Everybody loves Thalan!

So I thought I share some pictures. Nobody fall over, Sean was the one who put them on the computer. Going though them I realized how cute these ones are. Thalan is so loved and everyday the girl ask to hold or play with baby brother. It melts my heart. I can't believe he's 3 months old already.

Daddy and his boy.

Faith has always been a great big sister.

Kenzie adores her baby brother. She holds him everyday and I can not wait to see them really play with eachother.
Thalan is getting so big, and is such a happy baby. Even though it is hard trying to catch a smile on camera.

I am going to get more pictures up soon. I didn't want to share them all at once:)

laziness????

So I am messing with this blog, wondering so many things.

First of all my laziness...Yes, I am a mom to three and I am busy but I still need to find time.

I find myself on the computer very little these days but when I am, I am usually catching up on everyone else's blog silly me.

Pictures of my wonderful children.. everyone wants them where are they oh on my camera.. yes all 258 of them. Maybe they will be recieved by the time the kids graduate from college. haha.

Organization of my life, home, is just not a possibility. I try no really I do but I can't seem to get out of my own way. I blame space, and time and well anything I can but truth be told I am a procrastinator and I don't think I will ever be organized.

Plus there are so many things I want to do... I love to be crafty and I really want to learn how to make jewerly and maybe even sell it. That is only one out of probably 5 things on my crafty side I want to do, if I make the list you might laugh.

At the end of the day I think about what I really should do the next to change some of these things then by the time I am falling asleep I think oh Connie one day at a time. Words to live by but maybe not enough push:)

I am blessed to have my family, and friends and I guess my laziness doesn't really matter as long as I am happy which I am.

a month old already

I can not believe a month has passed already. I never even posted Thalans birth story. Its been so busy and I don't see it slowing down.

December 16th came and I thought I had one more day. Nope wrong. I went for my pre-surgical testing went to grams to play with Kenzie before my last pre natal appointment next thing you know I am at the hospital having my baby boy!

The whole weekend before i felt him move around but not as much as he usually did. When I told my midwife this she immediatly hooked me up to check things out. His heart beat was great-- still nop movement. So she sent me downstairs for an u/s and came with me to try and keep me calm. Still he had a great HB but no movement. My midwife went and talked to the Dr. who decided she didn't want me waiting until morning to have my c-section. It was going to happen that night. I started freaking out, they were honest and said they thought he was fine but weren't sure.So I went back to grams called Sean and my mom set everything up for the kids and grams and went to the birthing center.

I get there and sit in the parking lot crying and praying that my little boy was really ok. I get inside and the nurses were great and very supportive. Sean came with my sister and my midwife came in to check on me and said the Dr. will bne here soon. So my parents got there, and my Sil arrived and we all waited it seemed like forever. Then it all went so qiuck. The Dr. came in around 6:30 then the anesteiologist came in and we signed all the papers and they got Sean scrubs and oked my sister, mom, and sil all to watch the c-section. They took me in got me prepped Sean came in and things were ok. So my Dr. is explaining everything to me and we are all talking like we are out to lunch. She says ok Sean stand up he's coming. Then it all got a little scary. He was stuck and not only did they have to make my incision bigger but they had to vaccum him out. Sean turned white and she kept talking to us.Then it came he cried and well so did I. They got him out and he peed all over them, and wow did he scream, until Sean started talking to him as they were wrapping him up. I couldn't stop crying I just kept asking if he was ok. So the nurse brought him over to me and let me kiss him before he went for his first bath. He was, and Sean went with the nurses to go wash him up and weigh him. My sister stayed with me while they tied my tubes. Then I was taken to my room and was able to hold my little boy.

Thalan James was born December 16,2008 7lbs 4 oz and 19 inches long.

The girls are great with him, and he is a wonderful baby. Kenzie has adjusted way better then we expected and Faith is such a big help.

I am breast feeding but I have been suplementing with formula because he lost to much weight in the hospital. Then didn't gain any by his first appointment. Well at his next weight check he only gained back what he lost and being 3 weeks old at the time the Dr. was concerned. She examined him and realized he has a short frenulum.(the piece of skin underneath his tongue) which is making it so he can not latch properly not only to me but the bottle as well. So this past Tuesday we took him to the ENT and had it cut and he is doing great. Now I just have to get my milk supply up.

So we are adjusting well, I think:) Breastfeeding is the most challenging thing ever and considering its been so cold we don't go out to much yet but I am treasuring it while I can.

I am really going to try to post more. Its my mommy time. HAHA.

wow

I can not believe I left you all hanging and I am sorry. Things are ok here just crazy, good bad and imbetween. I wonder if I should keep blogging I can't seem to take the time to write even though I really need it, I don't know how to make my page pretty like everyone else's and I don't have many followers. Even though it's more my fault because I should send an email to family and friends so they can see it.
Not really sure what to do from here. I will update later on my family just wanted to get that out. Connie

I am so grateful

Well, I know I don't get on here much but I wanted to take some time today.
Yesterday I went looking for something and realized that every store now has Christmas stuff out everywhere. Well, blame the hormones but it made me cry. Thalan will be here in no time and as excited as I am to meet my little man I am nervous about being a mom of three!

Faith amazes me every day. I look at her and can't believe she was Kenzies age when I first meet her. How time flies. Now she is a second grader and a big sister to almost two. Which I have to say she is very good at. She will tell the world that Kenzie is her best friend, and can not wait to meet her little brother. She talks to him all the time and promises to love him as much as she loves Kenzie (so cute). She can read like a champ and even though we have had many struggles getting to where she is with reading she has learned that hard work pays off in the end.

McKenzie is simply incredible. I look at her most days and wonder where did my two year old go. Being that she has Faith and Sean and I talk to her at a big girl level has so much to do with it but my goodness does she really say the most big kid things. Last week I took her for her very first haircut. We get in the car and I said Kenzie are you ready to go get your Hair cut. She replies with mommy are you kidding me I am getting my haircut. I looked at her and couldn't help but laugh. Then when we went and saw daddy he tells her how cute she looks to which she replies well, mommy made me get a haircut. Once again all I do is laugh because what two year old says that. I could go on forever but won't. My little girl is getting so big.
Sean has gone above and beyond for the sake of being a wonderful husband and father. Always showing me how much I mean to him and reminding me of how great of a mom I am. Being that I have been on edge about everything and overwhelmed by the fact that not only do we have so much to do before Thalan gets here but we need to get ready for the holidays early he has been my rock. Doing things before I can get to them, taking the kids so I can rest. Reassuring me that it will all be ok, and making sure I am ok above all. I love him and so glad God has brought us together.
My family will always be my life and I will be forever grateful that this is the life I have.

We have named our little boy!

In December we will be having a little boy and we decided that his name will be

THALAN JAMES RILEY!

I am so excited over having a name finally (hey it only took countless battles over 7 months)

Thalan is Irish with the meaning of Charming.
James is my dads name who will is and always will be my best friend.
Riley well, thats a given.

We also decided that the nickname TJ will be ok.

For those of you that don't know when we decided on McKenzie Irene.
McKenzie is Scottish for leader
Irene is Seans grandmothers name who is and always will be his best friend
Riley Same as above haha.
The thing is we decided on spelling her name the way we did because with the spelling of Mackenzie (traditional) we were afraid of the nick name Mac. So we all call her Kenzie now and we are happy.

Well there is a little background.
Connie