Happy Haloween!!!

I just had to share these pictures taken of Kailey today. She is really taken with her hands. She thinks all good things come from those long fingered mitts of hers. She finds in necessary to 'assist' me when I am feeding her and trying to change her. She thinks that milk and her vitamin D drops come from them I am sure. What is so unreal and amazing to me is the fact that in her ultrasounds she was doing these exact same things with her hands. I am totally amazed that she is here. I was looking back through my calendar and I have every week marked as a countdown to my due date and she is here...she really is here. What is very cool is the fact that when she was inside me she would wake me up between 10pm-3am with her kicking and moving about and sure enough, she is on the same schedule now. I would like to change that up a bit though, but she is good as gold during the day so I really cannot complain.

Jack and I bathed her tonight (sponge bath with a shampoo). She was awesome, although she was in a 'milk coma'. She only got fussy when I was washing her belly but other that that she was staring at herself and us in the mirror. I was a one man pit crew after the bath...diaper...vaseline...pink onsie...pink sleeper...swaddle in a blankie...hand off to Jack for rocking....BOOM!!! VOMIT all over. At least I am getting practice doing speed changes. ;-)

All for now as she is about to come alive and I have to entertain her...somehow.

Shari

Welcome to Kailey's Brag space!

I decided that I need to start posting updates as everyone is so far away and things change at a rapid rate I am already finding. This space will hopefully bridge the distance a little bit until we can meet and share real hugs and moments. :-( I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful support core of friends and family in my life and I need each and every one of you. I do believe it takes a village to raise a child and I only hope that she will become a part of your lives and will depend and find comfort in your voice and hugs. I love our little girl with every ounce of my being and it grows stronger each day. I find myself with a new sense of calm and peace that I have never known. Even when she is bellowing most of the night I enjoy her and laugh at all faces she makes. I look forward to the night time feeding even though I am half asleep and fumbling around like a fool and she gets impatient with me.....she just had to take after me in that area...poor Jack is all I have to say.

Thank you again for all your support during the entire process thus far. I thank my Mom from the bottom of my heart for being there and holding it together for me when I was losing it. I only hope I can do this for Kailey one day.

Shari & Baby Kailey