Thanks to our good friend Brian Garcia, we have a wonderful video of Julian from just before and after he was born. You might remember that he also did a great video when Siri was born. Thanks again, Brian!! Everyone else, enjoy the video! (If for some reason the video doesn’t work, you can also watch it at youtube.)

Click here to view a larger version of the movie.

tuesday was our due date and we have a beautiful son at home who is five days old! julian joss kilpatrick was born on april 4, 2009 at 10:32 am (so he was born on 4-4… and his sister was born on 9-9… God must have known that their daddy needed something easy to remember) and he weighed 9 lbs 11 ozs and was 22 inches long! we are so happy to be home with our son and daughter. we are going through the normal first days adjustments… getting him on a good sleeping schedule and getting enough rest ourselves! he’s a sweet baby who eats a lot. he had a doctor’s appointment today, to make sure he’s gaining enough and doing well… and unlike his sister, it was obvious to the pediatrician that he is a good eater. he’s up to 9 lbs 7 ozs… so only four days and he’s almost back up to his birth weight! i am recovering fine… with a lot of help from britton and my mom. siriana is the best big sister we could ask for. she says julian and brother all the time wanting to see him or hold him or kiss him. he was fussing a little in his pack n play today and she ran to her room to give him a paci! it was adorable! anyway, keep praying for our family, that we’ll find a routine and that my pain will be gone soon! thanks to everyone who came to the hospital to be there for his birth and who visited in the days we were there. you all mean so much to us!
here are some pictures of our sweet jules during his first few days of life:

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

as promised, we wanted to make an update on our wonderful siriana and our baby boy to come… i guess ladies first…
siriana is one of the most brilliant and sweetest children there is. and i apologize in advance, but i am about to sound really braggy, but i’m just so proud of our daughter and i know a lot of family and friends who don’t get to see her want to know all of the fun things she can do.
siri is talking up a storm. she can repeat pretty much anything people say, but the list of words she knows and says on a regular basis, we’re talking, associating with objects and concepts and everything, is getting to be in the hundreds. she is so smart. i’m just going to break down her brilliance and try to be brief.

- can recognize and say all of the letters of the alphabet.
- knows her numbers 1-10, can say and recognize them and loves to count things like the fingers on your hand or flowers when she picks them from our yard.
- can recognize and say the following shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, diamond, heart
- can recognize and say the following colors: red, green, blue, yellow, purple, brown, black, white, pink
- can sing the following songs: by herself- abc song, twinkle twinkle; with assistance- itsy bitsy spider, my God is so big, row row row your boat
- she associates names with people very easily
- says cow/moo, horse/nay, chicken/boc boc, cat/meow, dog/ruff ruff, donkey/hee-haw, bunny/hop, duck/quack quack, lion/roar, dinosaur/roar, tiger/grrr, bird/tweet tweet, mouse, bear, camel, dolphin, penguin, giraffe (her fave), bee/buzz, elephant/eeee with her arm raised to show the trunk. i know i’m leaving some animals out, but you get the idea

siriana loves to learn. i’ve never known a kid so young that loves to learn like she does. she’s like her daddy! she loves read and to be read to. (when she wants us to read her a book, she says “read to.”) we have been going to the library for story time, and it’s so much fun. she’s still pretty much off the charts for her height, making it so hard already to find pants that work! she’s going through a huge kissy and huggy phase. she has to kiss and hug everything; it’s precious. in the pictures where she’s leaning with a kissy face, she’s giving the cows across the street kisses. and she’s finally letting us put her hair up in pony and piggy tails, which melts her daddy so much! anyway, she’s amazing and that’s all there is to it. we laugh and smile all day long b/c of her.

siriana’s first time in pig tails

 
 
 

the pregnancy with baby kb! is going great. i’ve had a lot of normal pelvic pains, the common bladder infection and discomforts that come in the final trimester. we are going to the doctor every week now and as of last thursday, i am dilated a little over a centimeter and a half and about 60% thinned out, meaning he could come any time or on time or late, whenever God wants him to. he definitely has been the most active baby but is slacking off a bit since he’s getting too big to move around so much. a few weeks ago, my wonderful and talented friend, kelly moore clark took some maternities of me, if you haven’t already, you can see them here: Kelly’s Blog.

britton and i also wanted to do some and although the photos we took this time weren’t as planned out as the ones when i was pregnant with siri, and we spent maybe 30 minutes shooting in our yard, we really liked what we did. thank you to my awesome husband for being a big support and for photographing me.

we’ll let everyone know when we are in labor! love to all
britton and jenn and siriana and baby kb!

with so much going on, blogging hasn’t been one of our priorities as of late, and i am so sorry to those few (you know who you are) who have been missing our little posts. i realized that the reason why i don’t blog much is b/c it takes me forever since i wait so long and have a billion pictures to show and a lot to say, so i’m going to try to only say a few short words about a few cute photographs.

november 2008:
we found out that we will be having a baby boy! so when we say baby kb! the b is for boy! the next day, the three of us dressed in blue to honor our little stud who will be here soon!
also, we had a wonderful thanksgiving in ruston at britton’s parents house.

december 2008:
my favorite time of the year… and it was a little stressful, but Christmas morning was the most perfect morning we could want. siri is such a sweetheart when it comes to gifts. she gets so excited about everything, it’s hard to not enjoy every moment with her. and even though we had a lot going on, i was filled with beautiful feelings of being pregnant with a son during the time of year mary carried our Lord and Savior. God taught me a lot during this past holiday season.

janurary 2009:
my sisiter shelaine and her husband lee got siriana the cutest sweater dress for Christmas. so we took her new years day pictures in it.
it’s a baines family tradition to go to arkansas every janurary and go bald eagle spotting on lake degray (we call it eagle weekend). it sounds weird and boring, but it’s something we never tire of. siriana loved every minute of being outdoors and getting to see all of the birds.

february 2009:
our best friends, john jay, corrie and judah alvaro, moved to durham, nc last august so john jay could attend the divinity school at duke. in the last chances of me being able to fly, we went there to visit and had such an amazing time. judah and siriana got along great and had many fun adventures. we miss our alvaros so much… siriana still talks about john jay, coooorie, ju ju and of course albie dog!
also, some wonderful friends and family threw me a really fun baby shower at the end of feburary. thank you crystal garcia, leigh ann kilpatrick and naomi constantinescu for an amazing time. there was henna, photo booth fun, all of my favorite lunch foods, and too many generous people.

march 2009:
since my brother and anna found out they are also having a baby boy (”scout”) my mom threw her children a joint shower in shreveport. so many people from all walks of ours lives came and it was so great to celebrate two sweet boys coming into our family. i loved spending time with my brother and anna and my awesome niece, elena… and i got to do some nine month photos of that cutie pie.

sorry about all of the nonblogging and the lack of detailed pictures. we’ll post an update on our sweet siriana and on baby kb soon! two and half more weeks until our due date! yeah! love to all!

britton, jenn, siriana and baby kb!