I am finally getting around to post about Christmas!
Christmas was soooo much fun for Kenny and I, but Ken was still sick. Kaylan seemed to enjoy it as well! She really enjoyed her music box that Santa brought her.
Ken slept though just about the whole thing. He stayed up for the opening of all the gifts but missed the 2 hours it took to clean it all up and remove everything from their boxes. He also missed out on Kenny's excitement as he played with each new toy. I have to say that his favorite toy so far has been his drums. He has wanted drums for a while now and asked Santa for them. Santa did not disappoint and he has been loving them. He also loves the Zhu Zhu pet hamsters his Grandma Springer got for him, except he hates it when they escape. His other favorite toy is his Diego Rescue Center and Railroad Rescue.
Christmas Eve we woke up at 6am and all went up to Kenny's room with hot chocolate and cookies for breakfast. After that we headed downstairs to open all our presents. Ken got mostly clothes and a new video game and I got a new 4-piece toaster, pizza pans, cake pans, and oven mitts. At noon we headed to Ken's mom's house for dinner and for Kenny to open even more presents. Ken also slept through most of this. At 5pm we headed home and we all took a nap. After our naps Kenny got to play with his toys and I tried to find homes for all his new toys.
On Christmas Day Ken had to work. The kids and I headed to my grandparents house in Quincy around 10 and got to spend time with all of my family on that side. We ate dinner at 1 and headed home at 2 to be with Ken who was still sick. Because we were sick most of the week we decided to skip our trip to Hillsdale to see that side of my family.
Overall Christmas was great this year, there were only two bad things. One Ken was sick and two my parents were unable to come down for the second year in a row because of weather. Hopefully I will get to see them in the Spring though because Kaylan has yet to meet her Grandpa Rurka.
Well, Merry Christmas!! I can't wait for next Christmas because both kids will be old enough to enjoy it!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas
Sorry it has been so long since my last update but we have been so busy with the holidays. Tonight I am just going to do a family update and tomorrow I will do our Christmas update.
Kaylan is now 2 months old and is the most perfect baby! She already sleeps eleven hours at night! She is still completely breastfed. She doesn't go for her two month check-up until January so I don't know any of her stats yet. Her eyes are still blue so we may get lucky and she will get to keep them. Her hair has turned a lighter shade of blond/brown as well. She loves it when you talk to her and always laughs if you tickle her belly.
Kenny is doing great as well. On Sunday he came down with a 24 hour stomach bug that landed us in ER at 1am. He was fine by that afternoon.
I woke up Wednesday morning feeling queasy and sure enough Kenny shared his bug with me. I then shared it with Ken. He was sick all last night and all of today. He was hit the worst out of the three of us. So far Kaylan has not gotten and I am hoping that she received some antibodies from it in my milk.
That is all for now, I am off to bed since Kenny finally fell asleep!
Kaylan is now 2 months old and is the most perfect baby! She already sleeps eleven hours at night! She is still completely breastfed. She doesn't go for her two month check-up until January so I don't know any of her stats yet. Her eyes are still blue so we may get lucky and she will get to keep them. Her hair has turned a lighter shade of blond/brown as well. She loves it when you talk to her and always laughs if you tickle her belly.
Kenny is doing great as well. On Sunday he came down with a 24 hour stomach bug that landed us in ER at 1am. He was fine by that afternoon.
I woke up Wednesday morning feeling queasy and sure enough Kenny shared his bug with me. I then shared it with Ken. He was sick all last night and all of today. He was hit the worst out of the three of us. So far Kaylan has not gotten and I am hoping that she received some antibodies from it in my milk.
That is all for now, I am off to bed since Kenny finally fell asleep!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Well, it is officially Kaylan's first Thanksgiving!
Kaylan had her one month check-up on Tuesday and everything is great. She is 22 inches long and weighed in at 9 lbs. 2 oz. She got her second Hep B shot and the doctor prescribed some ointment for her face. She seems to have cradle cap all over her head, forehead, eyebrows, and nose according to the doc. I never knew it could be on the face!
Kenny is doing great as well! He got to spend a lot of time with Grandma and Grandpa this week because of all the doctor's appointment, house cleaning, ect. He gets to hang out with Grandpa again tomorrow because Ken's mom, Kaylan, and I are going to do some Thanksgiving Day Sales shopping.
Ken got the results of his MRI today and they are not too good. He has a ruptured disc. He has to continue the physical therapy and goes back in 2 weeks to go over the results with the doctor. He is going on vacation so that is why we have to wait.
As for me, I had my six week check-up on Tuesday. Everything is great! Breastfeeding is still going perfectly!!!
