The Arrival of Carter Todd Kendall!!!

Our little boy is here!!

Ladies and Gentleman Londyn would like to proudly announce the arrival of her new little brother Carter Todd Kendall a.k.a Car, Car!! He was born September 21st, 2009 at 9:28 pm, weighing in at 5 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long!!
Our day started out as one crazy Monday and ended with a blessing!! So lets start at the beginning. I woke up Monday and realized that I had leaked something out. I didn't think that my water had broke because it wasn't a huge leakage and I was not due for another 3 1/2 weeks. So I called waited for the doc's office to open to ask what was going on. The nurse said most likely my water broke and I needed to come right away. I waited for Bradey to rush home, so we could head to the doctor's together, just in case.
When we got to the doctor's I found out my water was still very much intact. Then we did an ultrasound to make sure I had enough fluid (which I had PLENTY), and we also did an NST to make sure the baby was still doing just fine. We got sent home because everything was normal, and the doctor said that we just have to wait until our little man decides to come on his own. We went all the way back home and picked up Londyn from Bradey's brother's home, by this time it was about 2 pm. After a very long and busy day I needed a nap. So Londyn and I hopped in to my bed for a good hardy nap, well at least Londyn did.
I started having contractions!! I've been having false labor every now and then so I thought that's what it was, until they got really intense, and once again it was back labor!! Yuck! I got up to use the bathroom, and that's when I had lost my mucus plug. My contractions went from being 8 minutes apart and 30 seconds long, to 5 minutes apart and 1 minute long with in an hour. So Bradey and I headed to the hospital once again.
We got to the hospital about 5:30, where they watched my contratctions to see how long apart they were, and they checked to see how dilated I was. The doctor said I had won a ticket to stay because I was 6+ dilated and my contratction were 4 minutes apart and 1-2 minutes long.
I was able to get an epidural which was nice, but wore off by the time Carter decided to come into this world. So I felt EVERYTHING!! Lucky everything went perfectly. He was taken to the NICU because he was having trouble breathing, but was back in my arms and announced as a well baby with in 2 hours.
We were in and out of the hospital within less than 24 hrs. It was a very quick processes compared to Londyn's birth. But we are so very grateful to have this handsome little boy in our lives. He looks just like his Daddy! And Londyn absolutely loves her little brother. She almost hoped into the basinet with hime when she first came to the hospital. She loves to hold and kiss him. I'm very proud of how well she is adjusting to sharing the spot light. He the perfect little boy. And I am so blessed to have him in my life!!

Londyn meeting her brother for the first time
The Kids and I watching Clifford
WELCOME HOME CAR,CAR!
His first night home!!

Loving Our New Ward, and a New Calling!!

We are enjoying the American Falls 3rd Ward!! Everyone has been wonderful and very welcoming!! We've been trying to get Londyn to go to Nursery a little early so that she will be use to it by the time she is 18 months, but no such luck. She did awesome the first week, but the last few weeks she has flipped a lid when I leave her in there. But I'm going to keep trying and praying she will go before her brother gets here.
We've been in the ward for 4 weeks now and Bradey was just called and set apart today as the Priests' Quorum Adviser! I am so excited for him, as he is too!! He is so stoked to work with these miraculous young men. When we got home from church today he kept commenting on how bright these young men are, and how much they are going to teach him. He's such a stud!!
I've been singing in the ward choir, which has been a blast!! And we're going to sing next Sunday!! And on top of everything we were asked to talk in 2 weeks!! But we love being involved and are grateful to give of our talents (if you can call them that!!).

On another not, the pregnancy is still going well. I still have to do NSTs twice a week, and an ultrasound once a week. So far, little man is doing what he's suppose too. So maybe there's really nothing to worry about?!! I am grateful for this little boy to becoming into our lives, and cannot wait to meet him. Although I don't know what his sister will think when my belly goes down, and my belly button goes back to normal!!

Catching Everyone Up on Our lives

WOW!! I can't believe that summer is over and kids are back to school. We had a great summer, lots of swimming, playing, and getting some sun time in!! Londyn loves outside, so we were out there a lot!!
Lets start with OUR very exciting news, WE ARE FIRST TIME HOME OWNERS!! We love this cute home that we can stay in for years and years, which I'm so excited for because this is our 6th move in 2 years!!! Londyn adjusted in to her new home and big girl bed AWESOMELY!! And I finally got to have my piano after having it sit in storage for 3 months!!

The Front Yard
Bradey and My Bedroom
The Kids' Bedroom
The Upstairs Bathroom
Dining Room
Kitchen
Family Room
Now lets look at the downstairs!!
The bathroom

The Guest Bedroom
Bradey's "Man Cave" aka the Living Room

And the Kids' Toy Room

Another thing that is going on in our lives is that we just found out that this pregnancy is no different from when I was with Londyn. Our little man is measuring small and my fluid is low. :( I started NSTs (Non-stress Test) last Thursday, and have to have them twice a week, plus an ultrasound every week. He didn't do so well the first 1/2 hour of the stress test, but did much better the last hour!! So we'll see how he'll do on Tuesday.

Here's some pictures of my belly at 33 weeks!!
We tried to get Londyn kissing her little brother, but she was to quick.

