Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed about the day I would have my own child. Most little girls dream of their wedding day, but I was never that girl. I just always wanted to be with an amazing man, and really did not care about how the wedding day would go, as long as the end result happened ( we got married)… This was not the case though with having a child… I ALWAYS dreamed about the day I would find out I was pregnant. Then about the day I would first feel that baby kick. Then about the day I would find out whether it was a boy or a girl. And of course about the day I would first see that beautiful child’s face!
I NEVER cared about whether it was a boy or a girl.. just that it was healthy… well let me tell you what… this past year has been that dream! I got to finally meet the child I have truly waited my whole life for. AND BOY WAS SHE WORTH THE WAIT!!!
As I sit here on New Years eve and reflect over the past year, I can’t help but be overwhelmed with emotion! Two New Year’s Eves ago I was mourning the loss of our first pregnancy, and was so worried that I would never get to experience that dream of mine. Last New Year’s Eve I was sitting with a dear friend Kellie Durden talking about how I COULD NOT WAIT to hold her in my arms… and this New Year’s Eve, I sat and watched an almost 1 year old child ( seriously?!?!) crawling around the floor, picking up toys and playing with them, riding her new little scooter, and trying to talk and communicate with me. She is getting very good at this by the way. She has come up with her own sign for “I want this to eat” and “I want this to play with”
I have absolutely ADORED 2009… and honestly, as long as this little girl is in my life, I will love every year from here on out. What an amazing gift she has been to me and my family!! Josh and I have grown closer in our marriage because of her life, and I feel like she has brought together all members of my family.
I am blown away with how the joy and wonder in her life/eyes is so contagious! This Christmas was a BLAST with her. She was all about everything, and I know it will only get better from here on out. If you have been there for us and for Kaitlyn the past few years( whether in prayer or in person) THANK you. You helped to give Josh and I the greatest give ever!
So now that I have been so ridiculously mushy ( I promise I am not drinking 
) I am going to share some pics of events from the past month.
We took Kaitlyn to be baptized up at Young Harris at the beginning of the month and it was such a precious ceremony. Rev Fred Whitley performed it, and Kaitlyn was perfect. He baptized me in college and was the one who married Josh and me, so it was so precious to us to have him do it.
Rev Baptizing Kaitlyn
She looked so precious in her Christening Gown and cap!!
Rev,Me, Kaitlyn, Josh, Katie, Nolen and Adam ( Katie and Adam are her Godparents)
Here are some pics of Kaitlyn from Christmas. She had the time of her life!! She loved every toy she opened and was so full of wonder during the whole season! It was the best Christmas ever for me. I truly did not even care if I got any presents myself. I just wanted for Kaitlyn to have the best Christmas! I look forward to many, many years of Christmases to come! Only problem is we have no where to put all her toys!!
Santa left quite the loot!
Kaitlyn LOVED her new scooter.. she got TWO of them... can we say spoiled??
Helping her Gramps put together her new house he and Granny got her for Christmas!
On my second scooter!! My great Uncle Tim got this for me!!
SO HAPPY .. Lots of new toys!
After Christmas we went to visit Kaitlyn’s great Uncle Steve’s house in Jacksonville Florida where she played with Zeus the dog and Uncle Dan, Great Uncle Steve , Grandma, Granddaddy and of course Mommy and Daddy. We also went into St. Augustine for a day of fun. It was a fun vacation!
Kaitlyn and her new BFF Zeus
Running in the back yard with Daddy!
Enjoying her new toy outside!
By the fort in St. Augustine.
Kaitlyn and Uncle Dan!
kaitlyn and mommy checking out the cannons
I love this child!
Happiest Bunny in the world!
Well ,we are quickly approaching the year point with our amazing little girl! Can you believe that? This time last year, Josh and I were getting all the last minute things for Kaitlyn’s room and arrival ready, and now we are chasing around a little girl ( not baby) who seems to be into EVERYTHING!!
She is at such a fun age now… of course I truly think every age has been fun. She is interacting like crazy with us, crawling, laughing, eating finger foods… you name it, it seems she is starting to do it now! This past month we had a check up and she was weighing in at 19 lbs 8 oz and almost 28 inches long! She is right on track for where she should be.