On Friday Ken's mom is going to come over and watch both Kenny and Kaylan while Ken and I do some Black Friday shopping. This will be the first time we have left Kaylan with her. Hopefully Kaylan will just sleep and only wake up once to eat (already thawing the breastmilk).
I guess that is all for now. Kaylan FINALLY fell asleep. She has been up since 6:30 and just dozed off about five minutes ago. This is the latest and longest she have been up. Will update agian next week. Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday!!!
Kaylan had her one month check-up on Tuesday and everything is great. She is 22 inches long and weighed in at 9 lbs. 2 oz. She got her second Hep B shot and the doctor prescribed some ointment for her face. She seems to have cradle cap all over her head, forehead, eyebrows, and nose according to the doc. I never knew it could be on the face!
Kenny is doing great as well! He got to spend a lot of time with Grandma and Grandpa this week because of all the doctor's appointment, house cleaning, ect. He gets to hang out with Grandpa again tomorrow because Ken's mom, Kaylan, and I are going to do some Thanksgiving Day Sales shopping.
Ken got the results of his MRI today and they are not too good. He has a ruptured disc. He has to continue the physical therapy and goes back in 2 weeks to go over the results with the doctor. He is going on vacation so that is why we have to wait.
As for me, I had my six week check-up on Tuesday. Everything is great! Breastfeeding is still going perfectly!!!
On Friday Ken's mom is going to come over and watch both Kenny and Kaylan while Ken and I do some Black Friday shopping. This will be the first time we have left Kaylan with her. Hopefully Kaylan will just sleep and only wake up once to eat (already thawing the breastmilk).
I guess that is all for now. Kaylan FINALLY fell asleep. She has been up since 6:30 and just dozed off about five minutes ago. This is the latest and longest she have been up. Will update agian next week. Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday!!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1 Month
Kaylan is a month old already!! I cannot believe how quick this month has gone by. Kaylan is doing wonderful! She is getting so big, she is finally starting to outgrow her newborn clothes. Her one month check-up is next Tuesday, so we will see what her weight and height are then. She will also have to get her second Hep B shot.
She still has a pretty bad case of baby acne. It is finally off her forehead and eyelids though. It looked so painful when her eyelids were just covered in them. They are now on her cheeks and on her neck by her ears. She also seems to have a little case of cradle cap on her eyebrows. It seems a little weird to me because I didn't know they could get it on their eyebrows. I also finally got all the greasy stuff out of her hair. It now looks all soft and fluffy, not flat against her head.
Kenny had to go get his H1N1 booster yesterday and did GREAT!! As soon as we were in the waiting area he kept trying to run behind the curtain and climb in the chair. The entire staff was laughing at him cause they had never seen someone so eager to get a shot. They finally called us and he ran and jumped into the chair so fast he almost fell off. When she gave him the shot he didn't even cry. As soon as she was done he said Whoa! and then turned around to grab his sucker.
Yesterday Ken also had a doctors appointment for his back. The doc is not sure what is going on, so he has decided to try some different stuff. He put him on different pain meds, set him up with a physical therapy evaluation, and requested an MRI approval from our insurance. Hopefully they will find something that can be fixed. He is also supposed to start walking 1-2 miles a day to try and stretch out his muscles.
As for the holidays, we are going to be cooking Thanksgiving dinner again this year. Ken's brother said he is coming, so we will just have to see if he actually shows up! Everything is bought except the veggies and some things that will go bad if we get them too early. We are going to be doing dinner on Friday and I have to cook it all all by myself! Ken has to work Thanksgiving day and all weekend. The plan is for Ken's mom, Kaylan, and I to go shopping on Black Friday while Grandpa watches Kenny. After that Ken's mom is going to drop Kaylan and I off so I can get cooking. Then around 1 she is going to come back with Kenny and help me finish up while Kenny is napping. Hopefully everything will be done by 3 and Ken will be out of work!
We have also been trying to decorate for Christmas, but we can't find lights like the ones we already have. We got some at Wal-Mart and they are the wrong ones. We need the ones that flicker and we got the ones that flash. So, today while Ken is at his physical therapy eval. Kenny, Kaylan, and I are going to see if we can find the right ones. We also had to get new garland this year because the candy canes melted in the box and made our old garland all sticky.
Well. I guess that is all for now. I will update next week after Kaylan's check-up and Ken's MRI.
She still has a pretty bad case of baby acne. It is finally off her forehead and eyelids though. It looked so painful when her eyelids were just covered in them. They are now on her cheeks and on her neck by her ears. She also seems to have a little case of cradle cap on her eyebrows. It seems a little weird to me because I didn't know they could get it on their eyebrows. I also finally got all the greasy stuff out of her hair. It now looks all soft and fluffy, not flat against her head.
