Speaking of Teeth

Miss Kaycee finally lost her first top tooth.

And guess who is visiting the orthodontist on a regular basis . . .
Palette expander scheduled for next month.
Let the REAL FUN begin.

May 28, 2004 - Enter Kaycee

(can you tell the theme for birthday posts this year?)

Thursday, May 27th started with a doctor's appointment. I sighed when the doctor came in and she asked if I was getting tired of being pregnant. I laughed. Then she said something that shocked me.

"Do you want me to strip your membranes?"

I had to think about that for a second, this baby wasn't due until the June 10th. Was that legal? Not lawfully, but in pregnancy...?

Then I could hear myself blurting out, OK! (Nothing like a few moments, when getting stripped, to question whether you're really ready for labor...)

I sat up and she told me to give her a call later when the contractions started.

We went through the day, but nothing was happening. I called Dr. Lindsey around 8:30pm and told her that nothing was happening and then she surprised me again: Well, do you want to come to the hospital and I can break your water?

Yeah, ok.

Rylee and Clay were set up with Gma and Gpa Hunt and Ryan and I made our way to the hospital, stopping for something to eat first

This time around Ryan was 'self-employed' and our insurance wasn't the best. I has toying with the idea of saving money and not getting an epidural...but we'd see how it went.

I was admitted to the hospital and the doctor came and broke my water around 10 pm. Why I chose to labor thru the night I have no idea. It wasn't long before I threw every idea of saving money out the window and got the epidural. I wanted rest. However, this time the epidural didn't feel as good as I had remembered. I could still feel quite a bit especially on my right side. Well, dang, not much rest.

The doctor joined us around 7am and we started thinking of names. Boy names and girls names. Since we'd already had one of a each- a boy and a girl, we thought it would be fun to wait to find out the gender. It wasn't until that hour I think I started to go into transition. The doctor checked me and although I was close to being fully dilated there was still a small lip in the way (sorry tmi, but this is for Kaycee). The doctor said I could try pushing as I felt pressure. The effectiveness of the epidural was starting to wear off and I was exhausted. Twenty minutes had passed and I'd never pushed that long. As Kaycee started to crown (again, for Kaycee) the doctor cheered me on and told me to reach down and feel her head. My words exactly: NO, GET IT OUT!

Sure enough, 10 minutes later at 7:58am we were holding our second baby girl - 6lbs 13oz. She was a cutie. We had two girl names and even though I like to see their little faces before officially naming them, I still didn't know. It was between Ellie or Kaycee.

It wasn't until Ryan was on the phone and mentioned if we named her Kaycee we could call her 'Cee Cee' that I knew what her name was going to be. My sister Reecy had gone by 'Cee Cee' for a time and it felt good to get two family names in one little person.

Our cute Miss Kaycee has always been so easy going and as smiley as they come. With her care-free spirit she knows how to have a fun time. Her contagious laugh keeps things light, yet her thoughtfulness is dear.

Happy 7th Birthday Kace!!

They Make Me Laugh

Kaycee(singing): Flor-eye, flor-eye, you need glasses to see.
Me: what's that from?
Kaycee: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (the movie).
Me: Oh.
Kaycee keeps singing.
Me: it's actually four eyes, Kace. When people wear glasses, sometimes they're called four eyes.
Kaycee: Glasses would be REALLY hard if you had four eyes!

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Lucy: Mom, tell Kaycee it's not her job to be mean.
Me: It's no one's "job" to be mean, Lucy.
Lucy: it's your job....and Dad's job...

A few weeks later Lucy was at the pool with my mom.
Another Gma was telling her granddaughter it was time to get out of the pool

Lucy: I don't think that lady was her grandma.
My mom: you don't? (the lady was clearly her gma.)
Lucy: nope. it was her mom. She was mean to her.

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Kaycee: Mom, Clay kicked me in the nuts!

She's 6!

Friday we celebrated Kaycee's 6th birthday! Picking out her gift with Dad and then lunch with the fam and G&G H at Red Robin (Hood). Eating cupcakes with friends, I think her birthday was a happy day.

Happy Birthday Kaycee!

The Afternoon Trio

One of their favorite things to do in the afternoon is to take a bath.

It's not long though until it turns to . . .

. . . then the fun of bath-time together has lost it's appeal
and someone's asked to be removed.

They Make Me Laugh - Listening to Kaycee & Lucy

Here are some things I heard from Kaycee and Lucy this past week.

Kaycee is the queen of making up songs. Her latest:
"I love Mom just a teeny bit more than Grandma,
Just a teeny bit more than Grandpa."


Lucy hears me burp.
Lucy:"Mom, say excuse me."
Me: "Oh yes, excuse me."
Lucy looks away and disappointedly says "moms don't burp."


Bless my Mom's heart, she mailed us everything we'd left behind in Utah - which made a pretty good sized package! Thanks, mom! When we opened the package, Kaycee grabs her glitter ball and puts it up to her nose.
KC: "ahh, it smells like Grammies."
Me: "Really?" (you sure it doesn't smell like rubber??)
KC: "No, it actually smells like Sicily." (her cousin)
Me: "Sicily? What does Sicily smell like?"
KC: "Like cotton balls."

By now Lucy is smelling Clay's football and quietly says " I don't smell Grammies."


Kaycee being sweet holding one of Lucy's hands while I put a band aid on a cut finger on the other. Kaycee gasps "Lucy! Don't put up that finger - that's your swear finger!"


Sitting by Olivia on the couch, she grabs a movie case and shoves it in my robe. Nice.