Thursday, October 21, 2010

PICTURES!!!

It has been a month since I posted last!  Time is sure going way too fast.  Kayzee is now 6 weeks old and I have to go back to work on Nov. 1st.  NOT READY!  I have a ton of pictures of our kids this past month so I just thought I would post them.

MEMPHIS
Memphis is almost 21 months old.  He is wild and crazy as ever.  He now goes down the stairs on his stomach head first.  Still need to get a picture of that.  Danny's cousin moved so we have his kid's little dirt bike in our garage and Memphis will go out and play on it any chance he gets.  He makes the sounds and Danny has taken him on a few rides.  Memphis can now open doors so we put child proof door knobs on all the doors.  Now if I could only find some way to lock the fridge door!  He says "Hi Kayzee" or "Hi sister" it is so cute:)  If he is playing with something he knows he shouldn't be he will hide.  SUCH A BOY!  He understands us but he can't talk very well yet so he gets upset if we can't figure out what he wants.  But he is so fun right now, gives me kisses, and runs and hugs his daddy when he gets home from work.  Still loves to dance and loves playing hide and seek.  One of the pictures is of a hat Danny found for Memphis (here comes trouble) that fits him perfectly!  This first picture is my favorite of him!  It is the picture that I had taken at my school picture day.  He has the cutest cheeser!  LOVE MY BOY...

KAYZEE
Kayzee is growing up so fast!  Almost 7 weeks old.  I took her to the doctor and he said she could pass as a 3 month old physically and developmentally!  Memphis was the same but Kayzee is bigger than he was ha ha!  I guess my kids develop fast.  Wonder if Kayzee will walk at 9 months like Memphis did.  Kayzee is not doing so well right now.  Memphis sure spoiled me being a good baby and sleeping through the night at two weeks old.  Kayzee is having some intestinal problems but she is still growing way too fast.  CHUBBY CHEEKS!!!  She only sleeps 3-4 hours at night and maybe once a week she will sleep 6 hours.  For her daytime naps she has to be held or on her stomach so she has to be watched.  When she is awake she has to be held.  At night she cries painfully for 2-4 hours.  Our pediatrician said there is nothing we can do for her.  I have tried many things!  Though one thing that does make her happy is bath time!  She just smiles away:)  The doctor said hopefully she grows out of this painful crying phase fast.  I am tired every day and hopefully I do well going back to work and both my kids do ok going to daycare.  I just don't want to leave them, wish I didn't have to work, but I do need and miss my job and playing with all my students!
Kayzee is just precious and to me she just feels like she belongs and was meant to be in our family.  She just fits:)  This first picture is the picture I had taken at my school picture day a month ago.  She had just woken up from a nap.  I also had to post pictures of her with her grandmas! The rest of the pictures are of her at 6 weeks old.  LOVE MY GIRL...

BLANDING
This last weekend we took our first long road trip since having a new baby and drove down to Blanding to hang out with Danny's family.  Both kids did so well in the car for 5 hours.  Kayzee slept the whole way and Memphis took an hour nap and watched movies the rest of the way.  Memphis had fun playing with his grandparents and aunts and uncle!  Kayzee loved snuggling with everyone too!  I had one rough night.  Memphis decided to wake up screaming at midnight and then he stayed awake playing till 5:30am.  I was so exhausted and then Kayzee woke up at 6am to eat.  I only got 3 hours of sleep that night so I tried to get naps in the next day.  When we got home Memphis ran straight for his bed and fell asleep.  That night he slept 12 hours and Kayzee slept 7 hours!!!  The longest she has ever slept since being born.  Needless to say it was heaven for me to sleep that long:)
We had great weather while we were down there and spent some time at recapture dam boating, fishing, having hot dogs and s'mors over a campfire, and skipping or throwing rocks.  Memphis even got to steer the boat!  He did a crazy job ha ha:)  This first picture is of Memphis' favorite hiding place while we were there.  The rest are of our lake time.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

2 weeks!

I cannot believe my baby girl is 2 weeks old now!  She just gets cuter and cuter everyday.  I took her in for her 2 week well-baby check-up and she is growing fast!  She is now 8 lbs 5 oz and is 21 1/2 in long.  She grew 2 1/2 inches in 2 weeks!!!  Doctor predicts she is going to be tall.  She has the biggest feet to grow into and she passed up Memphis who was only 19 1/2 in. at his two week appt.

I am so so grateful for my in-laws and my parents for coming and staying with me these past two weeks!  I would not have survived without them!!!  I got more sleep and help with Memphis which made life easier to get through each day.  Now my help is gone and I am surviving on my own with two kids.  Kayzee is sleeping longer stretches (3-4 hours in between feedings instead of 2 hours) at night and Memphis is learning to be gentle with his baby sister.  We are all doing well and love our newest addition to our little family.

It was picture day at my school and each teacher gets a free package so I dressed up my kids and we got our pictures taken.  I was all smiles:)  Memphis was scared of the chicken the photographer kept throwing around so he kept screaming.  I had to hold him on my lap so the photographer is going to crop me out of the one picture we could get of him smiling.  Kayzee cried for a little bit but them opened her eyes for some of the shots so we will see how her picture turns out.  What an adventure!  I got them home and took some photos of my own so I could share them.  ENJOY!!!  There are also some pictures of the last two weeks at home with our new baby Kayzee.

First night home from the hospital
Kayzee and her daddy

Mommy and Memphis with a fever:(

Like father like son

Memphis' new hiding place

Little sister

Kayzee Lynn 2 weeks old

Big Feet

Couldn't get her to uncurl her long fingers

My favorite picture of Kayzee

My favorite picture of Memphis

Being Silly

New shoes

Memphis 19 1/2 months old

Smile:)

Brother and Sister

Done!



Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Baby Kayzee has arrived!!!

Our sweet baby girl has finally arrived.  I was going to be induced on Tue Sept 7 but she decided to come on her own and very quickly Sat night.  Danny and I were playing a card game when contractions started at around 7pm.  I waited the hour timing them and they were about 4 minutes apart so Danny packed my bag and we called our friends to watch Memphis and headed for the hospital.  We were admitted and I got an epidural.  My water broke right after and the doctor arrived to check on my progress and she was already coming!  I only had to push about 8 times and she was out at 10:01pm.  Too bad my epidural didn't work this time:(  Oh well.  I am glad it was over quickly!  Here are her arrival stats!

Kayzee Lynn Royer
Saturday, September 4, 2010
10:01pm
7 lbs. 10 oz.
19 in. long

We are both doing great!  Only had to stay in the hospital till 7 on Monday night.  Healthy and Happy:)  She is just precious and we love having her in our family.  Memphis just smiles at her and has been learning to touch her softly!  Here are some of the first pics.  MORE TO COME now that we are home.














Saturday, September 4, 2010

FEARLESS!

So my little MEMPHIS has discovered new ways to SCARE me.  It all started with him finding out he could JUMP off the couch and now he is trying to find ways to get HIGHER and jump FARTHER.  He is a THRILL SEEKER like his daddy!!!  His newest ADVENTURE was DISCOVERING that the couch had BOUNCY springs under the cushion.  He pushes all the cushions off, uses a toy to climb up onto the arm of the couch and jumps down and bounces on the springs like a TRAMPOLINE.  I tried recording his new escapade on our camera but our front room is too dark so I just took a bunch of pictures.  ENJOY!  I am going to have my hands full with our baby girl arriving soon.  BEING INDUCED on TUESDAY!!!