Our last week together

Our little Red Raider... or rather my little Red Raider. Dad does not support Texas Tech attire. Kinley is getting big. On Monday Feb 22 she weighed 10 lbs 12 oz! I guess that means I must upgrade to the bigger diapers, and I need to get a scale so I will know when to upgrade diaper sizes. I mean how are you really suppose to know how much your baby weighs unless you go to the doctor! Look at those cheeks, they weigh a pound a piece I think.

This is our last week togther as stay at home mom and daughter. I am really sad but it has been a wonderful 8 weeks. Brandon is the most wonderful supportive husband, he has made it a lot easier to adjust to a life of 3 instead of 2. The other day he gave me the day off! AMAZING! I needed new clothes for work so Genevieve and Rachel and I went to the mall. We had breakfast with no carseat, and shopping with no baby sling. I love my friends, and I am so blessed to have such wonderful girls in my life.

Sunday we put Kinley in the nursery for the first time at church, and she came away without a cold! So wonderful.

Tonight we are having our good friends Kayla and Ross over for dinner, Hannah and Kinley are going to be best friends, they just dont know it yet.

Yesterday we got to hangout with my cousin Kathryn and her son Logan. Kinley is going to stay with her while I go back to work... and Logan is going to teach Kinley how to do everything. I swear that is the smartest little boy ever. He is a boy though, so Kinley will be tough when he is through with her :)

I could definatly do this stay at home mom thing!
Look at me! My face is all clear! Who knew that olive oil is such a wonderful way to clear up cradle cap... even if it is on my poor little munchkin's face.

SMILES!!!

Everyone says "oh they change and grow so fast" and I thought sure they do... but seriously! They do!!! A week ago today Kinley smiled for the first time. It suprised me, I thought "was that a smile, oh do it again!!!" And from then on we got one smile session a day. It is always right after she eats, we girls like our food :) Yesterday we got two smile sessions. It is the most wonderful thing! Here are some pictures of our little smiley lady! sorry for all the exclamations, it is just so stinkin cute. Yes, we do have some terrible baby acne... comes with the territory I guess, poor little baby.

One month Picture

This is the first of my attempt to take a picture of Kinley every month by the bird pillow to show how much she is growing. We will see if I am able to continue as planned :)

Most people say she is looking like me but look at these pretty eyes! (not that you can see the color very well) They are getting lighter and more blue like her dad every day. It is so fun to see her change and grow. Her arms are becoming less monkey like... the hair is falling off. Good thing! And she is starting to chub up a little. Her legs were seriously scrawny when she was first born.

We have been having a lot of fun playing stay at home mom and daughter. We have been going to "Mommy Matinee" movies with cousin Kathryn and MOPS at Shearer Hills. We also visited Wayside MOPS the other day with my favorite neighbors Sarah, Dylan and Jenna. I have to go back to work on March 1... not looking forward to leaving my little one. But, God is good and he has provided the most wonderful opportunity for my cousin to watch Kinley... so at least I wont be worried about her. I will miss her though!

Playing Photographer

Mom and I played baby photographer the other day...

Kinley's First Month

Oh my the pleasures of motherhood are abundant. Kinley is growing and growing! Our friend Genevieve gave us a wonderful outfit with little birds on it... it was one of three outfits that fit our little one when we brought her home. And it still swallowed her- as it does in this picture. Now it is tight and her arms are stuffed into it. It is very sad. This is Kinley slumpily sleeping on the couch. No I didnt leave her like this alone, I was right there with her.

Brandon is the most wonderful dad. This is him burping our little lady, she loves to ball up. Her arms and legs are so strong that it is almost impossible to stretch them out so you can burp her.

Our nights started out rough, but now we have established day and night a little better. We have even gotten 3 nights of 7 or more hours in a row!!! My wonderful cousin let me borrow a book, "The Baby Whisperer" to which I give credit for our wonderful nights! We feed at two hour intervals before bed and I dont let her nap for more than an hour and a half at a time. Following the routine of Eat, Awake, Asleep. I am not a crazy schedule person, but it a good routine to follow loosely. Weekends get a little messed up, but it all seems to work well!

My Grandmother made these sweet onesies with lace and hand tied decorative knots along the back... Kinley is rotten! She and Dad like to rest / nap on the couch together. Look at those sweet lips!

Here she is fitting into her bird outfit a little better, this was my birthday... Jan 28.

She will sleep through almost anything. Except when it is time for bed, then she wakes at every small movement or noise!

Can you tell the bird outfit is my favorite?

Welcome to the World!

It all began Jan3, 2010. We checked into NE Baptist at 5:30pm and we were officially on our way to being parents!

I had sent Brandon home to get some good rest - at least one of us needed to have had a good nights sleep in our bed.

Brandon got to the hospital at 5:30 and I was induced at 6:30 am.

By 8:30 am they broke my water and I was very suprised by the whole ordeal. The nurses told me my contractions would intensify once my water was broken, but I did not realize they meant literally as soon as my water was broken. That is when our day began. The contractions came and went with out me feeling much before this point, my nurse was telling me you are having a contraction right now... cant you feel it? But I couldnt, at least not until they broke my water.

I fully intended on waiting to see how bad it got before I got an epidural. I had heard all these stories about how an epidural could make the "pushing" part last longer, and I wanted to avoid that! So, time passed, family came and went... friends stopped by... and Brandon let me squeeze his hand as hard as I wanted - very helpful!

By 1:30 the contractions were very intense. I had a break between each contraction at the beginning, but at this point I was having back labor (super not fun back pain) in between each contraction so there was no break. I asked the nurse to check my dialation to see how far we were... only 4 cm! So, I knew there would be many more hours of this to come.

I ordered the epidural and I got it about an hour later... it was incredible how fast the pain went away! And, the IV hurt more than the epidural did. Every one told me you are in labor- you wont even notice that you havent eaten all day- NOT TRUE! I was starving! As soon we started pushing I had my mom call Jasons Deli so the food would be there when we were done.

By six the doc said we were ready to push, and at 6:26 our little girl was born!

I asked Brandon what she looked like and the first things he said was that she had her uncle Kyle's mouth and my cousin Beverly's toes. He said our baby could pick trout up out of a river with her toes!

We were beyond excited! She was perfect! Healthy, all digits in place and cute as can be.. even with the biggest cone head you have ever seen.

It took us until Wed to name her. She had a head full of hair- black hair- and it totally threw us for a loop. The birth certificate lady was hanging out in our room for like an hour the last day just waiting for us to name her. Finally I asked her daddy to pick from our list so we could go home. He chose Kinley Faye White. And it is the most perfect name for her!

I was totally impressed with how quickly Brandon has taken to being a dad. Immidiately he was helping change her and holding her. I thought it would take a little getting use to, but it didnt. He was born to be a dad. I have never been so in love with him. We are blessed beyond measure!

Baby Room

Here are some pictures of the baby room...
My mom and grandmother made all the bedding for the day bed and the baby bed. The painting is not done yet, but it is getting there.

We are three days past our due date :( We are ready to meet this little baby!