one week

a baby is born with the need to be loved:

i can not begin to adequetly express the

love & gratitude

that i feel for my little mcphee family.

its already been one week since my son has greeted this world.

the week leading up to his delievery was an emotional one for me.

i probably cried in public {in front of family} a few times,

but in private, i was a complete mess.

so many different emotions.

on thursday

{the 18th of nov}

paul & i made our way to the hospital to check in for my "pre-op".

he started kayl's documentary,

which acually made the whole experience a little less "heavy".

i was asked a million different questions about my past medical history,

told not to eat or drink anything after midnight,

had my blood drawn,

got one of many hospital bracelts on my right wrist,

& was told we were first on the list for surgery.

so be at the hospital at 5:00 am.

wow.

November 19,

came so fast.

early friday morning i found myself,

getting ready & packing the last few items i might need for my hospital stay.

what a sureal experience.

once again, paul & i headed to the hospital

but this time intow with baby boy clothes & a name.

truth be told, we had the name kayl

{pronounced kale}

picked out a while ago.

preping for surgery went much faster

& with more ease than i expected.

my nurse got my IV in the first time around.

awesome.

spinal block went great,

loved the surgical team that was with me,

& was so grateful to have my wonderful husband by my side.

he is amazing you know, & i love him.

before i knew it,

someone said the baby's head is out.

i heard suctioning

& two faint cries.

i started to whel up with tears.

i knew that he wasn't crying as loud or as hard as everyone wanted.

my dr. gave me a quick peek over the blue curtain hanging above my face

of my baby boy.

i cried.

he of course was perfect.

i glanced over to my husband, he too was full of tears

& a new love was again sparked between us.

someone told paul to go with kayl.

i was still trying to hear him cry.

it was only a few here & there,

before the aniestiologist asked if i wanted something to take the edge off.

i asked her why he wasn't crying,

i can't really remember what she replied with,

except for asking the same question again.... something to take the edge off.

this time i agreed.

& i dosed off.

long enough that when i woke up, i was sewed up & ready to be shipped off to my room

for recovery.

kayl spent the first 7 hours of his life under the oxygen hood in the nursery.

paul kind of kept me in the dark about how nervous he was about kayl's breathing.

i think the morphine drip i was on helped mask his anxiety.

i got to hold my baby boy for the first time

a little after 3 oclock that afternoon.

& i love him.

nora came to the hospital with my mom

twice.

i saw her a total of 3 minutes, combine.

she doesn't care about having a brother.

which is completely fine with me.

because i will always love having her.

kayl ray is such a blessing

&

a perfect addition to what used to be the 3 mcphees.

{you can also read mr. mcphee's thoughts about our sweet baby kayl here}

Kayl Ray McPherson

November 19, 2010

6lbs 8oz

20 inches long

7:56 A.M.

& i love this boy more than ever.

smoothie me

be good to yourself {smoothie king}:

every morning mr. mcphee arrives home from his morning workout

with a smoothie king in hand.

because the owner of smoothie king loves my husband's business,

she continually "hooks him up" with a mini smoothie,

which nora grayce gladly enjoys every morning.

they have the same expression when they sip on their nutritious smoothies

while they both watch whatever show might be on the boob tube.

{on this particular day toy story was on}

& when she has finished off her mini,

she moves right in on mr. mcphee's to polish it off.

drink a smoothie king.

mud skipper

the world is mud-alicious {e.e. cummings}:

because the backyard,

{which is more like a back square of bricks}

flooded on sunday night...

everything was covered in dried mud.

so yucky.

mr. mcphee & miss nora grayce

cleaned it all up.

nora loved all the mud.

she is definitely going to be one of those girls

who is not afraid to get messy.

so yucky.

nora is a daddy's girl.

how can she help it with a cute dad

like my mr mcphee.

i love calling him mine.

i love my him.

& puddle-wonderful.

hapee aniversaree!

love knows no boundaries & passes over borders, thoughts & imagination:

two wonderful years have past.

i am so lucky to be married to my man.

he is everything to me.

i love you hunee.

happee aniversaree hunee!

pool time

summa time, summa time, summa time:

my little tiny loves the pool.

heck! i love the pool.

we go at least three times a week.

i think nora enjoys herself a tad more when

mr. mcphee joins us.

maybe because he is a kid at heart.

i adore that about my husband.

it keeps him young.

if nora isn't in the pool

{or running around it, or sitting in the chairs},

then she is usually in her swing.

there is a story about her swing & the set that it hangs from

but,

that will have to wait for another day.

we love the summa time.

desert flower

my little tiny is one of the most beautiful miracles in life,

one of the greatest joys i have ever known:

mr. mcphee & my little tiny

are a tad more adventurous than myself.

they are one in the same.

nora is a mini-paul-me, if you will.

which is something that i absolutely

adore

about my girl.

on this particular afternoon,

paul & nora went adventuring,

while i focused on last minute preparations for

a bridal shower i threw the next day.

i think they would have been gone for hours

if i wouldn't have gone looking for them.

they both have a love for the desert.

{or maybe its the infatuation my little tiny has for rocks & dirt that keeps her occupied.}

have i ever mentioned how much i love my husband?

well i do. love him.

i love him so much.

he is a miracle in my life.

one of my greatest blessings.

& most definitely sunshine, laughter, & happiness in my world

everyday.

& one of the reasons why there is a little extra sunshine, laughter and happiness in my world today.

first publication

if you receive the daily times;

please open to page A4:

mr. mcphee spent his saturday in monument valley,

shooting a native wedding in a hogan.

it was also one hundred degrees out.

upon returning & entering into

shiprock new mexico

{which is a "fantastic" place, by the way...}

he saw billows of black smoke coming from a building.

the road was blocked,

so being the investigator/reporter he is...

he got right in on the action.

photographing firefighters, flames, & spectators.

he even interviewed a few people on film.

in today's

Farmington Daily Times

{tuesday 6/8/2010}

on page A4

mr. mcphee debuted

his first publication.

congatulations my love.

i am so happy to see your work in the local paper.

& enjoy the photos provided by SHUTTERFREEK PHOTOGRAPHY.

post script:

please don't mind articles surrounding the photos.

loving my mcphees

pure love produces pure nonsense:

i managed to ONLY post three times in the month of april.

i don't have a good excuse why i only posted three times,

expect for maybe...

my one year old.

lately we have been into

puzzles & reading,

climbing on & off the couch,

running from one end of the couch to the other,

going up & down the stairs,

visiting grandma & grandpa E,

eating zingers & marshmallow matey's,

drinking organic chocolate soymilk,

eating lots of oranges,

coloring & attempting to finger paint,

inspecting every dvd in the cupboard,

saying one word... "backpack" {disclaimer: we

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT watch dora the explorer},

talking jibber-jabber baby talk all day long,

trying to style my little tiny's ultimate mullet

looking at all the animals in petco,

running {literally} around the neighborhood,

getting spring cleaning done

& preparing for our garage sale {on saturday the first of may...tomorrow},

& many other things...

also i've been working on this little one,

yup, baby number 2.

we wanted to keep this baby a secret until mother's day, at least.

we wanted this baby to be a big surprise,

but my mom & sister have been on to me.

& today i cracked.

my secrets out.

expect baby mcphee number 2

around november 19.

we are so excited!

pure nonsense is four mcphees in my home.