She is crawling with absolute proficiency now and is also pulling up and cruising around where ever she can. It is so much fun to watch her as she is developing more and more into a little girl. She sits there and babbles like she is having a conversation with me, and I am loving the desire for her to communicate with me. This afternoon it was getting close to her nap time and she crawled over, pulled herself up on the couch and looked up at me while rubbing her eyes and said “nigh,nigh” I said “you ready to go night night?” and she said”nigh nigh”.. so sure enough I took her up the stairs and laid her in her crib, said “night night Kaitlyn, I love you” and she then said back to me ” nigh nigh”… it made my month!!I can’t wait for her to fully be able to communicate with me!
Fall has been amazing this year and we have really enjoyed getting out and about with KD bug. We have done some hiking and went to Burt’s Pumpkin Farm for some pumpkin picking and hay rides!For Halloween this year Kaitlyn was a lady bug. We did not do the trick or treating thing, because let’s face it… that candy would not be for her, and Lord knows I don’t need it! Instead we went to a fall festival with our friends Kellie and Andy ,and their cute twin boys Alex and Ethan, at their parents church. It was the perfect place to parade her around in her cute little outfit, and then we were done for the evening. We had a blast!
Not too much new in our family, just super excited about the holidays coming up. Our friends Michelle and Viktor, that we have much missed from Sweden, are coming in for a visit in less than a month and are so excited to spend some time with them!They have never met Kaitlyn, but were a HUGE part of praying for her to get here and also were there for us during some rough times before she arrived.. we miss them and are excited to get to hang out with them for a couple of weeks! Also we are traveling to Baton Rouge for Thanksgiving and Kaitlyn gets to meet her great grandparents over there for the first time.. super excited about that as wel! And of course Christmas will be a blast as well! We can’t wait to start more traditions like cutting down a Christmas tree and things like that!!( p.s. we are on the ball and are already done with all of Kaitlyn’s Christmas presents !! WAHOO)
I am loving my new job , and the church were I am working. Northside UMC is a great place with great people, and I am blessed to have the job that I do. Other than work and the upcoming holidays, we are just trucking along! We’ll keep posting more as the holidays arrive! Hope to have some cute Thanksgiving and Christmas pictures to share in the months to come! For now you will just have to enjoy these cute photos from the past month or so
Hanging out by the river in Gatlinburg with Daddy!
Driving my tractor at Burt's Pumpkin Farm!
WOAH.. this pumpkin is HUGE!!!
Cutest Lady Bug in town!
I LOOOOOVE HALLOWEEN!
Waiting on my turn for the swings with Mom at Central Park
I LOVE BEING OUTSIDE!! ( especially on Daddy's shoulders!)
On top of Sawnee Mountain after a fun hike!
Mommy and Kaitlyn at the top of Sawnee mountain! Fun , quick hike!
So, I have to tell you about how last night Kaitlyn hit three musical milestones all within 5 minutes! That’s right, THREE!
We have created a bedtime routine with Kaitlyn. It goes like this: She takes a bath, gets into her pj’s, takes a bottle, reads a book/plays a game or with a toy, we say our nighttime prayers, we sing “Jesus Loves Me,” then she goes into her crib for the night. Last night Carolyn gave Kaitlyn her bottle and started playing patty cake with her before we said our prayers. Carolyn and I started clapping, and sure enough, Kaitlyn clapped a few times! She was definitely mimicking our claps for the first time!
So then, we say our prayers and start singing “Jesus Loves Me,” (which, by the way, is one of those songs that just makes her light up every time we sing it to her). During the verse, Kaitlyn stated tapping her hand to the rhythm of the song! She didn’t do it for long, but it was definitely to the beat of the song.
And, if that wasn’t cool enough, we get to the chorus of the song – “yeessss, Jesus loves me. yeeesssss, Jesus love me…..” Kaitlyn totally stats singing with us. Of course, it’s a screechy baby babble. But, several of her notes were dead on pitch and timing! Carolyn and I both teared up. It was the sweetest thing ever.
Every night we pray for Kaitlyn’s safety and development. But, each night we also pick one thing/characteristic/trait/talent that we pray Kaitlyn will have in her life. Musical ability is one of those things that we have prayed for numerous times. Music has been such an important part of our lives. And, whether she sings, or plays an instrument, or lays down some phat beats, or just has a great appriciation for the art, we pray that music will play a big part of her life. It’s really neat to see her developing an interest/talent for music already.
Can’t wait to start the family band!! lol!
