The Last Two Months of Our Life and the First Two Months of Ky's

WE FINALLY HAVE INTERNET!!!! Don da Duuuuuh!! Yay, we can now enter the civilized world, and will from now on have our blog updated, which is a good thing cuz its really the only form of a journal I keep. So of course sooo much has happened these last two months....where should I start? Long Long Ago, in the year 2009, the 26th day of the fourth month there was a couple...very much in love with eachother... that lived in a land far far away. Well on this amazingly hot day this couple was busily engaged in celebrating the long awaited ....GRADUATION DAY!!! I know I know you all know we already graduated but it definatly deserves some blogging so here are our pics We both actually really liked our graduation ceremony, it was still long even tho each class doesnt walk, there were a lot of PhD's and they call them out individually. In the morning we went to the Neuroscience departmental ceremony, they held a breakfast in a very fancy hall/rented out area and one of our professors spoke and then they called us up one by one and took a department pic of all the graduates. Our advisor got our little baby a present, which i thought was really cute of her. It was quite funny being 9 months pregnant and posing for the pics.....it made me feel really old next to all my peers graduating of which most have not even had a serious relationship yet and we have been married for 2 years and almost have a baby. Anyway afterwards we went to church and then immediately after that we went to the large overall ceremony. The speaker was some amazing biochemistry/micro biologist and MD that graduated from pitt a long time ago and has national awards for his research....apparently he founded the whole entire field of biochemistry...he was pretty old too i think he was 70 something. Anyway I really liked him, he was funny, short and gave really good true advice...like not feeling entitled to anything and keeping professionalism instead of slacking off in appearence and performance. He also talked about having convictions in God and not being superstitious and that all success come from hard work and nothing else. He talked alot about families and not being liberal...it was really exciting for jordan and I, a lot of the stuff he said we wish we could have said ourselves to half our class mates. That next week we just hung around the house and put in our flowers and did house projects that desparatly needed to be done but had all been put off due to school. I still cant beleive its all over. OH and we finally recieved our Diplomas in the mail so ITS OFFICIAL....We graduated. For those who dont know I graduated with a bachelors in Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry, psychology and dance. Jordan Graduated with a Bachelors in Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry. I hated the chemistry and am soo glad its over....actually chemistry itself is actually very fascinating I just hated the classes and the tests.

So that friday we started getting assuming Ky was going to stay in there and would probably be late cuz i wasnt feeling anything. But then he came that weekend, and was born exactly one week from graduation. I was soo glad he waited! So I was in the hospital for two days and we came home. I would have to say i loved the hospital stay...it was so nice to have food just made and everything cleaned for you. And now 9 weeks later I can offically report on my recovery...it stinks! So apparently i had a really brutal delivary....which i wasnt even aware of until i went in for my post partum appointment. I new i had torn on the inside but figured it was minimal since she didnt tell me much. But apparently I have 26+ stiches and ripped in 4 different places on the inside, I also officialyl have a fractured pelvic bone and a broken tail bone.....which is why I am going to the physical therapists now. Which on monday apparently a woman is going to go inside and push it back into place....it sounds really painful and I am not excited at all.....but maybe a little i really would like to be able to sit down again for longer than 2 minutes wihtout it hurting really bad. So my recovery has been really really slow.

My mom arrived when kyren was 3 days old (she flew in from WA) she had already bought her plane ticket but had to fedangle with eh airlines since i was 2 1/2 weeks early. I am soooo glad she was out here tho, it was soo nice, and I really think it was vital for even my pathetic recovery. She would take him every night from the night she got there, so i was getting a ful nights sleep with a newborn....oh it was soo nice. I really enjoyed having the first couple nights with just kyren Jordan and I tho, it was so exciting and sureal to have a baby and its ours. So when Kyren was two days old Jordan put him on his belly and he rolled over, I thought it was a fluke but we watched him do it 3 more times in a row....and he now does it almost every time he is on his belly. The doc of course said that was amazing and that babies usually cant do that, not because of coordination but becuase they dont have the muscle or muscle tone to lift their heads and push to roll over. So apparenlty Kyren is a little beefy kid....of which Jordan just loves. which I should add that I think it was quite necessary for Kyren to be as strong as he is with Jordan as a dad....who carries him around like he is a year old and plays with him like he is two.

Its really cute...Jordan loves to give him what he calls his "workouts" which is basically Kyren being forced to roll over 10 times in a row. Its really cute tho. At 4 weeks Ky started holding up his head in a sitting position...(he doesnt sit up yet just when you are holding him he can hold his head by himself) and now at 9 weeks (two months) he holds his head up all by himself, Jordans mom sent him a cool Bumbo chair that helps support little babies in an upright position and he can use it already....their not supposed to be able to until 4 months.

So while my mom was out here was got a ton done. Which is amazing cuz Kyren takes upa lot more time than I thought he would. IT really is ture that you spend all day feeding him. My mom and I put him on a schedule of eating every 2 and half hours and he would go to sleep at 10 and wake up at six.

Oh I should probably mention that the day we were in the hospital UPMC called and officially offered Jordan a job, which was such a relief to Jordan....he was kinda freaking out. But alas, they did finally call so he was home for a whole 2 weeks without working and then he started. Which was really nice for him to have time with Kyren and we were both so tired it would have been terrible for him to be working. He is now officialy a Neurophysiology Technician at UPMC which stands for the Universit of Pittsburh Medical Center.....its the major Hospital chain that owns the world out here. So he is in the OR everyday monitoring nerve activity during surgeries....mostly spinal fusions and brain tumor removals. ITs a perfect job for him, and he relaly likes it. It was really cool to find a job that was so perfectly related to our major and that prepped him so well. IT also pays really well and has full benefits. Its a reall job...we feel so grown up. :)

so our list, My mom Jordan and I built our closet from scratch (it wasnt a pre arranged closet thingy) refinished our refigerator to black...and its sooo cool you cant even tell. rebiult the pea garden biult shelves in our pantry...about 6 shelves high and the room is about 8x6 organized the whole house and got rid of all our text books and put stuff in organizer boxes and stowed them away. repainted the baby room in a super cool tropical ocean theme ....made curtains for the kitchen/dining area and living room area along with curtains for the baby room that matched the theme. Mounted the projector and screen My mom made Kyren his official baby blanket from Grandma....ok well Jordan didnt really do much with curtains or the blanket but the rest of it he did. so we were really busy, we played with Kyren, went on walks when I could finally stand and walk around again. Watched movies on our new theatre system....We went to garage sales and Jordan fouudn some really nice speakers and the dude gave them to him for a buck cuz he was packing upa nd just wanted the stuff out ofhis house. Now it doesnt really rival my parents sound system but it does sound really good and makes it feel like a theatre...and hey you cant go wrong for a buck! In there somewhere was mothers day which I was officialy a mother for and my mothers day present was a plane ticket out to WA for a week!! I was so excited. My mom was out here for 4 weeks!! It was soo fun and nice.

At the end of the four weeks we (my mom and I) flew out to WA and surprised the rest of my fam....not even my dad knew I was coming out....which was hillarious cuz my mom kept making blunders all the time and almost letting out the secret. WA was of course awesome. My little brother Ethan graduated from high school so I got to see that. And my older brother Eldon got engaged and brought his Fiance Kimi to meet the fam. I was really glad I got to see her. She passes the test...he picked a good one. Oh and Jennie and Seth came down, so I was able to see Olivia and hang out with Jenny. And they all got to see Kyren. That week was really fun and of course the trip felt way too short. We had a barbeque for ethans graduation and played sword fighting, basketball and other random games. The night before was Sister Chatmans birthday party so we had a baby party for Kyren and Sis Chatmans birthday party...that was awesome to see a lot of familiar faces and friends I had not seen in a long time. Before the party all the girls went and got pedicures done....there was 8 of us I believe, Mandi, Chelsea, Jennie, My mom, Sis chatman, Jocylen and Kimi and then me. Chelsea and I of course did fun stuff...including buying another set of bathing suits at costco that we walked around in with over our clothes looking like goobers....it was fun. Last summer we bought matching wet suit swimsuits....which I love having. I dont do the sun thing and really like having my skin covered so I cant burn. it goes tot he elbow and knee. So now we have two sets of bathing suits that match. Were so cool...;)

So now for pics.....

These are also pics of the cool blanket my mom made kyren while she was out here, the front and back.

This is around 2 months, the pic with the black and white pics ont eh floor is around 5 weeks.

Jordans officially OLD....He turned 25!!!!...It was on sunday but we went to see TRANSFORMERS for his birthday ....and HATED the movie, which made us really mad to have wasted the money to go see it, but we had fun on his birthday anyway. He got some much needed shorts and church shirts, we had a little party at a friends house and of course you cant forget the projector and screen.

This is a cake that our friends daughter made for Jordan, she was one ofmy beefhives...of course this isafter the candles.

I flew out to WA when Kyren was 4 weeks old so the first of june for My little bro's High school Graduation.

Kyrens first bath

This is at a park next to our house and kyrens hand at one weeks old

These are awesome plates that my mom and I found at Goodwill that match my kitchen perfectly!!

Kyren at about 2 weeks

This is kyrens church shirt

This is at 3 weeks, Kyren hates being on his belly and everytime you put him on his belly he lifts his head and rolls over. Jordan calls this his work out.

Awsome tropical fish curtains that my mom and I made while she was out here.

So our tenants left this canoe behind, and after 60 days it is officially ours, so now we have a canoe! It was so much fun, this was on the fourth of July, we went camping and conoeing at Rackoon Creek State Park

More curtains that My mom and I made, she taught me how...these are in the living room/kitchen

This is in WA, the sunday after Ethan Graduated...these are all the boys of the fam...except poor Jordan who had to work.

Yeah so these pics are all over the place but oh well.....So this is Jordans fancy projector set up above our couch in the living room. It works really well to have it up there, he has the cords coming down from the ceiling. and the screen which pulls down inbetween our living room and kitchen area....isnt that awesome? The screen is 82 inches wide

My mom and I painted the new nursery room, this replaced the orange room. Arent the waves awesome? My mom and I made the pattern and drew it on the wall. And that is a really nice crib that my family bought us for christmas...Chelsea went through all the work to find it and buy it and my mom brought it out with her on the plane....it was way over weight but lucky for us they didnt even check.

Jordan made these shelves that are holding the plates and what I call the pretty shelves on the right. It was so nice to have more space for dishes so I dont have to play tetris everytime I want a bowl or plate.

This is Kyren at about 2 weeks

This is Kyren at like 2 days old

My mom and Jordand and I build these shelves also while she was out here, we dreaded going into this pantry before we put these in, now it is AWESOME....and has so much more space.

My mom also created and we all built this closet organizer while she was out here....we got so much done and we are sooooo grateful she came out, our house is so much more organized with cool shelves.

Like father like son? I love this picture