the coming of Kent.

March 17, 2018 marykatemckinney

Our fourth, sweet babe joined us February 22, 2018. Our Kent Allan McKinney had been much anticipated, for years actually. When Greg and I were married, we knew we wanted a large family. We each had one name for a child before we got married. (Greg had the name Traeh Marie, and myself Jack Landon.) Upon getting pregnant with our twins, we knew those would be the names if we had a boy and a girl. But what if we had two boys or two girls?

After many conversations, we settled on Kent Allan as a second boy name and never came up with a girl name. But I had a feeling we wouldn't need either at that point…

becoming the older sibling.

March 30, 2017 marykatemckinney

Bringing home a new baby is such an exciting time. But it is also a huge time of change. Not only for you, your husband, and your baby, but also for your other children. It can be a very drastic thing becoming the older sibling. So many new changes come along with that, and it can cause unwanted behavior issues. So how do we prepare our children for a sweet new addition?

My perspective might be a bit different than most. My first pregnancy was with twins. So they were born having to share everything: time with mom and dad, attention, toys, you name it. So that may have been an advantage when we had our third child. But we did implement a few things when I found out I was pregnant…