Locklyn Grace Moore

Wednesday Dec 28, I woke up not feeling too well, I almost thought I was getting the flu again. As the morning went on, I started to feel better but was exhausted. My nephews came over for the day as their parents are in Jamaica on vacation and Grandma had to work for a bit. I kind of overscheduled our day with a play date at 10 and DEAP came over at 11 but we got everything squeezed in. I fed the kids lunch and they played until nap time and grandma came and got them. I struggled getting Kynlie to sleep but she finally gave in at 3:30 and I laid down on the couch and slept the whole time she was sleeping.

She woke up about 5:30 and when I woke up, I had terrible lower back pain. Neil came home and we ate supper and I decided to call Labor and Delivery to see if they thought what I was feeling was back labor. They wanted us to come to Dickinson so they could monitor me and see if I was in fact in labor.

My mom came in and got Kynlie and Neil and I headed to Dickinson. We got there in pretty good time and on the way there, I started getting uterine contractions. They hooked me up to the contraction monitor and I actually was having contractions. I was only dilated to 2cm but that doesn't really matter, only the contractions.

The doctor came in and said that considering how far away from the hospital we are, how far along I was and with my vertical incision on my uterus that he thought the baby would be better outside than keeping her in and risking rupturing my uterus from the contractions.  The nurses started prepping me for surgery and a half an hour later, I was on my way to the OR to have our baby.

I got really nervous walking to the OR, I am not sure what exactly I was so nervous about but man did the anxiety set in! I got my spinal block, they got everything situated with me, went and got Neil and before I knew it, they were cutting me open.

Locklyn Grace Moore was born on December 28, 2011 at 10:48 pm weighing 7 lb 11 oz and measuring 19" long. She has a pretty good head of dirty blonde hair and is absolutely perfect in every way!!! Neil stood up and watched the whole surgery and he would make some pretty disgusted faces from time to time! I got pretty emotional when I heard her cry, this is definetly different than the first time around!

I went down to recovery for an hour and Neil went with Locklyn to the nursery. She scored 9 on both her APGAR scores and has taken to nursing like a champ!

Kynlie came to meet her today and she wasn't quite sure what to think about her. She'll warm up pretty fast though I think.

Our new family of 4

Kynlie meeting Locklyn

Lincoln loves her and wanted to hold her and kiss her

Kynlie decided that since Linc held her that she would give it a try

Daddy is pretty proud!

Hanging out in the nursery waiting for mom to get out of recovery

Merry Christmas!

We were very blessed this Christmas. As always it was filled with great food, great company and lots of presents! Friday before Christmas, I took Kynlie into the doctor again because she sounded aweful, coughing and wheezing. She was diagnosed with ear infections and bronchitis. She was prescribed antibiotics and a nebulizer two times daily. Friday night, we went to an ugly Christmas sweater party at a friend's house. I should've stayed home with Kynlie because she was so crabby but we drug her along and she was a trooper for quite a while.

Christmas Eve was spent with Neil's extended family at his dad's trophy room. We went to church, ate way too much, opened presents and did an elephant swap. It is always so much fun.

Christmas morning my family came over to our house and Neil and I cooked breakfast, we opened gifts, visited for a bit, then went out to one of my cousin's houses for lunch. It was a nice laid back day.

Monday we just hung around the house and relaxed, it was great having Neil home for 3 days just being able to hang out!

We are so fortunate to have the amazing friends and family that we have. Remember to never take any of them for granted.

Moore holiday fun!!

Things have been as busy as ever around our house the last week, Monday night, I came down with the stomach flu, again. Let me tell you, hovering the toilet when you are over 8 months pregnant is NOT fun at all! Tuesday, Neil came home sick from work, which in a weird way, I was grateful for because he could take care of Kynlie so I could sleep! Thankfully, it skipped Kynlie again! I would take it ten times over her having it once though.

Wednesday, Kynlie and I went to Dickinson for her speech therapy appointment. It was a quick trip, we left at 8 and got back at 1! I didn't even go to the mall or Walmart. Just went to Kynlie's appointment, got lunch to eat on the road and headed home!

Thursday, Kynlie went to work with her dad, and hung out with Grandpa Lee for a bit. I had chipped my tooth the week before and was able to get into the dentist in Bowman when I had my doctor appointment over there so Kynlie couldn't go to my appointment with me. Lee was working in his game room so Kynlie helped him in there in the morning, then went on a delivery with her daddy in the afternoon. My doctor appointment went great, still not dilated and showing no signs of labor.

