Tuna pasta salad and Orange fluff. This was actually pretty good! I didn't know what I would think about tuna.... but it was good! The orange fluff had a lot of cottage cheese in it, which isn't my favorite, so I didn't eat too much of it.

Goulash made with ground turkey. This was the first time I'd ever had ground turkey- it was GOOD! I may start buying that.... With the goulash came salad, Hawaiian rolls and cupcakes! One of my favorite meals, for sure!

Chicken Saltimbocca.... never heard of it? It was GREAT! The chicken breasts were stuffed with ham (I think). There was a caramelized onion sauce to pour over (I wasn't a huge fan of that), mashed potatoes that were TO DIE FOR, lemon pepper asparagus, French Herb rolls and Country Fair pie. You talk about a gourmet meal! This lady went above and beyond her call of duty- and we were so appreciative! She is a wonderful cook! Her pie was GREAT. It was SOOOO sugary, you could only eat small amounts at a time. I'm going to email her for the recipe and I'll post it when I get it. Whitney- you need to make it. I think you'd like it!!

Chicken lasagna- YUM! I've never had lasagna with chicken in it.... but it was great!

Macaroni & Cheese- again, YUM!

And last night we got spaghetti, salad and rolls. It worked out PERFECTLY that we got spaghetti. It was the first night my mom wasn't here to help out, and I didn't have to cook anything and dirty up the kitchen.

I'm not sure what we'll get tonight. This week my MOPS group is bringing food. They bring it EVERY night! My other mom's group does it Monday, Wednesday, Friday for 3 weeks.

God has blessed us in so many ways and I can't be more thankful! So far, things have been going rather smoothly since my mom left yesterday. I know it's a God thing- He is taking care of us.

Here are a couple pictures of the girls.

I am still getting around slow. I feel a lot better today than I have been; it's just so frustrating that I can't get around like normal already. Since I'm trying to not walk around and do as much, I'm catching up on editing pictures. I downloaded the trial version of PSE 8, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I'll make a post of pictures I've edited in my 365 blog which is pretty much non existent now. ;-)

I have decided I need to keep my camera ready to go at all times so I can get at least one picture a day of the girls! Here is a picture from Saturday- it was beautiful!!! The girls got to wear matching outfits! Oh how I love it!!! :)

Here's another picture from our photoshoot yesterday- I'm not sure why the one I posted from yesterday is chopped off! :(

Definitely not one of the best ones...... but I thought it was ok.

Today has been beautiful! It's 65-68 outside and sunny. Me, Kensley & Nonnie (my mom) went outside and played while daddy worked at the table and Kallie slept in her bassinet. Kensley blew bubbles and went for her first ride on her bike. I found one for $10 at a consignment sale- she really liked it! (I only got a picture from my phone, so I can't post it on here) The rest of the afternoon, we were lazy (as lazy as you can be with an 18 month old running around). I told Kent that I swore Kensley just turned a new leaf within the past week or so! She is a HANDFUL! And she's teething (her entire hand has been in her mouth a LOT the past day or two) so that adds to the "handful" that she's been.

As far as her and Kallie- she is still doing great with her. She always asks where the baby is and tries to cover her up with blankets. She'll say "she's sleeping" when she comes up to me when I'm holding her. It's so sweet! I was nursing earlier and she was very intrigued. I explained to her that Kallie was eating. I pumped a little and my mom gave her a bottle- Kensley wanted to help out. So she took the bottle and touched Kallie's lips with it. She thought she was big stuff.

Here are a couple pictures to share....

We are stuck in the hospital on a BEAUTIFUL day.... and it's St. Patty's Day!

Here's Kallie's birth story:

Tuesday morning, March 16th, 2010. Kent and I woke up around 6:00am to start getting ready to go to the hospital. It's only about 10 minutes from our house, so we didn't have to leave too terribly early. My mom was up here and she stayed with Kensley. Kent and I made it to the hospital and got prepped. I had already been having contractions that morning, but nothing out of the normal that I had been feeling all week. The nurse was VERY nice and took great care of me! I was so blessed! She started my pitocin around 8am. I could feel the tightness in my stomach, but not much pain. The dr. came by around 9:15 and went ahead and broke my water. I was 3-4cm dilated. The contractions started getting stronger after that. Kent was the only one in the room with me and boy was I glad. It was so nice because he naturally is not a "talker", so when I was having the contractions, he'd just come stand by me and breath me through it. (then he'd throw out a sarcastic remark afterwards- SO like him!) It was about 9:45am and I decided I wanted my epidural. The contractions were getting pretty bad- I couldn't talk at all through them. The nurse said my contractions were 1-4 minutes apart. When I called for the epidural, the nurse laughed and said "I'm one step ahead of you! I've got the anesthesiologist out here right now". They were in the room within the next two minutes, at the most! I am always nervous about the epidurals because it's such a sensitive area to be messed with. Nerves can be a scary subject. Anyways, everything went in fine and within the next 20 minutes, I was numb. The feeling after the epidural is SOOOOO nice! I think it's God's gift to women. :) Once the epidural was working, the nurse said she thought I had got it just in time. She checked me at around 10:45 and I was at 6cm. She left us in the room and I eventually started feeling pressure in my bottom. The nurse checked me around 11:15 and said Kallie had dropped and was ready. My mom was taking Kensley to Nikki's and then heading up to the hospital. The nurse said she had about 20 minutes, at the most to get there. She arrived at about 11:30, right in time. The dr. got to the room and the nurses got everything ready and prepped. I pushed through 3 contractions and on the third contraction, Kallie Grace was born! albs 4oz 20.5' long- 11:51am. She was a pound heavier than Kensley- but it makes such a difference when they're that small! A lot of people think Kallie favors me a little more. Woohoo! :) She has a darker complexion than Kensley. Her face isn't as round as Kensley's was. I'm sure as the days pass, we'll be able to tell more of who she looks like.

