All about the Carter's

lEtS tRy tHIs aGaIN!!!

2010-07-29T21:07:00.002-06:00

I really need to get back on this blog. So much is happening and I really need to keep up and write down all this stuff!! My baby Halle is now a big 3 year old, she had a great party and got a ton of cute presents! From mommy and daddy she got a princess bike. She hasnt figured out the whole peddling thing but we are working with her, Halle also went to summer preschool camp for two weeks and rocked it. She is shy but so well behaved and a smart lil cookie. She starts preschool in August at the Newcastle School and she is so excited to go back. Kammer Kam is our little bundle of energy, she is the energizer bunny. She never stops, except to sleep or eat and then she is back on the run. She is a fast little crawler and loves to climb on everything. She has had a couple of falls but she gets right back up and tries again. This summer has been so fun!! I love being a stay at home mama. I love planning things to do and getting out of the house. We have done a lot of swimming, shopping, zoos, petting zoos, pony rides, nature walks, parks, playdates, etc etc....... I am trying to get organized and decluttered so I have been using the website www.flylady.com and its amazing. It really is helping me get control of the craziness and clutter and has helped me plan things out and get organized. I am a better mommy and can focus on the most important things in my life....MY FAMILY!!\ Well I just wanted to do a quick update to get going again and im going to try my hardest to keep this updated!! loves!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXO

wHeRe dID tHe TiMe gO???

2010-05-13T14:14:00.006-06:00

My little Kam Kam is ONE!! I dont know when this happened! I swear I was just in the hospital trying to hold her in and hoping that she would be ok if she came 8 weeks early... I remember the tears and how scared I was. That day will always, always be etched into my memories. As will the little cry she let out after she was out.

The first time seeing her hooked up to tubes and wires and so little and helpless was such hard time and an amazingly happy time all at once. Someone was watching over her and made her keep breathing and progressing. I know for a fact it was my grandma, she was holding on to her the until she was strong enough to come home with us. I see my grandma in her and I know without a doubt she is always with my girls and I.

Kammer Kam,

I love you to the moon, you are the most amazingly stubborn and strong headed little girl and that is the reason you are here today with us. I cant imagine life without you and your laugh, your big toothy smile, your quacks, and your constant torturing of your big sister. Your dad and I feel so lucky to have you and laugh everyday with the things you do and the faces you make.

I love you my Kamryn Jade.

Love,

Mommy

iTs wHaT fUn iS!!

2010-04-18T20:25:00.002-06:00

Halle and I decided to get out in the beautiful weather and head to Lagoon with my best friend, Tara and her boys. The weather was hot and sunny but felt AMAZING!!! Halle went to Lagoon last year and it was kinda a bust. She was too scared to go on any rides, this year was a lot different. We got that and she was just jab, jab, jabbering about everything she wanted to ride and was so overwhelmed.

We played all day and she had a couple meltdowns and tantrums but that is regular day for us! She went on a ton of ridea and wore herself out.

It was so good to get out with just my bug and spend time together, thank you to my mom for watching poor teething Kam Kam. We got in the car and Halle said "Mama, I lub you. You are the best mommy in the whole world." That little princess knows how to make my heart melt, I am the luckiest mommy in the whole world!!

nO MaTTeR wHaT i dO ItS cOmING!!

2010-04-16T19:48:00.003-06:00

My baby is going to be ONE!!! Somebody stop this!!

kAmMeRS fIRsT hAIrCuT..

2010-04-06T20:02:00.003-06:00

My baby got her first haircut today!!! Goodbye mullet!!

lOvE

2010-04-05T19:39:00.003-06:00

I am in love with my life..

As I was sitting on the floor folding laundry today, thinking about how much I had to do, what needed to get done, I glanced over and saw Halle and Kam playing together. Halle was playing peek*a*boo and making Kam giggle and kick and was so excited... Right then and there all my worries and stress went away as I watched these two little angels sent to me from Heaven.

