Brothers

Koen loves his little brother! This morning he told me "mom, I need a bottle, Kai is crying". He thinks anytime Kai cries he needs his bottle and he is willing to feed him. Occasionally I have him hold his bottle in his mouth while I go to the bathroom or change his diaper. Koen is a great brother! He also loves to sit on the arm of the rocking chair while I rock Kai and watch him. He always needs to know where the baby is and if he can't see him he asks. I can't believe he is a big brother! It seems like he was born yesterday and I was rocking him and feeding him. Now he puts himself to sleep, uses the toilet, and feeds himself. He is a big boy and they grow so fast. I didn't believe this until I had my own kids. Time really does fly. Oh and Koen gets to play T-Ball this year! I hope he likes it.

Growing

Kai is sure growing! I took him to the doctor today and he weighs 10 pounds 4 ounces now! He is just one day over 5 weeks. He sure is loved at our house! The poor guy seems to have the same problem with milk and formula that Koen had when he was tiny. We have switched him to the really expensive and hypoallergenic formula just like his older brother. Koen was much worse, though. The doctor said she isn't sure he has a milk allergy, but obviously he can't handle regular or lactose free formulas. Since we have switched him he is doing much better. He lays on the floor and kicks for long periods of time and loves his swing. He also makes it known when its time for a bath because I give him one at the same time every night. Koen did this too! I found that Koen slept better if I gave him a bath right before bed and until he was 2 he would get so fussy if he didn't get it on time.

Well, Kai is officially three weeks old yesterday. He is getting big so fast! He weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces last Friday. Unfortunately he had to start daycare yesterday. I was a little shocked and surprised to see that all the other babies look like they are at least 10 months old. At least they played like it as well as looked like it. That concerns me a little. Kids at that age always have runny noses and put things in their mouth. I really hope my newborn doesn't get sick from them. I was sad for him too since he will be the only one. Maybe someone else will have their baby there soon. At least he only has to go until the end of April and then he is all mine all summer with his brother. Koen has been pushing buttons since Grandma left and doing everything he possibly can for more attention. It always happens when I am trying to feed Kai. Koen thinks he needs something NOW as he tells me. I hope this phase goes by quickly! He still LOVES his little brother though. In the midst of driving me crazy he does all kinds of cute things though. Like the other day I was helping him in the bathroom and he was all, "mom, I wove your hair". He is so cute sometimes.

Kai's First Few Days

Well so far we have learned that Kai is an eater. He is always hungry it seems. He doesn't cry much except for when he thinks he is starving and when he poops his pants (which in often). He also has his days and nights mixed up. He sleeps all day and then about 9 he is wide awake and he wakes up more often at night than in the day. This will change once he is a little older probably. Koen loves his brother and always wants to know where the baby is and what he is doing. Sometimes he gets a little rough, but is well meaning. We sure are enjoying his sweet little spirit though.

Kai Ethan Teeter

Well as you know Kai was supposed to join our family today, Jan. 22, 2009. Well Sunday I started to have some symptoms of labor and really bad cramping. Monday it continued so I went to the Labor and Delivery and they said they thought is was all nothing and then Kai's heartbeat started going through the roof so they watched me for an hour and decided that he was fine when it finally came down. They sent me home at about 3:30 P.M. So Tyrell went to work and I started cleaning the house and doing all the laundry. When Tyrell got home we had dinner and got Koen to bed and then went to bed ourselves. At about midnight I started having contractions and thought that it was going to be like all the other times and I would stop in about an hour. Well and hour went and passed and then they really started to hurt. I laid in bed and thought about waking Tyrell up and decided if I had 3 more I would. I had another one and I decided I wasn't waiting any more. By this time it was about 2:30 in the morning and I woke Tyrell up who ran and started the car and got Koen up. We took Koen to Labor and Delivery with us since we didn't know if this was it or not. As soon as they hooked me up I was having contractions every 3 minutes and pretty intense ones at that. They decided to call in the OR team and get me into the C-Section before Kai decided he was coming out with or without a C-Section. Things went really fast and Tyrell was barely able to get Koen to his sister's before the surgery. Kai Ethan was born at 4:32 am on Jan. 20, 2009. He weighed 7 pound 13 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. So far we aren't sure what his presonality is other than he hates to sleep at night and loves to sleep during the day (thats gonna have to change!). We love him and hopefully Koen will too. He has been with his Grandma Teeter since we had Kai and only met him for part of the morning his was born. He did say, "Mom I wove (love) that baby!"

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We're Ready!

This last week Tyrell painted the boys' room. It used to be M&M's and instead of M's we had spelled Koen in the M&M's. So we decided since they were going to be sharing we should probably do something that would make the room both theirs. The crib is up and ready to go and now even the nick-nacks are ready. All we need now is a baby to put in the room. He will be here Thursday though. Thats right we only have 4 days until we meet the little man!!

38 Weeks

Well I am officially more pregnant than I have ever been or ever want to be again! That shot they gave me must have worked really good. I do keep thinking maybe its time and then it goes away! As of right now I am really uncomfortable because the baby keeps sitting on a nerve or popping my hip out or something. I can't hardly walk and the pain in so horrible. Tomorrow I go to the doctor and I am going to make it a point to mention it believe me. I only have 9 days until the scheduled c-section, but if the pain continues I don't know if I can make it that long. To make the thing worse school started so I have to go whether I am in pain and can walk or not. Luckily so far it has only come around at night. I feel bad though because while I soak in yet another bath Tyrell is fixing dinner again. Today he painted the boys' room and then went to work for a while and came home to find me crying and needing to soak so he fixed dinner again. What a good guy! Hopefully this little guy will decide to come soon or get off of whatever is making me hurt so bad.