A Happy Home is Filled with Love and Laughter

A little laugh to lighten the mood

Beej & Chris

Last night BJ and I went to the grocery store with Kaylee. She was sound asleep when we left and when we were almost finished she woke up and realized she was hungry and made sure to tell all of the customers at smiths that as well. :)

We were trying to hurry and check out and get home so I could feed her. It was raining outside so I waited for BJ to finish at the checkout so one of us could run get the car. By the time we were leaving I was onry and not having a lot of patience. We got home and I just kept being onry and upset to BJ. BJ patiently waited for me to calm down and realize my stupidity. Before I knew it I totally had forgotten why I was so upset and was laughing. In the middle of our conversation BJ say's "remember at smith's when I started putting things in that lady's cart thinking it was you?" (this really did happen and it was hilarious). BJ knew I was upset and onry but he also knows that if he starts laughing really hard and remind me of something funny then I will forget why I am mad and will laugh with him.

This is one of the many reasons why I married this man! He can make me laugh whenever he wants to, and instead of getting upset with me for being rude...he just lightens the mood by laughing. I always try to fight it at first and say, "stop laughing. I am serious!" but before I know it I am laughing right along side of him. I love my husband. Thanks babe!

Super Mom!

Beej & Chris

Today was an adventure. I had my list of things to do and after Kaylee had a good feeding in her tummy, I started working. I started laundry, straightened up the front room and kitchen, and finished putting together the baby announcements. Kaylee must have had a really good feeding because she was in a deep sleep for a good 3 1/2 hours and wasn't screaming FOOD when she woke up. After I bathed Kaylee, played a little and she melted my heart with her smile; I fed her again and headed off to the post office. By this time it was around 4:30, which is one of the busiest times for the post office. So I get into the long line with Kaylee in her car seat and after moving a few feet, Kaylee wakes up crying. I wasn't way surprised cause she didn't burp very much throughout the day so her tummy was probably hurting. So I pull her out and push the car seat out of the line and hold Kaylee with my left arm around her sore belly with my 35 invitations and diaper bag on my right arm. After waiting in line for a good 10 minutes Kaylee was sound asleep in my left arm. I buy some stamps and the kind lady who sold them to me helped me put them on 15 of the invitations and sent them out to get delivered.

I put Kaylee in the car and she was out like a light. I get home and ask BJ out on a date. Really I came in and said, "I am STARVING. It is almost like I haven't eaten anything today! Kaylee is asleep. Wanna go out to eat?!" (Lol breastfeeding definitely works up an appetite) BJ just smiled and hoped in the car as we headed to Sizzler. We both got the salad bar. YUMMY. Not too long into dinner Kaylee woke up. BJ changed her diaper and as soon as he came back she exploded in her diaper making a mess of her clothes. :-) So I took her and changed her outfit (luckily I had an extra in the diaper bag) and then she started rooting showing to me she was hungry. So I took her into the handicapped bathroom stall and breastfed her standing up. lol I am sure the lady that came in while I was feeding her could hear her sucking in the stall next to me. I wonder what she thought I was doing. lol BJ and I finished our dinner with Kaylee having a clean diaper, a clean outfit, and just smiling away.

Now I know this really isn't that amazing to alot of you super mom's. But this was a huge step for me. Especially from my bad experience a few weeks ago when I took her to Ross by myself and ended up leaving a cart full of clothes in the shoe aisle carrying Kaylee as she screamed the whole way out. If you have a fun mom story or for those that aren't mommies yet, a fun story that made you feel like a super hero....leave a comment, I wanna hear!

Easter

Beej & Chris

What a fun easter this year was! I woke up to a easter egg hunt/scavenger hunt that BJ put on for me. It was super cute and creative. Here are the clues he came up with; they all rhyme. Pretty impressive especially cause he came up with it all the morning. I love my husband.

clue #1: Happy Easter beautiful,The hunt is on, so where to start?The next eg's in the room where you can let a fart

clue#2: I like to watch a movie dear, so find me by what makes you hear!

clue #3: I make good noise, when you play me right.The next egg's hidden out of sight.
clue #4: Lots of warm food is good to eat,The next egg's with it by your feet.

clue #5: Coupons are a lot of workBut the next egg's by them -Don't you shirk!

clue #6: Cold food can be oh so good,I'm next to my kind under the hood.

clue #7: These things help you eat your food,When watching TV like a dude.

clue #8: Need a towel or oven glove?I'm hiding with them...Don't push and shove!

clue #9: Back by warm food I'm hidden now,Inside a lady - you might ask how?
clue #10: Back by "the john" is where I'll beCome and find me if you please.
clue #11: By the warming clothing you'll find the top prize,You're right on time!
* I love you babe,I hope you know!Happy Easter dear princess,I've tried to show! *

Kaylee was super excited about the Toy Story movies that daddy gave her! On each movie is a free coupon to go see Toy Story 3. So fun!

