Our New Apartment

So I tried to post the pictures as if you were viewing a virtual tour. We didn't have any pictures up yet and you'll notice that some areas are still unorganized as I'm trying to decide where I want things. We hope for some visitors if anyone is passing through.


Entry into our apartment. At the bottom you'll see a door on the side that goes to our garage.

Dining Area

Kitchen- I absoulutely love all the cupbaord and counter space)

Living Room (It's much bigger than the picture depicts it)

The built-in bookshelf

Our room (it's huge compared to what we've ever had)

Our master closet

Our Master Bath


Ashlyn and Kaylee's Room

Ashlyn's Bathroom/laundry room

Playroom (It will also house our desktop when we get the desk here).

Kaylee's Newborn Pictures

Cousins: Kaylee and Jeffery

So there is 3-3 1/2 weeks difference between these two. We were finally able to put them down by each other. I think they difinitely look like cousins. It'll be fun to get more pictures and see them grow over the years.

Stats:
Kaylee born at 38 weeks on May 1,2011; Jeffery born at 39 weeks on May 27,2011
Kaylee's weight and length 7 lbs 9 oz and 20 inches
Jeffery's weight and length 8 lbs 12 oz and 18 inches

Kaylee's Baby Blessing

(Not sure why the pics of Kaylee's face are blurry)

We blessed Kaylee on June 5,2011. It was such a sweet experience. Josh was able to bless her and did such a great job. Kaylee is a very lucky girl to have a father who honors the priesthood and is able to give her blessings. I hope that as time goes by my girls will gain testimonies of blessings and the importance of a righteous priesthood holder giving those blessings. Kaylee looked absolutely beautiful in her blessing dress that Grandma Brown made.

After the blessing we went home and had a small luncheon with family members. A big thank you to all of those that helped with it and for coming and supporting Kaylee at this special time in her life. We look forward to who she will become and what she does with her time on this earth. Thank you for coming to our family. We love you Kaylee!

So Many Changes

I can't believe that Kaylee is already 2 weeks old. Where has the time gone. Well between diaper changes, feeding, caring for my energetic 2-year-old, grocery shopping, cleaning, school, and Josh's interview the past 2 weeks have been a little bit of a blur.

Josh had an interview in Blackfoot the day after Kaylee was born. One week after we brought Kaylee home from the hospital he was called and asked to come back for a second interview and was asked to bring me along. While there the four partners explained the company to me and asked if I had any questions. After that they presented Josh with a job offer! Yay! While he is finishing his last semeter he is working part-time and then after graduation he'll be full-time. Josh also got accepted into ISU's Macc program.

I am continuing to heal from the c-section but also am busy with the girls. They keep me going all day! I am usually the last one to go to bed and the first one to get up, but I figure it's okay because I'm taking care of our little family in the small ways that I can. So what is coming up for me? I'm going to go back to work starting the beginning of June and will work for a little bit until we move at the end of July. Thankfully my schedule works pretty well with Josh's. After we move I will become a full-time stay at home mom. It will take some getting use to but I'll love it. Right now while I'm still on maternity leave will help me adjust to it. It'll be weird not to work but like I said I'm looking forward to just being home with my girls.

Ashlyn is getting so big. I can't believe how much of a change I've seen in her since bringing Kaylee home. She loves Kaylee and frequently asks to hold her. She loves to grab Kaylee's hand and then tell us that Kaylee is tickling her. Much to my surprise Ashlyn has actually made more of an effort to talk since becoming a big sister. Her main regression areas are trantrums and simply whining.

Kaylee had her first appointment last Friday and weighed in at 8 lbs and measured 21 inches long. We will take her in again next Friday to be weighed and then she is good until her 2 month appointment. She eats like a champ and is still sleeping quite a bit. I've got to really start getting her to be awake more during the day so she'll sleep more at night. That is the goal these last few weeks before I head back to work. I think the biggest surprise so far with Kaylee is her hair color. It's definitely got orangish-red in it. It'll be fun to see what color it ends up being.

Life is truly good and challenging but all we need to do is remember to count our blessings each day.

Kaylee Marie Harmon

On Sunday May 1,2011 we woke up early to a big surprise. I was contracting and pretty sure I was in labor. I started having contractions at 1:30 am and by 5 am we were headed to the hospital to see what was going on. I kept telling Josh on the way to the hospital that if this was false labor I was going to cry and feel so stupid.
After 2 hours of being monitored the doctor came in and told us that he was going to admit us and let us try to VBAC and if I hadn't progressed after 4-6 hours then we'd c-section. Well after 12 hours of laboring we signed the papers to go ahead with the c-section.

Stats for Kaylee Marie Harmon:

Born May 1, 2011 at 4:08 pm
7 lbs 9 oz
20 inches long
APGAR Score 9,9

More Pictures!!!

Here are some more fun photos that we had. Please excuse the way I look, I never look good after my c-sections.

Easter 2011

The day before Easter we did 2 Easter egg hunts. The first one was at Aunt Melissa's (Brunson)house with her little family and her brother-in-law's family. It was fun doing crafts, cookies, and then the egg hunt.After we finished we headed over to Grandma Rasmussen's house for the second hunt. We had Aunt Rachel help Ashlyn while we took pictures and walked around. Let's just say we scored well in the candy department. I never thought it'd be possible to be sick of candy but trust me by the time we made it though 2/3rds of the stash I was getting sick of it and wishing never to see it again. I even threw out some of it.

On Easter morning we kept it more low-key. We didn't make a big deal about Ashlyn's Easter basket because we don't want that to be her main focus. We just set it out on the floor and waited for her to see it. She was still pretty tired when she noticed it and just went and sat down by it. We made a yummy breakfast together and enjoyed the Easter service at church.