1 month photo shoot

Our lil angel had her photos taken a couple days ago. She is now 1 month old. She looks adorable!! I hope you enjoy them!

Just a feel good moment

I have the cutest class of sunbeams in the world I am pretty sure. They love us just as much as we love them!! I hate not being there because I do not get to see them or hear their crazy stories.

The primary presidency came over to give my sweet baby a gift. They stayed for a while and we talked. They told me that one of the little boys in my class had refused to go to class with the sub we had picked out. I thought for sure there would be no problem. As she kept talking I felt good about how much that little boy cared for us. When he had first gotten into our class he would not go anywhere with us. He refused to even sit by us.

He was not there the week we told the kids that we would not be coming back for a while because we were having the baby. He told the subs that he would not go with them because I told them that I would be back and would bring the baby and what not. The presidency took him to his dad, who could not get him to go back to class, then he was taken to the bishop, who also could not get him to go back to class even with bribes. It made me feel good that he loved us so much that he only wanted us to teach that class. I hope this next week will be a little bit smoother and he will be able to go to class with no problem but I cannot wait to see those little kids again! I have missed them terribly and I know they have missed us. Sadly though I only get one more week with them this year and then they will move on and we will have a set of new kiddos to teach.

I love this calling and would not ask for a different one if my life depended on it!! Its great doing what the Lord wants us to do.

TWO WEEKS

Well my baby has made it to the 2 weeks mark :) She made it there a few days ago but I have had my hands busy with her so havent been able to post. She went to the doctor and she is back to her 7 lbs 14 oz that she started at. She eats like a pig and we all know she will be getting big fast!! My poor baby no longer fits in her new born clothes. Its a sad day for me. I am not ready to be putting her in her bigger clothes. For goodness sakes its only been 2 weeks! Here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks. :)






The one with her bow on her head is my one of my favorites. I laid her in her crib so I could get some stuff done and I heard her scream so I walked in to make sure she was ok and she had pulled down her bow and was mad it was over her eyes while she slept.

I am so grateful for my baby girl! I cant imagine a time without her!

She is here!!!!

I went to be induced at 8 o'clock on Monday night and hit full labor at 2 in the morning. Felt the urge to push at 6 in the morning. Didn't get to start pushing until 7 and pushed for 2.5 hours. I got the epidural and as they were giving it to me I felt the urge to push. I did not let them check me before but I should have. After getting that med they checked and I was dialated to a 9.5. I did not think I would have her that quickly. Luckily I have an amazing husband, mother, and mother-in-law who stayed by myside through all the pain and help me get through it. As soon as I started pushing the moms left and it was just me and my hubby. I have to say I love him even more after that. He could tell that I was tired and who wouldnt be after being up for over 24 hours and having to pushing. He encouarged me to keep going. I felt like giving up so many times and there he was holding my hand and helping me.

My beautiful baby girl arrived on Tuesday November 16, 2010 at 9:32 A.M. She was 7 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long. She is a lil jaundce and that stinks but I know she will get better soon! Here are some pics! Enjoy!









We love this lil girl so much! She is so perfect and we could not ask for a better baby!

Baby Shower

On November 6, 2010 I had a baby shower and got lots of cute things!! Here are a few of the pics.

I really enjoyed everyone being there and all the presents we got. The baby looks so cute in the clothes and she loves the soft blankets.

THE FINAL VERDICT. . . . . .

Today I went to the doctor. I am due tomorrow and have been in so much pain this last week that I am sooo ready to get this lil girl out of me.

Next time I blog it will be about my baby!!! I am going in tonight to be induced. I cannot wait to have this lil girl!

Luckily I have an amazing brother who is willing to stay at home with my dog while we are at the hospital!!!

I cannot wait to see my beautiful lil girl!!!

GOOD NEWS!!!

The baby is not here yet but I feel as though she will be coming soon. I went to the doctor today and found out that I am dialated to a 2. Its not much but seeing how I was not dialated at all for the past 2 weeks it makes me happy and lets me know that she is just as ready as we are to see each other.

I cannot wait to hold my baby girl!!! Hopefully she comes soon. As for now its walks every night. Im hoping she comes before next week. I am sure gonna try to get her here before then at least :)

A great feeling!

Today was ward conference for our ward. I loved every moment of it. The primary presidency came and taught our kiddos. Our little sunbeams sometimes do not like to sit still and were being very antsy and a little on the naughty side.

If the kids are good we give them gum when we get to class to show them that when they are good they get rewarded for their behavior. Well today we had to move a couple kids and then they were fine.

