Kolay's Baby Blessing

Kason is 19 months old today! He is turning into quite the character. Kason loves holding Kolay and will say “hold” and jump on the couch when he wants to hold her. He loves to play with sports balls. He runs up to us, says “catch”, and throws the ball. He has a pretty good arm! One day this week, Kolay was doing tummy time on the floor, and Kason thought it was an invitation for a horsey ride! He didn’t understand why his mom didn’t let him sit on her. Kason loves sports; he says “football” and “basketball”, and he knows the difference. He now started throwing with his right hand too, when at first, he would only throw left handed.  He does the actions to Popcorn Popping all by himself! He is doing much better at nursery; he loves snack time and likes to sing the songs. Kason officially thinks every baby is Kolay, including all the pictures of himself in his room. Kason loves pancakes and eats at least 2 every morning.

Kolay turned 7 weeks old on Saturday.  This week her right ear was draining on Monday; we kept an eye on her for a few days, thinking she might have an ear infection, although she was still pleasant.  On Thursday afternoon, her left ear started draining, so we made a doctor’s appointment for the evening with her pediatrician.  She weighed 10 lbs 2 oz which makes sense for how well she eats, but she doesn’t look like a 10 lb. baby yet!  She is a long, skinny girl! The good news was both ears looked good; her left ear looked like it was starting an ear infection, but the doctor didn’t want to start her on antibiotics if she didn’t need it, so we’ve been watching it, and she’s doing much better.  We also found out that the rash on her face, neck, chest, and back was eczema, so we got some cream that we had been recommended and it looks much better as of today. Kolay is a great baby; she is starting to look around and be interested in things.  On Saturday evening, she had her first smile at her mom and dad! She has done it a few other times since, and we are just in love with her smile!

The most exciting news of the week is that Kolay Piquet was blessed on Sunday. Kolay was blessed by her father. Also in the circle were both grandpas, all of her uncles, and her Great Grandpa Piquet.  Kolay wore the same dress that I wore on my blessing day almost 23 years ago. She looked gorgeous! Kolt gave her a beautiful blessing. I was able to bear my testimony in the meeting. I am grateful for the chance I have to share what I know with the ward and my family. Kason did great during the meeting. He was pretty tickled that all his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents were at church. After the meeting, we had a small lunch with Kolt’s family and my family. We served Chicken Bacon Ranch wraps. Grandma Piquet brought brownies, cheesecake, and moon pie for dessert. Kason loved the moon pie just like his daddy! He loved playing with his cousins at the house.  We were able to get a big table set up in our living room. After dinner, we watched the Super Bowl together and enjoyed an array of treats.  It was a great day! We are sure grateful for all the love and support we feel for our family, especially Kolay on her blessing day.

This week was a busy week! It was my last week before I go back to work officially 3 afternoons a week.  On Monday, I had my 6-week appointment. The kids were able to stay with Grandma Lindley, so Kolt and I could go together. I was happy to report that I was feeling great. It really is a night and day difference from my postpartum experience after Kason. I was able to ask my doctor some other questions I had been wondering about.  Kolt also did some shadowing at Community Family Clinic in the morning.

On Tuesday, Kolt had his evening Organic Evolution class. He was excited to find out that the LDS book about evolution he had read over the break was written by his professor. In the evening, I took the kids to my mom’s basketball game at Rocky Mountain. Kason played with Nathan and Brooke. Tatelyn and Jeanna Hill were great to help with Kolay during the game, as well as my dad who helped with Kason when he decided he wanted to play in the game too.

On Wednesday, Kason played with Brooke during Nathan’s preschool. I had a visit from my visiting teachers in the morning. In the evening, Kolt took Kason to Highland for Brand’s basketball game. Brand played really well; Kolt was glad to be able to make it to the game. Kason did great on the drive. I stayed home with Kolay and was finally able to get my 1099s out for work. Although technically my first day back to work was yesterday, I have been working almost just as much logging in from home, running to and from the office and trying to get the year end responsibilities done. It has been a big blessing to have some flexibility in my work schedule over the last few weeks. Kolay and I enjoyed being together for the evening in the quiet house.

On Thursday, I took the kids to meet Kolt at his school for a Super Bowl lunch sponsored by the Activities club. We were able to meet Kolt’s classmate’s family, including their little girl, Tyga, who is just 4 days younger than Kolay. Kolt had another voice lesson; he passed off his first song! He has been practicing quite a bit at home this week. It has made a big difference to have music in our home. Kason loves to sing and play the piano; he even sings the line “Let it go” from Frozen now. Kason spent the evening at Grandma’s Day. I had my first volleyball practice for club. I took Kolay with me; she stayed with Ashley and Trish during my practice. Kolt was able to get some homework done and make it to our ward church ball game before picking up Kason.

On Friday, Kolt did some early morning shadowing at Family First. He is learning a lot from the shadowing and gets along with both P.A.’s. I helped fill in for a coach at their practice in the evening before Brand’s game. The girls were more than willing to help watch Kolay while I was there. I met Kason and Kolt at the game at Sandcreek. Kason played in the bleachers with Paisley; he sure likes to wander. Kolt brought dinner to the gym; Kason was eating corn by the handfuls. After the game, we went to the varsity game. We were able to sit by Kylee & Riley Sessions! It was fun to catch up with her. Kason was so tired by the time the night was over, but he stayed awake to get a Jamba juice and come home to bed.

On Saturday, Kolt worked a 7 am-7 pm shift at the BHC. I stayed home with the kids and finished getting ready for the blessing. I finished my Family Birthday Board with my Cricut cutting machine I got for Christmas. I love it! We also picked up Kolay’s hand and foot impressions this week. I’m so glad we got them! They turned out great, and I am kicking myself for not getting Kason’s done when he was born. They are pretty neat. We are so grateful for the many things we are blessed with. Hope you are all doing well.