McKinley photos

I took McKinley for her newborn photo shoot this past week at my friend Constance Reid's house.  She always does a great job with my kids!  Of course for the newborn photo shoots she usually wants the baby to be sleeping so she can pose them and move them all over.  My children never seem to cooperate though! Korbin did the same thing when I took him for his photos 2 years ago.  I actually love the open eye photos more though because I love to see their sweet little spirits peeking through those eyes.  Here are just a few of the pics.  I love them all! McKinley has been such a joy in our live these past 3 weeks and we are so happy she's ours. 

 This hat was made by Kevin's sister Kim.  She does an amazing job! You can see some of her work here at her etsy shop, Cottoncorner.

Welcome McKinley!

On September 28th we welcomed the newest member of our family, miss McKinely Rose made her debut appearance at 7:05 am at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, weighing 7 lbs 14 oz and measuring 20 in.  That's right, we had a girl!!  I was 98% positive that we were having a boy, and even though we didn't find out the gender before hand, Kevin was pretty positive too.  The only one who stayed firm with a vote for a girl was Kassidy.  She prayed for a sister the whole time and was certain that's what we were getting.  She was right!  

I went into labor at 1:30 am when my water broke.  I called my aunt to come over and be with the kids and we arrived at the hospital at 4 am.  I was dilated to 8 cm when we got there and I quickly requested my epidural :) It was a short couple hours before baby girl came into the world.  We were so thrilled to find out she was a girl!  We wanted to be surprised, and we sure were. Kevin was a great support to me through all the labor and delivery.  

Here's a picture overload from our hospital stay.  McKinley has been such a joy to have in our family this past week!   We love her to pieces and feel so blessed to be her parents.  Kassidy loves her sister so much and asks to hold her every spare minute she can.  Korbin still hasn't asked to hold her and keeps calling her "Luke" which is my brother's little boy.  I think he thinks she's going to go away soon and isn't a permanent fixture in our family.  But he's not been aggressive or anything so I'm sure he'll adapt.  We are all doing well, just a little sleep deprived, but well.  More posts to come!

 She has hair!!

 Proud papa :)

 I can't believe I have 3 kids...

 I love this picture of my two girls.  It shows how excited Kassidy was to have a sister.

 This nurse was too cute and let Kassidy do a check up on McKinley and give her first bath.

 Going home! Can't believe we get to keep her :)

The past month in pictures

Here's what we've been up to in photo form:

 Drawing feet pictures with our sweet neighbor Rebecca.

Family day trip to Bodega Bay

 Napa Castle Wine tour

Recently

I've kind of gotten sick of updating my blog lately.  Not for lack of things to post, just lack of motivation.  So if you care here's a brief update on us, without any pictures because I'm too lazy right now  :)

Kevin: Has been working extremely hard back at school.  He's now a 4th year pharmacy student at Touro and doing his clinical rotations. He's working at a hospital in St. Helena, so he has a hefty commute and LONG hours each day.  He never complains though and works so hard doing everything that is asked of him.  He is a great asset to each place he is sent and is learning a lot about the world of pharmacy and institutional facilities.  Kevin also is serving in our church as the secretary to the bishop, which keeps him pretty busy in his free time setting up appointments and calling people.  He never slacks off, even when there's too much to do and not enough hours to do it.  He's such a great example to me of a righteous man and I am so blessed to have him as my partner!

Kassidy:  Is loving kindergarten and being big.  She is learning to read and gobbling up everything at school so quickly!  She'll even get her homework done for the entire week in one 20 minute sitting.  I hope she always has this appetite for leaning and drive!  Kass has been my big helper lately since it's getting harder to see my feet and pick things up.  She's great to play well with her brother in the afternoons and let mommy have a break :) Kass moved up the top bunk last month and loves feeling like a big girl up there in her own space.

Korbin:  Is loving his one-on-one time with mommy each day!  We play trains and cars and run errands and watch movies and read books just the two of us.  I hope I'm not creating a monster by giving him all this attention now and then taking it away soon.  Korbin is talking up a storm and says sentences that surprise us and people around us!  He still loves cars and dump trucks and all things BOY.  It's fun to watch him and Kassidy play together where they each play with their desired characters: him with trucks and cars and "bad-guys" and her with princesses and fairies and mommies.  Korbin is sleeping in him big boy bunk bed and loving it!  And he'll still take a 2 hour nap for me, which is great!!

Me: I'm currently 37 weeks pregnant and starting to feel like my body has been invaded permanently :)  I love being pregnant and have had a pretty easy pregnancy thus far, but I'm about done.  So ready to get this baby out and meet him or her!  I'm staying busy doing all things mommy and I'm super impressed with myself when I manage to cook dinner 6 days out of the week.  I'm losing steam though and ready for the hot summer to end and for my mom to come visit us.  I keep busy with primary jobs, errand running, crafts (I've been sewing a lot lately), play dates for my kids, helping with homework, and occasional crash naps on the couch.  We are happy and doing well (except for some minor apartment drama, bleh) and looking forward to some fun changes in our family within the next few weeks!!