Let's catch up

Ok there is going to be a lot of pictures. This may be long because I am going to try to catch up. My goal of once a week kind of went down the drain...I need to try harder. But I am here now so here we go....

Our summer has been so fun so far and we still have more fun things planned that I am so excited for!
Summer still isn't and will probably never be my favorite season, but I am trying to enjoy it for my kids. We found out that Kanzis has allergies like her mommy and it is so sad to watch her. She wants to be outside all of the time but as soon as she goes outside her eyes start getting red and puffy and her nose runs. Oh how it makes my mommy heart sad. The things you don't want to pass on to your kids, seems to be the things they inherit. But despite her being miserable, she wants to be outside so by golly we will give her some allergy medicine and go play dang it.

So I will start with a few projects that I have done...

 I finally finished the wall

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread. You can find the recipe here.

It is delicious!! 

I have been going to the farmers market in town and got some fresh raspberries and made some homemade freezer jam. Then, because I loved it so much, we bought a canner, went back to the farmers market, got more raspberries and canned a bunch of jam. So much fun!

 She loves taking all of the dvd's out.

 fun at the farmers market

 Yay for new headbands!

 Some of the girl cousins on Josh's side. We are missing two cute little girls though.

 Josh trying to keep up with me lol

 after a good exercise we are obviously going to stop for ice cream haha

 reading to her sissy

 Kanzy matches her favorite dolly, Rosie

 heading to great grandmas house

 beauty mask time

 Already trying to sit up like a big girl

We went to Lagoon for the girls' cousin Jacks birthday. We had so much fun between riding rides and swimming at Lagoon a beach. 

 My mom bought this wagon for the grandkids, it worked perfectly!

We want to let everyone know who came to Kamzlin's blessing, how grateful we are for them. We had so many people come to support her. It was overwhelming. I absolutely love our families! 

I am not sure why, but baby blessings make me very emotional, especially when they are my own kids. That was something that really comforted me when we lost Kaizen, I was just so thankful that he was blessed. I love being able to watch my husband bless our children. He always does a beautiful job and speaks from his heart. I sure love him!

Some fun things we get to look forward to this month is my birthday, which falls on a Sunday and we were asked to speak in church on that particular Sunday. Happy Birthday to me lol. It's all good though, I am actually a little excited. Then we have the Pentz family reunion! I can't wait!Who knows, we may have some other last minute fun things to do!

Hopefully I can do posts more often so I am not making incredibly long ones lol!

I hope you all have an amazing week!

Judd Family Reunion

This is going to be a picture post of our Family Reunion fun!

We had such a good time! Kamzlin did really good for her 1st camping trip too!
Yay for family reunions!

Kamzlin's story

I have finally found a LITTLE time to hurry and update the blog! Yay!

 I did not think it would be this challenging going from just having one little human to hang out with all day to two! Wow! It is definitely more time consuming that is for sure.

When people say that with their kids they barely even have time to shower, the old me would think, oh come on, everyone has time for a shower, but the new me, the mom of now two little girls, she says its so true. I literally cannot find the time, and when I do, if Josh's isn't here, it happens very fast. lol.

I love it though. I can't help but wonder what it would be like with Kaizen here too though. I guess that will never change.


So, the one phrase I think of when thinking of Kamzlin's birth story is... "Well that escalated quickly" Lol! Seriously it was fast. But I am thankful it was.

So on May 28th, her birthdate, Josh, Kanzis, and I had plans to go to the chiropractor that morning which is about 30 minutes from our home. I woke up and was having contractions but they weren't painful and not at all consistent. This has happened before so I wasn't too worried. But for some reason I had a feeling that I should stay home. So Josh and Kanzis went to the chiropractor without me. I baked some muffins and cleaned the house. I was still having contractions but they still weren't as consistent as I would have liked. I talked to Josh and he was on his way back home which made me feel better if something was going to happen. By the time he got home, I was getting ready and had started timing my contractions because they felt like they were getting a little stronger. They were starting to become consistent at 5 minutes apart. Josh asked if we should go to the hospital and I said I wasn't sure yet. And then just like that they became stronger and closer and I told him that yes I think we should go now. I called the hospital to let them know it was time and we headed out. Thankfully we had everything packed and ready to go! My contractions were very intense at this point and were three minutes apart. We dropped Kanzis off with Josh's mom and headed to Salt Lake.

The ride to the hospital was aweful. It seems like all I was looking at was that dang clock and dreading when it became the three minute mark! Josh dropped me off at the entrance of the hospital and I walked to the OB emergency. That wasn't easy, I had to stop a few times. It was about 5:30 p.m. at this point. They checked me in and I changed into my gown. Josh finally made it to the room and the nurse came in to check my dialation. I was at a 6 and almost 100% thinned. My mom and sisters were on there way. My contractions were very strong and even closer now. At about 6:30p.m. my water broke. The nurse checked me again and I was at an 8 and completely effaced. They walked me over to Labor and Delivery, which, oh man was not easy. At this point I was feeling like I needed to push, in fact on the walk over to Labor and Delivery I had to squeeze my legs together during a contraction. lol (funny now, not then). Once we got to Labor and Delivery I sat on the edge of the bed. Josh was doing counterpressure on my knees during each contraction, I have to say I am so thankful for him being there and supporting and helping me. I love him so much. My sister was massaging my lower back during the contractions too. I was needing to push very bad and asked them to check me again. I was at a 9 so they said I needed to try to not push and just work through a few more contractions. Hardest. thing. ever! But I tried to breathe through a few more contractions without pushing, and then I just said okay I need to push now. They checked and I was at a 10!! Horray! Everybody got ready and after about 5 pushes little miss Kamzlin was here. Healthy.

Natural birth is definitely not the picnic I had in mind. I am thankful it was fast, that was probably the worst physical pain I have ever endured in my life. But the prize, it was perfect. she was perfect.

A few hours after her birth, Kamzlin had to go to the nursery and be on oxygen for a little over 24 hours. Everything looked fine, she just had a little liquid in her lungs which is what was making her oxygen levels go down a little. They told us it was most likely due to her coming out of the birth canal so fast that there wasn't enough time for all the liquid to squeeze out during her birth. After they removed the oxygen they monitored her for 12 hours to make sure her oxygen stayed up and then we got to go home!

My mom had Kanzis so we went to her house to pick her up. We videod her reaction of seeing her sister for the first time. Melted my heart.  Then we went and took pictures at Kaizen's headstone.


I feel so blessed to be a mommy of three! Some days have been challenging. Trying to balance attention for both kids is harder than I thought. Especially during breastfeeding. But I know it will get easier. It will be fun for them when they can play together. But for now I am taking in this newborn phase, I know all too well that it doesn't last long.

Father's Day weekend we had our Judd Family Reunion camping trip! I will do another blog post soon with all the fun from that! :)

Happy Thursday! :)