The Kelley's

1 year already!!

2011-01-23T21:35:00.003-06:00

Can you believe it's already been 1 year since Kolton came to be with us?! It's been a very blessed year and we are LOVING IT!! Here are a few photos from his 1st Birthday party. and we are so thankful for all of the family and friends that came to help us celebrate!

9 month photo shoot

2010-09-30T21:33:00.000-05:00

Vote for Kolton

2010-08-08T08:55:00.002-05:00

Go Vote for Kolton at the Gerber website!!!

http://www.gerber.com/photo/?entryid=51998&/#/detail/

7 months old now!!

2010-07-12T20:32:00.009-05:00

Ok, I know it's been quite some time since I posted, so here's a quick slideshow of Kolton's 6 months photo shoots. He had two, the first one planned, but then another CUTE outfit came in the mail from family and I just HAD to have his pictures taken in it!!

UPDATE

2010-04-18T09:20:00.005-05:00

Ok, I know it's been a while since I updated, but we've had a LOT going on!! Kolton was diagnosed with RSV on February 20 and we JUST NOW got the all clear from that. It's been Dr's visits one right after the other. Now we're all better and I'm hoping to get more activities and pictures in! Here is what I have so far, just a small handful, ENJOY!!

Kolton Walter Anthony Kelley

2009-12-14T16:27:00.010-06:00

Yep! He's here!! 3 weeks early, but induced due to low amniotic fluid. He's perfect in every way and healthy as can be!!

He arrived at 2:43 pm on December 9, 2009 weighing 5 lbs 15 oz and 19.5 inches long. His big sister was 5 lbs. 14 oz and 19.5 inches, so VERY close!!

Here are just a few pictures of him and our new family right after he was born and some random pictures of him after we came home. I'll add more later!!

Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and prayers, they truly worked and he arrived with no problems. We are settled at home now and running like he's been here for a while!!

36 weeks!!

2009-12-02T21:36:00.003-06:00

Yep, it's almost time! 28 days or less!! We seemed to have made it through the full moon so now we're just going to try to make it to our next appointment on December 8.

At our last appointment on November 24 we found out that I was already dilated to 4 cm (which is almost halfway there!!) and I wasn't even aware of it. I'm not seeming to have any contractions that are causing me pain. Also, my belly measurement has started to shrink and so has the amount of amniotic fluid in my uterus. We're going to have a growth and fluid level scan before our actual doctor's appointment on the 8th, so we'll see how everything is looking then.

Other than that, he's still moving and kicking all over the place!! He likes to kick my ribs on the right side, almost as if he's latching his little toes around them!! My back pain is not getting any better and it's getting harder to walk without the famous "pregnancy waddle"!!! Hopefully we'll have another update before 38 weeks!!

34 weeks!!

2009-11-18T21:34:00.004-06:00

Yep, 6 weeks or less and baby Kelley will be gracing us with HIS presence!! Yep, I said it, HE!! Chad couldn't stand it anymore and we've decided to let people know. We started telling people at the showers, after gifts were bought, so that we didn't get gender specific items, but more items that we actually needed. We're basically starting all over with baby stuff, which means we had NOTHING!! Luckily though, both work and outside of work showers were PERFECT and we are almost set now!! We feel very blessed for all the friends and family that were so gracious to help us out!! Pictures of the nursery to be posted soon, it's ALMOST DONE!!

NOW, here is the most recent belly pic! Starting to get nice and round and big! I've constantly got toes in my ribs, which does NOT feel very good!!

And here is the MONEY SHOT!!

32 weeks!!

2009-11-08T21:34:00.004-06:00

Yep, anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks left now! Hoping Baby Kelley makes an appearance before Christmas, it would work a LOT better for all of our schedules!! Here is the most recent belly pic, it's really starting to get big. I guess that means baby is getting big too!! Also is a picture of the Onesie I couldn't RESIST from Walmart!!

How ADORABLE is this?! With some cute little red pants and white socks!!

30 weeks!!

2009-10-21T20:41:00.004-05:00

Only 10 weeks left! Although it could be as early as 6 if baby decides to show up a little early. Anytime after Thanksgiving is going to be go time! That's really all we have to report this time! Nursery is almost done, but I'll post those pics when it's ALL done!!

