We got through the storm

It was really windy here all night. I looked out the back window around 4:00 a.m. and a huge Pine tree was swaying like crazy! We never lost power and no damage to anything. We are under a flood watch due to creeks and streams could flood. We were lucky here. I am so sad for everyone who was on the coast and had terrible damage. I am praying for all those who lost friends and family members to the storm.

Hurricane is coming

The worst of the storm is supposed to be here around 2:00 a.m., Our lights have already flickered a couple of times. Our roof is leaking and it is not even raining hard. I hope it won't get too bad. I can't believe how bad it already is on the coasts of NJ, NY and other places. I am praying for safety for all in the path of the storm. I am pretty sure that we will be losing power when the storm hits here. I don't have internet on my phone so I will update again when we get power back. I can post updates to facebook from my phone though.

Pumpkin Carving Time

Fall is kind of my least favorite time of the year. I start getting depressed knowing that Winter is coming. I hate being cold, I don't really like snow either. I would be happy if it snowed a week before Christmas and stayed through the New Year and then warmed up to 70. There are some fun things about the fall though. I love the pretty leaves and the kids have fun playing in them. Then there is going to the Pumpkin farm and also carving pumpkins. Fall also makes me want to bake lots of yummy things, not so good for my waist line though! 

When my inlaws were here visiting they bought Gabby, Avalynn and Nathan each a pumpkin. Yesterday when we were at Aldi they had nice sized pumpkins for 1.99 so we bought Kevin, Kendall and me each a pumpkin too. Gabby and Avalynn picked out what they wanted carved on their pumpkins and Kevin did the carving. I am terrified of Bats so wanting to have the scariest pumpkin ever I did bats on mine. It kind of turned out to look like a face though. We had fun and the kids loved squishing the pumpkin guts through their hands and just making a huge mess with it.

Kendall's

Kevin's

Nathan's on Left, Mine on Right

Gabby's

Avalynn's

Here is Kendall, she is getting so big!

 

 

Kendall - 1 Month old

Wow this Month flew by! It seems like I just had Kendall but then again it also seems like she has always been part of our family. She fits is so well. The other 3 kids just adore her! The girls always want to hold her as soon as they get home from school. Nathan wants to hold her all the time. He loves her so much and is always hugging, kissing and touching her.

She is a very easy going baby. The only times she cries is when she is Hungry, needs a diaper change or just wants to be held. She is very easy to calm down. She still sleeps most of the time. She has several times during the day where she is awake for 20-30 minutes. She nurses every 2-3 hours. Sometimes at night she has gone as long as 4 hours. She sleeps in a co-sleeper next to my bed which makes it so nice for nursing her. I can just reach over and pick her up and feed her.

She doesn't go back to the doctor until 2 months so I am not sure what she weighs now. She is pretty chubby though. She has chunky cheeks and thighs to match! I would guess her to be somewhere between 10 and 11 pounds.

Kendall loves taking a bath. My cousin gave me her baby bath tub that has a sling in it and it is so nice for bathing her in. I give her a tub bath every 2 to 3 days. The other days I just sponge bath her.

This morning I was talking to Kendall while dressing her and I am pretty sure she gave me her first real smile. I tried to get her to do it again when I had the camera but of course she wouldn't do it!

Here are some pictures I took of Kendall this morning.

Here is Kendall in her Co sleeper Bed

My Mom bought this bag for me. It has all the kids names on it and little pictures to represent them. We made it so that Kendall has blonde hair. I think it will turn blonde because both of my other girls did. Also her hair that was shaved in the NICU seems to be coming in very light colored.