Beau is 2 months old!

Beau boy is 2 months old and is just the sweetest little thing. He was 14 pounds & 25 inches long at his 2 month check up. So he is in the 79th percentile for weight and 100th for height. Big boy! Right now he is drinking 6 oz of formula every 4 hours. Then at night, he will usually have a bottle at 8pm, go to sleep, and wake up at 6am or sometimes even 8am! He fits in perfectly with the Kelly fam who LOVES to sleep in! I guess it is in our genes because Owen did the same thing. He is also rarely fussy. He is very easy to make smile and LOVES bath time. He kicks and smiles the entire time. He also likes being talked to when on his changing table. He will just lay there forever and smile and coo at me. His little coos & goos are the best sound. He loves sitting in a swing and will usually fall asleep there if it is his nap time. His typical routine is to drink a bottle, "play" for a little bit, then fall asleep. He is just sweet as can be!

I tried to take a pic of the boys after church one Sunday...Owen gives me the glazed eyes and fake smile look and Beau gives me the "I can't support my head yet" look. ;) But I'm so proud of both my handsome boys and so thankful God gave them to us!

Owen turns 4!

Our big boy is 4! Time has gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday that he was being born and now he is 4 and has a baby brother! I am LOVING 4. He can be very ornery, but he is becoming a little person and it is so fun. I can have actual conversations with him now and he gets it. It is so neat to watch his little personality grow.

Big boy!

Some things about Owen:

• He loves anything having to do with hunting...guns, bows & arrows, riding the rhino & camouflage! 
• He is HILARIOUS. I have sooo many stories of funny things he says & does. 
• He wants to be a pediatrician or a fireman when he grows up.
• His favorite color is usually blue. 
• His favorite thing to eat is pizza.
• He loves music and singing and he loves going to the movies.
• He loves to swim and do jumps & dives into the pool.
• He loves his baby brother and loves to love on Beau.
• He can be a pest. He loves to play tricks on people and sometimes he irritates his cousins with his pesky ways!
• He loves knock knock jokes and is really good at telling them!
• He is starting to say "I was just kidding" when he says something that is ugly in hopes of getting out of trouble!
• His cousins are his best friends!

For his 4th birthday, (since I was off on maternity leave), we went to Shreveport to do some fun things and see Daddy since he was working there that week. We went to Sci-Port which is a super cool science discovery museum for kids. He loved it! Then, that evening, we shopped at Bass Pro for his bday and he picked out a Wii hunting game. We met Super Aunt Mandi, Tim, Michael & 2 of Mandi's nieces at Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. It was a great time celebrating our sweet boy with friends!

After we got home, we got the house ready for his big party! It was a "Finding Bigfoot" party. We had family & friends over for cake and then swimming & snow cones. It was a great day! 

(more pictures to come when I get them uploaded)...

Beau Landon Kelly

Obviously by my lack of recent posts, Beau Landon is here! He is perfect in every way and we are so thrilled that we've finally met him! (and I am soooooo glad to NOT be pregnant anymore!) ;)

He was born June 28 at 2:28 p.m. and was 8 lbs, 13 oz & 21 inches long!

The labor & delivery was pretty uneventful & smooth. (PTL!) The only minor hiccup was the anesthesiologist came in to give me my epidural, then suddenly had to leave. I got a little upset because I was thinking, "RELIEF is here!" then..JUST KIDDING! But once I just started focusing and breathing some more (and a little bit of "happy juice" in my IV line helped too!) I was better. Then shortly after that, got the epidural, progressed more and started pushing! One hour later, our sweet angel boy was here!

Skin to skin with Mommy for 1 hour after birth

Proud Big Brother!

We had to stay an extra night because his bili rubin level was too high. So he had to sleep on the bili bed and he HATED it! As long as he was wrapped up in a blanket, he slept great, but on the bili bed he couldn't be because the light had to get to his skin. It was the worst night of sleep of my life! Thankfully Nelda stayed that night and Matt was able to be at home with Owen and get good rest. I will forever be grateful to Nelda for that night! She was such a huge help just being there so I wasn't doing that alone. Sleep deprivation + screaming baby + crazy hormones = frazzled momma! But thankfully the bed helped and we were able to go home on Sunday!

This hospital business is for the birds! Let's get outta here!

Finally home! Both boys with their GiGi & Nonna

Introducing:

 

We are so thankful to God for a smooth delivery of another healthy, precious baby boy!

