Jason, Lara, Sydney and Kimberly: April 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

4-15-2010

I took these of Kimberly 10 days ago. I'm amazed how much she changes everyday!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Bicycle Helmet

I finally went out and bought Sydney a helmet. She loves it! She says now she can go faster with it!

Daddy and His Girls

I can't have too many of these pictures!

I couldn't bring myself to freezing her with the sponge bath, so I just tried to not get her cord wet. I did give her a sponge one today, even though her cord fell out Wednesday. There is still a bit of icky in it. Needless to say, she hated both baths! That girl has a set of lungs!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Sunday

Jason and Sydney went to church Sunday while I took it easy at home. Sydney didn't want anything to do with me. She even wanted daddy to do her hair, which didn't happen. When they drove away, not even a wave to mom... When they got home, Sydney was so excited to show Kimberly the picture she colored for her in nursery. I wish I got the camera out quicker. She had her picture right up to Kimberly's face. It was priceless.

Sydney was upset that her nursery class didn't play with play doh, but the next ward did. Jason convinced me to make some. What an easy and inexpensive toy! We love it!

Sneaky Sydney

I didn't hear and couldn't find Sydney the other day.(10th) He she was...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Swinging

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Sydney Holding Kimberly Yesterday

Friday, April 9, 2010

Kimberly Brooklyn

I started getting checked in the hospital Wednesday at 7am. They started the potossum by 8:15. They kept checking on me and asking me if I was feeling the contractions yet. Then they'd up the dosage. I was quickly up to the maximum dosage. I told myself that I wouldn't ask for an epidural till 1:00. By then I had some good contractions lasting up to ten minutes and less than two minutes apart I think. I had a good friend with me that helped me through the contractions by pushing on my pressure points. She kept telling me that I didn't need and epidural. I tried to get one and it didn't work at all. Two epidurals later, we decided to try a spinal tap. As I was getting that, I had a super hard contraction and three pushes later, she was here. I tore a little, but nothing like the first. Kimberly Brooklyn Parkin entered the world on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 2:45pm. She weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. and was 19 1/4 inches long. As painful as natural childbirth was, I think it was so much better. The recovery has been amazing!

It killed to have the afterbirth pushed out.

The nurse forgot to grab the towel after she started bathing Sydney, so her proud grandma got to help.

I love this picture!

She got pretty beat up. She came too fast. This is a pic from the next day.

When my friend brought Sydney in, you would have thought she wasn't ours. She didn't care about us at all. Eventually she wanted to hold her sister. She cried when our friend left her with us for a few hours. It was too funny!