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Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Kinsey's all ready for Trick-or-Treating!
Hope you all have a great Halloween!
I can't believe that Kinsey is 2 weeks old today! Where has the time gone?? We are getting adjusted to having a little one around. She's doing great! She eats a lot and is sleeping well. Usually at night I only have to get up once to feed her--she will sleep anywhere from 4.5 - 6 hours at night which is nice. Ryan's just worked 2 days this week but goes back full time next week so we'll see how it goes just me and Kinsey! She goes back to the pediatrician on Wednesday for a checkup and I'm curious to see how much weight she's gained. She's such a chunk!!
Next Friday Kinsey will make her first road trip to see Pete and Nana. She's really excited to meet all of her GA family especially cousin Brecken! We are looking forward to seeing everyone and showing off our sweet baby!
Below are some random pictures of this past week. Hope you enjoy!

Kinsey snoozing with Daddy

She never lets that bottle get too far!
Kinsey's first trip to church!

Aunt Terri came by to meet Kinsey last Saturday and went to church with us on Sunday.
We really enjoyed the visit and hope she can come back and see us again soon!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Kinsey meets her Great-grandparents!

Ryan and I are so blessed to both still have 3 of our grandparents living. Today we took Kinsey to meet her great grandparents on Ryan's side. Of course they all thought that she was absolutely perfect. Their faces just lit up when they held her. We're so thankful that they are all still around to watch Kinsey grow! We can't wait to go see them again!

Kinsey and Mama Mac


Kinsey and Mac

Kinsey and Marget

Kinsey with Great Aunt Sandra and Uncle Charles

Friday, October 24, 2008

Kinsey Pictures!

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of Kinsey. They are in no particular order. It's amazing how much she's already changed in just a week! Her cheeks aren't near as chubby as they were when we were in the hospital. On Sunday when we left she had dropped to 8 lbs 12 oz but was already back up to 8 lbs 13 oz on Tuesday when we had our appointment with the pediatrician. I think she's going to be a good eater--I guess she comes by it natural! : )
Hope you enjoy! Have a great weekend!







Kinsey with Nana


Bright eyed!


Snoozing with Pete


Chubby cheeks!



Kinsey with Grandpop


Aunt Callie and Kinsey


Uncle Ashley, Rachel, and Kinsey



Tired mommy with my cubby girl!

Kinsey with Daddy and Aunt Callie

Kinsey with Gram

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Completly in LOVE!

I'm back after a very exciting week! Thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and sweet comments, especially those who kept us with us as Ryan updated the blog during labor...you guys are troopers!

Being a mom is more than I could have ever imagined! We are completly in love with our Kinsey; with cute chubby cheeks like hers what's not to love?! God has blessed our lives beyond measure by giving us a beautiful, healthy (and I mean healthy) baby girl! I just feel like I could never thank him enough for such a precious gift and hope and pray that Ryan and I raise her to come to know Him and the wonderful God that He is because He is so good!!

I know Ryan kept you up to date during the delivery but there are so many things that I don't want to forget so I'm going to give you my version the past few days-more so for my sake so I can look back to remember. Feel free to skip over this part if you wish...it will probably be long!

Back to Thursday morning: I woke up with contractions that were pretty steady-every 5-7 minutes or so-and I was a little crampy but nothing too uncomfortable at all. Since we had a Dr.'s appointment scheduled for 2pm I just figured that I'd wait it out to see what she said. I went for my morning walk and waited for Ryan to get home from work after lunch. I had a feeling all morning that this might be it but didn't want to get too excited. Most of our things were packed and I really considered taking our things but I knew as soon as we did the doctor would just send us home and if I didn't come prepared then she would send us straight to the hospital. I even told Ryan my thinking and he offered to load our stuff in the car but I declined. I had finished packing our things "just incase" she did send us to the hospital Ryan's dad could just come by and pick everything up. Boy, I'm glad that I did! The only thing I did take to the appointment was the camera. I figured we could wait for everything else but the camera was a must!

