Jack - 6 months

August 24, 2016

6 months

My dearest Jack Jack! 

You...
- weigh about 18.5 lbs 
- wear size 2 or 3diapers
- wear 6 month clothes
- exclusively breastfeed!

- have recently tried your first food, oatmeal cereal and were disinterested!
- sleep about 4-5 hours in your own room, but prefer to sleep with Mommy!
- love being held and cuddled, nursing, smiling, being talked to
- hate your car seat and being put down

- rolled all over the place!

- love chew toys and bright colored toys

- Started school (daycare) August 10 and are so happy there!

Dear Jack,

Where did the last six months go? I cannot believe that you are halfway to a year old! You are still so dang happy and sweet. You have never met a stranger and smile at anyone who will talk to you! You have started laughing and do the cutest belly laughs, especially at Daddy, your brother and sister and the dogs!

We love you Jack Jack!

Daddy, Mommy, Sissy and Bubby

Jack - 5 months

July 24, 2016

5 months

My sweet Jack, you are five months old! 

You...
- weigh about 18 lbs 
- wear size 2 diapers
- wear 3-6 and 6 month clothes
- exclusively breastfeed!
- sleep about 7 hours in your own room and crib!
- love being held and cuddled, nursing, smiling, being talked to
- hate your car seat and being put down

- got baptized

- rolled from back to front

- still love your hands and feet

- have been to Oklahoma, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri

- "watched" Daddy do a 1/2 Ironman

Dear Jack,

You are an awesome baby! You are sleeping so well, nursing like a champ and are an all around happy guy! We did a lot of traveling this month and although you don't love your car seat, you handled it all in stride! You celebrated your first 4th of July, got to meet all of your Guy family, spent most days hanging with Daddy and your siblings, went to the Field of Dreams, and are rolling all over the place! We are smitten with you and are so lucky to have you in our lives! You are an absolute ray of sunshine!

We love you Jack Jack!

Daddy, Mommy, Sissy and Bubby

Jack - 4 months

June 24, 2016

Four months

My sweet Jack, you are four months old! 

You...
- weigh 14 lbs 14 ounces, 26" long 
- wear size 1 and 2 diapers
- wear 3 and 3-6 month clothes
- exclusively breastfeed!
- sleep about 6 hours a night in the bassinet but are getting ready to move to your own room and crib!
- love baths, cuddles, looking around, the tv, eating and being swaddled 
- hate your car seat, being put down, loud noises, sneezing, poopy pants

- watched your cousin Aubree get baptized

- went to your first River Fest and it was HOT

- went to your first Royals game

- have been swimming many times

- rolled from front to back

- smile all the time and have an awesome belly laugh

- found your hands and feet

Dear Jack,

You have fell right into this crazy life and are very go with the flow! You are an extremely happy baby and love attention, cuddles and kisses. You smile at everyone and laugh a lot at Mommy and Daddy! You have no stranger danger and love being held. You were passed around a great deal t River Fest and had a ball! You basically sleep through the night from 10:30 pm - 5 am which is awesome! You drool big time and act like you might be teething already! You are such a blessing and we are so lucky that God chose us to be your family!

We love you!

Daddy, Mommy, Sissy and Bubby

Jack - 3 months

May 24, 2016

Three months

Sweet Jack! This month, you...

- weigh 14 lbs
- wear size 1 diapers
- wear 3 month clothes
- Mom went back to work and Daddy is taking care of you!

- exclusively breastfeed with Mommy and bottles from Daddy! Mommy is working hard at building you a stash!
- sleep about 4-6 hours a night
- love smiling, baths, cuddling, babywearing, eating
- hate your carseat, being put down, loud noises (especially barking by your dogs!)

Dear Jack,

My big boy! This was such a hard month for Mommy! Although you are so much bigger and getting to show your little personality, Mommy is missing it by going back to work. You are loving th extra attention from Grandma, Oma and Daddy when Mom is away!  You are still an awesome nurser and unless you are hungry or poopy, you are so happy! We love you so much little man!

