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!