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Just had a couple more pictures I thought were cute and wanted to share! Here is big sister Karli...I love her so much! She is truly unique with none other like her, and I wouldn't have it any other way!
This is a pic from the 16th. When my little one was exactly 1 month old! Time is zooming by! I just thought she looked sooooo cute with her flappy cheeks...haha!

1 Month Old!!!!

Today Kelsey is 1 month old! I can hardly believe how fast the last 4 weeks has absolutley flown by! We went yesterday for her 1 month checkup and boy has she grown! She has gained a whopping 3 pounds since birth! She weighed in at 11 lbs, 1 oz yesterday! The doc didn't hassle me about it, he just smiled and said she weighed "a little more" than he expected, but all was well and she looked great! She's been doing really well! Last night she slept for a 4 1/2 hour stretch...I didn't even know what to do with myself! I haven't slept that long in ages!


She's been a happy baby! She loves to look around, especially at lights! Riding in the car has to be her favorite because she can just peer out the window. She doesn't go to sleep, but if she's fussy I can put her in the car and she just quites right down and is amused by looking out of the window!


Her little cheeks are soooooo chubby and loveable! Karli loves to kiss them and tell her little sister how much she loves her. The other day Karli held her for 30 minutes and sang to her the entire time! She is really enjoying being a big sister and has far surpased my expectations of her!


When Karli gets home from school the first thing she does is gives Kelsey a kiss and tells her how much she missed her! It's so sweet! Below is a picture I took right after I told Karli to give me a big smile...haha!
This has to be one of my favorite pictures of my two girls below! Although Kelsey looks startled, I love Karli's face! They are so precious together and I feel incredibly blessed to have both of them in my life!

3 Weeks Old

I know I've fallen behind posting anything for a while...I've had my hands full! I swear the jump from 1 to 2 is harder than 0 to 1! Karli has been doing GREAT with her little sister! She is still a huge help to me and loves on Kelsey every single day! She hasn't been jealous like I was worried she would be, instead she is proud of her little sister. She told me today that she was the only one that was right, because everybody else said she was going to get a brother...haha!
Kelsey is exactly 3 weeks old today! It has really gone by fast and makes me sad to think that I only have 5 more weeks home with her before I'm back to work. She's growing and doing well! At her 2 week checkup last Thursday she weighted 9lbs 4oz, which is Karli's birth weight! She's been getting up about every 2 hours at night...which is killing me...but hopefully we'll push on to 3 soon! Here are a few picutres I snapped this evening when Kelsey was having a few minutes of tummy time in the living room that turned into nap time!

Her daddy loves her so much and cannot resist her! I have to constantly remind him to NOT wake her up...she just went to sleep, PLEASE!

Hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season! We did, we had the greatest Christmas present you could ask for! I'll try to do better with keeping everyone updated!

Kelsey Morgan Hollis

Last Wednesday, December 16 at 3:30 pm, William, Karli, and I welcomed Kelsey Morgan Hollis into our family. She arrived at 8lbs 1oz and 20.5 inches long. We couldn't believe it was another girl, we honestly didn't expect it! William refused to discuss a girl name with me my entire pregnancy and the night before I delivered I asked again, just in case...he shushed me...LOL! He was confident, and also wrong! We were delighted with our new baby girl and absolute bundle of joy. We came home Thursday evening and since then our life has been interesting!

Karli is so thrilled that she is a big sister now. She constantly has to go and check on Kelsey while she's sleeping and keep me updated that she's "still sleeping, but ok." Karli has been quite the helper around the house and loves to help give Kelsey a bath. She sings to her and loves it when Kelsey holds her finger so tight.

For the most part Kelsey has been sleeping well, 2-3 hours at a time during the night with a few nights that have been long ones. Getting up every couple of hours or staying up with her hasn't been the problem. It's more or less having to get up with Karli bright and early the next morning and play. Staying up all night and all day over and over isn't good for anyone. If I could actually sleep during the day when the baby sleeps it would be alot easier, but a 4 year old doesn't exactly let you do that very well.

Karli loves to hold her baby sister and talk to her. Kelsey is very alert when she's up, looking all around at all of the Christmas lights. She seems to know my voice no matter my place in the room she looks that way! She seems so strong, if she's laying on her belly she will pick her head up and turn it the other way...it amazes me everytime! I look at her and think that I cannot believe she is actually still not gestation, meaning her due date isn't until the 30th. Kelsey was born at 38 weeks. It's hard to believe that I should have to carry this little joy for another week and a half before birth!

William has really enjoyed his time with his baby girl. He's such a good daddy and cannot walk by her without giving her kisses on her chubby little cheeks! He is now in a house with 3 girls and I have to laugh and think it's God's way of revenge...haha! In any case, both of his girls are daddy's girls, no doubt about it, and he wouldn't have it any other way!

We're so excited about our family of 4! We could not ask for a better Christmas than to spend it with each other and our 2 beautiful girls! Merry Christmas everybody, we hope it's as wonderful as ours!

Last Doctors Visit

Today I went to see my fabulous docs for my 38th week of pregnancy. There has been talk all along of induction earlier than my due date because of the fact that this may be a big baby. Karli was 9lbs 4oz, but she was 5 days over due. Today we did an ultrasound with Dr. Boehling for "fetal growth." He said from the beginning that ultrasound can sometimes "overshoot the weight," but the baby weight as of today was 8lbs 9oz........YIKES! Following that, I'm scheduled for induction Wednesday morning at 7:30am!!!! I really do have mixed emotions about it. Overall I'm super excited and more than ready to have our baby. On the other hand I am a little reserved due to the fact that I'm early and this may turn into a marathon labor because my body just simply isn't ready yet. I feel good about it though, Wednesday I'll be in the more than capable hands of Dr. Duruman and nurse midwife Karen! William is really excited and we are both ready to meet our second child. Since we didn't find out the sex of the baby it's even more exciting. I have to say that we do have a boy name picked out but William will not talk about girl names. He says he will be a proud father either way, he's just showing "confidence" that it's a boy...haha! So hopefully everything will go as planned this Wednesday and the next time I post something it will be to introduce you to the new him or her that will soon be such a wonderful part of our lives! Fingers crossed!!

Karli's Christmas Play

Tonight was the annual Christmas play at our church, Wesley Memorial United Methodist. First we all got toghether to have a fabulous dinner with tons of food then the show began. Karli was an angel and sang 2 songs in the play. There was not a more beautiful angel there, and I'm not even being partial...haha! Here are a few pics of her in action...

I was no other place than front and center to take pictures. She wouldn't look right at me and smile, ofcourse...but she was so proud of herself!

After the play was complete we were all visited by none other than Santa! Karli jumped right up and was the first one in line! She's had no hesitation this year when it comes to sitting in Santa's lap and telling him exactly what she wants. This year she told him she wanted a "castle." A barbie castle is what I'm thinking. His response was, "is that all you want, just one thing?" She says yes! What a cool kid...haha!

Please Mom...Please!

"Please Mom, Please! Can I just fall asleep in your bed. When I go to sleep you can put me in my room and I promise I'll stay there, but can me and Rosco just please go to sleep in here?!?" I gave in, she was too cute!