A Kinsley Update

Kinsley is 2 and a half weeks old today.  Time has flown by.

I have zero complaints about her.  She isn't much of a spitter upper.  She doesn't need to be held ALL the time like Novalee and Sadie needed but she definitely has her moments.  She doesn't keep "me" up ALL night long, thankfully I have a great husband that takes her at least once a night when she decides it's hang out time instead of sleep time.

So far she has been my easiest baby which is awesome since she was my easiest pregnancy.

(Sometimes I think about if we will have more children.  I honestly don't know.  But I do know that I wonder sometimes if I really want to have another one, who might be difficult, when I could end on this really great note.)

We love her.  Though I have to admit that for the first little while Wes, and I struggled with remembering she was Kinsley and not Sadie.  I think it might be because she looked similar at first to Sadie but the more time we've spent with Kinsley the more we have discovered her own unique personality.

She loves the calm. (Which is kind of a given since she is a Crockett.)  She is a happy baby and already loves to smile, whether it's gas or not, we'll take it.  :)  She is pretty smart and has already started trying to reach out and touch things.  And I think she might have a little bit of my independent personality and willfulness.  Just this morning Wesley told me to hold her head but she doesn't really prefer that.  Most of the time she is craning her neck to see things or trying to hold up her head on her own.  And as I said before she doesn't need to be held all the time but can be perfectly content awake and out of our arms.

We still can't tell what the color of her eyes are.  They look brown sometimes, sometimes they have a hint of green (like today) and sometimes they just look really gray.  She is the first baby I wasn't able to tell the color of the eyes before leaving the hospital.  We will see...

Here are some stats.

When she was born she weighed 7 lbs 14 oz.
When she left the hospital she weighed 7 lbs 7 or 8 oz.
When she went in for her first doctors appointment
at five days old she weighed 8 lbs.
At 14 days old she weighed 8 lbs 14 oz.

I like that she is gaining weight well.  I love the chunky babies. :)

Here are some pictures. 

 Wesley is so handsome. 

 Years from now we are going to look back at these pictures and laugh about how young he looks even though he's 29 and that feels old now.

 

 She is such a pretty little thing.  She always seems to have her eyes wide open when she is awake watching everything. 

 Babies first "bathtime." Boy did she need it.

 Just a picture to remember her fluffy hair after bathtime.  

(Yes that is spit up.  All my babies seem to enjoy waiting until after their baths to spit up.)

 She is so small.

 At about a week old I realized that there weren't any pictures of Kinsley with me besides the ones at the hospital.  So I had Wes take this one really quickly.  It might have been better with a little more personal prep.  :)

 Let me set the scene for this above picture.  It is late.  The house is quiet.  It's Friday night, Wesley has just come home from dutifully going to 11 year old scout camp for the evening.  He had spent the whole afternoon rushing around getting ready for scout camp.  He has been helping me all week long as soon as he walks into the door from work with everything so that I can rest and recover before he has to go to work the next day.  He is tired.  He finally had a personal moment to rest and relax himself.  And instead of doing something for himself or going straight to bed, there is this moment.  He is softly talking to Kinsley, telling her that he loves her and that she is special.  She is falling asleep and he is lovingly holding her.  How sweet and precious this moment is.  Moments like this one make my heart melt and I realize that even though I thought I couldn't possibly love my husband more than I already do, I love him more than ever before.  

Baby at two weeks.

Now let me tell you a little secret on how to become my favorite person quickly and with little effort on your part.  All you have to say is, "Wow, Brandy, she looks so much like you!"  And I will hold you in affection forever. :)  

Yesterday at church so many people said that and it made me so happy!  

FINALLY, on the fourth try, one that looks like me from the beginning!  :)