28 weeks!!

2009-10-01T21:24:00.004-05:00

Can you believe it? Only 12 weeks left until baby shows up, unless baby comes early, which I have a feeling it will. Here is my 28 week belly photo. Really wishing it would start to round out a bit more, but it's slowly growing and baby's doing just fine!!

26 weeks!! Watch me GROW!!

2009-09-24T20:46:00.005-05:00

Here is our 26 week photo shoot, courtesy of Chad! He does all the belly pics for me! Not so much rounding out right now, but definitely getting bigger - just means there's a healthy little baby in there!!

Time to Tailgate!!

2009-09-19T10:08:00.004-05:00

It's that time of year again! Time for Tailgating!

This was Mizzou's first home game on September 12, 2009, against Bowling Green. We luckily pulled it off and won 27-20, but it was a tough game. Here's just a few of the pics from our tailgate. For more, visit the Mizzou Tailgates 2009 link on the right hand side bar.

Chad and I, notice what my shirt says!

Jen (our old neighbor) and me

My Lindsey and me

Kyle was trying to give the baby beer!!

6 months (24 weeks)

2009-09-10T21:56:00.002-05:00

Here it is, the 24 week photo. Once again, not much else to update. The nursery is coming along, and I will post all of the progress pictures once it's done!

Over half way there!!

2009-08-27T21:09:00.001-05:00

Here's the newest belly photo from 22 weeks! Not much else to report right now!

The BIG Day!

2009-08-18T20:43:00.004-05:00

Here's our little bean!! We had our BIG ultrasound this afternoon and were able to get some good pictures of the baby. Yes, we got a gender shot, but we're not sharing that information, sorry!! It's for our own planning purposes at home!

Baby didn't really want to cooperate during the ultrasound and moved and kicked a LOT during it. Pretty sure the tech bruised my belly trying so hard to get a good shot of the front of the face, but baby didn't want to give it up! Everything looks perfect and baby is measuring right on track and in the 51st percentile on it's length and weight. YEA!!

First profile picture

Look at those guns!

Another profile picture

Tiny little feet!! (although it looks kind long here!)

HALF WAY THERE!!

2009-08-12T22:06:00.004-05:00

Here it is, 20 weeks today! Still waiting to "round out" and get rid of the "B" belly. Soon, soon it will happen!!

18 weeks today!!

2009-07-29T20:55:00.003-05:00

That's almost officially half way there!! Starting to feel movement everyday, which is fun, but sometimes painful. I know, I know, I'm not even halfway there, it's going to get worse!! I'm ready for it though!!

Here's our last picture, starting to finally round out and look like a baby bump instead of just frump!

Newest Introduction....

2009-07-16T21:34:00.008-05:00

And NO!! It's not yet ANOTHER dog!! We found out in April that we will be expecting in December! December 30 to be exact, that's our Estimated Due Date. We decided to hold off on telling anyone on this pregnancy until after 12 weeks, and we've made it so far, no problems, no complications! I did suffer a lot of nausea and food aversions from 5 to about 13 weeks though, but that is really starting to subside and I'm feeling better, and eating more!!

The proof is in the pink!!
It looks even better in writing!!

First ultrasound at 8 weeks! The little bean was measuring 3 days ahead of schedule too!

The baby bump starting to form at 13 weeks, 2 days.

Most recent baby bump at 16 weeks, 1 day! It's getting bigger!!

Introducing....

2009-07-12T09:24:00.007-05:00

Our newest puppy! I know, now we have 3, and sometimes it is WAY too much, but he's so darn cute!! His name is Tre, and he is about 8 months old and he is a a Pit mix of some sort. We are thinking maybe Mastiff. So now we have 1, 2 and 3, in age order. He's the youngest, but he's the biggest. Not even a year old yet, but bigger than Penny!

Penny and Tre sleeping on the loveseat

Close up of Tre sleeping

Kaiya meets Mr. N9ne!!

2009-07-05T21:32:00.003-05:00

Kaiya and the famous Mr. Tech N9ne!!

