Instagram Obsessed

Time for more pictures of my boys!

If Daddy does it, Hayes does it too...

 Those eyelashes...

 

 Such a happy baby

I know one day soon, he won't want to snuggle with me. I'm taking advantage of these moments while I can.

Hayes loves to "mow the gas."

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1. My vacation from Top 10 is over, again. The last few weeks have been super busy with weekend trips, sickness, work, and life. Blogging comes after family and there hasn't been much time left after family lately...

2. I have been whipping up some easy, healthy meals. Will share soon!

3. Several friends are expecting over the next few months and I am so excited to meet all of the sweet new babies!

4. Speaking of sweet babies, mine are growing way too fast. Posts coming on those two soon too...

5. Dropped off my first breastmilk donation this past week! I know one ice chest had 302 oz of frozen milk. There was a second ice chest full as well. I am so happy to be able to do this. Ryan is happy to have freezer space again...

6. Had a peanut butter and bacon shake from Sonic the other day. I was kinda disappointed, it was all peanut butter and not enough bacon.

7. I really want to color my hair and I'm really digging the ombre look...but I'm not sure I could pull it off. I've never colored my hair before...

8. I made a goal for myself to stop drinking McDonald's mochas...and it's been almost 3 weeks since I've had one! I replaced them with coffee from home with Almond Joy coffee creamer. Heaven in a cup!

9. Shows I am loving right now: The Americans, Mad Men, and Smash.

10. Prayers for our nation and those healing from the Boston and Texas tragedies.

Instagram Obsessed x3

So I am a little behind in my blogging. As a result, you get a few weeks worth of Instagram sweetness. Enjoy!

Just in case you can't tell, that's a basketball on a t-ball stand with a hockey stick for a bat. Wouldn't want any sports to feel left out...

 

Sweet brothers

Keller's 4 month glamour shot

Like father, like son

Group effort tummy time!

Hayes was not so sure of the crawfish.

In Hayes' world, socks double as mittens...

Keller's Birth Story

Time to share the story of Keller's birth!!

We found out we were pregnant with Keller on April 2, 2012. I was actually going to play an April Fool's Day joke on a friend about being pregnant...turns out the joke was on me:) This pregnancy happened much faster than we expected, but we were super excited about the new baby.

My pregnancy was super easy. We had decided we didn't want to find out the gender. We did this with Hayes and it was such a fun experience. We did something a little different this time though. I had the ultrasound tech send the gender to my parents when I was around 32 weeks. My mom sent a box full of personalized and gender specific goodies for Keller to have right after he was born. They did a great job keeping the gender a secret and it was fun to have so many things for Keller right after he was born.

Once I hit my third trimester, baby started measuring big. This wasn't surprising since Hayes was also a big baby. I asked one of my doctor's if my babies were big because I wasn't eating healthy enough. With Hayes, I ate whatever I wanted and I tried to restrict my french fry intake with Keller to avoid a huge weight gain. My doctor asked how tall Ryan was. He then said, "Well Katie, if you had married a short Asian man, you might have smaller babies." Gotcha. So, another big baby it is!

At my 38 week check up, baby McCormick continued to measure very large. I wasn't progressing at all at this point. The doctor I was seeing that week begin talking about c-sections due to the size of the baby. And caused me to have a major panic attack. I had one more ultrasound which once again confirmed my baby was gigantic. At my 39 week check up, I got to see my regular doctor who delivered Hayes. I still wasn't progressing at this point and I was stressed about the baby being too big to deliver naturally. Dr. Little is the best doctor ever. He arranged to have me admitted that night to start the induction process. He was on call the next day and assured me I would have a baby one way or another.

Fun side note: My 39 week check up was on December 3rd. My nephew, Callen, was born early that morning. Exciting week for the McCormick family!

My in-laws came to Dayton that night to stay with Hayes while we went to the hospital. They had been pretty busy in Delphos with the arrival of their other grandbaby, but we were so grateful that they made it down to help us. So Monday night, we headed to the hospital!

We were admitted and they started the induction process which involves a gel and I am sure no one wants any other details about that process... I was having mild cramping throughout the night, enough to make sleeping difficult. Pitocin was started at around 7 am Tuesday morning. The contractions hit pretty hard and I was ready for the epidural around 8:30. My water broke right before I got the epidural. Let me tell ya, that epidural was astounding. I swear I couldn't feel anything. At all. I fell asleep and took the best nap of my life due to the numbness. At noon I was at 5cm and progressing nicely, so I went back to sleep. My sweet friend, Jessie, was going to be at the hospital to take pictures of Keller's birth for us. She left her house at noon to head to the hospital and hang out while we waited on baby to come...or so we thought. At 12:35, the nurse came running in saying she needed to check me because of the baby's heartbeat. I was half asleep and not quite sure what was happening. All of a sudden, she's flipping out stirrups and yelling for the doctor. Dr. Little comes running in, I push a couple of times, and out comes baby at 12:47.

