New Experiences

Hello Everyone! Just another update. Kilee Anne is helping me type ... check out her mad skills ...,kfvg NNNNNNNNNNNNn. Pretty impressive, huh? Sheer genius! Scott is spending his days and nights getting ready for camp here lately. He works so hard! Staff will arrive a little later THIS MONTH! We are getting excited. I haven't been up to much out of the ordinary. Just being a mommy! Kilee Anne has been so much fun lately. We're trying solids (just rice cereal now), but she's getting really good at eating from a spoon. She wears more than what actually makes it into her belly, but that's the fun of it all! She's sitting supported in her little "Bumbo seat" which she loves. And anything that is lying within a foot of her goes right into her mouth as soon as she reaches it. We're still not sleeping through the night, but we have faith that she'll make it through the night someday! We took her to Long Run Park the other day and fed the ducks and geese. She had a blast and took a great nap in her stroller while Scott and I had some time to hang out together. Here are a few really fun pictures for your viewing pleasure. Love you all!

Update

Hey family and friends! Hope you all are doing well. We're doing really well here! Kilee Anne is growing every day and is surprising us all the time with what she can do! Right now she can sit supported, she's learned how to squeal, chuckle, and do the "airplane" (on her stomach with her head and feet off of the floor). It's pretty exciting!
Scott and I are doing well. Camp is getting so close and it's starting to get REALLY busy around here. It's hard to believe that in just a few weeks, life will be completely different as we switch to "camp mode" and move out to Cedarmore. Please pray that Kilee Anne weathers the change well. It will be a big change for us and for her! Our staff is all ready to go and will be arriving in just a few weeks. The theme this summer is "ONE", focusing on "One Truth, One Lord, One Hope, One Call, Only ONE." from Ephesians 4. Go to the website, located under our "Links" and check it out! Pray for Scott as he prepares, it's a LOT to do! Please pray for me that I would be understanding of his schedule and support him prayerfully and patiently. And also please pray for Kilee Anne, that she would make the most of her time with Scott while he's home in the evenings and not be too fussy! Thank you so much for your prayers and your friendship. Enjoy these pictures! Scott took them! Isn't he great? I've also posted the camp logo for Summer 2007 so you can see it.

3 Months Old!

Wow! Has it really been three months since we met Kilee Anne? Unbelieveable. She is doing so well and is growing up fast! **Mother wipes tear from eye** We are officially in our 3-6 month size clothes now. It was so sad to pack away those little tiny outfits that she can't wear anymore! But this stage is very exciting, too.
Here are a few new pictures of her. We tried to pull our Wildcats through the other day -- even Kilee Anne was dressed to cheer them on, but no luck. She has started to smile all the time now and really enjoys playing in the floor. Every day she's doing something new! This week, Scott taught her how to splash in the tub. It was SO adorable! He would splash his hand in the water, and then she would get her legs and arms going with a big grin on her face! We have GOT to get that on video. We're still not sleeping through the night every night, but we're getting closer all the time. On good nights, she's sleeping from about 11 pm to 5 am. It's wonderful!
Enjoy the pictures!!!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

We have been snap-happy with the camera these days! I just wanted to post a few of our favorite Kilee Anne pictures for your viewing pleasure. She is doing really well. Her colic is getting resolved and she is a much happier baby every day. She is doing so many new things!
The pictures are titled: Before Playgroup
After Playgroup
Grrr . . . Bathtime.
Little Swimmer

Enjoy!

2 Months old!

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been awhile since we've posted. Things have been pretty busy around here with Kilee Anne. She has had colic (officially diagnosed by Dr. ) and has had a pretty rough time with crying and gas pains. This past week has been better because we've started using something our Dr. recommended called Gripe Water. It is really helping! She's happier.
We're still involved in weekly activities together. On Wednesday mornings, we go to Mom 2 Mom at church and we just got involved in a playgroup on Thursday mornings. It's been really good for her and for me! This Sunday is Kilee Anne's first week in the church nursery. We're hoping all goes well with that.
We went to our 2 month well-baby checkup yesterday and Kilee Anne is doing so well developmentally! She weighed 10 lbs. 8.4 oz. and was 22.5 inches long which puts her exactly in the 50th percentile for growth, a good thing. She had her 2 month immunizations as well. It was so hard to hold her down and see her get those shots, but she was SO brave! I was extremely proud of her. She only cried for a minute and then just quietly rested. What a gal! We don't have to go back to the doctor until her 4 month well-baby visit, barring any illnesses.
Scott and I are doing well. Things are starting to get pretty busy at work as the camp season gets closer and closer. It's hard to believe that summer is just around the corner! I'm doing pretty well, too. I'm just ready for spring to come and brighten up these soggy, cold weather days! We'll be posting again soon -- thanks for reading!