Kenny had to go get his H1N1 booster yesterday and did GREAT!! As soon as we were in the waiting area he kept trying to run behind the curtain and climb in the chair. The entire staff was laughing at him cause they had never seen someone so eager to get a shot. They finally called us and he ran and jumped into the chair so fast he almost fell off. When she gave him the shot he didn't even cry. As soon as she was done he said Whoa! and then turned around to grab his sucker.
Yesterday Ken also had a doctors appointment for his back. The doc is not sure what is going on, so he has decided to try some different stuff. He put him on different pain meds, set him up with a physical therapy evaluation, and requested an MRI approval from our insurance. Hopefully they will find something that can be fixed. He is also supposed to start walking 1-2 miles a day to try and stretch out his muscles.
As for the holidays, we are going to be cooking Thanksgiving dinner again this year. Ken's brother said he is coming, so we will just have to see if he actually shows up! Everything is bought except the veggies and some things that will go bad if we get them too early. We are going to be doing dinner on Friday and I have to cook it all all by myself! Ken has to work Thanksgiving day and all weekend. The plan is for Ken's mom, Kaylan, and I to go shopping on Black Friday while Grandpa watches Kenny. After that Ken's mom is going to drop Kaylan and I off so I can get cooking. Then around 1 she is going to come back with Kenny and help me finish up while Kenny is napping. Hopefully everything will be done by 3 and Ken will be out of work!
We have also been trying to decorate for Christmas, but we can't find lights like the ones we already have. We got some at Wal-Mart and they are the wrong ones. We need the ones that flicker and we got the ones that flash. So, today while Ken is at his physical therapy eval. Kenny, Kaylan, and I are going to see if we can find the right ones. We also had to get new garland this year because the candy canes melted in the box and made our old garland all sticky.
Well. I guess that is all for now. I will update next week after Kaylan's check-up and Ken's MRI.
Friday, November 6, 2009
3 Weeks
Kaylan is three weeks old today and is doing so GREAT!! Kenny turned two and a half on the 3rd and is definitely starting to show his jealous side!
We had a wonderful Halloween! Kenny was our little Evil Knight and Kaylan was baby Fairy. We were planning on going to the library on Friday, but with all the illnesses going around we decided to cancel. We ended up going to Ken's moms house so the kids could get their treats. Kenny got a ton of candy, two new trucks, and a bag of cheey puffs (his fave). Kaylan got a pack of diapers. On Saturday Ken and I took Kenny trick or treating around town while my mom stayed here with Kaylan and passed out candy. Kenny ended up walking about 3 miles around town and didn't want to stop, but he ran out of time!
Now that it is just Mommy home during the day Kenny is getting very jealous during Kaylan's feedings. Everytime I get ready to feed her he will start to throw a tantrum and when I tell him he has to wait for mommy to feed sissy and then I will play with him again he starts to throw stuff. If I try to punish him he just laughs and acts up even more! He ended up in time out in his room for an hour today because he chucked a wooden block at his sister and then hit me.
After his time out he was much easier for me and we ended up going on a walk, just the three of us. That made him very happy and he went right down for his nap when we got home. Even Kaylan seemed to enjoy her nap, she fell asleep as soon as we started walking and has been asleep ever since!
I guess that is all for now! I posted new pics on PhotoBucket and will update again next week When Kaylan will be one month old!!
We had a wonderful Halloween! Kenny was our little Evil Knight and Kaylan was baby Fairy. We were planning on going to the library on Friday, but with all the illnesses going around we decided to cancel. We ended up going to Ken's moms house so the kids could get their treats. Kenny got a ton of candy, two new trucks, and a bag of cheey puffs (his fave). Kaylan got a pack of diapers. On Saturday Ken and I took Kenny trick or treating around town while my mom stayed here with Kaylan and passed out candy. Kenny ended up walking about 3 miles around town and didn't want to stop, but he ran out of time!
Now that it is just Mommy home during the day Kenny is getting very jealous during Kaylan's feedings. Everytime I get ready to feed her he will start to throw a tantrum and when I tell him he has to wait for mommy to feed sissy and then I will play with him again he starts to throw stuff. If I try to punish him he just laughs and acts up even more! He ended up in time out in his room for an hour today because he chucked a wooden block at his sister and then hit me.
After his time out he was much easier for me and we ended up going on a walk, just the three of us. That made him very happy and he went right down for his nap when we got home. Even Kaylan seemed to enjoy her nap, she fell asleep as soon as we started walking and has been asleep ever since!
I guess that is all for now! I posted new pics on PhotoBucket and will update again next week When Kaylan will be one month old!!
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