McKinley 1 Month

McKinley is now 1 month old. She is doing wonderful. She is now 5 lbs. 2 oz. and growing. This little girl is such a miracle and we truly believe she was sent to us from Ryan's dad that passed away in October of 2009. We named her after her Grandpa Lynn Patterson - McKinley Lynn Patterson. She'll be our little reminder of him everyday. We love and miss you so much dad and thanks for the wonderful gift!!!

I also want to thank my cousin Nikki for taking this cute picture of McKinley. She did a great job. More wonderful pics to follow.

McKinley

McKinley Lynn Patterson

she loves her paci

we finally get to hold her after 5 days


McKinley is doing much better. They took her vent tube out, took her off sedation, took blood gas line out and we were finally able to hold her after 5 days. Today she was finally able to eat, she got her first bottle at 5:30 am. If all goes well hopefully she'll be home by this weekend.


I want to thank everyone for the prayers and well wishes. I also want to thank all my family and friends for all your help thru this. Thanks for the help with our other kids so Ryan could be with me and McKinley at the hospital and for the dinners. That helps so much so I don't have one more thing to worry about.


Thanks Again and I Love You All Very Much!!!

Introducing Mckinley Lynn Patterson.......

Getting ready to go back!!
It's a Girl........


Mckinley Lynn Patterson
4 pounds 13 Ounces 171/2 Inches



***This is Rikke (Brittany's friend) posting! Brittany is doing great (Considering she just had a c-section) but little Mckinley is in the NICU, due to her lungs not being fully developed. The good news is that the Dr's say she is doing fabulous!! :) Yay!! Brittany will post more as soon as she can!! :)

HALLOWEEN 2010

Halloween was so fun this year. We had alot of family come over to go Trick-or-Treating with us. The kids were awesome considering it was raining and very cold. I stayed home this year to give out candy because being 8 months pregnant I don't think I would have made it very far. Ryan said Jackson was having so much fun he would run from door to door. I wish I could have got a picture of all 3 of my kids together but Jackson wouldn't go near Kennedy. He was to scared of her.

Kennedy - The Vampire

Reagan - The Witch

Jackson - Buzz Lightwear

Kennedy, Kevin, Brittany, Skylar, Kenseth, Jackson, Reagan, Symbree

Kevin - The Sexy Mama

Jackson's Pumpkin

All the rest of the Pumpkins

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Entertainment Center

Ok so in the last post I said the Entertainment Center was going to be next. Well it was. It was a much larger project then the dresser. It took double the paint and double the time but it was so worth it. Well maybe!! Being 8 months pregnant this has been alot of work and is really making tired, but I'm trying to decide whats going to be next.

BEFORE

AFTER

Grandma Fraser's Dresser

So I've watched my cousin Nikki redo so many different things and I just fall in love with them. So I decided to have her come out and show me how she does what she does. We decided to redo Ryan's Grandma Fraser's dresser. I'm so happy how it turned out.

Before we started

The top really need some work

Hardware Before and After
Left - Before Right - After

The finished project. Isn't it awesome.



Doesn't it look wonderful. I would like to say thanks to my cousin Nikki for all her hard work. I think I'm in LOVE. What should we do next? I think it will be the Entertainment Center.

FINALLY BACK

My sister has been on me for so long to update my blog, so this is for you Jodi. The last time I posted was back in December of 2009 for Jackson turning 2 in September of 2009. I'm so on top of things. Alot has happened over the last year...

Kennedy had a father/daughter activity at church. It was a Pinewood Derby Race. Ryan and Kennedy had so much fun building and painting her car. Ryan really gets into this kind of stuff. He still has his Derby Car from 25 years ago. Kennedy decided she wanted it yellow with a black race stripe and she named it BUMBLE BEE. She took 6th place out of 25 girls.

GREAT JOB KENNEDY!!

Kennedy with her car & award

Kennedy getting her car ready to race

School finally started, so I now get a well needed break. Kennedy is in the 3rd grade and Reagan is in 1st grade. Reagan will be in the French Emmersion program this year. She will be learning half the day in French and half the day in English.

Good Luck in French Reagan!!!

Kennedy first day of 3rd grade

Reagan first day of 1st grade

Reagan and Kennedy have been taking piano lessons. They had there first piano recital and both done AWESOME. Reagan was so funny because she played with only her right hand. She kept her left hand at her side the whole time. Then she wanted to keep playing. She played her song twice and was headed for a third time when her teacher clapped so Reagan would know she was done.


Reagan at her piano recital
Kennedy at her piano recital


Jackson is getting so BIG!!! He turned three on September 19th and he is now old enough to start preschool. He misses the dead line so he goes to the tiny three class. Its only 1.5 hours twice a week but it does give me some alone time.


Jackson's first day of school

Jackson's 3rd birthday party
Jackson learning to ride his 4-wheeler up camping

In April we found out that were expecting another addition to our family. Her due date is December 22, 2010. Thats right I said her, another GIRL. The kids are so excited for a new baby sister. Her name will be McKinley Lynn Patterson. She is being named after Ryan's Dad Milton Lynn Patterson. They will have the same initials and there birthdays will be 3 days apart. McKinley was a wonderful surprise sent to us from Ryan's dad.

We tragically lost Ryan's dad last October due to a drunk driver. WE LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH DAD AND GRANDPA!!!