Kendra sleeps

Kendra has been so much easier to put to sleep. When she was a baby I often feed her and set her down so she could watch us.  She'd put herself to sleep.  Now she will go to sleep easy watching us from her car seat (fully strapped in) at day care, or as soon as I sit down on the rocking chair with a blanket and a binky she lays her head down.  SO easy. 

Definitely my child

She has pick at scabs and everything.... At the moment she is picking at the dry skin on my feet while I do my makeup for church. 

Daddy

Ry was preparing for subbing for gospel doctrine (and I loved it, It's a thing I've seen my dad do a lot, just studying the scriptures) and it got me to thinking of the things I love most about Ryan. 

The things that are big plus about him.  

-Playing with the girls and interacting with and giving Kendra kisses.  I've always adored when a guy interacts with a baby. 

-On occasion when he would leave the house in his church clothes during the week to help give someone a blessing. 

-Seeing him study scriptures/talks to prepare for a talk/lesson. 

- When he does something out of the norm, without being asked. 

I will try and remember to add more but those are a couple I wanted to put down before I forget to make note of them. 

Bree making pizza

Pretending to make pizza during sacrament. Aprons & hats needed too... She wanted to tie them on Daddy, mommy, and Kendra too. We were trying SO hard not to laugh.😃 

Also another favorite saying of hers is "he mile a me" (she smile at me). 

Kendra at 5 months

She doesn't like to be burped over my shoulder if she has larger bothersome burps. And will arch backwards on my lap too. She likes to hold hands.  Whenever I go to give her her binky she grabs a hold of my hand to keep me there. She used to hold her own hands like she was praying. She is an adorable little chunk that may stay brunette. She LOVES to laugh (dad and Aubree especially love to make her laugh) and loves watching Aubree.  But gets anxious (doesn't love) when Aubree is holding her. She looks at me like mom are you sure about this, I'm not loving this.  She doesn't take her binky well or go to sleep well when she does have a burp. Makes it easier to read her.  She actually kind of likes to put herself to sleep.  When she was Newborn I would feed, burp and then set her down so it's kind of nice.  I kind of like it, but I like to still rock her sometimes. 

Bree sayings

"It  look a food" "He look a me". I think she uses he a lot because she usually hears me referring to daddy. "I hold BB" "Arr, me a pirit (pirate)" She also LOVES rubbing & kissing Kendra's head. "A bunch, a bunch". 

Kendra's birth

Since Aubree was such a big baby and so close to c-section my Dr. let me do an induction at 39 weeks the 27th.  It was way worth it. This delivery went way smoother and half the time.  They started pitocin at 7:15am the pump had a little issues till 7:30am and then she was born by 12:24pm.  

I was doing okay without the epidural until he broke my water.  I was able to breathe through the contractions.  It was funny because after I went to the restroom the contractions dropped off.  They were hardly noticeable.  After he broke my water about 20mins later I felt the burning from quickly increasing in dialation. I decided I really wanted the epidural.  Which getting it is good for me cause I tear with the larger babies. 

7:15 - Pitocin

7:35 - 4.75 dialated 

10:45 - broke my water

11:30 - finished getting the epidural 

12:00 - dialated to an 8

12:12 - dialated to a 10

12:24 - Kendra born 8lbs 3oz 20 1/2 in long. 

She has dark hair like Daddy and Aubree had when they were born.  I'm curious to see if it goes blonde like theirs also or stays dark. She has shorter eye lashes, so I think she's taking after me on that one.  Her eyes seem darker then what I remember Aubree's looked like.  She does look a lot like what Aubree looked like as a baby so I'm curious to see how much they are the same.