Kyla's Fifth Month- December

Snow bunny

All dressed up for Santa

Playing in the snow

Out snowshoeing

Me & Daddy

Kyla in a winter wonderland!

We went for Kyla's first snowshoe! We had a great time, Jon had Kyla in the baby bjorn and we went for a great walk up the mountain. When we got to the top we let Kyla get out and play in the snow. She had a great time trying to crawl in the snow and eat it too. Kyla is now a little snow bunny and Jon is so proud. He is already talking about getting her on skis next spring when she is 1-1/2 years old.

My mom came down the week before Christmas to visit us. We had a great time with her in town. We went down to Provo to visit my cousin and Aunt, went shopping for Chrsitmas presents and spent a lot of time at home enjoying time with family.

Jon's parents came down the day after Christmas and we celebrated Christmas with them. Kyla had a ton of presents to open and had a great time doing it. She would tear the wrapping paper off of the presents and stuff it in her mouth. Kyla recieved a lot of very fun toys and cute outfits. We were very greatful for all of the gifts that are family gave her. Her favorite toy was a little stage that she recieved from her Uncle David and Aunt Lisa, they said it was also Taylor's favorite. Kyla likes to listen to the music and scream into the microphone. We had a great time this month and were so happy to have our parents come to town. It has been nice spending so much time with our family since having Kyla.

This month Kyla finally got her nursery. We had sent all of the baby furniture to Alaska, thinking that we would be moving soon but then the condo never sold. So, we finally bought new furniture for her room and she now has a cute little nursery. Until now Kyla has been sleeping in our room in the pack'n'play so it is nice to have her in her own room.

Kyla's Fourth Month- November

Bathing Beauty

First food

Yum Yum!

Happy girl

Kyla & Bam Bam

Kyla is very active now. She loves to squirm around, roll around and try to reach for everything. She loves toys that make a lot of noise. Kyla is now sitting on her own. She is also starting to eating solid foods. We have started giving her rice cereal, she likes it but lets you know when she is done. She will shut her mouth so tight and turn her head away. Kyla celebrated her first Thanksgiving at our friends Saphu and Chris' house. It was very nice of them to invite us over with our little one.

Kyla had her 4 month wellness visit this month. She is now 12.1 pounds which is 20%, 25 inches tall which is 75% and her head circumference was 25%. It is amazing to see Kyla grow so fast.

Kyla's Third Month- October

Little Sweetheart

Happy Halloween!

So many toys

Rolling over!

All bundled up

Another Vacation...

The three of us went up to Seattle to visit Jon's family. We spent a lot of time with Kyla's cousins. We went to a beach club near Shannon and Lisa's houses. We also went to a Halloween party at the kids school. Kyla was dressed as a ghost, a costume that Grandma Gurry had bought her. Rory and Lauren loved seeing Kyla and were so excited to hold her. This month Kyla started rolling over, both from tummy to back and back to tummy. She is a very strong little girl, she loves tummy time and loves to stand up. Her new favorite toy is her saucer. She no longer likes her bouncy seat or swing, she would much rather move around then be restrained in one of those.

This month I had to return to work at the preschool. I am very lucky to work in a school that has infant care. I am able to take Kyla to work with me everyday that I work. Currently Kyla is the only baby there so I am actually with her all day on the days I work until December when we have more babies there. I feel very lucky to spend this time with her and it has made returning to work much easier.

Kyla's Second Month-September

First trip to Alaska

Disneyland!

Cute as can be!

So strong!

Beach babes

First ride at Disneyland

Big Smiles

Hanging out at the beach

Stretch!

Me and my moose

Kyla's second month was full of vacations! She is only two months old and has been on three vacations. Kyla and I went to Alaska for a week and a half to visit my parents. The weather was pretty cool and rainy so we spent most of the time inside. Kyla got to meet her grandpa, great grandma and grandpa and a couple of my highschool friends. We went downtown t0 the farmers market and to palmer for the state fair where Kyla got to meet a few more of my cousins. We had a great time and can't wait to move up there.

This month we also went to California to visit my sister and her family. My sister has a son Mason who was celebrating his 3rd birthday on September 28 and a daughter Madeline who was turning 1 September 11th. We had a lot of fun in California, Kyla had her first trip to Disneyland and even went on a few rides. We also went to Laguna beach and layed under an umbrella on the beach and put Kyla's toes in the water. She had a blast watching Mason, she watched everything he did.

Kyla did great on the plane rides, we think we have a little world traveler on our hands. We are looking forward to all of the places we are going to go with her.

This month at her 2 month wellness visit Kyla weighed 10.8 pounds which is 40%, her height was 23 3/4 inches which was 90% and her head is 50%.

Attached are a few pictures from Alaska and California.

Kyla's First Month-July-August

Lauren, Taylor and Kyla

Visiting cousins in Seattle

Jon with Taylor, Lisa with Kyla

Kyla's favorite toy

Aunt Shannon and Rory

Beautiful baby

We had a fun first month with our beautiful baby girl. Grandma Miranda stayed in town for the first week after Kyla was born. She cooked meals for us and helped take care of both me and Kyla. On her last day here we went for a hike with Kyla up at Albion Bason. The doctor had said that I needed to go for walks to prevent me from getting blood clots. We took a lot of pictures of Kyla in the pretty wild flowers.

The day after my mom left Grandma Gurry came to town for a week. She also cooked us lots of good meals and helped take care of me and Kyla while I was recovering and adjusting to being a new mom.

When Kyla was 4 weeks old we went on her first vacation. We went to Whidbey Island, Washington for a family reunion for Jon's Mom's side of the family. We got to introduce Kyla to her grandad, Aunt Shannon and her family, Uncle David and his family, both of her great grandmas, and many others. Kyla had a great time watching the kids play all around her.

Welcome to our blog

Kyla Abigail Gurry

Kyla was born July 19, 2008 at 12:14 a.m. She weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is a beautiful big baby girl with dark hair and big blue eyes. She was born at LDS hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dad and Grandma Miranda were at the hospital for the delivery. I was in labor for 26 hours, pushed for 3 1/2 hours and then finally had a cesarean. Once she was born and we found out how much she weighed we finally realized why she was not coming naturally.

We are very thankful to have such a beautiful healthy little baby. She was very strong and alert as soon as she was born. She was holding her head up with her eyes wide open looking at me, dad and grandma. We had a long 5 day stay in the hospital and were happy to come home once we were released.

At my 39 week visit Dr. Rallison told me that he would be out of town on my due date. He said that his partner would deliver the baby if he was still gone, but said he was hopeful that I would still be pregnant when he returns. I however was ready to have the baby and did not want to still be pregnant when he returned. I met his partner in the practice since she would be the one to deliver if he was gone. But, when it was time to have the baby neither our Doctor or his partner could be reached. The on-call Doctor Dr. Pead and a team of many nurses and anesthioligists helped us through the long labor and delivery. We were lucky to be at the hospital on such a slow day in the maternity ward, we recieved a lot of attention.

Jon's family reunion in Sun River, Oregon began the same day as Kyla was born, so his family was unable to be in town for the delivery. Jon called them when we arrived at the hospital and they were anxiously awaiting to hear from us for the next 26 hours until Kyla arrived. We were sad we could not go to Oregon, but can't wait to go to the next reunion with Kyla.
I hope that you enjoy these pictures from Kyla's first couple of weeks!