Wow!

So here we are.. 2 years after my last post, my how things have changed and time has flown! I haven't posted in forever.. but just remembered all of my login information. I will have to change my name and everything on here. But I think it will be fun to do! :D
Let's see.. what is going on?
Husband is in school for Mechanical Engineering, now a Junior. Hailey is 2yrs 4 months old!! She's grown like a weed, and is now potty trained! Woot!! Whenever she was 6 months old we got the *shocking* news that she was going to be a sister!! Her brother Bryson was a HUGE shock.. but very welcomed! He was born on August 10th, 2010! He's now 14 1/2 months old! I'm working for It Works now.. and TOTALLY loving it. It has helped out family become physically and financially better off, so it's very exciting!
Besides that,.. I don't think I could catch you up on the past 2 years! lol. Maybe some pictures soon!!


It's a BOY! March 2010


Hailey's 1st birthday! June 2010 - pregnant with Bman!


Swimming before Bubba arrived! July 2010


Family of 4 = COMPLETE!! Aug 10th 2010!


Taking bubba home!


Belly full of momma milk!! Nov 2010


Hailey's 2nd birthday! June 2011


Bryson's 1st birthday! Aug 2011


My little cowboy! Sept 2011


Family picture! Sept 2011

3 months!!

3 months old! Lordy time flies by so quickly once they get here, it's crazy!

My little love bug, is doing great! :D This month we had to fight a nasty ear infection but after we got her on some medications for it, it was gone within a few days, thankfully! Hailey has started sleeping through the night, some nights she'll wake up for a little snack.. but that's okay, cause then she's right back to sleep. We get about an 7-8 hour stretch at night, and that helps makes us really rejuvenated.

We got Hailey's ears pierced whenever she was 10 weeks old, her piercings are doing great.. and she doesn't even act like she notices them. Last time she was weighed was at 11 weeks, whenever we went to the doctor for her ear infection.. then she was 11lbs 3oz! Growing little bug!

She's becoming so much more active, it's so fun! She brings EVERYTHING to her mouth. Toys, blankets, teddies.. everything! So slobber mouth is all the time, haha! She usually wears bibs with her outfits, just so her outfit isn't soaking wet. She's got her little "coo's" and "goo's" down like she's been doing it forever, so cute! & her little laughs are so heart warming! :D

Hailey is still breastfeeding! 3 months and going strong! :D In the beginning I wondered how long I would last doing it.. but now since she's doing so great, my goal is at least a year! Hopefully everything goes as planned, cause I know that is best for her. She hasn't started on any solids yet, at 2 months we experimented with cereal.. but it was too hard on her belly since she was so young.. so in a big longer we'll try again.

I don't know what I ever did without this little girl in my life! I love spending every moment, of every day with her. I do work a few hours a day whenever they need me to cover a shift at work however. But now that we're parents, we've taken the parent role.. and learned many things about life.. about what is important and what isn't important.. and how to take responsibility whenever you have a little family.

That's about all of an update for now, hope you all are doing great! I'll have another update next month since she goes back to the dr for her shots and checkup!

Updates!

July 27th- I had my pp checkup. Everything went great. I weighed in at 120, 2 lbs less than my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm glad that I was able to lose it all quickly, breastfeeding helped me out a lot! All of my clothes are fitting again, except some jean shorts.. so all in all, I'm happy! :D I got on birth control, options were between the IUD, the shot, and the mini pill. We went with the pill. I didn't want the IUD, because we aren't for sure yet how long we're gonna wait for another, and I've heard so many bad things about the IUD. I didn't want the shot, because even my dr claimed that it can be hard to conceive again after being on that. (not that I wouldn't conceive, just that it could cause some problems)

Aug 10th- Hailey had her 2 month checkup. She has grown up so much! Time is flying, it's crazy! She is 24 inches long, and weighs 10lbs 3oz! Growing big! :D She took her shots like a champ. We gave her some tylenol before hand, and then fed her after they gave her her shots, and she went right to sleep. She did great. She's been a little cranky since then, but all in all.. she's taken it well. We have started giving her cereal at night, it helps her sleep.. and keeps her full longer. So it's nice for her, and of course nice for mommy & daddy to get some sleep as well!

Below are some recent pictures! :D

8 wks post partum



Yummy boobie milk always does the trick!



My beautiful 2 month old baby girl! :D

2 weeks old!

Here we are, 2 1/2 wks post partum. Things are going great!

Hailey went to her 2 wk pp checkup today, she is 7lbs 14oz. (8lbs at birth) they say she is doing great though and it's expected to lose weight while breastfeeding. She has started eating a lot more in the past few days, so I'm sure she'll become a chunker soon! :D She's also in the 50 percentile for her weight & height at this age. She is doing great sleeping at night. She'll have 4-5 hour stretches.. so it's nice for mommy and daddy to be able to get stretches of sleep. She'll wake up for about an hour to eat and be changed then she's back to bed.

