Kennedy's Newborn Pictures

Again...I decided to take it upon myself to do Kennedy's newborn pictures. I am currently at my mom's as we make our way to Nashville and I don't know of any photographers here and she is just growing so quick! My mom was nice enough to help me and I think they turned out good! Kennedy was pretty good for most of them but she was moving a lot! These were all taken in my mom's yard with props I found around her house. The crib is from when I was little. 

Kennedy's Hospital Pictures

I decided to take it upon myself to take some pictures of Kennedy at the hospital since they were charging over $100 for them...I think they turned out pretty good! It is so interesting how swollen they still are a few days after they are born. It still took a few more days after we were home for the swelling to go down. By the time we left the hospital she was down to 6 lbs. At her first pediatrician appointment she was already back at 6.5!

Kennedy's Birth Story

My OB (and the best I might add) Doctor Newman and I decided to induce me on September 6th instead of having me deliver on my due date the 12th. Our family would be moving to Nashville at the end of the month and I wanted to have some time to recover before moving.

We arrived at the hospital around 7:45 am and checked in. I was given pitocin around 9 am and received my epidural around 10 am. I was slowly progressing through out the day but with constant contractions. Around 4:15pm I was feeling a little more pressure and heavier contractions so they gave me a little more of the epidural and had me sit up more in the bed. Once I sat up I went from 4cm to 9cm in 20 mins. The nurse checked me and looked at me and told me not to sneeze or laugh. She phoned my doctor and told him to hurry! Once the doctor arrived he had my mom and Clark help me push. I pushed for 5 seconds two times and grabbed her as she made her debut! I had never 'helped' deliver one of my babies so it was a really neat experience to grab her and lay her on my chest. She was so tiny and very aware of her surroundings. She only cried for a little while they cleaned her up. Kennedy is a mini Clark and Beckham but does a lot of facial expressions Brooklyn did as a baby. She loves to pucker her lips and smile after she eats.

I am so grateful everything went as planned and we have a healthy beautiful baby! She passed all her tests and we spent 2 days in the hospital before heading home. Kennedy has been such a great baby. She nurses and sleeps really well.

Her full name is Kennedy Snow Gray. Snow is a family name on Clark's side. Erastus Snow was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS church. We look forward to seeing her grow and develop each day! Beckham and Brooklyn love her and don't seem to mind that she is staying...haha.

Kennedy Snow Gray

Born September 6, 2013 at 4:45 pm

6 lbs 6 oz 19.25 inches long

Going home!

and her name is...

I had a doctors appointment this week and we decided that because I was progressing and already dilated to a 2 that Sept. 7th would be my induction date. Yay! So we have one more week unless she decides to debut herself a little earlier. She is still super low and she is causing me to have tons of Braxton Hicks and a few short painful contractions. They don't last for long but I am not looking forward to labor...

I was able to get a pretty good ultrasound picture this week of her. She was moving a lot but we managed to get a quick picture of her profile. 

I don't think I have posted yet what we are naming her but if you don't already know we have decided to name her Kennedy. Clark and I can both agree on the name and I think it flows really well with Beckham and Brooklyn. Hopefully she comes out looking like a Kennedy or we might just have a problem! :)

Regency Grand Re-Opening

Today was quite an eventful day! We headed over to one of our newly remodeled McDonald's. It has been down for a few months due to a fire. 

Ronald McDonald graced us with his presence and Beckham LOVED him! 

This boy would just laugh and follow Ronald around. Brooklyn on the other hand wasn't quite sure what to think of him. Maybe next time...

37 weeks

The end is finally near! Only a few more weeks and we get to meet this baby girl! We aren't sure when this baby will make her debut because with the twins my water broke at exactly 37 weeks. This pregnancy has been pretty much the same as my last except I am not as big and I am a little more tired from chasing my kids!

This baby is head down and my OB said he would be surprised if I had to push more than twice! I HOPE he is right!!! She is such a little mover and she loves to stick her feet out...ouch. 

The twins know there is a baby in my stomach but I am not sure the extent of how much they know. Im hoping jealousy won't be an issue!

Clark and I are super excited to meet her and become a family of 5!

Nashville

A few weeks ago Clark and I got to travel to Tennessee for a quick get away. For those of you who don't know, our family is moving there in September! We sold our McDonald stores in Florida and bought a bigger patch in Nashville! Clark's whole family will be coming too! 

We are fortunate enough to be able to build homes in TN. We will be living across the street from Clark's brother and one house down from his sister. How fun! The cousins will love being so close together. We should be able to move into our homes by Christmas! 

33 weeks

And we have made it to 33 weeks (August 1st). I'm growing bigger and bigger each day now and it is getting a little uncomfortable now. I went to a doctors appointment and was able to get a picture of our baby girl! She sure has some cute features. It looks like she will have my nose! We can't wait to meet her!

Beckham Finds His Nose

This little guy is working on learning his body parts! He knows where his head and teeth are. Looks like he knows where his nose is! Funny kid! Whatever works right??

Lakeside 2013

This year I went up to Marble head, Ohio to visit my family at Lakeside! Every year my dad's side of the family rents a house for a week and we enjoy the fun family time and activities Lakeside offers.

Clark decided to just let me go this year and he would keep the kids for a week! Score! I haven't been back in 4 years and with my grandparent's health not doing so well I needed to make sure I went this time.

Let's just say it was nice only having to think about ME! I could wake up when I wanted and eat when I wanted and go ANYWHERE I wanted at ANY time!!

We enjoyed some shuffle boarding. Must I say that I FINALLY got a puck in the 10 point spot like 3 times!

Yummy caramel popcorn at the Whistle Stop

A game of putt putt with my cousin Nathan

Craft time at the Rhein Center

Visiting the lighthouse at Marble head

Walking the pier

Eating a snow cone (don't know why we can't find these in FLORIDA)

Watching the fireworks on 4th of July

Family picture before leaving to come home! 4 generations are shown here!

I am so grateful I was able to go this year! Thanks a bunch to Clark!