MAJOR ADVANCEMENTS!

Kiley has had some major advancements in the last couple of weeks. She started crawling and now look what she is doing unassisted squatting position! Mind you it's not the best picture but you get the idea

365 day 5 - 9/23/2012

Well today is day 5 of our 365 project and it was Kiley's 1st birthday!

Hayley in a RUB (Ruck tied under the bum) with a woven wrap

Connor in a Rebozo with a Natibaby Mea

Kiley on her 1st birthday eating her ladybug smash cake!

Kiley's Birth Story

So it has officially taken me a year to post this now!  I can't believe my baby girl is a YEAR old today!  It's all so crazy as I sit here and watch her play with puzzles, crawl around and play with her brother and sister.  Kiley has been in physical therapy for a little over a month now and she just started really crawling about 3 weeks ago.  She is so close to walking now too.  I will document her party later tonight with a blog post all for her 1st birthday!

It all started on 09/22/11 when I woke up with tons of pressure.  I didn't think anything of it because I had NEVER went into labor naturally/on my own.  I was induced with my other two.  I decided since Hayley and Connor were going stir crazy that we would go for a walk.  I got both kids dressed and outside to the stroller and started strolling around town.  

We have a huge paved walking path that goes through our town that we walked to and then took the path to the next major road which is about a mile.  Then made a pit stop at the park so the kids could play, then we decided since it was so close to DD's friend getting out of school we would walk down to the school.  As we passed the school we saw Hayley's friends dad going to pick her up so we decided to keep walking towards home.  Finally got home after an almost 2.5 mile walk/pit stop at the park and almost two hours later, I was defiantly feeling it.  Again, I didn't think anything of it since the Dr. said not to go to L&D until my contractions were 5 minutes apart.  At this point they were all over the place.  Fast forward to about midnight when the contractions really started to kick my butt, but again they were all over the place.  15 minutes, 7 minutes, 11 minutes then 5 minutes.

Finally after being in the bathroom all night and being up and down and many tears later at 3:30am, we decided to call our neighbor over to keep an eye on the other two kids and told my husband "I think we need to go, this is the worst pain I have been in."  We got to the hospital at 4:20am, I couldn't walk, talk or breath through them and was in tears.  

Got up to L&D and the nurses put me on the monitors and got me all registered and checked in.  They finally checked me and informed me that I was 6cm dilated with a bulging bag.  After sticking me 3 times to get an IV they finally got it and the lab person came in to take my blood to check my platelet levels.  Again still in tears from the contractions begging for an epidural.  The nurses kept saying they were working on it and it felt like hours before the anesthesiologist showed up after my OB breaking my water.  The nurse checked me right before the anesthesiologist was getting ready to place my EPI and said that I was complete and ready to go. 

I cried and cried for the EPI, then my OB came to check me again and said no I was only an 8.  The anesthesiologist went ahead and place my EPI and I don't think it was even 10 minutes later that Kiley Marie was born at 5:40am on 09/23/11.  She weighed 7lbs even and was 18.5 inches long. 

September 23 is kind of a somber day for my Family and I because we had lost my 12yo sister 11 years ago to the day.  I didn't even realize the date until my mom called about 7:30am and told me what the date was.  I will always hold Kiley's birth date close to my heart as it is both a happy and sad day for me. 

My Mom wrote this at 7:50am on 09/23/11:

Life works in mysterious ways sometimes. My new Granddaughter, Kiley Marie Heier, made her entrance into the world this morning at 5:40 am CST. 11 years ago today my daughter & Kiley's Auntie, Amanda, went to Heaven at the young age of 12. This is a Happy and Sad day for me, but I will let the happy overcome the sad and remember Amanda each and every day.

Kiley Marie Heier
7lbs 18.5in 5:40am

365 Day 4-9/22/12

Day 4 of our 365

Hayley

Connor

Kiley

365-Day 3- 9/21/12

I'm about a day or two behind in posting pictures here, but what can you expect with 3 kids?

Hayley

 Connor

 Kiley

365 day 2- 9/20/12

Here is our day two of our 365!  This was supposed to be yesterdays post but I didn't have a chance to get it up for yesterday!

Connor all Wrapped Up!

And well Hayley just being Hayley!

Kiley mooching for food from Daddy!

And here starts our 365 project! 9/19/12

As I stated a day or so ago I was going to start a 365 project for the kids.  This entails daily pictures of the kids and I will try and get a group shot but that is not always possible!

So here is Hayley getting ready to leave for school this morning!

Yesterday she had her first visit to the Eye Dr. and well to my despise it did not go so well!  She is farsighted and needs glasses for reading, school, homework and any computer work.  But I'll tell you she picked out the cutest purple wire frames and she is super excited about being able to see.

Here is Connor today while playing on their new swing set!  They absolutely love it.  My mom got this for the kids a couple of weeks ago now and ever since then they have been out play just about all they can!

And Kiley, well she is just Kiley.  Turning 1, yes she is almost a year old now.  I can't believe her Birthday is Sunday.  We really aren't doing much for her birthday since my Grandma and Aunt are out of town for two weeks.  But I believe a couple of friends will be over and maybe we will grill some good food and have a good time with them!

New 365 Project

I am going to be starting a new 365 project soon!  One of each of the kids and a 4th picture of the group, stay tuned!

New Times, New Friends, New Babies

Since I posted last we have had a new addition to our Family!  Her name is Kiley.  She is 9 months old now and was born on September 23, 2011.  She is a beautiful blessing to our family as she was born on the 11 year anniversary of my sister Amanda's passing.  I will post her birth story later tonight maybe.

So Today is the 4th of July and we got some new things for the house and babies!

Hayley, Connor, Kiley and I with our mesh water sling under the new outdoor misters!

We are babywearing these days especially with Kiley's medical issues.  She has had very slow weight gain and severe reflux.  For 4 months I felt like we were always at the doctor for something whether it be the colic, reflux or a weight check.  She has made great strides over the past couple of months, going from under 12lbs to over 14lbs now! All her problems let us straight to babywearing which was a lifesaver!  I don't know how I made it through my other 2 not really knowing about it.

Our first time Babywearing  with a Moby!

Well off for now!