Fun pix of Kyle - 3wks old

Just had to post...he's sooo cute!

Right now we're going through the baby acne :( I called my best friend convinced I was a horrible parent. I swear we bathe our child! (laughing) Good to know, it's normal, and good thing he had his photo shoot before it popped up!

Those pix are on the way - but here's a little for now :) sigh.

Well, yesterday was Kyle's first photoshoot. It went pretty well and we are excited to see the photos. My good friend Adrian Adel, www.adrianadelphotography.com, took the photos and I am SO excited to see her magic.

The funniest part was trying to get the cute naked butt shot, laughing, that didn't go so well - he wee wee'd on the pillow. :) oh well - Needed a new pillow anyways.

Other than that, just trying to get into a routine. Daddy is back at work, grandma is working like crazy, and that leaves me at home going a little stir crazy and sleep deprived. I never imagined that I would blink and 3 weeks would have gone by. I don't know where 10 months went, let alone 3 weeks. I have to get back to work soon already, as I'm only taking 1 month completely off (ok - I've worked - but I don't know how not too)...my damn blackberry keeps calling my name. And, I'm going back part time from home till the end of the year...thank God I have an amazing boss and a job I can do from home. Then, before we know it - it'll be the holidays - my oh my how time flys.

I'm definitely ready to get going on life, I feel like I've been sitting around for 9+ months waiting for everything to begin. During the pregnancy, I wasn't sure what it would be like, how my pregnancy would go, how birth would go, and how I would heal, etc etc....what kind of baby we would have...so I didn't plan anything just in case all hell broke loose. Luckily, I've been blessed with a perfect pregnancy, a perfect C section and honestly a very happy baby.

So, now I can start planning.

First up, getting my agency. For those of you who don't know, I work for American Family Insurance as the State Marketing Specialist. I started in this position to learn more about the company, and insurance, and I have to say I LOVE it here (or there?). Amfam is a GREAT company and has a great product, so I could really see myself thriving at Amfam. They have been nothing but amazing with me and my pregnancy, and I look forward to a career with them. I'm hoping they want to make me an agent so I can go kick some arse and win trips around the world for my family. The perks are amazing - if you are good - and I believe I'm great :).

Then, there's the project of SKORCH. It's really a hobby now, my best friend and I who ran the magazine and production company have decided to keep the magazine going on a quarterly basis as a fun side project. We are disolving our corporation as it too much time/money to keep going and in the end, not a profitable venture. So, we'll keep SkorchMagazine.com going for the fun of it and I look forward to creating some fashion layouts as I'm eager to go shopping!!

Mike is doing great and looking forward to next year as well. We hope to have some great updates on him for 2009.

So, for now we look forward to Kyle's pictures and getting the birth announcements out. Mikey and I designed it together :) - so much fun!!

Much love,
the Kanes

Let the initiations begin! Daddy has been going through the ringer lately. Mr. Kyle insists that dad change his clothes 3 times a day! :) (laughing)
In our first week, Mikey has been pee'd on, poo'd on, puked on, and so on. Poor dad. Grandma has managed to just get some spit up as well as I, but I'm sure Kyle is saving it up for us.

The hungry boy has been an eating machine and we're working on getting him to get his days/nights right so mommy can get some sort of sleep at night time. Even 4 hours would be a dream!

And, we managed our first outing! This is a huge deal since I was literally petrified. It's so scary! You think, what do I do if he screams right this second? Or if I'm in traffic and can't reach him and pull over? what if what if's...scary it is. Thank goodness Grandma was with me, and we managed to go to Target, the hair salon, and Winco! What a trip that was, I was exhausted and thankfully so was Kyle...grandma was on night duty. :)

I'm definitely feeling better, got through a hard week and seeing light at the end of the tunnel. I love feeling like ME again! I actually want to snuggle with my handsome husband again! Gosh that's nice! The last 3 months, I didn't want to be touched or snuggled or anything...ugh. And, I'm trying to get used to the idea that I'm not pregnant anymore...I mean I have been taking serious pain meds, you'd think that would help it sink in that a glass of wine and hot tub is probably ok now!

