Christmas is in the AIR!

I LOVE Christmas time! There is just something about it. Each holiday has its own feeling to it. Halloween the crisp air, fall colors, the fun feelings of dressing up. Christmas has the nice cold air that makes you snuggle more, the smells, the goodies, decorations, i could go on. Tonight we pulled out all of our decorations. I think we figured out Kherringtons favorite holiday. Christmas for sure. She LOVED helping pulling out all the christmas stuff, putting the tree together, putting the ornaments on it. I wish I had our video camera because her reactions to every little decor coming out was the cutest. She makes me smile and laugh all the time. I loved watching her put the ornaments on the tree (even if they all ended up in one spot). Being a mommy is the best feeling ever every day is something new with these kids and so much fun! We already got kherringtons gifts and I feel like a little kid soo giddy for them I just want to give them to her NOW! Im dying...haha I love this time of year! and of course with this time of the year we have to remember Jesus Christ and all that he did for us. Im so thankful for the gospel and that I have it in my life. Im grateful for the atonement and for forever families. I cannot imagine not being sealed to Jordan and our little girls.  I hope we all can enjoy this time of year, but also remember Christ and what christmas is really about.

playing in the leaves!

My amazing little sister Amy loves to take pictures of my daughter!! She and her very nice camera came over on sunday and she took K out in our front yard and took some adorable pictures! thanks amy we love you!

Trunk or Treat

Last night we took K to our wards halloween party!! Chris, Shani, Brighton, Troy, Heidi, and my dad all came with us! My mom was very sweet and stayed home with Oaklei so I could go and be with Kherrington. Kherrington was adorable. My kind parents bought her the cutest snow white dress while they were in disneyland for her birthday. She made the best princess EVER! She had tons of fun going to all the cars! I cannot believe how big she is getting!!

Picture of little Oaklei

we are loving being a family of 4! Kherrington is the best big sister EVER! and i am not just saying this because I might be a little biased but she seriously is. Every morning she comes in while Im feeding Oaklei and gives her kisses and loves. SHe helps me keep Oaklei awake while I feed her and loves to help burp her. She always tells us that she loves her baby sister and wants to keep her. Seriously Kherrington has always been the best child ever and she continues this every day. I love her so much. Oaklei has been a doll as well. She loves to watch her older sister and eats sleeps and poops all day lol. She has jaundice and we are trying to get rid of it! My parents are staying with us and they have been the BEST help ever. They help me take care of little K and little Oaklei. They have been taking Kherrington all over town and playing with her. THen coming home and  snuggling Oaklei so i can play with K. We are loving life and even though the lack of sleep might be creeping into this home we are still having a blast!!!

Baby Sister is HERE!

Oaklei Pualani Wong came into our lives Tuesday morning 845 am. She weighed 7lbs 4oz and was 19 1/2 inches long.  we are still in the hospital but i wanted her birth story up and thought now that i have some down time would be the best time cuz who knows how crazy it will be once i get home...
On Monday we went to our doctor apt baby sister was already 2 days late and when the doctor checked me he said that I was still not dilating at all. Then he told me that he would like me to go into the hospital today and get her heart monitored and her fluids checked to make sure that she was still ok and nothing was going wrong. he told me that I had the option to be induced on Thursday or do another stress test that day and see him the following monday and talk some more. We decided that we would think about the inducement and just take things one day at a time...
Well we went and did the stress test little baby passed just fine. Everything was looking good. However they were seeing that I was having a lot of contractions and little breaks between them but I could not feel these at all.

