Pay's 4mo Checkup

Ok, the stats are in! At Paytin's 4 month checkup she was 13 lbs 12.5 oz, 24 1/4 inches long, and head circumference at 16 1/4. Mike and I happened to be going through Brayden's baby book a little bit yesterday and noticed at 4 months Brayden was 13 lbs 13.5 oz, 25 inches long. And I didnt catch the head circumference. She's catching up and I have a feeling she'll have him beat by 6 months :). She's healthy and right on track! Did pretty good with her shots considering we had a practicing nurse student do them and it was her first time ever giving them to a baby! She was very sweet and I gave my permission for her to give them to Pay. The only bummer was when she stopped after 2 shots to ask a question before giving the 3rd, and I couldnt pick Pay up to comfort her and just had to wait. It wasn't excrutiatingly long or anything, but still a bummer to watch her in pain! Literally as soon as she felt my arms she stopped crying and was just minorly fussy with a low grade fever that night. Very happy with how things went! Paytin does have very very mild torticollis, which just means one side of her neck is slightly shorter than the other side. With some extra stretching, feeding positioning changes, and encouraging her to use the other side more, we should have it completely fixed by her 6 month check up!

When I have

a bad morning. When things just aren't going my way. When things aren't terribly wrong, just not perfectly right. When the to do list is a mile wide and growing by the second and it seems like I get one thing done and eight more pop up. When one kids crying, one kids whining, I have a headache and we're out of milk. When I feel overwhelmed and emotional and overdue for a nap myself. When it's just one of those Mondays. When its the first day of hopefully a "new" schedule and setting new goals for the week. When it's clear that its not going down like you had it perfectly pictured in your mind.

When it's just like that, I've reminded and thankful for this:



and, for kids that LOVE each other. One day they will have their sibling quarrels I am sure, but in moments liketoday, in times when I am so frustrated, I can just sit them in front of each other and let them play and talk and read and laugh to their heart's content. They are already the best of friends and the love they have for each other is huge and obviously very mutual.  I really can't think of a bigger blessing or a thing to be more thankful for than them having the sweet little bond that they do.

A family day gone Kincaid :)

Tis the season for Mike to work like crazy, and with this less-than-booming economy, we make the effort to praise God for the business of Mike's schedule as it just one way God is showing us His constant provision in our lives. However, that leaves family time few and far between these days. Seems like most of "family time" in our house lately has also been "sleeping time". Anyways, we had a day outing to Chico today to get some very much needed errands ran.  We started the day out by doing something fun, and taking the kids to the movies. Paytin is usually pretty easy going these days as long as she can nurse frequently, so I figured a movie wouldn't be bad since I could put on my coverlet and let her eat to her heart's content. Well, the poor Lilypie got a very upset stomach only 5 minutes into The Lion King, so I ended up going out with her to calm her down. Well, Mom fail, and I left my diaper bag in the theatre. Paytin would NOT calm down for two seconds, much less long enough for me to run in and grab the bag, so I "manned up" and asked one of the very nice gentlemen working at the theatre to run in and grab it from Mike which he did. After changing a poopy diaper, trying to nurse her, etc. I realized Paytin was being consoling and I took her out to the van. I laid her down on her tummy in the very back after I had turned the van on, and just sat next to her. In 2 minutes, she was OUT. So, I wrapped her up, and carried her back in and watched the rest of the movie from a solo seat at the side of the theatre (silently wishing that people hadn't sat right next to us so I could have watched the rest with Bray and Mike).  More importantly the boys had a great time and Brayden loved loved the movie. I really enjoyed being able to sit behind them and watch Mike whispering little tidbits to Bray throughout the movie and making Brayden smile.
Then we go to pickup our pictures from Sears that we got taken over two months ago. We just havent found the time to get to Chico to get them since then....well, long story short, they were HORRIBLE quality. I had gotten the CD and printed a couple from home, and my laserjet copies honestly were 10 times better then what I saw today. I nicely complained and we should be getting better quality ones within a few weeks. I'm just not going to get family photos at a studio again point blank. I know I have a wonderful camera and that my skills just aren't up to par with what kind of photos I would like to have of my kids yet, but I will still with local photographers or my own shots from here on out. I'm very much looking forward to getting our pics done from a friend hopefully next month, outside up here in the Basin while the leaves are changing colors :)

