Snuggle Bug

While Mikayla didn't like to snuggle at all when she was a baby, Calli loves to snuggle. She is such a great sleeper.

Such a precious thing to see Daddy and daughter snuggling.

Life with two

Matt was able to take the week off and stay home to help. He took advantage of being home to spread some crushed concrete on our driveway. With all of the rain we have had we had huge puddles under our deck where we park our van. Mikayla sat on the steps to watch while Calli and I sat at the top of the steps and took pictures.



After "playing" outside for a while, it was time to eat dinner, shower and head to bed. Mikayla loves to play in the shower. She is such a ham.
I also decided to give Calli her first bath tonight too. She was not nearly as thrilled about it as her sister was.
Calli was exhausted after fighting me during her bath. And Mikayla was ready to play again. I really love my girls.

Hospital Day 1

She has a name! Calli Elizabeth Krupka!


With a second baby there are not nearly the amount of visitors as with a first. That was fine with us as we were able to relax some. Matt spent the first night at the hospital with me, but went home the next morning. He picked Mikayla up from Mom Mom and Pop Pop Krupka's and got her all ready. They came back to the hospital in time to eat lunch.

After eating lunch on Mommy's bed, Mikayla was totally exhausted. We tried to get her to take a nap, but she wouldn't have it. We then found a free movie on the TV and within 10 minutes she was asleep. Finally!

After her nap, Mikayla found some entertainment in the small hospital room with not much to do.


Successful first Day!

Later that Night...

After I was out of the delivery room and in my recovery room, Mikayla and all of the other family came to visit. Mikayla loved holding her new baby sister! It was such a great day for all of us.

Stomach Pains?

I woke up this morning with terrible stomach pains. I originally thought they may be gas pains, but after taking some medicine and an hour without the pains subsiding, I realized they were contractions. They were sporadic and not too terrible so I wasn't too worried. I called Matt to give him the heads up, but told him not to come home yet.

I had an OB appointment in the early afternoon, so I left Mikayla with Mom Mom Krupka and off I went. When I got there, the doctor told me I was 5cm dilated and that I was going to have the baby today! I called Matt and told him to get home! I went home and waited for him. We took off shortly after he came home and I was in serious pain.

We arrived at the hospital and I asked for an epidural. They completed all of the preliminary requirements for an epidural just in time. My epidural worked this time!

I rested for a little while after my epidural kicked in...it was so nice. After an hour of rest, the doctor told me it was time to push. I began pushing and all of the nurses took guesses at the gender of the baby. They all guessed a boy. After 15 minutes of pushing, we found out that they were all wrong! It's a girl!

We were asked for her name....but we didn't have one. Guess that will have to wait for now.
Because my whole family was already at the hospital with my mom (she had surgery earlier in the week), Mikayla was also there. Kristi brought her down to meet her new sister. Boy was she excited!We are so blessed to have two girls!

February Life

Well once again it has been ages since I have posted. February was a pretty uneventful month for us as we anticipated the arrival of our little blessing. I twisted my hips in an attempt to not fall while nine months pregnant, but other than that, we just relaxed at home. We rested up and organized in preparation.

I did spend my birthday this month with a stomach virus. We had to send Mikayla to my mom's house for 2 days and Matt had to stay home from work to take care of me. It was awful.

Blizzard of 2010

When the wind finally stopped blowing so much, Matt and Mikayla finally got to go play in the snow. It was really bright outside, so we found Mikayla's sunglasses, and she was very content to leave them on. Matt went down to his parents house to use their sled for pulling Mikayla.
He said every time they were going to start, she would count all the way to 10, and then say "go". He was grateful for the small breather that her counting created. She had a blast riding behind daddy.

She was climbing on lots of the hills created when plowing out the driveway. The large shadow in the picture is Pop Pop. He was playing with them too.