2 Week Well Visit.

I don't know what I was thinking scheduling Kennedy's 2 week appointment for 9:15am but we made it out of the house on time this morning. I was so tired but Tom was able to get home from the gym in time to get her ready while I got myself ready to go.

Everything at the visit went fine. She is back up above her birth weight. She is now 7lb 12oz and she is also 20 1/2 in long. That is up 6oz and 1in. Way to go Kennedy (and Mommy for spending countless hours breastfeeding). We now got the okay to let her sleep as long as she wants as long as its not more than 3 hours during the day and 5 hours at night. I can handle that, it has already been a much easier day today. The rest of the check up went good to. All we have to do is start her on vitamin D drops because she is being breastfed. We also have to have her hips ultrasound at 4 weeks as a precaution because she was breech. I guess because of that there is a chance that she could have dislocated her hips while in the uterus but her hips have been checking out okay at the doctor's office so I am not to worried about it.

All dressed up and ready to go to the doctor.

January 26, 2010

Not much new happened in the world of Kennedy yesterday. Pretty much same old same old. It was eat, sleep, poop and repeat.

Just before bedtime last night. She really loves her swing. It gets her to sleep almost every time she goes in it.

We did however, get a phone call from Tom's brother, Mike, last night. We got the news that we have been expecting for a few weeks now. Last night Kennedy's Great-Grandma Dee Dee pasted away. She had been struggling with her health for quite some time and had fallen pretty deep into dementia and has been in hospice care since just before Thanksgiving. We all know that she is in a much better place now; resting peacefully in Heaven.

Grandma Dee Dee napping with her favorite puppies, Thanksgiving 2008.

Catching up on sleep

These pictures pretty much sum up yesterday... Kennedy has seemed to go through good sleep nights and not so good sleep nights. I don't know what it is but she slept really good on Sunday night. Tom even gave her the last feeding of the night with a pumped bottle so I got to sleep extra good and I was completely exhausted yesterday. During the day she only seemed to want to sleep about 20 minutes at a time and I didn't want to make her sleep because I figured she would sleep better at night if she was up more during the day. Bad idea because I didn't get any naps yesterday AND she was up most of the night awake last night. At least she wasn't fussy, she just didn't want to sleep.

When Tom got home from work last night I had fallen asleep with her on my shoulder. He went to go get the camera to take my picture but I woke up before he could get one of us both sleeping. She just makes you so comfy, its hard not to fall asleep with her on you if you are tired!

January 24, 2010

Yesterday was a crazy, busy day. We had to get moving the minute we woke up. We got Kennedy's newborn pictures taken yesterday. The lady was supposed to come to our house but because of the weather and the bad lighting we have in our house, we ended up going over to her house to get them done. This was really the first time that we had to pack Kennedy up and get her out the door and we needed to be there by 11:00. Fortunately, since we had to change locations and go to her house she didn't mind that we were a half hour late. I think that is probably going to be the norm now. The picture shoot went really well despite a few flaws. We had a hard time getting her to go to sleep (it is usually the opposite of that). And during the naked pictures both Tom and I got pooped on. Tom worse than me and as you would think he wasn't very happy about it and he probably won't be too happy with me writing about it, but someday he will be able to laugh about it.

When we got home, everyone was tired. All three of us napped for a good portion of the rest of the day and that is why I didn't get this post done yesterday. I was WAY too tired!

Kennedy's favorite spot... Cuddling on Daddy's chest.

January 23, 2010

Tom and I finally get to spend some time together. It has been a long week and I was so happy to have him home yesterday and so was Kennedy. We enjoyed ourselves just hanging out. Tom got a lot of cleaning done and he even gave the dogs baths.

What a true statement on her shirt. Isn't she getting big. I can't believe she has grown so much in just under two weeks.

We had some company over for dinner last night. All the girls from work and their husbands came over. You can see that Mike is ready for Jeanie to have a baby. :) We had a good time. They all brought over dinner so not having to cook was even better!

Ahhh, Friday...

Tom had a very productive day today. He got up at 5 this morning and went to the gym and worked out and ran 5 miles. He came home and cleaned the kitchen then went to the grocery store, walked the dogs and still had time to cuddle with the baby before he left for work at 11:00. He was such a super daddy today.

