Sickies

Whew! We've had a rough week at the Kayle household. Sunday night as I was going to bed, I thought I felt a little bit of a chest cold coming on...you know the feeling--tight chest, kinda tight when swallowing, feels like impending doom. And what do you know? Monday morning rolls around and it hit me HARD! I got up for work but knew immediately I'd have to take a half-day just to get the sleep I lost the night before with both baby and cold.

It's turned into a nasty case of laryngitis, lost my voice (yes, my first graders did try to find it...looked under desks, on the playground, in the cafeteria...when I told them I had lost it they thought it was an invitation to a scavenger hunt) and I had a lot of chest congestion. As of Monday, L hadn't shown any traces of it. Tuesday she woke up congested, I sucked her nose up and she seemed ok. Tuesday night everything changed.

My sweet little angel got the worst of it at about 7:30pm and I could just tell she was going to lose it. She started whimpering when she swallowed and then got very congested and the whimpering got louder and then I pulled her out of her warm bath and the whimpering turned to screaming. She screamed and screamed so much that my mom, a nurse manager at Miami Children's Hospital, rushed down to check her out when she heard her over the phone because the noise scared her. No fever, no rashes, no other visible symptoms. At about midnight she finally calmed down enough (yes, do the math, that's 4 1/2 hours of straight screaming) to nurse and fall asleep but was up about every hour after that in need of suctioning.

Mike took her to the Dr. on Wednesday who informed him that it was nothing more than a mere cold and she was probably just uncomfortable. She hasn't felt well but we haven't had any screaming problems since. Poor thing fell asleep last night at 10pm and slept until about 11am this morning (not straight, just woke up about every 4-5 hours to eat and go back to sleep). She woke up at 11 this morning and we had a snuggley rest of the day together. (I think she's feeling better than I am... I'm still trying to kick the congestion)

This is how she spent most of the morning, I don't think she even so much as winced.

This is after she woke up and had eaten. Much happier baby! She's wearing one of the bows that mommy made for her.

Finishing a smile for mommy.

Isn't she sweet? I know, I'm partial because I'm the mommy but I just can't get enough of her!

Stretching in her swing. She makes the sweetest noises when she stretches.

Don't worry mom, I'm feeling better!!

Weekend With The Greats

Logan had yet another busy weekend as she was the star of the family show. :) This weekend she got to meet the last of her great grandparents, she met Mike's a couple week's ago and my dad's mom lives only about 30 minutes away from us. These are my grandparents on my mom's side. She also got to meet her Great Aunt JoAnne (my mom's sister). Saturday morning I loaded Logan up in the car with extra diapers and wipes (knowing we'd be out all day long) and headed to pick up my mom, my grandma and my Aunt and we headed out to SHOP!

We had no idea when we left (I SWEAR!) that we'd end up at the Falls on the day that they had their sidewalk sale. They had all kinds of stuff that was crazy discounted. Of course, my favorite stop was at Janie and Jack, my FAVORITE kids store (thanks Rebecca!), and we got a ton of fall clothes so that Logan will be ready for a cooler North Carolina fall. Here are some of the pictures from the weekend--

Great Grandma Natalie and Logan.

Great Aunt JoAnne and Lo.

Great Grandpa Niels and Logan (I think he was the most excited to meet little Lo)

Here is Logan with daddy this morning. We had a little projectile spit up incident this morning while she was snuggling with us in bed so we all had to take showers and Logan and I hung out in our robes until we got ready for church (wanted to avoid ruining our outfits just in case the projectiles came back).

Logan and mommy in our matching pink robes.

One of my favorite finds at Janie and Jack- Logan's cool shades! I thought she'd throw a fit when I put them on her this morning but she spent about 20 minutes on the way to church just hanging out and looking around with them...then she got sleepy and was having none of them. Such a sassy little thing!

Great Grandma and Grandpa with mommy.

4 generations strong!

Here is a GREAT picture of her big baby blues. She has red eye in so many of her pictures because of her light eyes so we are hard pressed to find one where you can actually see the deep blue with no red. Here's one! :)

Bad Case of Mommyitis

And so it seems the clingyness begins. Liz, a retired police officer from the church has been watching Logan when we don't have family lined up. She came for the first time yesterday and while Lo seemed ok before I left, I guess she lost it pretty good after I was gone and had to be held the entire day. I'm very thankful that she didn't call to tell me while I was at work or I would have just been miserable until I could get to her yesterday.

