Check out this video of me tickling Kayla's belly...she loves it!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Kayla's First Plane Ride
All in all she did great. We were able to get to the front of the line in the Atlanta airport security line and had no trouble getting to our gate on time. In fact our flight was delayed so we didn't end up taking off until close to 8pm. Kayla ate and looked around during the first half of the flight and then slept heavily the rest of the way, even through the bumpy landing. I held her the whole time going up and she was attracting quite a crowd.
During our trip Kayla was able to see my Mom Barbara, my stepdad Parnie, my aunt, uncle, and all cousins, and Kayla was able to meet her great-grandparents. Also, we had dinner with my other aunt and uncle on my Dad's side. We took the family photos, got together for some delicious meals, and hung around the house. Kayla was a little fussier than usual but got better by the last day or two.
For the trip home Cary upgraded us to first class to have some more leg room (I joked that first-class people pay NOT to have kids up there). She was a little more fussy this time. She slept the first half of the ride and fussed the last half but feel asleep shortly after we got in the car to go home.
Here's a few pictures from the trip:
Looking out the window on the plane.
Kayla wearing Parnie's hat.
Aunt Maggie and Kayla.
Kayla meets her Great-Grandfather Hugh Sisler.
Kayla and Daddy playing in the mirror.
Getting a bath in the sink.
Soooo tired from all her travels.
During our trip Kayla was able to see my Mom Barbara, my stepdad Parnie, my aunt, uncle, and all cousins, and Kayla was able to meet her great-grandparents. Also, we had dinner with my other aunt and uncle on my Dad's side. We took the family photos, got together for some delicious meals, and hung around the house. Kayla was a little fussier than usual but got better by the last day or two.
For the trip home Cary upgraded us to first class to have some more leg room (I joked that first-class people pay NOT to have kids up there). She was a little more fussy this time. She slept the first half of the ride and fussed the last half but feel asleep shortly after we got in the car to go home.
Here's a few pictures from the trip:
Looking out the window on the plane.
Kayla wearing Parnie's hat.
Aunt Maggie and Kayla.
Kayla meets her Great-Grandfather Hugh Sisler.
Kayla and Daddy playing in the mirror.
Getting a bath in the sink.
Soooo tired from all her travels.Tuesday, February 19, 2008
First cold
Kayla had her first cold beginning last Thursday. She was running a low grade fever for about 2 days but no other real symptoms other than some congestion. She still is sneezing and coughing a little bit but she's a tough girl! When she was running the fever playtime was out of the question! She just wanted to be held and rocked which was fine by me!
Here she is trying to figure out how to keep cereal in her mouth:
And look at the sleepyheads!!!
I thought I was supposed to be the one catching up on sleep!
We head to Maryland this weekend to meet my Mom's side of the family and my aunt and uncle. We'll be getting a family picture done and one that includes four generations! I'm sure we'll have stories aplenty about traveling with an infant!
Here she is trying to figure out how to keep cereal in her mouth:
And look at the sleepyheads!!!
I thought I was supposed to be the one catching up on sleep!
We head to Maryland this weekend to meet my Mom's side of the family and my aunt and uncle. We'll be getting a family picture done and one that includes four generations! I'm sure we'll have stories aplenty about traveling with an infant!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Kayla's Baptism!
After one reschedule due to weather Kayla was finally baptized today :)
We had to take some vows (very important ones) and then our pastor sprinkled water on her head and officially baptized her. She really didn't like the water but she was so cute!
Cary and I both were a little teary eyed but are praising God for his gift to us and for loving her even more than we do.
Here's the video:
We had lots of family and friends present - thank you to everyone who came, it meant a lot to us, and I'm sorry for those who were not able to come.
After the service we went and had lunch together. After Kayla's big day she was pretty fussy and is now sacked out in her bed.
Here's Kayla up close in her dress (actually it was her cousin Abigail's going home dress when she was a baby)!
The baptism.
Some of the family :)
We had to take some vows (very important ones) and then our pastor sprinkled water on her head and officially baptized her. She really didn't like the water but she was so cute!
Cary and I both were a little teary eyed but are praising God for his gift to us and for loving her even more than we do.
Here's the video:
We had lots of family and friends present - thank you to everyone who came, it meant a lot to us, and I'm sorry for those who were not able to come.