Anyways, we were able to get the kids a couple more fall clothing items, and I did get a few things for this crazy idea of an art project I am tackling, so all in all, not a complete failure, just another Khaotic Kincaid day ;)

3 and 3

Brayden and Paytin had Dr checkups today and here's the results:

Brayden is 30.5 lbs (slim for his age, I dont remember the percentage) and 38 inches tall (between the 65-75 %) He's got a big noggin, almost 18.5 inches.  He is doing great according to his pediatrician but still needs some work on his speech (which we figured). He is quite the talker and picks up new words quickly, he just has a hard time getting all the pronunciation out and slowing down enough to say all the words he needs too :) He was a ham during the appointment and especially loved when his dr. checked the reflexes in his knees and let him help out too :)

Paytin is a growing growing girl! She weighed in a 12 lbs 9 ounces!! She has officially (more than) doubled her birthweight! Way to go baby girl! She's also about 24 inches long (if I remember). She's quite the alert, active, talker little baby according to our doctor :). Unforunately our little Lily Poo has her first ear infection (probably left over from that flu bug we had) which hopefully explain the LACK of sleep her and Mommy have been getting this week. She just had her first dose of antibiotics which she is on for 10 days, so hopefully it will kick the ear infection's bootie and we can be on our merry way!

The doctor mentioned that we seem to make tall (which I think Brayden is actually pretty tiny for his age, but I guess the stats dont lie) lanky little kids because they are both around 75% in height, and less in weight, though you wouldn't know it by Paytin's CHUB everywhere! Paytin I think was in the 55% for weight this time around.

Yay for getting both kids to the doctor and getting out in one piece without Daddy there to help!

Pregnancy Week 37

Well, I'm not going to do a regular pregnancy post, but just kinda of a rambling about what's been going on lately. I had my 37 week check yesterday and found out that I am 3cm dilated and 20-30% effaced, with Paytin at a -1 station. My doctor was pretty surprised that much had changed since last time I was in and even moreso when he got to feel my stomach during one of my contractions. I dont think he really believed that I really was having a contraction till he felt it! I was super hopeful and prayerful that he would be open to setting up an induction for us. We live 45 minutes away from the hospital, and with the crazy weather, and Mike's super busy work schedule, I just didn't want to risk a multitude of things happening like having to drive myself, Mike missing her birth, etc. Because of how everything is progressing, he was happy to schedule an induction date for us for June 15th! Now, to keep her in until then! It's so funny that so many people can't wait to meet their babies and want them to come, come, come and here I am having trouble keeping my little ones in! I guess they are just too excited to meet us ;)! I write that as Paytin is going absolutely CRAZY in my belly at the moment! I took a TINY spill the day before yesterday, which we think is making my body kind of go into overdrive. I was giving Brayden a bath and trying to stand up and I just kind of teetered back onto my tailbone from about 6 inches off the ground. I'm sure that's not what caused me to dilate (or I would have been in much harder labor) but it has caused some nice pain in my hips and pelvis area that isn't helping our current situation ;)! I'm also typing this as it's raining/slushing outside, another huge reason that I pray Paytin waits 13 more days to make a break for it because I am hoping this weather STOPS! Anyways, there's my updates for now!!

A couple more

for memories sake, pregnancy differences

• Paytin continues to move MUCH more than her older brother. She's a pretty darn active little girl and unlike Brayden, where I constantly had to drink juice and lie flat to do kick counts, I dont even have to take time out of my day to feel her squirming around (like she is right now)
• I am considerably smaller this pregnancy. It's still strange to me, and no, I wont be worried about eating my words in my last 5 weeks of pregnancy, weight gain is all apart of the whole journey, but just my overall belly size and everything is just very different.
• I did not, ONCE feel Brayden up at my ribs when he was in utero, the kid was a low rider. Paytin on the other hand is much higher and I can occassionally feel a cute little footsie up in my lower ribs.
• Paytin LOVES being on my right side. I dont remember Brayden having a preference, but 90% of the time, you can look at my belly and see how much bigger it is on the right than the left. It's actually very very entertaining.
• I had one of those pregnancy belly lines with Brayden and don't even have the faintest one with Miss Paytin.