I was sitting in the classroom waiting for Steve to come in when one of the kids (one that I have been having problems with for a few weeks) told me that I HAD to be nice to him. I looked at him and told him that if he wanted me to be nice and have fun with him that he needed to be nice to me too. I could see by the look on his face that he had no intention, once again, to behave once I started the lesson. I just knew that I needed him to understand that if he wanted us to have fun in class then he needed to help me and not talk over me and be disruptive.

Well we started discussing the gum situation. I said there are a few of you who do not get gum today. I asked them what they had to do to get the gum and they told me they had to be reverent in primary. They understood why they would get the gum. A couple of the kids (one who was gonna get a piece because he got better after we moved him) said we don't get gum because we were not being reverent. They pinky promised me that next week they would work hard to get their gum. This one little kid (who told me I HAD to be nice) looked at me and said, "I get the gum." I looked back at him and told him that he did not gum because he was not being reverent like he was supposed to be. He started pouting. I ignored him and got on with the lesson. After the prayer he asked if was gonna get a treat when we were done. I let him know that if he listened and helped me out that I would let him have treats but he could not act like he had the last few weeks.

We learned about honesty and the kids loved it. The child I was having problems with at the begining asked me if it was ok to take the gum. I looked at him and said does it belong to you? He shook his head. So then I asked, "What do you think would happen?" He told me he would get in trouble and he would feel bad.

It was such a good feeling to know that for one- the kids understand what I want from them and they know how they can get that and they told me sorry and two- this kid I was having problems with finally realized that I wanted to help him and be his friend and he was gonna let me. I was soo cool to know that I am helping Heavenly Father to teach these little kids what they need to know.



Also, I went to the doctor last week and we talked for a while. I told him that I have been having headaches, swelling, and also alot of very strong braxton hicks. I asked him what he thought. He told me that my blood pressure was fine but those sounded as though I could have preclampsia. He told me that I was not allowed to be up and about as much as I used to be. I was on bed rest without having to be in bed. I walked out and started stressing it. I just thought and thought and hoped that my baby would be ok. I have been so worried about it. A couple nights afterwards, I was headed to bed and I looked at Steve and said I need a blessing.

I knew that if I kept stressing about this it could be bad for me and my baby. I couldn't do it. I needed help and I knew where I needed to turn.

There are few things in life that I know and that is one. Its not in my control! Heavenly Father has a plan and I need his help in EVERYTHING I do. He wants me to ask for his help and he wants to help me feel better. I know that without his help and comfort I would probably stress myself right into the hospital. I am so glad that we have this gospel on this earth. Its here for a reason and its nice to have that feeling when you are doing something right and when you recieve the help you need.


The last few days have been very touching to me. I have learned alot and I know I still have ALOT to learn! I am so greatful for all the stuff I have in my life.

Only a few more weeks. . . .

So as I sit here I think of all the things that are going to change VERY soon for Steve and I. Its crazy to think that we only have a little over 4 weeks till this lil one comes to join us.

I am so excited to see her and hold her. I cannot wait to be able to sleep on my tummy again. I love feeling her move but lately feeling her move at 330 each night is driving me nuts! ha ha it also doesn't help that I have been having braxtion hicks lately. These braxton hicks have been hurting so badly. Its starting to get to me.

I go to the doctor Tuesday and cannot wait to find out what he thinks and has to say. Last time I went, I was informed that my baby was due December 14. Someone had mixed up numbers VERY badly. The last time I had an ultrasound the tech told me it was going to be NOVEMBER 12 not December. My baby will be a month early if my doc thinks she is coming in December. Plus I do not think I could wait that much longer to see my baby girl. Every night as I toss and turn to get comfortable I love feeling her move around and slide her body against my arm as I lay on my side or when she rubs against her daddy when he wants to feel her. This lil girl is our world and she isn't even here yet.

So looking at it these next 4 weeks I hope go by very quickly so I can see my beautiful little girl. I have dreamt of her time and time again and I am SOOOO ready to see her in real life. YAY!!!

As a side note I will post more pictures of the baby's room and my tummy when I figure out where in the world the camera went.

Growing Up

I was sitting around thinking the other day about when I was a kid. I remember going to the store with my parents and being so excited for the toys. I remember going to Home Dept or Lowes with my parents and walking around and not being excited to be there. It was so boring to look at the refrigators and such appliances or home improvement things.

I realized the other day as we walked around Lowes just looking around that I was excited to see such good deals on all those appliances. I finally had to drag myself and Steven away from all the appliances. I knew that if we did not leave we might have come home with a new dish washer or washer/dryer.

