I believe in miracles

Ok, so we al know I have been stressing since Kaylie was 5 months old about how I was going to wean her from nursing. She loves to nurse. I often wonder what she would do if she couldn't nurse? She might go into some withdrawl syndrome. So the past week she's been nursing only about 3 times a day, which is awesome! I have been so pumped. One day Daniel said, "well maybe she's just gonna wean herself." I thought oh ya right, she'll be nursing til she's in kindergarten! Well.....she's weaned!!!!! I'm done nursing!! I didn't nurse her yesterday in the morning cuz we were running late and had to go to the dr with Marci, so I just fed her cereal and figured I'l nurse her there or in the car after we were done. She did fine all day and never really acted like she wanted it. So when it got to be 8pm last night, I told Daniel I was done, she hadn't nursed all day, she was telling me she's done. So it has now been 49 hours since she last nursed!! She is doing much better than I am....I have bene puking all day and I'm pretty sure my boobs are a size GG. The drying up part totally sucks. There is no way to describe how much it hurts. I even went to the doctor cuz I was afraid of getting mastitis, and he said the only treatment is to give it time. I read online that if you put cabbage leaves on your boobs, it'll help dry up. So as I type, I have cabbage leaves on my boobs, hoping for some releif! None the less, Kaylie is a big girl and no longer needs her mommy!!! It's kinda a bitter sweet situation....mostly sweet!

10 MONTHS!!!

Is my baby really 10 months old? I honestly can not believe it. Everyone says time flies so enjoy every minute of it...but wow, I just don't know where the time has gone! I absolutely LOVE being a mom. I don't know if there is any greater calling than motherhood. I am so blessed to have Kaylie in my life! I love this pic of her cute bum!! She's standing there, holding onto her toy watching cartoons.

Still watching cartoons. I tried to ger her attention long enough to snap a photo, but this is all I got!

So her knee pads are awesome! I didn't put them on her for awhile, just cause I didn't really know if she needed them. The other night I had her in the tub and was washing her legs...she had bruises on her knees!! I felt so bad. So now she wears them, pretty much all day. She is crawling around EVERYWHERE!! I think the bruises came from her crawling on the tile in the kitchen when I'm in there cleaning or cooking. She has some number and letter magnets on the fridge that she loves to play with while I'm in there. Sometimes I go to change her diaper and get surprised when I see the knee pads, cause I forget they are on. I think she looks so silly! Unlce Tay thinks they are retarded. Personally, I think they're a good idea. Marci says we're preppin her to be a volleyball player! :)

This was taken on the day that she was 10 months. I love her little tongue sticking out thing. She has been doing it the past few days and it's so funny. She'll do it for pics, when she's playing or when she's concentrating on something.

She loves to pull herself up onto everything...especially daddy's new TV! She'll just pull herself up there and watch it. She also loves to pull off the x-box paddles(yes Jackie, they are paddles!!), the dvd player and anything on the shelves. I think Daniel will flip out the day she actually touches the TV screen!

We decided to get out her "big girl" car seat and see how she likes it. She loves it! When we're in the car, she's usually sleeping or sassing. I think she just couldn't see and wanted to sit up and enjoy the scenery! So she does much better in this one. We got a DVD player for the car for Christmas, so I'm excited to use it. She'll love it.
She is hanging on for dear life!! She gets into my pantry and hangs onto the shelves. She likes to play with all the plastic sacks in there.
I can't decide if she is starting to look like me?? Since day 1 everyone has said she looks like her daddy. I think she may have my nose....don't know!
My parents came up a last weekend and stayed with us. We went to Fat Cats bowling, had some yummy navajo tacos at Marci's and just had fun hanging out. My sweet dad bought me, Marci and Cath some roses. How sweet is that??? I loved them. I love getting flowers, but agree with Daniel that they are kinda a waste of money since they die so fast. So....I always get pumped when I get flowers. Thanks dad, I love ya!!!

We've had a busy week....actually a week filled with sickness. Kaylie had a double ear infection, red/sore throat, and pink eye in both eyes! I was hesitant to take her to the Doc because sometimes I feel like because I'm a nurse, I'm a little over-cautious and freak out about everything. But I knew something was really wrong because she was up all night and would nurse, then just pull off and start screaming. It was sad. So we got her into the Doc and got her some Amoxicillin. She's doing much better now. Daniel and I have the cold/ congestion crap going on, but doing better. Kaylie got her top right tooth yesterday! I've been watching it for awhile, I knew it was coming. I'm so glad it finally broke through.

Yesterday Marci called me and that Daniel and I needed to go on a date. She said Kaylie is 10 months old and you guys haven't been on a date since she was born! And that's the truth....we've never left her. I've been away from her for 6 hours at a time....max. So Marci and Tay watched Kaylie while Daniel and I went to Olive Garden. Soooo yummy. Even though we had to wait 45 min to get a table, it was worth it. Thanks so much Marci, we really needed that! We had such a great night!!

Such a big girl!

I love this pic of Kaylie helping me with laundry.

This pic totally shows her personality! I love

her spiky hair. It doesn't comb down.

I also love this pic of my two sweethearts!!

I love Kaylie's dark brown eyes. She

is getting so big. She's no longer my baby...

more like my little girl!!

PS: She has pink eye...not fun! Poor girl :(

Bad Luck!

