Kinsey's Blessing Day & Smiles

Wow, I'm finding it very hard to get some free time to update our blog. I have no clue how someone with little twins and a toddler can do it. I can't keep up and I only have one baby. But I do keep updating the Kinsey Photos album on the side of our blog. So keep checking that.

Kinsey's 3 weeks old now. Time if zipping by and she's growing so much. She's such a good little girl. We love her so much. She smiled yesterday for the first time at her daddy. Love it! I tried to video it today and I kept missing it. But I finally did get it on video, but I apologize for the spit-up at the end of the video. hehe What can ya do eh?

A couple of weekends ago the three of us went into Jaffray to visit Mama & Bupbup (my mom & dad) and the rest of our family. My mom and sister Jenn hosted a baby shower for us there. And on Sunday Kinsey wore her first dress. Actually her first dress was the dress that I was blessed in 26 years ago. Pretty neat eh?

Kinsey (left) and Mommy (right) in Mommy's blessing dress:

And yesterday we had Kinsey's Baby Blessing. I loved the entire day! Kinsey slept through all of it (perfect). Tim gave her such a beautiful blessing. We had such great support from our family and friends for Kinsey. Mama bought Kinsey her blessing dress and it was so beautiful. She looked like a little princess. Auntie Kimmy made her a blessing blanket and Auntie Jenn bought her the little bracelet. Auntie B (Britnee) took me shopping all day Saturday to pick out a new mommy outfit. The day was so perfect. I couldn't have hoped for anything better. (More pics in the Kinsey Photos album.)

Family of Three

I'm pretty slow at updates on our blog. Kinsey and I are still trying to get in the groove and we're missing her daddy like crazy as he's been working nights all week (which means sleeping all day too).

So we were released from the hospital on Labour Day (Monday), but the very next day I landed myself back in the hospital. Tuesday evening I was going to have a nap while Kinsey hung out with Tim and my mom (Mama). But then my heart started racing.

I think I told you before about how I have that stupid heart condition called SVT where for no reason at all my heart speeds up. Usually it lasts only 15-30 seconds and then will stop racing. But this time it wouldn't slow. So off to the ER we went.

My heart was 236 bpm. Fun eh? The doctor tried a bunch of different ways to get my heart to slow. Nothing worked. It probably didn't help that I could hear Kinsey outside of the ER calling for her Mommy. While the doctors consulted, Mom brought Kinsey in to me and it took Mom, Tim, and I all together to get her to nurse while I was hooked up to an IV and had cords and tubes strapped all over me. It was quite the process. But she ate and then Mama left with her again. Once again Trent, Tara, and Blake showed up -- Tim and Trent administered to me again.

Two doctors came in to administer a drug to me. It is one terrible drug. The doctor injects it in my arm and then follows it with a chaser. The whole time I'm awake. The drug goes in...and BAM it stops my heart (yep I flat line), and then the drug wears off and my heart is supposed to start back up at a normal rate. My heart stops for about 7 seconds. Well first try didn't work and it's such a terrible feeling having your heart stop when you're awake. Not painful...just terrible. Kinda heavy. Does that make sense? So the doctor's doubled the dose and we did it again. And it worked!!

I'm so glad the drug worked this time cuz last time my SVT was super bad (3 years ago) the drug didn't work and they ended up having to put me asleep and then use the paddles on me to restart my heart. Now that is painful! Every muscle in my body was sore for days.

Well now we're home again (I was released later that night). And it's so wonderful having Kinsey home with us. What a blessing she is in our lives. No one could ever explain or put in words the love a mommy has for her baby. Kinsey is our world, our everything. I have no clue how Tim and I ever existed without her. I thank my Heavenly Father daily for sending her to us.

Kinsey's First Walk:

Kinsey - One Week Old:

Kinsey's First Time To Church:

Kinsey's Story

So I'm much more mobile today and thought I'd better take advantage of Daddy being at home to snuggle Kinsey while I told you all how it all happen. Brace yourself...this could be a long story.

At nine days overdue I was REALLY wanting to meet our baby. So after trying every old wives' tale in the book (and I mean them all) to bring on labour we decided to try a different route. Perhaps a little divine intervention should be our next try. Friday morning Tim and I went into Lethbridge to visit Trent, Tara, and Blake. There Tim and Trent administered to me. Then Tim and I came back home to just hang out. We watched a movie and then went for a super long walk as I was feeling really good -- still no pains at all. We went to bed that night and I was a little disappointed. I said to Tim that I wished that something, anything would happen soon. That was at 11:45 pm. I woke up 15 mins later with contractions. My contractions started at 4 minutes apart.

