My Birthday

My 25th Birthday was yesterday (Sunday, Sept. 27th) we did a cook out with some family and friends. It was a long stressful day, there is way too much to do when you throw a party especially when you have a baby to take care of at the same time. But after everything was done I had a great time, and I hope everyone else did too.

I just wanted to Thank Everyone for coming and making my birthday a great one! And Thank you to all of the Birthday Wishes!

All of you mean the world to us!

Growth Update

When I posted about having to take Kaylee to Urgent Care last Sunday I forgot to post her new weight :)

At 2 Months she was 7lbs 13 oz

And now at 3 Months she is 9lbs 9oz.

(She was sleeping in her swing)

Lonely

I am having a not so good day today, I miss my husband so much!!! Since he got laid off in Feb. 2008 things just have never been the same. It is so hard to find a good job! Right now he is working at Lowe's at nights during the week and days during the weekends, plus he owns his own Lawn Service so he also runs around doing that. We are on compeletly opposite schedules, so we never see each other anymore. Which also means he doesn't get very much time with Kaylee.

It really makes me sad, I know some people are thinking that I am lucky because they like to have time away from their significant other, but we aren't like that. We both want to spend as much time together as possible. We have always been like that, so it makes it really hard for us to be apart. I miss him so much!!! I can not wait for everything to get back to the way they used to be, well kind of like they used to be but with Kaylee too.

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3 Months

Kaylee is now 3 months old, she is growing up so fast!!! The time is just flying by, we love every minute we have with her, we are so blessed to be her parents. She is such a good girl, we love her so much and we couldn't ask for anything more.

On another note, I had a long weekend :( Saturday morning when I was trimming Kaylee's fingernails I had one more nail to trim and she jumped when I cut and I ending up cutting her little finger. I felt so bad, she cried for about a minute but then got over it. but it took me a long time to get it to stop bleeding I almost had to take her to the ER. after about 20 minutes it finally stopped. The problem was she likes the ball her fist up so it was like she was forcing more blood to come out. I called the doc and they said just to watch it but she would be fine.

Well this morning I noticed her whole finger looked swollen so I called the doc again. I had to take her to Urgent Care. After 2 hours in there they prescribed some antibiotics just in case but it wasn't infected.

(This is 5 minutes after I cut her finger, I was still trying to get it to stop bleeding)

Kaylee's 3 Month Photos

I just can not believe she will be 3 months on Sunday!!!! Time flies! She is growing up so fast, next time I blink she will be running around the house into everything.

She's Rolling Over!!

Well as of yesterday (9/6/09) Kaylee has started to roll over from her stomach to her back. We unfortunately have not seen it yet. But she sleeps on her stomach and twice now when we went to get her out of bed she had rolled to her back!!

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Kaylee's 2 Month Check-up

Just an update on Kaylee’s growth.

At her 2 week check up on June 29th her measurements were:

Height 19 ¼ inches 10% percentile of growth
Weight 5 lbs 1.6 ozs 0% percentile of growth
Head 12 ½ inches

She was wearing preemie clothes and they still swamped her.

At her 2 month check up on August 11th her measurements were:

Height 21 ½ inches 21% percentile of growth
Weight 7 lbs 13 oz 2% percentile of growth
Head 15 inches

She was wearing preemie clothes but they were starting to get snug on her.

And Now at Almost 3 months old (10 weeks) she is finally wearing newborn clothes… lol. She is just so tiny.

She is growing more of a personality every day, she now watches things move around the room. She recognizes voices and turns to them. She loves smiling at everyone, she is trying so hard to hold her head up she is almost there she is still wobbly, but it won’t be too much longer. She has been sleeping through the night for about 3 weeks now. She is such a good girl :)

Her 4 Month Check-up is just around the corner (October 13th) and I just can’t believe it!!!

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Kaylee Lynn's Birth Story

Back in December 2003, when I was working at the Gloucester Post Office I suddenly had some excruciating pain in my abdomen. I couldn't even stand up, it even hurt to sit down. So when I was finally able to get it looked at the Dr said Oh it was probably just an ovarian cyst it will rupture and go away on its own. Well in May 2005 I had another episode that last several days, the doctors said the same thing. Finally In October 2006 I had an exploratory surgery, I had always had irregular cycles and right before I had the surgery I had gone a year without one. After the surgery I was diagnosed with PCOS and a small case of Endometriosis. Both of which make it really hard to conceive, So we figured since it will be so hard to conceive why not start trying now. We weren't actively pursing a pregnancy but we weren't preventing it either. Finally in October 2007 i started to see a Endocrinologist in Richmond and finally after a year of many appointments and different medicines, we were finally pregnant. :)

When I was 16 weeks and 3 days along Dana was so nice and she did an ultrasound to see if we could tell whether we were having a girl or boy.... and as you all now we found out it was a GIRL :)

So at the end of March(around 28 weeks) we were told that Kaylee was kind of small so they wanted to keep a close eye on her to make sure she was properly growing, and they also sent me to a specialist.

