Our Two Little Ones

Caleb seems like he has gained about 20 lbs in the past two weeks. Parts of him seem oddly gigantic to me all of a sudden. Abby on the other hand seems teeny tiny! It is crazy to think that she almost weighed 2 lbs. more than Caleb did at birth! This picture is the first one I have gotten of Caleb holding his sister. Actually it may be the first time, he really "held" her. Right after I took the picture, he decided to move and nearly pushed Abby off of the couch. I was right there, so she was fine. Caleb gives Abby kisses and hugs, but he is still a little unsure about her. You can tell in this picture that Abby and Caleb seem to have different coloring. Her hair and skin are darker than his. I look forward to seeing if they stay this way. Her facial expressions are looking more and more like his as a baby, so I guess that is good assurance that she is our baby! I still can't believe her hair isn't lighter!

Miss Photogenic at 2 weeks

Okay, I haven't tried too hard, but I can't seem to get a good picture of Abigail. She has been sleeping, sleeping, sleeping- its daytime- not a good sign for tonight. No matter how many times, I move her head up so it isn't crooked, she ends up back like this. I guess I should just move her to her bed. I am just hoping that if she is out in the living room, she might wake up! Doesn't look too comfortable, does it?

We went for Abigail's two week doctor's appointment today. She weighed 7 lbs 14 ounces, which is a 9 ounce gain from her birth weight. I consider this an accomplish for me as the provider of her nutrition every 2-3 hours! Lengthwise, she was 19 1/2 inches. We are thinking that they must have made a mistake in saying she was 20 inches at birth. I don't think that she is shrinking! These put her at 50 percent for weight and 10 percent for height, which is different for our family. Caleb always measures tall compared to others his age.

All in all Abby is doing well. She has been sleeping for up to four hours at night. Actually I have been waking her up to eat. She has had some trouble getting back to sleep after eating. Last night Jon rocked and shhhed and held her for 2 1/2 hours with no luck in getting her to sleep. I ended up feeding her again, and she went down. So yeah, we are in the midst of the lack of sleep that comes with a newborn. Caleb's new favorite phrase is "Abby sleeping". He says this when she is awake and when she is asleep. I think he likes it when she is asleep, and he gets me all to himself. Abigail is a sweet thing...I will try to get a better picture soon!

Caleb 23 months old

This boy is only one month away from being two! In the past week, he has shown a great interest in having his picture taken because he has seen us taking pictures of Abigail. He smiles really big and squints (see the bottom picture below). Caleb is beginning to adjust to being a big brother. The first couple of days that we were home from the hospital were a bit tough- lots and lots and lots of screaming for no apparent reason. He spent what seemed like one whole day just screeching at any and every little thing instead of using words to tell us how he was feeling. However, now he seems to be feeling better about things. He and Jon have been going on adventures in the open land nearby our house, which he loves to do. He collects golf balls along the way and remembers collecting them. Last time Jon threw them back without Caleb noticing, but about an hour later he was asking for them. He made his point very apparent, and him and Jon went back out to find them. All of a sudden Caleb has been calling me "Mama" a whole lot, which he never really did before. I hear him in his bed every morning saying "Mama, mama". A couple of nights ago, Jon was about to put him into bed, and Caleb said "bed, Mama" because he wanted me to be the one to put him down. I love that he is starting to be able to express himself in this way. Our first days home, Caleb didn't want to touch Abigail, but now he likes to give her kisses. He says "Abby" and loves to peak in at her while she is asleep in the pack-n-play. He turns on the music and makes a bunch of noise- poor girl will definitely learn to sleep through some noise. For now, she pretty much sleeps through everything. We have been at home a lot lately, and Caleb has been almost constantly saying the names of his friends. He was very happy to go to Mother's Day Out today. He is definitely like his daddy; he loves to be social!

Here Caleb, Jon, and Abby pose for a picture. Of course Caleb has his eyes closed.

Another picture of Caleb with shut eyes.
This picture reminds me of a picture taking nearly two years ago...Finally, I can't end without a close up of this little sweetheart!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Abigail Day 4

My mom and I took Caleb and Abby out for a walk this afternoon. We got Abby all bundled up despite the fact that it was 70 something degrees out. So yeah, we overdid it a bit, but isn't she adorable.

Last night Abby and Selah got to meet for the first time. Selah is Caleb's friend Gianna's little sister. She is 8 days older than Abby. Abby is on the left and Selah on the right.