WAY too many treats! Daddy definitely spoiled Kaylee and I this year. :0)

After the hunt, BJ made his amazing pancakes and homemade syrup.

We then headed over to my parents house where my parents put together a easter egg hunt for BJ, my brother nate, and I. It was really fun and not competitive at all :-) I think I even made almost $10.00 from the change in some of the eggs.

who says a newborn can't find easter eggs?!

There were three golden eggs and crazy enough each of us found a golden egg in the hunt.

Kaylee posing for grandma. I love her sooo much. Kaylee is growing up everyday. She smiles soo much and opens her eyes wide. Kaylee turns to you when you call out her name and loves to cuddle. Oh and she has been sleeping AWESOME! The last couple weeks she has been sleeping 41/2- 6 1/2 hours a night! Yeah!

Here is the really yummy dinner my parents prepared. Ham, potatoes, salad, and jello. What else can ya ask for?!

After dinner and conference my parents headed over to my uncles house to work on their taxes. So my brother came over and we dyed easter eggs. So Fun! I am such a kid at heart.

But more importantly, BJ and I really enjoyed watching conference. We both learned a lot and got answers to questions we had both been searching for. I love Easter and all the fun treats and time with family. But even more than that I love why we celebrate Easter. I feel so blessed to be a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and I know that Jesus Christ died for us and was resurrected. He lived his whole live dedicated to others and suffered more than we can imagine so that we can live again. I am so grateful and hope Kaylee will understand and remember that when she gets older.

One Month Old....

Beej & Chris

Kaylee was one month last saturday but I am a little slow getting this blog out. :-) This week BJ's mom has been here from Oaklahoma. We have really enjoyed the time we have got to spend with her. It has been so nice having someone there just to hold Kaylee while I get a few things done around the house. We are going to miss Grandma Tenney that is for sure! Here are a few pictures of Sherryl and Kaylee.

The following pictures are of Kaylee exactly one month old. I had a little fun that day taking pictures of her.

Things have been going really well. There were a few days last week and the week before where Kaylee was really colicky. She has a really hard time burping so then by the end of the day her tummy is really hurting her. We give her mylicon drops to help with the gas which I really think has helped. BUT this last week she has done really really well. She is smiling at us. She follows my face and turns to find me whenever I or BJ talk. I LOVE it! Her eyes are focusing more and more on different things. We even put her in the little play area to see what she would do...she loved it!

Kaylee has a little bit of reflux so she sleeps in her bouncer at night. But her favorite place to sleep is in mom or dad's arms.

She loves her swing and really likes it when we pat her back. When she is taking a nap she likes to be swaddled but as soon as she wakes up she wants her arms out to stretch. I love watching her wake up. She is seriously an olympic stretcher. She stretches forever!

She has been doing really well with breasfeeding. She likes to "snack" a lot from 7pm to about 10pm or 11pm but then she sleeps for 4 hours in the night! Last night she even slept 4 1/2 hours and then another 3, it was wonderful! I love how more awake she is during the day and how much she looks at me. I didn't think I could love her more than the first day I saw her, but I have just felt more and more love for her everyday. I mean how can you not love this face! :)

Our favorite commercials

After reading the blog of one of Christies friend Ashley, we talked about our current favorite commercials and decided to put them up here.

Christies favorite:

BJs favorite:

Let us know what your favorite is!

Two Weeks Old

Beej & Chris

TWO WEEK'S

When Kaylee was born she weighed 7 lbs 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. The pediatrician wanted to see her again two days after we went home from the hospital- which made her 5 days old. She weighed in at 7 lbs 7 ounces!

