Cousins

Friday night we had my 8 year old neice Makayla over for the night! Sophia just loves when we have guests! Someone other then her dogs or baby brother to play with. Makayla is always such a big help when she is here.

Our First Hotel stay with Two!

We swore this would not happen for a while! The last time we did this was in December of 2010. Sophia was a nightmare to say the least! She just wouldn't sleep. We actually ended up checking out in the middle of the night and making the 2.5 hour trek home from Burlington to the security of her crib.
Anyways, this weekend we were going to be travelling to Oakville to introduce Christopher to his Uncle John, Aunt Kim and cousins Jack and Peyton. There isn't enough room at Grandma and Grandpa Kerr's so we always get a hotel. Actually since the nightmare of a trip in December we have been just been making day trips which SUCK!!
Christopher is a horrible traveller so we decided to bite the bullet last minute and book a hotel to break up the travel a bit.... I book the first 4 star on Hotwire and BAM we are staying at the beautiful Sheridan Airport hotel. Way over our heads. Like WAAAAAAAY over our heads. Fancy Schmancy. Beautiful lobby with a high end restaurant. I even saw a women in a fantastic gown with a pair of Christian LouBouton shoes. shhheeesh... Jason pulls our dirty SUV up to the doors. Its about 10pm I jump out in my postpartum fugly pants with over sized stretched white tee shirt (convenient because I am breastfeeding.) to check in oh and I guess I feel a little better cause I had my $800.00 LV bag. So ya I feel like I am fitting in with the rich folk. BAHAHA. SO all checked in and up to room 613 for the night! Not so much. Jason rushes out to get some food and Sophia instantly starts to explore.. So much to get into. By the time Jason came back she had the room rearranged. Now time for bed. I guess it wasn't so bad. She was out like a light by 12:30am and slept the whole night beside her Daddy. Christoper and I cuddled up in the opposite bed for some shut eye. HE is a fab co sleeper. :) I guess it wasn't so bad and glad we gave it another chance.

Happy Birthday Ryan F.

Today I had the pleasure of meeting baby Ryan. He is the son to our best friends Lindsay and Paul. He is also the baby brother of Andrew and Hunter!
He made a fast and wild ride into this world at 9:11am today May 24th 2011. We were so happy to meet him and can't wait to watch him grow along side our kids.

On your birthday today Ryan there was a lot of things happening in the news.

Gas prices were 124.9 in Belleville.
President Obama and the First Lady visit the Royal Palace.
Today is the second last Oprah Winfrey Show.
Cost of a Canadian stamp is 0.59 cents

Flying solo today!

So it's not very often I am alone with two kids! Jason is over at his friend Alex's working all day!
Sophia has a bit of a stuffy nose so I didn't to want to take her anywhere where there were other kids. BUT its absolutely gorgeous out! Something like 17 degrees. I had to get out of the house.. I packed everyone up after a quick breakfast.
There is some big show on down at the arena so I thought we could check that out. Well we get sidetracked at all the yard sale signs and ended up picking up cousin Haley and off to town we went "yard saling" I ended up getting a cute swing for the back yard for a whopping 5 bucks! Even got a blue Little Tikes wagon for FREE!!
Once Jason came home I had him wash everything ! Sophia just loves her new "used" wagon.

Rainbow

We got a chance to go outside in our shorts today! 24 degree eeeeps summer is coming.




Tonight we had a wicked storm pass through our little town. I swear the rain was coming down almost sideways! Apparently we are in for a treat tonight! Heavy thunder and lightning.. WHOHOOOO
Don't care because
A) I love thunderstorms.
B) It needs to be over so there are no interuptions to my hydro for the Royal Wedding Friday morning. Yep! I am getting up to watch the big event. I may even get dressed up. It will just be me and my little Christopher up in the wee hours.

BFing and such!

I still can't believe that we have another baby! What a whirlwind the past few weeks (7 weeks 3 days to be precise) have been.
I must sound like a broken record but I am SO happy that my husband is home. I really wanted to be as committed to breastfeeding this little one as much as I was with Sophia. I really struggled with Sophia in the early weeks but committed to EBF until she was 6 months. I am happy to say we continued this relationship till she was about 19 months old. I have a healthy little girl because of this.
I am hoping to do the same with Christopher and so far we don't have any challenges.

Christopher Williams Birth Story.

Christopher William Kerr
I am bit behind in posting this. But better late then never.

My final OB appointment was March 2nd. My BP was on the higher side so we decided it was time to meet you. I was scheduled for a Foley Catheter Friday March 4th. A long tube is inserted (by our OB) into my cervix, it’s then filled with about 20cc of fluid. This carefully opens the cervix over the next few hours. They tape the catheter to the inside of my leg (very pretty) and send me home for the night.
Saturday March 5th
The hospital calls very early (6:15am) asks me if I am ready to meet you! I said yes please. Preferably by noon if that ok. The nurse laughs and says she will see what she can do. 
Your Dad drops us off at the hospital. We had been through this process before so we knew it would take time to get all the admin stuff done and then time to get me (plugged in) I was GBS + so I needed antibiotics.
You Dad took your sister to spend the day with our closest friends The Fykes. He came back to the hospital in time for them to start the pitocin drip. So we wait, and wait, and wait. Between about 10 am and 2 pm nothing changes. Cervix is about 3 cm with mild contractions. 2:15 Dr Ademidun our OB breaks my water. Bleh! Within about 15 minutes the contractions start to come on stronger and stronger. I felt very queasy. About an hour later I asked for the epidural. They whisked me off to a delivery room and the epidural was administered by a doctor. During the process my contractions were coming so strong and hard. I knew I had to stay still but it was so hard. The doctor ended up missing the prime spot for the epidural. This caused spinal fluid to leak. I was advised I would probably get a bad headache. I laughed and said nothing could be worse then the pain of contractions. I ate my words a few minutes later. I would take contractions over what the call a “spinal headache” any day. It was the worst pain of my life. The left side of my face ached so badly. I could not even open my left eye. Poor Daddy did not know what to do. He just rubbed and rubbed my hand. After about a ½ hour the pain moved to the back of my head and the pounding sensation settled a bit.
About 5pm I asked your Dad to head home to let out the dogs. I was sitting around 4 cm with little change. I thought it was a good opportunity incase we were in for a long night!
Around 5:30pm your Dad texts me and says he is home dogs are fine and he is on his way back in. It’s about a 25-30 min drive.
Things start to change very quickly. I go from 4 to 6cm to 8cm in 30 minutes. I can really feel you moving down. I frantically text your Dad. He texts back saying he is hitting every red light! I think oh great he is going to miss your birth. He shows up and I am around 9 cm with tremendous pressure. I get checked again a minute later and I am a full 10. Ready to go. Well not really because our Doctor is at home. YIKES! The nurses ask me no to push! I think ya ok that going to be easy. I had the sensation of you sliding out. I start to shake uncontrollably. I notice one of my nurses casually putting on a delivery gown. I was breathing very heavily. Our doctor was just minutes away. I continue to shake. I could feel you slipping down with every contraction. The feeling was so strange.
Finally a couple minutes later Dr Ademidun arrives.
3 1/2 pushes later we meet for the first time and our family became 4.
Saturday March 5th at 6:34 pm and 7lbs 10 oz. You were a perfect 9 on the APGAR just like your big sister.
The nurse cleaned me up and brought you over to me. You latched on perfectly and started eating like a champ!
I am so in love with my little man. 