We love you and love you,

Daddy, Mommy, Kinley and Reed

Jack - 2 months

Jack - 2 months

April 24th, 2016

My sweet Jack, you are two montsh old! 

You...
- weigh 12 lbs
- wear size 1 diapers
- wear 0-3 and 3 month clothes
- exclusively breastfeed and are very good at it!
- sleep about 4 hours a night
- still love baths, cuddling, babywearing, eating, your siblings, your Daddy
- hate your carseat, taking medicine, being put down, loud noises (especially barking by your dogs!)

-first Easter, Baptism, first KSU game, first trip to Deanna Rose

Dear Jack,
sweet baby Jack, you have had a busy month! You celebrated your first Easter, were baptized, and had your first ER visit. While you were super easy for Easter and your baptism, you got sick soon after with what we thought was a pretty intense cold. It turned out to be an infection and Yorelans some more to RSV. Good news is that the treatment for it at this point was fluids and constant suction. You have done such a great job. You also started on Prevacid this month, just like your brother and sister before you, if you have reflux. Other than that, you have been such a sweet and go with the flow baby! You are smiling socially and absolutely love to be held and cuddled! You prefer to sleep on someone and can sleep for 4 to 6 hours! We are so blessed to have such a sweet addition to our family. We didn't know we needed it, but you have completed this crazy bunch!

Love you,
Mommy, Daddy, Sissy and Bubby

Jack - 1 month

March 24th, 2016

My sweet Jack, you are one month old!  Where has time gone?

You...
- weigh 10 lbs 1 oz, 21.65" long (46% each)
- wear newborn and size 1 diapers
- wear newborn and 0-3 month clothes
- exclusively breastfeed and are very good at it!
- sleep about 2-3 hours a night
- love baths, cuddling, babywearing, eating, your siblings, your Daddy
- hate your carseat, taking medicine, being put down, loud noises

Dear Jack,
My sweet little surprise, how did we not know that we needed you in our lives?  You have been a blessing and an absolute delight.  We have spent the last month cuddling and hanging out.  Our month started off with home health because you were jaundice.  Mommy hated that you had to have your blood checked every day for a week.  However, it was pretty cute to see you with the "bili-blanket".  We nicknamed you gloworm!  You are the most poopy baby I have ever seen, but that is part of the reason your bilirubin levels leveled out and eventually decreased!  You gained back your weight within a week!  Such a good little eater!  This weekend will be your first Easter and our first attempt at church!  The week after is your baptism!  We love you to pieces little man!

Love you,
Mommy, Daddy, Sissy and Bubby

Jack Robert

Jack Robert Perkins

Born February 24th, 2016
Weighs 7 lbs 2.5 oz
Height 19"
Olathe Medical Center

On Tuesday, February 23rd, I started having cramping and discomfort while at work that really intensified after lunch.  I thought I had some heartburn and perhaps was a little dehydrated.  I left work at 5:00 and came home to a home cooked meal and a very patient husband.  I was having "cramps" every 5-10 minutes that lasted a 30 seconds to maybe a minute or two.  After dinner, my sweet husband allowed me to go take a bath to ease the discomfort, which it did, thank goodness!  After putting the big kids down to sleep, we tried to watch tv in our room to relax and hopefully let my "cramps" ease up so I could go to sleep.  I wasn't due until March 10th and I had just had a pelvic exam the day before and was only dilated to a 2 and 70% effaced.  The pain did not go away.  In fact, they got worse and were coming like clockwork every 5-7 minutes for 1-2 minutes each.  At 9:30, I finally called my mother-in-law and asked that she came over so we could go to the hospital.  She arrived in a matter of minutes and we were off.  Of course, thinking I'd be sent home, we stopped at QT to get our free fountain drink on the way there.

