At the end of July the kids and I joined Ken on a business/vaction trip up the central coast stopping in Ventura, Solvang and Pismo beach. Our final destination was Sacramento, where we spent a week before coming back home. All in all, both kids did an amazing job. All I gotta say is thank heavens for portable dvd players and Redbox rentals.
Its hard to believe that more than a month has passed since Kendyl has joined our family. She is such a sweet little girl. She loves to be held and cuddled. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.
One month pictures
Cute girl with an angry face
First mini pony
When I found out in December that I was having a girl, everyone warned me that girls are more difficult than boys. I agreed that this would probably be the case but did not think it would happen so soon. My pregnancy with this precious little girl lasted two weeks longer than her brother's, and included one long night of 4 hours of false labor. Her delivery was completely different also. With Shane, I arrived at the hospital dilated 5 cm and in fully active labor. He was born 6 1/2 hours later with only an hour of pushing. Kendyl decided to be a little more stubborn. I was dilated 3 cm when I got to the hospital at 9 pm. I labored through the night waiting for contractions to develop more consistently and to fully dilate. At 4:30 am, my water finally broke. At 7 am I began pushing. I pushed for an hour with very little success. The nurse had me rest for an hour and "let nature take its course". I started pushing again at 8:30 and little (or should I say big) Kendyl was born at 9:30. She was 9 lbs 3 oz and 19 3/4 inches at birth. Although it was a much more difficult labor and delivery, she is a precious little girl and worth every second of pain and agony. At a week and a half old she is she has actually proven to be quite an easy baby. She eats well, sleeps well and rarely cries. I am enjoying dressing her in all the cute little girl outfits and couldn't wait to get to the store to get some bows for her hair. It is a crime to have a little girl with this much hair and no accessories. Now for the part everyone has been waiting for, photos:
Proud Big Brother
Bringing a gift for his "Baby Sister"
So much love
Deep thoughts from the mind of Shane...
To Amanda: "I need to tell Jesus not to put any more babies in your tummy"
After Shane found out we were no longer his primary teachers "I'm sad you're not my teachers anymore...but I'm still going to live here with you guys"
"There's too many people in this world"...and when asked what we should with all the extra people "put them in rockets and send them into outer space...but we should send their houses too so they have somewhere to live"
"My Cookie! Back Off!"
March:
Amanda informed me today that she's done blogging until after the baby's born. The irony here is that she hasn't posting anything since November, that may be the longest maternity leave ever. However she gets a free pass for making dessert this evening. If you ever buy the raw Costco tortillas try cooking them with some melted chocolate chips, then topping them with ice cream and chocolate sauce. It's the closest thing to the Chocolate Chip Calzone at Claim Jumper (greatest dessert ever).
