Welcome Kenzley Jackman

Kenzley Jackman made her grand entrance December 9th 2009 at 5:35 pm weighing 7lbs 12 ounces and 20 inches long with a head full of hair!

I will need to back up to let you know that 10 months ago we signed up for the supplemental insurance. Some of you may know about how it works. It's an insurance that you pay for monthly and then you receive a payout when you deliver. You have to have been paying the insurance for 10 months before you can receive the payout. Well December 9th was our 10 month day! Ever since I found out I was pregnant it's been well you better make it to December 9th so we can receive the payout and my due date was December 11th so I was naturally nervous I wouldn't make it to that day with it being so close and since I had Cohen a week early. If I wouldn't have made it I probably would have never heard the end of it so I am very glad me and Kenzley made it to that day, we had been counting down for quite a while and was nervous about it. So it was funny when I had been feeling pretty good but then the morning of December 9th at 2am I woke up with contractions. They weren't terrible and they were about 5 to 6 minutes apart so I just hung out, watched some tv, did a couple loads of laundry, baked some muffins for breakfast. Just tried to keep busy because I could not fall back asleep. Finally after Cohen had woken up and we had breakfast we decided to go ahead and go to the hospital. We got there at 10:30 am and my contractions were getting a little worse and were about 4 to 5 minutes apart by now. We get checked in and much to our dismay I was only dialated to a 2 and 80 percent effaced so I really wasn't very far. We had a very nice nurse though and she was rooting for us to stay. So we got hooked up to the machines and waited around for an hour and she came back and checked me and said I was only a 2 plus, more depressing news. But thanks to her she let us go walk around the hospital for an hour. We hurried and got something to eat since that would hopefully be the last time I would eat for awhile. Once we got back up there I was dialated close to a 3. They then decided we could stay and they would break my water. After an hour I was then to a 4 so the nurse decided to give me some Pitocin which I had with Cohen and I was still slow so we thought it would still be awhile. I just hung out there and Dallas did some work phone calls and worked on the phone and then she came in an hour later to check and she was so surprised and said your there! I said what to a 10 and she said yes we are ready to have this baby. We were in complete shock that it all of a sudden went that fast. The doctor came in and I started pushing at 5:23 I pushed and Dallas said the first push he could just see tons of dark hair and they just kept talking about it. Then a few pushes later at 5:35 Kenzley came. I was so relieved and then they even put her on my chest as soon as she came out she even had the cord still hooked to her. It was such a cool experience because with Cohen they wisked him away so fast that I didn't even get to see him but with her I was holding her right when she came out before she got cut or cleaned or anything. It was amazing. Dallas got to cut the cord this time so that was exciting. Then they took her to clean her up and weigh her and such and brought her back for me to have skin to skin time. I loved it! After an hour they took her and Dallas and gave her a bath and I just stayed up there and ate dinner. Which was so delicious after all of that.

We also lucked out. Starting just this past Monday they changed the visitor rules from only 2 visitors and no kids under 14 to only no sick people. We were thrilled that Cohen was able to come. He got there and while we were bathing her so he looked through the glass and he was so sad. He hates the doctors and didn't love that we were at the doctors. It took him awhile to understand what was going on and that it was good we were at the doctors.

Our first family picture
Grandma Cottrell
Grandma Utley
Grandpa Utley
I love this picture of Cohen giving me a kiss. He is such a sweet boy.
And he loves giving his little sister kisses.



Deja vu I swear I have a picture just like this of when Cohen was a baby. Daddy sure gets tired throughout this process!
Happy big brother!





You can't see but in this picture she has so much fur on her back and ears it's so cute!

Uncle CJ
Getting ready to go home! We got there Wednesday morning and left Thursday night I was surprised they let us go home that early!
Isn't she so cute all bundled up. It was so cold and I wanted to make sure she was kept real warm!



Cohen was so funny when we got home he looked at me and my tummy and said where baby kenzley go? Then we got her out of the car seat and he said there she is.



I'm sure I will be posting lots and lots of pictures to come. I just have to say I am so thankful for her safe arrival. She is absolutely perfect and so sweet. She doesn't cry very loud, but she does fight me on nursing so we are working on that. But she is the sweetest little thing. I can't get over how gorgeous she looks. She is perfect! Whats also crazy is she looks alot like I did when I was born so if I can find a baby picture of me I will post it and see what you think. It's crazy also that I have two little ones to take care of now, but oh how I love them both. They are amazing and I am so glad to have one of each. I can already tell that me and Kenzley are going to be best friends. I love her to pieces!

I forgot to post our maternity pictures so here are some of those.









Poor Cohen he is getting so squished by his sister!

