Kaileigh Elizabeth was born Sunday, November 17th 2002 at 7:06 pm by induction , 10 days before her due date. She came out weighing 7lbs 14 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. She is the only one of my children to be born in Montana, and was born only 6 days after Jer and I's first year anniversary. I was 18 when she was born, Jer was 21, and we were so excited and scared about being parents! When Kaileigh came out she did so "sunny side-up" aka face up. By doing so she broke her collar bone which made for a difficult first 3 weeks post delivery for her and us as new parents.
Kaileigh was a very independent baby from day one and very much a Daddies girl as well. She really didnt enjoy being held a lot or cuddled unless it was by Daddy. Which of course made me as a new mom feel as though I had failed lol, but I still snuck in the occassional cuddle or two while she was sleeping ;)
Kaileigh took her first steps unassisted at the young old age of 8 months! And since then she has amazed me every day since. She wrote her name on her own at only 2! could name her ABC's and 123's, all her colors, and build huge buildings from legos at only 2 as well! She is amazingly smart and talented and learning comes very naturally to her and the best part about it is she LOVES it.
On September 28th 2006, my world completely changed when we almost lost Kaileigh, when she was struck by a car along with her younger sister and Daddy. She was thrown over 20 feet across the street. They were rushed to a local hospital where it was found that her Femur was completely broken in 2 places and had knicked her artery. Her Pelvis and hip was also broken. They transfered her 30 mins to another hospital to have surgery done to stop the bleeding on her artery and place her leg in Traction. Due to issues with her Dr. at this hospital I had her transfered to another hospital over 2 hours away, in Billings Mt. where she was born. She stayed in Traction there for 2 weeks and then was placed in a Spica Cast for another 3 months. During her time in the Hospital there I was lucky enough to be able to stay with her the whole time, Her Sister Charity, Brother Ashton and I, stayed in her room the entire stay in the pediatric Unit. Kaileigh still walks with a limp and her femur is bowed due to this accident. She needs to have it rebroken to mend this but I have choose to post pone this until after she has gone through puberty so it only has to be done once, not more than that.
Kaileigh is in the First Grade right now, and according to her teacher is Gifted. They want to move her up a grade but I have refused this, and dont think it will help her any.
As you can see Kaileigh has dark hair, green hazle eyes, and is fair complected. She looks a lot like her father, but has my fair complection. She is absolutely beautiful.
Kaileighs Favorite Animal is the Elephant! but she also enjoys Giraffs, and Zebras. Her Favorite foods are Pasta, and HATES fried Chicken. Her favorite colors are Red, Purple and Green and she also loves to just sit in her room and read. When she is older she has always said that she wants to be a firewoman..but has also made it very known this will be AFTER she has served her Mission which makes me very proud! She is a born leader and will go far in this life time and I know that she is meant for great wonderful things.
So this is a little, and I mean just a little of my oldest baby girl. Kaileigh. :D
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