Well another month has come and gone and Mommy is not loving how quickly this whole thing is moving!! Don’t get me wrong, it is amazing to watch her change and grow, it’s just that this year is flying by and before I know it she will be a year old. It’s so funny, when you are pregnant all you want is for time to pass quickly and for the baby to get here, but once they are here you want time to slow down and not pass too quickly.Speaking of quick…
Kaitlyn is GO GO GO these days. In a matter of a week she learned how to crawl like a mad woman ( fast little thing) and has also learned how to pull herself up to a standing position very well on the couch, mommy’s legs, the toy shelf, chairs, ottomans… you name it . As long as she can reach up and grip it, she WILL pull herself up on it!She is also trying to cruise all over the place once she does pull herself up. Her Papa and CeCe ( my Dad and Step mom) got her this little piano/pull up bench and she LOVED it. She would bang on the keys and watch the lights light up. It is so amazing to watch her little brain at work. You only have to show her a couple of times and she starts to understand it. Josh would hit the keys and they would light up and she would just study him doing it and then give it a go herself.
In fact she has started to eat cheerios/puffs this past week and I only had to show her a couple of times how to grab the cheerio, put it in her mouth and eat it and she now is a master. That girl loves her some cheerios. It is crazy to me that she is already there eating those things. Next month we will start her on “table” food ( as the doctor calls it.. sounds like a term you use for the dog but whatever) That is crazy to me to think about. I only hope that she can eat certain dairy foods since she has the lactose intolerance thing going on still… I am ready for her to out grow that. They say usually by a year that is gone, so we are praying for that.
Did I mention she also has two cute little teeth in the bottom/middle of her mouth? They are so stinking cute, but BOY did they make her miserable when they came in right at the exact same time. ugggh teething is not fun as a parent or a baby. She also right around the same time has gotten 2 colds in a row. I know it is inevitable that she will get sick, but watching her feel like junk is never a fun thing as a parent. You don’t want her to ever feel bad, but unfortunately that is a part of life and now her immune system is stronger for it.
She has started coming some with me to my new job on Sundays and stays in the nursery with the amazing Miss Lou. ( who is a grandmother and great grandmother and LOVES her some babies!) As soon as we get the afternoons taken care of she will start going with me to work around three times a week and stay in the nursery till 1:00. We are just trying to figure out what to do with her after that time. We have a couple of options, just trying to find what is best for all parties involved. I am becoming more comfortable with leaving her in the nursery cause she does have a chance to socialize and that is good, just hard cause she is SO exhausted after she comes back. But I know it is a good thing so I am giving up my control issues on the matter…kinda:)
Another fun change in our household is we have also graduated to the big girl tub and that is quite the experience! She LOVES to splash and try to chase after toys, but we need to get a few things to make it easier on mom and dad.. such as a faucet cover and some non slip grippers in the tub because of COURSE she wants to stand up.. there is a perfect little ledge to try and pull herself up on We are starting to teach her the word no.. but I also don’t want it to be used so frequently it holds no water. I read that if you show your child how something can hurt them ( by touching it yourself and making this big dramatic, but not funny dramatic scene and then saying ouch over and over again) it will be a good way to teach them what they should and shouldn’t touch. If they go near that item you say the word ouch and act dramatic and it makes them think twice before going near it. So far it is starting to work.. we shall see I guess!!
Josh and I were looking at pics the other day from her first week at home and I can’t remember her being that small… of course this time last year I was only 5 1/2 months pregnant so I guess I should believe she has changed that much! I am looking so forward to every change and hope that I am here for as many of them as possible. She is just so much fun and so amazing and I don’t even remember what life was like with out her! I am beyond blessed and could not have imagined a better life than the one we live now. OH and I can’t believe I almost forgot the MOST important thing that has happened this month… she learned to say MAMA!!! I love it.. of course not so much when she is screaming it as I put her down for a nap.. which is what I am hearing now. oh yeah and separation anxiety.. did I mention that one? Yeah…I could have gone with out that development, but they say it means the baby is bonded well with you so that’s a good thing! We’ll probably post again in another month.. she is keeping me too busy to post more often than that.
NEW PICS TO COME VERY SOON!
I can not believe that our baby is 7 months old in two days from now! She is an ever changing, ever growing child and I grow to love her more every day! I have been a little slack on the posting… but she is GO GO GO and so whenever there is a spare moment I am usually doing laundry or resting!
She is just changing so much every moment! One of the fun things is to watch her change as a little person. I love the way her personality is just popping through. She loves to sing which is hilarious! If we are in the car she leans her head back and ” sings” a long with the music.. it is the cutest little squeals ever and it is usually in the rhythm with the songs… I pray she is musical. I know she loves music. Every night Josh and I sing ” Jesus Love me” to her and she stops whatever she is doing and just stares and smiles so intently while we sing it to her! It almost brings tears to my eyes every night!
