Well Kailey was finally an eviction notice because we were getting impatient, and she was taking too long! She was born on July 14, 2011 at 5:22 pm, 20 inches long, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. Perfect! From the time they started Pitocin and broke my water it was about 3 hours and 30 minutes, and only 7 minutes of pushing. My doctor figured it would go quick, but it was even faster than he thought. I had started this pregnancy wanting to give birth naturally and took hypnobirthing classes to help prepare us. I wasn't able to really do the hypnobirthing techniques very well, but the breathing did help me. I am proud to say that I was able to go without any pain medication! It was a good experience and I hope I will be better prepared for the next one :).
Kailey has been a wonderful newborn. She wakes up to eat about every 3 hours at night, although she is more inconsistent during the day. She doesn't like binki's and gags when we give one to her, so that will a bit of a different adventure for us whereas Elli loved her binki. Kailey loves to sleep laying down on her back, if I am holding her she will wiggle around until I lay her down. She is really strong and already has great head control! She also really doesn't like being in the car seat, already!
Kailey has already had her 2 week appointment where she was 8 lbs 4.5oz. She is a great eater and knows how to grow. She was also 21 3/4 inches long.
Elli has been a great big sister and always wants to help. It is nice to have someone to get diapers, wipes, and blankets when they are far away. Of course, we do have to watch so Elli doesn't get too 'motherly' with her.
We are so excited to have added to our family and we just love having another little girl around, they are both so fun!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Kailey Ruth Brewer
Thursday, April 28, 2011
11 weeks
11 weeks until:
I get a brand new adorable baby girl!
I am done working.....again, haha.
I start my attempt at potty training Elli.
Our 2 bedroom condo becomes very crowded.
I will get much less sleep than I do now, which is saying something.
I lose my excuse of not getting up with Elli at night and in the morning.
I discover the joy and amazement of a newborn baby-again!
I change lots and lots of diapers.
I count wet diapers and poopy diapers.
I attempt natural birthing.
AND I am SUPER DUPER excited!!!!
Time really has gone by so fast. Although sometimes when I look at how long I have left at work it seems like I have forever to go.
Elli has been growing so fast it is nuts. She talks a lot, and especially tries to repeat what we say. She loves to follow other big kids around and copy what they are doing. She does learn a lot by copying them, especially pretend which is the most fun to watch.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
That new insurance is going to be pretty handy.........
Elli had an announcement this Christmas............
Friday, October 29, 2010
New Insurance!
Oh, and a full time position at work, which led to the better insurance!
I am now the full-time teacher in the Infant Room. This means I work with infants aged birth-->2 year. Mostly the kids I have are 6 months to 18 months. I can have up to 4 infants at a time. Crazy? Sometimes! Fun? Yes! It makes me realize that I can handle anything! Especially because I will never have more than 2 kids under the age of 2.
This has definitely been an answer to prayers. We were talking about Keith going to school and what we felt we should do. Which varied from selling our condo and becoming poor college students while Keith went to school full-time to moving in with my parents and him going to school full-time. Well the NEXT DAY my boss pulls me into her office and tells me the Infant Room teacher is stepping down and the position is mine if I want it. OH YEAH!
The cool thing is that it won't be many hours more than what I already do. I will only work about 32 hours a week, and then get all the benefits. Like 3 weeks vacation a year!
Anyway I am SUPER STOKED!!
Other news:
Elli is starting to sign! She will do eat and all done. We are working on drink and thank-you.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
So the day to day thing wasn't working for me. Oh wells!
Have I told you that I love to buy clothes for Elli? Sometimes I just want to go buy her a whole new wardrobe because I find one outfit that I love so much! That would be silly though since I do like most of the clothes that she has now. I guess its a good thing she keeps growing so I can get her more!
So I wanted to do more family pictures this week, but it is probably not going to happen until Elli's nose looks good. She was at her grandparents, playing outside and took a spill. Lucky her nose caught the fall, huh? She has also had really bad poopy diapers lately. Yesterday alone she had about 8-holy cow right?! Which also means it has given her a really bad rash on her bum. She really didn't like having her diaper changed before, but now it is ten times worse with her screaming at the whole time. Lovely bonding experience, eh?
On a positive note, we had my nephew Peyton over this last week. It has been a lot of fun and I think Elli will miss having him around. He is 4 1/2 and is a lot of help. I haven't been feeling very good for a couple days now and he will help me take care of Elli. It makes me excited for when we have more kids, though it would be a while before we had a 4 year old.
Life is really good right now. Our anniversary is coming up and I am really excited for a vaca! It is much needed. I just hope I can start feeling better soon!
