On Thursday, October 30 at 1:23am
I got a text from Michelle saying she thought she might be in real thing
labor. So I got up and started wrapping
gifts and then a little later she sent another text saying that she was pretty
sure this was it. So I woke up Ken and we started packing in earnest. We got it all in the car and left about 3am. We arrived and found Michelle in full labor. After getting instructions on how to care for
the kids which mostly went right over my head because I was so tired, we slept
for a couple of hours while Michelle continued to labor. When the kids woke up, Michelle and Brian
headed to the hospital and so began a very busy day. Michelle had signed up to help at Gabbi’s
kindergarten with the Halloween party,
so we dressed both kids in their cute costumes, and Ken (what a good man)
took them to the school and helped. I
crashed on the couch.
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| Gabbi was delighted to have her brother at school with her and took him by the hand to be in the costume parade. |
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| Gabbi and her Elsa friends. |
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| Anna convention at the ward party! |
Meanwhile, Michelle labored all day long and brought forth a beautiful son who they named Kenneth (after Grandpa Ken) Reed (after Brian's beloved Grandpa Reed Walker) Prince. He weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz.
That evening, we put the kids down and immediately climbed in bed ourselves. I feel certain we were asleep before Jaron was and didn’t even hear when Brian came home.
The next morning, we all headed to the hospital to meet baby Kenny. It was so fun to see the excitement of the children in meeting their new brother and getting to hold him. After Ken blow dried Michelle’s hair (for old times’ sake) we took the kids home.
That evening we took the kids trick or treating. It was really fun.
So began our delightful (for the most part) week in Brian and Michelle’s home. We so enjoyed tending the kids and taking care of and playing with them, as well as preparing meals and other chores. It was SO fun to do it together. I loved having Ken with me and found we made a great team. Jaron loves him. When I would suggest I change Jaron’s poopy diaper, Jaron would say, “This is a Grandpa job.” And so it was.
One of my favorite things was doing Puzzle Wars with Gabbi with these Frozen puzzles. We'd each choose a puzzle and race to put it together. At first, I'd purposely go slow so she could win. But it wasn't long before I was going for all I was worth and she'd still beat me most of the time. . . Smart little cookie!
While Kenny had his newborn pictures taken, Ken and I took the kids to the library story hour.
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| Story hour. |
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| The two Kennys snoozin' it out. |
We left on Friday morning to get back to St. George in time to attend the 2pm wedding of our nephew, Kasey Hinton (Mark and Kathy's son) and his new bride Courtney. It was a beautiful temple ceremony and good to be with family.
Welcome to the Family, Kenneth Reed Prince!!!
3 comments:
Congratulations! Baby Kenny is darling! I loved seeing the pics of your cute grandkids in their Halloween costumes. What wonderful grandparents you are. You made it just in time for all the excitement.
What a happy story of the arrival of Baby Kenny! Congrats to Michelle and family! I'm sure she loved having you there so close so that you could be there for every part of it. I'm tired just thinking about helping with a newborn.:)
What a crazy, whirlwind time. A birth and a wedding. Kenny is so cute! I love newborns! And I love that Gabby was Anna for Halloween. We saw so many Elsas for Halloween around here that I was hoping to see Anna. She and Olaf are my favorite characters in that show! You guys are such awesome grandparents. Caleb asked today if we could hop in the car and drive down to St. George. If only it were that easy, right? We'll come. Sure love you!
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