Another amazing thing is how much she is changing physically! She is sitting completely on her own, rolling back and forth from tummy to back and back to tummy, and now she is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth and lunging! She will be crawling before we know it! I will have to post some pics of that soon! She has officially cut her first tooth and poor thing seems to be trying to cut another one too… she is so fussy and I feel so bad for her. I know it must be painful! It seems like everytime I turn around something new is happening. I don’t want to blink for fear of missing too much!
She is trying to talk a little bit… she says ” YEAH DA DA!!!” over and over again and it is so cute.. Josh is slightly excited he won in the whole “who’s name will she say first” but I am ok with it cause it is so precious!
She also has the BEST sense of humor. I could spend hours playing peek a boo with her or making her laugh and she seems to never get tired of it!I just don’t know how this time flies so fast. Josh and I were talking tonight about how we get a little teary eyed looking at pics of her from just a couple of months ago and how different she is so quickly. Before we know it she will be a year old.. and then 5 years old.. *sigh*
Don’t get me wrong we look forward to those times… just don’t want to miss a second of this time.Well that’s all for now. Hope you enjoy some more pics of out little character! I will try to be better about posting.. but I know myself and it may be a while
Finally getting a little hair
These eyes own me.
Enjoying the weather at the beach
At the beach with mommy and daddy
Thank God I'm a Country Girl!
Mrs. Carrie Tabb took some pics of me and this was a sneak peak for Mom and Dad... can't wait to see the rest
So wow…. I have been slightly behind in blogging.. but I have a great excuse.I have been back at work the past 6 weeks and between work and taking care of Kaitlyn, I have not really had time to breathe! Kaitlyn is almost 4 months old now and I can’t believe how quickly she is changing! I think this reality of how much I am missing out on, has made my decision to stay home next year feel so right! It really is amazing how much she has changed in just the past 6 weeks!
Since I went back to work she has started rolling over. In true Kaitlyn form… she doesn’t do anything the conventional way… most babies go from tummy to back first when rolling… not Kaitlyn. She goes from back to tummy and then stays on her tummy doing little push ups and then she just gets mad… it is so frustrating to watch her feel frustrated… but I can’t do everything for her, and when I try to help it seems to make her more mad. She is going to be such an independent little thing. I can truly say she comes by that honestly!
I am so strong and rolling on my tummy all the time!
Another change is that she is smiling and laughing all the time now. Her personality is so funny. She giggles at the craziest things. Mostly when we sing some ridiculous song… or anytime she watches Cookie Monster on t.v. Which by the way has been another funny development. Kaitlyn LOVES Sesame Street. We kind of discovered this by accident one day when Cookie Monster come on a t.v. commercial and she started CRACKING up! It was so cute!
Watching cookie Monster on the computer.. working on developing my neck muscles and my brain muscles!
One other fun thing that has developed, is that she is grabbing EVERYTHING she can get her hands on, and then it goes STRAIGHT into her mouth. It really doesn’t much matter what it is, as long as she can get a hold of it.
hmmm. what else can I put in my mouth??
She has also grown to love books even more than before. She wants to touch all the colors, and is really in tune with the words. I will sometimes look down as I am reading a book to her, and she is staring at my mouth moving and is moving her mouth back but no sound is coming out. It is almost like she is trying to figure out how to make the words with her mouth.
I love books!!
Now in response to the last line… I must add this… just because she does not talk during book time, does not mean she does not talk… cause boy can she TALK. The other day Josh and I went down to visit our friends Dana and Noah in Gainesville and she talked the ENTIRE way there… which is about a 20 minute drive. She just babbled at her self in the mirror the whole time… then she got the hiccups in the middle of her babbling and it sounding like.. ” OHHHH OHHHH HICCUP…. OHHHH OHHH HICCUP!” Josh and I laughed for a straight 20 minutes.
Just telling my Teddy Bear a story!
The last development that has come about in the past few weeks is we are starting her on a little bit of solid foods. She does not quite know what to think about it. The Dr. thinks she is ready for it though because she is almost 15 pounds, 4 months old and is not sleeping as long through the night any more because she is getting hungry earlier … so we are going to give it a go.
All these new things are so fun to watch happen to her. I am so blessed that I will not have to miss out on these moments now. We will probably be pretty broke for a while… but it is worth every penny I am not making. I will miss my job, but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make for my daughter. And besides I can go back when she is in school too!
I have been asked on a pretty regular basis ” what is the thing you least expected from being a mom?… what surprises you the most?” So in this blog I am going to list my top ten things that have caught me by surprise being a mommy to little miss Kaitlyn.
