Hailey's First Boat Ride :)

Today Jonathan and I took Hailey out on the boat for the very first time! It was a beautiful day and we had a blast!

Hailey with her life jacket on- Not so happy.

Hailey without her life jacket off- Very happy.

Hailey's first time in a lake!

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Porter taken a dip!

Miss Hailey at 2mo.

Hailey had her 2mo. appointment yesterday and now weighs 9lbs. 7oz. is 21 1/4 inches long and her head circumference is 35.9cm. After looking up her information online, I discovered that she is pretty small for her age :) She's in the 10th percentile for weight, the 4th for height and less than 3rd for her head circumference! I think she got stuck with my peanut size head! Anyway, her appointment went well with a clean bill of health and 4 vaccines (it was so hard to watch her get her shots). Below are some pictures that Melanie took for us! She does such a great job and I'm glad we have the opportunity to share them with everybody :)

Some of the pictures are from the Tinsley's annual Elk Hunting BBQ where all the guys get together and talk about the upcoming season while the ladies get to enjoy each other's company and eat lots of great food!! Stacie and I had a great time getting the girls (Hailey and Kaylee) more acquainted with each other. It's so much fun watching them interact even though the most they really do right now is stare at one another :)

Oregon

Well this last weekend Hailey finally got to meet her family down in Oregon and had her first trip to the beach! Debbie (Nonna) did a wonderful job throwing Hailey a welcoming party and we really had a lot of fun visiting with everybody and catching up. As you can see, Hailey was definitley spoiled and loved every minute of it :)

Nothing like being in the arms of Nonna!

Auntie Anna helping with Hailey's bath!

Girl Time! (Naptime with Auntie for Hailey)

So comfy in the arms of Auntie Shauna

Miss Hailey with Auntie Katie, Cousin Emma and Miss Marie!

Grandpa K with Hailey

Hailey with Aunt Rhonda and Uncle Scott

Hailey's First Visit to the Fire Station

Yesterday I took Hailey to visit Jonathan at the fire station. He was so excited to have her there and show her off that the guys got together and took some wonderful pictures for us! Even Papa (Jonathan's dad) took time away from his station to come to Jonathan's station and take some family photos! Hailey doesn't know it yet, but she has every man in our family wrapped around her little finger :)

More Pictures!!

Here are some more pictures of our baby girl! Hopefully as soon as she is able to be removed from her bilirubin light (because of her jaundice) we will be able to take more pictures and everybody can watch her grow :) Enjoy!

She's Here!

Well after an induction and 21 hours of labor, our little Hailey Marie has arrived! She finally joined us on June 15th at 6:03am weighing in at 5lbs. 7oz. and was 18.5 inches long. The labor and delivery went very well, I had a wonderful support system both at the hospital and from those of you at home so we are grateful for all of you! I would personally like to tell Jonathan and Katie that I love you both very much and couldn't have done so well throughout the labor with out the two of you. You guys were amazing! We went into the hospital at 7am on Saturday and they started out giving me two doses of cytotec at 9am that were 3 hours apart. By 3pm my contractions were close enough together and consistent enough that they didn't feel the need to give me a third (three doses is typical). However my contractions slowly started to spread further and further apart so they started me on pitocin help get the labor going. To make a long story short, I was dilated to 4cm and was 80% effaced by 2am when the pitocin started to stack my contractions. Meaning I didn't have any time to rest in between contractions so I decided to get some pain meds that lasted about an hour and a half. Because the contractions hadn't gotten any better, I decided to have an epidural. They gave me the epidural at 4am and by 5am I was ready to push! I started pushing at 5:30am and little miss Hailey arrived at 6:03am partially by the hands of her father! Yes, Jonathan got to help deliver her, cut the cord, lay her on my chest and help me clean her off. It was an amazing experience for both of us.

Anticipation

Well our wait is almost over. We found out yesterday that we are going to be induced on Saturday! Which means that our little girl will be joining us by Sunday and Jonathan will have a baby girl for Father's Day :) We had an ultrasound yesterday and she is doing all of the things she is supposed to be doing and appears to be healthy and responsive, but they are inducing me because the amniotic fluids have decreased to a point where if they decreased any more it wouldn't be a healthy environment for her to stay in. Although she they think she is going to be a petite baby (they are estimating she's in the 14th percentile for growth) she should be fine being born a couple weeks early because I am considered full term and she is completely developed. Needless to say, we are excited , nervous and anxious all at the same time. There are so many things that we need to finish by tomorrow!!! Be sure to watch for an update within the next week or so. Once we get home from the hospital, get into a routine of things and have a couple minutes I will be sure to post some pictures and a little blog to let everybody know how things went!