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Just got a new picture from Amy the other day. It was so weird to see her with a hat on because it covers up all the crazy hair she has! My roommate and I are going to go visit this Friday. Can't wait to see her and hold her again.

Slideshow

Lending a Hand

I stayed at my sister's the weekend after Kyndall was born to try to help her out since having a baby changes everything. Little did I realize how much work that was going to be. Between making formula, washing bottles, and holding her I was ready for a nap. I knew babies cried but I didn't know that it was even possible for them to cry pretty much all the time. Amy was running on basically no sleep after she had Kyndall. I tried helping as much as I could but I really had no idea what I was doing.

I've gone up and seen them multiple weekends now and I'm starting to get the hang of things. I love holding her. Now I can feed her, burp her, give her a bath, get her dressed, and hold and comfort her. I've even changed some diapers which was a BIG step for me. She's been crying a lot because of tummy aches. When she has them all you can do is hold and comfort her no matter how much she cries. Not long ago she even had a cold which was actually pretty scary. Her nose would get easily clogged and she would sometimes choke on her snot. Thankfully, she's better now but still gets some tummy aches.

She's changed so much over the months. I think she's starting to look more and more like Amy everyday. I'm going to add a slide show on here of some of her pictures when I get the time..

The Beginning

My sister, Amy, had Kyndall Ann Kinderknecht on January 23, 2012. From the day she told me she was pregnant I was SO excited. I was never use to being around babies but I always wished I had a younger sibling. Not long after she told me it was a girl I was already out buying baby clothes. It was then that I knew this little girl had already found her way into my heart.

On January 22nd I got a text pretty late saying that the baby was coming. I had no idea what to do. I didn't know whether I should drive there right away or wait until morning. After calling Luke I ended up deciding to wait until the next day. He came over to my dorm to try to calm me down but I pretty much got no sleep at all. Once I woke up for class the next morning I saw that Jordan had sent me a picture. As soon as I looked at it my heart stopped. There she was.. The little girl that had been squished in my sister for nine months.. She was here... and she was beautiful.

Luke and I headed to Salina after class and went to go see her at the hospital. The first thing I noticed when I saw her was how much hair she had. I don't think I even had that much hair when I was three years old. After I looked at her more closely I also noticed her cheeks were huge. They had her wrapped up so tight she looked like a little Eskimo. It didn't really surprise me but the first time I held her she bawled. I wasn't comfortable with her at all. I always felt like I was going to drop her or break something.

That was almost three months ago.... a lot has happened since then.