Introducing Lily Marie Kavanaugh

Meet Lily.  Born on July 22nd, at 8:13pm, weighing in at 6lbs, 10oz, 20.5 inches in length.  After the rollercoaster ride of a pregnancy (being put on strict bedrest at 30 weeks, then moderate bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy) her arrival was fast and furious...so very opposite of her big sister.  I started labor at 6:30pm and she arrived an hour and a half later (half of that time we were stuck in traffic getting to the hospital!)  We have had a wonderful first month with the transition for Izzy becoming big sister, and having a newborn in the house again. 

Stephanie Devries did an amazing job on these photographs (http://www.mudandmagnolia.com/) She's an up and coming photographer in the Brainerd Lakes area.  Her work speaks for itself, she's an amazing artist!  It helps that we have cute kiddos too...I'm not bias, look for yourself, they're angels!

 Izzy is all about Lily - she always wants to hold her and touch her and gets inches from her face and says "Hi Lily, Hi Lily Hi Lily!"  It's pretty cute.  The day of our photo session with Steph, Izzy was giving Lily kisses.

 Such a genuine smile from our peanutbutter!

 Steph was able to get Lily to fall asleep at the end of the photo session and get such peaceful pics.

 Kisses to little sissy Lily!

 Isn't Dave so lucky to be surrounded by all of us ladies?! 

 I had an idea to have Izzy dressed in these overalls and then to have her sitting with her legs strait out and Lily draped over her legs, naked and sleeping while Izzy kisses her back...it didn't quite work out.  In fact, we didn't even come close to getting the pic, BUT, that's what you get with a 2 year old kid full of energy and a newborn. :)  These are still adorable pics!  Izzy's munchin on some goldfish in this pic.

 Such a beautiful little girl!

 And we've been blessed with another beautiful girl.  More pictures and memories to come on the blog.  We've had a busy month!



Accessorize!

Izzy stays busy with all sorts of accessories in the bathroom when I'm getting ready in the morning.  We were heading out to a friends pool on Monday and she was as busy as could be with headbands and clips.

The big news on Baby K #2 is that I'll be induced next Thursday, July 28th (my due date and sister-in-law's birthday - Happy Birthday Meghan!) if I don't go into labor before then.  We have Mama Margaret (Nana) coming down to visit this weekend and she'll stay with Izzy if baby K #2 decides to grace us with it's presense. :)  Love to all! 

A few happy faces

Izzy and I went to visit Dave at work and have lunch with him and his work buddies last week.  Izzy LOVED wearing the visitor badge and attempting to run off to explore Best Buy Campus!  They're two peas in a pod aren't they?  She's a spitting image of her Daddy.

 This is one of my most favorite recent pictures of little Miss Isabella.  She's such a happy kid eating her toast and milk.  (Her breakfast before her real breakfast at Mary's...yep, she eats 2 breakfasts).

Baby K has decided to wait it out until closer to the July 28th due date to grace us with his/her presence.  Every single day I wake up and say 'today's the day'...though I should probably stop doing that because I get my hopes up every single day and it's exhausting.  We'll post pics once baby comes!

A great 4th!

We had a nice 4th of July weekend, very low key, patiently waiting for baby to come.  We had people on call in case I went into labor, however Baby-K-2 just wasn't ready.  We bought a fun pool for Izzy and she helped her Dad blow it up.

 It was the ultimate kitty pool, with a cover and everything. 

We went to the Eagan Parade on the morning of the 4th.  Izzy waived, pointed, and clapped for the floats going by, we had a great time!  WOW was it hot out!

 Here is the peanutbutter doing a wheelie on her bike, she makes 'bike noises' when she does it.

 Izzy likes to do what we do, so I gave her a little bucket and cloth when I was cleaning the floors this weekend.  She had fun following right behind me as I wiped down the floors. :)  I kept calling her Cinderella.

Iz and I like to goof around with my phone.  She was playing with her kitchen and decided to come cuddle by me.  Here's a quick video. 

Great Weekend with Friends

We had a great time with Mike and Sarah this weekend.  Mike and Dave went golfing on Saturday morning and since the sun wasn't shining, Sarah, Izzy, and I decided to venture out and stumbled upon the gay pride festival in Loring Park.  I've helped friends with boothes there in years past and it's a lot of fun.  We strolled along, the rain came down, but we ate mini donuts and homemade ice cream anyway.  Thanks for visiting Sarah and Mike!