Two Weeks Old!

WOW time flies when you have two little girls. I remember with Kaylee at this point we had like 6 billion pictures and time to focus on just her. This time around we have a very dramatic and adorable 20 month old and a gorgeous 2 week old so.... our attention is definitely split :) Kennady is still changing everyday and is incredibly strong. She likes to lift her head up and look around. Kaylee still adores her sissy and has not shown any resentment towards the baby. My mom has been such a help and I am sad to see her go tomorrow, but I guess my sisters need their mom too :)I've been feeling pretty good I just know once my mom leaves its going to be an interesting transition. I also forgot how many diapers you go through with a newborn :) YIKES...haha!

SO basically the Packs are doing good. Thank you for all your love and messages! We feel so blessed!

The Grandmas with their girls!

Our Little Miss

Proof she does have eyes! Sometimes we forget that when she sleeps all day :) We are just so happy to have her off the Billibed and get to dress her! She had to be in diapers and be on that bed all day. Poor thing! So we are just so happy to see her happy and dressed!!


Kaylee wanted Sissy to lay with her in her big girl bed. She was so cute. We have to watch her a bit because she's a little rough, not on purpose, she just gets so excited.

1 Week old!

Our little Kennady is one week old TODAY! Yes it has been one magical week of life for our little girl. Highlights from the week:

-She has a big sister who absolutely ADORES her! Kaylee cries "uh oh" at ANY peep Kennady makes and runs right over to her to make sure she is ok. Whether or not the baby is ok she gets a big kiss from Kaylee.

-Kaylee playing with her new Kitchen (thanks to my Aunt Tacy) aka literally throwing every play dish she has all over the room then singing "cleam up, cleam up eh-body" BUT not really picking anything up :)
-Kennady growing right before our eyes. I guess I forgot how fast they change.
-Grandma Shepherd is here helping SO much. I have no idea what I'd do without my mom, and can't think about when she has to leave :(

*Just for fun this is a picture of Shane and Kennady. Can you say twins :)

SISSY!!!

So, the votes are in and after much deliberation, we decided to go with Kennady Lynn. Oh and Kaylee has been absolutely amazing with this baby so far. When we walked in the door from the hospital for the first time, she SCREAMS, "SISSY!!!! SISSY HOME!!!" It was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen in my whole life. Here are a few pictures...

Me and my Girls

Kaylee calls her Nennedy

Kaylee is beyond adorable.

Dr. Kaylee making sure her nose works right

One of 2,000 kisses already given.

Lots of Love

Just so you know, we have told Kennady to stop fake baking.

Kaylee thought it was hilarious to get in the baby's bed

Presenting...

Presenting....well, we don't really know her name for sure yet, but OUR NEW LITTLE GIRL!!! Shara had our second daughter this morning at 7:30 and both baby and mamma are happy and healthy. We are so proud of our little Shara. She did awesome, and we were very happy that
A. We were not in Oakland with gunshots firing around the corner
B. Our nurse was sweet and was not Big Momma
C. We got to hold our little girl the same day and everything took about 3 1/2 hours instead of 15.

Thats just the short list of the things I can think of that were nice about this time. Our sweet Kaylee was such cutie. She had to give 20 kisses and hugs and as she was leaving she calls back, "Bye Bye Baaby" and waves. I don't know if she understands that this baby will be living with us, but so far, she seems to be just fine with the idea.

We need ya'lls votes. We are back and forth between Kennady Rose and Claire Marie. As far as we can tell at this point it doesn't look like this kid of ours has blonde hair (if that helps you decide which way to vote), but either way we need some opinions from our friends and family on this one. So, let us know what you think!!!

We got some pretty cute pictures. There are many many more and I am sure Shara will update this blog as soon as she is up to it. (She is, afterall, the master editor). Enough with the rambling on and on- I know all ya'll really care about is pictures anyway, so here are to wet your appetite. Many more to come....

On pins and Needles

So new little Pack is due January 24th HOWEVER I am dilated to 3 1/2 cm already! So WHO KNOWS. I think that is for sure the hardest thing. We really now have NO clue when she will get here. Kaylee came at 36 wks and 5 days and I am 36 wks and 2 days. So.........We'll keep you posted!

A Very Merry Christmas Indeed

I must say as I sit down to write this post that I am completely exhausted! Although the day did not start off super early, 8:00 am does come pretty quickly when you don't sleep. But even with the sleepless, super pregnant, stuffy nose kind of sleepless night I experienced I was so excited to have Christmas with Kaylee. She was pretty clueless to what was about to happen, but Shane and I were like little kids just so excited to watch her open her presents. I set up everything the night before, just like my parents use to, with her presents from Santa and her stocking all together! It was so cute.


We had to wait for Shane's Brother and his wife due to some weather issues so we were watching Kaylee like a hawk making sure she didn't wander off into the present room! Well of course a few minutes before they got there we all slacked and the next thing we hear is a high pitch squeal of excitement. We rush in and she is pushing around the little princess baby stroller we had got her. Honestly she would have been just fine with that present alone, however that was certainly no the case this year. Sean and Alexa soon arrived and the festivities began.We all soon realized we had gone INSANE as far as Kaylee was concerned and it was hard to keep her focused as we would open one present and all she wanted to do was play with it and we are telling her "no wait Kay there's MORE." It was pretty funny and the poor little girl was pretty popped at the end of it all. Needless to say she SCORED big time! I think she got every Mermaid thing you can imagine.

It was a great morning and we were lucky enough to spend the day with family, good food and entertainment. It was so fun to watch little Kaylee enjoy her first real Christmas, apart from last year when she was more interested in eating the paper! We were all sad to be away from our Shepherd family, but felt their love.

What a wonderful Holiday to be together and focus on the joy of others. I still can't believe Christmas is over. It went by so quickly this year, but I hope the Christmas Spirit will continue into the winter months ahead. We love you all and hope everyone had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

PS I had to add this because it was so funny. Kaylee loved to play with my mother-in-laws nativity and this is how we found it one night! hahaha

Kaylee's version of the Nativity!