The Kelly Family

Porter Harrison Kelly was born Saturday, April 24 th by c-section. He was 6lbs 14 0z. and 19 inches long. We named him after his brother, who we feel has been here with him, helping him fight for life. He seemed to have some trouble with his lungs so they brought him to the NICU . To make a long story short, he kept going down hill, and found himself first on a ventilator and then an oscillating ventilator. He hemorrhaged in his lungs, had to be on blood pressure meds , and had to have numerous tests done on his brain, heart, and lungs. They think that he got an infection, but will never know for sure because many of the tests were inconclusive. Thankfully he is doing much better, and should be home in a couple of days. He was one sick kid, but so cute. I didn't get to hold him for a few days, almost a week after his birth. It was heaven being able to finally hold him. Here are some pics of our little guy. Nick had to wear some pretty cool things over his clothes for the...

I am really happy to have a date scheduled for my c-section. I will deliver my little boy on April 24 th , early in the morning. I am kind of nervous, but getting really tired of being pregnant. Only about 10 weeks left! I know that it is still a ways out yet, but I am starting to feel like the pregnancy could really end. I am so excited for my little guy to get here! I just love good deals. Today I decided I would look for some new pants for Nick. He was in desperate need of some pants and some new shirts. I decided to see if Old Navy had anything that he could use. They were having a 50% off already clearanced prices sale today. I went in and found him 9 shirts/sweaters, and 5 pairs of pants for less than $60. I also picked up a couple of things for my kids. I was so excited. Two of the sweaters that I got for Nick were $0.98! Most of the items were under $4! I couldn't believe the deals I got. I have been so excited about my shopping all day long!

My girls love to check out books from their school library. The last few weeks Madalyn has picked out books that are beyond her interest and level of reading. I talked to her about it, and told her that she should pick out a book that she will actually read. Last week when she came home from school on the day she had library, she tells me all excited, "Mom, I got a book this time that I think I will read." I said I was happy for her and asked to see what she selected. She showed me her book, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils. I just had to laugh. It is a very interesting book, and I could see why she was interested in it, because it had a lot of really neat pictures, but the reading isn't the most exciting for a 2nd grader. If you want to know about Schuchertella, Mesolobus, or Didymograptus fossils, it would be a great book though.

My girls had a play date with some of their favorite friends last week. I let Madalyn and her friend paint nails together and Savanna and her friends played in our playroom. I went to check on Savanna and her friends and to tell them that there wasn't much time left before parents were coming to pick up their kids. I went in the playroom and found all the girls teary eyed. You never know what that means, probably fighting about something, but one of the friends says to me,"If you are wondering why there are tears in our eyes, it is because we are telling stories about special things of ours that were either lost, ruined or taken away." They started telling me some of the stories about their favorite toys, and they were so emotional about it! I left the room after talking with them for a minute and thought, "They are such girls!" They are already connecting emotionally on their own level. When I told Nick about the encounter, he just said, "Oh boy....

Nick and I were reading scriptures to our kids last night. We were reading the Book of Mormon, at the end of the story of King Noah. The Lamanites are coming into the land and King Noah tells everyone to flee. The Lamanites are faster than the fleeing Nephites, and so King Noah tells the men to leave their wives and children behind and save themselves. Some of the men do this, but those who choose to stay with their families have their daughters plead before the Lamanites, asking them to spare their lives. The Lamanites agree to spare their lives because of the beauty of the daughters. (When we read scriptures we read a part and then explain what is going on to the kids.) After Nick finished explaining that the Nephites were spared because of the daughters' beauty, Madalyn excitedly raises both hands in the air and says, "That's the power of girls!!!" We had a pretty good laugh!

Emma has been really good about potty training this week. I think she is about there, she just needs to learn how to hold more in her bladder. There are times when she goes to the bathroom 4 or more times within an hour. Today she went number 2. She plopped three pieces, and they all landed together at the bottom of the toilet. She looked in to see her accomplishment, and said "Hey, there's Mickey Mouse ears!" I looked in to see, and they kind of did look that way. She was pretty proud of herself.

We are going to have another little boy. I am 20 weeks along, and found out today that our baby is a boy. We are pretty excited. Savanna and Madalyn really wanted the baby to be a boy. We let them come to the ultrasound to see the baby, and afterwards Savanna told me she was really lucky. I asked her why and she told me that she always gets what kind of baby she wants. She really wanted Emma to be a girl, and now we're having what she wants again. I told Emma that we are going to have a little baby boy, and she told me "I don't want that kind." I asked her what she wanted and she said " A baby girl!" Oh well, you can't make everyone happy. Nick and I are excited and we are all going out to eat tonight to celebrate.