I am so beyong blessed to have everything that I have. I have a place to live, food to eat, a car to drive. I have family close that helps me at the drop of a hat, and loves my little family unconditionally. I have friends that can make me so happy and will be there ready to listen if I have had one of those days.

I am able to stay at home with my lil girls and have a husband who works 7 days a week to make sure his girls are happy and taken care of.

Halle is the most caring sensitive little girl, she is nuturer through and through. She loves to help me with everything. At least 120 times a day she turns to me and says "Mommy, I love you" She loves her little sister and wants to hold her and kiss her all the time. She loves her daddy and thinks he is the most wonderful, handsome, caring man in the world.

I LOVE my HALLE!!

Kam Kam is a spunky, stubborn, little energizer bunny. She never stops! She has the sweetest smile and can make anyone do anything for her with her amazing blue eyes. She adores her Halle and gets so excited in the morning to see her. She does things her own way and will not be told or shown otherwise. Kam is a Mommys girl and I love it. She has to know where I am at all times and gets so excited when I come to get her after she wakes up.

I LOVE my KAM KAM!!

I just needed to sit down and write out how I was feeling.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Back on the blog bandwagon....

2010-02-12T20:14:00.003-07:00

I have finally decided to try and update my blog from the past two months. I have the regular excuses about why I haven't updated my blog, busy with my crazy kids, holidays, etc. etc........

But I figured I will start with Christmas and and move on up from there. So here we go!!

Christmas was good, not the best, but good, we all got a lovely flu virus and felt pretty crappy. But the girls got spoiled rotten and it was the best thing to watch her face as she opened her presents and was completley overwhelmed. By the end of the day both my princesses had grown tails and horns and I am not going to lie, I was a little scared of both of them.. So we brought them home and put them down for naps and then the rest of the day was spent playing with their toys and enjoying Christmas as a family...

hAlLeS fIRst MoVIe.....

2009-12-14T19:38:00.002-07:00

Halle at her first movie "The Princess amd the Frog"

Halle went to her first movie last week. Disneys "The Princess and the Frog" She did pretty good, there was some parts that were kinda scary and she just pur her blanket over her eyes and then she was fine. She was dancing in her seat to the music and loves laughing at the frogs.

I cant believe I have a little girl that is old enought to go to a movie!! It is fun and she is getting so big. The movie was really good, not my favorite Disney movie (which is still Beauty and the Beast)

Our next movie we are looking forward to is the new "Toy Story"

mY sAnTa bAbIEs...

2009-12-13T21:07:00.002-07:00

Halle and Kam Kam with Santa 2009

Halle and Kam went and saw Santa last week and they both did amazing! I tried to prep Halle about what would happen a couple days beforehand but she was still pretty nervous, as you can tell from her expression, Kam couldnt care less about him. Halle asked for a dollhouse and even gave santa a hug and kiss.

I love my girls so much!!

hAlLe'S DaNCe rEcItaL

2009-12-10T19:35:00.003-07:00

Halle had her first dance recital and she did amazing!! I was so nervous because she does still get shy in class and will come sit on my lap but from the minute we walked in she was ready to dance in front of everyone... My baby is all about the attention. She really had a good time and was so happy to dance with Papa at the end.. We got it on video and she loves watching herself dance.

I am so happy that I have her in dance, its something she looks forward to everyweek and she gets to be around other girls her age and just be a girly girl!!

I aM tHanKfuL....

2009-11-26T21:43:00.002-07:00

I have so much to be thankful for.....

My hubble bubble

I am so blessed to have a husban that knows me inside and out and can make me feel so special and amazing. He knows how to make me laugh and feel better instantly. He is an amazing daddy and provider and is so motivated and hard working.

My Halle Bug

She is my first born, my princess, my little mommy. She is so incredibly like her dad its ridiculous. She knows how to push my buttons and make me laugh. She is an amazing big sister and would do anything to make Kam Kam happy. She is a girly girl and loves to be my little shadow.