I phoned my Mom cuz I've been told by everyone that in early labour you're to stay at home and tough it out for a while. I told Mom how close my contractions were and she got Tim on the phone and told him get us heading towards Lethbridge. By the time we reached Lethbridge the contractions were 2 minutes apart (plus we had to stop on the side of the road for me to throw-up...nothing like doing that right to the very end of the pregnancy eh?). Trent, Tara, and Blake met us in the parking lot outside of the hospital and I was administered to again.

I was taken to the assessment room where I spent the last 9 days going for Non-Stress Tests and they hooked me up to the machine. I was supposed to be there for 20 mins to see if I was "really" in labour. Well after one contraction and throwing up some more the nurse checked me and I was 7cm dilated. I was moved to a delivery room and they called the on-call doctor as my doctor was camping for the long weekend (nice eh?). After only a handful or so of contractions in the delivery room, it was time to push. I remember opening my eyes and seeing the doctor and the nurse rushing to get ready for my baby that was coming super duper fast.

So 3 hours and 26 minutes after my very first contraction Kinsey Ann was born. Ten days overdue. And weighed 8lbs 8oz and was 21.5" long. She's perfect with ten little fingers and ten little toes. We were surprised with how much hair she had. We're so happy. It's amazing how fast you can love someone. Go check out the Photo Album link on the side of the blog titled "Kinsey Ann". We've posted a ton of pictures in there.

We were released from the hospital Monday afternoon. It was so nice to be at home with Kinsey. We're still working on getting in the groove of things, but we feel so blessed to have her as part of our little family. So very, very blessed!

It's A Girl -- Kinsey Ann

KINSEY ANN

August 30th, 2008

3:26 am

8lb 8oz

21.5" long

Nine Days Overdue!

Day nine.....hmph! And yes, we've tried it ALL! I saw my doctor again yesterday (and had another Non-Stress Test). He says I can be induced at 10 days overdue, but if you look at a calendar you'll see that 10 days over is a Saturday of a Long Weekend. So my induction is booked for Tuesday -- the day after LABOR day! So my August baby is turning into a September baby. I never would have guessed. But we're still crossing our fingers that baby will arrive before Tuesday (I won't hold my breath though).

Yesterday's Non-Stress Test:

41 Weeks Pregnant (9 Days Overdue):

Wednesday was our 4th Wedding Anniversary (Love You Tim!). I spent 6 hours of that day canning peaches at my sister-in-law's. My mom went into labour with me while canning and I was hoping it would be the same for me. Nope! Just left me with a sore back. We did go out for a super nice dinner that night to celebrate our Anniversary.

So on to Tuesday. At least there's a definite end in sight now.

One Week Overdue!

Is it necessary to be a full week overdue? Our baby doesn't want to come out and meet us. My doctor is super surprised that I haven't even felt one contraction yet. Nothing! He says everything looks like I should be in labour soon. He's hesitant on inducing me because he says both the baby and I look very ready. Ready or not...the baby's not coming. I have doctor appointments every couple of days and Non-Stress Tests at the hospital all the time too. Last week Tim said that he thought it would be cool if the baby was born on our anniversary. I thought that seemed like forever away. Well, tomorrow is our anniversary and I can only hope the baby comes then.

Here's me at the hospital for another Non-Stress Test:

Waiting for the results of my Non-Stress Test:

The print-out of the Non-Stress Test. The top row is the baby's heart rate and the bottom row shows whether or not I'm having contractions. See those two peaks? Wohoo two contractions, but I didn't feel them:

Letter to Our Baby

Dear Baby:

When are you coming to meet us? Your daddy and I are trying so hard to be patient. We've been waiting so long to meet you. We know you love being all snuggled in Mommy's tummy, but Daddy is sure wanting his turn to hold you. We are so anxious to meet you and each day we await your arrival with even greater anticipation. We're so excited to have you join our little family. We love you so much already!

Love Your Mommy

Wondering & Waiting

I'm waiting, but the anticipation of meeting our baby is draining me. I'm so tired. Each night I go to bed and wonder if tonight will be the night and then morning comes and I wonder if today will be the day. Last night I had some "ouchie cramps" from 11:30pm till 2:30am and then they stopped. I was disappointed. I feel like I could cry at the drop of a hat today and for no particular reason. It's SO NOT about having this pregnancy over with. I love being pregnant. I'm just so anxious and excited to meet our baby. To hold him or her in my arms. To see this little person that I've never met and yet I love so much. Just wondering when baby will arrive....

Maternity Photo Shoot

On my birthday I had my maternity photo shoot by Jill Alston Photography. I was 35 weeks in these photos. If you want to see more of them then click here. I'm pretty self conscious about the bare belly ones, but I think she did a great job with them.