While we were having our baby photo session, Caleb and Gianna were busy playing together. They love to get together and entertain each other for long periods of time. Caleb and Gianna are 11 days apart in age, and we are so excited that their sisters are close too.

Abigail spends almost all of her time asleep like a normal newborn baby. Today she actually was awake for several minutes, so of course Grammy and I had to take some pictures.

Home Sweet Home

My nearly two year old, my two day old, and Grammy (my mom) are all asleep. Jon headed into work for a little catching up. We are very happy to be home with our little girl! She is wearing her newborn sized sweet pink strawberry outfit, although we just barely avoided a blowout in it right before we left the hospital. Jon had already taken out all of the diapers and wipes to the care in anticipation of our departure, but we kept waiting for the nurses to locate a wheelchair. Suddenly Abby was quite upset and had a very very dirty diaper. She was screaming like crazy and managed to soil her little pink booties (see two or so posts down) that she had on for the trip home. Eventually after Abby had alerted everyone on the floor to her distress, we located a diaper and got her changed. I am sure that this will just be the first of many outfits she will get dirty in some way right before we are set to leave. So she went home sockless, but looking cute just the same. Here are a few more pictures for everyone to see this sweetie!

Abby's Homecoming

They released both Kelly and Abby from the hospital this morning with a clean bill of health. We're glad to out of that room although it was nice to be well taken care of being home is great.

Abigail Lynn Capron

7lbs 5 oz
20 in.
9:33 am
2/10/09

Making our Preparations

Check out what Caleb thinks the crib should be used for. He will have to learn that he can't through balls into it very soon!

Today I officially put some sweet baby clothes in my hospital bag. I have had a bag packed for about two weeks, but I didn't want to put any baby clothes in it until I knew that they would like be needed. With Caleb we couldn't dress him until about a week after he was born. So now I am at 36 weeks, and I think it is possible that our little girl will be able to avoid the NICU if she is born really soon. I would like her to wait another week and a half for when Jon's mom comes to stay with us. Jon and I are feeling anxious about Caleb going to stay at a friend's house if the baby comes before Grandma does. My friends would do a great job taking care of him, but it would be nice to know he was at home. I am also getting anxious about having a super fast delivery... things are continuing to progress according to my doctor. I didn't feel much pain with Caleb's birth until about the last 3 hours of labor, which was a blessing then, but it makes me nervous now. Jon doesn't think I should pray for pain, but I am scared I won't know I am in labor until things are really far along! I guess every pregnant woman goes through these "when will the baby come?" emotions, but they are a first for me. None the less, we are very thankful to be 36 1/2 weeks along. Please pray for us to have wisdom about when we need to head to the hospital; I want to get there in time for an epidural and also I will need to have antibiotics through an IV for Group Strep B. Sorry if this is too much information- it's just all that is on my mind lately! Don't you love the sweet pink outfit? It is a newborn size, but it seems kind of big to me. I hope it will fit!

Baby Shower for Little Girl

Today I enjoyed a wonderful baby shower for our little girl. When I had my main baby shower for Caleb I was no longer pregnant, so Iwas excited me to still have a baby in my belly at this shower. Last time, I had only been out of the hospital for 5 days, and I didn't fit in any of my clothes! It was still fun, but I much prefer the pre-baby baby shower! However, I do have to say that I am growing out of most of my maternity clothes! I find myself in a certain pair of green Baylor track sweatpants quite often!
Here I am opening gifts at the shower.

I am posting this picture with the risk of Jon being unhappy with me. We have not officially decided on Abigail as the name for our little girl, but her name is up on the wall in her room in two places. This is an adorable bow holder that the hostesses at my shower gave us. It matches the room great and has a variety of colorful bows for "Abby". Jon is not trying to keep the name a secret. He just wants to see her before it is official... so this isn't official or anything :). Hopefully she will have hair at some point in time, so we can use these cute bows. Love, love this gift... thanks girls. We got lots of other fun girl things too! We are blessesd with a great group of friends here in Waco!

Here I am with three of the hostesses from the shower. From left to right: Jennifer, me, Brooke, and Emily (Sarah also hosted the shower, but was busy with her own little girl when we took the picture.)

This is me and Emily, Gianna's mom. Her due date is TODAY! I am glad Baby Selah decided to let her mom come to the shower, but I think Emily would love to be at the hospital having a baby instead! I know I would feel that way if I was her!