10.) I am surprised by how much laundry one little person could create!! I mean seriously… I am doing laundry every day for this little one! It has made me become way more organized when it comes to remembering to throw in a load of laundry every night ( which I HATE doing btw)
9.)I am surprised at how much stuff a little one needed… whenever we go somewhere for the day we need to rent a uhaul to get all her stuff where it is needed… I know that as she gets older ( and as I probably get less crazy about what all she ” needs” ) it will not be such a process… but for now it is hilarious to watch our car go down the road packed to the ceiling.
8.) I am so surprised at how busy I am all day. I mean seriously… what do I do? It seems that I feed her and do some stuff around the house and next thing you know it is time to feed her again… and then next thing you know the day is over… I can’t even imagine how quickly the day will go when I return to work 
7.) I am surprised at the reactions I get from people when they see her in a store. Only babies give people the right to come over and start randomly talking to you about intimate details of your life. People come over to compliment me on how beautiful she is ( and I agree) but then go on to ask her age, weight, if she is sleeping well at night etc. It is kinda weird. NO one would come up to me otherwise and ask such things ” excuse me… but you are so pretty… how old are you, how much do you weigh.. are you sleeping well at night?”… but I guess it is nice to meet new people I suppose.
6.) I am surprised at how easy going she is. I mean neither Josh or I are super high strung people… but we both are terrible to be around when we are sick… we both complain and moan and groan… it is pretty pitiful, and when we are both sick it is not pretty in our household… but that is so not Kaitlyn at all. She is happy even when she feels like junk! She was running a fever on St. Patty’s day and was just happy and playing all day. 5 minutes after she got her shots for her vaccinations she was smiling and kicking around… I would not have been that way at all! ( here is a pic of K on st patty’s day when she was running a fever just to give you an idea of how easy she is:)
I am so happy even when I am sick!
5.) I am surprised at how quickly and how much she is changing in her appearance. I swear she is growing up way too quickly. I don’t want to rush any stages, but it is so fun to see her little personality emerging! She sometimes looks like me and sometimes looks like Josh… but no matter what she is dang cute ( I am slightly biased on this matter.. but she DID win the ” most adorable baby photo contest for the month of Feb from our365.com winning photo below)
Here is my winning photo from day two of my life!
Here I am at around a month.. I am changing so much!
Here I am at 6 weeks making a mommy face " are you crazy?"
Here I am at 7 weeks making a sly little grin like my Daddy after he makes a corny joke to mommy and wants her to laugh at him!
4.) I am surprised at how much she sleeps. Seriously… I don’t think we can ever have another baby because she has spoiled us rotten with how easy she is… she was sleeping six hours a night at 3-4 weeks and now at 8 weeks is sleeping between 8- 10 hours a night. How did we get so lucky? Also she soothes herself to sleep so easily! She makes life so easy!
I love sleeping!
3.) I am surprised at just how much fun I can have with someone that can not even talk to me. I seriously laugh all day at her and the hilarious things she does. She makes hilarious faces, noises and dances that make me laugh. I swear the child is already talking. I will ask her a question and she will respond… now I have no idea what she says.. but I know she is trying to communicate with me. I hope that communication is something she and I can continue to have her whole life… I know it was something I always treasured with my mom and pray that trend continues in this generation.
I am so silly!!
I am an evil genius!!
I love to grin at my mom!
2.) I am surprised at how much I love her… I mean people told me it is unlike anything else… but it REALLY is unlike anything I have ever felt. I love my husband and he is the half that makes me whole… but Kaitlyn is the part that makes us better than whole. She is a piece of Josh and a piece of me and it is so amazing to watch her show those pieces… but then also to show things that neither of us are, and we know those things are what make her uniquely Kaitlyn.
1.) I was MOST surprised at the immediate sense of responsibility that I felt when I held her in my arms for the first time. I know that it is my job to make sure this little life grows up to be a strong woman of God. That is terrifying! It also is an amazing challenge and for those of you who know me well.. you know how much I love challenges. So I am excited to take on this challenge and raise this child the best way I know how. So I will keep praying that God gives me the wisdom and strength to raise her up right
So happy!
