Central Park

Tim and I decided to venture into NYC for 2 days before we move from the East Coast.  Lauren coached me through the whole trip and let us in on many of the local things, so thanks for that Lauren.  

We parked in Brooklyn and hopped on the Subway and took it all the way up to Central Park.  Not being used to public transportation, it made the subway slightly intimidating, but we survived!

 Bethesda Fountain

Bethesda Terrace

Bow Bridge

Running in the half marathon...

Tired from walking already.  Its going to be a long day Carter, keep it up!

Huntin

Easter time in Hershey is so much fun!  This is the first year that Kinley was old enough to participate in the egg hunts, and she loved it!  Carter was so excited his sister got to have a little fun with him.  They kids made out with some stellar candy, and the weather was beautiful!  Its times likes this that make us so sad to leave Hershey in less then 2 weeks.

Kenai is so easy to love!!!!

Silly string fight with his best buddy!

Keeping me on my Toes

This little girl is always keeping us on our toes and making us smile.  She is such an amazing addition to our family, and we could not be more blessed by her.  The past few weeks she has started to put 2-3 words together and has really kicked up her words.  My favorite thing she has been saying lately is "Sorry Sissy".  That is of course what she hears a lot from her brother when he picks on her!  Love you Kinley Grace!

First Tooth

Carter lost his first tooth today!  He has been working on wiggling it for a few weeks now, so he was so happy to finally have it out!  He pulled it out all by himself and is now trying to fall asleep so the tooth fairy can show up!  Growing up fast little man!!

Feeling spunky!

Kinley has recovered very well from surgery last week.  Within about 4 days, she was up running around after Carter.  Her stridor is gone, so hopefully it stays gone!  She no longer sounds like darth vader, so we have to think of a new nick name for her.  She has to be on reflux medication for 6 months, but that is all!  Good job Kinely!

This girl is supposed to be sleeping!  Guess I need to move the laundry basket...

Found the mascara!

Helping mama pack...

Last night, I went into the kids room to kiss them goodnight.  Kinely has been taking off her pjs at night, so I was not surprised to see her naked in bed.  However, I was supirsed to realize she had pooped in her diaper, dug down into it, and was able to smear poop all over herself and her sheets!  Ugh, gross!!  So, she got a bath at midnight and some fresh bedding.  Always keeping me on my toes Kinley, always!!  Love you my little tornado!

My Trooper

Yesterday, March 12, Kinley went to surgery to have a supraglottoplasty done to hopefully help her stridor.  She was so brave and made me beyond proud to be her Mommy!  While we were waiting to go back to surgery, she kept telling us she was hungry, which breaks my heart!  Of course she was hungry, she hadn't eaten any thing all morning.  Tim was able to carry her back to the OR and put the mask on her to put her asleep.  This was such a huge blessing, since she didn't get scared being surrounded by strangers.  ( And it gave me a few minutes to cry by myself in the hall...).  We only had to wait a little over an hour before we got to go back to see her.  When we walked in her room, she was still sleeping, so we soaked up a few quiet minutes with her before she woke.  And when she woke up, she wasn't too happy about it all.  She only wanted me to hold her, and she would not let me put her down.  It was a long hour!  But, I was just happy to have her back in my arms!!  

The rest of the day was spent trying to get her to rest and sleep.  She only slept for an hour in my arms, so by the time night came around she was exhausted.  Tim brought Carter up to the hospital to see his sister and to eat dinner with us.  She got so excited to see him, it was darling!  After that, Tim and Carter went home to sleep, while I stayed with Kinley.  I was so proud of my sweet baby for going to sleep in her bed, all by herself.  And, she slept peacefully until 1 am when the nurse came in to tell me they were going to have to start a new IV to give her some medicine. I was so angry, but there was no fighting it.  The nurse was amazing, got it on th first try, and Kinley was my brave little girl yet again!  After that she slept peacefully until we were discharged in the morning.

Kinley has slept a lot more today resting from it all.  She is seriously so strong and will heal fast from this!  Hopefully this is our last trip to the OR with our baby girl!

Thank you to everyone for the care packages and to those who are bring us meals in the coming days!  And, thanks to Lauren for watching Carter all day so we could focus on Kinley!!

Muscles

"I can feel my muscles coming in Mom!"

Trying on Carter's favorite shirt while he is at school!

Getting excited to move to Montana is less then 2 months!!

Yeah, that's my girl!!!