In those few moments I came to the realization of the fact that toys and the little things that used to make me so happy still make me a lil happy but I look forward to the day when we can get things to fix up the house.

I look forward to the day when we can get a new roof or when Steve finishes the bathroom. Its like yesterday when we bought the door. It was such an exciting moment for us. Who knew that at 22 years of age I would get so excited about having a new door.

As I think of the things that are coming up in our lives I am so excited for those but those moments are big moments. Its the little moments that I am finding myself so excited about. Finally having the door put in or getting grociers on sale. I have realized that I maybe I am growing up. Even though I wanted to be a kid for awhile, I am no longer a kid and I LOVE all the new things in my life. I cannot wait for everything else that is going to happen. Who knows what else I will realize in those years and moments. All I know is that for now, I know what I need to know and everything else is working its way to me. I will learn them all in time and I will understand things better.

Old House New Tricks

"BUZZ". "SILENCE". "CLANK, CLANK, CLANK". "SILENCE". "WHISP". Those are the sounds that filled my house yesterday evening. Our house is a 100 years old. We decided to do a lil fixing. We went to Home Dept to buy some molding for the door. However, once we got there we got looking at doors and found a door. So we bought the door and headed home.

Once we got home Steve started tearing out the old door to replace the new one. The frame was to small in the old door. So for hours Steven drilled and sawed away all the stuff we didnt need so that the new door would fit.

Now we have a beautiful new door :) I love how nice our house looks now. Who knew that changing the door would make our house look like it was worth more then it really is.

All that is needed now is for Steven to finish up the bathroom. :)

Leg Cramps

I write alot about the baby and stuff that Steven and I are up to. I don't write about the lil moments that mean alot.

I have been getting really bad leg cramps while I sleep lately. If I stretch it out after getting it I can usually get rid of it without that much pain.

Last night however, was very different. I stretched out my leg and it started hurting so bad. So I tried to stretch it out again and it would not stop hurting. I tried and tried to get rid of the pain but it wouldn't leave. Finally I sat up and started rubbing my leg and cried silently so that Steve could sleep. Next thing I knew he was sitting up with me asking if everything was ok. I told him it was just a leg cramp and it would be ok. I laid back down and he wrapped his arms around me and then helped me rub my leg to get rid of the pain. He was so worried about me. I tried to tell him I would be ok but he would not go back to sleep until he knew that my leg had stopped hurting. It meant so much that he was so worried about such a little thing.

We both knew that it would go away but knowing that he cares so much that even a little leg cramp that gets to me also gets to him is comforting. I don't like to worry him but last night it let me know that he wants me to be comfortable. It made me so happy to know that I have him laying next to me so that no matter what happens he is there to help. Even if I wake up with a leg cramp or even worse pain he is there to make sure I am comfortable.

I love my husband so much and I am so glad that I have him. He is a HUGE blessing in my life.

Wiggle time

Every night I lay in bed and feel this baby move around like crazy. It may get uncomfortable but I love feeling her move. She may be up in my ribs and she does kick hard but I love it. Feeling her move makes me so happy. It lets me know that she is growing and healthy.

She has the same wiggle time at night. She wiggles on and off all day long but about 10 is when she wiggles for an hour non-stop and I cant sleep. This morning I realized however, that she HATES when her daddy gets up and leaves. It became clear as my husband VERY quietly rolled out of bed and headed down the hallway to go to work. This lil girl started kicking and moving like there was no tomorrow. It amazed me that she was so upset that her daddy was leaving her.

With only 10 more weeks to go I am realizing with each passing day that this baby is going to be a daddy's girl. I love her but as soon as I put my hand on my belly she kicks it off. She does not want her mommy. She wants her daddy. She loves when he puts his hand on my stomach. He removes it and she starts rolling around and kicking me as though I did something to make him move.

I love this little girl more with each passing day. Even if she is a daddy's girl, I love it. Feeling her move, even when making me uncomfortable, is such a great blessing. I cannot believe that I am so close to having this baby and being able to hold her. Time is flying so quickly. In a few weeks I will not be writing about how much I love this feeling when shes moving but I will be talking about how much I love that she knows who I am and how much I love to cuddle with her.

60 Years

While shopping for a wedding card for my friend, I noticed an old man reading anniversary cards. He carefully picked them up and put them back down as he tried to decide which one to get. He caught me looking and asked if I would mind helping him pick out a card. He had one that he liked but he wasnt really set on. So I read it and told him that it was beautiful and that his wife would be touched by how sweet it was. I noticed a card that I grabbed and read and placed on top of the wedding card I had picked. He looked at the card I had placed in my hands and he asked me how long we had been together. I told him it would be a year on the 25th. He smiled and looked at me and said it'll be 60 years on the 14th for me. We made it a few more years then you.