Kaiya and Mr. Krizz Kalico

New Pics

2009-03-08T19:58:00.013-05:00

It's been a while since I've updated, but not much is going on here. Kaiya just celebrated her 10th Birthday, there's a few pics of her and her friend Paige playing Guitar Hero. It was actually a pretty quiet night!

Next we just have some new pictures of the dogs!

Happy 1st Birthday Deuce!!

Sleepy time...

New collars!!

Here's a picture of the painting that Chad bought me for my birthday. It was done by a local artist out of St. Louis, Plastic. He can be contacted at Plastic Bluebox Stuidos, 573-822-2221 or plastic_bluebox@yahoo.com.

Last, we still don't have any pictures of the new house yet. Well, we have some pictures, but not what I want to put on here to showcase our purchase. Hopefully as the weather is starting to get nicer we will be able to get some, while we get more stuff moved around and cleaned out!!

FINALLY, THEY GET IT!!

2008-11-09T13:41:00.003-06:00

And they (meaning Deuce) can even sleep next to each other now! YEA!!

Introducing Penny....

2008-10-27T15:56:00.006-05:00

We welcomed Penny into our home Sunday, October 26, 2008. She is a rescue dog that my sister was fostering and she needed a good forever home. We hope we can be the parents that she needs! We love her already and she and Deuce are getting along very well, she is the ying to his yang, the cream to his coffee, well, you get the point. She's the complete opposite of Deuce's spastic attitude and we're hoping they'll rub off on each other!

See, we can sit pretty mom! (It took me 15 minutes to get this shot cause Deuce kept running around!)

Do I get a treat now?

So tired after a long day of car rides, new homes, new dogs and loving new parents!!

Getting SO BIG!!

2008-09-23T11:40:00.010-05:00

Just wanted to give some updated pictures of Deuce Deuce!

So lazy sometimes!!

Sitting Pretty!

Favorite sleeping position

Almost as long as the bed!

Such a FACE!!!

Kaiya's first trip to Worlds of Fun!

2008-07-28T11:44:00.007-05:00

Saturday, July 19, 2008 we took Kaiya to Worlds of Fun, her first trip to an Amuzement Park!! (Well, she had been when we was 2, but she doesn't remember and she wasn't big enough to ride anything)

Here are a few pictures of our trip. We didn't get too many in since we were just so excited to have her there, but I think she had a really good time!

This was early in the day, not long after we had got there, but after 1 ride.

Same place, but this time with daddy!!

Self portrait!!

Waiting in line for the Timberwolf (wooden roller coaster), which NONE of us will go on again! (Kaiya just didn't believe us when we told her it was going to give her a headache!!)

Kind of hard to see, but Kaiya and Chad are sitting on the "Gorilla" but all you can see are the teeth of the monkey!!

Final picture of the day. It's about 10:30, everyone's tired, and we didn't even have the energy to finish our funnel cake!!

More Pictures

2008-05-12T23:23:00.005-05:00

Ok, so I started my blog from work and didn't have very many pictures to chose from, so here are just a few more pictures of my family and me!

Deuce sitting pretty for a treat. This was almost a month ago, SO BIG NOW!!

Chad, Kaiya and I at my sister's wedding, 3-2007

Kaiya's 3rd Grade school picture

It's not the best picture enlarged, but this is my immediate family at my wedding. (From left to right: Trevin (brother, 18 now), Dad, me, Mom w/Kaiya in front of her, Trina (sister) and Tegan (sister)

Welcome to my World

2008-04-24T10:10:00.002-05:00

Well, I guess my first blog will be just to tell you a little about myself and my family. My name is Tedra and I am happily married to Chad since December 31, 2006. We have a beautiful daughter, Kaiya, who is in 3rd grade and just turned 9 in February. She is not Chad's biological daughter, but he sure is her Daddy, and that's all that matters. We live in a crappy little duplex and I can't wait to be out of there, but for now, it is home!

Just recently we before new proud parents of a puppy named Deuce. He is a Boxer/Catahoula Leopard mix and he is doing great. He's the cutest little thing ever. We are working on crate training and that's going really well. He is also learing new tricks and just learned how to "lay down" and we are SO proud of him!!

Other than that I think we have a pretty normal life at home, outside of family, that's a whole other story!!