Thanks Grandma!

Thanks for the cool Notre Dame clothes! I think I'll just call him Rockne whenever he wears this stuff.

I laid Hunter on the floor in Sawyer's room while helping Sawyer with something, and he seemed happy so I walked around getting some other chores done. Normally he cries after a MAXIMUM of 3 minutes sitting alone somewhere, but I'd realized it'd been longer than that and I hadn't heard a peep yet. I went to check on him, and found that Sawyer had set up some things for him to look at that were keeping him rather happy: What a good big brother!

On another quick note, Hunter had his one month doctor appointment on Tuesday:

9 lbs (even), & 21 1/2 inches (they said that they both hover right around the 50th percentile)

Beautiful Boys

Joe sure falls in love with his babies.

This was the last thing I saw before heading to bed last night. Love it.

I'm Three Weeks Old!

Hunter is already 3 weeks old! Time sure is flying. Unless it's the middle of the night when he's crying and/or wide awake... then it crawls...

I gave Hunter a bath and attempted another photo shoot. It's way harder than with Sawyer when he was a baby, because he's VERY fussy and cries most of the time that he's awake, needing almost constant comfort. My strategy was that I'd have to hold him and calm him down, get the camera turned on and the settings all ready, then set him down and take a picture INSTANTLY before he could start to cry! Here's the best one I got today. I like it. :)

Here's how 95% of the photo shoot went:

Here's my second favorite from today. Hi everybody!

Sawyer's Happy Birthday!

Sawyer had a very nice 3rd birthday on Thursday! We didn't plan anything big since we just had the baby, but we did invite over his favorite friends for cake (and playing).

Sawyer saw this Elmo cupcake cake in the Wal-mart bakery several months ago, and had a HUGE tantrum because he wanted it so badly! I had to promise him that we'd have it for his birthday just to pull him away from it (after literally 10 minutes or so of screaming in the store). He might have forgotten about that promise by now, but I still wanted to keep it. Plus, I wasn't going to be baking him a cake in these circumstances anyway, so it worked out nicely.

One of the intelligent adults suggested they sit to eat their cupcakes with red frosting on the kitchen floor. Smart smart.

Thanks so much to all of Sawyer's friends for coming to celebrate with us! Sawyer had a great time, and was very thankful for all of his friends in his bedtime prayer that night. I can't believe we have a three year old son already! And a second child! Seriously, we aren't as young as I think we are anymore... are we?

More Hunter for you...

Some more pics of Hunter for your viewing pleasure...

Snuggling in the hospital... it was hard to leave, when all you get to do is lie around cuddling your newborn all day and night.

Joe is such a good daddy; he just fell in love all over again! It was hard for him to leave at night (but also not worth trying to sleep on that pull out hospital couch).

The boys couldn't resist squeezing in a quick hospital visit BEFORE church on Sunday! Sawyer is soooo in love with his brother!

Here we are, all dressed and finally ready to go home.

I LOVE how TINY they are in the car seat at first!

Grandma (Carrie's mom) came in on the night we came home from the hospital. I think she likes him, too.

Sawyer snuggling his baby brother this morning on the couch.

Hunter enjoys this new baby seat! He doesn't let me put him down into a bassinet without waking up immediately, but he curls right up in this seat. He's already slept most of his day away in here (that's why I'm able to be online catching up so much... isn't it lovely?).

Hunter Rockne Kindt!

He's here! Hunter Rockne Kindt was born January 30th, at 7:38am by cesarean section. He weighed in at 7 lbs 7 ounces, and is 21 inches long. Last but not least, he came out with a head full of DARK hair! We still can't figure out where that came from...

Sawyer is so amazingly wonderful with him! "I love you bro-ver!"

Paralyzed with Anxiety

Today is Joe's birthday! Happy birthday, Joe!!! You are a fantastic husband and father, and Sawyer and I are lucky to have you. I'm sure hoping now that you've been out of high school for a decade, you won't be mistaken for being under 18 ever again.

In other news, TOMORROW is the big day!!! The c-section is scheduled for 7am, and we have to be at the hospital at 5am. Luckily (if that word applies), I haven't been sleeping the last 3 nights anyway; being somewhere at 5am won't be a problem. Now that it's less than 23 hours away, my heart is racing and I'm basically just paralyzed with excitement/fear/anticipation/anxiety; luckily I have a few things that HAVE to be done today, to hopefully distract me. Joe's mom comes into town this afternoon, which will also be a nice distraction. I've got a cake to assemble for Joe, and I think we're going out to eat this evening as well. Time is going to FLY!!!

As for all of you who may be excited to see baby pics/info asap, I'm not sure what to tell you. I'll be in the hospital, sans computer, until probably Tuesday. I might be able to convince Joe to put something on here or Facebook over the weekend, but can't promise you anything. I'm sure that starting next week I'll be flooding this blog with new baby pics anyway, so be patient! Wish us luck!!!

WHAT do I DO?!

Well, I feel like I'm missing something amazing that I should make sure to do before having a second child. Aside from continuous cleaning and home preparations, "stocking up" on rest (I wish sleep worked that way...), and going out on a few dates with Joe while we only have to find a sitter for ONE kid, I'm kinda out of ideas. Maybe that is enough, though. I've accomplished nearly all of those things, though, and I still have 5 days left. If I JUST sit around resting for 5 days I'll go crazy. Give me your ideas, please!

You know what, though? Last night I had a fantastic dream where I was holding my new baby boy. Then this morning I woke up by having Sawyer come into my room with his blankie and crawl up into bed with me to snuggle for about 15 minutes before getting up (Joe is gone for Scouts). It sure was wonderful and made me so grateful to be a mom! Maybe my list should just be to spend more time snuggling Sawyer before the baby takes over. He's the coolest.

Tribute to Sawyer

We were really blessed with an amazing little boy, Sawyer. I can't believe this first picture was 3 years ago already, or that I'm about to start over with a new little boy next week. Here's my little picture tribute to Sawyer through the years:

(4 days old & yawning)

(a week or two old)

(5 months)

(10 months)

(18 months)
(2 1/2 yrs)And about to turn 3 in 3 weeks! Scroll down for those most recent pics, if you'd like.

One More Blankie for our Baby Boy...

So... I have an addiction. I love turning yarn into things.

I had knit that blue, brown & cream striped blanket last fall, and I loved the result, but it ended up being pretty big and chunky. It's more of a crib blanket, instead of a "blankie" that a little guy would be able to drag around with him. I decided to make something a little smaller and thinner. A friend had just taught me how to crochet, so I was excited to try it out and make a project on my own. The edging may have made it a little too frilly/delicate looking, but it was fun to do (you can't do stuff like that with knitting).