Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Neal is 1 month already
Neal is an easy baby. He is eating about every 4 hours, then awake for 1/2 an hour and then asleep for about 3. And this cycle repeats its self over and over and I can still get lots done! Its so nice! He only cries when he is hungry or tired and loves to just look around at all the busy things going on around him. I love how simple having a boy is, his outfits are either blue or gray and then we are ready. No bows, cute shoes, or jewelry. I LOVE HAVING A BOY!
Grace turns 2
Grace is so much fun right now.
She loves pretending that she is a Mommy, that the shark in her book was biting her, that she is hungry every time we say that its time for bed.
She is picking up things that she hears and TV and that we say and do and tonight she said stupid.
She is becoming self entertaining. We find her upstairs in her room reading books, puting on our deoderant, unscrewing caps and lids like my mascara for example, and coloring.
Grace is really into dancing. She wants to get every one around her to dance too. Whether its dancing to commercials or at a wedding or in the car, Grace loves to shake her hips.
This girl has a memory. She saw a couple kiss on TV and said "ohh kissing!" hahah later she tried "kissing" us like she saw on TV
And if you ask Grace how she is doing she will respond with "TWO!"
Happy 2 Grace, we love you
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Christmas 2009
This year was my Mom and Dad's turn to be with "all the girls". It was so much fun to spend time with my sisters and let our kiddos play and be outside together in sunny California weather. Here are some of my favorite things from the trip.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Neal's Story
So I had my Dr. strip my membranes on Wed morning. Unfortunately this didnt do much for me
I had my Dr. strip my membranes again on Thursday morning at 9
I dropped off some things at DI and then went home
By 10:30 I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes
I called the Dr. office and asked what I should do because they were not painful but consistent
Off to the hospital we went
They monitored me for an hour and I was staying the same 4 cm dilated
So we went to In n Out (still having sporadic contractions)
I told Josh to go run his errands and I would call him often and keep him posted
By 4:00 they were still sporadic, but starting to get more painful
I decided that I wanted to move things along quickly so I tried pumping some milk
Josh came home to me crying on the bed, bags packed, and Grace with her cousins. I was READY to go
We checked in at the hospital at 5 and I was dilated to a 5
I had to wait for 30 min for a delivery room to open up and get cleaned
Then off to the delivery room and my heavenly epidural
They gave me a little pitocin and checked me at 7:45 and I was 10cm
I pushed through 3 contractions and Neal was here! Perfect and healthy
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Faire Houre
My sister Jenilyn is nothing short of amazing. She is one of the most creative and talented people I have come across and I want you to see what she has been up to! This is her shop, I know that you will find all of her pieces as impressive as I do. I have this one in my front room and love it! Check out her list of sold items as well, sometimes she is able to track down another and make it special for you. Happy shopping!
Baby Shower
I have the best family, and I know that I often brag about them, but LOOK how talented they are! I told them just a small shower, not to make it a big deal and LOOK! I love them so so much and please check out this beautiful quilt that Josh's mom Lorna made for our son. We are so excited to have him come join our family. And we hope its soon so he can enjoy Christmas with us although he is not "due" till the 8th of January.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Pregnancy
No swollen ankles yet
Heartburn for the fist time yesterday- went away with tums
Lots of weight gain- darnit!
No swollen hands
Lots of pelvic pain-
Tired by 11
No cravings
Very low iron- working on this
Uncomfortable to kneel
Maternity clothing ONLY at this point (not the case with my first)
Lots of kicking in my ribs
Must sleep with lots of pillows
Wake about 3x each night (not to go to the bathroom, just to worry about something)
Impossible to keep my house clean, bending over is getting a little hard
I feel great!
On thanksgiving after a nice long walk to work off dinner, I felt something... it was a little concerning.. we went to the ER to make sure things were ok. They thought that my placenta had started to detach from my uterus, fortunately it had not and after a shot to make my contractions stop we were able to come home. I was so scared that the baby was coming! And I had a messy house and dirty dishes in the sink. ha!
Thankful
That he married me..
And that we made this..
And that soon we will be an eternal family of 4.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Funny Girl
-Today Grace woke up from her nap and started crying. So I went into her room where she was laying in bed saying " Uncle Dig Dig have it! Uncle Dig Dig have it!" I asked her what he had and she said her binky . hahah
I took her binky away last week while Josh was out of town and she has done really well. She hardly cried the first night, and the next few were easy too.
She knows her Uncle Dig (Craig) is a softie! haha
- Yesterday Hill (my sister in law) stopped by to drop something off and when she came in Grace yelled from the top of the stairs "Wheres Bean?!" and put her and up like she was 16. Ha! Hill and I thought it was the sweetest thing.
- Josh has been a little under the weather and tonight he ate his soup on the couch. Grace came in later and found his empty bowl on the ottoman and said in a VERY high pitched sweetest Grace tone "Oh ok, you all done?" and picked up his bowl and carried it to the kitchen.
We love our thoughtful talker. She keeps us so busy.
Nesting
Well, Im nesting..
I bought a new crib for the baby.. I love how simple it is
I bought these for organizing our laundry.. ( i know there will be LOTS more)
I folded all of the boy clothes and put them in the dresser..
I am feeling like I have an extra layer of padding spread over my entire body, and I do
I started a quilt for our son, that will be added to by each of his aunts and Grandma on the Collette side. Cant wait to see how it turns out!
I am thinking I might need a new crib bumper.... hmm
I wear 1 of my 2 pairs of non banded maternity pants everyday. I cannot stand anything touching my tummy, im wierd.
I hope I will not deliver in Ca, I want to have him here in Utah, and bring him home to our house. But heres to 10 days of Christmas celebrating in sunny 60 degree weather!!!
I tried to buy him some binkies yesterday while I was shopping with Grace. This was a terrible idea! Grace threw one of her biggest fits of the year right there, I forgot that its only been a week since her last. What was I thinking?!
Grace prays for her baby brother and it makes my eyes water.
We are getting so excited for him to come, I just wish I could call "him" something other than "him"! any ideas?
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Old and New photobooth
I was looking through my old photo booth pictures and came across these that are my favorite
And here are some updated ones..
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