much craved attention from Aunt Marinda. Marleigh had a ball with them playing and going to the splash pad. Somehow, I didn't manage to get any pictures of them holding Kade. :( Bad, Mommy!!! They also brought us some home grown veggies from Dave's Dad's prize winning garden. Home grown veggies are the best! Thank you!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Big Adjusment for Big Sister
Saying that having Kade has been rough on Marleigh would be a bit of an understatement. I'm sure all first born have some difficulties, but man, this is tough on our little girl.
I think what has made this so hard on her is that since I had a C-Section, I couldn't pick her up. Normally, I picked her up all the time just to love on her. I don't think she understood why I could pick Kade up and not her. I kept trying to reinforce how much I love her and how much I would like to pick her up and carry her around, but I don't think she quite understood.
Normally, Marleigh does whatever I ask her the first time. She is so sweet and polite. The last couple of weeks, it seems like whatever I tell her, she does the opposite. It's like she is craving my attention. Any one else she is fine with, but its like she is mad at her Mama.
She has also been fussing whenever I am around, which is very out of character. I can be gone, and she will be a perfect angel. As soon, as she sees me, the whining begins.
All of this has been hard on me. I feel so guilty that I can't give her the attention that she so desperately wants right now. I try to play with her as much as I can and include her in caring for Kade, but it still makes me feel horrible for her. It seems like she always asks me to do something when I am feeding Kade and I have to tell her, "As soon as I'm done feeding Kade, I will."
Things are slowly getting better. I think it helps that I have been picking her up (which I shouldn't be doing, but moms are notorious for that, right?!? Doing whatever we have to for our kiddos!). She is now starting to interact with Kade more. For the first few days, she basically ignored him. She is minding better and fussing less. I'm hoping that we're on the downhill slide. To be honest, I don't think I could take much more of her being so unhappy. I know that years down the road, she won't remember life before Kade. She won't remember feeling neglected. But still, it pulls on my heart strings. Please pray that Marleigh will continue to become more accepting and adjust to having a little brother.
I think what has made this so hard on her is that since I had a C-Section, I couldn't pick her up. Normally, I picked her up all the time just to love on her. I don't think she understood why I could pick Kade up and not her. I kept trying to reinforce how much I love her and how much I would like to pick her up and carry her around, but I don't think she quite understood.
Normally, Marleigh does whatever I ask her the first time. She is so sweet and polite. The last couple of weeks, it seems like whatever I tell her, she does the opposite. It's like she is craving my attention. Any one else she is fine with, but its like she is mad at her Mama.
She has also been fussing whenever I am around, which is very out of character. I can be gone, and she will be a perfect angel. As soon, as she sees me, the whining begins.
All of this has been hard on me. I feel so guilty that I can't give her the attention that she so desperately wants right now. I try to play with her as much as I can and include her in caring for Kade, but it still makes me feel horrible for her. It seems like she always asks me to do something when I am feeding Kade and I have to tell her, "As soon as I'm done feeding Kade, I will."
Things are slowly getting better. I think it helps that I have been picking her up (which I shouldn't be doing, but moms are notorious for that, right?!? Doing whatever we have to for our kiddos!). She is now starting to interact with Kade more. For the first few days, she basically ignored him. She is minding better and fussing less. I'm hoping that we're on the downhill slide. To be honest, I don't think I could take much more of her being so unhappy. I know that years down the road, she won't remember life before Kade. She won't remember feeling neglected. But still, it pulls on my heart strings. Please pray that Marleigh will continue to become more accepting and adjust to having a little brother.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Day before and Day Kade was born
I wanted the day before Kade was born to be a special day for Marleigh. Afterall, her world was about to be rocked! We headed to Hutchinson at lunch. Marleigh caught a nap at my sister's house, then we went as a family to Salt City Splash. We had so much fun together. Marleigh absolutely loves water. She played and splashed. There was a little waterslide that she must have gone down at least 20 times. She was grinning from ear to ear the entire time. After we got done swimming, we went back to my sister's house and ordered a pizza (Marleigh's favorite). She also got to play with Luke or "Lukie-man" as Marleigh calls him. It was just what I had imagined. A perfect day!