My lil Kam Kam

She is my miracle, my little stinker that can make my heart melt instantly, she is a mama's girl and will let everyone know it. She is a very serious baby but will laugh and give the biggest grins to those she loves. Every morning I get up to her she gives me the biggest smile and likes to talk to me about her night. She loves her sister and likes to watch her run around and play just waiting for the day that she can join her. She is love.

My Parents

I am so lucky to have these to people as my parents. I have put them through so much and they actually still love me for some reason and will support me in everything I do even if they know I am making a mistake. They let me learn from my failures and help me pick myself back up and put me back on the right path. They are amaing grandparents and Halle is so in love with her Papa, she is attached to him and loves him so much. Kamryn is in love with her nana and loves just being snuggled. She has a special gift in getting Kam Kam to fall asleep in her arms.

My In Laws

I am so blessed to have these people in my life. They are my second parents and havve always been there for me through all kevin and I have been through. They are wonderful grandparents and my girls love going to Nana's house. I admire their strong beliefs and spirituality. They are very faith driven and I love the example they set.

Being a stay at home Mama

I dont know where to start, staying home with my girls is the biggest blessing and I know that it has already been so amazing for my girls, Halle is so much better behaved and Kamryn just loves being with mommy. I love waking up with them everyday and putting them to sleep everynight. I love to see the changes they go through and helping them learn. I LOVE being a mom. I am so thankful for my husband in working so hard to give me the opportunity to stay home.

I have so much I am blessed with and so many people I am thankful for that I can not even begin to name everyone but you know who you are and I love all of my family and friends.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

tRiCk oR TreAt

2009-11-04T11:11:00.000-07:00

My lil Queen Bee

Every year just gets better and better on Halloween, Halle is getting the concept and was so excited about trick or treating, in fact the whole week before we had Max and Ruby's Halloween on continuous play. I overheard Halle in the bath about 2 days before practicing saying trick or treat while playing with her My Little Ponies.

It was nice weather but we did not get out trick or treating till it was almost dark and it got very very cold. Halle made it about half way around the block and was over it.

Halle: "Mama, I cold, Nana's house" Me: "You don't want to get more candy?" Halle "No, mama, I cold, Nana's house"

My flower and bumblebee

So we headed back to Nana's house and Halle got to play with her cousins (she is so in love with her cousin "Kennal" (Kendall), and had a good time being a mommy to her all night long.

Kamryn had a good time too, she was exhausted and went to sleep on Nana's bed after we got back.

The best part was getting them home and putting them both straight in their beds. Ahhh...

Dear Halloween,

you are my favorite holiday and you didn't let me down.

Can't wait for next year.

Love,

a LiTtlE tAsTe oF tHe gIRlS pICs...

2009-10-20T10:32:00.005-06:00

My Little Mess and her Crazy Hair!!

Sister Love

Halle and Bubba

Such Happy Girls!!

dO yOu eVeR hAvE tHoSe DayS???

2009-10-16T09:47:00.004-06:00

I was having one of those days the other day where you feel like you are just not a good mama, no matter what you do your child cries and won't do what you say. They throw tantrums in the middle of stores and everyone looks at you like you are the worst person ever. When you feel like no matter how much you try you just can't get on top of things, too much laundry, dishes, bottles. But where do you draw the line and say "Ok I will leave it and play with my kids" I can't seem to find that balance between home, work, being a wife, being mother, being a homemaker. I feel like if I am strong and productive at work that my husband, kids, and house suffer, and if I am strong and productive at home than my work and career suffer. I hate mornings, having to leave my kids to come to work is like ripping my heart out, I hate when I come home and Halle would rather have Nana hold her then Mommy. I hate that I am missing out on so much of there lives and milestones. I have to sneak out of the house in the morning usually before Halle wakes up or else she runs after me and cries that she wants to come and says "No mama, no work peees" Most mornings I am fighting back the tears when I drop them off or leave my house because I just want to be a mommy and be home.

