6 Months!

Our little KyKy is officially 6 months old and I just have one question....when the hell did that happen???? How does time fly so quickly? Especially with two crazies running around I feel like everything goes so much faster. Days can turn into a blur. and really, where did my babies hair go?!?! She had all of this beautiful hair when she was born and now she is nearly bald!

I missed the 5 month blog, but at least I took a photo. Kyler is coming into one of my favorite ages. 6-10 months was my favorite age with Kynley, before she started moving and having serious attitude, yes it starts young! Kyler is a happy little smiley girl. Big beautiful eyes and an adorable gummy smile. She has been working on her two bottom teeth for a few months now and we're all just ready for them to come through! Between the two of us we have been to the doctor almost every week. She has been sick a lot lately with ear infections, fevers, a virus....the list goes on. Poor little love. This last week she has had really high fevers all week and her sleep has gone out the window...which means mine has as well. Hoping to get her back on schedule now that she is on the mend.

Kyky loves blowing raspberries, is almost sitting up, rolls over and LOVES her daddy. The way her eyes light up when she see's him melts my heart. At the moment she wants everything that you are eating and drinking , but isn't a huge fan of food yet. We are working on it, I think it took Kynley awhile to like food as well. She also thinks her older sister is HILARIOUS! Kyler is constantly laughing at things Kynley does. I am dying for them to be able to play together. I feel like it will start happening more onces Kyler is sitting up on her own. She just has a massive head to support so I think it will be a bit longer ;) She talks and squeals a lot....our house is never quiet between the two of them.

I feel now that i have gotten the hang if two kiddos. I do find myself in disbelief that my life is as chaotic as it is regularly and it is now the norm! I think I do relatively well with the chaos. Both girls sleep through the night for at least 12 hours straight (when their not sick). A good nights sleep always makes me a better mommy in the morning!!! Kyler has a dr app to get her big noggin checked. The dr is worried about the size of her head, maybe her skull fused too soon. Im not too concerned about it. My husband had/has a massive head and so did Kynley! Its that damn Edmonds box head ;) But we will see. Etiher was she definitely struggles lifting it which means she probably won't be crawling for awhile.

She brings so much happiness everyday I just love this little girl.

Kyler- 3month update

Since Kyler has been born, I have been anxiously waiting for her to hit the 3 month mark. Not because I want things to go quickly, but because once she turned 3 months old I knew it would be about the time we were headed home to see my family!!! Two weeks from today we will be back home with my WHOLE FAMILY and I am way too excited. It has been rough not having all of my sisters and our step dad not have met my littlest girl yet, but the time is nearly here.

Little miss Kyler is getting very interactive, lots of giggling and smiles :) It is always so much fun when they start to laugh. Of course daddy is the funniest but I am a close second. Kynley still doesn't spend too much time with her, she is too busy sunning around destroying things. But every now and then when she is having a break for being destructive she will come and give "baby" a kiss and say "ya too" (love you).

Kyler is still s phenomenal sleeper, she is still sleeping majority of the day and then sleeps from 6pm-7am. I have gotten so many nights of full sleep I am feeling like a human again. just in time to ruin it all by changing time zones! Kynley was always so good at the time change, so I am hoping Kyler is as well. She currently HATES tummy time and her car seat and LOVES her dummy and play mat...that is, until her older sister comes along and steals the dummy out her her mouth and looks at me what her hands out like "what? what did I do?".

She is very sensitive to loud noises, especially Kynley's loud screaming and startles way too easily. If I cough or sneeze it is sure to scare the bajeebies (is that a word?) out of poor Kyky. At the moment she is never far away from a 20 minute screaming meltdown. Sometimes she is overtired, others is an upset tummy. She is definitely a more sensitive baby than Kynley ever was. I am hoping we can avoid meltdowns on the plane...fingers crossed. We have some really good days and some really bad ones. Im just lucky she is a good day sleeper so even if a meltdown occurs i can usually just rock her to sleep.

Life which two is definitely getting easier as we hit the 3 month mark. Everyone more comfortable with our new normal and we have a flow that works for us. I even make it out the door on time more often than not! i am just beyond excited to get the girls back to my sisters to love on and give this mommy and daddy a break...and maybe even a date night!

Kynley Update:

I keep saying I need to do a Kynley post and I promise I will...for now she is just a typical 21 month old. She is getting lots of words, but her favourites are Dummy, Nite nite, love you, see ya and SHOES!!!! The kid is shoe obsessed. Like put on a new pair ever hour, wear my shoes around the house, and if we can't find a matching one to a pair you better believe the world is coming to an end!!!

