Justin was able to capture some of Taelyn's pointing on camera, so here is a quick look at Kaelia and mommy's noses.
Kaelia's Nose
Mommy's NoseSaturday, June 26, 2010
Being A Big Sister
As I mentioned in the last post, life has not been too different for Taelyn now that she is a big sister since Kaelia sleeps most of the day, but there certainly are sister moments. Taelyn loves when we ask her to point to specific body parts, and now there is a tiny body to compare to. She will sometimes run over to the baby, point, and yell "Bah" for baby. Then she will point to Kaelia's nose, eyes, mouth, fingers and toes. Her favorite body part, though, is a belly button, and Taelyn is fascinated by Kaelia's stump where a belly button should be!
Justin was able to capture some of Taelyn's pointing on camera, so here is a quick look at Kaelia and mommy's noses.
Kaelia's Nose
Mommy's Nose
Justin was able to capture some of Taelyn's pointing on camera, so here is a quick look at Kaelia and mommy's noses.
Kaelia's NoseMommy's Nose
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Meet Baby Kaelia!
About six months ago, Justin and I were invited to our good friends, Jason and Erin's, wedding set for June 12th. From the start, we committed to the wedding and joked that we would definitely both be there unless the baby came that day. Well wouldn't you know that our little Kaelia decided to make her appearance in to this world on just that day!
It started the day before when we drove up to Denver to attend a pre-wedding BBQ at Jason's house. It took about three hours to get there through Denver traffic when it should have taken only an hour and a half. As we left our house, I felt a few contractions but nothing major. About halfway through the drive, I realized that I was in labor... but I knew after Taelyn's birth that I still had some time. So we still went to the BBQ, had some food, and talked with friends for a while.
We made it home, took a little nap, and I woke up at 12:30 am in active labor. Everything went by fairly quickly after that. Our friends, Leah and Steve, came by at 3:45 am to watch Taelyn so we could get to the hospital. We arrived there a little after 4:00, and Kaelia Elizabeth was born at 5:06 am. She was quickly measured at 7 lbs, 2 oz and 19 inches long and then went through a medical exam where she checked out perfectly healthy.
Since Kaelia's birth, we have been adjusting very smoothly as a family of four. Taelyn doesn't notice the baby too much since Kaelia sleeps most of the day. From time to time, though, Taelyn will bring little presents over to her baby sister and set them in her lap - Kaelia's baby hats and socks and some of Taelyn's toys like blocks and rubber ducky. Taelyn also likes to point to her sister's nose, eyes, mouth, etc., but we are working with her to point gently which doesn't always happen.
Thank you to all that have been thinking of us lately. We can't wait for you to meet our little Kaelia!
It started the day before when we drove up to Denver to attend a pre-wedding BBQ at Jason's house. It took about three hours to get there through Denver traffic when it should have taken only an hour and a half. As we left our house, I felt a few contractions but nothing major. About halfway through the drive, I realized that I was in labor... but I knew after Taelyn's birth that I still had some time. So we still went to the BBQ, had some food, and talked with friends for a while.
We made it home, took a little nap, and I woke up at 12:30 am in active labor. Everything went by fairly quickly after that. Our friends, Leah and Steve, came by at 3:45 am to watch Taelyn so we could get to the hospital. We arrived there a little after 4:00, and Kaelia Elizabeth was born at 5:06 am. She was quickly measured at 7 lbs, 2 oz and 19 inches long and then went through a medical exam where she checked out perfectly healthy.
Since Kaelia's birth, we have been adjusting very smoothly as a family of four. Taelyn doesn't notice the baby too much since Kaelia sleeps most of the day. From time to time, though, Taelyn will bring little presents over to her baby sister and set them in her lap - Kaelia's baby hats and socks and some of Taelyn's toys like blocks and rubber ducky. Taelyn also likes to point to her sister's nose, eyes, mouth, etc., but we are working with her to point gently which doesn't always happen.
Thank you to all that have been thinking of us lately. We can't wait for you to meet our little Kaelia!
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
No Baby Yet
I am now at 38 weeks and still no baby! Taelyn had already arrived by this time during her pregnancy, and my doctor thought that this new little one would have by now too. At my doctor's appointment today, I found that I am not much different than last week: 2.5 cm dilated and still 75% effaced. And I haven't really had any contractions the last several days - unlike Memorial weekend where I thought the baby might arrive before June. I guess our baby just wants to hang on in there a little bit longer!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wildlife Walk
Last night, we decided to go for a little walk down the street to take Taelyn to the playground. As we were walking out the door, I quickly grabbed our little camera and threw it in the stroller just in case there were some candid moments at the playground. When Justin saw
this, he thought I was silly and asked if I expected to see a bear on the walk. Ironically, after making it about 400 meters down the road, we did actually see a bear! A momma bear and two little cubs were hanging out in someone's yard on our street and had apparently been doing so since about 10:30 that morning. We did not get too close because we were only walking and not in a car, but we could still see how massive the mother was. And of course I had my camera. Justin took a few pictures from a distance. I tried to crop the best one to zoom in a bit; it's are not real clear, but you get the picture.
After encountering the bear, we continued on to the playground and saw three
deer as well. So we took some more pictures. Justin was even able to climb up on a rock within 10 meters of the deer to take a picture, and they are so docile and familiar with humans that they didn't move at all.
We obviously had quite the wildlife experience in just the short half mile walk to the playground!
this, he thought I was silly and asked if I expected to see a bear on the walk. Ironically, after making it about 400 meters down the road, we did actually see a bear! A momma bear and two little cubs were hanging out in someone's yard on our street and had apparently been doing so since about 10:30 that morning. We did not get too close because we were only walking and not in a car, but we could still see how massive the mother was. And of course I had my camera. Justin took a few pictures from a distance. I tried to crop the best one to zoom in a bit; it's are not real clear, but you get the picture.After encountering the bear, we continued on to the playground and saw three
deer as well. So we took some more pictures. Justin was even able to climb up on a rock within 10 meters of the deer to take a picture, and they are so docile and familiar with humans that they didn't move at all.We obviously had quite the wildlife experience in just the short half mile walk to the playground!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Any Day Now!
I am now 37 weeks pregnant and officially full term! At my doctor's appointment last week, I was about 1.5 cm dilated and 50% effaced, and now I am 2 cm and 75 % based on this week's appointment. The doctor has predicted that the baby will come within the week. We are hoping that this is the case and that we are not just going on false hope, but only our little girl really knows when the time will come to enter in to the world. We are just excited to meet her!
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