But I also feel guilty cause I sometimes need to get away and just be with Kevin or by myself. I just wish I could find a balance.

Don't get me wrong, I am so blessed that I do not have to bring my girls to daycare, that they get to stay with their grandma's that love them so much and that I trust to teach them and love them when I am not there. But jealousy kicks in and I get so envious of the things they get to experience with MY little girls. I can not believe how much they change everyday and I just count down the hours at work till I get to see their cute smiles and hear "Mommy's home!!" when I walk in the door.

I gotta just know that God has a plan for me and my family and right now I am doing what needs to be done at this point in my life.

Thanks for letting me vent.

XOXOXOXO

Anne

dAy aT tHe PaRK.....

2009-10-13T12:01:00.004-06:00

Kevin and I were driving around a couple weeks ago trying to find somewhere to take the girls to play, well we stumbled on this park in Riverton called Old Farm Park and Halle loved it, her and Daddy played while Kam and Mama watched. It is so amazing to look at these two little girls and think that they are mine, I am not always the most patient or the best mommy in the world but these lil stinkers make me feel so loves and needed. I am so blessed with a husband who is the best daddy, he would do anything to just see his princesses smile. I don't know how I got so lucky but I am.

YUM!!!!

2009-10-13T11:55:00.002-06:00

Miss Kamryn LOVES her food......

I LOVE this lil girl to the moon and back, she is the best baby.

sErIoUslY....wHeRe Did mY tINy bAbY gO?

2009-10-01T14:56:00.003-06:00

Halle and Bubba

Our Kam Kam is trying to grow up WAY too fast!! I brought her into the doctor on Thursday and our little chunk has gained another pound and 6 ounces, she is up to 13lbs 7oz!! I brought her to the doctor because I thought she was sick with an ear infection because she has been weird about taking her bottle. Well her ears are fine but apparantly she is teething!! That didn't even register to me because Halle didn't till she was like 10 months, I have come to realize that the only thing that Halle and Kamryn have in common is that they have the same parents. They are so complete opposites, Halle always hated solids and Kamryn absolutley loves them and is not even interested her bottles, she wants the real stuff. Kam Kam sleeps through the nights and rarely cries, Halle liked to stay up and crying was just what she did. I just love having our two girls who are both so different but so amazing. I totally feel like Halle is Kevin in her personality and traits, and Kamryn is so me.

Halle is doing so good in her dance class, she does all the dances EXCEPT the cheerleader, she won't put on the costume or take the pom pom's. So Weird

Kamryn is cooing and smiles ALL the time, she is a mama's girl.

I am planning on taking the girls up the canyon to take the pics and I also wanna go to the pumpkin patch so I will post all about that next week.

hAs AnyOnE sEeN hAlLE?

2009-09-28T15:20:00.000-06:00

mAn I HaTE wHeN i LoSE hEr!!

mMMmmm sOLidS!!

2009-09-23T13:48:00.004-06:00

I decided that because my little Kam Kam is such an oinker that we may want to try giving her some solids. Well the oatmeal did not go over well but the rice cereal was a hit, and the best thing about solids?? Miss Kam slept from 8pm-5am!! Yay baby girl!! :D It is so cute to watch her figure it out. She is such an amazing little princess.

On another note Halle has decided that it is time for winter.....

Well, I guess we just need some snow :D <3

4 mOnTH sTAtS

2009-09-17T10:28:00.003-06:00

Miss Kamryn Jade went to her four month well child check and is doing AMAZING!! Dr Hornyick (who is the the best pediatrician EVER) was shocked that she is actually on the growth charts, ( I am not as shocked due to the amount of formula she drinks!) She is 12lbs 1oz and is 25% for weight and height, and of course her head is in the 75%. My poor lollipop kids with their huge noggins, that is definitly a trait from their daddy. My baby girl got 3 shots and that is seriously the most sad thing EVER!!

Halle needed her flu shot too and I always dread shots for Halle, but the nurse came in and asked if we would like to do the flu mist for her instead of the shot! UH YA!! And it was so great, just some stuff up the nose and a happy girl!!

