4 Months

I cannot believe that this cute girl is already 4 months old!

Kayton has started grabbing onto things! As soon as she grabs something it goes into her mouth!

This is her blessing day. The dress she is wearing is a family heirloom. My mom was blessed in it, I was blessed in it, Emily and Angie were blessed in it, and now Kayton was blessed in it.

Kayton wasn't very cooperative when we tried taking pictures of her this month. She had her own agenda of what she wanted to be doing.

Hanks Family

Last weekend Neight, Kayton, and I took pictures with my family. We went to the studio at JC Penny and they were.... ok. The prices are good, but I don't like how the shoot went. The photographer only took a few shots of each pose and could have retaken some of those when hair was in our eyes or someone wasn't smiling, yada yada yada. I just know that we probably won't do group shots there anymore. I think it will be decent for individuals of Kayton, so we will have to try it on her first birthday.

After the shoot they add the photos online so you can look at all of them and that's how I got copies of them. In some of the pictures you can see the arrows to move to the next picture, so just disregard those.

Great Grandma(s)

At the beginning of the month we had a busy weekend starting with the baby shower on Saturday, thrown by Neight's Mom and sister. The games that we played were fun and the food was delicious. It was mostly Neight’s family that was there as I invited my friends to the baby shower my Mom and sister put together. Neight’s Grandma Susan was visiting from Texas and was able to meet and hold Kayton for the first time. At the shower we were able to take a picture of four generations on the Korous side.

Kayton had fallen asleep and I wasn't about to wake her up for the picture.

From the day Kayton was born everyone said that she looked like Neight and had his facial features, I never believed them until I looked at his Grandma Susan. Kayton has the same nose shape as Susan and now I have to accept that she really does have the Korous looks.


After the baby shower Neight, Kayton, and I headed down to Antimony to visit my Grandma Twitchell. My Grandma came up for the baby shower in May, but hadn’t had a chance to meet Kayton yet. So Sunday afternoon we took another four generation picture.

Again, Kayton fell asleep and I wasn't about to wake her up.

It's hard to have family living so far away, but at least we were able to get pictures with four generations :)

Kayton Mikael

This post is pretty long and I won't be mad if anyone skips straight down to the pictures. 

Our sweet baby girl, Kayton Mikael, decided to grace us with her presence on Friday, June 15th at 9:23 am. She was 7 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. 

I went into labor around 2 Thursday afternoon while I was at work. The contractions I was having weren't super bad and were between 20 and 30 minutes apart so I really didn't think anything about it. Once I got home around 7, the contractions really started to hurt. Neight's grandparents were in town for a semi-annual visit, but it also happened that they planned it around Kayton's birth and Neight's graduation. Because we don't get to see his grandparents very often they took us out to dinner. It was really nice to talk with them about our lives and how they are doing in their retirement, but I kept getting distracted by how painful and close together the contractions were.

Around 10:30 Thursday night I decided we should probably go to the hospital, although, while I was making me decision I kept thinking how I really didn't want to be one of "those" women who went to the hospital and have it turn into a false alarm. It's a good thing that we went to the hospital when we did because it was a 45 minute drive and on the way the contractions got even worse! Luckily I had preregisterd with the hospital so it was easy admittance. 

Once in the hospital the nurse that was assigned to me checked me to see how dilated I was and after two hours with no progression she wanted to give me a shot of pain medication and send me home. I explained to her that we lived 45 minutes away and by the time we got back to our house we would probably have to turn right around and drive back to the hospital. Once we had this discussion the nurse said she would call the doctor that was on call to see what she had to say. Luckily the doctor said to give me the shot of morphine there to help me relax and see where I was after an hour. Thankfully after the morphine I was able to relax and progress super fast! After the hour of waiting the nurse moved me into an actual labor and delivery room where I was able to relax a little bit more.

There was only one set of contractions that were bad enough to make me cry, and it was right after the nurse had told me she wanted to send me home, which made me super frustrated.

After moving into the labor and delivery room Neight got some sleep and I tried to sleep between the contractions. Around 5:00 Friday morning I asked for the epidural because the pain was quite a bit more than I wanted to deal with. I was exhausted and ready to sleep. Once I got the epidural the event became super easy and not stressful at all!

Around 7:00, right after the shift change, the doctor came in and said it was time to get things finished. So, 7:30 he broke my water, 8:30 I started pushing, and 9:23 our beautiful baby was born. She was and still is so perfect!

Neight was so fantastic the entire time! I don't know that I would have been able to get through it without him. He let me squeeze his hand during the contractions and was so supportive during the delivery! He even cut the umbilical cord :) I wish there were words to describe how awesome he was, but I don't even know where to start. I guess once a woman is in labor it makes my feelings easier to understand.

