some favs

Thought I'd do a post of some of my favorite pictures from the last few weeks.

Here we are about a week after she was born.

Meeting Uncle Matt for the first time

Visiting with grandma

doing some painting

first Sunday going to church...matchy matchy :)

Mimi comes to visit

this is when her eyes were still gunky

love these with my girls

Sweet cousins

Meeting Uncle John and Aunt Brooke for the first time

Love her sitting there sucking her thumb and playing with her belly button...

Father's Day... It's hard to hold all these girls

I think this is 3 weeks

Love this one!! I love her outift

found her thumb!

meeting her cousin for the first time

kesid: 1 month

What a sweet month it has been getting to know the little one who I so badly wanted out of my belly. She is just about all you could ask for in a baby. She sleeps well and is a champ at eating. She is generally very content when she is awake unless she is working out a poo... She is a lot like her big sister as far as temperament goes. We praise the Lord for all of this!!  (the little dress (that looks like a shirt because she is so long) was mine as a baby)

She still has a ton of hair and her eyes have just started (at 5 1/2 weeks) to look more brown than grey/blue. She hasn't really started cooing or smiling yet...still eagerlysid for those :)

We went to the doctor for her one month check up at 5 weeks and I was surprised to see that she already weighs 10 lbs 3 oz (75th %tile) and is 22 1/2 in long (90th %tile). I wasn't as surprised about the length because she was busting out of newborn sleepers in the toes..

She eats about every 2 1/2 hours and is usually awake for close to an hour after a feeding and then sleeps until she eats again. At night I have been feeding her at 10:30 and she's been waking up around 3:30 am and then again at 7:30. Last night (5 1/2 weeks old) she slept from 10:30 to 5:40... I woke up and was shocked to see the time. I no longer set an alarm to wake up and feed her...just wake up when she starts grunting and getting fussy. I am thankful that she has for the most part just gone right back to sleep after every night time feeding. 

She has met a lot of people this month but one very special person was her great grandmother (Nanny). I am so thankful that my Nanny is able to be around my girls. What a gift she is! 

When Kesid cries she looks a lot like her big sister. I feel mean saying this but that face was my favorite with Lydia... she just looked so cute when she cried. 

I love the way Kesid sleeps all sprawled out. She doesn't like to be swaddled (much diff from Lydia). 

At around 10 days Kesid got a clogged tear duct that turned into an eye infection. That then spread to both eyes. When we went to the doctor about her eyes we found out she had thrush. We got medicine to treat both things... the eyes cleared up after about a week of medicine and lots of massaging her eye with a warm wash cloth. I felt so bad for her because at the beginning it would be so bad that she couldn't even open her eye until I cleaned the crustiness off. The thrush was a little more stubborn... the dr gave us a nystatin suspension for me to rub on her tongue. After 2 weeks of that and it still sticking around they put me on diflucan? for a week. I finally think it's gone after 3 weeks or so of treatment. Both of these were not fun to deal with but overall they are very minor things. We are thankful for her health!

After her umbilical cord fell off I noticed  that her belly button kind of bulges out...come to find out its a herniated belly button. We are not worried about it as these are common in new borns. Hopefully this will correct itself as she gets older and her stomach muscles develop and strengthen.

We praise the Lord for our sweet Kesid! Happy 1 month little one!!

lydia: 19 months

I'm very behind in updating the blog but thought I'd try to redeem myself during nap time.

Lydia turned 19 months in June. She is still a sweet sweet girl but is having more and more trouble obeying.  I don't think it has to do with Kesid coming along... I think it's just her age. Age and teething...she's cutting her canines. 

I have no idea how much she weighs. Probably 25 lbs or more. She is a big girl!! 

Lydia is starting to talk so much. She'll pretty much attempt to say anything you ask her. Some of my favorites to hear her say are umbrella, watermelon, and bless you. 

Lydia is eating with a fork and spoon on her own. She still makes a mess but her skills are growing!

She used to be terrified of the fountains at our neighborhood park but now she is starting to enjoy them. She calls it the water and anytime we go to the park now we are required to stop at the water :) 

This weekend (4th of july weekend) we have spent a lot of time in the pool. She started off a little timid but by the end of a few days she was climbing up and down the stairs by herself and jumping off the sides of the pool to one of us catching her. I hope she learns to love the water. 

She still loves to read. She has recently starting really liking to "watch" anything on the computer. Anytime we open our computers she'll come up to us and say over and over "watchee, watchee" until we give in. We have started to watch a channel on youtube called kidstv123. It has some great educational videos. She has learned many animal sounds and has started to learn her alphabet sounds. She'll sing, "ah ah apple, ba ba ball, ca ca cat, da da dog." She also loves to sing twinkle twinkle little star and doe a deer. 

She is taking one nap still. Usually she'll go down after lunch and sleep for 2-3 hours. 

I am struggling with getting frustrated with Lydia's disobedience. I pray that I would be patient, slow to anger and abounding in much love toward Lydia (and Kesid) because I have received the same from the Lord. I also pray that the Lord would change my daughters rebel heart to love him and love to obey his commands (and those of her daddy and mommy)

We love our Lyds! She is a great big sister! Happy 19 months sweet girl!

video dump

Thought it was about time to update with some videos.