Right before Keller was born, Dr. Little asked what our final gender guess was. We both said boy and once he was born, Dr. Little said, "looks like you were right!" I was so excited to have another little boy. They put Keller on my chest and I was overwhelmed with love for this little baby all over again. He looked exactly like Hayes while he was screaming his face off. Dr. Little and the nurses were guessing his weight, we knew he was a big one. Of course, no one guessed high enough. This little man weighed 9 lbs 11 oz and was 22 inches long. I gave birth to a 3 month old, basically. I am so glad Jessie made it just in time to capture this special moment for us.

A big thanks to Jessie for the pictures and to Aunt Kristin for editing!

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1. We had a fun St. Patrick's Day weekend with our family in Delphos. The McCormick boys made fun memories with Hayes and Landen at the St. Patrick's parade in Lima. Ryan's Uncle Joe was the Grand Marshall!

2. Hayes' "2 Year" book came in. I must not have been paying attention when I chose the size...because it is a huge book. Like 12x12 huge. Oh well. At least it's full of cute pictures of a cute boy.

3. Ryan's birthday was last week. We celebrated with a delicious cajun shrimp and sausage pasta and Key Lime pie, Ryan's favorites. We gave him some fun presents and he got off bottle washing duty for a night...which is kind of a big deal in this house.

4. While driving home one day last week, I passed a restaurant with a gaping hole in the front, probably from a car accident. I said "oh my gosh" under my breath. A minute later, I hear Hayes from the backseat saying quietly "oh me dosh." That kid is so cute.

5. Keller rolled from his back to his tummy tonight. He's been working on it all week and finally got it figured out. I sure do wish that baby would stop growing so fast.

6. You know how some songs trigger very specific memories? I have heard "My Wish" by Rascal Flats so many times this last week and it has some pretty fantastic memories attached to it, specifically from senior year of college with my Kappa Deltas. PC '02!

7. Shannon is getting married this weekend and I can't wait for all of the wedding festivities!!!!

8. Crawfish for supper on Thursday. Can't. Wait.

9. If you can't remember how many cats you have, then you probably have too many. Just saying...

10. Thank God for answered prayers!

Instagram Obsessed

"Um...Mom...I need my own chair. I think I'm already big enough."

Mommy is the best place to take a nap...

Hayes thought this was super fun...for about 5 seconds.

Baby TOMS. Cuteness I can't resist.

Love my new jewelry!

Daddy getting some birthday love from his boys...

Those hands must be delicious.

These two love each other. I love that Hayes kept putting goldfish in front of Keller.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from my little leprechauns!

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1. I finally ordered a small armchair for Hayes...and he loves it! So do I! I won't wait so long to order one for Keller.

2. I love my Shutterfly app. It makes uploading and ordering my fun Instagram pics super easy. They have also sent me fun promo codes for app use only!

3. Went shopping this weekend for some upcoming wedding festivities. Trying on clothes 3 months after giving birth is not fun. Also, shopping for clothes right before Easter is not easy. Most options were spring colors, and that is not the look I was going for. I did find something I am actually really happy with...thanks to another purchase...

4. Spanx. I bought spanx. Nothing motivates you to work out like shopping in the supportive undergarment section.

5. Hayes has been singing "Ring around the rosie" this evening. But he keeps singing the "ashes, ashes" part over and over. And he doesn't always pronounce the "sh" very well...

6. Keller's 3 month post is in the works and will be up soon...I promise.

7. So breastfeeding is going really well with Keller. So well that I am making way more milk than I need. Our freezer is overflowing with breastmilk right now and I am pretty excited about my plans for it. I am going to make a donation to the Mother's Milk Bank of Ohio. They provide human breast milk to those in need, specifically premature or ill infants whose mothers cannot provide them with milk.

8. I have trouble with lunches. I need good, healthy lunches that are easy to eat in the car and don't need refrigerated.

9. We ate catfish from City BBQ this weekend...and it was quite tasty!

10. Sometimes, there are people in your life who are so important, you can't even use the word "friend" to describe them. I am lucky enough to have several people like this in my life. One of them needs prayers as she waits to hear results from some tests she has had over the last few days. Pray for peace and calm for her and her family and the people taking care of her.