Halle is doing so great in her dance class, she gets so excited to get dressed in her dance clothes and loves going, she is the youngest in the class but she is picking up on things so well!! She is such a girly girl and loves her dress up clothes and princess dresses.

Halle's new thing is saying "Oh, I love it" So if I give her anything, she'll take it look at it and go "OH! I love it!" I have so much fun with her, talking to her, playing with her. She is my little sidekick and best friend.

Kamryn has also started to do a little giggle and coo at me, I LOVE it, she looks just like Halle sis at that age and loves just watching Halle run around.

I also thought we would try the bumbo chair with Kam, she loves it and hates it, she likes being up and seeing everything but her big head is hard for her to support for a long time so she gets tired and wants to get out. But I stillt hink it is the best invention EVER!! She is also pretty much sleeping through the night, she only wakes up once and eats and goes back down. Such a good baby.

Also we are finally decorating Kamryn's room, we decided to go with polka dots and I am so in love with it!!

Well that's my update for now, I need to keep up on this!!

WE DID IT!!!!

2009-09-04T13:25:00.002-06:00

HALLE DID IT!!

My little Smush is Potty Trained!!

Thanks to the moms she is telling us when she needs to go and has been accident free. One less bottom I have to change! HIP HIP HOORAY!!

i aM hEaD OveR hILlS....

2009-09-04T11:28:00.003-06:00

I am in Love, head over heels, pinch me, Love struck, IN LOVE with this one.

(Please stop me from eating her.....................)

lItTlE mIsS tHiNG....

2009-08-31T10:14:00.002-06:00

My little miss Kam, got her ears pierced on Friday, and she looks so precious!! I was a little nervous on how she would be but she only cried for about 30 seconds and then fell asleep and they have not bothered her since then! She is such a good baby, even when her mommy tortures her. I have only been able to get one picture but take my word that I have no regrets and I think she looks so sweet!!

a nOte tO mY cRAzY...

2009-08-28T13:55:00.004-06:00

oh my love,

I don't know how you can make me so angry and happy at the same time,

I don't know how you have everyone you know wrapped around your little finger,

I don't know how everytime we go to the store you wind up with a new toy, even though Mama said "No toys if you are not good" Well you were not good and somehow you still have the toy

I don't know how just by talking to your lil sister you can make her stop crying instantly and put a huge smile on her face.

I don't know how everynight you talk me into just one morw episode of Dora and one more cup of juice

I don't know how you make me laugh so hard that I am crying just by saying two words.

I don't know how you know how you got so organized and such a clean freak

But most of all....

I don't know what I did to deserve such a perfect little girl who loves me so much!

I LOVE YOU MY CRAZY

don't stop being you EVER!

XOXOXOXO,

Mama

i Am bACk....

2009-08-27T12:18:00.002-06:00

It has been the craziest couple of months. So I will get right to it..

Halle: Is talking like crazy! She still LOVES Dora and loves helping with her little sister. She is miss independent and everything is "I do it, mama" Unless it has something to do with finding her Bink (binky) or Pink (her blankie). ME: "Halle go get Pink and Bink so we can go." HALLE: "NO, Mama find it" ME: "No, Halle find it or we'll leave it here" HALLE: "NOOOOOO!! Mama find Bink an Pink". Of course by the end I end up finding it cause I know what will happen if we leave without it. This also happens with her juice and asking her to get a diaper.

Halle has also been trying everything imaginable to avoid going to bed, ME: "K Halle time for nigh night" HALLE: "No Pees (Please) Dora, Couch, juice?" ME: "No Halle its time for bed" HALLE: "Max, Ruey (Ruby), couch? Mama Sit?" So then I will finally get her in her room and sometimes I will rock her and snuggle and then she says "Ouch, belly hurt, couch?" Seriously she is so sweet and I love that she is getting so smart.