Ok, so this happened awhile ago, I was

just going through my pics and found it

and it got me all fired up again! So yea,

my car got towed. I was seeing one of

my patients who lives in a trailer

park. As I opened the door to leave her

house, I reached for my keys to un-lock

my car....oh wait, my car was gone. It

was seriously the worst feeling! I was in shock

and didn't really know what to do! I called

Daniel, he didn't answer, of course. When

you need to talk to someone really bad, they

never answer. I honestly thought my

car had been stolen. I just stood there on

the porch with my keys in my hand and

bawled. I decided I better call the cops or

something. I didn't know what to do so I

just freakin called 911. I told them what happened,

that I thought my car had been stolen. They said,

"Is it the white Honda Accord?" I got excited

and told her yes, that was my car. She

goes on to tell me that it had been towed. I

could not understand why in the world I would

have gotten towed. I park in that same spot

every time I see this patient! She gave me the

number of the towing company to call. I called them,

they were rude. They told me I had one

tire parked on the grass and that was

against the rules of the trailer park. I asked

them where it was posted and they said

the residents of the trailer park are responsible

for letting me know where to park. I explained

I am a home health nurse who takes care of

old people. My poor old patient doesn't know

where I can and cannot park! Good greif, she's

90 years old!! Well to make a long story

short, Daniel came and picked me up,

we went to get the car and had to wait for an hour

for the freakin guy to get there. After he got there,

I asked him if he was just driving around

waiting for me, because I see this lady three

times a week and always park in the same

spot. They did cut the cost in half from $150 to

$75, but still, I was so ticked. Then, I get into my

car and my huge mug of water is spilled all over

the floor. I don't think they should be able

to tow my car away, when there aren't even

any signs posted as to where you can and cannot

park!! Anyway, I'm getting irate again, so I'm done.

I'm 9 months old!!!

Wow I can't believe how time flies! I swear,

my pregnancy did not go by this fast.

Kaylie is such a good girl. She makes me

so happy! I love being a mom. She is

on a pretty good schedule now days.

She is sleeping through the night again, so

that is definatley a plus! I'm just a little

concerned about weaning her from the boob.

Any ideas?? I've thought about doing the

cold-turkey method, but I think that

would push all 3 of us over the edge.

I also thought about just taking a pill

that makes your milk dry up, so when

she tries to nurse, there's nothing

there. It's honestly giving me some major

anxiety! So any suggestions would be

greatly appreciated. She is so close

to crawling. She has the army crawl

down, and sometimes will take a few

"real" crawls. I feel so bad for her...

her knees are so red and have carpet

burn. So...I ordered her some knee

pads! I know it sounds funny, and will

look even funnier on, but I just feel

so bad! I'll be sure to post pics when

they get here.

Hope everyone

has a very Merry Christmas!!!

Kiddie Kandids

We got pics done today. This one

is my favorite. She's so adorable!!
She left her head bands on!!
Hopefully she'll start liking
them now. :)
She looks so grown up!

Love the Christmas lights.

Cute belly shot!

All About Baby!

Such a fun tag!!

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? at our apartment in Price.

2- Who was with you?Daniel.

3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy Test from the dollar store.

4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Scared to death! But happy that it finally happened. Pretty much my heart was pounding out of my chest I was so excited.

5- Who was the first person you told? I called my sister and Daniel called his.

6-Did you plan to get pregnant? yep

7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Just our sisters, then we told everyone else a few weeks later. It's so hard keeping it a secret!

8-Was everybody happy for you? Oh ya!!

9- Did you go out and celebrate? Ya, I had to work a grave that night, so we went out for lunch to Balance Rock Cafe in Helper. I was trying to be all healthy and ordered a salad. Ha ha that lasted about 1 day!

10- Did you want to find out the sex? At first I didn't want to. I've always said I wasn't going to find out what it was. But Daniel was so certain that we were going to find out, so we just did.

11- What was the sex? GIRL!!!

12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower?yes

13- If yes, who? Daniel's mom and sister did one, then my friends from work at the hospital did one. So much fun!

14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? No, they were all way cute.

15- How much weight did you gain? about 30lbs (Rude question!)

16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yea, but I'm still flabby and don't look/feel the same.

17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Not one :)

18- What did you crave the most? I made caramel popcorn almost every night. For real. I also drank a lot of diet pepsi, mac n cheese. I would pretty much eat any food in sight!

19- Did you crave anything crazy? Not so much.

20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? My doctor made me pretty mad when he told me he wouldn't start me at 39 weeks!! But other than that, no one in particular.

21- Were you married at the time?Yes

22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not really. Just some bleeding at the first, which scared the crap out of me, but it all ended up being ok.

23- Where were you when you went into labor?At home.

24- Did your water break? Yes, thanks to the doctor!

25- Who drove you to the hospital? Daniel

26- Did you go early or late? Only three days early. I truly feel sorry for anyone who goes over.

27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Daniel, his mom, my mom, Dr. Hollingsworth and 2 nurses.

s28- How long were you in labor for? From my first contraction at home until she was born was about 11 hours.

29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? HELL YEA. I can't imagine doing it without. For anyone who goes natural, WOW is all I can say.

30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? natural

31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? Is she ok? Does she have hair? Who does she look like? Am I seriously a mom?

32- How big was the baby(s)? 7lb 11oz. 21 inches long.

33- Did your Husband cry? I think so, it was all kinda crazy so I don't totally remember, but I think he did.

34- What did you name the baby(s)? Kaylie Rae Mower

35- Does his name have any significant meaning? I've always loved the name Kaylie. Rae was Daniel's grandpa's name, but spelled Ray. I also have a lot of family member's with Rae as their middle name, so we just decided on that.

36- Did you have any visitors? Yep, lots of family and friends!

37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? No, thank goodness.

38- How old is your baby today? 8 months and 2 days.

39- When is the next one(s) coming? Who knows...I was scrapbooking today and got a little baby hungry. Not for awhile though.

40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes, of course. My labor was soooo easy. I didn't deserve it.

41- tag 5: Marci, Paris, Tiff, Erin, Lissa.