Oh! wine and hot tub! That's so on my to-do list!

Kyle is here...our story.

OMG - Kyle is here

I can NOT believe how quickly the last 39 weeks went, and how quickly my son is now here. I know I need to write like a "birth story" or something, but to be honest, my brain is just now functioning. The last 48 hours were pure hell, and it had nothing to do with my little man, but a bad reaction to the pain pills I was prescribed (oxy-something-or-other)...it hit me like a mac truck. I woke up with my heart racing, crazy jitters, and a naucous feeling that didn't go away till just a while ago. It was freaking miserable, and the worst part was I couldn't take care of my son. I thank the GOD above for answering me and bringing me back to life, finally that crazy shit has worked out of my system and thank GOD for the best husband and mother ever. They ordered me to rest as I had not slept more than 2 hours since Kyle was born, which honestly I didn't mind...I'd rather be dog ass tired than feel like that.

oy - sucks just thinking about it.

But, we're better now, and I actually got some food down...now I can enjoy my son again! I missed him soooo much.

He's the cutest thing I have EVER scene, and he looks exactly like his daddy. It's awesome.
As for the birth story, it was honestly so planned and uneventful (not as in not awesome, but no road bumps or bad stories - it was just perfect).

We had our planned time to go in, ummmm that was what? um, at Noon on Wed the 3rd. (what the hell is today??? ohy!) We went in. I got my IV, a beautifully stylish robe (haha), and all the questions. Daddy got his "scrubs" and we were delayed by 2 hours due to an emergency C-section for some twins -they came out ok thank goodness. Then I was UP.

They wouldn't let anyone go with me for this step. They wheeled me into the surgery room. Which was completely surreal. Nothing like imagined. And it was seriously 50 degrees in there!! I was shivering SO bad.

I got on the op table, the anesthesiologist (??? no idea) hunched me over and shot morphine into my back where my spinal was going to go in. The morphine shot was the shittest part - it hurt soooo bad!! Then, it was ready for the spinal. That was the weirdest part! I could feel the needle in my spinal cord, and it was the most wrong feeling ever....you just know that no one should be in your spinal cord! and you could feel the electricity flow being interupted by the needle. He finally got it where he wanted it. Then I had to rush flat on the table since my legs instantly went numb.

Mikey was then brought in. I was sliced open, and next thing you know, I hear Kyle crying. :) The best sound in the world. I couldn't believe my eyes or ears. Mikey was instantly by Kyle's side as he was being weighed and measured and all. They wrapped him up and I got to kiss his sweet little face. I was on the table for quite a while after that, to sew me up and all.

Next thing I know, I'm being wheeled into a recovery room and being feed ice chips. Man was I hungry too! I had no eaten in 28 hours!!! assholes! LOL

Then next thing I know, we're in my post partum room, which was nice nice! The nurses were amazing, the hospital was fabulous, and the best part! They had a "nourishment" room for the women on the floor, which we could go in and get drinks (diet coke on TAP wooh!), and food! and it was awesome!! :) lol....

But, on Saturday it was time to go home. Saturday was the ummm uhh the 6th of September. Mommy and Kyle were discharged and I was headed home! yay!!!! God it was great to get out!
So we're doing great and will try to report more.

Here he is! Pictures of Kyle Michael Kane

Introducing Kyle Michael Kane!

Born Sept. 3, 2008 at 2:25pm via C-section

9lb 1oz, and 21 inches long

The operation went perfect, and Kyle and Mommy are doing great! Daddy is a bit tired, but doing awesome as well.

Here I am right before we go into the operating room. Gosh I look chipper ???

And, here's daddy getting ready to go in.

Here we are! The Kane Family :)

Mommy and Kyle in the recovery room.

Here's our big boy!



The most beautiful sight in the world...my family.

Little Kyle sleeping already!

There's daddy with Kyle! Kyle is so white!

The Kanes are finally headed home!

We headed home on Saturday Sept. 6, after a long stay in the hospital. We were glad to be headed home. Little Kyle didn't even know what was going on...he's so peaceful!

Some quality time at home on our first day with mommy.