30 Weeks!

WOW! I feel like time has flown by because I am already 30 weeks! I've felt great from 2nd trimester until now. But now, I'm starting to be really "over" being pregnant. Ha! Getting up is a process, bending over is a process, rolling over is a process, standing on one leg to put my pants on is a process...I could go on! 

But I know time will keep flying and our sweet boy will be here soon! I just do NOT know how I am going to cram another 8-10 weeks of baby into this body! 

LTC & Easter 2013

For the past few years, Matt and I have helped coordinate an event at LTC (Leadership Training for Christ.) This year was no different! It is a weekend that we look forward to every year. It is just a great time with our church family, and then we wrap it up with an AWESOME church service with 3,000+ people on Easter Sunday.

Owen has gone with us every year and it is fun to see him really enjoying it now. As a baby, he just strolled along with whoever would carry him or push him in the stroller. Now he is big enough to walk all over and he really enjoys watching the puppet shows, dramas and even the choruses.

Our first night in Dallas. We were getting ready to get out of the car to 

go eat at Pappadeaux. SOO yummy. We were just waiting a few minutes

 because we got there early. 

We made it to the hotel and got to hang out with 

the Stones for a little bit before going to sleep.

 

Ethan, Owen & Logan at one of the puppet shows

Owen feeding the fish during one of our breaks to go outside. 

The Anatole has a BEAUTIFUL lawn area with a track and a pond.

After the fish would come up to the surface to eat, 

Owen would do his hand like this and say, "YESS!" He spent Friday evening with 

Mama Gail & Papa Ray, so Ray taught him this little gesture. :)

The night time festivities: spinning each other around in the "spinny chair!"

Saturday night we had a dinner from Babe's catered for our entire group. The kids received their medals and we celebrated the graduating seniors. We have such a large group that attends, but it still feels like a big family!

Sleep over! Logan, Ethan & Owen slept in a murphy bed. 

Owen ended up back with us around 2 a.m. :)

Sunday morning, we woke Owen up and showed him his Easter basket that had a coloring book, a movie and some candy. He smiled, but just laid there. We knew something couldn't be right. Then he said, "Mommy, I'm sick." So I felt him and sure enough he was burning up. So, although Matt & I were already dressed, we packed everything up & headed home. So we missed the awesome service. BUT, this was a time I'll never forget because we had our own service in the car! I read some scripture, Owen "led" singing and Matt talked about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, and that He arose. So, although it was not the typical "Easter Service," it was so special and sweet that it will probably be my most favorite Easter service ever. 

Here we are in the car...Matt doesn't look thrilled because we were driving through a TERRIBLE storm with lightening all around us and the rain was so bad and so hard to see through that several cars were slowing WAY down and putting their hazards on. It was actually really scary! We were so thankful to make it home safely. 

Once we got home, Owen took some meds & laid down. 

But not before a super quick indoor egg hunt! 

 

 You can't tell by this pic that the kid had fever!

 After a morning nap, Owen's fever broke (so odd that it was just a short thing!) and we got up & ready and headed to Poppa & Nonna's for lunch & an egg hunt. It was fun and lunch was delicious as usual!

 Searching for his eggs! He was supposed to find all the purple ones. 

Each kid had 31 eggs. Daddy helped Owen count them 

out so he could be sure all of his were found.

Ryder & Owen found all their eggs quickly!

The WHOLE family for a group picture! Next year our little Beau boy will be in the pic and get to "hunt" eggs! :)

25 Weeks!

Just truckin' along! 25 weeks and still feeling great. Beau boy is doing LOTS of moving & kicking. I can really feel him when sitting still at my desk and laying down at night. I love it!

23 Weeks

I am 23 weeks along & still feeling great! Matt & Owen both have felt Beau kick/move so that has been fun! 

Owen is still really into the pregnancy and is usually very careful about accidentally hitting or running into my tummy. I think he will be a GREAT big brother! It was not our plan to have them so far apart, but now I am really enjoying that Owen is a bit older and can somewhat understand what is going on. He asks lots of questions and really seems to get it. I have showed him pictures from Babycenter that shows the baby in a mommy's tummy (not any graphic ones, of course!) and I think that helps him visualize it better. I'm feeling great but already ready for this summer to hurry so we can meet our boy!

23 weeks! I am a little nervous that this "bump" 

is going to get 17 weeks worth bigger! ;)