At the doctor's visit, they hooked me up to a machine to see if I was having contractions and to monitor the baby. After about 10 minutes, the doctor came in and checked me to find I was dilated to 3 cm; she also looked at the readings and determined I was in early labor and wanted us to head over to the hospital---just as I had suspected!!

Ryan and I were both a little hesitant to go to the hospital because all along I wanted to try to have Kinsey naturally and everything that I had read said to try to wait as long as possible before heading to the hospital, to try to do most of the laboring at home. I didn't want to be stuck at the hospital for hours on end just waiting and since I wasn't in much pain I thought we still had a while to go. When we arrived at the hospital about 3:30 pm I walked up to the registration desk in labor and delivery and the lady behind the desk asked me how she could help me and I replied, "I'm here to have a baby; my doctor called to let you know that I was coming. She thinks I'm in labor." She just looked at me kind of like I was crazy and said okay. She said she had seen lots of women in labor while working there and it didn't look to her like I was! I told her that I didn't think I needed to be there either but the doctor told me not to go home. They admitted me to the triage to be monitored to make sure I was actually in labor.

The receptionist walked us down to the triage where they told me I needed to pee in a cup before I changed clothes so I go in the bathroom and I guess I had to go so bad I just sat down and started peeing while reading the directions for using the cup and what all I needed to do. Before I realized it I was finished and had forgotten to pee in the cup. I felt so stupid!! I guess I was just a little excited! So I had to explain to the nurse what I did and she was very nice and said I could just try again later but I still felt like a moron! I changed clothes and they hooked me up to the monitors and checked me again. I was still 3 cm so she told me they'd monitor me for and hour or so and check me again. Well after about an hour I was still at 3 cm so they called my doctor and she asked that they monitor me for the full 4 hours since we live almost an hour away and she was leaving to go on vacation the next morning so she was wanting to deliver this baby too! The nurses told me that I could get up and walk around and to be back at 5:20 pm for them to check me again and to hook me back up to the monitor so Ryan and I walked around for about 45 minutes and headed back to the triage. When we got back, Ryan was starving so I told him to go get something to eat I would be fine there waiting by myself. They hooked me back up to all the machines and checked me again--still at 3cm. About 10 minutes after Ryan left and I was just laying there resting when my water broke. At first I just thought Kinsey had kicked me but then I felt water everywhere and thought okay I don't think that was just a kick. I called the nurses in and they confirmed that my water had broken and made arragments to send me up to labor and delivery. Kinsey was on her way and we were there to stay!


