Journal Entry..

I can't even believe that it is already March 2nd. Where in the world does the time go? Kinleigh is now 3 weeks old as of yesterday. I'm a little bit mad at myself, because for the past week I haven't taken any pictures of Kinleigh. (I know it is crazy.. newborns grow so fast.) My life has been pretty crazy.. and I kept forgetting to take my camera out. Last Tuesday I drove to Provo from Elko with Kelly, Alexis, Nicole, and Kinleigh. Kinleigh had to get her 2 week check up done and I wanted to see Dr. Willis for it. The drive from Elko to Provo is 4 hours. I didn't know how the drive would go with Alexis, Nicole, and Kinleigh.. but they all did really good. Then on Thursday Alexis, Kinleigh, and I drove from Provo to Monticello. Then on Monday we drove from Monticello back up to American Fork because Jonathon gets a whole week off. So we met him up here in American Fork on Monday. On Saturday we'll all be driving back to Elko.

Kinleigh weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. at her 2 week check up. She is still 20 inches long. Dr. Willis said that she looks very healthy and strong. Kinleigh already will try to hold her head up for a long time.. A lot longer than I think she should be able to. Dr. Willis also said that my incision looks like it is healing pretty good. Kinleigh had to get her second PKU done at that appointment, and it went so much better with her than it did with Alexis. They poked Alexis like 7 times :(
They only had to poke Kinleigh once! Thank heavens because I can't stand seeing her in any kind of pain.. and with Alexis it was horrible.
Kinleigh is still a really good baby. The only time she really gets fussy is right after she eats for some reason. She gets fussy for about 5-10 minutes after she eats.. and I think it is because she is always trying to go to the bathroom right after. Last night was the first night since she has been born that she was fussy. It was so weird because she has been so so good at night. For some reason last night she just kept fighting her sleep. It was a little frustrating. She didn't really cry a lot, she just acted like she was restless.
I've been pumping every 3 hours because every time I nurse her, she just falls asleep.. and it takes about an hour to really make sure she eats and gets full. So I've just been pumping the last little bit, and then giving her my milk in a bottle. I'll try and nurse her every other feeding or something just to make sure to keep her used to it. Today she acted like she was frustrated on the right side. I'm not sure why.. maybe it is because she knows with the bottle milk comes right away. I guess the most important thing is that she is getting my milk.
Alexis is still so proud of her little sister.. and always wants to show her off. She asked me the other day if she could take Kinleigh to her preschool for show and tell. It was so cute!
I'm sad that we had to take her out of her preschool since we won't be in Monticello anymore. And since we aren't really sure how long we'll be in Elko, I don't want to put her in something there. I think we'll only be over in Elko for another month.

We are up here in American Fork at Jonathon's moms house right now. We went over to Chris and Summer's Monday night for FHE. That was the first time Jonathon's family met Kinleigh. The only people that had seen her before that was Celena, Little VaLynn, Shanea, and Sterling. So Jonathon's family was excited to get to see her. After FHE we went to Sizzler for dinner.
Yesterday Jonathon, Kinleigh, and I met Chad, Kelly, Nicole, and Keri at the mall. Jonathon surprised me and had set up an appointment for me to get a pedicure and my nails done! So we had lunch at the mall with everyone then I went to my appointment. Today we've kind of just been sitting around.
I was only planning on being away from Elko for a couple of days when I drove over here for Kinleigh's 2 week check up. So I didn't bring her bassinet or anything. So Kinleigh has just been sleeping with me. I don't want her to get used to sleeping with me.. like Alexis did, so I'm pretty anxious to get back to Elko. It is also really hard being at someone else house with a newborn. It was nice to go to Monticello and spend time at my moms though! Since we've been there for the last 5-6 months it feels more like home than anywhere else. It really stinks being in limbo and not really having my "own" place. Jonathon is thinking that when this job in Elko is over we will start looking to either buy a house or build a house somewhere up here in Utah County. We can't really decide what city we want to live in. I'm just so so ready to have my own place again. Living in a hotel is fun for Alexis, but I'm ready to be in a house. So hopefully soon!