Almost 1 month

I can't believe my little girl will be a month old next Thursday. She has changed so much since she was born. She still looks alot like James but then again so does Josh. James has some really strong genes apparently. In the past month Kelbie has learned to hold her head up all by herself. She still loses control of it sometimes but for the most part can do it. She has a good set up lungs as well. When she is not happy she makes sure that  Mommy and Daddy  know it. She has been  on many outings since she was a week old and seems to enjoy going out most of the time. We went out to dinner for the first time since she was born last night and she slept the whole time.  She has outgrown NB clothes since about 2 weeks old so she  only wears 3 months now. We have had to go shopping for clothes this past week as we did not have that many 3 months nor did we have warm  clothes for her. I think she is going to enjoy shopping  just as  much as I do although I don't think James is going to like it.

As for her ear. We met with the best ENT at Texas Children's and  even thought we were not impressed with her and what she had to tell us we will be using her for all surgery's and what not that Kelbie will have to have. We are going for her ultrasound and hearing test next Friday which is a trip in itself. Texas Children's could not get us in for a hearing test until February, which I thought was absolutely crazy so we are driving out to Cypress to get it done at a place out there and will be driving back to the Med Center that same day to  do her ultrasound. Basically the ultrasound is just to make sure  all her organs were developed correctly, which sometimes they don't when  the ear doesn't develop. One more thing for me to worry about although I think everything developed as it should internally. We are also going to a second opinion on Monday with the ENT I used to go to. Just to see if he tells us the same thing.  All I know is this is going to be  a long process and I am just going to have to be patient.

So basically the past month has gone by very fast and before I know it I will be back and work and having to leave her with a sitter. I am loving staying at home with  her even  thought sometimes I am  exhausted but I am making due. Her and I have a routine that seems to work  for us most of the time. Now if we could just get Daddy to be a little more patient and willing to try we  would be  in business. Don't get me wrong he is a great  dad and loves spending time with  her, he just hasn't figured out his way of calming her  down  yet and he still isn't completely comfortable doing alot of things that she needs. He will get there and  that is fine. He does take the overnight shift sometimes which is helpful.

We are taking our first set of family pictures tomorrow and what was supposed to be Kelbie's newborn pictures which have turn into her 1 month photos. I am very excited to see how they turn out. Plus Kelbie has some  really cute  things to wear and hopefully will be in a good mood. I will post those once we get them.

 Mommy & Kelbie @  Harvest Fest the weekend of Halloween

Grandaddy, Cousin Brayden, Nana and Kelbie

Pics of K

A few pictures of  Kelbie since we brought her home from the hospital!

 Sleeping with Daddy

1st trip to the mall

 Activity Mat for the 1st time

 Pumpkin Patch

Passed out at D & S's house!

Play Dates

So being only 3 weeks old, you wouldn't think Kelbie would have any friends yet, but she lucked out and has 2 little friends thanks to two of my friends having babies right around the sametime.  We have had a playdate with both of them and can't wait for them to get a little bit bigger so they can really have a play date.

This is her first play date with Adelyn who is 1 month and 3 days older then her.

Her second playdate was with Nnala who is 8 days younger then her.

I am almost positve that they will be very good friends as they grow up. Hopefully we can get Adelyn and Nnala to meet so they can also be friends.

2 Weeks

So Kelbie is almost 2 weeks old. I can't believe how fast the time is flying. I  still remember every detail of the day  she  was  born. We have been  adjust pretty well here at home. James was off the whole week that she was born which was great because I was still in a lot of pain. Once he went back to work it  was just me and Kelbie and she has been doing pretty well. She  sleeps alot during  the day which makes our night a little harder but  we  will get her on a schedule here in the next couple of weeks. The dogs have adjusted very well too. They were my biggest  concern with bringing her home and they have done great.

Kelbie had her 1st Pediatrician appointment the Friday after we left the hospital and everything was looking good. She had lost a little bit more weight but nothing that they were concerned about. Her doctor also gave us a recommendation for a ENT at Texas Children's for her ear. After trying to get in  touch with them for a few days we finally got her an appointment for Thursday the 28th. I am hoping for all good things when we go to this  appointment. Whatever  they tell us I will handle because in my eyes she is perfect and there is nothing we can't work out.

