What's been happening with the Kindler's...

Whew!! What a whirlwind these past 3 weeks have been at the Kindler house. Hard to believe that little Emerson was born 3 weeks ago today! She is doing great. Sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating more...what else can you expect? Sure, some nights have been kind of rough, especially when she had her days and nights confused :(. BUT, we are managing and are truly loving our family of 5!! Masen and Dawson have taken good care of their "little sis." She gets plenty of kisses and silly faces made at her too. I can only imagine how much fun the future is going to be for us. Unfortunately, we've been to the doctor's office 5 times in the past 3 weeks. Emerson had weight checks (and she's up to 7 lbs. 6.9 oz, which means she's eating well) and unfortunately, we had to make an emergency visit on Sunday because she's developed a quarter size lump on the side of her neck. We were reassured by the doctor and told that it is a hematoma (sp?) on her muscle - probably caused by her neck being strained when she was born. We're doing daily stretches to stretch the muscle out and were told that the lump should disappear in a few weeks on its own. It was quite a scare for us, but we know that God answer's prayers and we are thankful that it wasn't sometime more serious! It doesn't seem to bother her at all, which is a blessing too. We also had to take Masen in for a strep culture last week (which was negative). Dawson, Masen and Josh all had a yucky virus with a sore throat and fever for a few days. Poor Masen had it the worst, but all are well now. We are thankful that Mommy and Emerson didn't catch the bug.
Dawson started his first year of preschool at Happy House and is loving it!! He's going three mornings/week, which gives me and Emerson some time to spend together. Masen is still enjoying 1st grade and both of the boys started Awana last week too. Life is busy, but enjoyable. Trying to get back into our routine and missing Daddy now that he's back at work. Josh and I are so grateful for everyones thoughts and prayers over the past few weeks! We have such an amazing family and group of friends and are truly blessed!! Here are some pics captured this past week. Mommy has had fun dressing Emerson up in her cute little outfits and bows :). More to come next time....


Finally! Emerson had her eyes open for awhile so mommy got the camera out to capture the moment :).

Learning to pose at an early age - 2 weeks old!

Such grown-up boys!!

Thumbs-up for school! And check out Josh's timing with the school bus in the background too.

Dawson poses in front of Happy House on his first day. He was so excited and had his backpack packed for 2 weeks BEFORE he even started! He even wore it around the house on most days too.