New Cousin

Leslie and I were due the same day, we thought that was kind of cool. Tristan Charles came to our family just 2 weeks after Kynleigh was born. I know they knew each other before they came down here to earth and we are excited for them to be best of friends. Here is a picture of the 2 of them and look at those 2 proud dads.

Here is the one and only proud Grandma PG!

Grandma PG is obsessed with FEET. So she had to get some pictures of the babies feet which is not the easiest thing to get when babies move constantly.

And last but not least, the 2 dads doing their Football Heisman Pose (these little babies don't stand a chance huh?)

Kynleigh is 3 weeks old

I guess I can say this over and over again with Kynleigh just as I am saying it with Tyler and Brieanna now but I really don't know where the time goes.

Kynleigh just keeps getting cuter and cuter each day.


Here are some pictures of some of her funny expressions. Notice how her feet are always flexed out, even when she seems to be relaxed.
I wish I could get them all as she makes us laugh. Many of her mannerisms and expressions remind us of Tyler but she definitely has some of Brieanna in her as well.

This picture I couldn't resist. Tyler's hands were ALWAYS up around his face and so are Kynleighs and then look at her mouth, wide open when she sleeps, just like her big sister.

The New Brieanna

I feel like I have a new daughter. Here is a picture of Brieanna with her braces off and with her new glasses.

Here is her crazy story tiring to get those darn braces off. She was scheduled to get them off about a month ago and when we went in, the Doctor wanted to keep the top braces on another month. Brieanna handled the disappointment better than I did. I cried (only a little, but I could still blame in on the pregnancy hormones.) They did take the bottom braces off and did an impression for a permanent retainer that she has on her bottom teeth. We went back a few weeks later and they took the top ones off. Brieanna said that it felt great. Those of you who have had braces, it’s that slimy feeling and you can't stop rubbing your tongue on your teeth. They had to do 2 impressions on her upper teeth for her top retainer, not fun and she had a hard time. She picked out a pink and white swirl color with a blue dolphin for her top retainer. When we went in the next day to get the retainer, they forgot the blue dolphin. She was disappointed about that one I might add, but then the Doctor could not get it to fit right so they had to do ANOTHER impression for a new retainer. The new retainer fit great (and they remembered the dolphin, whoa hoo)
About her glasses, Troy has noticed that she was squinting a little when she watched TV and she would put Troy's glasses on and say that she could see better. So one day when we were in Wal-Mart (like we don't live there) I took her into the vision center to check her eyes and sure enough it showed she needed glasses, so off we went to the eye doctor. She mainly has to wear them at school and when she reads or watches TV, but not all the time, so that is nice for her, hopefully they don't get worse like her mom's was (I told her not to count on it) Of course the glasses are pink. She was going to get the Hannah Montana ones but these were cheaper and thank goodness I have a frugal daughter.
I think she looks great with her new look!

Hick-Ups

Poor Kynleigh gets the hick-ups constantly, almost every time she eats. Sometimes it bothers her more than others but for the most part she deals with it a lot better than I would. I just had to video tape her one night. (This is when she was just a few days old)

Dad & Kynleigh Sleeping

Kynleigh's 1st week home, we rented some movies and just chilled in the basement a lot while the kids were at school. During one of them Troy warned me that he would probably fall asleep and did he ever (I had to turn the volume up as he was snoring so loud) I just thought this was cute with the 2 of them sleeping and hanging out together.

Kynleigh's 1st Photo Shoot

I have a very talented neighbor who is an interior decorator who suggested to have a picture of Troy and I with Kynleigh on her wall with some of the words to the Butterfly Kisses song and then some of my butterfly boarder kind-of flying up to the picture. (she is going to have butterflies in her room) So I talked another gal in our neighborhood who is a photographer to come over and take some pictures for me. Here are a few of them. They will definitely be keepsakes for us forever.

Kynleigh is 1 week old

It is amazing how fast this week has gone by. It is hard to believe that a week ago I was in the hospital with her. Each day she is more and more active and keeps her eyes open for longer and longer stretches. It is fun to see her personality come out a little and some of her little mannerisms remind us sometimes of Tyler.

Holly Molly Have Some Craziness!!!

Okay, I think of myself as a somewhat organized person. I feel like I spend too much time in my life trying to figure out how to be more organized or make life easier. I think sometimes I make it harder though. Everything should have a place and then be in that place. I can go a while with things out of order, but then ask my kids and husband I will basically snap and things must be fixed then. Sssoooo having this baby has changed everything. I looked around my family room and kitchen last night and just shook my head. I did not take a picture, but please try to imagine as most of you have had babies so you have probably been in the same boat.
Imagine, diapers on the floor, pack on the counter, newspapers in a pile, coupons on the table along with papers from the kids school, bottles everywhere, pumping machine and parts, blankets, diaper bags, baby bouncer, burp cloths, baby clothes, dishes from wonderful neighbors that needs to be returned, mail from back when I had the baby, baby hair bands, and other baby things, binkies, clothes basket, thank you cards to write etc.. I may not have mentioned everything, but maybe with a little imagination, you can get an idea what my house has turned into. I could think of little but this mess and craziness as I went to sleep last night (which I don’t get a lot of these days).
After sleeping in with the kids this morning and after getting them to school, I did get it all cleaned up and organized as much as I can at this point. There is just so much stuff that a new little baby needs and you need to have quick access to. I just need to find a happy medium and be happy with it.
Any organizing secrets you have learned over the year I would be glad to hear them.

