Kylie Kim Anderson

 Before I introduce to you the newest member of our family I have to give you a little back ground detail prior to her arrival.  So last Wednesday I was having some consistent contractions all day, they just never intensified enough to get this girl to come, then all was quiet on Thursday and Friday (not too happy about that). 

 Come Saturday morning the contractions were back and a little meaner then the ones on Wednesday, good news to a woman who was almost 38 weeks with really no more room to grow.  My mom had been on a week get away with several of her sisters and was on her way home that afternoon with a flight that would be making a pit stop in Albuquerque and because I felt like this was "it" she had decided on just getting off her plane.  

Well as soon as I couldn't get a hold of my mom by phone, the contractions started tapering off...I seriously wanted to cry.  So I kept a close watch on the clock and as soon as I thought my mom's plane had landed I was calling her phone and leaving messages to stay on her plane and just go home. When I wasn't leaving messages I was praying that she'd be prompted to check her phone in time.  Well she didn't get that prompting and got off her plane. 

I was super worried  and stressing out all Saturday night, things are tight for just about everyone right now and I knew my mom had given up needed subing jobs to stay for a birth that was NOT taking place! But my dear mother told me "I didn't receive a prompting to check my phone so let's just have faith that this little girl comes this weekend." 

Sunday early morning Lily came in complaining that her ear hurt, after ward choir practice at our house was over (I'm the chorister) Eric ran Lily to urgent care and a couple hours later he had medicine for her double ear infection.  Mom, Caleb and I went to our 1:00 o'clock Sacrament meeting where I was able to direct the choir in their musical number and say the closing prayer for the meeting. Afterwards we left, as Caleb was coughing pretty bad and I was starting to have contractions again. 

Got home had some lunch then went for a walk with Eric until I felt like my feet were gonna fall off :) Got home around 4:45 p.m. and was looking online for ways to keep labor progressing once it's started when my mom came and asked me if I'd like to eat dinner soon and that's when my water broke! 

Eric grabbed my bag (which I'd packed two weeks ago), we kissed the kids and left them with mom.  20 minutes later we arrived at the hospital (5:20 p.m.), I was soaked and super embarrassed about walking in looking like I'd wet myself, Eric kept telling me "who cares you're gonna have a baby!!"

Once in the very fashionable hospital gown, Eric and I waited a good 10 minutes (filled with lots of powerful contractions) till someone came back to check on me. 5 more minutes later my mid-wife came and checked to see how far I was dilated ... a 7.  After three more strong contractions I was ready to push.  At one point a nurse was trying to prep  me for an IV and thankfully Eric came to my rescue and told them that I didn't want one (my thoughts were if I'm not getting an Epidural I'm not getting an IV there's no point).  So they just had it at hand and ready in case I ended up needing one for an emergency.  Thankfully I didn't, with no complications Kylie Kim joined our family at 6:11 p.m. November 11th 2012.  She was two weeks early and still weighed in at an impressive 7.5 lbs and measured 20.5 inches long, so she was plenty big :) 

Presenting Kylie Kim Anderson!

Caleb was more interested in the hospital bed phone then in his new sister :) Lily however was super excited about holding Kylie.  

So in the end it was a HUGE blessing that my Mom never checked her phone and that Kylie didn't come until after we got medicine for Lily's ear infections. My mom definitely didn't end up wasting her time by getting off her plane. She spent the whole past week doing everything from grocery shopping, cooking wonderful meals, cleaning house, keeping the wash moving, changing Caleb's dirty diapers, reading books to the kids, taking them on outings, making play dough for them, allowing me to take naps and basically just being wonderful!! I love you Mom, thank you so much for everything you did for me and my family! 

2012 Balloon Fiesta!

Well the annual Albuquerque Hot air Balloon Fiesta has come and gone again!!  This was our second time going since moving to New Mexico and I've gotta say that it really is such a neat experience.  I'm gonna be sad come next October when we wont get to go, as by then we should be stationed wherever the Navy wants us to be and there are sadly no Navy bases here in Albuquerque :) 

We attended the "mass ascension" this last Saturday morning, early morning.  We left our warm beds around 5:00 drove over to Sharee and Arthur's to caravan with them and then waited patiently through traffic (which wasn't as bad as it was last year). We arrived at the park roughly around 6:30. 

Yes, it was still dark when the very first balloons took off and to keep warm and busy while we waited for more balloons to get set up and take off we drank hot chocolate and ate home made breakfast burritos, yum! 

For being dragged out of bed at such an early hour, Caleb was super good and really enjoyed himself.  His sister Lily was a different story.  That girl was constantly fluctuating between being happy, sad or angry about something, now I must admit that she was better behaved then last year but I had hoped for a just happy attitude and definitely didn't get that.

 Well I hope you all enjoy the pictures and if you ever get the chance to come to this event in the future, my advice is to take it cause the real thing is soooo much cooler then what my pictures portray.

Enjoying Hot chocolate and Breakfast Burritos

Special Shaped Balloons....

Spider Pig!

Pirate

Scare Crow

Poor Eric was doing this a lot since I can't hold either of our kids for very long.   

A Witch and Basket ball in hoop

Shark and Darth Vadar

The three Bees 

Our only Family shot...grumpy Lily and dead to the world Caleb :) 

  

Crimson Maple Trail

This last Friday afternoon we drove up  with the Garietys to Cibola National Forest and hiked around a bit getting to enjoy the Fall colors!  It was so much fun and I'm so glad we were invited to come along.  Those oak and maple trees turn some amazing colors and I'm kicking myself for not dressing myself and my family in nicer clothes.  We could have had some sweet family pictures, oh well it was still a fun trip and we did get some great pictures so can't complain about that.

All the kiddos 

 

Lily and Sydney are becoming quite the little buddies, after the hour drive it took to get to our destination  these two were pretty thrilled to see each other :)

Lily loves all of her Gariety cousins but I think she has a real soft spot for Daphne and Sydney 

Fall colors!! So Pretty!

Lily wasn't happy in this picture because I had taken her away from Daphne so we could get a family picture, and then she was upset that I wouldn't let her be in the Gariety ONLY family picture.

Me and Sharee (I'm the taller one in this picture only because I'm standing on higher ground)

 playing in the leaves

Caleb was very pleased with himself  for finding this stick, so pleased he held still long enough to allow me to take a picture of him with it :)

My boys

Thanks again Garietys for letting us tag along we really enjoyed this hike!