And 2 becomes 3

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Going Home

We made it home on Wednesday, August 4th. We were ready to be back to our own house, and to have Kinley home too.

Aunt Tia made Kinley a giraffe bow and giraffe blanket to match her cute onesie to go home.

Content in her carseat (that lasted a week)

Grammy (my mom) had a sign for when we game home.

Dusty is a proud daddy!!

Kinley has had a lot of visitors. I think everyone was just as excited to meet her as we were. I wanted to get pictures of everyone who came, but that just didn't happen. We were glad that we got to see so many people.

Great Grandma Karen

My sister and her kids came - they LOVE Kinley and are pretty protective
Dusty is holding Tia's youngest Dax who was 9 months in the picture. Quite the size difference

Trae holding Kinley. We like to call him the Baby Hog

Amy, Aiden and Trenton came to see her

Great Grandma Christensen

Kitani - when Kinley looks a little Asian sometimes, we just say that she is taking after her Aunt Kitani :)

Dad changing her diaper - he is a professional!

Skin to skin contact. It was her favorite!

Look at those chubby cheeks. She doesn't have those anymore.

Kinley's Birth Day

We went to the American Fork hospital August 1 at 6:15 am for a scheduled C-section.

It was really weird driving there because it didn't seem like we were going to have a baby. I was feeling good, and was just a little anxious.

Dusty was prepared

In the delivery room - last picture pregnant

We started to get excited!!

This is the last family picture of just the two of us

Giving me some fluids and monitoring the baby before I went into the operating room

Baby Kinley is born. When the nurse told me she was 8 lbs 2 oz, I think my words were "she is so big" and then when I got to see her for the first time, I couldn't believe how cute she was. We were so excited to have her here.

Because it was a C section that had to put her on oxygen for an hour. Dusty went down to the nursery with her while my doctor got me all stiched up.

After about an hour, I was sent down to Mother Baby and I finally got to hold Kinley. She was so small, and I just couldn't believe that she was really here. But we got to spend some time together and everyone was able to come see her.

August Birthdays

So Kinley was born in August and she joins a bunch of us in the family with birthdays this month. Happy Birthday to everyone!

Miss Kira J turned 3 on the 16th

I turned 24 on the 2nd (yes, I know I am incredibly hot in this picture)

I celebrated my birthday in the hospital. My mom brought me a delicious cake to celebrate!

Dusty turned 29 (you know what that means next year...30)
He celebrated at Burger Supreme. This was Kinley's first outing, not in the hospital or clinic

Rilyn Batty joined the Batty family on the 16th

This 2 cousins are just 15 days apart - that could be trouble

My mom had a birthday on the 18th. She was here with us for 2 weeks, and was an AWESOME help. Kinley loved having her Grammy around.

Grandpa Kay also had a birthday on the 16th. Here he is with Kinley at the hospital

So a quick recap

1st - Kinley

2nd - Ali

6th - Dusty

16th - Kira, Grandpa Kay, Rilyn

18th - My Mom

Hope everyone had a fabulous birthday!!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Couple of New Ones

I haven't gotten around to doing a full post yet. So here are some new pics for you before I do.

She is already smiley!

This is what she has been up to today

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Kinley C Batty

Kinley C Batty was born August 1, 2010 at 7:58 an

She weighed 8lbs & 2 oz and was 18in long

We are so excited to have her here!

There will be more pics to come

Our cute little family in the OR

Kinley

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Maternity

So in June, I decided to have some maternity pics done. I had Ashley http://www.ashleyelizaphotography.blogspot.com/ do them for me. We had a good time!! Here are some of my favs from the session.

And because this one is just funny!

Baby Shower, Anniversary, & The Rodeo

July has been a pretty busy month. Just trying to get everything in before the baby comes, and take as many naps as I can.

For the 4th of July I worked during the day, but that night we went over to our friend Chandi's for a bbq and then to watch the fireworks. It was so much fun, but I forgot to take any pictures. So sad!

On July 12th, I had another baby shower. Dusty's mom and cousin, Dakota, who was my roommate in college, gave me a cute shower. It was everything pink and little girl. It was fun! We got some great things for the baby; clothes, a car seat and a chandelier for the baby's room. YAY!!!!

Cute decorations

The outside table

The next week after our anniversary, we went up to Park City to celebrate. We stayed up at the Westgate for a couple of nights. It was so nice to relax, and swim (it was heavenly) and enjoy the cooler weather up there. It was a great little getaway for our anniversary and before the baby comes!

Hanging out in Park City

Last night we made it to a rodeo. We love rodeos, but this year I have not wanted to go because they are all outside and it is just too hot. But leave it to Dusty to find the one rodeo in Utah that is indoors. It was at the E Center (now the Maverick Center). It was a lot of fun!!! And I loved being able to be inside and not in the hot sun. Before the rodeo, we ate at The Puck. Kitani and I were trying to think of somewhere new to eat. Little did we know that we would be carded when we went in. Good thing we are all over 21 :) The food was delicious! We had a great night.

Dusty and I (and Jeff sneaking in the picture)

This is me at 37 Weeks

Kitani and Jeff before the rodeo started

Thursday, July 8, 2010

5 Years

Has it really been 5 Years since Dusty and I got married? It has! Crazy how times flies while you are having fun, going through trials, laughing together, acting like crazy people and enjoying the moments. I am so happy to be married to Dusty and to be starting a family with him!

Dusty and I are both working 12 hour days today and have a prenatal class tonight, so there wasn't much of a chance to celebrate, but my sweet hubby did bring me some delicious lunch, and the beautiful rose in the picture above. (I am so glad that he has learned that one flower, for me, says so much more than a dozen) I was glad I got to see him, if only for a bit!
Can't wait to see what the next year has in store for us! Love you Dust!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

She'll Be Cute as a Bug

I had a baby shower this last weekend. It was so much fun! My mom made her way up from Vegas to host it for me. She had some great helpers too, my sister, aunt, grandma, Kitani and Karly. Everyone helped out. It was so much fun seeing everyone - thanks for coming!!!!