One and a half weeks and this baby is considered full term (at 37 weeks). I am excited and trying to avoid too much nesting. I have been taking it easy trying to keep this child in me a little while longer. In a few weeks, I will nest as much as I like hoping it gets things going! Thanks friends for a fun shower!

Kelly's Belly Week 35 and What I learned from my Dog

Yeah! I will be 35 weeks along tomorrow! I am aiming for at least 2 more weeks. I go to the doctor again tomorrow, and I am anxious to hear the report on if anything has changed from last week. We are very thankful that this little girl is staying put for now! Now enjoy a video of the new things Caleb has been learning. He needs a new mentor.



Heidi teaches Caleb all she knows. We found them both doing this at the door tonight.

Baby Girl

Well assuming that I don't have a baby within the next hour, our little girl has made it longer in her safe warm free home (me) than Caleb did. This is a celebrated blessing as we know each day will make her lungs stronger and more healthy for life outside of me! Caleb is completely healthy now, but he did have a rough start. At my doctor's visit last week, I found out that I am already progressing along in the whole having a baby process (to be a bit vague for the readers out there who don't want all of the details!). So considering that information and Caleb's "false start", I am thankful that I am at home having a normal day and not at the hospital have a preemie. Please join us in praying that our little girl will stay put for a little while longer! She will be considered full term in about 2 1/2 weeks, when I am 37 weeks along. I am getting very excited to meet her, and we know that the next month will go by very quickly!

Caleb 22 months old

Only two months to go, and my "baby" will be 2 years old. I have been trying to call him a little boy now and not a baby, since in about a month, we will have a true baby. Caleb has had a great month. We had lots of family come to visit this month, which he enjoyed a great deal. While my mom was here, Caleb went to the bathroom in his new potty several times. We were so proud and made quite a big deal out of it. However lately when I ask him if he needs to go, he shakes his head yes, I take off all of his clothes (often times his footy pjs), he sits down for about 5 seconds, makes a "psss" sound with his mouth, stands up, closes the lid, and then stands on the toilet completely naked. Then I have to chase him down to get his clothes back on! I don't imagine he will be potty trained anytime soon! Caleb has started speaking in sentences this past month. He will say, "I pooped." and one of his favorite things to say is "I jumped." He thinks that he is jumping anytime he steps down from a higher surface to the floor one foot at a time. He is quite proud of himself for his "jumping". Of course Caleb continues to love playing basketball and football, and he always pulls my hand and asks me to "watch". Caleb has started saying "pease" (please) and "thank you". He is a little hard to resist when he says "coo coo pease" (cookie please), so he often gets to snack on animal cookies. As far as I can tell Caleb likes to have everything neat and tidy. We have seen him taking out coasters to put his sippy cups on. I took the picture below of the way Caleb set up all of his little plastic animals. They were all facing the same way and put into groups based on color and type. It will be interesting to see if this trait continues and in what way as he gets older!Caleb looks more and more like a little boy and not a baby each day. We are enjoying our little toddler and are excited about him becoming a big brother soon!

Floor Seats

Daddy and G-Pa enjoy the view of the game from their floor seats. Caleb loves to have his own cheering section!

Going Private

This blog will be going private sometime in the next week. I can think of several of you out there who read our blog, but whose email addresses I don't have. Please send me your email address, and I will invite you to read the blog. klcapron at g mail dot com

Kelly's Belly Week 33

I am feeling particularly POINTY today!

Comparison of Bellys

Kelly's Belly 32 weeks in 2009 with Baby Girl vs. Kelly's Belly 32 weeks in 2007 with Baby Caleb.... Is it the angle of the shot or do I look much bigger this time?

Kelly's Belly Week 32

Here I am at 32 weeks. All has been going well- no more hospital scares. I am starting to have a small amount of swelling in my ankles, but it is nothing like how swollen I was at this point with Caleb. Also it seems to go away when I put my feet up, which definitely didn't happen last time. I have been feeling fairly well, but I am looking forward to having a baby to hold in my arms rather than in my belly. The kicks are definitely getting stronger! Not that we are ready for a baby yet; we are still praying for a normal full term baby!

Here I am with my boy!

Here is a picture of some of my church friends at my friend Emily's baby shower. She is about a month ahead of me, so she is getting very close to being ready to have her baby. We enjoyed her shower yesterday where we had ice cream sundaes with lots of yummy toppings, cookies, and brownies- a dream come true for this pregnant girl!

Kelly's Belly Week 31

Woo, it looks BIG today!