Lovin this weather

This morning a friend and I decided to take the kids to the zoo (I swear we are there twice a week) and then have a picnic at the park.

The stars must have alligned perfectly today because Kinsey was on her best behavior and we had an absolute blast at both stops.

She sat down like a perfect angel on the blanket and ate her lunch. Then got up and played nearby on the playground and I got to spend some much needed cuddle time with Logan.

Perfect morning/afternoon! Must be repeated soon!

Our weekend in pics

                                            Painting in the garage on a beautiful Saturday morning.

                                           This is what brother did on that same beautiful Sat.

                                           And this is what Josh did.

                                          An evening grilling and spending time with family.

                                           And cuddling with Aunt Meg and Uncle Tom

                                           New patio is being started! Yay for outside summertime!

                                           Made smoothie packets for the freezer. They include mixed fruits
                                           protein powder, flax seed and spinach leaves. Pop them in the blender
                                           and add some milk!

                                           Family walk.

                                           Watched the Jayhawks make it to the sweet sixteen. Close call!

Well there it is.....our weekend. I love having Josh home with us and just doing life together. It seems like life is flying by and the weekends are my chance to slow down and enjoy the awesome family God has given me. I hope you had a great weekend too!

One month old

Holy Smokes!!
Time is flying at our house.
I seriously can't believe Logan is already a month old. He is an absolute joy and I am in no hurry for him to grow up.......other than maybe a little more sleep for me :)
He is in size 0-3 month clothes and wears size 1 diapers. He is still eating anywhere from every 1-4 hours. Up until 2 nights ago he has been sleeping in bed with us. He grunts and groans even while deep asleep and I was not able to sleep through it so he got the boot! Yep! Thats right......he is in his crib. Now he wont sleep laying flat so I put the top of his swing in the crib and he does rather well with that. I will cross that bridge another day. For now, as long as he is sleeping I'm ok with it.
He had a bottle about a week ago and took it well. Since then he has done great adjusting from the occasional bottle to nursing. Despite the, what seems to be, endless pumping it is great and gives me a bit of freedom to get out of the house.
He will turn his head when he hears Josh or my voices in the room and coo's like a champ. *Melt my heart*
We are totally in love with him, (Kinsey included) and if the next month goes as fast as this one I had better slow down and really cherish this.

Logan

Logan is now 3 and a half weeks old and it seems like time is flying! He spends the majority of his time sleeping, eating and pooping. Seriously this little guy is ALL boy! He eats non stop and poops all day long! He is eating as much as every hour during the day and will go 2-4 hours at night. The end result is no sleep for this momma! He grunts ALL the time, awake or asleep. He has cooed at me a few times and it totally melts my heart. I LOVE him like crazy. Right now he will sleep in his swing in the living room while Josh stays up and watched tv then comes to bed with me when Josh is ready for bed. He needs to be swaddled up really tight to fall asleep. Not sure how I feel about this. My concern is that he will become dependent on that swaddle to go sleep all the time. He is only 3 weeks old so I guess I will address that issue when hes a bit older. I will add more to this post when my sleep deprived brain can think for more than 10 minutes at a time.

*On another note I have made it back to the gym. Because he is not old enough to go to the kid zone I am forced to go early in the morning before Josh goes to work. I figure I am awake anyways....may as well get some good out of the time. I am taking it easy at first and have gone 2 times this week. It definitely seems to give me more energy. Ready to get my pre prego bod back. That may be a huge task but I am motivated........for now at least.

Home Alone

First a few pics from our last weekend with daddy. I LOVED having him home for 2 weeks but I think this little girl loved it even more. Thanks Josh for being AWESOME!

Today is our first day home alone. Yep! Its naptime (about 3:00) and everyone is still alive! I would sure call that a success. For the past week or so I have been SUPER anxious about this. I have spent quite a bit of time asking God for patience and guidance for this day. Well it is here and has been a lot smoother than I expected. I suppose I need to let go of that whole control thing and turn things over to Him. SO much easier said than done. Its SO amazing how He truly never gives us anything we cannot handle. A true lesson for me.

