Lots of Firsts

Week Two with two kiddos held lots of firsts for both kids.

At exactly one week old, Kaleigh got to go on her first fishing trip to Lake Bill Waller in Columbia.  We didn't get there until about 6pm so it was cooling off just enough to be fun for all of us.  We definately had Dustin's boat decked out in pink!!  I'm sure all of the other boats were wondering what was up with all of the pink on the boat!!  It was definately a struggle to try and keep myself covered up while nursing with the breeze from the water!! 

Dad's loves his fishing buddies!

Although this trip was fun for a while, it didn't end so wonderfully....  Dustin caught the biggest bass he'd ever seen (around 10lbs or so) and I accidentially knocked it off of the hook while trying to scoop it up in the net.... Sorry dad!!  We'll try to be better fishing helpers next time!!

Kaleigh also got her first bath this week!!  She LOVED relaxing in the warm water, but screamed when I got her out.  Guess she wasn't quite done with her bath!

Relaxing bath!

All snuggled up after her bath!

Sunday afternoon, Kaleigh went to her first birthday party at our next door neighbors.  This is what she did the majority of the party!  Alec was excited to get to take her with us!!

Alec started swim lessons this week too and is learning very fast!!  He "swims" back and forth between Nana and the instructor, Mrs. Leah, and can get to the wall and hold on to the side!  Monday and Tuesday he had lots of fun and was really learning alot, but he came down with a stomach bug on Wednesday and didn't enjoy his lesson....  We'll skip today and try again on Friday.  The lessons were only for a week, so we may have to try them again this summer!

Splashing in the waterfall with Nana!

He "swam" like this between them for 10 or so times and didn't get water in his nose at all!!  The teacher would give him a shove and tell him to kick!!  He was so brave, several of the girls in the class were screaming during this part!

Doing the "Monkey Walk" back to the shallow end!

Harley likes her too!!  He's very protective and watches closely if a stranger has her!!

Dustin's also been in Indianapolis all week at a military conference, so it's not the most convenient time for Alec to be sick but we're making it!  Nana and Mimi have been lots of help and are taking turns spending the night with us. 

Kaleigh's 2 week check up was today, so Mimi and I took her and Alec to the doctor to get his belly checked out and for her check up.  She's up to 8lbs 14 oz and is 21 1/2 inches long.  She's in the 60th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height, so hopefully she's gonna be tall and skinny!!  She's still sleeping and eating great and is such and easy baby!!  Hopefully this trend continues!!

Happy One Week Birthday, Kaleigh!

Kaleigh,

You are one week old today!!  You are a such delightful baby and a wonderful addition to our family!  You have such a sweet and relaxed temperament and are always happy unless you are ready to eat!

Here is what your daily routine has been like for these first few days at home.  Mom is a believer in Babywise, since it seemed to work so well with your brother!  This week has been mainly getting you to eat full meals and not snacking!!  Sorry for the cold wipes but sometimes you're a big sleepy head and would like to go back to eat after just a little snack! So far, it's been working for you too!!  You're slowly working yourself into the routine of eating every 2 1/2 or 3 hours, then having a little wake time, then back to sleep until it's time to eat again!  At night, you've been an angel, you go to bed around 8 or 9 wake up sometime around 12 or 1 to eat and then again around 3 or 4 to eat again.  After that, you'll sleep until 6 or 7 when we wake up for good and start our day.  Yesterday you even surprised us and only woke up one time during the night to eat!!  You sleep every minute during the night that you aren't eating, which has been WONDERFUL for mom!!  I hope this trend continues!!  

When it's time for bed, we swaddle you up in your swaddle blanket and put you in your crib that is beside our bed, you are sleeping great on your back so far.  Your brother refused to sleep on his back and after calling the doctor, mom and dad let him sleep on his tummy!

You love to sit in your bouncy seat and look around outside and we do that almost every afternoon while mom watches brother play in the back yard!  You sit and contently look around for an hour or so until you get sleepy!  You also love to be held upright on mom or dads chest and are happy to do that asleep or awake!  You're not so much into the activity mat or swing just yet, but I bet you'll love them soon!  Alec loves to get on your activity mat with you and entertain you, but so far, that hasn't lasted more than 5 minutes or so!

Your umbilical cord is still attached so we haven't been able to give you a really good bath just yet, but hopefully that will change in the next couple of days!  Your head full of long black hair is definitely looking a little greasy with just these little sponge baths and could use a good scrubbing!!  We can't wait to see if your hair is going to stay this full and dark!

You are wearing size newborn diapers and mostly size newborn clothes, although some of them are a little snug.  At your doctors check when you were 4 days old, you had lost almost a half of a pound and weighed 7lbs, 15oz.  But as good as you are eating, I bet you gaining weight again now.

Your brother is in love with you and can't seem to get enough of you (and so are mom and dad)!  If you are in a different room than him, he's constantly asking where you are and wanting to come check on you.  He would love to hold you 24 hours a day, or at least until you start getting hungry, then he's glad for mom to hold you.  He started back to day care yesterday and was calling your name as soon as he walked in the house!  Mom and Dad are so proud that he's being such loving big brother to his little sis!

I'll love you forever, I'll love you for always!!  Mom

Brotherly Love

This pretty much describes our house these days!  Alec LOVES his Kaleigh and is very protective of her!  He's always wanting to help!  I think these two are going to be best buddies, at least until she starts stealing his toys!

Shhhh Kaleigh!



