I managed to get a few more quick shots today. They aren't exactly what I am looking for, but cute anyway. I want to try to make her birth announcement in PSE so I want the perfect photo of course. I will keep trying. T wants to take some pics with his new camera tomorrow too. I need to set him up a folder for his pics on the hard drive. I've been promising to do that for a while now.

Kelsie Caroline was born 2/2/08. I had a feeling on Friday that I was going into labor because I was having contractions all day, even though they were not very painful or frequent, and some other "stuff" that I just won't go into details about here. lol The contractions started getting more frequent and regular after dinner, so around 11:30 that night, I called L&D to see when/if I should come in. The contractions were regular, but not increasing in intensity very much, if at all. They gave me some guidleines and we got to the hospital around 2 am on Saturday. Nothing like a 40 minute drive on an interstate that needs repair to make contractions really start hurting! lol They admitted me to see if I was really in labor, and finally around 6:30 or so asked if we wanted to have a baby that morning. She was born at 7:42 am, weighing 7 lbs 4.9 oz and measuring 19&3/4 inches long.
It's been a tiring week, trying to get the whole milk supply established and adjusting to 2 kids. The stupid dog thinks Kelsie belongs to her or something. Every time she cries, the dog comes running over to see what the problem is. If the dog is in the kennel when she cries, she (the dog) goes nuts wanting to get out. Drives me insane. Anyway, here are a few pics that we have taken. Heven't had too much time this past week to get many, but I am planning on getting some shots this week.



She is the sweetest baby! Sooooo different that T was as a baby. She actually likes to be held and cuddled. And she loves her pacifier. She sleeps great so far and is very easy to please when she cries. T just loves her. I was a little worried at first because the first time he came to the hospital, he did not want anything to do with me or her. I think that had more to do with the fact that I still had the IV's and stuff hooked up and could not get out of bed. He was much happier the next day when I was out of bed and could give him hugs and stuff. He told C that first night that he did not like his baby sister, but now he says he loves her and likes to hold her. He was excited last night because he told me "now that the baby's out of your tummy, you can play with me!" I had to remind him that I still have to be careful because of my incision, but he didn't seem to mind that.
I'll post more photos as I take them, hopefully some each day. I told C that I want a tripod for V-day so I can get some shots of all of us together. C hates going to have our pictures taken so he never smiles in those pics, but he will at least look happy in ones I get at home. We'll see if he actually gets it or not.

contractions and this baby has still not made an appearance! Ugh! I went to the doctor on Monday and found out that I am completely thinned and 3 cm dialated, but still nothing! So frustrating! At this point, I wish she would just come on out! lol
My mom called me last night to tell me she may not be able to come because she just caught a really bad cold. That could be a little bad since C has lots going on at work right now. HE was planning on putting in some late days while our parents are here so that he could take time off after they leave. I'm sure it will all work out somehow.
Other than that, there is nothing going on. Just hanging out, waiting on this baby girl!

this little baby will be here soon. I've been having lots of contractions since last Wednesday and she has dropped considerably over the weekend so it's just about impossible to walk. Had lots of contractions today too and now my back is hurting as well. Don't know that that indicates anything, but we'll see. I do have a doctor's appt in the morning so we'll see if anything is happening then. I'm kinda hoping that I am still having contractions in the morning and have dialated enough she will go ahead and put me in the hospital. Not holding my breath though. I'll try to remember my camera, just in case. lol
That is pretty much all we have going on right now. Just waiting on baby K to get here. Don't know if it's the anxiousness, or what, but T has been driving us both crazy lately with whining, not wanting to do what we tell him, and talking back. He's also aggrevating the dog, who doesn't need any other excuses to be hyper. She is going nuts too. I guess she senses the changes about to come as well, because she has been a little more hyper as well the last few days. I may lose my mind if this baby doesn't get here soon!

