Sunday Drive= Fall leaves

I love FALL one of my favoirte times of year. I love being able to sit out in the back, holding Kallie and watching Kanyon play. The WEATHER is great, and the leaves are changing. Every year KEVIN and I have taken a Conference drive up the OGDEN and WEBER canyon's to see the leaves change. We have done this before we were even married. It is something I look FORWARD to every year.

Potty training tips

So Kanyon is 2, she seems ready to potty train. She tells me when she has to go poop. She does really good. I can't get the pee thing down. Any ideas on how to get this done? Diapers are getting to much, and I am about ready to put Kallie in cloth diapers. So no more money spent on diapers would be great.

So Please help me!

Thoughts on nurturing children!

Deuteronomy 6:7 [Deut. 6:7]: “Thou shalt teach [the words of the Lord] diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”

Mosiah 4:15: “Ye will teach [children] to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another.”

3 Nephi 22:13 [3 Ne. 22:13]: “All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.”

President David O. McKay (1873–1970): “[The] ability and willingness properly to rear children, the gift to love, and eagerness … to express it in soul development, make motherhood the noblest office or calling in the world. She who can paint a masterpiece or write a book that will influence millions deserves the admiration and the plaudits of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters, whose influence will be felt through generations to come, … deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God” (Gospel Ideals [1954], 453–54).

How can we as sisters in the gospel better fulfill our God-given purposes?

Doctrine and Covenants 25:13–15 [D&C 25:13–15]: In July 1830 the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation for his wife, Emma. The revelation was given to strengthen, encourage, and instruct her and was recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants to strengthen, encourage, and instruct others: “Lift up thy heart and rejoice, and cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. Continue in the spirit of meekness, and beware of pride. … Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive.”

President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985): “Each of you should be grateful to be a woman! … To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age. To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times” (“Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov. 1978, 103).

Mary Ellen W. Smoot, former Relief Society general president: “Each of us has a vital role, even a sacred mission to perform as a daughter in Zion. … It is our destiny to rejoice as we fill the earth with greater kindness and gentleness, greater love and compassion, greater sympathy and empathy than have ever been known before. It is time to give ourselves to the Master and allow Him to lead us into fruitful fields where we can enrich a world filled with darkness and misery” (“Rejoice, Daughters of Zion,” Ensign, Nov. 1999, 94).

“I suggest that you … humbly ask the Lord what he would have you do and why you are uniquely suited to serve. Ask yourself questions like these: ‘What can I contribute?’ ‘Why was I chosen to be the mother of these children?’ ‘What can I do to strengthen the sisters in my ward?’ and so forth. We each have purpose and reason for being. Every sister has a thread to weave in the tapestry of time. Discover your thread and begin to weave” (Relief Society, the Possible Dream [address delivered at the 1998 Brigham Young University women’s conference]).

I do know...

So like a week ago I went to take Kallie in for her 2 week check up. The doctor told me to feed her every 2 hours, yeah I was not going to do that. I was going to do it my way and that was that. I felt like if I feed her every 2 hours I would never sleep, she would throw up more and nothing would help, I would have tons of milk and it would hurt. So I told Kevin I will feed Kallie when she is ready and I will pump if I have to. So as the week goes on, I feed her like 3 to 4 hours and it has been great. She is much happier with that, and sleeps fine. So yesterday I take her back into the doctor and she weights 6 pounds and 5 ounces. She had gained like 5 ounces in that one week, The doctor said I was doing everything right. I wanted her to tell me that over and over again. or I wanted to say "yes that's right I am a good mother and I know what I am doing." So walking out of the room I was very happy with myself and I felt like what I was doing was great. We don't have to go back for 2 months.
I think as mothers sometimes we know what is best for our children, sometimes better then the doctor knows. That's why we have children, because we know them better then anyone. That's just how I feel about it.

Kallie at 2 weeks!

Cloth Diapers???

So I have a friend who does cloth diapers, she really likes them. I have told Kevin many times I want to try it. I think it would be cheaper, easier and less diaper rashes. Well today I asked Kevin again if we can go to cloth diapers when we are out of the disposal ones. He said we could try it. I am excited. I hope it works out for us.
They are not like the old school ones, they are much better now, you can just snap and go, and they have a bag you can put the dirty ones in when you are out and about. Well when I get my first shipment of cloth diapers I will let everyone know how they work out.

2 weeks!

Kallie is now 2 weeks old. Things have been really good for us. The adjustment has been ok, Kanyon at first was not so sure about her. She kept taking her clothes out and putting them on the floor. She has done a lot better now. Kallie is doing great, she sleeps really well and eats good. She is more alert now and knows when her mommy has her. She really has been so much fun. We went to the doctor's office today and she is at 5 pounds 15 ounces. Still kinda small, trying to get back to her birth weight. They told me to wake her and feed her every 2 hours. I have done that today and she doesn't want to eat. I am going to do what I want, she seems to eat more when it's like every 3 hours. I am her mother and I feel like that is best. I think the one reason why she is smaller, is I got a breast infection at the first of this week, so that kinda slowed things down as well. Now that it is getting better she is eating very well.
Our lives are for sure more busy then ever. I do enjoy it so much though. Having 2 girls is so much fun. Thank you for all the support everyone has giving to us. Kevin and I are very lucky to have two beautiful daughters.

Kallie Hannah Kupfer

Ok so here is how it all went down. Thursday, just another day at work, nothing new, just working. It's like 5 and I am off work, I felt a really hard contraction. I thought that was ok. Then Kanyon and I walked over to my in laws, felt some more, they didn't hurt, just kinda like braxton hicks. We then went on a walk to a birthday party, It was a few houses down. While sitting there I felt more. So I timed them. They were about 3 min apart. About 8pm they were coming even harder, so we go leave the party and get going home. we get home and my aunt just stopped over, I told her what was going on, so she goes home takes care of some things and then comes back, I say I am going to drive to the hospital and find out what is going on, I didn't want Kevin leaving work if it was a false alarm again. So I went alone. I get up they get me all check in, ask as few questions and they find out I am at a 5, almost 6. So I was staying. It was about 10:30 when they said I was staying. Called Kevin, he leaves work, takes him about an hour to drive home. We call our parents and they come to the hospital. The nurse says I have a while still and my Doctor wont come in and break my water, so it has to break on it's own. I am like what the. This is going to take all night. They checked to see if I was moving along and I wasn't so they started my epidural even though I was fine, I wanted to get this baby out and hold her. They put that in at 12:00am. Soon the contractions were coming about 1 min apart and I went from a 5 to a 7, within the hour. My water broke about 1:15 and that was really cool. It felt like something was walking on my legs. Gross I know, but cool to have it brake as well. So by then i was at a 8 and they started getting ready for the delivery. I could feel contractions and that was fine, I was not in pain. I had a button I could push once they got bad. So at like 1:45 they said I was at a 10, called my Dr. and he came up, Started pushing and she was out by 2:01am. I pushed 2 times. It was so easy. I felt the contractions, so I new when to push. It felt so cool when she came out. It was like this awesome feeling. Kallie was born at 2:01 am Friday September 3, 2010. She is very healthy. She had so much white stuff on her, it was hard to get it off. She has been doing great. She has very blond hair, hope it stays that way. She looks a lot like Kanyon, when Kanyon was born. Kevin thinks she looks more like him then Kanyon did when she was born. I am just sad she doesn't look like me. Maybe next time. Things are going great and we are home and doing good. We are so blessed to have a new daughter in our life.

37 Weeks

Ya I made it to 37 weeks. I am feeling great and baby is ready to come. Went to the Doctors on Monday he said the baby is in good shape to come. I got my bag packed and ready to go. We are very excited to hold this new baby in our arms. It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant. Time really goes by fast. I have had a pretty easy pregnancy for the most part. This last couple of nights have been hard trying to sleep, I guess I need to get use to it though!

Kanyon knows I am having a baby, and she seems ok with it. She also loves to call her babies Hannah. I hope Kanyon takes the new changes well. More updates when she comes!

P.S If you would like to guess the weight of the baby please let me know. If you win, you get a Candy bar. I have a whole list of people that have guessed already so make sure you let me know so I can take it with me to the hospital.