Playing With Daddy

I got these cute shots of Kilee Anne and Scott playing on the couch. She was bright-eyed and having a good time! Still no real smiles yet. She might be reaching that milestone a little later than normal since she was a little early. We'll be waiting for it, that's for sure! It's been a fairly good week. We went to our Mom 2 Mom group again this week. It's such a blessing to get together with other women and be able to take Kilee Anne along, too. We meet at church and go through Biblical principles for becoming better wives and mothers, and then we meet in groups to talk about our kids and share our concerns. It has been so great! I've needed it.
Kilee Anne has been pretty fussy these past few days. It seems like her tummy is bothering her, but it's hard to be sure because most of the time she stops crying when we pick her up. I hope she starts to get less and less fussy. It's hard to hear her cry all the time because it makes me sad for her, but it is also frustrating. She seems to really be in a good mood when Scott comes home! He must just have that effect on us ladies! Please be praying for us as we try to navigate this tough phase. Enjoy the pictures!

My One Month Birthday!

We had a good doctor's visit today! Kilee Anne had her 1 month well-baby visit today with Dr. W and he said she was "just fine." She's now 21 inches long and weighs 8 pounds 10 ounces -- healthy as can be! Not bad for a girl that's only technically supposed to be 11 days old. Here are some new pictures of our little lovey-dovey for your viewing pleasure.

I'm 3 weeks old!

Hello everyone! Sorry for the hold-up on the Kilee Anne pictures. We've been extremely sleep-deprived the past 3 weeks! Kilee Anne is doing so well here at home. She's been eating and gaining well and she just gets cuter every day. I'm adjusting to being a stay-at-home mom slowly but surely. It's a LOT of baby time, but it is such a blessing. Scott's been incredible -- he's such a great daddy!
Here are some new pictures. The one where it looks like she's holding her head up and posing -- well, she's doing exactly that! She is very strong and lifts her head like this all of the time. The other two pictures were taken today while she was on the couch with her daddy. Look at those feet! Definitely got those from dad.
Thanks again for all of your prayers through these first few weeks of her life. God has blessed us immeasurably through this little girl. Please continue to pray that we would be godly parents and make right choices for her! She's our little miracle, fresh from the Lord.

SHE'S HERE!!!

Kilee Anne came to us at 1:59 on December 23rd!!! She weighed 6lbs 7 ounces and was 19.5 inches long! Isn't she beautiful!!!!

Fun With Icing

Scott and I decided to employ our amateur icing abilities on some sugar cookies and a gingerbread house tonight. We had so much fun! I'm afraid to say, I believe Scott is much better than me. He's the one that wrote "Welcome Home Kilee Anne" on the gingerbread house roof! I teased him because his icing penmanship is more legible than how he regularly writes! We got the gingerbread house in a kit from Mandye and Lee, my cousin and her husband, 2 years ago and we're just now getting around to making it. Oh well -- better late than never!

No Action on the Homefront . . . Yet

Hey -- just offering a pregnancy update! As of today, there have been no contractions that have made any progress towards labor. I'm having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions and Kilee Anne is really starting to get cramped for space, but nothing productive. It was so funny -- right before bed last night, I whispered for Scott to turn over and look at my belly. It was a really weird shape as Kilee Anne had gotten herself into a funny position and seemed to be trying to get herself out of it. We could literally see her arms and feet moving across my belly. Scott said it looked like a scene out of "Alien". I told him that it felt like a scene out of "Alien"! We'll keep you posted on all the latest with Kilee Anne right here on the blog . . . unless, of course, we're at the hospital!

Pictures of Kilee Anne's Room

Hey family and friends! Thanks so much for all of the precious gifts you have sent for Kilee Anne. Her nursery is complete -- it just needs a baby in it! Here are a couple of pictures of the finished nursery. We are so excited to bring her home!