Unfortunately we didn't make it to Neight's graduation because it was Friday afternoon, but Kayton did come in time for Father's Day :)

Here are a few of the many pictures we've taken in the last two and a half weeks. I am very biased and cannot get over how beautiful and perfect Kayton is. She has stolen my heart <3

An adorable face with a big yawn

This was taken once I moved into the recovery room, just a few hours after she was born

Grandma Sharen, Auntie Angie, and Auntie Emily

The new and very proud daddy :) Kayton already has him wrapped around her little finger

Once we got home, Neight decided to play with the camera and it's different settings

The Korous Side

After her first bath, she was not very happy with me

Her adorable feet with our rings on them, because I'm silly like that ;)

Rings that fit on one of our fingers have to go on two of hers

Grandpa Chris, another man that she has wrapped around her finger

Memorial Day, Without Camping

Can you believe it's already Memorial Day???? I can't! This year has already FLOWN by! Probably because Neight and I are spending our time looking forward to the baby coming! There's only 2 weeks left! Neight continues to tell me that he wants Baby K to come early, but I don't (and kind of hope) that it won't happen. As much as I tell myself I'm ready for labor it still really makes me nervous to think about it. It's crazy to think that a year ago Neight and I were looking forward to taking our trip to Disneyland and this year we're looking forward to having our baby.

Usually over Memorial Day we go camping with my Dad's family. Last year we broke the tradition and went to Echo with our friends Brett and Allie. It was a lot of fun, but SO miserable because it rained from the time we got there until the time we left. This year because I'm 38 weeks pregnant we decided to not even try, even though we bought a camper so we probably would have been fine with the cold, but I don't want to be hours away from a hospital. My Dad's family decided not to go camping this year either, so I don't feel like we missed out on too much.

Today my Dad and Neight are working in the nursery getting it ready to go. There's just a little left to do, they're texturing the walls that they built and getting things ready to paint. The only problem with this is that there is dust from the mud in the ENTIRE upstairs. I was up there for about an hour when they first started, but I couldn't handle the dust anymore. It was making me crazy and I felt the urge to clean, so I moved downstairs where I've spent the majority of the day. It's much cooler and I have a TV and computer, so it's not horrible. It also keeps me sane. There wasn't any point to clean upstairs because it will just continue to get dirty until they are finished for the day. It's a good thing they're doing this before the baby comes instead of her first few weeks here at home. I will be happy when it's finished. I should have taken pictures before they started in there, but I didn't. I'll post some of the room when it's finished for sure.

Later tonight Neight and I are going over with our puppy to my parents for a bbq. I love spending time with my family and it's never a dull moment with my sisters. I'm also looking forward to getting all of the dust off of my floor and flat surfaces upstairs ;)

Catch Up

It has been a VERY long time since I have posted anything, so for now I will just upload some pictures. There are stories behind all of them, but I won't give all the details. I will just post a short, sweet, and to the point caption :)

A delicious vanilla cake with strawberry filling I made for work.

A side view.

Beautiful Cascade Springs. We've made it a tradition that each year we go up and take pictures with my family.

A picture of the springs.... Believe it or not this was taken with my phone :)

This year we all brought up goofy glasses to take pictures with. My daddy is so silly :)

This picture was taken on the first "real" day of fall where it was super rainy for like three days straight and it got really cold.

One day Neight and I went on a lunch date after I got done with school and he was off work. Little did we know that WW III was waiting for us. Munchquen had pushed a box of tissues that were on the table on the ground and Zildjin decided it was her responsibility to then shred that box and all the tissues in it. Oh, and there was poop in the mix because she was home alone all day. Poor thing.

And finally a picture of our silly puppy. When she chews her bones she always ends up on her back... I guess she just gets a better grip on it?

Weekend Fun!

Yesterday Neight and I went to visit his family and have dinner with my family. It's so nice that they live in the same city and about a mile away. That way we can see both families on the same day.

Usually when we visit Neight's family we play basketball with his brothers. Yesterday I sat out and snapped a few pictures. They aren't the best and I was trying to be discrete about it.

When we went to have dinner my family my mom asked if I could help her with her banner. A few weeks ago I used pastels to color the pirate for it. The finished project looks so good and I'm very proud of how it turned out. My mom was so thrilled and very grateful for all of my help. It's definitely very nice for me to have a mother that has the same profession that I am going in to. It will be very nice to brain storm ideas with her when I'm actually teaching.

Each of the little hats (Neight's idea) has a child's name on it. The pictures that are colored have different "treasures" that first graders learn. They are reading (the treasure chest full of books), math (the parrot), spelling (the flag), and writing (the treasure chest that is empty). The beads in between the hats and pictures are representing the dashes on a treasure map to lead you to the treasure. I think it's adorable!