This morning we went to the YMCA for "tot time" from 10:30 to 11:30. What an awesome thing for those toddlers. Kinsey ran out a ton of energy, meanwhile I was able to play with her and tend to Logan at the same time. Super fun activity for those toddlers with little siblings. We then even managed to go over to a friends house for lunch. Absolutely amazing how being around someone who has been there with more than one kid can inspire you. I love having awesome friends. Welp naptime has included me sipping on a dr pepper and watching my sweet baby sleep. Thank you God for the lesson I have learned today.

Keeping my head above water

We are a week and a half into this craziness of 2 kids and everyone is still alive. *Sigh* In some ways this is much easier than when Kinsey was born. I know what to expect with a newborn (no sleep, being a milk machine, ect....). What I wasn't prepared for is how upset Kinsey would be. It's not that she doesn't like her little brother, she just does not understand why she can't pick him up and carry him across the room, poke his eyes, shove a binky into his mouth and treat him like her baby dolls. This is super frustrating to both her and me. The end result is a screaming toddler whenever the word "no" is mentioned. That coupled with a screaming newborn because he is hungry is enough to make me want to run away. Ok.....its pretty stressful but I'm not going anywhere!
I have been so lucky to have meals set up for us for almost 3 weeks and the most amazing friends a gal could ask for. I have had multiple offers to take Kinsey for a morning and when Josh goes back to work on Monday I WILL be taking advantage of that.
Josh going to work brings up another set of struggles that I soon will have. How in the heck to you get a toddler who doesnt want to walk and a newborn in a carseat into a store? How do I keep the meltdowns from Kinsey to a minimum while I am feeding Logan and cannot tend to her every need? How do I not start in on a fresh bottle of wine at noon? Ok the last one was a joke, or not! But seriously all of these things will have to get ironed out once I am manning this ship alone. Despite being super nervous, I know I will get through this....everyone does. It may not be the prettiest next couple of weeks but we WILL manage.
On another note, Logan is just the most precious little guy I could ask for. All in all, he is a pretty content little baby and takes an eye poking from his sister like a champ. For now all he does is eat, sleep and poop but we couldn't love him more!!

We are a family of 4!

Yep!!! The time is here! Logan finally chose to make his grand arrival. Because I was 6 days early with Kinsey, and because I was so much bigger, I just assumed he would be early. That darn little nugget made me wait the ENTIRE time! We were scheduled to be induced Monday morning at 6:30am, Feb 6th. Sunday night I took some tylenol pm, planned to get a GREAT nights sleep and then wake up early and primp before heading to the hospital!
At 2:13 am I as I was woken from my sleep and thought I peed my pants. Gross. Maybe the tylenol pm was just too much for me! I got out of bed and the "pee" kept coming. Holy Smokes! I think my water just broke. I promptly woke Josh up (who had just fallen asleep because he was too excited about the next morning) and told him what happened. We called my mom to come over and stay with Kinsey, I packed my necessities, makeup, flat iron, and headed to the hospital. I had some minor contractions on the way but nothing that was too painful or regular. By the time we got checked in and settled into a room they were a little stronger. Initally I was only dilated to a 1 and a half. I know! WIMP! They wanted to see how I would do on my own and gave me a couple of hours to progress. It went too slow and then pitocin was started. Things got much worse after that and I was quickly asking for an epidural. The resident told me it was much too early, as I was only dilated to a 3 and that he didnt think the doctor would give him the ok. Well he was wrong and my Dr gave me the ok for an epidural at a 3! Life was great. We spent the next few hours talking and joking as I was feeling no pain. Modern medicine is AMAZING! Soon it was time to push. I spent 25 minutes pushing and at 12:09pm Logan was born weighing 8lb 4oz and 20.5inches long. He is absolutely perfect and I am so in love! I cant believe he is finally here and I am so excited for this new life as a family of 4!

*Now I just need to change the info on my blog (be patient I have a 5 day old!)

*Here are some pics!