Kesey the Photographer

I accidentally left my camera in Kelsey's room. When I came in to get it she said "Sorry mommy, sorry!" This is what I found on the camera and in the order I found it:

Finally she captured her face.

4 weeks...how the heck??

Kaylee is 4 weeks old already. Where has the time flown to? It's been a whole new experience this time around. We are not yet on a schedule which makes life somewhat unpredictable. Some days are much better than others and some nights, well let's just say nights are a whole other ball game. Kaylee is definitely more alert now. Unfortunately she is not a content little girl unless she is sleeping, nursing or in someones arms.

Kaylee's 1st Boat Ride

The girls & I stayed the night at my parents house, we checked the tide chart the night before and it was a beautiful day. In the morning before we went out, I commented to mom that she had to go with us (she doesn't really ever go out on the boat). She thought she was going to stay at the house at watch Kaylee..I said no, Kaylee's coming on the boat and I need you to come make sure Kelsey doesn't fall overboard! Her love for Kelsey won out and she was a good sport and came on the boat. It was a nice ride, not too long, but long enough for Kelsey to enjoy and for Kaylee to fall asleep for part. The last picture of Kaylee shows her hair all wind blown at the end of the trip :-)

1st Bath

Lou gave Kelsey her first bath, so I let him do the same for Kaylee. This time Kelsey wanted to help though, so she pulled her stool up to the sink (no pictures of her helping because they were blurry). Kaylee was not so sure she liked it and cried through the bath, but she was nice and clean at the end. This time around we bought one of the bathtubs and since she is small, we put the bath cushion we used for Kelsey in it to support her.

Memorial Day

Kaylee's Dimple

Since Kaylee was born late in the day, it was going to be hard for most of Lou's family to come up and visit. My parents offered to have everyone over to their house on Saturday so they could meet little Ms Kaylee in a relaxed atmosphere, and so Lou and I wouldn't have to stress over cleaning the house and cooking. Everyone came up except Uncle Glenn and Isabel (she had a cough). It was a very nice afternoon.

Ryan meeting Kaylee

Kaylee and her 2 Grammas

Kelsey in heaven..Daddy tickling her back and Gma Roselli tickling her hair

Aunt Michelle

Aunt Jenny

Aunt Christine

Kelsey holding Kaylee

Sorry the pictures are all over..I'm still trying to figure out how to work with this new version of blogger

Day 2

Kaylee was up ALOT during the night. Since I could not get out of bed, Lou had to try to walk around with her alot because she just was not content.  He'd get her to sleep and she'd sleep for maybe an hour then be up again. So between changing diapers, me feeding her and him walking with her we did not get much sleep. At one point around 5 or 6 Lou just brought our little swaddled baby into his bed (I mean cot with lots of horrible springs) and snuggled with her and she fell asleep for a few hours.

We had no new visitors today. Mom and dad brought Kelsey back to see us and to hang out. You can see from the pictures below she is one Happy, Proud Big Sister. She was so excited to get the chance to hold the baby "by herself". We still have not chosen or talked about a name. Kelsey goes back and forth between liking Samanfa and Victoria. We planned to talk about it tonight, but again after Lou got back from putting Kelsey to bed and going back to our place to take care of the dogs, he got back around 10:30 and was exhausted. So we both just went to bed. I had written the names on the dry erase board in the room so we could see them all written out. One of the nurses commented that all three names were from different genres. We did eliminate one spelling of Kayleigh. Lou had wanted me to rank them, but I told him honestly I would be happy with any of them so he needed to rank them and tell me his rankings.

1st day visitors...

Dr. Dayton was so quick with the c-section that by the time I got a room, I was still very numb and couldn't feel/move my legs. But that didn't stop me from wanting to love on my girls. Before my parents returned with the girls, my good friend Julie stopped by on her way home from school. (unfortunately I do not have a picture) Then Gma/Gpa McDonald and Aunt Kellie came back and brought Kelsey to see me (and the baby). Kelsey came in carrying a rose in a cup from Gma/Gpa's neighbor. Kelsey came up in the bed with me and got to give her baby sister (no name yet) the gifts she had chosen for her. I made a lovey and a flannel blanket and I let Kelsey choose the fabrics for them. She was very excited to give them to baby. After that, Kelsey got her big sister presents...a big sister book and a Dora View Finder. This time at the hospital there were restrictions and only so many people could be checked in at a time. As my family was leaving, Lou's was arriving, so it worked out perfect. Gma Roselli came up with Aunt Christine and Uncle Gary. It was a good day, but a long day. Lou left me to go put Kelsey to bed and to let the dog's out and didn't get back until after 10. Needless too say we were both tired so names did not get discussed...there's always tomorrow. We have 2/3 of the name, we know her middle name is Brennan (my paternal grandmothers maiden name) and her last name is Roselli! In the running are Samantha, Victoria & Kaylee.

Baby Girl Roselli has arrived....

She was born at 12:51 on May 24, 2010. She was 7 lb 15 oz and 19 3/4 inches long. She has a FULL head of black hair and a nice set of lungs! In typical fashion, we did not have a name yet, BUT we had a list. Luckily this time we were more prepared and a nursing student who was observing took pictures for us. I was very nervous (as I knew I would be) When Lou was allowed to come in the OR, he held my hand and stroked my hair and told me all was going to be okay. With Kelsey they made him sit at first, but he got to watch the entire thing this time (no thank you). Dr. Dayton was very fast and our baby girl was out in no time. She was bigger than they thought she was going to be, as I had been measuring small the last 2 months. They brought her over to me twice while still in the OR...and I got to touch her and kiss her. These are things I didn't do with Kelsey because I didn't know what I was allowed to do and I was kinda out of it.

Here they are cutting the cord

Mom, Dad, & Kellie brought Kelsey to the hospital so she could see her new sister. She got to watch through the window as her baby sister got a bath and had all of her measurments taken. They then took her home for a nap, I didn't want her to see me until I was undrugged and up in my room.

Kelsey checking out her new sister (I made her shirt)

Holding daddy's hand

Daddy holding his new girl all bundled up

Kelsey touching her sister for the 1st time