We live by a great little park that has a splash area with fountains. Lydia was really hesitant the first couple times we went. Now she is a little more brave. Here is a video of her first time.


Lydia's first time at the splash park (18 mo) from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.


Lydia likes to sing songs. She is starting to sing along with us to some of them. Here we are doing hand motions to one of them. Patrick had to hide the camera because when she sees it she doesn't want to do anything but say 'cheese.'


singing songs (18 mo) from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.


Lydia has also started throwing a ball and being able to catch it fairly well. Kesid is catching up real quick to her big sister...she's now able to stay awake for like an hour at a time :)


Lydia and Kesid (1 wk) from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.


I am very thankful for all the help from family and friends after having Kesid. One day when grandma was over helping we did some painting.


Lydia 18 mo Kesid (1 wk) about to paint from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.



Lydia (18 mo) painting with grandma from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.


And here the girls are yesterday.


Lydia (almost 19 mo) holding Kesid (2 1/2 wks) from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.

baby #2: finally here!!

Our sweet Kesid joined the outside world on May 31st. We are so thankful for this girl!! 

I went in to the hospital to be induced Thursday morning. By 12:29 that afternoon she was in our arms. We are praising the Lord for a safe delivery. Everything went smoothly and she is healthy and thriving! 

Here's how the morning looked:

7:15 arrive at hospital

7:30 get checked in and sent back to labor and delivery

8:00 nurse comes in and puts in my IV to get fluids started checks my cervix (3/4 cm)

8:30 hook up pitocin and start me on a drip

10:30 dr came in to break my water...still only 3/4 cm. This was the funniest feeling ever. I soaked so many of those chucks and just couldn't quit laughing at how odd it felt. 

11:00 got my epidural (seriously I think that hospital has the best anesthesiologists ever) and it didn't hurt at all. I was thankful to get the epidural when I did because with my water broken the pitocin contractions were getting more intense. 

Nurse checked me after epidural and I was 6 cm. Moving along quite nicely!

During my contractions Kesid's heart rate started to drop some. I was in the room alone at this point. Patrick and my mom and sister had gone to get lunch. I started to get a little nervous and was praying the Lord would keep her safe. I could tell the nurses were concerned but they weren't freaking out so I knew it wasn't super bad. My nurse put me on oxygen and kept moving me from side to side to see if this would help. They called in my doctor to see about putting in some sort of monitor that could put fluid back into the uterus. Pretty much the cord didn't have any room to float around and was getting squished during the contractions. 

12:00 Everyone had gotten back from their lunches and my doctor arrived. She checked me and said there was no need to put in the monitor because I was 10cm and ready to push!!! I was kind of in shock that it was happening so quickly. I had been so anxious to meet this little girl. For the last 3 weeks I had been trying to walk, squat, eat spicy food, pretty much do anything possible to get her out and now it was finally happening. EEEKK! 

I pushed through 3 contractions and out she came at 12:29. Beautiful as can be! Head full of dark hair. 

She was 6 lbs 15 oz (Lydia was 5 lbs 13 oz) and 20 in long (Lydia was 18 in). 

Our hearts were/are overwhelmingly full! The Lord has blessed us with another sweet gift of life. We love our baby girl so much. Right after the delivery and even now I am brought to tears as I think of the miracle she is. I have not done anything this whole pregnancy that could sustain her life. I couldn't make her healthy. It was all a gift from the Lord. I do not want to take this for granted. I praise the Lord that He has made her fearfully and wonderfully. He is a mighty God! 

Kesid has been a great eater and sleeper. She is eating every 2 1/2 hrs and going 4 hours during the night. We are on a pretty good routine already. 

Lydia loves her. She has started to say sister and is improving everyday with her ability to say Kesid. She holds out her arms and does the cutest little thing with her hands while saying "hold you hold you."  I am surprised with how gentle she has been with Kesid. I'm looking forward to watching their relationship grow!

It has been an adjustment going from 1 to 2 obviously! The first week my hormones were going strong so I didn't really feel the exhaustion but Patrick did. He was worn out. Now that we are in the 2nd week I am feeling it a little more. Although, with her sleeping and eating schedule I am getting lots of good sleep at night so I really have nothing to complain about. 

I have also had lots of help. Between Patrick and my mom and his mom, I haven't had to do much but rest and heal up. It has been hard not being able to pick up Lydia (dr said not to for at least 2 weeks). Because I can't lift her, Patrick has pretty much been on Lydia duty while I'm on Kesid duty... this may have added to his exhaustion :) 

We went to her pediatrician for her initial follow up and she is already up to 7 lbs 2 oz (she had dropped down to 6 lbs 9 oz in the hospital). I can't believe I already have a 7 pounder!! Lydia took forever to get to 7 lbs. 

Ok long enough post for now. I'll try to be better at updating the blog... but I do have 2 kids now so we'll see :)