Blessing Day

My sweet husband did an amazing job! And we had so much support from family and friends. What a sweet day it was.

Target

We had our first outing to Target and Walmart the other day, and im not sure how all of you Moms do it! I had no room to put anything in my cart. So when we went to Walmart, i thought i would put my carseat on the seat part of the cart, but when i was pushing it, the carseat slipped and almost fell out! We are still getting used to all this. But we are thrilled to say that one thing we have figured out is that Grace loves to sleep! She has been letting me sleep from 12:30 - 6:30 every night this week! Yay!

My Favorite!

Bath Time

Cousins

Kate will introduce the purse, wallet and baby doll to Grace.
Jake and Dylan will be teaching Grace lots of cool tricks from Star Wars and showing her how to wrestle.
This is Wes and Aunt Jenilyn. Wes will be teaching Grace how to use her lungs for things like grunting and yelling. He is so good at that!
These are Grace's favorite cousins in California. Dallin and Evie. These are the cousins who will teach Grace how to be on a schedule. And that naps are not so bad after all. Evie is only about 3 1/2 months older than Grace but still only weighs 12 lbs!
This is Grace's cousin Ellie who is only 6 weeks older than she is! I think they will be teaching each other about shopping and boys! They will be great friends.

before and after

Grace Arlene Collette

Here she is!! And here is the scoop:
6:00 am- My water broke and i didnt believe it
6:30 am- I was forced to believe it = )
I woke up my Man who didnt believe it either and we went through the list of what to bring to the hospital just to make sure i didnt forget anything.
8:00 am- We checked into Labor and Delivery and by 9:00 they put me on Pitocin so that i would start feeling my contractions
10:00 I was definately feeling contractions, but we thought that maybe my body could handle creating all of the necessary ingredients to send me through my labor, so we went off Pitocin
2:00 pm- Went back on Pitocin
4:30 pm- I was fully dilated and ready
The Nurse finally returns from another delivery that was supposed to be short and by
6:00 pm- I started pushing
8:00 pm- She was stuck!
The Doctor arrived and told me that she was posterior (face up) and that i had previously broken my tailbone and that it was in the way.
8:58 pm- Grace arrived!!
We named her after Josh's grandma Grace Collette and after my grandma Arlene VanWagenen, both beautiful and amazing women. We want her to be just like them.
Thanks to all for the prayers and support!
And a special thanks to our Mom's and sisters! They have been so generous!!

11 days left!

This is the Combi EX Travel System. I am curious if anyone has this stroller, or just one that they love that you would recommend? I have a Combi carseat that i am borrowing from my sister that Wes has out grown, but i thought it might be a good idea to just invest in a really nice one that ill have for a while. What stroller do you have and would you recommend?

My Yummy Yummy Man..

Spoiled me this weekend! I cannot believe the presents he got me but ill just mention my FAVORITE: A new treadmill, jogging outfit and new shoes that match his! What a surprise.

We Love Photo Booth!

Going Home

Josh and I are so excited to go spend Christmas in Sacramento! He has been up all week until 5am studying for finals, so today after 4:00pm... ITS PLAY TIME!! We are so anxious for sleeping in, my Dad' s famous BBQ salmon, turkey and garlic chicken, and BIG soft ginger cookies, Call of Duty (him), Uno, old home movies, Dovewood Court and lots and lots of relaxing. Also 3 tee times for the boys and shopping for the girls.
The energy at my parents house when you get all 5 of us girls and our babies and spouses under one roof is INSANE! hahahah we hope that all of you have a fun and MERRY CHRISTMAS! We sure will miss our Collette family this year, but we are excited to celebrate with them on Saturday.

Yay for Vacation!

Trees

As many of you know, my sister Jenilyn is full of all kinds of unique and crafty ideas. Last year i went to her house and she had a version of these on her coffee table and i fell in love. Ill get her to post her trees because the look 100x better than mine, but this is my version. Cute and FUN!

Old and New

Last time i went home my Mom let all 5 of us girls pick out the clothes and shoes we wanted to have for our children that we wore. How fun are these little white beat-up leather ones! I think that my Mom and all 5 of us wore these. And for the red shoes, these i picked up at H&M this summer in So Cal. I couldn't resist!

It's a GIRL!!!

I think that all of you know by now, but im 33 weeks pregnant and our little girl will be born approximately January 21st. I know, i really slacked off on this blogging thing, but we found out in April right after we left. But hey, better late than never!

Evelyn Dawn Nartker

Evie was born on October 2, her great Grandma (Evelyn)and her Grandma (Dawn)Nartker's birthdays. What a fitting name!

Fun with Family

More Maui

Maui

Home for the Weekend

Surprise Party!!!