Of course this would be my boys favorite tree at the Festival of trees. If you can't tell it's a dirt biking tree. There were cohen's play dirt bikes all over in the tree, and they were giving away a little bike and gear. It was cute they loved it. Very creative.


I love the Festival of the Trees the whole concept behind it is amazing and I love looking at all the trees it puts me in the spirit!
This is how we found Cohen one night. We walked in there wondering where he was and he was hiding under his pillow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all had a good day eating, spending time with family and being thankful for our lives! This year was my mom's year and since she just sold her house and is building a new one there wasn't really a place to go so me and Dallas offered to host it down here at our house. It was really nice. I was hoping that I could help out with the turkey but once I saw it, it just grossed me out and I already felt naseous and tired as it was so I wasn't very much help. I don't think that I will ever be able to make a big turkey, to gut the stuff out oh yuck just grosses me out. It was fun for us to get together though! Here are some pictures of Cohen and Cayman playing in my shoes it sure made me laugh! Cayman is always trying on my shoes so Cohen copied and he picked my girliest highest shoes. I was laughing so hard!












The one and only picture of me on Thanksgiving, it's not a very good one because I look huge but I only have 12 more days! It sure is hard though having a big belly she sure gets in the way alot and my belly gets dirtier easier.





I just need to take the time and say how grateful and thankful I am for my life. I don't express it enough but I am such a lucky girl! Meeting Dallas has probably been the best thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life! He definitely is the man of my dreams and everything I have ever wanted. I never thought I would have found someone like him but I have and I never want to lose him! He brings out the best in me and helps me want to be a better person. He has also taught me so much about life and how to just be happy and laid back and not let things get to me. He has such a great attitude about life. Besides just being a great man he is an amazing husband. Every morning he hugs and kisses both me and Cohen good bye, he is constantly saying I love you (which a girl can never hear enough of), he is always wanting to make me happy and I know he would do anything for me! I also love how he is my best friend. To top it off he is a great Dad. He loves Cohen so much and they are just best buds. One of my favorite things is when Daddy gets home and Cohen runs to the door and gives him hugs and kisses. There is nothing better than to see your kids and dad play together so much! Also Cohen has been an amazing kid! I would have never thought being a mom would be this much fun. I knew I would love it but it has surpassed what I thought. Its the best thing ever. He has always been so good and so happy and healthy! We have been so fortunate with him! I absolutely love this stage, all the hugs and kisses and everything he says. Just the other day we were eating breakfast together and he says mom you look cute! He is just the best. He is so polite already and will always say love you and love you more, it melts my heart! This is what I have always wanted is to have a loving family and I hope it never changes. I can't wait to add Kenzley very soon, she will bring so much joy as well! And Cohen will be such an amazing big brother! My family means everything to me and I love them so much! I also have to say how thankful I am for Dallas' business. When he started his own company almost a year ago it was so scary and stressful but it has blossomed into something great! He is such an amazing provider and him and Tim have done such a great job. I am also thankful for all of his employees I have met alot of them, not all of them but alot and they are amazing as well. Without them this business wouldn't run so we are very grateful for everyones hard work!

Again I can't say enough how grateful I am for my life I feel like I couldn't ask for anything more so thank you to all of our friends and family because we have wonderful support all around us!

Mini MX

Here are my two motorcross riders! Dallas has been wanting to go down to Goshen because they just opened a new track and we decided to take Cohen's fourwheeler. Dallas and Jeremy put an extra battery in it down there, so Cohen was hauling on his little fourwheeler. It was so dang cute and he was getting so good at it. At first when he was riding he would just go and look around and not pay attention, but he is starting to pay better attention which is a good thing! Then it was funny once they made it faster and Cohen pushed his little button it just took off and probably gave him whiplash it scared him but he loved it! Towards the end he was turning more and more into a little dare devil! Watching how good he did makes me feel more comfortable with the fact of letting him get a dirt bike next year because he is such a natural at it.
Cohen absolutely loved following around Dallas and riding with him.

Here is Spencer and his son Ryker learning how to ride a dirt bike with training wheels and then Dallas with Cohen.
Cohen starting to do tricks. He would even stand all on one side of it except he tipped over. Then another time he was standing and he pushed the button and wheelied over.
Cohen found this big tire and loved it it was his monster truck tire!


Here is some of the gang just taking a break.



I started getting bored and realized I wasn't in any pictures so we started taking pictures of ourselves! I am rarely in any pictures because I am always the picture taker, but I needed to prove that I was there!

All in all it was actually a fun little trip. Anything that makes my little boy happy makes me very happy! I just love these two boys, they definitely are my life and are the most perfect little gentleman I have ever met!