THEN at her two week appointment she weighed 8 lbs 2 ounces (50% percentile for her age), stayed at 21 inches long (which is 75 % percentile for her age), oh and her head circumference was 14 3/4 inches which is in the 50% percentile for her age. YAY! She is eating well and gaining weight. Now if we could just get her to sleep better...... :)

Things have definitely changed in the TENNEY home.

You frequently will see me doing this...........

Kaylee has some really good nights and then some really bad nights. She likes to fall asleep when she is eating and sometimes I fall asleep with her (which isn't very helpful. he he). So with her falling asleep; feeding usually takes at least an hour. We tried feeding her with only her diaper on, changing her diaper in the middle of the feeding, and rubbing her feet and talking to her..and sometimes it works but sometimes she is totally out and so I let her go to sleep. THEN an hour later she decides to wake up and eat. :) Oh well, we will get into a routine eventually.

Laundry day is no longer weekly......

The week BJ was home he would get up and burp Kaylee and then change her in the middle of the night. Well one night BJ came running in to get the camera. LOL She totally squirted him! BJ is such a good sport. He never complains and offers to change Kaylee whenever she needs a diaper change. Even though he has been pee'd on and now pooped on.

It has definitely been an adjustment having a newborn join our family but BJ and I have really enjoyed it. We LOVE watching Kaylee wake up from her naps. She stretches and makes the cutest faces. Whenever we bathe Kaylee she cries until someone holds her hand and then she calms right down. She likes to feel the security that someone is there with her. Oh and she honestly has the STRONGEST muscles. She already holds her head up. Whenever I am burping her on my shoulder she holds her head up and will just look at me as if she is saying "hey, what are you doing mom?" It is soo cute.

Thanks to all that brought us food and came to visit. We have really appreciated the family and friend support! I can't believe how much Kaylee has already changed! She is getting so big so fast. You can tell just by comparing the pictures at the top of this post to the pictures here at the bottom. BJ and I both love our Kaylee so much and are very grateful to have her.

The Arrival of Kaylee Joy Tenney

Beej & Chris

***************************BEWARE LONG POST************************************

I figured I better document the arrival of our beautiful daughter Kaylee Joy now while the details are still somewhat fresh in my mind.

At our 39 week doctors appointment (Wednesday Feb 18 th) the doctor checked me and I was dilated to a 3, 90% effaced and at a +1 station. Since I hadn't progressed significantly we decided to plan for an induction in case she decided not to come by my due date. The doctor gave us a choice and told us we could do it that coming Friday or the following Monday. I really wanted to have Kaylee sooner than later so we told the doctor to plan on Friday morning (the day before my due date). After talking about our decision of being induced Friday, BJ and I both decided that even though it may be a very long weekend that we wanted to wait till Monday so she had more of a chance to come on her own.

Well, that night I started having some strong contractions that were occurring every 10 minutes for about an hour. Just as I was about to wake BJ up to have him help me time them and possibly prepare to go to the hospital, they slowed down and became very inconsistent. Ugh so frustrating.

I woke up and took BJ to the train the next morning at 6:40am and came back to get some sleep. Unfortunately one of the neighbors dogs was going CRAZY and kept waking me up. So I finally got up and decided to get some things done to prepare for our baby girls arrival. I ended up taking our new car to get its emissions done (cause the place where we bought the car forgot to do it. They paid for it to be done but I had to take it in). I got to Burt Brothers for the emissions around noon and waited for about 30 minutes for the car. I was having some contractions on and off but nothing significant. I drove around for a bit cause I didn't wanna go home yet :) and finally ended up picking up some subway and headed home. Got home about 1:00pm and started eating my lunch on the couch. At1:20pm I felt like I had just peed my pants and went to the bathroom. It was a small amount but enough that I had to change clothes. I thought to myself that was weird. I mean you have discharge with pregnancy but that was more than usual. After changing my clothes I was putting away my food in the kitchen when it happened again. I felt it coming so I quickly took my pants off and stood in the middle of the kitchen floor leaking this gucky stuff. LOL I grabbed a paper towel and started cleaning up my mess and as soon as I stood up, I made another mess. At this point I knew this was something other than regular discharge and called BJ. I called him twice with no answer. So I finally texted him "BJ- I think my water just broke". He finally called me back and said "what? you think? Should I come home? Should I have someone drive me or should I catch the train?" I told him that I think he should come home but that I am not having any contractions right now so he could hop on the train but that I probably couldn't come get him and he would have to walk home from the train station. He quickly got off the phone and headed to the train station.
In the meantime I am trying to make it up the stairs to get a pad without leaking all over the carpet. LOL I actually was laughing to myself. I mean I wasn't having contractions and it was kind of funny trying to walk around without making a mess. I grabbed our bags and some last minute things for the hospital and then sat on the couch (I was exhausted from not sleeping very much the night before). I then get a phone call from BJ. He said, "K- I am on the Internet. And it says you need to sit down and relax. Count the babies kicks and ponder your thoughts and feelings". Can I just say I LOVE my husband! :) He is soo cute! BJ finally got home around 2:30pm and we headed off to the hospital. The nurse did the nitrazine test (where they use nitrazine paper to test for amniotic fluid to see if my water had broke and sure enough the test strip came back blue indicating a positive result). The nurse checked me and told me I was dilated to a 3, 50% effaced and at a 0 station (lol totally different than what my doctor had told me....I am thinking the nurse didn't know what she was talking about). They admitted me around 3:00 pm and said the doctor wanted me to start pitocin now. I asked if we could walk around some and try to let me body do the work without the help of the pit. They said ok but that my doctor was going to be unavailable from 9pm till midnight. BJ and I decided to get up and go walking at 3:15pm. We walked around for about an hour. The contractions were getting a little bit more intense but nothing too bad at all.

