Reagan was baptized this past Sunday. She was baptized in my Mom's baptismal gown that my Grandma Vollrath had made for her when she was baptized. We had a nice crowd over to our house following the baptism for smoked pulled pork and beef. We all sat outside under our shade trees and we had a nice breeze, so it didn’t feel to terribly hot! Mason enjoyed playing with all his cousins, but got really hot. Luckily, when Mom and Dad left to go home, they took Mason with them so he could cool off. Mom said he ended up taking an hour and a half nap after having a nice cool bath!
We were extremely touched to receive a porcelain angel from Juanita’s collection, a gift from Glen and Elke, for Reagan. It is an honor to have this gift given to her in honor of Juanita. I told Kevin I need to clean out my curio cabinet to make more room for Reagan and Mason’s keepsakes! Or, a brand new one would be nice too! We still have all her other gifts to open, but we have been too tired the last couple of nights to do so. We plan on opening them tonight if everything goes well.
Kevin and I are so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. It was so nice to have everyone gathered at our place Sunday. Even though our house is small, we have enough room outside, thank goodness! We enjoy entertaining and plan on doing a lot more this summer and fall.
Kevin’s smoked pork and beef were EXCELLENT! We got a lot of comments on it, all good! Even though, I only made the tea and lemonade, I would have to say it was good too! J Thank you to all of our family and friends that brought side dishes too!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Melissa's random babbling....
It has been a busy week getting ready for Reagan’s baptism. Monday I steam vacuumed half of the living room carpet. Yesterday, Donna came over and finished it all for me. It looks 100 times better! We are expecting about 40 people (give or take) to the baptism/barbeque on Sunday. We are looking forward to spending time with our family and friends and having them get to know Reagan.
Reagan is doing well. She weighs 6lbs 13 oz. now. She even grew an inch in length to 20.5 inches, however, I think that is pushing it. The nurse at the pediatrician’s office is kind of “different”. Reagan continues to be a joy to her big brother. Mason will bend over backwards to kiss her. I was brave on Tuesday and took the kids to Wal-Mart by myself. Mason was so good and didn’t try to get out of the cart like he normally does. He distracted himself by focusing on Reagan.
Mason’s speech therapy is still going very slowly. I would love to see more progress, but I will take what I can get. The therapist seems to think putting him in a day care or preschool setting would really help him. I am sure it would, but I don’t want to incur the cost of day care when I stay home with the kids. Mason has mastered blowing into harmonica’s and some toys that require blowing. This is a huge step since he is so used to blowing out of his nose. HA! He is saying a little more though and that is good. I have been trying to go outside with Mason in the evenings when Kevin is done working so that Mason and I can have some time together since nursing a newborn has tied up a lot of my time lately.
Kevin was able to go to St. Joseph on Wednesday with Kenny to pick up his “new” office trailer. He is going to do some renovating to it and then will move in to it in a couple of weeks. He has set the trailer between the chicken house and our propane tank. It fits nicely there and isn’t an eye sore. Mason loves going into it and playing around. He is busy settling up accounts for this sales year and working on his business plan for the next year. This is not going to stop Kevin from smoking meat tomorrow for Reagan’s baptism. Kevin is smoking pork shoulder, beef and some beef club steaks. He is really good at mastering the smoker!
I have been doing more than I should have 2 weeks after a c-section. My body likes to remind me at night when I am the most sore. I feel great during the day and try to get as much done as possible, thus causing irritation to my healing at the end of the night. Poor Mason tried to get my attention yesterday and came right at my stomach with his head. It caused me to double over in pain, and he certainly did get my attention! I have adjusted well to having and taking care of two kids. I love them more than anything in the world. I told Kevin that I feel like our family is now complete with the addition of Reagan and I am very content and happy!
Reagan is doing well. She weighs 6lbs 13 oz. now. She even grew an inch in length to 20.5 inches, however, I think that is pushing it. The nurse at the pediatrician’s office is kind of “different”. Reagan continues to be a joy to her big brother. Mason will bend over backwards to kiss her. I was brave on Tuesday and took the kids to Wal-Mart by myself. Mason was so good and didn’t try to get out of the cart like he normally does. He distracted himself by focusing on Reagan.
Mason’s speech therapy is still going very slowly. I would love to see more progress, but I will take what I can get. The therapist seems to think putting him in a day care or preschool setting would really help him. I am sure it would, but I don’t want to incur the cost of day care when I stay home with the kids. Mason has mastered blowing into harmonica’s and some toys that require blowing. This is a huge step since he is so used to blowing out of his nose. HA! He is saying a little more though and that is good. I have been trying to go outside with Mason in the evenings when Kevin is done working so that Mason and I can have some time together since nursing a newborn has tied up a lot of my time lately.
Kevin was able to go to St. Joseph on Wednesday with Kenny to pick up his “new” office trailer. He is going to do some renovating to it and then will move in to it in a couple of weeks. He has set the trailer between the chicken house and our propane tank. It fits nicely there and isn’t an eye sore. Mason loves going into it and playing around. He is busy settling up accounts for this sales year and working on his business plan for the next year. This is not going to stop Kevin from smoking meat tomorrow for Reagan’s baptism. Kevin is smoking pork shoulder, beef and some beef club steaks. He is really good at mastering the smoker!