As I watched him talking about his anniversary and his wife it touched me to see that after all those years he still had so much love for her. He couldnt pick just any card for this woman who stole his heart. He needed the perfect card and with my help he found it.

I hope in 59 years around the time of our anniversary, someone ask us how long we have been married and like this man I hope that with love in our eyes we can proudly say we have been together 60 years and we plan to be together forever more!

Love like that is so hard to find and I am so glad that I found the one person I want to spend the rest of eternity with. Everytime I feel our baby move all I can do is think about how lucky she is to have Steve as her daddy and what an amazing man he is. Through all my crying and crazy pregnancy hormones he still comes home each night, kisses me, and tells me how much he loves me. He has truly blessed my life and this past year being married to him has been one of the best I have had and cannot wait for the many many many more years to spend with him.

Dearest Great Grandpa

Today we lost you. We know that you arent gone but it still is sad to know you will not be around anymore. You were so much and more to a lot of people on this earth and we know that in Heaven it is the same way for you. We all miss you so much and your memory will live forever. We will never forget the songs you'd sing about Cinderella falling apart after the ball or the elephant who jumped over the fence. Your story as you talked about Christ and his life or how you'd light up for the love of your life. Your laugh as you teased each one of use dearly. The gleam in your eyes as you plotted against us. The feel of your hands so comforting and worn, from all those days that you worked hard. The thought of knowing you'd be there when we called. Never looked at the bad side to anything at all. The fact that you were a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather. How you loved each of your children with no problem at all. The humor you had as you called us by name. Or even when you made up our nicknames. The stories you'd tell of things near and far. Of how you hometeached or watched football. Some questions we have for you today. Were you welcomed by God? Did you see his face? Did your family open up their arms as you arrived? Did you look down and know that we missed you? Did you tell stories with God? Bright up the sky?
Did you know that your missed ever so much. In saying that we all know this, you were welcomed by God with wide open arms. He greeted you with a hug and a kiss. He said, "welcome my son, I've been waiting for you."
Dearest great-grandpa I just wanted to say, that we miss you so dearly but we know we'll be with you someday. When we think of you, it will always be good. Like how you'd get us in the knees with your cane. Every memory that plays in our minds with you, will remind us of good times and things that were right.
Thank you dear grandpa for being here. We love you and miss you and cant wait to see you again!

Baby update

Wednesday we went to get another ultrasound of the baby. The doctor wanted to make sure she was growing right. We got in there and it was the first time Steve got to see the baby on the screen. He stared at it for awhile. I could see how much he loved this lil girl. We got some good pictures. We found out that she is growing. She is a lil on the big side but she is still growing just right :) Here are some pictures of her.




I am also just realizing that I do not have pictures of my belly. So here are a few. They are a lil old but they should do :)



Here is a couple of the things that I have done for my baby :) I love these blankets.

One last Camping Trip

This last weekend we went camping with my brother-in-law and his kids. It was so much fun! We had a blast.

There was a creek by where we stayed and we took the kids and walked up and down the creek. It was loads of fun!






After we got done walking in the creek, Steve and his brother decided to build a fire. The first attempt was a no go after Steve threw a hot dog bun on top of the little flame that had gotten started. After an exchange of mean looks they got another fire started. It was a very nice fire!



The next day we went fishing. Steve caught a fish but the dog stole it from him and played with it. Luckily though the kids caught some fish. They just kept catching them.




It was a fun trip. We were all so tired when we got home but we had lots of fun hanging out with those guys.

Crazy Camping Trip

On July 25th it was our one year anniversary :) It was such a good day for us. We left on the 24th to go camping. It was a huge adventure. We took our dog with us and she was being crazy.




We stopped by Mesa Falls. Such a beautiful place!!


We found out that our campsite was known to have bears come through it so to make sure ALL food items where put into the car away from our tent. Not even a minute after the camp host told us and had taken off our dog came walking up with food she found by our tent. I was freaking out.


Later after we had gone to bed the dog kept freaking out and so we were trying to calm her down. We got to hear wolf or coyote howls. It was so crazy to hear those and after those sounds the dog stopped freaking out some.

We finally got to bed at 2 and when I woke up around 5 I looked out the tent and saw the tree that was less then 3 feet away had BIG ol' chunks taken out of it. It was crazy.



We finally got up and going around 8. We headed to Yellowstone for an anniversary date. The first place we saw had 2 large elk standing in the water. People were standing there watching them.



We had such an amazing time! Here are a few more pics of some of the things we saw and did!