Ultrasounds

Here are some ultrasounds of both Kashton and Kaisley. The quality of Kaisley's are already starting to age so since I didn't have a blog yet when I was pregnant with her, I decided to put them here now so that I can keep those memories when I print the blog book. I had ultrasounds later in my pregnancy with Kash to measure growth and fluid so he is much bigger than Kaisley is in hers.  He was also very fun to watch because he would change his facial expressions and put his hands in his mouth. His feet were even up by his head and he would try to put them in his mouth too. One of the pictures you can see that he made a sad face. It was actually quite adorable watching it on the screen. 

 

Kash

Kash

Kash

Kash

Kais

Kais

Kais

Month 9

Month 9

This post is a long one! This month I still have morning sickness. I feel a little swollen but I also don't feel near as big as I was with Kaisley. I have stopped working at Applebee's (YAY) and am finishing up my last semester of school. This month was also a little scary. Kash had an ultrasound to measure growth and his legs and belly were a few weeks behind his head. Off the charts too small for his age. Dr. Packham was the Dr. who saw this ultrasound and immediately had me do a stress test to measure fetal movement. The test sounds worse than it actually is. They strap a monitor to your belly to measure the heart beats, give you a glass of water and a button to push every time you feel him move. Dr. Packham was a little surprised at how much he was moving (not me, he moves A LOT) and said that everything looked good, for now, but I would have to come in every three days for an ultrasound and stress test to make sure that nothing changes. The thing that he was concerned about was not that Kash was small, but that his growth was not proportionate, which is usually an indicator of an underlying problem and puts him at a greater risk factor for other things. The word he used was being stillborn. Dr. Packham was actually a little odd and Kiley didn't really care for him. He was also the one who told us about the Kash possibly having Downs Syndrome. He is a good Dr., it's just that his way of giving you potentially bad information is a little dramatic. This appointment was two days before I was 37 weeks, which is when I had Kaisley. Needless to say I scheduled my next appointment with Dr. Astin, who delivered Kaisley and is my favorite.  

                When I saw Astin he reassured me that this wasn't a huge deal but that we would need to continue the stress tests and it would be best if we scheduled an induction after 38 weeks just to reduce the risk of something happening late in the pregnancy. We scheduled a date for Wednesday, May 1st so that he could induce me himself and deliver Kash. Astin did say though that it would be much better for me to go into labor on my own than to come in and be induced.

 

Kaisley's First Dentist Appointment

                I took Kaisley into her first Dentist Appointment on Monday. The great thing is that my cousin Trevor Smith is actually a pediatric dentist here in Twin Falls! Kaisley thought the office was really cool. They had fun toys and cartoons and even a train that would go through the office. I wish I could have gotten more pictures of her but waiting was the only time I had my hands free. She did really well and Trevor said that we should probably wait about six months before we try to help her stop sucking her thumb, especially because the baby is coming. She will have to want to stop sucking it on her own. We will be doing our best to stop Kash from sucking on his fingers!!

watching the train go by

Drawing on the notebook I brought to keep her still

Baby Shower

Hannah offered to throw me a baby shower and I was so grateful. She put A LOT of work into it and it turned out really great! I was glad to have friends and family come out. It was hard for a lot of people to make it because we decided to do it at 4 o'clock on a Friday kind of last minute, but it was so fun and they all spoiled baby Kash. (The name wasn't yet decided on at the time, Kiley was set on Kashton and I was still fond of Kannon.) 

 

Snow?

Back in March we had a week of really nice weather. One day it was even in the 70s. Two days later... SNOW! Kaisley of course, LOVED it and wanted to play outside.

I go to check on her and she had decided it was much easier to lay on the ground and eat the snow than bend over to get it. Silly girl. It didn't help that every time she had snow in her hand Kohl would eat it before she could!

Easter

The Easter Bunny found us while we were camping! Kaisley went out first thing and immediately found her first egg. We gave her a basket and told her to find another one and she put it in her basket and went searching! Once she found out there was candy in them she would stop to eat them before looking for the next. She also got another basket with a purse, bracelet, candy, and stickers along with a new coloring book. She is obsessed with coloring!