More On Mormons

No, we are not morons. But here is more on us.

KKS

Birth & Faith

My first born, Caleb, had a prolapsed cord. I was in labor and his bp and heart rate would drop with each contraction. So that one was an emergency. He was out within five minutes of discovering that he was in distress.
Second baby, Lundi. I went into labor three weeks early with her. The problem that time was that while I was being monitored in the hospital, she failed to have the required number of peaks of her heart rate. Also she was breech, so they took her c-section, too.
Harrison was also breech. It was decided that if he didn't flip by my due date, he would be born c-section.
Lauren is the fourth born. She was breech also, and after three c-sections they don't even let you try for a v-bac.
Then there was Liam. He was transverse, also born c-section. When I delivered him the doctor strongly advised me to have a tubal ligation because my uterus was so very thin and he didn't think it could sustain another pregnancy. Well, I didn't feel "done." So the whole time he was warning me about all of the risks, I kept saying in my mind: "yes, I trust your medical knowledge, but you don't know about the power of the Priesthood." So I was back and forth for a long time about whether or not to add a sixth baby to our house. Until one time I was in the temple, wrestling with the Lord. (It was the first time I had ever done that.) Then...it came to me. Clear as if there were hands on my head. "Kim, it matters not what the doctors say, or whether or not you will have to buy a new car, or new house or risk your own life (this one was particularly hard to except, I didn't want to leave my children without a mother). The ONLY thing that matters is that you are a vessel by which another soul will come to earth to take part in the plan of salvation." And that was it. Audrey was conceived shortly after and joined our family in December of '08. And you know what? That "thinning of the uterus" That "window that was two cells thick" where they saw Liam's foot. Not even mentioned. I had been healed. Miraculous.
During my pregnancy with Audrey, I knew that she would complete our family. She was the caboose. So after much prayer, fasting and counseling with our bishop, we made the decision to have the tubal ligation while they had me open when AudPod (Audrey, the sixth pea in our Pod) was delivered. And so it is. We are completely eight.
Thank you so much for asking me to share these experiences. It reminds me, once again, how good the Lord has been to us and how he has guided us each step of the way as we have grown our family.

KKS

Genes

My Aunt Kathy and I have remarked several times how much these boys resemble each other. So I thought I would put them side by side (ok, so Blogger won't let me put them beside each other, but you get the idea) and show you all. These boys are second cousins, but look enough alike to be brothers.

KKS

Neat Website

Have you ever visited Picnik?

It is delightful.

KKS

Boy Two is Nine!!!

Four

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Nine!!!

Is it me, or did he grow up a whole bunch in the last year?

Every year Harrison asks to decorate his cake himself. Do you notice a pattern?

We love you, Harrison!!!

Focusing

Christ

Is the center of our

home,

a guest at every meal,

a silent listener to every conversation.

KKS

I Can't Get Enough.......

..........Of these curls.

To the average person, this may just look like the back of a kids head. But to me they are the most precious, beautiful, golden, bouncy and soft curls I have ever seen, smelled, touched or kissed.

And I am so very blessed to be the Mommy of this sweet little girl. LOVE her!!!!

KKS

Love

Isn't this a beautiful picture?

Edited especially for Aunt K.

December 2008

My heart is full of love for my husband tonight.

KKS

I Don't Feel Like Blogging

Stuffy noses abound in this house. I need to get to bed early. This is Mike's last week as a full time employee in the ER. He works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then has four days off. During this time we hope to get a lot of the kitchen done. Next Monday he starts his new job as a hospital analyst. I hate cancer, it has claimed the life of another friend. Nana and Grandpa Dan came today to bring Easter treats for the kids. Grandpa Dan brought squirt guns for the whole family. I would say that he is a trouble maker, except that he brought some for Mike and I, too. So that makes him a fun Grandpa. We installed the gate at the bottom of the stairs. But it's only affective if we actually close the gate. Audrey fell down the stairs on Friday night and got a big goose egg out of the deal. The kids only got my wrath. I have such a love/hate relationship with baby gates. I love them because they are good at protecting the baby from a fall. And they keep babies out of places that could be dangerous. But how does a baby learn to safely climb the stairs if they are forbidden to climb those stairs? I guess we won't be taking that gate down until she is five.

This challenge:

....kept me busy for hours when I was a kid. Daddy use to give us this challenge. Nana brought the kids loads of $2.00 bills, so I told them if they could do it, they could trade their $2.00 bills for $100.00.

The rules are:

• Heals must stay against the wall and flat on the floor.
• Legs must stay straight.
• If you fall, you have to start over.
• You can't hang on to anything.

I don't know if it is actually possible, but I use to have so much fun doing it. The kids loved it, too.

She is SOOOO close.

And moving further and further away from babyhood every day.

But I hope, I pray, I hope and pray some more, that she keeps these:

They are silky, soft, bouncy, sweet smelling and beautiful.

She was sitting on my lap during church today, and I was admiring them and kissing her sweet neck and breathing her in. I was thinking about how I have had six babies, but don't actually remember very much about that (short) stage of their lives. I hope it's different this time. I think I'm going to miss having a baby to cuddle and kiss all the time. Sigh.

KKS

Yummy

Is she not so delicious?

KKS