With the help of some fabulous doctors, skilled nurses and a great spinal block, Allie Nicole Kyser joined our family on July 16th at 1:02AM, weighing in at 7 lb. 15 ounces, 20.5 inches long.

Ironically, and sadly, I went into labor the day before my C-section was scheduled. The hospital said to come on in, and the doctor on call could’ve done the section that afternoon (a whole day early) if he could get in contact with my doctor (who was scheduled to come back into the office that afternoon). They were pretty positive about the whole thing happening that the nurse prepped all the stuff for me. Sadly, they sent me home, telling me to come back if I was in active labor…that pretty much meant if I had to huff and puff through the contractions. That night, the moment I sat down to watch a movie in the theater, I started have stronger and more intense contractions, and things picked up really fast…30 mintues into the movie and I couldn’t concentrate and I asked for our money back…the hospital said to come on in. I believe the doctor on call couldn’t legally operate on me without my doc’s concent or me being in “active labor.” I don’t think I was meant for pain…because I only labored for 2.5 hours, and I thought I was going to die. We got into the hospital by 11:30ish and they prepped me in triage. The same doc was on-call still so they contacted him and scheduled the section for 1:00am. The nurses said to just relax through the contractions..ya right. Anyone that things I could relax through a contraction is out of their mind. Oh, and the poor nurse couldn’t get an IV in my tiny veins. She had to prick me twice before she gave up and called in another nurse to do it. I know if I weren’t mormon, I would’ve been cursing her name. I have to give some credit to the nurses. They really did work fast. I was in the OR room right before 1:00AM, Lj was sent to our room to get dressed (he had to wear the protective suit) and by the time he got back to me, I had already had my spinal block…which was heaven sent. And the fabulous anethesiologist that gave it to me was so awesome. Lj thought he heard she was head of the department or something. She was so good, so informative and knowledgeable, quick and the medicine was glorious! It worked within 30 seconds.
I’m not kidding: They had Allie out and me stitched back up by 1:20AM. I noticed that Allie stopped crying quite soon after they had delivered her and got her cleaned up. I think Sara cried a ton more.
Allie is just adorable and it is so cute to watch Sara with her new baby sister.

This is the day before, when were waiting to hear if they were going to take Allie early

Sara helping “Dabby” put Allie’s blanet on her

Sara ready to hold baby sister. She was especially cute those first times she came to the hospital. She was so excited to see her new baby sister.

Just before we left the hopsital


Grandpa Lonnie and Grandma Mendy with Allie

Grandma Sharon with Allie



Cousin Maddie with Allie


Cousin Kendelle with Allie

Cousin Kate with Allie

Dad and Allie

Allie in her bed basked on a warm day

Dad with his daugthers


Quite the snoozer

Beautiful girl

I can’t believe it, but Sara is nearly 8 months old.  I’m sure I’ll hit points along this road of her life where I will say it over and over.  It’s still weird though. She is so big.  27 inches, 19 lbs. I’ve been trying to remember what she does differently now and what are things she used to do.

For instance, Sara used to burough her head in our armpits for some reason. She’d do it when she was trying to sleep.

She used to cough a lot to get our attention.

She used to sleep without moving around.

Sara is now moving on to new consonant sounds. She does “ka”, “da”, “ma”, “ba”, and she’s really exploring her vocal range.

Sleeping through the night? I wish.  So, my excuses come out: about a month ago, she started going through a growth spurt, then she got sick and ever since then, she’s been eating every 3-4 hours or so.  She goes right back to sleep, so it’s not so bad.  It only hits me when I don’t go to bed until 3am, and she’s up at 7am.

Sara loves sounds and music. We’ve got this nursery rhyme cd and whenever she’s cranky, I turn it on, and she just sits there and wathces the cd player, or starts to play nicely by herself.

Sara mastered crawling around Father’s Day and pulled herself up on furniture for the first time, that same weekend.  Ever since, her favorite thing to do is having help walk.  It really took me by surprise because I thought she’d be content just crawling when she mastered it, beinb mobile and all.

Stranger anxiety isn’t so bad yet.  She’ll especially go to people that will help her walk right now.

She is a pretty content baby.  We can move her while she’s sleeping in and out of the car, and usually keep her asleep.  She’s going to bed pretty easily and naps, especially if she’s nursed first and will stand and wait in the corner of the crib for you to come and get her when she’s awakened.

I love my family. Lj and I are moving and groovin’. Work goes on and my interest in creativity grows.  I’ll explain more about that at another time!  Must get some sleep while I can!

Well, this seems to have been a very eventful week.  Sara has really done a lot this week, and Lj and I are pooped!  The Doc’s visit went well.  Sara is developing perfectly normal.  She is in the 90% for height and 80% for weight and her head is in the 75%.  Numbers are slightly down from her 4 month appointment.  Maybe she’ll continue to slow down growing so fast.  Sara has:

1)learned to get on her hands and knees and rock back and forward.

2)say “ba ba ba ba” which is so cute because she can’t do it without frowing, but yet she’s so happy when she does it.

3)had her first solids!  She loved them!  Rice cereal was all we did.  But she was so excited.  It was if she were to say, “it’s about time I get what the big people eat.” Lj and I just can’t break it to her that we don’t eat rice cereal. I haven’t mentioned her love for bottles. Big peoples’ water bottles. She can spot them from a crowd of toys.

4)officially sits by herself.  It’s great because she’ll sit and play so nicely by herself with a toy sitting in her lap.  She doesn’t even cry when she topples over, which rarely happens.

Sara continues to talk (babble) a lot and is one happy baby in general.

I’m hoping she starts to sleep longer, especially with solids.

Lj and I were able to get out and go see MI:3. It was so intense which was great because I would’ve fallen asleep otherwise.  We’ve just been going from one place to another.  Church tomorrow, and I bet we stay home for the rest of the day.

Well, it’s officialy: we have the cutest baby ever.

From one proud parent.

Well, so Sara is here…and has been here for quite some time. Almost 3 months! I’m going to blame the lack of writing and keeping our site up to date on my memory loss. I can’ t remember to write and I can’t remember my password to even get in to write here! Excuses, excuses.
Sara is here. She was born November 11th, 2005 at 5:19pm, weighing in at 9lb, 21 inches long. She is just the most wonderful child; perfect in everyway. Here are some pictures of her.
Lj and I are working on a site-overhaul with a picture gallery. Hopefully that will make viewing pictures a bit more fun! For now, here is a sneak peak of what our “little love bug” is up to! She is growing so fast. At her 2 month appointment, she weighed 12lb 13 3/4 ounces and was 24 inches long. Here she is!

She started smiling at about 3 weeks which of course makes our hearts melt. She started interacting and playing with toys 2 weeks ago. She is so cute as she tries SO hard to control her hands to reach for things. To this day, Sara hates “tummy time.”