James is back and work and I think he is glad that  he is out of the house for a few hours  a day. He loves being with her but sometimes he gets  frustrated and needs a break. That is why I am home  with her  and up most nights. I am loving  staying at  home, but very ready to get back to work. I love her to death but  I am not the type of person who can  stay  home all the time. I know it is going to be hard to leave her the 1st day back at  work, but a very good friend of mine will be watching her so I know she is well taken care of.

All of the people I knew that were having babies in October and November have had their beautiful healthy baby  girls. Some of them were earlier then most but that  is okay. Congrats to everyone!  Kelbie sure will have a few good friends right around her age to play with.

Here are  her friends and their birthdays:

Adelyn Ruth Fallon: 9/8/10
Kelbie Cheyenne: 10/11/10
Bryce Meadow:  10/14/10 (born on  her actual due date)
Nnala: 10/19/10

(Yes Kelbie was the biggest of all the babies)

My sister-in-laws friend Rachel also had her twins on 10/21/10 Hailey and Hannah!

Well off to take care of some house things while Kelbie and James are sleeping then out to  run errands a little later once everyone is up and moving.

Here are a few pictures from over the last 2 weeks!

First Morning in the Hospital

Love @ First Sight

Going Home

Cousins

First bath at Home

Introducing...

Kelbie Cheyenne Willyard

was born October 11, 2010 at 11:24pm. She weighted 9lbs 11oz and 20.5 in. long. She is absolutely perfect and healthy. Her right ear did not fully develop right so we will be talking to the Pediatrician here at the hospital today to see what our options are.

We went into the hospital at 7:30 am to be induced. The process wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. I was hooked up to the iv and medicine by 8. At around 1pm my doctor came into break my water in hopes of speeding things up. Needless to say it didn't. I was still 1cm dilated and my cervix was still rather hard. My doctor had another doctor come in at around 4pm to make sure all of the water in my bag was out and while he was doing just a normal exam my water completely broke. That was a good thing. Shortly after that my Doctor had them start the Epidural because it can speed up labor. It worked for me. By 7pm I had dilated to a 5 and my cervix was completely thinned out. About 20 mins later I could feel every contraction I was having and was in horrible pain and the medicine for the Epidural wasn't working, so they decided to redo the Epidural and it defiantly worked that time. By 9pm I was dilated to a 9 and everything went so fast from there. I started pushing at about 10pm and I thought she would come out pretty fast but she waited until she was ready and the doctor was there. I was then again feeling my contractions so basically I got to experience delivering such a big baby basically being able to feel a lot of what was going on.

I knew she was going to be a big baby but I was shocked when they told me how big she really was. I couldn't believe that I was able to deliver such a big baby naturally. It was a weird feeling when they pulled her body out. Kinda felt alien like. It then took almost an hour to get me cleaned up and everything. Even my Doctor said that was the biggest baby she had delivered without a C-section. Needless to say it was a very long day and James and I have not slept much, but it was a very amazing day in all. Thanks to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers that you sent our way yesterday

Monday, Monday, Monday!

Well still no real change. I am being put on the Induction list for Monday but I could very easily get bumped to a later time or day depending on the situation of other patients. I have had a healthy pregnancy and Kelbie is healthy so that means we get pushed over other people. I am okay with that but I think James was hoping she would come on her own before Monday. We will just have to see. So it looks like Monday is the day unless things change. The nurse is supposed to call me later today with the details. So keep us  in your prayers as we go into all of this hopefully on Monday!

Almost There!

38 Weeks today and it  seems that Miss Kelbie is going to stay in  as long as she can. I have decided to just hang out and wait. I was trying to get her  to come earl, but she isn't ready so I will just have to chill and wait. There was  no change at my appointment yesterday. Been the same for about 2 weeks. Since my doctor is out of town until the 11th I will be seeing  the nurse practitioner next week and she will hopefully be able to give me a better idea of  what we are going to do. It seems we will probably induce on the 11th when my doctor gets back, but we have to see how everything is next week. I will keep everyone posted on when our little one will be here.