First Haircut

Kinsleigh got her first hair cut today! And let me just say this place, "Kuts 4 Kids" is AMAZING!!! Just look at all the fun toys!




She started out great...looking like such a big girl...



Going quite well. Enjoyed getting her hair wet. (we talked all about this before we came).



Not so much enjoying anymore. Now she's screaming she wants her hair all dry...




The finished product. She got her hair done like Belle. Success!

My encouragement

As most of you know, I have really been struggling these first few weeks of little Kyla's life with worry, frustration, feeling completely helpless. The list goes on and on. But there is SOMETHING and really only one thing that keeps me going. And that is Christ alone. Here are a couple of verses I have been trying to live out each and every day over the course of this time. Hopefully they can be of some encouragement to you as well with whatever you may be struggling with.

"Do not be anxious about ANYTHING, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Phil 4:6

"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:27 (read all verses 25-34)

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him." Psalm 62:5

Ky's going to be okay. I know it! And she won't be cranky forever. But you may have to accept my crankiness I may display sometimes as well. I'm trying my best but I am TIRED!!!!

Look who's 1 month!...And 29 Years!

Here's to our cutie who is already 1 month old today! We can't believe it! Time is flying so fast!




Still giving Mommy as little sleep as ever but still loving her to pieces...

And here's to wishing my hot hubby a Happy 29th Birthday today. Only 1 more year until you hit the big one babe! Here's to feeling young again...

Who's Who

Who is who? Can you tell?




And you can't go cheat by looking in my facebook photo albums! Obviously there are some clues that give it away of who is who. Especially if you are a member of my family it's not too hard to figure out. But don't they look ridiculously the same. We're noticing it more and more each day! That just means we've got another cutie on our hands that we'll have to shoo the boys away from!

A Whole New Meaning

Kyla's middle name "Hope" has in a sense taken on a whole new meaning. We originally picked the middle name because despite all I have gone through with my health we had hope that God would bless us with yet another beautiful, healthy baby girl. And he did and the meaning holds true more than ever. But over the course of Kyla's first 3 weeks of life, she's been a handful. This girl hardly ever stops screaming and her sleeping at night is definitely not pleasing to Mommy. We literally get approx 45 min in the morning and 45 min in the evening that she is awake and actually not crying. Not fun for anyone. There is a pretty significant chance that we just got another colicky baby. Lucky us.

But...

We have HOPE. Hope that it will all get better. Hope that we will move on. Hope that I will sleep through the night again someday. Hope that her sweet tummy will feel no more pain.

And then before we know it, she'll be growing into a big girl and we will be "hoping" that she would just stay little forever. These first few months of her little life have not and are not going to be easy. But I know that there is going to be an end result of a magnificently beautiful girl created by Jesus who is going to fill our lives with joy each and every day. I can't wait to see that day. So to even be given the opportunity like we have to hear all those cries throughout the day, I wouldn't trade that for the world. Lucky us.

The New Fam of 4!

Here I finally am, 15 days after the new little one has arrived to finally do a blog post. I've come to the reality that blog posts are not going to happen quite as often these days.

Here is the new little face in our family. Isn't she beautiful?




Yup, my family feels perfectly complete. It's been a slight challenge and significant change but complete. God has given us two GORGEOUS little girls. I mean seriously their beauty is beyond words. And Kinsleigh is the best big sister. She likes to challenge her Mommy and Daddy a lot more these days but she takes care of Kyla like a little mommy herself. She especially likes to throw binkies at her in her bouncy seat instead of placing them in her mouth. Oh well, she's got the idea. And once again, Sean is proving himself to be an awesome Daddy. Taking on the role like a pro.













Let's just say, I'm one lucky girl!

How do we Cope?

We are to our final days before baby Kyla arrives and it is beginning to hit Sean and I pretty hard. We're both wondering how we are going to adjust to this huge change that is about to happen and our emotions are rising. We know that families add new members every day but for some reason we feel alone in the matter. We have made Kinsleigh our everything in so many ways and find ourselves struggling with the question "How are we ever going to love someone else as much as we do her?" I know the honest answer is that it's going to be way easier than we think. When Kyla is born we are going to get to witness another true beauty and miracle that God has knit together inside of me. But that is so hard to see right now. Not to mention the fact that Kinsleigh has no idea how much her world is about to change. And she's not old enough to understand the true deep rooted love she holds in our hearts. I wish we could fast forward several years, give her all the reassurance she needs that she can easily understand, then we can flash back to present time and all that reassurance is held in her and she wouldn't have a worry in the world. We cherish everything about that sweet little girl. I think you would agree when all it took to bring a tear to Sean's eye this morning was to see her twirling around in her sunglasses in the mirror saying how beautiful she was. And she knows how beautiful she is because we have made it a point to reinforce that in her every day. Especially her Daddy. Anytime I put her in an outfit, the first thing she wants to do is "Go show Daddy!" Because she KNOWS without a doubt he's going to gasp and say, "Wow! You look so beautiful!" It's crazy how girls crave that desire to be noticed in a beautiful way at such a young age. So here we go again...another little girl to cherish and tell her each and every day that she is more loved and more beautiful than words could ever express.

Do we both have the energy, strength and love to do all this? I sure hope so, but when in doubt, I know our God is going to pull us through and make it happen.