Here are a couple pictures from delivery day:

Kallie is doing great. She's latched on and nursing well. I send her to the nursery at night so I can sleep as much as possible (they bring her for feedings). She is just so perfect. I am SO in love. I was anxious to feel the love of a mother of two..... it's amazing. You think you could never love another human as much as you love your first, but it's not true. That love just multiplies (if you can even imagine that!)

I've been having contractions still- just nothing out of the normal. It's been really neat to experience it naturally; however, I'm ready to be induced in the morning! No doubt! Here is a picture from this morning- I am 39 weeks (although the baby is measuring a couple weeks ahead). I have gained 33lbs this pregnancy. I ended up doing better than I thought I would.

And here's just a sweet picture of Kensley and Kent from yesterday. Our neighborhood backs up to the Potomac and it's been flooding this past weekend. It hasn't been raining really hard where we are- but the water levels of the river are rising.... you can kind of see it in the background....

Kensley taking her bib off and about to tell me she's "all done!"

She loves reading with her daddy. I loved this picture :)

As far as Kensley goes- I ask her everyday if she's ready for Kallie to get here. I was trying to get her to say "Kallie" yesterday and she would just say "KK". She'll get it soon- "Kallie" isn't hard to say. We went to a preschool yesterday to tour. It is a very small one - it's at a Presbyterian church. If she goes, it would only be twice a week and for two hours a day. Next year she'd be able to go 3 hours. I'm going to call another school today and get some information and then hopefully we can get something set up for her to start in the fall. She'll be the younger one in her class, but I think that'll be ok. They're going to work with them on potty training, which is great. (I really kind of dread that!!) Maybe if she's around other kids that are working on it, she'll be more interested in trying. I'm super excited about getting her into something. She was in heaven yesterday! I could have left and she would have never known! That makes me feel good :-)

Well, no pictures to share- camera is packed in the bag with batteries fully charged. Haven't pulled it out any to get any shots. Maybe I'll get it out later and attempt some belly pictures.

I've been having contractions every since last Friday or Saturday, I believe. (Is that right Whitney? I know I was texting you when I first started feeling them) Anyways, last night I was pretty crampy and woke up quite a bit when the contractions were hitting- but obviously it wasn't time for her to come! :) We got up this morning, ate breakfast and headed out to the mall. Tuesday is the one day we don't have a play date or class to go to, so I wanted to let her play at the indoor playground. We got there before all the stores opened- and we ended up being the only ones there when we first arrived. It wasn't long before about 3 other kids showed up. Kensley had a lot of fun- she didn't last too long. She was back up on the seat by me getting her paci and blanket after about 30 minutes of play time. We left and headed to Target to get some things. I found stuff to go in her Easter basket. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for Kallie this year. I probably won't get her anything. Kensley picked out her things while we were at Target. After Target, we had to go to the post office to mail about 5 packages! It was a chore, but Kensley did good in her stroller. It took us two trips to get the boxes in but all that is done and I don't have to worry about it! We're back at home, Kensley is napping and I am about to go box up her clothes I took out of her closet yesterday. *Maybe, just maybe* Kallie will be able to wear those when the season rolls around next year. We'll try :)

I have no pictures to share today. Maybe I'll take some later. I need to get all of my batteries charged up (camera and video camera). Just in case something happens before next Tuesday, I'd like to be prepared. :) I'm going to try to keep posting each day until delivery.

I signed Kensley up for 4 music classes - trying to keep busy before Kallie gets here. I took pictures this morning and decided to make a video out of them. I thought it turned out pretty cute :)

I decided to set up a little photo shoot with Kensley the other day. I love doing these but just haven't had the energy to do one lately. I bought some pink felt a couple weeks ago and have been wanting to use it- just haven't gotten around to it. So I set up a little area in our extra bedroom (which ended up being a harder task than I thought! Being almost 38 weeks preggo- I was out of breath and worn out afterwards!) Anyways, Kensley's St Patty's dress needed to be put to use- it's short sleeves, so I'm not sure if she'll even really get to wear it! It's still so cold up here. Here is one of my favorites.

She loved the blanket that I laid down- so I had to get in a chair and try to take some from overhead. Again, a little tricky for a 37.5 week pregnant woman! ;-)

And last- this is just one of the spring outfits she got recently. I am SOOOO ready for Spring and Summer. I can't wait for it to be warm enough weather to wear cute little outfits like this--- I LOVE bright colors!

This is really not a great picture of her- she was telling me what a horse says. :) I could not get any eye contact or a smile. I'll be trying again, I'm sure.....

I went to the dr. yesterday. I have gained a total of 33lbs this pregnancy, so far. I gained a total of 28lbs with Kensley, so I guess I'm not doing that bad. Hopefully I won't be gaining anymore. I noticed one thing different with this pregnancy than with Kensley- I am still able to wear my wedding rings. I remember the last month with Kensley, I couldn't put it on- now the HUGE factor in that is we were in Texas and in the month of AUGUST with Kensley.... and now we're up north and it hasn't got above 45 degrees up here. So I'm sure that's why I can still wear my rings.

I have been having some contractions today. I downloaded an app on my phone to count contractions :) When I start to have the pains, I just get up and walk.... maybe it'll eventually keep them around!

I plan to get some pictures within the next few days and through the weekend. I'm going to hand the camera over to Kent and try to give him a run down on how to use it. That way he'll be prepared when we're at the hospital. Here's the one picture I have from today..... McCoy....