I layed in bed for a bit and relaxed until the nurse came in and checked me again around 5:00pm and said that I was making progress and was now dilated to a 4. She told us we could either walk some more or get pitocin. I waited a little bit but then decided to have them start the pitocin. The nurse started the pitocin at around 6:00pm and said we could increase it every 30 minutes. She told me that if I wanted an epidural to give them a heads up because the anesthesiologist was not in house and would take about 20 minutes to get there. I was doing fine so I decided to wait. 6:30pm came and the contractions were getting a little bit more painful and since I knew I had to wait for her to come I decided to have them call the anesthesiologist. BJ

remembered what we had learned in our pregnancy class and helped me breath through the contractions. The nurse came in and gave me some fentanyl to take the edge off. It made me super dizzy but definitely helped relieve the pain. When the anesthesiologist got there I wasn't too bad off but decided to get the epidural before it gets too bad. She gave me a bolus and immediately my legs went numb. It got so bad that I couldn't move my legs at all. It was horrible! It was nice not being in pain but I hated not having control in my legs. I could not get comfortable and my mom and BJ kept having to help me move from side to side to try to help me. I asked them to call the anesthesiologist to come turn it down. It took her awhile to come so the nurse just turned the epidural completely off. By the time the anesthesiologist got there she turned it down and gave me a small bolus. A little while later I told her to turn it down even more. YEAH I could move my legs and the pain was bearable. At around 1:30 or 2:00 am they checked me and I was dilated to a 10 and anterior lip. We started pushing at around 2:30 am. The epidural had worn off a lot but I liked being able to feel the contractions and when to push. At 3:18 am Kaylee Joy Tenney was born. The doctor thought she was OP (Occiput posterior) so he used the vacuum to help ease her out. She ended up being faced correctly but was just in a weird position and needed a little help. By the time Kaylee was born the epidural was almost totally worn off. I had complete sensation in my legs but I wasn't inexcruciating pain.

Kaylee didn't cry when she came out. The nurses had to suction her and use a suction cup tool that they patted on her back to help get the gunk out of her lungs. They gave her some oxygen and had to bag her for a little bit to help her breath. She let out two small whimper cries and then opened her eyes wide and just stared around at everyone. I was overcome with love immediately! BJ and I both had tears in our eyes coming to the realization that this was our baby and that she made it here safe and sound. Kaylee was beautiful from the very beginning and just gets cuter and cuter every day!

(Daddy holding Kaylee for the first time)

(We are parents!!!!)

(The feeling I had in this picture made the past 9 months all worth it!)

(Look at all that hair- isn't she beautiful)

(Thank goodness for modern medicine)

(Kaylee was sooo strong! While the nurses were weighing her she started pulling herself up and hung onto the edge. She holds her head up all the time! I am going to have to post a little video of when the nurses bathed her, they set her in the little tub and she grabbed onto the sides and held sooo tightly as if to say "dont drop me...dont drop me!" It was soo cute. )