Ok....that's it for now!

34 weeks down! 6 weeks to go!

Pregnancy: 34 weeks along! Yes, that means 6 weeks, or roughly a month and a half until our due date! Crazy how time flies!

 

Weight Gain: Roughly 22 lbs. I have to say I'm very happy with my weight gain this pregnancy. Very little water weight that I have noticed and when I compare myself now to pictures of when I was pregnant with Brayden, I seem a lot more slender this time around. Hopefully I don't swell up like a balloon these next weeks now that I have said that, hehe!

Sleep: It's a love hate relationship. I love sleep but I hate trying to sleep. I'm glad I didnt get a pregnancy pillow now because I sleep in the most awkward positions with pillows being moved several times a night. Right now, as much as I was enjoying my "no nap" streak, taking 2-3 cat naps (20-30 minutes) a day has been helping me get along. I dont even have to "sleep" during those times, just put my feet up,  and close my eyes.

 

Name: Paytin Lily, also known as P Lily and Pay Kay, "P", Monkey, Payty Pay...the list keeps growing though my favorite is how Brayden says her name, it just makes my heart totally MELT. I think I will have him call her "Paytin Lily" just so I can hear him say it all because its too precious!

Feeling: pregnant and anxious and patient all at the same time. I can't WAIT to see my daughter, and hold her and coo over her, but at the same time, I want her to WAIT as long as she can. Wouldn't it be awesome if I actually went the full 40 weeks? I know there is probably a less than 1% chance of that happening, but its still fun to think of. 

Health: I don't feel like going in depth about all my kidney/bladder issues, but we'll leave it at me having kidney stones in both my kidneys and all the pain and symptoms that come with them. We'll add to that my "high risk" caution because of having pre term complications with Brayden, and just say that we've had to slow life down these past couple weeks and I've had to accomplish a lot while sitting or laying down. But boy am I ever grateful for those moments that I feel totally awesome and not sick at all!

 

Belly: Measuring right on track, big, in the way, and makes me laugh. Things like shaving and painting toes arent really a problem, but trying to sit up straight in a hard chair is just about as uncomfortable as it gets ;)

 

What I am looking forward to: her. :-)

 

What I miss: being more physically active, being less stressed out, getting to wrestle and rough house with Brayden

Milestones: Each and every day and week that Paytin stays in is such a milestone to me. I've been reflecting on that a lot, but when you've dealt with pre-term labor, and high risk pregnancy problems it really does give you such a greater appreciation for pregnancy and your body and the little one you are carrying. By this time last pregnancy I had already been to and from the hospital in active labor, YIKES!

Movement: She's crazy. I was worried the medication I'm on would slow her down or "drug" her out, but she is excelling, at least movement wise, like never before. I can feel her all times of the day, and feel nice big movements. She's heads down and down in my pelvic bone now, so hiccups are especially entertaining ;)!

 

Cravings: Food in general is a toughie. I think I can thank my kidney infections for the lack of weight gain this time around because I'm either not hungry, naucious, or can eat very little without feeling stuffed and having heartburn. I'm just thankful to be able to eat, thankful to have our kitchen done enough that I can make what I want when I want and only eat as much as I want :)

Oh Paytin girlie, Mommy cannot WAIT to meet you. Today is the first day in awhile where I have really tried to push the stress of everything that is going on in our lives aside and just realize fully for a few moments how close we are to holding our little princess in our arms. We prayed for you, pray for you, and praise God for giving you to us already, and are more in love with you than you will ever know! Brayden is so excited to be your big brother and has tons of stuff he wants to teach you, tell you, and show you! Get ready little girl, being a Kincaid is a WILD ride :-)