Grandpa's Cuddle Time

I don't know why but Picasa will only let me blog 4 pictures at once and I tried to add this one to the bottom of the blog when I was editing it and since it is an upright picture it would only let me attach it through my pictures sideways. So, I couldn't leave out the Grandpa picture from today. He was busy most of the day running errands with Mom and helping Tom put together the dishwasher so he did not get much Kennedy time at all. He is making up for it tonight. He has got to cuddle her a lot after dinner and Kennedy is just soaking it up. She is definitely a Grandpa's Girl!!!


Kennedy loves her Grandpa!!!

Kennedy's first rough night and first mail...

Last night was a little rough. She had been up a lot yesterday and actually fed a lot too. When it was time for her last feeding last night she pretty much did not feel good when it was time to go to sleep. She must have had gas bubbles because she was screaming for about an hour and a half. It was just breaking Tom and my hearts because we could not figure out how to make her better. We finally remembered that Jenny and Roman had given us gas medicine and after looking it up online I gave her a little bit and then nursed her for a minute and let her rock and burp and fall asleep again... And then ever so gently swaddled her in her wedge sleeper mat and she calmed down and settled off to sleep. I still slept in the room with her so that I could be there if she got fussy or didn't feel good again, but she was fine the rest of the night. She nursed around 4:15 and again at 7:15 and has been a good baby all day today.

We forgot to check the mail yesterday because when the mail lady came she delivered a package to Tom and me. It was from Ruthie and Jim and Ruthie made Kennedy a beautiful crocheted blanket. I haven't taken a picture of it but it is adorable. It along with all of our other gifts have been addressed to Tom or me or both. Well this time, she got her first mail addressed to her!!


Her first package, sent to her from her Uncle Drew.

She got her first tractor shirt! And she loves it... Thanks, Uncle Drew!

Tom and Dad putting in the new dishwasher. Our old one went out on us last week. Smoke coming out of it and all. We got a real good deal on it at Home Depot, floor model and Tom's military discount and we saved $160! We also got a new garbage disposal because that went out 2 days before the dishwasher...

Grandma cuddling with Kennedy.

Lazy Saturday.

I can't believe my first week of maternity leave is almost over. These next 7 weeks are going to go by so fast. Last night was a much better nights sleep. I was a lot more comfortable leaving Kennedy in her crib than Thursday night. Mom and Dad let us sleep in a little bit this morning. I was able to pump a little bit yesterday and it was enough for one feeding so I decided that it would be okay if they fed her the bottle this morning and it went pretty well. I figure if she gets at the most one bottle of pumped milk a day, it shouldn't mess up the breast feeding and so far she went right back like it was no big deal. It also made it easy for me to pump when I woke up and got almost a whole bottles worth in one pumping.

We had a really good day today. Mom did a lot of laundry and Dad and Tom have been working on "projects". I was able to bake some cookies and just rest some today.



Grandma getting to spend some quality one-on-one time with Kennedy. She has been waiting for this all week. That is what she is doing right now.

January 15, 2010

So, I didn't get on the computer last night before bed but, Kennedy had a couple of firsts yesterday. Thursday night she spent her first night sleeping at home. She did fine however, Mommy had a bit of a breakdown when it was time to put her down for the night and go to sleep herself. For some reason I just thought that the room next to mine with a monitor right by her was still to far away from me. After some convincing from Tom, I let her stay there and she was fine after all, I just cried myself to sleep and got over it. When we got up we had a typical morning and then it was off to her first doctor's appointment. Her pediatrician thought that Friday may be a little too early for an appointment but didn't want to wait all the way through the weekend. It ended up being okay because we did have a few questions. I didn't think she was peeing enough so she gave us some advice and even followed up in the evening by calling us at home to make sure everything was okay. We were very impressed with her.




When we were at the doctor's office, we of course had to take all her clothes and her diaper off of her and when the diaper came off Daddy found a nice surprise. She had a major bowel movement and made a mess of herself. We cleaned her up with wipes as much as we could but when we got home I decided she needed a little sponge bath.

She ended up not being a big fan, actually. I should have known; she really doesn't like being naked. I did a pretty good job of getting it done quick for her but we have some practice to do. It will be nicer when the cord falls off and she is able to be in a bath. I think that she will like it better when she can soak in a little bit of warm water instead of having it just poured over her. :)

After her bath she was so soft and cuddly and oh so tired. We tried to play a little on the floor but she really didn't want anything to do with that. She ended up just cuddling with her Grandpa until she went to bed.

Home, Sweet Home

It's been a long week so far. We got to the hospital Monday morning and it is finally time for us to take our little Kennedy home, Thursday morning. Kennedy slept great last night. We went to bed around midnight and I expected to be up a lot over night because she slept a lot during the day. The next thing I knew, I woke up and had to use the bathroom, I looked at the clock on the wall and it was almost 5 in the morning! I had to wake Kennedy up to feed her and even then she didn't even want to wake up. We had a good morning. All the nurses and doctors came in to check out Kennedy and me and before we knew it, they said we could go home! We were more than ready!