After the service we went and had lunch together. After Kayla's big day she was pretty fussy and is now sacked out in her bed.
Here's Kayla up close in her dress (actually it was her cousin Abigail's going home dress when she was a baby)!
The baptism.
Some of the family :)Saturday, February 9, 2008
An afternoon in the sun
The weather was beautiful today so we sat outside for a little bit. Cary played fetch with the dog and then took some pictures of his girls.
She so looks like her Daddy in this one!
She so looks like her Daddy in this one!And just for a random picture...here's Cary with the Baby Bjorn. He's such a good Dad! Check out those reflectors!!!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Kayla likes books!
At the hospital we signed up for a program available to us that will send Kayla one book a month until she is 5 years old! Today we were reading Corduroy Goes to the Doctor. I think she liked it!
See video below:
We went to Sumo Japanese Steakhouse last night for Kayla's Aunt Carmen's birthday. Our cook was very funny and was entertaining even to Kayla!
Kayla talking to Poppy.
And Kayla had such a good time she was exhausted by the time dinner was over!
See video below:
We went to Sumo Japanese Steakhouse last night for Kayla's Aunt Carmen's birthday. Our cook was very funny and was entertaining even to Kayla!
He said "At least if Hillary or Obama win I have a country I can go back to."
Kayla talking to Poppy.
And Kayla had such a good time she was exhausted by the time dinner was over!Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A brief history
Since I'm getting started late in the game (Kayla's already three months old!) I have to recap...don't worry I'll be brief.
Kayla Elise Darden was born on October 31, 2007. She was one week late and scheduled to be induced on the evening of 10/31 at 10pm. Thankfully she was born at 9:31pm...29 minutes before the induction!
My Mom (Barbara) and husband (Cary) were in the labor and delivery room to help me through everything. I had a great delivery and a healthy, beautiful baby. We had her name picked out long before her birth. Kayla means "pure". We chose her name mostly because we just liked it!
She weighed 8lb,6 oz. and was 19.75" long. She was born with dark hair and blue-grey eyes.
She scored an 8 and then a 9 on her Apgar score. For more on that, click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score
The nurses said Kayla had beautiful skin and great color.
Here's one of Kayla's first pictures:
Kayla had lots of visitors at the hospital. My Dad and Donna, my Mom (below in purple), Cary's Mom (Nana) and Dad (Poppy), Cary's sister (Aunt Carmen-below in black, and husband Uncle Todd), and my brother Adam. We were also able to share the good news with everyone via email and phone.
We stayed at the hospital for two nights and came home on a Friday. The weather was beautiful.
Here is Kayla's first day home. She barely takes up any room in the carseat!
Kayla's first two weeks were great! She ate and slept a lot. She had trouble feeding at first so this is how she got her milk.
She drank out of the tiny tube that we held on our finger. We eventually switched to bottles.
After Kayla's first two weeks in the world she decided that she was not happy about a few things and decided to make herself known.
She was pretty fussy and it took us several weeks to figure out that she just really liked to eat! So we fed her more. She also gets cranky when she's tired. But we developed a signature, foolproof, no cry move. It looks something like this:
You hold her like so and rock her back and forth. It still works, but she's a lot heavier!
Kayla never really liked to be swaddled much past the first week of her life and she doesn't cry when she has dirty diapers.
Getting cleaned up! She loves baths.
Her first smile at 4 weeks old.
Two of her cousins, Abigail and Haley, take their first peek.
2 weeks old looking very alert!
Doing what Dad calls "ladies exercise"...She loves it!
The Darden crew.
Here are a few of my favorites from the New Year:
Kayla Elise Darden was born on October 31, 2007. She was one week late and scheduled to be induced on the evening of 10/31 at 10pm. Thankfully she was born at 9:31pm...29 minutes before the induction!
My Mom (Barbara) and husband (Cary) were in the labor and delivery room to help me through everything. I had a great delivery and a healthy, beautiful baby. We had her name picked out long before her birth. Kayla means "pure". We chose her name mostly because we just liked it!
She weighed 8lb,6 oz. and was 19.75" long. She was born with dark hair and blue-grey eyes.
She scored an 8 and then a 9 on her Apgar score. For more on that, click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score
The nurses said Kayla had beautiful skin and great color.