This morning when Liz walked in the door, Logan took one look and got her little quiver lip and started to cry. I cuddled her for a bit and then sat her in her bouncer to watch some Baby Einstein and as I grabbed my purse her lip started to pout and quiver again and I could just hear her whimpering as I walked out the door. It was horrible! I cried all the way to Mike's store and as I was getting my morning latte I tearfully told Mike how thankful I am that I'll be able to be with her next year. God really has made me to be a mommy, I have no desire to do anything else.

Here are a few pictures of Logan tonight in her crib (which she has yet to sleep in at night, she just loves the bassinet too much). She's wearing a sleeper that says "Mommy Loves Me" and that phrase could not be more true!!

Such a big girl! Right now she's sitting next to me fighting sleep. She'll get SO close and then start moving her arms and legs and fussing until she fully wakes herself up. It's so much fun..... except not.

A couple anecdotes from some of my little girls at school:

"So, is your baby alive now that she's out of your belly?"

Girl 1: "Mayah, stop being so popular!"

Me: "What do you mean, popular?"

Girl 1: "You know, someone who everyone knows but they're kind of act snobby and stuff. It's annoying."

"Mrs. Kayle, I want to be a teacher when I grow up because your hair is so beautiful and stuff." (and stuff is the favorite little phrase to add to the end of EVERYTHING)

Quickie

Ok, we're headed to bed but I just HAD to share this picture. I caught Logan mid-giggle tonight in her bumbo. Is this precious?!?! Love her so much!

Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter Sunday with Logan. We went to church this morning (and she slept through the whole service so I didn't have to sit in the nursery with her this week) and then we had a little Easter Egg hunt after the service. Logan got two eggs (well, Mommy got two eggs to take pictures of for Lo's baby book)! Then we headed to my parent's house for lunch and we spent most of the afternoon there. Here's a picture of Logan at my parents house, she's saying "Thank you Miss Shannon for my BEAUTIFUL Easter bow!"
Logan loves her bouncer at home so much that we had to get her a bouncer for her grandparent's house!
I'll leave you with our family photo.
Happy Easter! Love, The Kayles

Top 5 Reasons Why I Can't Wait to be a SAHM!

Since I'm on Spring Break and finally seemingly done recovering from my delivery (I was still on the mend when I first went back to work) I'm getting a taste of what it will be like when I can stay at home. I can think of a million reasons why I can't wait to start my new job as a stay at home mom but here are my top 5:

5. I'll be able to go grocery shopping and plan meals for the entire week AND won't be too tired to make the meals in the evening. :) Last night we had sweet polish sausage and wild rice. Tonight we'll be having a chicken casserole.

4. I'll FINALLY be able to keep up on household chores. Yesterday, during Logan's morning nap I was able to deep clean our kitchen, clean the downstairs bathroom, clean the living room AND get a load of diaper laundry done (by the way we LOVE cloth diapers!).

3. It'll give me a lot more time to craft! This week I made Logan a bow holder so that we can keep all of her bows and headbands in the same place. I'll be selling these on etsy once I'm done working too, so look out for that!
I hand painted the letter and the plaque.
The bottom velcros over so that we can hang all of her headbands in the same place, too!
2. I'm able to keep Logan on her preferred schedule. It is so nice to be able to have her get two full naps in, all of her normal feedings AND be able to get her to bed on time every night! When I'm working she has all of her naps at random times because of all of the different places she is during the day (sometimes at my parents, sometimes at home, etc.) It'll actually get a lot better in May when Carolyn is home and so Logan will be at home with the same person the entire month of May (I find that consistency is key with little Lo).
And the number one reason I can't wait to stay home is.....................

I get to spend a lot more time with my two favorite people!!

10 weeks old and smiling!

Today Logan is 10 weeks old!  She is such an incredible joy to her daddy and I.  We wake up every morning and can't wait to see her smiling face and we go to sleep at night marveling at how adorable and easy to love she is.  Logan can now sleep almost all the way through the night, she has a small snack after about 5 hours and then can sleep another 5 or so before she wakes up.  She has learned how to kick her feet in her bouncer so that it continues to bounce when it has stopped.  She has become FASCINATED with her mobile in her crib and will sit in there for 30-45 minutes just laughing at it.  She is starting to grab at her feet and I'm sure she'll soon be putting those in her mouth.  Her newest development is big smiles and little giggles.  Here is my best attempt at capturing them: