Baby check up and THE Name

On Thursday I went in for a check up and another ultrasound. The ultrasound was to check baby's growth from the last 4 weeks to make sure it was consistent. If baby's growth was less than what it should have been over a 4 week period, that would mean baby possibly wasn't growing properly, which would be cause for continued monitoring. Luckily, growth was consistent other the 4 week period. My due date is still August 29th. I also had her double check the gender. You never know, something could have sprouted over that 4 weeks. ;) Baby is still a girl. Good thing too, painting of her room is well underway and I've already purchased matching twin bedding for Shiloh and baby (for when baby is older of course).

Baby's heart rate was 145/minute. I've gained 8 lbs so far (I'm sure you care, right?).

Now for the name....

We have been set on a middle name for a while now. A while back, probably before Cooper was born, my Dad requested that if either one of my sisters or me ever have a girl to use the name Elaine somewhere. Elaine is the middle name of his sister Sandra, who, along with two of her small children, passed away in a horrible car accident long before I was born. So we decided that this baby would have the middle name Elaine.

We have gone back and fourth on the first name. We had several names. Some I liked. Some Jeff liked. Some we both kinda liked. But none that we both LOVED. That is until my friend Jen suggested a name she heard recently, Kenley. Both Jeff and I liked it, but decided that if we did use it we would spell it Kinley. We "tried" that one on for size for a few days, just like we had done with the others. Finally, we decided that Kinley would be her name.

I'm just glad the naming process is done. This one has been the hardest. We normally agree on names pretty quickly and have a first and middle name for a boy and a girl picked out BEFORE we go in for the 18 week ultrasound. This time we didn't. Jeff didn't like that. at. all. 

Here's to the rest of the preparations and welcoming Kinley Elaine into our family!

When I die!

This past Monday I got some more painting done in the girls' new room. As I was pouring more paint into the tray, Cooper came in to check on me. The paint can was running out. This is the conversation that followed:

Cooper: "Uh oh, Mom, the paint is all gone."
Me: "That's ok bud, I have another gallon of this same color right over there" (while pointing at the new can)
Cooper: "You are SO smart Mom."
Me: "Thanks, now you remember you just said that the rest of your life, OK?"
Cooper: "Oh I will! I'll remember that even when I die!"

Spring Is Here!

It would appear that Spring is Finally HERE! The weather this week has been wonderful. Mid 60's, sunny, with a light breeze. My kind of weather. If it stayed this temp all summer, I'd be one happy girl. Shiloh has discovered the wonderful outdoors and LOVES it. I can't keep her in long enough to eat. The other day I stuck her on one of the swings, figuring she would hate it since it's an open swing. To my surprise, she liked it and laughed the whole time. Then Cooper came up behind her to give her a little push and ended up pushing her off the swing. Poor thing.

This was just way to cute not to get a picture of. Mason was laying on the floor daydreaming about the next Lego set he wants, and thinks he should get. Shiloh came up and layed down next to him.

 

Listen to the last thing Mason says. I think I may just hold him to that one.

Easter 2010

Our Easter festivities began on Saturday morning with Pancakes with the Easter bunny at our local grange.

Waiting for our pancakes

Shiloh was not very happy to see the bunny. Mason was excited because he wanted to say "thank you" to him/her for all the presents he has received for Easter over the years.

Can you see Shiloh all snuggled up to me? Yup, this is what she did the rest of our time at the grange.

Saturday afternoon we colored Eater eggs with the Snell family.

Saturday night the boys left the Eater bunny this note. Mason insisted on it being hung on the edge of the table so the bunny could see it. They also left a carrot and water for the bunny to munch on.

Sunday morning they found this. They got at Beyblade arena and two beyblades to battle with. Apparently this is the new craze!

Shiloh got a whole Easter outfit. A dress, sweater, tights, and shoes.

The Easter bunny also hid eggs for them to find.

 After finding her first one, she decided that was good enough for her. Time to eat the candy.

It took a little coaxing, but she finally got back into in and found a few more.

Cooper's loot.

Later in the morning, Grandpa and Grandma Borders came over to give the kids Easter baskets.

Snow in April

  On April 4th, (during Spring break) we got between 1 1/2-2 inches of snow. I thought about putting all the snow gear away the day before, good thing that thought didn't translate into action! The boys loved getting out in the snow one last time (hopefully) before Spring came.

This video shows just how fast the snow was falling. In the background is Shiloh chattering. I'm so glad Jeff got that on video, I've been trying for weeks, but every time I turn the camera on, she stops. Naturally.

Random happenings

 Back in February, both boys caught a cold. One night while I was gone, Mason fell asleep on the floor at like 6:00pm. This is really abnormal for our kids, they never fall asleep in random places. Hence the picture to document such a monotonous occasion.

 Cooper took this picture of Shiloh. So typical. Fingers in her mouth, with a smile behind.

 Cooper has successfully taught Shiloh how to be a genuine lazy bum.

 In all our spare time during Spring break, when I should have been getting other things accomplished, we were busy building Lego inventions, or eventions, as Mason and Cooper pronounce it.

 These two were just too cute not to post of my baby, errr, I mean toddler. She's just the cutest little thing ever. Her big blue eyes are my most favorite, followed closely by the flipped out hair on each side of her head. Happens after bath. And it just wouldn't be a true picture of Shiloh if her fingers were not in her mouth.

Verdict is in.

Thursday afternoon we went in for our ultrasound. Mason and Cooper went with us. Shiloh stayed with her aunt Julia. I'm sure Shiloh was only spoiled just a little bit and loved every minute of it. We told the tech that we didn't want the boys to know what the sex of the baby was, so to just type either XX or XY on the screen when that time came. The baby had its face smashed up against my uterus the whole time, so we were not able to get a great profile picture.

 

If you can't tell by the picture, or don't know what the XX means, it's a GIRL!

The ultrasound also indicated that she is measuring 15 days smaller than she should, so my due date has been changed from August 14th to August 29th. Not exactly what I wanted to hear. You get to be pregnant two weeks longer than you thought. Gee thanks. I go back in for another ultrasound in four weeks to measure growth again. This is to make sure she grows at the rate she should over a four week period. Hopefully she cooperates more next time and doesn't smash her face against my uterus again.

Friday night we had a gender party. My friend Corrine helped me frost all these bad boys. Thanks Corrine for all your help.

 We asked everyone to dress in either pink or blue to show what they thought/hoped the baby would be. We had just over 30 people at our house. It's great having lots of people over, but it can be overwhelming at times too. Epically when someone wants to talk to you, tries to get your attention, you don't hear them (due to 30+ other people talking), they then get offended, get mad, and leave without even attempting to say bye. No.....this didn't happen. I'm just sayin' it would suck if THAT did happened. psh.

Mason and Cooper digging into their cupcakes to find out the baby was.

Overall, I'm really happy the baby is a girl. I was actually really hoping for a girl. 

We are framing in our loft area and are almost done with everything. Painting, doors, and trim, then it's done!

This will become Shiloh and the baby's room. It's a little bit bigger of a room than the one Shiloh is in now. Plus, Shiloh's room is currently over the garage and gets pretty hot in the summer and pretty cold in the winter, and I'm sure the sound of the garage door opening when she's trying to sleep is pretty annoying. 

Mason and Cooper will stay together in the room they are currently in. 

Shiloh's room is going to become a workout/craft/misc room. At first I wanted to make it a guest bedroom, but since we don't ever have any house guests, we figure the room will get way more use as an exercise/craft room.

If the baby had been a boy, we would have needed all three rooms for kids, so we wouldn't have had the option to make either a guest room or an exercise/craft room. It all works out well in my book.