Here's one of Kayla's first pictures:
Kayla had lots of visitors at the hospital. My Dad and Donna, my Mom (below in purple), Cary's Mom (Nana) and Dad (Poppy), Cary's sister (Aunt Carmen-below in black, and husband Uncle Todd), and my brother Adam. We were also able to share the good news with everyone via email and phone.
We stayed at the hospital for two nights and came home on a Friday. The weather was beautiful.
Here is Kayla's first day home. She barely takes up any room in the carseat!
Kayla's first two weeks were great! She ate and slept a lot. She had trouble feeding at first so this is how she got her milk.
She drank out of the tiny tube that we held on our finger. We eventually switched to bottles.
After Kayla's first two weeks in the world she decided that she was not happy about a few things and decided to make herself known.
She was pretty fussy and it took us several weeks to figure out that she just really liked to eat! So we fed her more. She also gets cranky when she's tired. But we developed a signature, foolproof, no cry move. It looks something like this:
You hold her like so and rock her back and forth. It still works, but she's a lot heavier!Kayla never really liked to be swaddled much past the first week of her life and she doesn't cry when she has dirty diapers.
Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from her first few weeks:
After her first bath.
After her first bath.
Getting cleaned up! She loves baths.
Her first smile at 4 weeks old.
Two of her cousins, Abigail and Haley, take their first peek.
2 weeks old looking very alert!We spent Thanksgiving and Christmas 2007 in Georgia. Kayla got a lot of nice presents. Here are a few photos:
Doing what Dad calls "ladies exercise"...She loves it!
The Darden crew.Here are a few of my favorites from the New Year:
Mimi came for a visit and we got snowed in!
Kayla spends just about every Friday night with Nana and Poppa Shu. Here are a few from their house:
One of my good friends had a baby girl one week after I did. Her name is Mya and they got to meet each other a few weeks ago. Hopefully they'll be good friends!
Well that catches you up for the most part.
Kayla stays with a woman in our neighborhood three days a week while I work. The babysitter has a 2 year old little girl who just loves Kayla.
I'm sleeping well. Kayla's typical nap schedule is a morning catnap, a long afternoon nap, an occasional evening catnap, and then she is ready for bed at about 8pm. She usually sleeps until 2am or 3am, wakes for a bottle, and sleeps until 6:30 or so. Every now and then she'll sleep all night long which is GREAT! She sleeps in bed with me right now, but we're slowly transitioning her to sleep in her own bed. In fact she's sound asleep in it now!
Kayla is three months so she's really enjoying "talking" to us, watching brightly colored objects and movement, and we let her watch her Baby Einstein movie every now and then and she really likes it. She also loves the singing in church and will let just about anyone hold her.
She has rolled from her tummy to her back - but not the other way yet. She's very strong and loves to "stand up" and sit with support. She also loves to move! We like to take walks with her and the dog. She sits front facing in a Baby Bjorn (a wonderful carrier if you're looking for one) and really enjoys being outdoors and looking around.
Check back often and I will do my best to update! I think you can leave comments without signing up - but I'm not sure.
Kayla spends just about every Friday night with Nana and Poppa Shu. Here are a few from their house:
One of my good friends had a baby girl one week after I did. Her name is Mya and they got to meet each other a few weeks ago. Hopefully they'll be good friends!
Well that catches you up for the most part.Kayla stays with a woman in our neighborhood three days a week while I work. The babysitter has a 2 year old little girl who just loves Kayla.
I'm sleeping well. Kayla's typical nap schedule is a morning catnap, a long afternoon nap, an occasional evening catnap, and then she is ready for bed at about 8pm. She usually sleeps until 2am or 3am, wakes for a bottle, and sleeps until 6:30 or so. Every now and then she'll sleep all night long which is GREAT! She sleeps in bed with me right now, but we're slowly transitioning her to sleep in her own bed. In fact she's sound asleep in it now!
Kayla is three months so she's really enjoying "talking" to us, watching brightly colored objects and movement, and we let her watch her Baby Einstein movie every now and then and she really likes it. She also loves the singing in church and will let just about anyone hold her.
She has rolled from her tummy to her back - but not the other way yet. She's very strong and loves to "stand up" and sit with support. She also loves to move! We like to take walks with her and the dog. She sits front facing in a Baby Bjorn (a wonderful carrier if you're looking for one) and really enjoys being outdoors and looking around.
Check back often and I will do my best to update! I think you can leave comments without signing up - but I'm not sure.
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