I have been doing more than I should have 2 weeks after a c-section. My body likes to remind me at night when I am the most sore. I feel great during the day and try to get as much done as possible, thus causing irritation to my healing at the end of the night. Poor Mason tried to get my attention yesterday and came right at my stomach with his head. It caused me to double over in pain, and he certainly did get my attention! I have adjusted well to having and taking care of two kids. I love them more than anything in the world. I told Kevin that I feel like our family is now complete with the addition of Reagan and I am very content and happy!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Reagan, Mason and Baptism
Reagan is adjusting well to her new surroundings. She is a great eater and sleeper. She is very pleasant and loves to be held! Mason is doing so well adjusting to his sister. He loves to give and take her pacifier! Reagan has another doctor's appointment tomorrow, for a two week check up. At her appointment last Monday she had gained back 5 oz. of her birth weight!!
We are having Reagan baptized this weekend and are having a barbeque at our place following the church service. Kevin and I went to Sam's yesterday to shop for stuff we needed. We walked out of there with more stuff than was on our list. However, it is hard not to do that after walking through Sam's!
We are having Reagan baptized this weekend and are having a barbeque at our place following the church service. Kevin and I went to Sam's yesterday to shop for stuff we needed. We walked out of there with more stuff than was on our list. However, it is hard not to do that after walking through Sam's!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Reagan Juanita Frieling is here!
She's here....and she is beautiful!
Reagan was born 7/9/08 at 12:24 p.m. weighing 6lbs 10 oz. She is 19.5 inches long. She is named after Kevin's aunt Juanita who passed away in 2006.
Reagan was born 7/9/08 at 12:24 p.m. weighing 6lbs 10 oz. She is 19.5 inches long. She is named after Kevin's aunt Juanita who passed away in 2006.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
It's about that time!
This will probably be my last post until after Reagan comes! We will have a busy couple of days finishing up some lose ends before she gets here.
This weekend we set up Mason's twin bed in his room. He did really well sleeping on it last night and seems to really enjoy truly being a "big boy!"
Friday night we enjoyed a barbeque at Mom and Dad's with Christy, Jim, Joey, Jessica and Shelley. Jim's kids sure have grown in the past year since we seen them last! Jessica was so sweet and asked me if she could see the baby before she goes home to New York. I told her she will have plenty of time to see her this summer before they have to go back.
Today the three of us enjoyed going to church and then having a lazy day here at home lounging. Then we went to visit my parents and Glenn and Donna. Today is Donna's birthday! Happy Birthday Donna!
Two more days until Reagan's scheduled arrival. At my appointment last Wednesday, I was told to go to Labor and Delivery for monitoring because Reagan had been moving less. Everything was fine. Her heartrate was in the 150's and she has just ran out of room to move! Everything is prepared for her arrival. All I have to do is show up at the Labor and Delivery floor at 10:00 on Wednesday morning. Surgery is scheduled for noon. Please say a prayer that Dr. Wilson's hands are guided by our Lord and Reagan's arrival is safe. Pray that Mason does well adjusting to a new sibling and that we all stay healthy! We are excited about adding Reagan to our family and look forward to a long and happy life with her!
This weekend we set up Mason's twin bed in his room. He did really well sleeping on it last night and seems to really enjoy truly being a "big boy!"
Friday night we enjoyed a barbeque at Mom and Dad's with Christy, Jim, Joey, Jessica and Shelley. Jim's kids sure have grown in the past year since we seen them last! Jessica was so sweet and asked me if she could see the baby before she goes home to New York. I told her she will have plenty of time to see her this summer before they have to go back.
Today the three of us enjoyed going to church and then having a lazy day here at home lounging. Then we went to visit my parents and Glenn and Donna. Today is Donna's birthday! Happy Birthday Donna!
Two more days until Reagan's scheduled arrival. At my appointment last Wednesday, I was told to go to Labor and Delivery for monitoring because Reagan had been moving less. Everything was fine. Her heartrate was in the 150's and she has just ran out of room to move! Everything is prepared for her arrival. All I have to do is show up at the Labor and Delivery floor at 10:00 on Wednesday morning. Surgery is scheduled for noon. Please say a prayer that Dr. Wilson's hands are guided by our Lord and Reagan's arrival is safe. Pray that Mason does well adjusting to a new sibling and that we all stay healthy! We are excited about adding Reagan to our family and look forward to a long and happy life with her!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Thank You Aunt Shelley!
I just want to take this time to say Thank You to my sister, Shelley, for watching Mason for us tomorrow while we are at my doctor's appointment. I know Mason is going to love having her here at his house and to show her his swing set and his cat!
Mason loves all his aunts and uncles and has so much fun playing with them. He is quite the little attention getter from all his relatives, but seems to love his Aunt Shelley and Aunt Crippy's constant attention.
Aunt Christy has taught him a lot of things, such as yelling, covering his ears when he doesn't want to listen, and how to go through the closets at Grandma and Grandpa Klein's.
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