Two months!!!

Kyson turned two months old on Saturday. He's such a good baby!

I had to take a picture with Maicee and Kyson because Maicee was throwing a fit!

Some smiles.


And then I told him he was going to get some shots...

He did pretty good at his dr.'s appointment. They gave him his shots and as soon as they pulled the needles out of his legs, he stopped crying. The nurses were impressed. He weighs 11 lbs. 3 oz. and is 23 inches long. He's in the 45th percentile for his weight, and the 50th percentile for his height. Good job bud!!!

Smiles!

This handsome little fellow finally started smiling at me. He's been smiling at Maicee since he got home from the hospital.

I love his little half smile!

I just love him!

He's a pretty happy baby.

And I just love this picture of Grandma and Maicee. It makes me smile!

A name and a blessing

We were able to bless Kyson July 31, 2011. Grandma and Grandpa Heilmann and Aunt Rebecca were visiting, so we had a lot of family there. His blessing was very touching. I'm so glad Dan is able to bless our children!!!
Family picture.

He's so handsome!



Kyson just loves his big sister!

Thanks for coming out Grandpa!

And Aunt Rebecca!

My Daddy come back!!!

The 6 weeks is up! Dan is home! He started school last Friday, so we don't get to see him during the day anymore, but he is home!!!
Watching the escalator, waiting patiently for Daddy.

Julian and Tristan waiting for their dad.

Maicee was so excited to see her dad! She kept telling people "my Daddy come back!" while pointing at Dan.

I love that Kyson is just staring at Dan.

We are so happy to have Dan home!!!

One month!

Kyson is one month old today! I hopped on the scale with him, and I think he weighs about 9 lbs. now! We'll see next week at his one month appointment. He is slowly starting to nurse better. For the last couple of days I won't let him do anything but nurse during the day. This makes him very mad and very hungry, but I figure sooner or later he's gotta catch on, right? Once he gets used to nursing every day, I'll make him nurse at night, too.
One month!


Maicee decided the other day she wanted to hold him. Normally she holds him for like 5 seconds, then she's done. She didn't want to put him down.


Some of his baby shower gifts.

20 more days til Dan gets home!

The longest weeks of my life

I'm not gonna lie, these last 3 weeks have sucked. Dan has been gone, Kyson won't nurse, and my sweet little Maicee turned into a monster. My days consist of changing poopy diapers, pumping then feeding Kyson, fighting with Maicee, and trying to keep my house somewhat clean. I don't understand why I can't just nurse my babies. While we were in the hospital, Kyson was super sleepy, and they were worried about his weight. They encouraged me to give him a bottle until he "woke up" a little more. I refused, because giving Maicee a bottle is what did me in with her. Well, Kyson lost a lot of weight, when we left the hospital he was at 5 lbs. 13 oz. On Thursday he had a dr.'s appointment, and they were worried about his billirubin levels. So I went home that day, started pumping and then feeding him breast milk from a bottle, and he slowly started to gain weight back. We had 3 dr.'s appointments in a row to measure his billi levels, and luckily he didn't have to do the blanket like Maicee did. I kept thinking, "as soon as his jaundice is gone, he will nurse again". That Sunday, June 12th, Dan left for Texas, where he will stay until July 26th. My sisters came that night, and stayed and helped out for a couple of days. When they left on Wednesday, Maicee turned into the monster. She'll wait until I'm either pumping or trying to get Kyson to nurse, then she's into everything. When I ask her to stop, she tells me no. I tell her to go to time-out, she tells me no. That Thursday Ksyon had another dr.'s appointment, and he was at 6 lbs. 6 oz., so he's slowly gaining his weight back. Everytime I try to nurse him, he falls asleep. I try to wake him up, unsuccessfully. So I pump and then give him a bottle. I really hate pumping. My only salvation is my sister-in-law Tracie when she invites me over to her house for the day. Maicee isn't as beastly at her house. And for some reason, I think it's the air conditioning, Kyson will nurse there. We are counting down the days until Dan gets back (26!). I feel like I have no time to take pictures, sleep, shower, clean, or do anything to make me feel human. I have to fight Maicee over everything. And I can't even enjoy having a newborn. I'm open for suggestions on how to get Maicee to like me again, and how to get Kyson to nurse.

Especially for Grandma and Grandpa Heilmann: some pictures!

I guess I should clear up some things from the last post: I never did get my epidural, I did it all natural again. I wanted the epidural but there was just no time for it. Maybe next time... And I should give a huge thank you to my amazing sister-in-law Tracie who kept Maicee Monday night, Tuesday, and most of Wednesday. Did I mention she already has a 2 year old and a 2 month old? Well, she does. I don't know how she did it! And Maicee slept so good for her!

One of his first pictures.



If you look close enough, you can see his little pee stream at the bottom. He peed on Dan's leg.



I would like to think that this isn't what Tracie's week was like.



So tiny!



Going home.