Kayda Jane Evans

Kayda arrived yesterday morning at 7:37am at a whopping 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 21 inches long.

Both mom and baby are healthy and well. I am sure everyone is dying to see the new baby so here are a few pictures. I will let Karen expand upon the experiance when she is home and well.

Almost time!

Well I made it. I cannot believe that in less then 24 hours Reddin and I are going to have another little girl. I think everyone in the family is excited for tomorrow. Payton is all prepared to stay at Grandma and Grandpa Redger's tonight and then come to the hospital in the morning to see her new baby sister. She has been busy putting all her baby dolls to sleep in the bassinet, swing, bouncer, and car seat. I cannot wait to see how she acts when there is a real baby occupying them.

For me I am a little scared to go through the whole surgery and recovery process again, but I am ready to not be pregnant anymore. I do not remember being this uncomfortable when I was pregnant with Payton, so I would not be surprised if she is another big baby (Payton was 9lb 1 oz 21.5 inches). Well wish us luck we have to be at the hospital tomorrow morning at 5:00 am and the baby should be born sometime after 7:00 am. I will have Reddin post some pictures as soon as he can.

Flagstaff Trip

On Friday I took Payton up to Grandpa & Grandma Evans time share in Flagstaff. Her cousin Ruth came up with us. We met up with Marcus and Carrie and their kids and my parents who were already up there. It was a short trip but we had a good time. The weather was nice and cool with a few mountain thunder storms in the afternoons. Overall it was a good trip, and I think Karen enjoyed the break.

These were the sleeping arangements for our trip. I had brought Payton's blow-up bed for her to sleep on, but she wanted to sleep with her big cousins.

All of the cousins got to take a ride on Grandpa's quad. As you can see, Payton is very excited.

Most of the time we were up there it rained but all the cousins had a good time.


The sun finally came out and we were able to go to the activities center for a little round of mini golf. This was a short trip with a lot of rain, but it was fun to be able to get out of the heat for at least a little while

Summer is coming to an end!

I do not know what I am going to do with Payton for the next two weeks, now that most of our summer activities are over. This week was the end of summer story time at the library, today we went to our last summer movie, and yesterday was the last swim day at my in-laws, because my nieces are starting kindergarten next week. That is three days of activities that I need to replace, so if you have any ideas let me know.

This summer has been hard, because it has been so hot and I am very pregnant, but it has also been a lot of fun. Payton always had a great time on Wednesday, because we would go swimming at Grandma and Grandpa Evans house with all of her cousins. I am so grateful that I have Grandparents and sister-in-laws close by. Here are some pictures of our swim day yesterday. They are not great pictures, because it really is hard to take pictures of kids swimming if you are not in the pool.

Passing the Time

So I have really been struggling lately when it comes to being patient with my child. She really is not that bad, but I am very tired and emotional, so it is easy to make me upset. I feel bad for her, so I have been trying to keep my days pretty full, because I seem to have more patients when we are out doing something and she seems to be happier and better behaved then when we just stay at home. I hope that when I am no longer pregnant that I start to feel a little bit better and that my patients returns. Anyway she no longer takes naps so we have a long period of time to fill before Reddin gets home (about 11 hours). We usually do something like the library, a movie, or swimming in the morning, but those activities only last for so long. We usually always have about 3 or 4 hours at home in the afternoon that I try to fill. Today we took pictures (Payton’s request). She brought me the camera and said will you take my picture. After I took the picture she ran over and said I want to see. This lasted for a good 20 minutes, I really did not take great pictures, but she had fun. If anyone has good ideas to help pass the time please let me know. Here are a few of the pictures.

Do you love the apron and the turtle I promise that was all her idea?

Pictures

Here are some pictures of the finished kitchen and dinning room with the new floor and new stove. I love it. Some day we hope to get a different kitchen table and new counter tops, but what we have will work for now.


Here is a picture of Reddin and Payton going for their first bike ride in our new neighborhood. I got Reddin the bike seat for father's day. He finally had some time to set it up the other day and has been taking Payton for rides, and she loves it.

Finally

We finally have Internet and phone at our new house and we have a kitchen floor and new stove. It is so nice to have everything put where it should be and to have most of the tools put back in the garage. Reddin and Marcus (Reddin's brother) stayed up till 1:00 in the morning on the 4th of July putting in the new floor and it is wonderful. I am so grateful that we have so much help close by. I do not have any pictures yet, but I will take some soon and post them. For the most part I think everything is coming along pretty good. We still have several boxes that need to be unpacked, but we do not know where we want everything so we are waiting on that. There is also still some stuff that needs to be moved in from the garage, but that is not a priority right now either.

The past weeks has been nice, because Reddin as been able to spend more time with Payton, he even has been taking her on some bike rides in the hundred degree weather (I got him a kid bike seat for father's day).

Overall, we love our new house and everyone is adjusting well. I have about four weeks left before we have a new baby so I think it is time to hang some pictures, wash baby clothes and try to relax, before our life changes again.