So life has been flying by in the Craddock household lately! We blinked and the next thing you know we now have a child that is one month old! She is growing up so quickly! I am learning so much about just what it means to be a parent.Here is what being a mommy to little Ms. Kaitlyn has taught me:
1.) I would literally give my life for her: We had a tornado warning in our area about two weeks ago. Now normally when this would happen I would be worried about me, but the SECOND I heard that tornado siren go off I was thinking to myself ” ok.. if I get in the closet and guard her with my body one way and then pile pillows around her everywhere else, she would be ok if a tornado came through!” When everything was calmed down it hit me that it is no longer just about me… I am responsible for protecting her from everything… that is so scary, because there is so much in this world that could hurt her… not just tornadoes, but boys and other mean girls in middle and high school. I just pray that I raise her up to know who she is and to always know that she is worth all her weight in gold! This now brings me to the second point of what she has taught me…
2.) I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANYTHING!!!: I can not control what happens in this world, or how it affects Kaitlyn. So with this reality.. I have learned to pray for her every night and trust that as long as I do what I can, she will be safe. I could seriously let my mind go INSANE over analyzing every single thing she does or every weird noise she makes, or every time she sneezes, but when it comes down to it, what she really needs is a level headed mommy who has faith that she can tell the difference between what really needs to be worried about and what does not need to be worried about. And also she does not need me to be constantly worried about what the future holds, when I have no control over those things.. She just needs me to pray that God will hold her future in his hands. Then I need to let go and trust he will fulfill his plan for her life just as he did mine when he created her and got her here safely to begin with!
3.) Enjoy and laugh at the little things. Kaitlyn makes the funniest faces and goofiest noises.. and I want to capture each and every one of them in my memory or on film. I could seriously sit around and laugh at her funny faces as she watches the ceiling fans, or when she makes these mad little grunts after she finishes sneezing as if to say to the sneezes… ahhhhh stop happening! I don’t want to ever be so busy or distracted in life that I don’t take time to enjoy and take in each and every hilarious piece of her personality… I want her to know that being just who she is( no matter how silly or goofy) is just alright with me!
4.) I need to be flexible! One night she sleeps almost through the night, and the next she barely sleeps 3 hours before needing to eat. I can try to get her on a schedule, but in reality.. she is so young and there will be a day when she is 13 and does not need me for much of anything it will seem except money, clothes or a ride somewhere to meet her friends who are waaaayyy cooler than me… and I will think to my self ” where did my little cuddle buddy go who used to stare at me so intently while feeding at 3 a.m. ?” So why rush these times.. she will get on a schedule soon enough, and then I will miss these times!
5.) Lastly for my thought of today for what I have learned is … I LOVE BEING A MOMMY.. it is so hard, but so worth it. I suggest it to anyone, but I am so glad Josh and I waited for five years to have her… that time was precious and made us even stronger as a couple and ready to be the parents we need to be.
So yeah… it has been a while since I posted anything, but well… been kinda busy raising a child! Kaitlyn Day Craddock was born on January 26th 2009 at 5:06 p.m. She was 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 and 1/2 inches long! It was a long day filled with laboring, running a fever for me and scary high heart rates for Kaitlyn which ended in a c section for mommy. Kaitlyn was born healthy though and we all were so relieved and happy! She is quite the little personality and we are learning so much about each other each and every day! I never knew I could function on such little sleep and also never knew I could love someone so very much who screams at me all night Kaitlyn is very spirited and we see so much of her spunky little personality already! She wants things done a certain way and in a certain timing and if it is not done in that way she lets you know! We love her fun personality so much though! I have lots of fun stories about things she does… but no time right now to tell them, gotta go and take care of my little lady bug! Here are a couple of pics of her and we will post some videos and pics very soon! Thanks for every one who has prayed for our princess’s safe arrival! We love you all!
i'm a thinker!
tummy time!
look at my pretty eyes!
We went to the dr. again today to see the progress I am making… which is NONE!!! Apparently, they thought she has started to drop last Friday, but actually had not.. which I kinda supspected since I have felt little feet back up under the ribs. Also I am still only ONE CENTIMETER dialted.. soooo discouraging! Good news though… because of her size, the fact she has not dropped and the higher risk of a c-section, they are going to admitt me to the hospital on Sunday night and will start the induction early Monday morning! So this little one may just actually be born on her due date! Who knew?!?! Please pray that the fact she has not dropped does not mean she will not drop even when induced and I will have to have a c-section. If it does happen than I am ok with it, but I would really rather not! I just want a healthy beautiful baby Kaitlyn in my arms.. and look forward to that happening no later than Monday! Oh one more thing: we now will be delivering at the Northside in Atlanta, not the one in Forsyth for those of you who need to know! Thanks for all the prayers and support! We will keep you all updated very soon!