Can you say, proud Daddy? Parker is a major baby hog! He holds her every chance he gets... I think it's mostly because Jackson is so quirmy now (as compared to infancy) that he's not really a snuggler, so Parker is taking advantage of this snuggling stage with his little girl.
An attempt to get some pictures with "Big Brother" and "Little Sister" shirts. Well, Jackson isn't really old enough to hold his sister "safely" and although he loves to give her kisses, he gets a little wiggly when she is sitting next to him. I'm sure in time, we'll be able to get a good picture.
(Notice I even tried to bribe him...)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
More pictures on Day 5...
Baby Kate is 5 days old
Sorry it's taken me a while to get these up. I am extremely sore (no details necessary) and we're not in our own house... officially our 4th move in 2 months. Poor Parker has been running around like a crazy person trying to accomplish (on his own) a work load that would have made us both tired. It has been awful knowing that I can't physically help with so many things when our temporary home needs to be organized and I am one who often likes to do everything myself. Oh, well. We all have to learn patience somehow, right? 
As for the kids, they are doing great. We are getting into an easy routine, as Baby Kate seems to prefer eating and sleeping to anything else. Jackson has been sleeping until 8:15am every morning and still takes 2 naps for 2 hours at a time (although I don't think it will be much longer before he merges them into one longer nap). Kate is on about a 4 hour feeding schedule and sleeps in between. Both kids have such great personalities. He is fun and energetic and so sweet (loves to give his sister kisses) and she is so easy-going. Hopefully, that will continue. Parker went back to work today and I did pretty well on my own, but have to admit, I am quite sore from doing so much on my own today. I am looking forward to recovering fully so that I can be more energetic for Jackson! In the meantime, I am enjoying my little family. I couldn't ask for anything more!
I know this is a weird picture, but I wanted to get her feet. It doesn't really show how long they really are. You'll just have to see her in person to understand. Her fingers match too... maybe she'll be tall.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Waking up at "home"
Jackson has been so cute with Kate. He is very curious, but mostly just does his own thing. I am still trying to recover... big baby = more painful recovery. Luckily, I have been blessed with the best husband ever who is taking such good care of our little family.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Taking Kate "home"
This is not my favorite picture of me, but we're together and she's pretty dang cute!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
New Arrival!! Katelynn Beverly Ussery
We are so thrilled to finally announce the arrival of our Baby Kate!
(She is named after my maternal Grandma, whose name is Beverly Jean. We have missed her for 10 years this September. She was such an important person in my life, we thought it appropriate to give her special name to our first daughter. Grandma would have loved to hold her and spoil her with kisses and cute little outfits. Luckily for Kate, my mom is just as wonderful at spoiling as my grandma was, so she won't be missing out.)
Kate was born on: Saturday, August 16th at 9:41pm.
She weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21 3/4 inches long! (Yeah, painful. And her long feet and toes look like she is related to Michael Phelps.)
So far everything is going so well! We can hardly believe Kate is here and our family is now 4! Jackson seems to be feeling okay about having a baby sister. I don't think he really understands that she is here to stay, but he has been smothering her with kisses and tries to hold her hand. We think she looks almost exactly like my baby pictures but it's hard to tell this early. (Let us know what YOU think when I finally get some pictures up!) We thought Jackson looked like Parker when he was born because he was so long and lean (I was/am not long nor lean), but Jackson is now clearly a spitting image of me. Parker is doing such a great job balancing everything and taking care of us, especially having to move us last minute yesterday and today. I am feeling sore and a little tired, but overall, doing really well. Parker and my Mom were able to be there for the delivery, which was a huge comfort for me. We are trying to "relax" now and get into a routine with two kids under the age of 2. I will try to keep up on posting more pictures as I can.
(For those of you who know my weird, quirky name fetish, I noticed that all four of us have the letter 'K' in our first names. It's kind of a prominent letter and although I/we did not plan that, I think it's kind of interesting. Another name possibility was to name her something that began with the letter 'S' in keeping with PBJ... Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. It was difficult enough coming up with a girl name and none of them began with 'S', so that wasn't an option.)
Friday, August 15, 2008
A "short" hair cut...
It was defintely time for another hair cut, but I was reluctant to cut it with scissors like I have in the past. However, I also didn't want to cut it really short because it's so thin. Well, I used clippers and it's actually pretty cute. 
Welcome Baby Chloe!
A new niece!! Well, she beat Kate... we're still waiting around not feeling much more than extreme discomfort. However, we are SO excited that Baby Chloe made her debut. Since Tiff posted on her blog, I now have permission to do so on mine. I got to hear one of her first cries... so cute! She is so tiny! 
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