Thursday, November 19, 2009

While I make dinner...

....this is how I keep my child entertained.


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

My Birthday

This is what my birthday consisted of:

Aunt Flow
Arthritis
Awesome dinner at The Cheescake Factory

The older I get, the less exciting my birthday's are. But that's ok. Why do I want to celebrate me getting older?

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Kenadie's 1st Birthday Party

On Saturday, the 14th, we had a big party for Kenadie's first birthday.
We had our families and a few friends over. We ate food, she got a lot of presents, and she enjoyed the cake more than anything! Enjoy the pics!





My Mom and Dad








Getting ready to eat cake


Before....Albertson's made this and it's FREE for 1 year olds!






Loving the cake!






After



And Mimi giving her a bath!
She had such a fun day!
Our families are awesome! They helped out so much and gave her really great gifts! Love you guys!!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Kenadie!!

It's hard to believe that one short year ago, this sweet little girl came down from Heaven to be my daughter. Can't same the same (short) about labor, though. Why don't you have a seat and listen to the long story of how Kenadie came to earth.

My due date was November 15th. At my doctors appt on the 7th, I had him strip my membranes hoping something would happen because I was SOOOOOOOO ready to have this baby out. Early Saturday morning (the 8th), around 2:30 am, I woke up having really terrible pains in my stomach. I wasn't sure if it was contractions but then figured it had to be. After a while, I woke Bule up to tell him what was going on and we timed the contractions. They were close enough for me to decide it was time to go to the hospital. We got there around 4:30 or so. I checked in, got dressed, got hooked up and they "checked" me. They said I was only dilated to a one so they would leave me there and come back in an hour and see if anything was different. I was still the same an hour later so they sent me home. We got home around 6:30 and tried to go back to sleep. My mom was throwing me a baby shower that day so I had to get some rest before I had to be up for that. While I was in bed I was thinking there was no way I can have the baby today, mom's giving me a shower and I can't miss it; she'll be so mad! About 7, I felt a weird pop kind of feeling in my lower stomach. I got up and went to the bathroom and sure enough, I was leaking everywhere. My water broke!! I was mad I was at home when that happened. We just came from the hospital and now had to go back so soon.

So we arrived at the hospital, again, around 8 am. They put me in the labor and delivery room. I remember getting undressed and getting into the gown. I was so nervous, not really believing this was actually happening. I get all hooked up and all that fun stuff and was just laying there waiting for something to happen. We decided it was a good idea to start calling our family to tell them the exciting news. I called my parents and told them. They were really excited but my mom had to call everyone who was invited to the shower and tell them NEVER MIND. A few hours later they showed up at the hospital and played the waiting game with me. Bule called his parents and told his dad, "we're having a baby today." His dad didn't believe him because Bule had joked with him once before. But Bule finally convinced him it was the real. The contractions were really painful and I didn't want to be hurting anymore so around 11 I got an epidural. Best thing ever. So all day long, everyone just sat there and we talked and waited, and talked and waited. I wasn't progressing one bit. They finally gave me some pitossin to get my contractions going stronger. Kenadie didn't like that and her heart rate dropped big time. The nurses came rushing in and gave me Tributaline (sp?) to stop all labor. They also gave me oxygen. Her heart rate became normal again and they said everything was just fine. I knew it was ok, but it still freaked me out and I was shaking so bad and started crying. Thank goodness for a wonderful husband and dad who hold the priesthood. They gave me a blessing of comfort and I calmed right down. After that, they decided to give me small doses of Pitossin, bits at a time, to get things moving cuz nothing was happening! That time, it went well. Finally, at 11 pm I was dilated to a 10 and could start pushing. I pushed for an hour and a half with no real progress. Kenadie just wasn't ready to come. All of a sudden, without warning, snip snip. The doctor needed some help if he was getting this child out. She still wouldn't budge. So he used the vacuum extractor and that worked. She was born at 12:51 am Sunday morning. She wasn't breathing that well so they had to give her oxygen then she was doing just fine. Bule and I were so happy to finally meet our baby, the most beautiful little girl ever!!

(I told you this wasn't a short story!)


Hours Old








1 year old










I love this face! I'm so glad she's here!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Kenadie walking

Here are some videos of Kenadie walking. These were taken a few days ago and she's walking even better now than in the videos.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

HALLOWEEN!

This was Kenadie's first Halloween and she had pretty fun. Friday night, the 30th, we went to the Legacy Center where they had a lot of activities going on. They had trick-or-treating, a haunted house, games, food, and a movie. There wasn't much Kenadie could do since she is still young, but we just had to show up and see what it was like. It was a madhouse! There were so many people there it wasn't even funny. But we saw Kaitlyn and Liz there. And then I met up with my sister and her family. Kenadie dressed up as a chicken this year. We nick-named her Chicken Little when she was a baby and this costume was so fitting!



Kenadie before we left, trying on her costume.


Kenadie, Me, Kaitlyn, and Liz at the Legacy Center






Us, with my sister, Jo and her daughter, McKinley (as a pumpkin!)




Saturday night we went trick-or-treating. Well, really just around to a few houses to say hi. We didn't even plan to take her around but last minute we decided to. We used a Wal-Mart plastic bag as her candy bag. We had to visit Laura, Ruben and Seth. Seth and Kenadie love to play together. Seth was such a cute vampire!



After we got home, Kaitlyn came over to trick-or-treat. Kenadie only wanted her candy.


And getting undressed. She was SO glad to be out of that thing!


I had to throw this one in here. The week before Halloween, we went to a party. We dressed up as a Pink Lady and T-Bird.
This year was pretty fun, especially with a child. I just might get into it a little more each year.