A Baby Story - Kaleigh Marie

Kaleigh Marie Robinson

8lbs, 4oz 21 inches long

Born June 2, 2011 at 4:33 am

Here is the story and lots of pictures from Kaleigh's big day!!  Dustin and I dropped Alec off at Mimi's after supper June 1st and headed to the hospital for my induction.  We ate dinner at moms, then stopped by Books a Million on the way to get some last minute reading material. 

Last picture as a family of Three!

We walked into Labor & Delivery around 8:15 on Wednesday night, June 1st.  The nurses said there were no rooms left so we were sent to the waiting area to wait for a room to be cleaned.  Same thing happened with Alec, so I'm thinking FGH could use a few more delivery rooms!  About 9, a room was finally ready and we were about to begin!  The room had no where for Dusitn to sit, much less try to get some sleep so the nurse took us to another room about 10:00.  While we were waiting to change rooms, they were monitoring my contractions.  I was having them every 2 to 3 minutes.  Whoo hoo!!  Kaleigh Marie must have known that it was time!!  I'd just been thinking that my nerves were getting the best of me but apparently, labor had actually started on it's on.  About 11:00 Dr. Kot came in to break my water and see how far dialated I was.  I was about 4.5 cm.  After she broke my water, my contractions really cranked up and I was ready for my epidural.  Much to my dismay, apparently an entire bag of fluid has to go through the IV before they could give me an epidural.  It took about an hour for the bag to empty and Dr. Kot came to give me my epidural about midnight.  It totally eased up the pain on my right, but I could have still hopped to the bathroom on my left leg and could feel every bit of the contractions on my left side....  After lots of adjusting and more medicine, I was finally comfortable about 1:00 and we thought we'd sleep the rest of the night and wake up to have Kaleigh the next morning.  Kaleigh, however, had other plans.....  Some of my medicine was wearing off about 3:30am and the nurse came to check on me and said that I was just about 10cm and could start pushing if I wanted too.  Well, I was still feeling so drugged up from the stadol I didn't think I could get my head together enough to concentrate on pushing, so I told her I wanted to rest for a little while and I'd call her if the pain got really bad.  About 5 minutes later, I was feeling lots of pain and pressure so I called her back and it was definitaly time to push!  I really wanted to have more of a part in the labor this time so I asked for a mirror so I could see how much progress I was making.  It was awesome to be able to see the progress was making and all of the hair on our sweet angel's head!!  After about 45 minutes, it was time for Dr. Kot to come in.  It was almost painless!!  After my horrible labor with Alec, I just kept thinking something had to be wrong because I literally had NO pain!!  Yay!! Dr. Kot came in and I pushed just a little and our princess was born at 4:33am.  She was perfect and I was overwhelmed with joy when I saw her!!  I still can't believe how easy this labor was!!  A few hours later, I was loosing lots of blood and had some light headed and fainting spells which were pretty scary for both Dustin and I, but I got over them quickly and by about 9am I was feeling good!  Blood was put on reserve just in case I needed a transfusion and I was kept in labor and delivery until around lunch so the nurses could watch me closer.  But I did fine and didn't have any more spells.

 This was taken at 4:26am and Kaleigh was born at 4:33am. 

I didn't look anything like this 5 minutes before Alec was born!!

Dr. Kot delivering Kaleigh!

Such a sweet moment of joy and thankfullness!

Kaleigh was a big girl weighing in at 8lb, 4oz, just 6oz less than Alec!

My favorite doctor in the world!  Dr. Kot is wonderful!

Jeanette was my nurse for the delivery and was GREAT!

Kaleigh getting all cleaned up and clothes put on!

Mom and Daughter 

Daddy's first picture with her!

Loving our little girl!

A little too happy, must still be the stadol! ha!

Nana and Paps

First Family Picture

Alec LOVES his Kaleigh!

Mimi and Kaleigh

My three favorite people!

Tried a paci for a few hours but she's not interested!

Pretty in Pink!

Alec's so excited that Kaleigh is finally here!

Daddy's girl!

Time to go home!

  

Leaving the hospital, 33 hours old!

First car ride!

Alec HAD to help get her out of her seat!

He's very protective of his lil sis already!

Kaleigh Marie, we love you so much!!

 You are absolutely the perfect addition to our family and

we thank God for another healthy baby!

Last Day as a Family of Three

Today is officially our last day as a sweet little family of three!  We will check in to labor and delivery at FGH around 7:30 tonight!!  We are all so excited to meet our precious Kaleigh and can't wait to become a family of four! 

We started our relaxing memorial day weekend Friday afternoon and continued it on through Monday, Tuesday and today!  We've done lots of fun stuff with Alec for his last few days as an only child.

Mom can't do much other than watch these days!  It's been a HOT weekend!

39 1/2 weeks with Kaleigh Marie

About to go fishing at Nana's!

My big catch for the fish fry afterwards at Nana's!   Yes, I'm still fishing and boating at almost 40 weeks pregnant!  Gotta hang in there with my two boys!  I hope Kaleigh loves the water and outdoors as much as we do!

Alec got to ride Patty's Harley with Paps!!

So much fun!

All boy, Playing in the dirt at Nana's!

My little artist at work!

We spent some time with our best friends, Mandi, Adam and Kara too!

Hang on Kara!!

Picnic with the neighbors!

More fun with Baby Kara!!  Kara seems so small but I'm sure she'll seem grown as soon as we all see Kaleigh in a few hours!

It's been a fun last few days, and I'm about to wake Alec up to go get donuts for breakfast and take Harley to get his haircut while dad sleeps in a little!  Hopefully today will pass really quickly and it'll be 7:30 and time to check in before we know it!!