After checking in to the ER at 10 pm, they took us the floor to be checked.  AMAZINGLY enough, we were in room 519 - the same room we delivered Kinley AND Reed!  It was meant to be!

They hooked me up to the fetal monitor and BP machine and checked me.  I was dilated to a 4 and 100% effaced.  They decided to give it an hour and see if I would progress.  An hour later, I was dilated to 6 so they admitted me and got the IV started.  After getting a bag of saline, the anesthesiologist came in to do my epidural.  I was having quite a bit of pain at this point and had difficulty sitting still.  It was kind of scary.

After the epidural, they checked me and I was dilated to an 8!  This was probably the main reason why I wasn't able to hold still through my contractions during the epidural. :)  The epidural kicked in and things were feeling much better!  At about 1:30 am, Dr. McFarlane came in and broke my water, which they mentioned was minimal because you were so low and it did show a bit of meconium.  At 2:10 am, they rechecked me and I am dilated to 10!  As Josh says, they called in the cavalry!  We decided to try a "test" push and our nurse Christi said you were crowning so we immediately stopped!

Hooked up and waiting...

2:37 am - here you are!  

7 lbs 2.5 oz

19" long

dark brown hair

Your first picture

Kinley and Reed were VERY excited to meet you and have loved on you nearly every moment since then!  They have been very gentle with you!

Reed - One Year

May 6, 2015

Bubby, you...

- weigh 25 lbs, 2 ounces 

- wear size 3 diapers

- wear size 12-18 month clothes

- have 6 teeth! They all broke through in the last two weeks!!!

- are walking everywhere and climbing on everything

- love your "sissy" 

- are still nursing but will eat just about anything

- think your Daddy is hilarious and the greatest toy ever

- love playing ball and kicking soccer balls

My sweet Reed,

As I write this, my eyes are filling up with tears. How can you already be a year old? You are such a joy to our lives and make everyone around you laugh with yourninfectious smile and giggles. We love you so much sweet boy and thank God that we get to watch you grow up!

We love you and love you,

Mom, Daddy and Kinley

Reed - 11 months

April 6, 2015

Oh my goodness, my sweet baby, you are eleven months old!

Right now, you...

- weigh 21 lbs, 12 ounces pounds

- wear size 3 diapers

- wear size 12 month clothes

- have two teeth on the bottom, your left insides are just broke through, and you're right incisor is trying to break through. You are going to look a little like a vampire here in a few days!

- are sleeping much better but would rather sleep with mommy!

- are still breast feeding and taking a few mixed formula bottles at day care

- eating just about anything we eat but still love your Lil' Crunchers, ham, hotdogs, cheese, noodles, strawberries and bananas!

- you are desperate to keep up with your big sister and every day you are getting closer to taking your first steps without holding on to someone or something!

- love playing peek-a-boo

- love anything your sister has, blocks, shaking toys, feeding the dogs, and throwing toys for mommy and daddy to pick up!

- have the best belly laughs and think your sister is hilarious! 

- still so so so happy!

My big boy Reed,

  I cannot believe that you are already 11 months old! In four short weeks, you will be a full year old and this will officially have been the fastest year of my entire life! You are literally the happiest baby and smile at everyone! Unfortunately, you are on your fourth year infection and so tubes might be in your near future. Each time we go to the doctor, you smile ear to ear which probably make them think that we are crazy to have brought you and in the first place! You are the best Cudler and will literally nuzzle and as close as you can possibly get to mommy and daddy's next. You are not napping at Amy's, But you are sleeping so much better in the evenings. You still prefer to sleep with mommy, but do a pretty good job once you have been transitioned to your bed. You had your first Easter and slept through most of it. You did enjoy the screeching toys that a friend gave you! You are just the best, little boy, and we cannot wait to see what the future has in store for you!

We love you and love you,

Daddy, Mommy and Kinley

Getting harder and harder to take pictures of you on a rocking chair or sitting still!