I am ALL about Christmas so it has been exciting to share a little bit of it with Kynley. She has assisted me in putting up our Christmas tree...and knocking it over 3 times! (its is just a little fake one since we don't spend x-mss here) When I first put it up, she went straight to it and repeatedly tried to blow out the lights! It was adorable. I also love blasting Christmas carols in the car. She loves to sing along (aka yelling at the top of her lungs) and at the end she always shouts YAY! and claps. Her current favourite movies are Finding Nemo and Tinkerbell Fairies movies. And she likes to go to the pantry and the fridge 50 times a day and stare and yell for snacks that usually get dumped on the floor and never fully get eaten. Sometimes she will come up to me and sit on my lap and grab my face with both of her hands and just stare at me haha She is crazy, but anyone who knows my husband and myself wouldn't expect our kids to be anything other than crazy.

There is so much more to tell but i do believe I finally have both girls in bed and it is wine time for the husband and I. Ill work on a post this week ;)

Kyler Elizabeth-2 months!

I guess time flies when you're having fun! Or going crazy.....but mostly fun ;) This girl turned two months old in a blink of an eye! She is growing up way too fast for my liking.

She is very smiley, she coo's and she LOVES her daddy! She has given us a little bit of trouble with some tummy issues. Kynley never had any tummy issues, as in, I never experienced a baby screaming for 20-40 mins straight...but now I have. We had a rough few weeks with her, but she seems to be coming around and hasn't been doing it as much lately. After we changed her formula things seem to be a lot better. She loves laying outside on the grass while Kynley runs around and plays, thank god it is almost summer here I am over being stuck in the house!

I have definitely gone from thinking having two kids isn't that hard, to holy shit how am I going to survive this, back to ok this is manageble. I feel like every day is a roller coaster. My only saving grace at the end of a rough time is having a seriously supportive husband who comes home and saves me at the end of the day. Oh yea, and wine...wine saves me too...Kyler is easy, it's Kynley and her crazy antics and attitude that might kill me eventually! 

I am absolutely thrilled to say that this little munchkin sleeps through the night! 6pm-6am and then goes back to sleep until 8 or 9am. Not that I get to go back to sleep since her older sister is awake at about 7 or 7:30am, but honestly I dont care as long as I am not awake during the night! A lot of people have asked what is our secret to getting the girls to sleep through the night at such young ages (Kynley did it at exactly 8 weeks as well). I have a few pointers, but i just want to say, this is what has worked for us, I am not an expert, I read a lot of books and took a lot of tips from other mommy's in order to attempt to figure this out! 

1. We sleep trained both of your babes. Sleep training is when you have them learn how to fall asleep on their own with out your assistance. With Kynley, we used to rock her to sleep every night. We eventually had to let her "cry out" which was so hard on all of us, but once we did that and she was able to put herself to sleep on her own with out our help it made our lives so much easier. With Kyler, I never rocked her to sleep. I let her sleep in our arms, but from the beginning, if I knew she was tired, I would just lay her down swaddled and with her dummy/pacifier and let her fall asleep on her own. They are both able to "self soothe" and get back to sleep without us.

2. In bed by or before 7pm!!!! This is crucial in my opinion. I did a lot of research about it as well. With both of my girls from 8 weeks on, 6pm was bedtime. Once I started putting them to bed then (instead of when we went to bed, 8pm or 9pm) is when they started sleeping for longer periods of time, and eventually sleeping through.We changed Kynley's bed time to 7pm at around 17 months, but no later. (except on special occasions).

3. ROUTINE!!!! Everything i have read says how important it is to do a routine with your babies. They  need to know whats going to happen next no matter how young they are. Try and start a napping routine during the day, and make sure they are awake for a solid period before bed time (this is for infants). We have a bedtime routine for both of our girls at night. Kynley has dinner, bath, a bit of play time with dad, brush teeth, book reading and bed. Kyler just has to be awake an hour before bed time with a bath and some matt time, then feeding in a dark room and bed.

4. This part is not for everyone but it has worked for us, no babies in our bed. When they were both born, of course they were allowed in our bed during sleepless nights, but as they have gotten older, unless they are sick, they are in their beds. When Kynley wakes up at night on the rare occasion, we go in, console her, lay her down and she usually falls back to sleep straight away. She has always been a good sleeper though, so it is rare we ever have to do this. We will see how Kyler is when she is older, every baby is different. But either way there is never the expectation to be taken to our bed. They are allowed in our bed in the morning, Kynley comes in and lays for a solid hour with us while she has her milk and watches cartoons.

5. We dont tip toe around the house when the kids are sleeping. We wanted them to be able to sleep through anything. 

The main books I read were Save our Sleep, Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Baby, Happiest Baby on the Block.

Anyways, I need to do a Kynley update soon, because there are so many things going on with that crazy kid! But for now, this is all....I just love these two banshee's more than words can say!

Our first outing

Well today I decided to go out to breakfast with a friend...with both girls in tow. Anyone who has a toddler knows how difficult it is to take them out to a meal and keep them occupied, add a newborn to the mix and you're just asking for trouble. I have avoided taking Kynley out for meals for the last few months, just because it has gotten to be too difficult. And once I got pregnant with Kyler I swore I would never take the two out by myself...EVER! But today I decided to brave it, all for my favorite cappuccino. 