I'm not going to lie, I probably only slept an hour or so Thursday night. We got up at 5:00 to get to the hospital by 5:30 for check-in. I was so anxious, excited, nervous, yet calm all at the same time.
We got all checked in, and they hooked me up to a fetal monitor. I guess it is standard even when they are doing a planned C-section. My doctor came in to say good morning. He looked at the monitors and laughed a bit and asked if I was feeling the contractions. At that point, I wasn't. It was about 6:00am. By around 6:45, I was beginning to feel them. It was like it was Kade's way of telling me, he was ready to make his entrance into the world. I had been a little concerned that we were having our C-section 10 days before his due date. With our history, I would have loved to let him cook until he was ready. Turns out, he was ready!
A little before 7:00, they came in and took us to the OR. They asked that Marc wait outside while they did my spinal. I'm sure he thought they forgot about him waiting outside. They had a hard time getting it in. I think it took her around 15 minutes, but she finally got it.
The surgery itself is kind of a blur. I'm not sure if it was the spinal or if it was just adrenaline. I remember them letting Marc in the room. He came over and held my hand. It seems like it took forever, but I finally heard some gasps from a tiny little person (okay... so he wasn't all that tiny ;) ). I held my breath. I remember asking a couple of times, "Is he okay? Is he okay?" Then he started to cry a bit, and doctor told me he was perfect. I looked at Marc and tears streamed down my face. Then I remember a nurse saying, "Oh my. He must be at least an eight and a half pounder!" I got a quick glimpse of him, then Marc gave me a kiss and headed with Kade to get him checked out.
While they were finishing me up, a wave of peace and calm engulfed me. This was how it should be. Marc and I there together. A healthy, full term baby. I drifted in and out of sleep. It seemed like it took forever for them to get me back to my room.
Marleigh was Kade's first visitor. She wasn't quite sure of it all. She didn't like me being in bed. I think the hospital atmosphere in general bothered her. We were so blessed that all 4 of our parents were there, as well as many of our immediate family to help welcome Kade into the world.
Those 2 days could not have been any more perfect. We give all the credit and glory to our heavenly father. It was by His grace that it all went so well. God is so incredibly good.
I'm not going to lie, I probably only slept an hour or so Thursday night. We got up at 5:00 to get to the hospital by 5:30 for check-in. I was so anxious, excited, nervous, yet calm all at the same time.
We got all checked in, and they hooked me up to a fetal monitor. I guess it is standard even when they are doing a planned C-section. My doctor came in to say good morning. He looked at the monitors and laughed a bit and asked if I was feeling the contractions. At that point, I wasn't. It was about 6:00am. By around 6:45, I was beginning to feel them. It was like it was Kade's way of telling me, he was ready to make his entrance into the world. I had been a little concerned that we were having our C-section 10 days before his due date. With our history, I would have loved to let him cook until he was ready. Turns out, he was ready!
A little before 7:00, they came in and took us to the OR. They asked that Marc wait outside while they did my spinal. I'm sure he thought they forgot about him waiting outside. They had a hard time getting it in. I think it took her around 15 minutes, but she finally got it.
The surgery itself is kind of a blur. I'm not sure if it was the spinal or if it was just adrenaline. I remember them letting Marc in the room. He came over and held my hand. It seems like it took forever, but I finally heard some gasps from a tiny little person (okay... so he wasn't all that tiny ;) ). I held my breath. I remember asking a couple of times, "Is he okay? Is he okay?" Then he started to cry a bit, and doctor told me he was perfect. I looked at Marc and tears streamed down my face. Then I remember a nurse saying, "Oh my. He must be at least an eight and a half pounder!" I got a quick glimpse of him, then Marc gave me a kiss and headed with Kade to get him checked out.
While they were finishing me up, a wave of peace and calm engulfed me. This was how it should be. Marc and I there together. A healthy, full term baby. I drifted in and out of sleep. It seemed like it took forever for them to get me back to my room.
Marleigh was Kade's first visitor. She wasn't quite sure of it all. She didn't like me being in bed. I think the hospital atmosphere in general bothered her. We were so blessed that all 4 of our parents were there, as well as many of our immediate family to help welcome Kade into the world.
Those 2 days could not have been any more perfect. We give all the credit and glory to our heavenly father. It was by His grace that it all went so well. God is so incredibly good.
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