So we went home. Jordan went to work Kherrington and I went grocery shopping with Amy. Nothing was happening we all thought that she would be in for awhile. That night I did my normal work out. I was having some contractions while working out but as soon as I finished they stopped. Jordan came home and I made dinner then we watched tv and he then kicked me into the shower. I got out and was having TONS of contractions. and boy were they hurting. But they were getting shorter and shorter and farther apart so I did not think that I was in labor. We went to bed at 1am and I was feeling just fine...3min after crawling into bed I had a HUGE contraction. I looked at the clock and told my self it was nothing and to get some sleep. Then another at 130..then 150..then 2..then 3-5min apart after that. I woke Jordan up told him I thought I was in labor. I told him to pack some things for K just in case and we would wait on calling the Palmers til I had a couple more contractions just to be sure. Well we called them about 230 and told them to hurry over cuz I was in labor. We then called shani and told her to head over the hospital so she could be there and our parents so they would know! We got to the hospital about 3am and they checked me and said I was dilated to a 3 and they would keep cuz of the contractions (and I went really fast with K).
They moved me into a bigger nicer room and told me that they would send the doctor in for epidural asap. (they were getting really bad) Well he comes in and did his thing we were all talking and joking (he was 10x better than my last guy i could move afterwards!) Then all of the sudden my heart rate jumped to over 250 (avg 80-90) they asked me if my heart speeds up alot and I have had this happen every now and again while Im pregnant but never when im not. I never thought it was a big deal because it didnt last long and nothing came from it. Well I got into trouble with that. They then had to monitor me for a long time. Got my heart back down then afterwards my heart rate would be in 130-160 range from there on out. I started to get a lot of chest pressures and tightening and shortness of Breath. They figured that this was all getting spiked with the epidural so they turned the drip line off. (i didnt know if i had an issue with k cuz they gave me my shot then we delivered right afterwards).Plus my blood pressure was dropping as well. Everything started to get better they did an ekg and everything looked good. my contractions were coming back and were getting very painful and close together. They turned my drip line on but only with a small dosage and I went to pushing shortly afterwards. So needless to say I delivered my adorable little baby girl with very little epidural. I hope I never have to do that again and feel sorry for anyone whoever has to do this! It did motivate me to continue pushing and not stop (only pushed for 10min) cuz I was in tons of pain and wanted her out asap. We got her out and I only tore and got 1 stitch on the outside (k i had 2 stitches on the inside). Baby was healthy and did just fine as my blood pressure dropped and heart sped up. she is such a trooper!! The docs then told me I needed to see a cardiologist and get my heart checked out cuz even though it only happens while pregnant (so far) it needs to be checked on to see if something is wrong and hormonal changes causes it to get worst.
That day we were all doing fine I was the patient that all nurses hid in the room with them to get away from everyone else (yes they told me haha) that night Amy and Woody were visiting and we were laughing and hanging out when i decided i needed to pee. I stood up and felt something start coming out. I sat back down and told jord. I then stood up again and felt the same thing happen again. I ran into the bathroom and was followed by tons of blood and huge blood clots coming out (little k was on my tail "mommy u ok? whats happening") lol luckily amy grabbed K pulled her away frm the blood. The nurses all ran in and helped me get cleaned up kicked everyone out and tried to figure out what was happening. Well my doc felt fine with this since my levels were all still fine and I was not lightheaded or anthing. Then it happened again...still levels fine and i felt fine. They decided to try and make the blood come out slowly instead of all at once. to do this they needed me to have contractions (ARE U KIDDING ME I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS) well they gave me some meds to make the contractions come back. My parents came by and stayed with us for awhile before going to my house so they could stay with K. As soon as they left the contractions were WORST than ever and I was nauseated... they gave me some pain meds and some zofram and i quickly started to like life again. Later that night I woke up in a pool of blood and kept bleeding. Since I was feeling fine and levels fine we felt that there was still no need of worry (when ur pregnant ur body provides more blood than ever so i had a lot of blood to loose before it would effect me if jordan lost this amount of blood he pass out..) i stopped bleeding about 6am and my doc came in to check on me about 8. he then told me the best way to check for lightheadedness was to take a hot shower (which was needed since i had blood all over my back) so jordan helped me and i did it. I felt fine and things were looking good. I was hoping to get let go today but with last nights blood lost and another huge clot coming out I am staying.
We are loving being a family of 4. K loves her little sister. she loves to hold her and kiss her. She is an excellent big sister and is soo cute. We cannot wait to get out of this hospital and be home with K!  I am so grateful for all that my family has done for us! SHani was here for the delivery, amy and woody taking K, and my parents for coming up and staying with little K. You guys are all amazing and we love you!!

halloween time!