Friday, Kynlie and I cleaned, and cleaned, and organized her and the baby's room, packed her bag and mine and Neil's bag for when the baby is born. I am definetly "nesting." Not sure if that means that the little one is coming soon or not, but I am loving all the energy and enthusiasm I have to get everything ready for her to be here!

Tonight we have Baker Metal's Christmas party, which is always a good time with amazing food. Neil's dad cooks all the food for the party and let me tell you, you could not get a better meal anywhere. He loves to cook and he is great at what he loves!

Kynlie woke up this morning coughing like a smoker, poor girl, I hate it when she doesn't feel good. I don't know if it is a cold or if her ears are infected. She is just finishing the antibiotics she was on for her sinus infection so I need to ask the doctor if it would be the same antibiotic she would get for an ear infection. If it is, I guess it must be a cold, but she is really digging at her ears and when I ask her if they hurt, she says "yeah," but that's her answer to every question so it doesn't really mean anything!

Next week is looking just as busy as the last few, I can't believe Christmas is almost here, our baby is going to be here before we know it, I am not sure where this year has gone!

Kynlie and daddy reading Jingle, the dog is interactive with the book, when you read certain phrases, the dog barks

Decorating/ eating sugar cookies

We had a craft time during our playdate last week and made salt dough ornaments and finger painted them.
These are the finished product

Speech

Kynlie and I just got back from Dickinson for her first speech therapy appointment. The therapist said that she would like to see Kynlie once a week, she acually would like to see her more often, but since we have to drive so far, she would try to do a longer session once weekly.

She did some testing on what Kynlie understands and what she expresses. Kynlie's receptive language is great, she is actually at a 2 1/2 year old level for that. Her expressive language is not that good. She tries to use words to say what she wants but her words are all the same so she gets frustrated and grunts and points until she gets what she wants.

I am very excited to get started working on Kynlie's speech with a professional. I think it will make all of our lives easier when she can use the right words to tell us what she wants.

Holiday Fun

We got our Christmas baking done last weekend when we got our water back on. Kynlie LOVED being able to lick all the bowl and spoons clean and sample all the final products. We had to get everything out of the kitchen because she would throw a fit every time we walked by the counter  because she wanted cookies!
My doctor's appointment on Monday went good, I am still not dilated at all and right at 50% effaced. I go again this Thursday, then start going every week after that. I am honestly starting to get nervous about the baby coming. What I am most nervous about is going into labor and having contractions, which I am not supposed to have because of my incision, and the weather being bad or roads being closed and we can't get to the hospital. I just keep telling myself everything is going to be okay!

Tuesday I took Kynlie into the doctor as she had been really droopy, crabby, had a snot nose and under her eyes were all puffy. She was diagnosed with a sinus infection so she's been on medicine for that. Poor kid goes from getting ear infections so we get her tubes in her ears, then she starts getting sinus infections.

Wednesday we tried helping out at the coffee shop but Kynlie wasn't having anything to do with being down there. She just wanted mom and didn't want mom to be doing anything but snuggling with her. We also got news that my grandpa's surgery that was supposed to be at 12:30 on Thursday was moved up to 5:30 so we had to leave Wednesday evening for Billings. Kynlie slept from Miles City to Billings, then when we got to the hotel at 10, she had got her second wind and was wide awake. She talked and squirmed around the bed until 2:15 when she finally decided to go back to sleep. It was awesome!

Grandpa's surgery went perfectly, thank you to everyone that prayed for him and our family, your prayers have been answered.

Friday, Kynlie and I worked and she actually cooperated so I felt like it was worth my time being down at the store. Neil and I had a "date" Friday night which consisted of take-out steak and crab legs, putting Kynlie to bed 1/2 hour early and watching the movie "The Hangover 2." It was very romantic!!

Saturday we had a combo birthday party for me, Neil's mom and sister-in-law. Their birthdays are Dec 10th and mine is the 11th. We got super spoiled and it was a very enjoyable evening.

Today we just relaxed. We frosted the sugar cookies we made last weekend, wrapped the last of our Christmas presents, took naps and did a whole lot of nothing!

I got Kynlie in with a speech therapist in Dickinson on Wednesday. I am very anxious to hear what they have to say about her vocabulary. I am hoping if they want to see her, we can get it to work with when I have my OB appointments to not have to make a million trips to Dickinson.

Kynlie did start doing something, we'll say.....interesting, last week. Neil asked her on Monday if she could "smile pretty" and she scrunched her nose up and gave a goofy grin, we both praised her and tole her how pretty her smile was. Now if you ask her to smile pretty, she looks at you serious as can be, puts her chin down and rolls her eyes up into her head. It's pretty darn funny. I put a picture of it below.