More than a little nervous...

Have you heard this story about the two babies from the Lethbridge Hospital? Tim heard it on the news last night at work. Just Google it. It's all over the Internet. They are saying that the babies didn't contract the infection from the Lethbridge Hospital, but still what else would they say. Now I'm so paranoid to have my baby. I think I'll just keep him/her in forever. It's safer. I feel for the families of those two little babies. I couldn't imagine.

Ahhhh! 39 Weeks Pregnant!

Only one week left. I've been buzzing around the house trying to get everything ready for the baby. I think I'm pretty much there. This nesting stuff really helps a lady with a giant belly get a lot done. But I will admit that scrubbing bathtubs on my knees with my tummy in the way was pretty difficult, but boy do they sparkle now. I promised myself I couldn't start reading Breaking Dawn until the house was 100% ready to bring our baby home. And thank goodness for Tim. He's been such a big help around here too. I couldn't have done it without him.

I'm still feeling....normal. No cramping, no contractions, no nothing!! Baby seems to be loving it in there. I'm still okay though. Even now at the very end with swollen ankles, still throwing up, and so not being able to sleep at nights -- I love being pregnant. I'm not anxious (yet) to have this part over with. I love this little life I feel inside of me. And besides, Tim anxious/impatient enough for the both of us. He's gonna be such a good daddy! However I'm SO EXCITED to meet our baby. Ahhhhh!

My Baby Bump at 39 weeks:

And remember to check out the Baby Bump Photos album for more pics.

Camping - Payne Lake

A couple of weekends ago we went camping with Trent, Tara, & Blake and Kendall, Julie, & Kyla and Tarren to Payne Lake. We were out in that area for Kyla's Baby Blessing and decided to make a camping trip out of it.

We tried out the canoe Tim just got from a guy at work. I had to trade life jackets with Tim to get one to fit around my belly. Even Tim's was super snug. And my balance in the canoe was terrible. I thought I was going to tip us more than once.

Tim and Trent did some fishing. However Tim's first cast went right into the trees when the wind caught it.

Went and bought some ice cream and bumped into this family. Their kids so adorable.

We hung out around the fire until Tim fell asleep in his chair cuz he just came off a night shift and hadn't slept. And Tarren hung out by himself around the fire sometimes too (like this picture shows).

I had to ice some swollen ankles. Yes, it's a wicked flip-flop tan line that I have. But it's not too noticeable when my feet aren't swollen stumps.

Blake hung out with me in the trailer while I iced my feet.

Then we had our own fireworks show. Very impressive.

And on the way home we lost our canoe out of the back of the truck (stupid hook broke). But we found it out in this farmer's field. And lucky for us it didn't hit our truck or trailer.

Look What Tim Got!

Yesterday Tim got a brand spankin' new 2008 Dodge Ram 1500. It was his turn for a new truck cuz I got the new car last year. However I blame Kendall for this purchase. Apparently when we were with them last weekend he told Tim about this wicked deal that Dodge had on right now. Well Tim jumped on that "wicked deal" and now we have a new truck. The price was awesome. The truck is fully loaded (without leather though) which totally beats the tape deck we had in our last truck. hehe And I really can't complain about the four doors that this new truck has. It'll be awesome for the carseat. And Tim's so excited about the 5.7 Hemi that it has. It should make pulling our trailer while hauling the quad (when we get the quad back) so much easier now.

Summer Holiday (Part 2)

After dropping off our broken quad in Jaffray Tim and I headed to Montana to spend a few days camping at Dickey Lake and shopping in Kalispell. We camped there last year and loved it.

Tim hanging out at our campsite:

Tim snorkeling:

My baby bump at about 37 weeks:

After spending 3 days there we came back to Jaffray. On Saturday morning us girls and kids drove down to the Farmer's Market, while the guys quadded down (Tim borrowed one of my dad's quads). We had breakfast there and wandered around.

Tim, Dad, and Brendan taking a break:

Tim and Brendan:

And one of the days Tim and I went with Jenn's family to the Bull River Fish Hatchery near Jaffray. The kids always love it there and I wanted to show Tim those giant trout they have. We took a picnic and had a good time.

Tim and I at the fishing pond:

Jenn's family at the fishing pond:

Uncle Tim and Jayda trying to touch one of the turtles:

Just hanging out at the turtle pond:

Everyone feeding the giant fish:

We headed home the next day as I had a doctor appointment and Tim had night shift. Guess that's it for our summer holiday. If you want to see more pictures check out the Camping 2008 (Part 3) Photos on the side of our blog.