At the beginning of April the specialist determined that she had Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) (I hate the way they word it). This just pretty much means she wasn't growing properly in the womb, she was only in the 6th percentile of growth for her age. They scheduled me to come back in 3 weeks to check her growth, when I went at the beginning of May they decided that she was growing pretty well but they ended up putting me on Bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy to ensure she had the most opportunity to grow as possible. Plus she also had the cord wrapped around her neck.

At my 38 week check up (Friday June 12th) I was 3 cm dilated, so because I was starting to dilate, the IUGR, and the cord around her neck they decided that I should go ahead in the next morning to be induced so they could closely monitor Kaylee throughout the labor.

So Saturday, June 13th at 7am I went into Sentara Williamsburg Hospital to be induced, Dr. Roberson checked me around 8am and I was 4 cm. They finally started the IV and gave me the Piton around 8:30. The labor officially started about 12:15pm, They had to keep a close eye on Kaylee because she was not taking labor as good as we hoped. I had to keep changing positions to keep Kaylee comfortable, her heart rate kept dropping, she liked the draping positions the best, I got on me knees and draped over the back of the bed then I stood up and leaned over a table and she did pretty good with that. Around 5:15pm I was 7 cm and the pain finally got unbearable so I got the epidural at about 5:30pm. They checked me again right after I got the epidural and I was 8 cm, within 20 minutes I was fully dilated and ready to push. After I pushed twice the nurse called the Dr. in because I was doing so good, I ended up pushing for about 35 minutes and then at 6:23pm Kaylee was born.

She was only 5 lbs 3.8 ozs. but 19 inches long (she is going to be tall, like her daddy).

She had Jaundice so they had to keep her on a Billy blanket at all times to help get rid of it. I was discharged on Monday the 15th, but she had to stay because of her Jaundice, I ended up staying in my room for free so I could stay with her since I was breastfeeding. Finally on Wednesday the 17th her Jaundice level was safe enough to discharge her so we finally got to bring our precious little girl home. I am surprised they let us bring her home though since she was under 5lbs... when discharged she was 4lbs 11 ozs.

It was the best diet I have ever been on... lol. I did not gain any weight and I am now 20 lbs less now then before I got pregnant.

On Thursday afternoon she decided she didn't want to fed hardly at all, then by that night her temp was low and she was sleeping more than usual and was not responding to any kind of interaction. So Justin called the Dr.'s office and 45 minutes later they told us to take her to the ER. My parents, my sister Sami and Justin's parents all came with us. My dad and sister fell asleep in the waiting room. They ended up putting an IV in her to give her fluids, they took some blood for testing and wrapped her up in warm blankets to keep her warm. After everything they did they said she was fine just take her home and keep an eye on her. We left the hospital at about 3am on Friday, so of course we didn't get home until 4am... UGH what a night.

This past Monday (June 29th) we took her for her 2 week check up and she is now 5 lbs 1.6 ozs and 19 1/4 inches long, now in the 10th percentile for growth, the Dr. said she is doing great :)

We have some many clothes for her, but since she is so small we have had to go out and buy all preemie clothes for her and some of them are even too baggy. The sleepers with the feet she can not wear because she is too long for them.

We are so blessed to finally have a beautiful baby girl in our lives.

New to Blogging

Hi everyone, I have deceided to join the blogging world. Life has gotten to be so busy that it is really hard to keep in touch with friends and family, especailly with a newborn. Plus since Justin has been working nights and pretty much most of the day on weekends, I NEVER get to see him anymore so any free time seems to always be used to spend time with Justin and Kaylee together. I figured this would be a good way to at least keep everyone posted on what we are up too and how fast Kaylee is growing :)

Let me Introduce Myself

Hi my name is Krystal and I am 24 years old. I graduated from Gloucester High in 2002 and I married Justin, the love of my life, on April 30, 2005, and we are happily married. We had our beautiful little girl Kaylee Lynn on June 13, 2009 after almost 2 years of trying to get preggo, and we couldn't be happier!!

We live in Gloucester, where we both grew up. I am the 3rd child out of 4, I have 3 sisters. Tina is 30 and Sami is 20…. My sister Jenny was killed in a car accident in 1994 she was 13 years old and I miss her dearly!!! I have 1 nephew, Alex is 8 years old and he is so smart. I just can’t believe how smart kids are now days…. I don’t ever remember being that smart at that age.

Want to know more? Just ask….