The family all dressed and ready to go home!

Kennedy in her going home outfit.

We got her bundled in the car seat, after only a little struggle and we were ready to go!

All buckled up and ready for Daddy to drive us home.

Daddy was so happy to finally be able to cuddle with his little girl at home.

Another day in the hospital...

We actually got a good nights sleep, at least for having a new born. Between waking up for the nurses checks and the feedings, she really only fussed for about a half hour once and it really wasn't that bad. Today we had a lot more visitors but she slept most of the day so we will see how tonight's sleep goes. We will be getting discharged tomorrow morning and should be home by lunch if all goes well. We are really looking forward to getting Kennedy home and getting back to "normal".

She's even cuter today. Her swelling is going down and her features are coming out. We are still not quite sure which one of us she looks like. She is just a good mix of both for now.

Happy Birthday Kennedy!!!

Introducing... Kennedy Ann Donohoe! She finally made her arrival at 3:55am this morning after a 15 hour labor with 3 hours of pushing. The version went well yesterday and they started me on the petocin shortly after the flip. It took a while to start to feel contractions but I was having regular contractions before I even had the version. I got to 4 cm very quickly however 4-6 took forever. I was at 4cm at 3:30pm and didn't get to 6cm until around 10pm or so. I got to 9.5 cm in less than an hour and then to fully dilated just before midnight. I did a little pushing before midnight but nothing major. I started the non stop pushing at 1:00am and finished at 3:55. She ended up head up so that is why it took so long to push her out and also ended up being so painful. However, it is all worth it!

Here she is right after she was born getting the quick wipe down.

Her weight was 7 lb 6 oz.

Kennedy with her Grandma Kaufman just minutes after she was born.

And with Grandpa Kaufman...

After all of my post delivery "stuff" which by the way no one tells you how fun that is; I finally got to hold my daughter. What a little princess! I love her!

Daddy went with her to the nursery for her first bath with the nurses.

All cuddled up after her first bath.

They also measured her in the nursery. She was 19.5 in. long. She has beautiful dark brown hair with just a hint of curl and she has super long fingers and toes.

39 Week Belly Picture...

Well, I guess this is going to be the last belly picture... We are going in tomorrow for the version and the induction. Mom and Dad got here around 11 am this morning and we spent the day hanging out and catching up. We also got to have our Christmas with them too. We got the Wii Fit Plus and a cargo rack for the hitch of the Mazda. Just what we asked Santa for!!! I am excited to start the reverse belly pictures!


So there has been less kicking over all and a lot of her trying to roll around and stretch out. She is still kicking me in the bladder though so I am pretty sure that she is still breech.

The stretch marks really haven't gotten much worse this week. But I am proud to say that I broke the 40 pound weight gain mark and I officially out weigh Tom now!

I really didn't think that I could get much bigger without popping but this definately looks like I am really going to pop any minute! We are going in at 8 am tomorrow with them most likely doing the version around 9am and then hopefully straight into being induced. We probably won't be getting much sleep tonight because we will be up thinking about this all night. I can't believe tomorrow I get to meet my daughter! Whoa!

Belly Pictures...

Just got the belly pictures in the mail today. Thought I would share a few of them... There were over 70 of them and I thought that they were all really good so it was hard just to pick a few to put up!

"Snowy" Day

Last night the forecast was calling for 1-4" on snow so the whole state of TN starts getting scared and cancels all of the schools around here. We wake up this morning and there was not a speck of snow on the ground. I made it to work just fine and then around 9am it hit us!!! Man those flurries were intense, thank goodness they closed the schools!!!

After snowing ALL day this is what we got. Barely a dusting!! Now this is the first snow Shirley and Riley have seen all year so they were pretty excited. They act like little kids. They want to spend all day outside. I spent a little time out with them when I got home from the clinic this afternoon but I was too tired to do to much. And besides... the snowballs that I was making were pretty pathetic!

Riley found a chunk of ice out of one of their water bowls so she was pretty content just hanging out by herself gnawing on ice! She loves the cold.

This is when I was balling up the golf ball size snow balls from the porch snow and throwing them to them.

Shirley begs by the back door to go outside and then just sits there by herself shivering, waiting for someone to come out and play in the snow with her. How pathetic! I only let her sit there for a couple of minutes then I have to call her in. I think she would stay out all day just like that if I let her...

Anyway. Since nothing sticks to the roads here, they are still pretty wet and we are supposed to be getting some record lows on cold here. It's going to be like -3 with the wind chill in the morning so understandably there will be ice on the roads. Schools are already closed for tomorrow too. SO, I only had to work a 1/2 day today and I don't have to work at all tomorrow. The next time I go to work will be 8 weeks from Monday!! I will have a whole extra day to prepare for the baby and to rest up!