One Month Old!

Here we are at my due date and celebrating his one month birthday! I am so glad that I had a short cut!
Carebear and Chief came over on Sunday to sort of celebrate, but Kyson was real sleepy the whole time... but, he had his picture taken again nevertheless...















It was MY due date but my friend Karen took it instead. She had her baby girl, Bella Kay (7 lbs 13 oz), also at 36 weeks, also at the same hospital, and also after about 5 hours of labor (Karen and I used to share the same office).

HOWEVER, Karen had an epidural... and she said it was heavenly...

Here is a pic of Ky-bubby with his dad. Both birthday boys and both enjoying one of Daddy's birthday gifts- another book!

Almost Due!

Carebear and Ky-bear



Well, my due date is Sunday and it will instead be Kyson's 4 week birthday. I am really glad I was able to skip the last month...

Now, not only are we moving on to bigger diapers but life is moving on as well.

One interesting possible development: My sister Kandis and brother Will might move to Buffalo Gap to go into radiology and nursing... We would love to have more family closer. Especially for babysitting!

Also, Carebear is busy working on my hometown's centennial celebration. The biggest part is a huge musical she is writing and rehearsing. All while making multiple trips to Abilene to see her only grandchild. Oh, also she and my dad are also remodeling her house, fixing up a bed and breakfast, leading Keep Munday Beautiful, and installing new streetlights throughout town. They are super busy but I am afraid that is about to change as they begin so spend more time with Kyson.

Wes turns 31 on Tuesday so we will be celebrating him somehow...

Generally, life is moving on pretty quickly around us and it's hard to believe that Ky is a month old.

Kyson's New Toy

Kyson has a new toy. It's one of those tummy time mats with lights, music, textures and toys. He likes to just lay there under the bright colors. He seems to love just staring up at the animal while he listens to the music and sucks his binky. It has a mirror and it plays both Mozart and nursery rhymes... Super cool, huh? I thought he was too young to get into this sort of thing yet...

Family Photo Shoot

This past Thursday our friend Karen came over for a little family shoot. She is also expecting and currently on bed rest. Her daughter Bella Kay is trying to make an early entrance as well. Karen is in week 35 so keep her in your prayers.

Two weeks old already...

Thursday's check-up revealed that Ky is gaining weight quickly. Now he is over 6.2 lbs and already out growing a couple of his preemie outfits. He spent mother's day with his Mamaw Valene for part of the day and then went to Munday where he saw Carebear, Mamaw Crawford, Aunt Violet, Will, Papaw, and of course Chief... He also got to see Jason, Sudy, Howry, and Uncle Gary.

It was a big day for Ky Bear. At the end of the day he had his two-week birthday photo shoot with Carebear's new camera... Check him out!

Ky-Bear in his cuteness...

After a sleepy photo shoot with Carebear and Chief, we discovered this hand-me-down navy cap with ears...

It worked like Frosty's top hat, little Kyson perked up and showed us a little more personality...

It was really funny...

Also, Kyson has a new trick... now I am no expert, but how many 9 day old babies can spit out their oen pacifier and put it back in...three times in a row!

Kyson's first week!

Lots of visitors this week...

Starting off the week with Aunt Andrea, Aunt Kandis, and Uncle Will staying the night and putting together his favorite thing-his baby papsan swing...

Then this week Mamaw Valene came over to lend a big hand around the house. She took over our laundry and also made the front yard look great... Also, Mamaw Crawford and Papaw came bearing pizza and stayed awhile leaving the fridge stocked. Brandi and new baby Brenden also came for a good visit.

A whole slew of people from ACU came with lots of baby goodies. Then Chief and Carebear came over to stay the night. They tried to spoil him all at once with lots of attention and snuggling. They left us with more food, housework complete and a re-wired house and out building...

Then Aunt Cherl, Amanda, Brandi, Jaedin, and Brenden came to visit too...

Amy Moore came over Sunday morning and fell immediately in love with Ky-Bear...

And this morning we celebrate in a quiet way baby's first birthday-one week old.

What an amazing life changing special week this has been...Thanks to everyone for making it even more special with your time, gifts, effort and support...

What to do with baby...

When my son was born 6 days ago it was as if I was born all over again.

The slogan goes "having a baby changes everything.'

Good. It so needs to be changed.

New Pics

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Pictures of Ky-Boy

KYSON IS HERE!

Obviously we were a little off on the whole due date and a little early…

This past Saturday, Wes and I spent the day working in our yard a bit. I thought that my “Braxton Hicks” contractions were a little strong…

Around 10 pm that night, (after going through all my pregnancy guides) I decided to start timing them… I guess around 1:00 am it dawned on me that 11 to 13 contractions per hour was a little suspicious… Then when my water broke at 1:40, I decided to wake Wes and suggest we run to Hendricks for a check…

We arrived at the hospital around 2:20. A really great nurse named Linda put me on a monitor and checked me out. She said that we should plan on staying anyway because the baby was coming. We called our parents, she called my doctor, and I was just fine…

UNTIL…

POTOSIN

They put me on potosin to “speed” it up. Well, let’s just say it was TORTCHER. My natural contractions were completely bearable but these…THESE contractions where like big seething demon hairy evil beastly convulsions in my belly! It hurt WAY more that I was prepared for… AND, then they wouldn’t give me the epidural yet because I was only a 3…

My parents, grandmother, and Wes’s mom showed up about then… Then the nurses and doctors realized that the baby’s heart rate dropped every time I had a contraction…I dipped really low. They ordered the epidural even though I wasn’t a 5 yet. They kept watching until Dr. Daniel came in and said. We are going to have to get that baby out of you now. We are going to have to do a cesarean. The parents are sent away. Wes is the scrubbed in and we all waited on the anesthesiologist. (People were praying for us really hard meanwhile). As soon as he walked in the door, my doctor realized that I was “complete” and that I could deliver. But, no time for an epidural… That’s right. About 5 pushes later, Kyson Wesley is out in the big world. 7:15 in the morning, 5 lbs. 13 oz, and totally healthy.

Yep, he is finally here… And now this blog can be used for its original intended purpose…

To show off my kid… enjoy… more to come later…

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