We got settled into to our labor and delivery room about 7:00 pm where the nurse checked me again and I was still at 3 cm. I thought it's going to be a long night! My Dr. had ordered them to start a pitocin drip which I wasn't crazy about because I had heard they make contractions much stronger but I felt like I didn't really have a choice. When I told my nurse I was going to try to go natural she said that she would just start the pitocin out on the lowest dose and see how things progressed. By this point my contractions were getting stronger but they weren't too painful. Ryan was calling everyone trying to keep them updated. His dad had stopped by our house and picked up our things and was on his way. After about an hour the nurse came in and checked me again and I was just at 4 cm. She said that she would check me whenever I wanted her to just to let her know. I figured the longer I could put it off the better, hoping that I would be farther along. Well after about 1.5-2 hours later my contractions were much stronger and I was beginning to doubt myself. It was about 10:00 pm at this point and I told Ryan that if I was still just 4 cm dilated then I was getting an epidural! I was just not comfortable at all and couldn't get comfortable lying in the bed. We asked the nurse to come and check me and I was dilated to 6 cm and I thought okay I think I can do this! I asked her if I could sit up in the rocking chair for a while so she and Ryan got me all situated. Sitting up in the rocking chair definitely helped, especially as the contractions got stronger. I rocked for over 2 hours before I couldn't take it any longer...I thought I had to be dilated to 10 cm because the contractions were getting closer together and much stronger! They got me moved back into the bed so the nurse could check me and I was at 8 cm. I thought okay it's too late for an epidural you've got to do this now!! The nurse told me to let her know when I felt like I needed to push and that things were going to get really be tough from here on out. It must have been less than 15 minutes later and I told Ryan that I had to push! The nurse came over and checked me again and I was almost fully dilated but told me that I couldn't push until the doctor got there. She stated that she would go ahead and call my doctor because it was going to take her 15 minutes to get there. I was like what!?! 15 minutes!!! I'm not going to be able to wait 15 minutes to start pushing! By this point it was everything I could do just to make it through each contraction much less trying not to push when that's all your body is telling you to do! Not an easy thing to do! I almost told Ryan to get down there to catch our baby cause she was coming whether the doctor was there or not!! Finally my doctor arrived and the nurses got me ready to push--feet in stirrups and all! It's funny how when your in that much pain you don't really care who sees you in all your glory you just want it to be over! It took me a few pushes to get the hang of it but I finally did and Ryan told me he could see her hair to keep on pushing! I had already told my doctor that I really didn't want an episiotomy but I think she realized quickly that Kinsey wasn't coming without one! She finally told me if she could do an episiotomy I could have her out with the next push to which I yelled, "OKAY"--just get her out was all I was thinking!! Sure enough in the next push or two Miss Kinsey made her debut!


I think I was in shock for the next 30 minutes-just shaking uncontrolably but finally the shakes wore off. Ryan was running back and forth between me and Kinsey checking on both of us. I remember when he brought her over to me just falling in love with those fat cheeks! When he told me she weighed 9 lbs 8.5 oz I thought to myself how in the world did I just give birth to a baby that big!! After things settled down our families got to come in to see us and to meet Kinsey. Ryan's parents and sister had been at the hospital since at least 8 pm if not before and my parents finally arrived about 30 minutes before I delivered--just in time! (It's usually about an 8 hour drive for them but I think dad made record time this trip!)


I have to brag on my sweet husband for a minute. There's no way I could have had such a wonderful birth experience if Ryan had not been by my side the whole time! He was absolutely amazing! He had told me before hand that he was a little nervous about the labor and delivery part because he didn't want to see me in pain but he did great! He was right there with me through every contraction rubbing my shoulders and back, telling me to relax and breathe and just encouraging me every step of the way. I know I wouldn't have been able to have a natural birth like what I wanted if it hadn't been for him being there. All of the nurses were so impressed with him and how involved he was. He's the BEST- that's all there is to it! I truly am the luckiest woman in the world to have such a wonderful man! He is so good with Kinsey and jumps right in to help in any way he can. I think he's probably changed more dirty diapers than I have!!! Ryan-I love you so much and I'm so thankful that God has blessed my life with you! Thanks for being such an amazing husdand and daddy!

I can't believe that she's already a week old! Time has flown by and we've had a great first week at home. My parents were here until Wednesday and Ryan's mom has been here since then so we've been well taken care of! We'll see how next week goes when it's just the 3 of us!

Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers! I'm going to try to get some more pictures up today....I know that's all you guys want to see anyway! : )

Friday, October 17, 2008

Quick Kinsey Slide Show

Due to popular demand I have added more pictures, via slideshow. My parents are huge Oak Ridge Boys fans so we thought the song was appropriate.

Hope everyone enjoys!!!!!

Ryan


Kinsey Mae is HERE!!!!


Are you ready for this???


21 inches

9lb 8 oz!!!!!!!


12:40 am 10/17/08



More to come later enjoy!!!!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Almost There!!!


10:05 update



Labor Time is here: (This is Ryan by the way)

Disclaimer: I am writing this between contractions so if it doesn’t make sense, sorry. And anyone who makes fun of my grammar, spelling or punctuation get put on the “don’t get to hold Kinsey until she is at least two years old” list.