12 more days until Baby K gets here! Unless, of course, she decides she can't wait that long. Which would not really be a bad thing, as I can barely sleep and function properly at this point. It doesn't help that I have a cold that is messing up my head as well. The joys of the last trimester... I am just glad that I am not as miserable as I was with T at this point!
We did finally decide on a name, but I'm not gonna share that just yet. LOL!! A few more days of waiting for that won't hurt anyone! I will say that her initials will be K. C. Risinger. Finding a name for this baby girl was hard! C and I could not agree on most of the names that the other threw out as ideas! We finally found a couple that we both liked and just picked one. We both came to the conclusion that boys are easier to name!
I've been scrapping up a storm lately to try and get caught up with T's album before she gets here. I have actually done a couple of pages for her album as well. Here are some pages for her album:

I was pretty shocked that I actually took some belly shots this time. C was shocked too because he commented on it as well.

And here are some from T's album that are recent:

If I weren't so tired, and lazy, I would upload to photobucket and do a slide show. That is just way too much effort right now. hahaha On that note, I better go to bed and at least try to get some sleep.

until I saw these pictures.




I just took them today and OMG! I didn't realize I was so HUGE!!!!! Oh well, at least I don't have that long now. lol I go to the doctor this Thursday to schedule my c-section, which she already told me would probably be either 2/4 or 2/5. The doctor finally got the report on my c-section with T and she said that my chances of having a successful VBAC are only about 20% because he failed to descend. So, rather than go through all that again and be disappointed with another c-section, I opted to just go ahead and have the c-section. She did tell me that the recovery will be easier this time because I would not have struggled with labor all day/night. As long as she is healthy and happy, I'm good. And from the looks of my belly right now, she may come early anyway! LOL I was measuring 2 weeks over what I should have been at my last appt so I'm hoping that means she will be a little early!
That's about all I am up to right now. I don't have the energy to much of anything else.
We did have a nice Christmas. C's parents came up for a few days during Christmas so T was excited about that. My parents are coming for a week when the baby is born and C's parents will come back the week after that. T is looking forward to that, as well as when the baby sister is coming. We have to count the days until she comes about every 2 days or so just so he can keep track. We still don't have a name picked out. C told me I could not ask him about it anymore until he had looked through the name book, which he has not done yet. I think I may just tell the doctor to name her when she comes out.
Ok, that's all for now because its hurting to sit here any longer. lol

whole blogging thing. Oh well. I haven't even had time to answer emails lately so I'm just going with it.

We've been busy with the house the last couple of months. C got the tile put down in the kitchen finally-it looks awesome! And we are getting new carpet next week. should be getting some new furniture in the next week or so as well. We looked at some sofas and stuff today and are just getting an idea of what exactly we want to get, i.e. sofa and loveseat, sofa and 2 chairs, a sectional and a chair, etc. Our living room is such a wierd layout that it is hard to arrange furniture in a way that is functional and stylish. We'll get it worked out though.

We've also been trying to get the baby's room finished. there is still a ton of stuff in there that needs to come out and we have to put the crib up. It seems that the screws for the crib have been lost in the move so we have to go buy some more. I'm hoping we can get that done this week sometime. I actually took some pics of my huge belly. Can't believe I did that! There was NO WAY I would have done that with T, but I am not nearly as big this time so I caved on it. ( I still can't figure out how to get my photos down into the body of the blog-it annoys me to no end!)

This time around has been so different than with T. I was way more nauseaus and sick this time, but I'm not as big (cause I haven't gained as much weight!). I think that has allowed me to enjoy it more this time around. Not that I really enjoy all the wierd and uncomfortable "side effects" of being pregnant, I am just beginning to get really uncomfortable and worn out. But, only 10 weeks left! Actually, just over 9 because the doctor will schedule the cs for the week before my due date. the holidays should make the time fly by and she will be here before we know it! We still haven't decided on a name and I have no hopes of that until January. I'll be surprised if we can agree on one before then.

Well, that's all I have time for today. maybe it won't take me so long next time.