Our VERY busy MONTH of JUNE!!

Holy MOLY!! June is almost over and I feel like I haven't been able to catch my breath. Let me update ya'll on what has been going on in the Kendall family life! Memorial Day we had to move out of our town home because our lease was up! We've been oogling over this house in American Falls for a few months now, that is being flipped. WE were hoping it would be done by the middle of June, so we moved in with Bradey's parents for awhile. (FYI: The house isn't done yet, but its well worth the wait. We went and saw the progress last weekend, IT IS BEAUTIFUL and almost done!!)



Then on June 9th, I found out that my doctor decided to change my due date from Sept 29th to Oct 16th, because little man is measuring 3 weeks behind!



On the 10th we made an all night trip to Washington for Arthur's (most of you know him as Colby, my little bro) graduation!! What a drive that was!! But the trip was a wonderful success!! We stayed from the 10th-14th. My little family got very spoiled by my dad! With all the fun "toys" he has it was hard to pull Londyn and BRADEY away from my dad's home.

The first day we were there Dad took Londyn and Hunter on a ride on the tractor, we couldn't get Londyn off!!



After that some of the family walked down to the river that's behind my dad's house. We got some very precious pics of Londyn that I just have to share!



Then we had a fiesta for Arthur and his "twin" Peter Pan (his name is actually Elias and its a long story of why I call him Peter Pan. I love this kid! He's my brother from another mother!!) It was a blast!



The main event GRADUATION!! was on the 12th. I can't believe my baby brother is graduated from high school!! I have a very special bond with this kid, plus I'm pregnant, so I was a CRY BABY!!



Saturday was our fun day!! Dad had Bradey run the tractor around his garden (an acre + of food!!) Londyn went with him. And it was HARD to get the BOTH of them off!!

To cool down from all that "hard work" we went boating. Londyn got on the tube for the first time and did amazing!! We even got splashed quite a bit, and not a single tear or fuss!! I'm so proud of her!

We went home on Sunday. :( The drive was a little better. Londyn and I played and read books most of the way home.





5 days later Tesha welcomed into this world a GORGEOUS and very little girl!! Jessa Lynn Wellard came into this world on June 19th at 5:20 am!! Weighing in at a whole whopping 4 lbs 3 oz. and 17 inches long. She was about 5 weeks early, so they took her down to the NICU to monitor her for awhile. She's been in there for over a week now. Everything is healthy and perfect, she is just having issues with eating. They have to feed her through a tube that's in her nose. Preemies have problems with swallowing and breathing at the same time. So once she figures that out, she'll be able to come home. Hunter just loves his new baby sister, and Londyn loves her new girl cousin!! Its adorable to see these to toddler's with this newborn.

PS: You're gonna have to go to my FACEBOOK profile to see pictures. For some reason my pictures won't download today! :(

WE ARE HAVING.......

Londyn is proud to announce that she will be a big sister to a little brother!!! We went to the doctor's office at 3:30 yesterday for the ultrasound. The techie said she knew right off the bat we were having a boy! I guess he was showing off his equipment!! Looks like my children are very PROUD of who they are, because Londyn did the same thing!! He is healthy and everything is perfect, except he's measuring 3 weeks behind, so my due date might change next month!! BUT we are THRILLED to be blessed with a little boy!! It will be a new adventure! Just as Londyn was!!

Another exciting thing happened for us this morning, Londyn broke through her first tooth! It has been a very hard past few days for the little girl! :( Because on top of teething she's got some virus. Poor thing can't catch a break. But she was such a big girl at the ultrasound and even watched the screen for the most part.

WE are so blessed to have these children in our lives. I am very grateful that Heavenly Father trusts Bradey and me to take care of them here on the earth. Being a mom is amazing!!

Mother's Day/Kason's 3rd B-day

Our nephew Kason turned 3 on May 10th (Mother's Day) and we were invited to go to Yellowstone Bear World for his birthday!! WE had a blast!! Londyn loves animals, so she was in heaven with all the bears, deer, elk, and other animals!! We got to go on a "bus tour" to feed the BIG Grizzly and Black bears, we went on rides, and had YUMMY cake!! After all the bear fun, we headed to Idaho Falls to eat dinner at Red Robin!! The food was awesome, our waitress SUCKED!! Oh I guess I should mention that I got a new CTR ring, a book, and breakfast for Mother's Day that morning!! I have the best husband and daughter ever!!!

The first BEAR we got to see was a huge stuffed one in the gift shop

Then we got to see and pet the little baby bears. They were maybe a few months old!
Then we hopped on the bus
First we saw Buffalo and Elk
This guy will get up to 8 points when his antlers grow out!!

Then we were ready to FEED and see the BIG bears! The neat thing was that some of the bears were "show biz" bears. One was a Coca-Cola bear, and another one was Baloo from the live-action version of The Jungle Book.


The Alfa Wolf and The Oldest Grizzly

This was funny!! This wolf kept following this white car!!
After the tour we went into the petting zoo. Londyn loved the momma and baby deer.
The momma started to lick me!
Our little baby bear!! ROARER......
Bradey went on all the rides except one because he couldn't fit in the car, so I had go!!
Londyn had fun, so don't be fooled by the faces she pulls in the pictures!

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!!