I enjoyed the day. I got to sleep in a little bit thanks to Kennedy sleeping well last night. I didn't even hear Tom leave. I thought when he came home that he was just leaving... Things are going good with Kennedy. She is getting used to a "kind of" schedule. The only problem that I am having right now is sore nipples. I can't wait to get past this part! If this wasn't the best thing for her nutrition and health I would have quit by now. Hopefully it is like everyone has told me and the first 2 weeks are the worst and it will be better soon.

Daddy cuddling with baby after getting home from the gym.

So tired!!! Getting ready to be swaddled for nap time.

Snug as a bug!! Sleep tight, baby Kennedy.

Time is flying by.

Time went by so fast today. I can't believe the day is almost over. Kennedy was pretty good today despite last night. She had a pretty rough time getting to bed after her last feeding. It took until almost 3 am to get her settled and asleep. Today I was able to keep her awake twice for over an hour so hopefully that will help. I also called a good friend of ours, Roman and Jenny, who have a 3 month old and got some good advice from them on how to cope...

She was getting a little cranky before I took this picture and she didn't really appreciate the flash in her eyes, but it was getting late and realized that I hadn't done the blog yet.

Rainy Day.

Today was a very gloomy and rainy day. It was about 60 degrees and we had thunderstorms most of the day. It's not like I was actually going to go outside and do anything, but it meant that the dogs wouldn't be going outside much today. They went for a walk with Tom when it stopped raining a little before he left for work at noon and then they didn't go back out until 6:30 and then again just a few minutes ago. Needless to say, they were a bit stir crazy. Luckily I was able to settle them down with a couple of chewy bones for a while.

Kennedy and I just hung out most of the day. We have had a bit of bad luck with the diaper changing lately though. I have been peed and pooped on more in the past two days than I ever thought possible. I am working on the mastery of the quick change of the dirty to clean diaper but she still seems to know the exact millisecond that there is no diaper under her... Kind of funny if you were looking over my shoulder but I have not thought it was too funny yet. I am sure I will someday.

Kennedy likes her alone time in the swing. Doesn't she look so cute and comfy.

January 19, 2010

Last night my computer was being a little cranky with publishing the blog. I actually typed it up twice and it lost it twice. I decided I did not want to go for a third, so I am catching up this morning. Yesterday was Kennedy's one week birthday. I can't believe how fast a week goes by and how much she has already changed. Her features are becoming more pronounced now and she is starting to fill out some too. She just keeps getting cuter by the day!

Yesterday was also the day that Grandpa and Grandma had to leave to go back to Iowa. The week went by really fast for them too. It was so nice having them here with us this week to help out and to be a part of all of it. There were so many wonderful first moments that we all got to share together. They were such a big help with Kennedy and around the house. I am sure that we could have done it without them but it would have been so much more difficult. It was really sad to see them leave but with Skype and hopefully a visit at the end of February they won't be missing out on too much. We miss them already.

Their baby with a baby :)

Grandpa and Grandma with one last photo op before they had to leave.

Daddy's first day back at work.

Today, Tom had to go to work for his first official day at the lab. He had to go in the morning to fill out all the HR paperwork and then spent some time working in the lab too. Mom, Dad and I just spent the day hanging out with Kennedy. Dad actually put in the garbage disposal that they didn't get to last night after the dishwasher. Kennedy was a good girl today. She slept a lot today but we got some wake time to cuddle too.


Daddy saying goodbye to Kennedy for the day. When he got home he went right to her and gave her lots of kisses and cuddles that he missed out on today. He said that he thought a lot about her today and how she was doing.

Riley has been really good with the baby. She is very interested and always wants to make sure that she is doing okay. She gets a little grumpy and Riley has a look of concern. Aren't they cute!!

Mommy and Kennedy. I haven't got to hold her much besides her feedings so there has not been many pictures of me with her. Oh... I just love her soooo much!

We can't forget Shirley. Although she ignores her most of the day she still enjoys being around her too. Doesn't she look like a proud sister???