Who doesnt love Halloween! I think its the best time of year!! I am being a poopy mom and not wanting to my decor out since im having a baby soon the thought of putting it all away right after she comes out didnt seem very  appealing to me so I decided to not decorate but its still a super fun time!! My parents bought the grandkids these really cute halloween pjs and we decided to take pics of them with them on!! they are so cute together! Then one night we went to a pumpkin patch with Kherrington and some friends of ours the winders and tried to find a "purple pumpkin" K told us that she only wanted a purple one and that baby Londyn (our friends baby) wanted an orange one. lol she is so silly. but we did have tons of fun!

baking Cookies

Kherrington has always been scared of things that make loud noises...the vacuum, beaters, blow dryer, the list goes on. Because of this I have never made her sit down and bake cookies with me. Well one sunday I was bored and snacky and wanted to bake some cookies. SO I picked her up and told her she was going to come help me make cookies. She was very excited about this idea (who doesnt like cookies?) so we put some ingredients in then I got the beaters out and she started screaming and ran away. ahaha after mixing it a little bit i grabbed some of the dough and basically shoved it down her mouth. After she decided that the cookie dough was very yummy she came back and helped me. She was still a little nervous about the beaters but after i would turn them off and give her more dough she decided that they were ok. She was soo fun to bake with. When the beaters were she would tell me "watch your fingers" lol. She loves to bake brownies with me and now loves baking cookies and making dinner. I would not be surprised if she turned this love into something more when she grows up (as long as she gets over her fear of loud noise making objects lol) Well since then every sunday we have been baking something together its been tons of fun!

HUGE Update

So clearly its been awhile since my last post and I obviously have not updated anything since our move. We left Texas mid August. Kherrington and I flew and stayed with Chris and Shani for a day while Jordan drove the truck towing our car. Since we have been back Kherrington has been so good. In Texas I was struggling with her. We fought all the time and I could tell that she was not happy there. It was depressing and since we have moved back to Utah she has been her cheerful happy self again. Jordan is back at his old Verizon store at the Orem mall just as a regular store sales man. Its better for him so he can focus on his school work. His schedule is SO nice. Mon Wed Fri he doesnt go to school til 12 then after that goes right to work. then tues and thurs he has class til 11 and doesnt have to work til 1. So we see him more often than we did in TX which might have also helped with little K.s mood swings lol. We love our little home. and so very grateful for my parents letting us rent it out from them!! I am enjoying being home with little Kherrington. and we love having friends again! (no more mixing bowls and "making" friends in them!)
PREGNANCY UPDATE
as far as the pregnancy goes im due tomorrow and looks like shes staying in for awhile. With Kherrington she ALWAYS from day 1 measured bigger than how far she was. With little babe she has been measuring small. WIth Kherrington I dilated to a 1 and was there for a month then went into labor and did the rest of the way. With this baby there is NO action happening.  K weighed 7lb 11oz...and my doc is thinking that this baby is less than that. So with all of these to consider my doctor thinks that maybe my due date is wrong. So instead of hoping of having a baby soon he would like to schedule a stress test for the baby and if she passes he wants to keep her in for as long as he can....GREAT haha. Im very excited to get this baby out. This pregnancy has not been easy. Poor little Kherrington will not even walk into a bathroom without saying "no throw up mom" but she has been so great. If I dont feel good she will let me lay on the floor get me a pillow and a blanket and play with my hair. She will sing songs to me and lay next to me. She seriously is the sweetest little girl ever I just love her. Jordan of course has been very nice and helpful as well. He gets up with K and puts her down when he is home and helps around the house. I dont know what I would do with out either of them!! We all cannot wait to have "baby sister" come out and meet all of us!  K loves to hold my stomach then scream "HEY SHE KICKED ME!" Its very cute. I dont know how much of this she understands but it does seem that she does know a baby is coming whither or not she knows that the baby is STAYING and she wont be the only one anymore is another thing. lol