Our Gorgeous Girl!

Here are the pictures from Kilee Anne's 35 week ultrasound. They did this ultrasound to measure her size, specifically her weight. She's already a 6-pounder! My doctor says if she comes around her due date (January 12th), she could weigh between 8.5 to 9 pounds. The ultrasound technician took lots of pictures of her face because she said it was rare to get such good pictures of a baby at 35 weeks since they are so cramped for space in there! The one at the top was taken with a 4D ultrasound machine and the other was taken with a 3D ultrasound. Enjoy the pictures -- we are so proud! God is so gracious!

The Big One

Well, it's official. Scott has officially killed the big one! Early this morning, Scott put a shot on a 10-point buck at 200 yards and dropped him. Here are some pictures of the beast. I'm sure you can tell that Scott is pretty pumped and Racer can hardly contain himself! Racer just kept running circles around the deer, sniffing him and barking at him. Congratulations, Scott!

The nursery is finished!

Here are the pictures of Kilee Anne's finished nursery! Scott did a wonderful job, didn't he? To paint, he also had the help of David and Matt from work. She is going to love this room!

She's so pretty!

We had our 6th ultrasound today! They've had such a hard time getting Kilee Anne to turn her face forward so they could get a good look at it to look for abnormalities, but today . . . success! And let me say, even if she is mine, she is GORGEOUS! She is getting so big. I hope to be able to post her picture from today sometime in the near future if I can figure out how to scan it in. She has the cutest little pudgy face, fuzz on the top of her head, and I think her mouth looks like Scott's. Her heart rate was 150 which my doctor said was "perfect." It was so amazing, she gave us the perfect view of her little heart. We could see each chamber of the heart as it was working! We go back in 4 weeks for our final ultrasound and monthly appointment, and then I have checkups every week until she's born! I can't believe how close it's getting to when she will arrive. We can't wait!

Nursery: Phase One

Scott has been hard at work on Kilee Anne's room! She's been excitedly kicking around all day today as if she knew her room was getting spruced-up! In this picture, the cracks (that we cut out of the walls because of the wallpaper) have been mudded and sanded. It was a nasty job! Poor Scott looked like a ghost when he came out the room after sanding it -- he was white from head to toe! He says we only need one more coat of mud on the walls and then we can prime and paint! I am so excited!!! Okay, so I am obviously in the "nesting" stage of this pregnancy. :o)

Kilee Anne's First Baby Shower

We have officially been "baby showered"! We had a wonderful day today with our Sunday School Class and family at Ryan and Jane Stacy's house as we celebrated the upcoming birth of Kilee Anne! We received so many nice things. Now, we've got to get going on her nursery so we'll have a place to put all of these nice things!
We had breakfast casseroles, fruit, mini-muffins and cake. It was so delicious! Jane, Kim and Val did such a nice job putting everything together. It's amazing how much the body of Christ blesses one another through things like this. As I said at the shower, there were times in the past 2 years when I thought a day like today, having a baby shower, would never happen -- but God is so faithful. He has truly provided for her and protected her and we will be meeting her very soon!

The nursery is underway!

We've started on the nursery! I have been so excited about starting work on Kilee Anne's room. Scott and I thought it would be easy, but we were wrong. Since we've hardly used the room for anything since we've lived in the house, we didn't notice a very important detail about it. . . the previous owners had painted the room on top of a layer of wallpaper and border! Scott and I have been using boxcutters to scrape the wallpaper seams, border, and loose wallpaper spots off of the wall so that he can use drywall mud to recontour the wall. It's going to be a big job, but I think the room will look great when we're done. We'll be posting before and after pictures on the blog to show the changes! The first before picture is shown. Eew . . . yuck! Wish us luck! We're going to paint it two shades of pink, a darker shade on the bottom half, then a chair rail and a light shade on the top half. Her bedding will be floral patterned in pink, blue, yellow and green. I am SO excited!!

It has begun . . .

Well, our family blog is officially under construction. I figured I might as well join the masses and start sharing what's going on in our family with everyone! (Plus, it just sounds like a lot of fun for me since I'm 7 months pregnant with Kilee Anne and have less and less to do every day as I get bigger and bigger!) Hey- Scott's the website man, I'm just trying to catch up technologically with him. We'll see who has the better website at the end! :o) Ha. More to come!