Being Home

It's been two weeks since I came home from the hospital and things have been a lot more smooth then I thought they would be but there are always those moments...

REESE:

Can I just say I have a angel!? She, so far, has the sweetest temperament and is just calm and happy to just look around. She only cried when she is hungry and watch out for that because she makes up for being quiet with how mad she gets when she is hungry.

She is a great little nurser! She is eating every four hours and only wakes up once or twice a night. She will sleep anywhere from 5 to 8 hour stretches through the night. Like I said, she is a ANGEL!

She gets hugs and kisses constantly but I don't think she minds at all. She is already a perfect fit to our little family and we are so glad she is here!

The Sisters:

Love at first sight! Irey has LOVED having a little sister and most often refers to her as her best friend Reese. She is always telling us what her and Reese are going to do together when Reese is bigger or all the things she is going to teach Reese.

 Irey "sharing" tinker bell and her popcorn with Reese

Irelyn takes her role as a big sister VERY seriously. She is very protective and nurturing and maybe some times a little too loving but for the most part does a great job at being a big sister!

Mom and Dad:
Brandon loves having a newborn. He is a baby kind of guy so he really enjoys cuddling and kissing Reese as much as he can. He is perfect for having two girls because he does the girl thing very well. He plays barbies with Irey and will dress Reese and never forgets those bows. ;) I think I may have one or two more just because I love seeing him as a daddy so much, but not any time soon!

I feel like I am UP one day and then DOWN for two days. This may be due to the fact that I go go go and EVERYONE tells me to slow down and everyone is right, I really should slow down but I don't know how and at some point something will stop me but until then Brandon does the best he can to keep me in check.
The recovery this time has been harder. The c-section was better then with Irey but a repeat c-section just means more healing and I am sure with each and every one it will get harder. I had to leave my staples in for a week because my incision was pulling a part in the hospital. The staples were really painful and uncomfortable and made me feel so emotional because I was sick of the pain. Once I got those out I had a whole day where I felt great but then I started feeling the soreness from nursing.
With Irey I nursed for 4 months but I used a breast shield the whole time so with Reese I haven't been using the shield because it's easier but OUCH! It started out like the normal cracking and all that but it got really bad and made nursing something I dreaded instead of enjoy. After about a week of crying and feeling super anxious every 4 hours when it was time to nurse I finally called my doctor. He checked it out and cringed (I am not lying , it's REALLY bad) and prescribed me some medicated cream because I have tried EVERYTHING else. The cream is already working and I am feeling like I don't want to quit nursing anymore, which is great because I have never seen a baby love nursing as much as Reese does :)

Those Moments:
I am surprised at how natural and normal it feels to have two kids. I am grateful that the adjustment has so far been smooth. I am really enjoying my girls and trying to savor as much as I can! But no matter how great everything goes there are always times when you cry in a situation and then can laugh about it later... that is "those moments" I am referring to...
The first time Brandon left me to hold down the fort by myself ended in disaster... of course! I was trying to get Irey dinner and Reese was screaming to be nursed. I was dishing  Irey up a plate and telling her she had to eat it all gone when I hear a splat on the floor. I couldn't believe my eyes, Reese had a major blow out and it got ALL OVER her, me, and the kitchen floor. Well I had to hurry and clean it up before Irey got in the mess and clean myself and Reese and do it all real quick because Reese was VERY hungry. I still had my staples in and so cleaning the floor was super painful and I started crying and then Irey started crying because she didn't want me to cry and by this point Reese is screaming. So here I am, crying while my girls are crying and it was just a lovely moment to make me realize life is far from perfect!
Another day in the life of Kylie was family picture day! Tiffany was a dear and came over to my house and took DARLING pictures of Reese and the family (I will post those later). After pictures Brandon headed to work and I was left by myself. I was making some lunch for IreyIrey is waving her arms in the air and trying to cry out but no sound was coming out! I ran over to her and she started to turn BLUE! My cell phone was upstairs at the opposite end of the house and I had NO IDEA what to do to help her, that's the most frightening thing to experience as a mom. Do I run upstairs and leave Irey by herself downstairs so I can call 911 (mind you running would be difficult because I had only had my c-section a week before this)? I tried to stay calm and told Irey she needed to relax and try to cough up the candy. I felt some peace come over me and knew I had to stay with her and help her calm down so she can cough it up. Well after the longest moment of my life, she finally threw up the candy and we held each other and cried... still not a moment I can laugh at yet but I am very grateful for my Heavenly Father because I know he helps me when I don't know what to do!
As if that day wasn't crazy enough, that night Irey was eating dinner and I was nursing Reese when Irey started freaking out because she had gotten her leg stuck in the chair! After several failed attempts to get the leg out of the chair and lots of screaming/crying from both Irey and Reese (who's dinner had been interrupted), I called Brandon being on the verge of tears myself. Sadly he was working and no one could help Irey but me, poor child, so I tried for about 15 more minuets and FINALLY we got the leg out of the chair and Irey started laughing and said, "See mom, you can do ANYTHING!" Man I needed to hear that!
Life is funny sometimes!

Surrounded with LOVE:
We are feeling so blessed to have so much family and friends around. It makes times like this a lot easier to adapt to. Our meals were taken care of for over a week, I had constant offers to take Irey, and so many people asking to help where they can! We love that our girls have such great cousins to play with and that they had very adoring Aunts and Uncles as well as Grandmas and Grandpas!

Thank you Brenda, Jamie, Jenessa, and Kelsey (as well as the neighbors who don't look at my blog) for your yummy meals! Thanks Brianna and Brielle for taking on Irey! And thanks to my mom who was at my side whenever I needed her. When you have kids there isn't a person in the world you need or want more then your mom!

All the Fun We Have Together:

We have been able to get out and do some fun things since we have been home. It's fun to be able to go out and be together as a little family. 

The first weekend home Brandon took Irey to the White and Blue game for some one on one time. I got to stay home and do some much needed sleep;) But she was the cutest Cheerleader there, her dad said so (he better say so!).

While Reese sleeps most of the time, we take advantage by doing fun things with Irey. We were able to take Irey to a movie last Thursday and Reese slept the whole time. On Friday we went mini golfing with our Friends the Caldwells. Irey LOVED mini gold and Reese again slept the whole time.

On Saturday we had to suck up as much of those beautiful rays as possible! We grabbed some lunch, picked up Hallie so Irey had a friend, and headed to the park. I ended up in the car half the time nursing but it was still fun to be outside and just feeling spring coming to stay!

Now I am just looking forward to getting into a routine and loosing some of this post pregnancy weight and am really needing some morning walks to become part of that plan, if only the weather would agree!