I prepared myself as much as possible with an iPad and an abundance of snacks for Kynley. Kyler had already eaten,so she should have just snoozed the whole time. I met my friend Maree and her son, Bentley there, he is just 10 days younger than Kyler. Before we went to breakfast we had been at Kindergym, and Kynley took a tumble, got a bloody lip and had blood all over her top. I of course, forgot to bring a change of clothes for her, so we showed up to breakfast with blood stains all down her top. You could say we were off to a rocky start already!

 I ordered Kynley her first ever babycinno (steamed milk with foam and chocolate on top). She loved it and got it all over her already stained top. At this point I didn't care what she looked like, as long as I got to drink my coffee in somewhat peace and attempt to be sociable. Once breakfast came out we are still doing well, no toddler or infant melt downs. I got to nearly finish my eggs as Kynley decided she was over the high chair and started squealing and trying to climb out. I knew at that point I got the most out of the situation, so I took Kynley out to come inside with me to pay while my friend sat with Kyler. That's when all hell broke loose. Kynley, in her chocolate and blood stained top, refused to stand next to me in line and instead started trying to slam doors and pull glasses off a shelf. *kill me now* The line was taking so long to move and my toddler tornado was tearing the place apart at a rapid rate. After finally paying Kynley decided to throw herself on the ground for no apparent reason, roll around and scream. And at that exact moment Kyler decided she was hungry and began to scream too. My somewhat peaceful breakfast turned into complete chaos. 

We were seated out front of the restaurant and I had been lucky enough to get a parking spot directly infront. My only option at that point was to take my screaming toddler to the car (with everyone staring at me) while Kyler sat with my friend. I swiftly buckled the banshee into her car seat, turned on a movie and ran back to get Kyler. I'm pretty sure everyone watching me thought I was just locking my devil child in the car and leaving her, which made the situation even more embarrassing. Did I mention it was nap time ,which probably led to the full melt down? Anyways, I grabbed Kyler, said bye to my friend and got the hell out of there as fast as I could. 

To most of you reading this may seem like a complete failure, but I got to drink  my coffee and finish my breakfast while it was hot and somewhat enjoyed it. In any Mommy's book I think that is considered a win! I am pretty sure I will not be attempting this again anytime soon...

Kyler Elizabeth-1 month

Oh how time flies! Our newest addition is one month old!! I hate how fast the first year flies by, it's so much worse with your second baby, because you know she will only be this tiny for such a short period of time!

We are adjusting well to life with two little banshee's :) Kyler, like her sister, is a great little baby! Very relaxed and easy, thank god. It makes having the two of them a lot easier than I thought, for now. We are still struggling with getting out the door in a timely manor every day. Honestly that has been the hardest part is just getting ready to leave and go anywhere! The other day I did leave the house on time and arrived 5 mins early to our destination...I felt like I deserved a medal!

Kyler had her one month check up and she is back to good health. She weighs 7lbs 11oz (3.5kgs) and is in the 50th percentile for her weight and height....and the 90th for her head...is anyone else not surprised by that? haha Kynley has always been in the 90th for her noggin as well. She is only waking up once at night around 3 am, were hoping to drop that soon and have her sleeping through (fingers crossed). Kyler eats SO much during the day, she will not stay little for long. I am predicting that she and Kynley are in the same size clothes. She has a ton of black fuzzy hair and its is my most favorite thing ever!!! I love to kiss her little head constantly. She also giggles in her sleep. Actually it's more like full on laughing. My husband and I have both seen her do it numerous times and it may be the cutest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

Kynley is absolutely in love with her. She is the best big sister, not jealous at all, and she loves to kiss and cuddle her...a lot...like all day haha. She also likes to tickle her which is adorable, she will come up to her belly and say "ticka, ticka, ticka!" I need to get it on video, its hilarious. She now calls her "bubey" instead of "boe boe".

As most of you know we had a health scare with Kyler a few weeks ago. We noticed she was running a fever and took her to the hospital. Once we were there they rushed us to a room and started trying to figure out what was going on. Other than a fever, she had no other symptoms of anything. No rash, no snot, no cough and she still had her appetite. Because a fever in a baby this young is so dangerous, they did a full work up on her. Put in an iv, did blood work, a catheter to check for a uti and then a spinal tap. It was horrible to have to sit there and listen to her scream while this all went on and know there was nothing I could do. After a while the blood tests came back inconclusive, so they had us stay the night to monitor her and wait for the spinal tap results to come in. The next morning we got the results and it showed extra cells in her spinal fluid. It felt like someone punched me in the stomach. She had spinal meningitis, we just didn't know if it was viral or bacterial. Know how sering bacterial meningitis is i was freaking out. I was left to sit with my thoughts for 3 hours while we waited for the rest of the tests to come back. More results came in later in the day and luckily it was only viral and we were released home. Such a huge relief. She is now 100% back to herself.

More to come on life with these two crazies. If you want to keep track of the craziness check out my instagram reynarobyn . As I am sitting here writing this, dad got the first smiles out of our little girl! Such a fun milestone, excited for many more to come!