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Precious Moments

Sometimes as being a mom you wonder if you are raising your kids well enough. I try to teach Kherrington to share, be kind, and loving to all around her but I still wonder how much of it clicks in her little 2 year old head. While picking her up today from nursery the leader pulled me aside and said "I want you to know how sweet and caring your daughter is" I said thank you she is a sweet heart and didnt think alot about it because not bragging but we are told this alot about Kherrington. Well she then said "no I am serious. We had another kid (who actually was her daughter) start getting very upset and unhappy and there was nothing that we could do to calm her down. Your daughter walked up to her and got her distracted and started playing with her because she wanted to "make her happy" as she put it". I almost cried. We have been working with Kherrington to help make other kids happy for awhile. She obviously willingly does it as she loves babies but as never done it on her own. Its the little moments like this where your child reaches out to another to help them out that you know that you are done something right. I love my daughter to death and she really is something special. She loves to help out and has the kindest spirit I've ever seen and always has. She has always been a happy very well behaved baby. I love her to death and after hearing this story I pulled her aside and I told her how proud I was and how happy it made me to hear that she did that for another little girl. I love my daughter and so thankful to have her in my life.

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth!?

Having a two year old is the best experience ever. The things that come out of their mouths is what makes is so fun! sometimes you dont know what the heck she is saying and the times that you do you are dying laughing! The other day I was talking with one of my sisters and they mentioned that I really need to jot down what Kherrington says so I have a record of it. Since one day I really want to print this off Im doing just that.
1. it was raining outside and we were running out of the grocery store....i had groceries in one hand and K in the other "RUN MOMMY RUN!! IM ALL WET! RRRUUUNNNN!!!"
2. looks at pictures of the beach  "O look sand...I DONT LIKE THE SAND!!"
3. staying at my parents house and they walk in K runs to my mom and says "mama shopping!" (she and my mom love to shop together )
4. All of us outside K see an airplane "look airplane" me-"yes" k-"mama papa?" me-"Yes we ride airplane to see mama and papa" k-"o I happy now"
5. K playing on her phone me-"who u txting Kherrington?" k-"i txting amy! the baby is coming!"
6. Pulling up to the mall k-"go shopping mommy?" me-"yes" K-"YEA! YEA!! go SHOPPING!! I happy now!!"
7. K walks around the house singing "happy birthday to amy"
8. trying to feed Kherrington dinner "i dont like it!!" taking the fork then looking at me "open mouth mommy!! EAT IT EAT IT!!!"
9. Putting her doll by the wall "baby in big trouble stay there!! 1..2...5..7.8..9..10!"
10. at a friends house and K walks up to the little girl who has striped down to her diaper "O I like your diaper"
11. we watch marley and Me alot and she picked up a little funny saying. When she first said this to me I didnt know where it came from. When she said it in front of Jordan he knew right away that it was from the movie. "OOOo I like your necklace! So shiny!"
12. in the grocery store and she see the doughnuts out and says "O doughnut awake!!!" <--which means that she wants one
13. sees Jordan drinking soda "I some" trying it then making a face and saying " I dont like soda....more daddy?"
14. whenever we get ready to leave for anywhere this is where she thinks we are going "go shopping?!" "go water park" "go baby doctor?" o the disappointment when its not any of these haha
15. K had a bowl and in the bowl she had this little hawiian doll who she has named"friend" and also sunglasses. When I asked her what she was doing her response was "I making friend!" he must be some rad friend haha
Funny things that come out of the baby monitor
"NUGGLE!!" "I hungy!" "POoPPY!" "NUGGLE COUCH!" "NUGGLE BED!" "I AWAKE!" "Dont lock my door!!" "No sleep!!"
funny things that she likes to do is put her to sleep. We will find baby dolls and stuffed animals all around the house with cloths over them as their "blankies" and she will tell us that they went night night.

Then here is a pic its just one of my favs of these two they have a cute bond together!