I'm doing great as well, I don't have a checkup until 6 wks pp.. but I'm feeling great and back to my pre-pregnancy weight! My bleeding had come to a complete stop for a few days.. now it's back but just spotting. So not too bad. Stitches are gone, they were suppose to dissolve in 1-2 wks.

Yesterday was Anthony's first Father's Day! We went to church together, and had lunch at my grandparents house. I think that he enjoyed his first Father's Day, I hope he did.. even though Hailey is only 2 1/2 weeks old.. he's already such a good daddy! :D

That's about all of an update for now. Hope you all are doing great :D

"swimming" with mommy



1st Father's Day

Birth Story!

Where to begin.. :D

My original induction date was scheduled for Thurs, June 4th. I went to my 39 wk appt on June 3rd and he changed my induction date to June 5th. We were bummed. However, on Thurs (the 4th) the movers were at our house bring all of our household goods (since we just moved into our house) and I started having contractions around 6pm. They kept getting stronger and stronger, but I assumed she was playing games with mommy like she usually did. Haha! Little did I know, they would get closer and closer.. and STRONGER! Finally the movers left around 8pm, and I told my husband we HAD to go into the hospital.

We waited around a little bit longer, and went into L&D around 10:30pm. My contractions were 4-6 mins on the drive there.. but when I was hooked up to be monitored they said that they were 2-3 mins apart, and I was still only dilated to a 3. So they told me to get up and walk some and they'd check me in 2 hours. So we walked for about an hour.. then went and waited for them to come back and check me. When they came back at 1am (June 5th) I was still only a 3, but effaced a bit more. So they decided to keep me since I was going to be induced that morning anyways, and got me a room.

Once into our room, they started a bit of poticin just to help us progress a bit more. I received my epidural around 3:45am (girls don't EVER worry about the epi, my IV hurt worse than the epi.. no joke!) at that point I was 4cm dilated. So I was able to get a bit of rest finally. At 6:50am I was checked again, and I was dilated to 6cm. My dr told me to rest a bit more, because shortly we'd be pushing. I was in denial though.. because I've heard of SO many people getting stuck at a 6/7 and being there for HOURS. He came back and checked me at 7:30am.. and I was dilated to a 9! And so the pushing began..

We began pushing at 8:30am.. my doctor and nurses were still convinced that Hailey was small and it wouldn't take too much pushing and she'd be out. So we started pushing, and pushing.. and pushing. Finally he hooked up the vacuum to her head.. to help me out, and his words were "maybe she's bigger than we thought!" I had to be cut a bit, but not too bad. After an hour and 6 mins of pushing (9:36am) Hailey made her appearance into the world!




Hailey Jo Kienlen
June 5th, 2009
9:36 am
8lbs 21in long

Less than 30 days?!

Holy cow! Where has time gone? It's so close that it's kinda scary. Haha! Regardless of how scared we are, we are truly excited for her to get here. Not to mention she's getting so big in there that she hurts mommy when she moves around. lol

I had my 36 week appointment last week, I'm weighing 144 lbs, which is a weight gain of 22 lbs. Not too bad, cause I really don't want to go over 150. But we shall see. I was dilated to a one whenever they checked me.. not too exciting seeing how people can stay at ones forever! But my doctor goes on vacation June 6th-14th.. and seeing how I'm due the 10th.. he said if I make it to a 2 or 3 before the 6th, he'll induce me. So we shall see.

The house is going great.. almost completely done! I can't wait to be in it.. which we will be before she gets here! Thank God!

Work is still going good, tiring since I work full time.. and am about to pop, but not much longer.. and I'll enjoy maternity leave. I'm somewhat looking for a job here where we are living so I'd be right up the road instead of 25 mins away, that would also be handy with me breastfeeding. So hopefully that works out.

Other than that, not much is going on. Not much longer :D

Short Update

Just a short little update!

Things are going great down here in Texas! My job is going good, tiring.. but good, lol! We will be closing on the house today, actually in about 3 hours! We're so excited to have a place of our own again, and to call home. Except this time.. it REALLY is "ours" no more renting.

I can't wait to get into the house and start painting and all that good stuff! I can't wait to get Hailey's room all set up. My baby shower is May 2nd, so after that we will have everything and be completely done with her room. So exciting. I can't believe I'm already 32 weeks.. she's going to be here so soon. And with me working, it just makes time go by so much faster too.

My next doctors appointment is my 34 week appointment. I wasn't able to get one right off the bat because of changing doctors.. but I should be fine for the next 2 weeks until then. I've been experiencing lots of contractions, which I guess are just Braxton Hicks.. cause it's nothing consistent.. but man people weren't joking when they said do they hurt! Supposedly, water helps them.. hah NOT! Cause I drink plenty of water.. and they still come. So whatever :D Not too much longer!!

Oh and here is one of the 4d pictures from our ultrasound. I forgot to post it last blog. She's beautiful!