Okay here is the scoop: We had a Dr appointment today at 2:00, Kristin thought she was having contractions all morning but wasn’t sure because they were not very painful. We got to Dr’s office and told the nurse that she thought she had been having some contractions so she put her on a monitor for about 15 minutes. The Dr came in and reviewed the readout and said I think you might be in labor, do the contractions hurt? Kristin said not really so the Dr checked to see how much she was dialated. Kristin was dialated to a 3. The Dr started talking about her contractions again and Kristin thought she was having one, the Dr. just looked at her stomach and said yep, that is a contraction you two need to go the hospital.

We get to the hospital and they send us to a place called Triage which is were they monitor the mother before admitting her to the hospital to make sure she is in labor. So Kristin keeps on having contractions and we walk around some, come back get hooked back up to the machines and I leave to get a very quick bite to eat and Kristin’s water breaks (of course because I wasn’t there). So we quickly find out we are not leaving the hospital tonight. That figures all our bags are packed and are at home. Anyway my dad brought us our stuff.

That is the quick version. Stats are above. Please pray Kristin is very uncomfortable.


Saturday, October 11, 2008

Our Little Pumpkin

So I got this crazy idea to paint a pumpkin on my belly hoping to get Kinsey in the Halloween spirit thinking maybe she would see how much fun she's missing out on so she'd come out and meet us : ) Well it hasn't worked yet but we had a lot of fun trying. Ryan's sister, Callie, is a great artist and she and Patsy are staying with us tonight because they are on their fall break so Ryan talked her into painting the pumpkin on my belly. It doesn't take a lot to keep us entertained! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Aunt Callie painting...

Our Little Pumpkin

Me and Callie

Ryan making a Jack-o-lantern

The finished product!

Ryan with his baby girl

Mommy and Daddy just waiting patiently to meet our little pumpkin!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Quick Update

Yesterday afternoon we had our 39 week Dr. appointment and everything is still looking great! I'm dilated 2 cm now and we're just waiting. An induction date has been set for October 22nd incase she still hasn't come but I'm really hoping that she's here before then...like maybe even today : ) I'm so ready! We'll keep you updated...hopefully we'll have some news this weekend!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

"Baby Girl" has a NAME!!!

We're so excited we've finally found a name that Ryan and I both like and that will be absolutely perfect for our baby girl! We can hardly wait to meet....

Miss Kinsey Mae Blount

I ran across Kinsey in a magazine at the Dr.'s office on Friday and asked Ryan what he thought about it. I was really expecting him to say "no way" but to my surprise he really liked it so we tossed it around all weekend and finally decided that it would be perfect for her. Mae is a family name. It was both Ryan's great-grandmother's and my granny's middle name. I like it because it's different but not too crazy. Now that she has a name I guess we're officially ready! I got to take some things to get monogrammed yesterday so I'm excited to go pick them up later in the week. I've been walking lots hoping that maybe I'll walk her out but so far it hasn't worked : )

Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. They truly mean so much! We'll keep you updated and let you know when Miss Kinsey decides to make her grand entrance!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Patiently Waiting...

Yesterday I had my 38 week doctor's appointment and not much has changed. I'm still at 1 cm but my doctor did say that I had thinned out a little more and she thought the baby had dropped some so we're slowly but surely making progress. We go back again next Thursday for a checkup and we'll go ahead and schedule an induction date for the week of the 19th just in case she decides not to come on her own but I'm praying that she will because I really don't want to be induced. I guess that's all in baby news. Ryan is getting excited and ready to meet his baby girl. I know he's going to be a great dad! He's been so good throughout this whole pregnancy even the last week or so when I've been well...just a little emotional to say the least--I know imagine that! Tuesday was my last day at work so this past week I cleaned the whole house inside and out and finally got most of our bags packed so now we're just waiting for her to make her debut which will hopefully be sooner than later! I'm ready!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!