Cleaning out the cookie dough bowl

Cleaning off the fudge spatula

Building a snowman with daddy

Kynlie can smile pretty

How Kynlie "Smiles Pretty!"

Birthday girls!

Behind again!

As always, I'm a few weeks behind and I do not have one picture to post:(

A couple of weeks ago, I started working two days a week at my sis-in-law's gift and coffee shoppe in town, Kynlie goes to a small in-home daycare one day and my mom keeps her the other day. It has been nice, I get out of the house, Kynlie has some more interraction with other kids, I am getting a couple days a week without a kid, Kynlie gets a whole day with Grandma! I am just helping until the baby is born, which, as of Thursday, I have 6 weeks left and was 10 weeks farther along than I was when Kynlie and Kirsten were born!!!

Friday before Thanksgiving, I was lucky enough to catch the aweful stomach bug that was going around town so I spent most of the day hovering the toilet and the evening in the ER after I puked up some blood. The doctor said he wasn't concerned about the blood, he said if I had puked that much that I probably broke some blood vessels. They gave me 2 units of IV fluids and some anti-nausea drugs and I felt like a brand new person. The next Monday, Neil was lucky enough to get it too so he spent the day with us at home on Tuesday! Thank God, it skipped Kynlie, I am not sure how, she dodged it 3 times last year too, the kid must have a great immune system!

Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we sent Kynlie to Bozeman with my parents, Neil wasn't able to leave until after work and that just makes traveling with Kynlie miserable! Mom and dad said she did perfect for them and I think she enjoyed a little extra time to play with her cousins.

Thanksgiving was spent in Bozeman at my sister's house with her in-laws, it was a loud, full house but it was a blast. We had a great Thanksgiving meal that everyone pitched in on and had enough food to last us all weekend, and then some!

Friday, we did a little shopping, Neil and I got all our names crossed off our Christmas list, which was a nice relief! We met my cousins and did some bowling, which was a lot of fun. I hate to admit it, but Neil helped Kynlie bowl for me quite a bit because I was pretty sore from walking around shopping, and her scores were WAY better than any of mine were!!

Saturday was my mom's birthday so ate more leftovers and had a Coldstone Ice Cream Cake to celebrate the occasion! I think she enjoyed being able to spend her birthday with all 3 of her grandkids.

Neil came home on Saturday, hoping to get one day of deer hunting in this year, but they couldn't get a hold of anyone to go hunting so he went and finished up the little things that needed done on our rental house so we could get it rented out. This was probably the first year since Neil has been old enough to hunt that he didn't go deer hunting!

Kynlie and I came home with mom and dad on Sunday. It was nice that Neil had came home the day before because he had our vehicle unloaded and everything unpacked and put away!

Last week, we didn't do anything special. We did have a speech pathologist come over to the house with DEAP as I have been concerned about Kynlie's speech. All her words start with "d" and are essentially the same word. I know what she is talking about sometimes, but I spend all day with her.  The pathologist said that 75% of her vocabulary should be understandable to people that don't know her and she should be using 2-3 word phrases. The only thing she says that is understandable to others are "Thank You and See ya," and they both start with "d" when she says them. The pathologist did say something that was very interesting, she said that kids with reflux and high gag reflexes usually always have speech problems because they try to protect their gag reflex when they talk- Kynlie has both of those, awefully!  The pathologist suggested that we WAY over exaggerate the words we are saying, almost to the point that we sound stupid to see if we can get Kynlie to repeat what we are saying. The problem with that is that she thinks she is saying what we are, she usually gets the syllables right and she'll sometimes get the vowell sound right, but she really thinks she is saying the same word we are. She did think that it would be good for Kynlie to go to speech therapy once a week, at least, so I am going to see if I can get her an appointment with the pediatrician Monday when we are in Dickinson for my appointment and see if we can get a recomendation for speech therapy in Dickinson, then we can just go when I have my weekly appointments.

We are trying to do our Christmas baking this weekend and I started when Kynlie went down for her nap, but we don't have any water right now so that is putting a damper on my baking! Instead, I am sitting on the couch with my feet up typing this post!! Baking can wait and if it doesn't get done, I won't eat it!

Next week is BUSY! Monday I have an appointment in Dickinson, Thursday my grandpa is having surgery in Billings and I am helping out a few more days at the store than normal! I decided that this time of year is perfect for the last few weeks of pregnancy because it's so busy that even if I do get miserable, I will be too busy to notice it!

We have the baby's room done, minus the crib, Kynlie is still in that!  It is sometimes still surreal that we are having another baby, soon. I am going to try and get some pictures of Kynlie's big girl room and the baby's room and get them on here, they are both adorable.