Kynleigh Porter Doman

Our addition to the family

Okay, I have been chewed out enough by all of our family for not doing this sooner and I am sorry for tourchering you all this long. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

Like Troy said Kynleigh was born on September 4th (yet another September birthday for our family) Here is my story...Wednesday I had a busy day planed, went to the new school for a couple of hours to help the teachers get their rooms ready for back to school night on Thursday then came home to start watching 2 little daycare kids at 11:00. The day went pretty good, but I felt different most of the day almost like Kynleigh was dropping or something like that. I have had lots of braxton Hixs so having those pains was not out of the ordinary, never really timed them as I was still really early. When the kid's dad came at 5:00 to pick up the daycare kids I went and laid down as I was pretty tired (again, nothing new these days) As soon as I laid down I noticed that the pains were 5 mins. apart even when I changed positions or got up and walked around. finally at 7:00 I called the hospital to see when I would know if they were real or go to the hospital. She said to drink 32oz of water, take a Tylenol and a warm bath, if they were still regular I needed to go to the hospital. I sent Troy to scouts and low and below they did not go away. Troy went to bed to try to get a few hours of sleep (still had to do the paper route). At 11:00 pm the contractions were 3 min apart and I had the shakes so bad. I was scared to have the baby in the car. P.S. the day before at my appointment, I was dilated to a 2. Woke Troy and took Tyler and Brieanna to a friends house and journeyed to the hospital. My hormones that Troy is loving by now were crazy. I couldn't stop crying, so many different emotions were going through me. Some were fear to actually now have to go through labor because I knew the pain would only get worse. I kept telling Troy I don't think I can do it, the good man that he is kept reassuring me that I would do just fine. :) Some were shock that it was really happening, having a baby and starting over after 10 years. Some was I'm sure stress because I had a whole list of things that I wanted to do BEFORE I had the baby and none of it was done. I also had not done anything to prepare for this day as I thought I had plenty of time, no bag packed, no babysitter lined up etc. It was like I was back in school cramming for a final, reading my pregnancy book while Troy slept trying to figure out what I needed to take and do at this point. Okay back to our drive to the hospital... I thought I was going to die on every bump that we hit, it was kind of comical I am sure if you were watching from the outside.

In the labor and delivery room I was checked and STILL at a 2. I cried again because it felt like the last 6 hours in labor were for nothing. The nurse called my Dr. and he said he would see me in the morning. So at this time we were not sure if he would go ahead and take the baby or try to stop the labor. They did give me a local pain shot and that helped me relax a little. I think the longer I went without sleep the worse it got (I so love my sleep) When the Dr. came in in around 7:00 or 8:00 (can't remember details at this point) I was only at a 2 maybe a 3, cried some more. That is like 14 hours of active labor and not any closer to having her. Oh yeah, the shakes I had is because I had a fever of 101.6 when I got there. Threw up quite a bit during the night and the wicked nurse I had would not give me a blanket, only a thin sheet. Her theory was she needed me to cool off and not get warmer. I didn't care, I was freezing and thought I was going to shake to death. Meanwhile the Dr. started me on the pit and I got an epidural about an hour later. Might I say that this was my first and I cried because I felt like a failure having to have one, but I did not want to feel anything else that was coming, I had felt enough. Oh was it the best think under the sun, felt a little weird having my feet and legs be numb, but actually being able to rest a little and not feel the contractions that were going off the screen was so nice. I did ask myself why I had not had one of these before. Things went good after that, like Troy said, she was born at 11:59 a.m. The NICU nurse was there and would not let me hold her at first or even try to breastfeed her because she needed to do an assessment on her. I did get to hold her for a couple of minutes before they took her to the NICU were she stayed for only about 4 hours and was released to the regular nursery.

On a sid note, Troy can't seem to stop holding her and then you have Tyler and Brieanna who always want to help feed her and hold her. They are such big helpers. I will miss their help when they go to school and work, but I will also enjoy holding her more.

We have been so blessed with this little angel sent from Heaven. She is so healthy and strong and A good eater, even though she won't breastfeed (I told Troy she gets her stubbornness from his side of the family:)). When I got pregnant I asked for a priesthood blessing so that the pregnancy would be a good one and she would be healthy and strong. (especially since we did not have insurance at the beginning and my track record with having little babies) Troy fasted almost every month and many prayers were giving on the subject. I am so grateful for the principal of faith and I know that miracles do happen. Looking at this little girl I don't know how anyone could say that there is no God.

I am sorry this is so long, but it is more for my journal than anything else. We love you all and appreciate all the love, prayers and support you have given our little family.

Kynleigh is here!

Not much time to write a lot but we wanted to announce to everyone that our Daughter was born on Sept. 4th at 11:59 am....she is 5 lbs and 18 inches. More info and Pictures to come!!! I promise

Extra Extra Read All About It!!!

After waiting and waiting and waiting, Troy finally got a phone call announcing that 2 paper routes had opened up in our neighborhood. So every morning, they have anywhere between 90 -125 papers to deliver. Tyler gets up and helps everyday and Brieanna about 3 days a week (she is not a morning person). It has been great for the kids as we are paying them for each day they help. I have a little time card on the wall and if they work, they will get paid for that day, if not, they won't.

They have to wake up at 4:30 so that they can fold and deliver the papers by 6:00 am during the week. On the weekends they have till 7:00 (an extra hour Whoo Hoo) I am lucky so far that I have not had to get up to help, only to get Tyler out of bed once in a while (I found today that cold water works really well).

Baby Game

We thought it would be fun to play a game with all of you.
We want you to try to guess what day I will have the baby and how much you think she will weight. Leave your answers on a comment and we will see who wins! Good Luck!!!