Halle also started dance class on tuesday and LOVES it, she was a little shy at first but by the end she was having so much fun. I am so lucky to have such an interesting little stinker!

Kamryn: She is my little angel, she is such a good baby, she rarely cries (probably cause her sister does most of that for the whole house), she is sleeping through the night, she eats non stop and is putting on weight like crazy! She does has acid reflux but it is getting much better and she is smiling and cooing now and she loves being in her swing and just staring at Halle. I love her to death and I am so blessed.

Oskar: Normally I am not someone who blogs about their dog but this has to be written down. To start I have to tell you that Oskar is a disposal he can eat ANYTHING and be fine, with the exception of changing his dog food, don't change that or he'll get sick, but here is a list of things he has consumed in the past 6 years and been absolutley fine. Cigarettes, whole bag of marshmallows, bird seed, chocolate bar. 2 bottles of mylicon, and multiple bottles of my lotion. Well the most recent thing he decided would be tasty would be a tube of desitin, I was so mad, he threw up EVERYWHERE!! I don't knwo how this dog is still alive!

Big Mama: I have had a hard couple of months. Everything seems to be looking up though. I am almost healed from my surgery and both my kids are finally on the same schedule.

kAmRyN'S 2 mOnTH sTAts..

2009-07-17T12:39:00.000-06:00

Our little early bird is doing so well, at her 2 month Well Child Check she weighed 7lbs 14oz and is 20.5in long!! So amazing because she was born at 4lbs 4oz and was 16in long!! She is doing so well and last night she only woke up once!! I don't know how I got so lucky to have this amazing lil poptart but I do love her so so much!!

hAlLe'S 2nD bIrTHdAy pIcTuReS...

2009-07-10T13:16:00.005-06:00

Halle turned two right after our little Kamryn got out of the NICU, We couldn't have alot of people over due to Kamryn being so susceptible to any illness. But we tried to make it as special as we could. We started out the day by decorating her door, like last year, and giving her her favorite breakfast, donuts. She was so excited when we walked in her room and shouted Happy Birthday!! She saw her door and said "Oh Wow" The day was spent just giving Halle our undivided attention, That evening the grandparents came over and had some cake and opened presents. I had wanted to do something more for her birthday but there was so much going on that I just didn't have time, I am sure that she enjoyed it and I hope she knows how much we love her.

a LiTTle LaTe... mY MuSh iS 2!!!

2009-07-10T13:04:00.006-06:00

My little wild one turned 2 on June 4th, I can not believe that she is a little girl now, my baby is growing up and there is no stopping her.

Bug-

You are my angel,a mamas girl, you are a girly girl through and through. You love being mommy's sidekick and do whatever she is doing. You love you dresses and playing with daddy. You are a social butterfly and will do anything for a laugh. Your love for Dora is a little obsessive but so cute nonetheless. You love to dance and spin. Kamryn is so lucky to have you as a big sister, I know you will teach her all you know and love her so much. You are very good at giving loves to Kam, sometimes a little too good and we end up having a Kam pancake.

My Bug

My Angel

My Mushy Mush

You are my life and my world, keep dancing and loving

Love you

Mama

I aM ScaReD...

2009-07-10T12:57:00.004-06:00

That one day I am actually going to eat this one. She is so magically delicious. I think I might start with her piggies...yummy

I haVe VaNiShEd!!

2009-06-25T11:07:00.002-06:00

Sorry to all that have missed my posts!! (all two of you!!) I have been enjoying my little girls and they are both doing awesome. Halle turned two and is loving her little sister, Kamryn is so beyond amazing and a miracle. She amazes me every single day! She is up to aix pounds and likes to eat at least once an hour. I am ao in love with my girls its borderline obsessed I think!! I have to go back to work in about a week and so you will get some pics and a lot more updates!!

KaM's AdVenTUrE

2009-05-20T12:49:00.004-06:00

So I really need to document how Kam got here cause I do want to one day get this turned into a blog book and I want Kam to be able to know her rough journey here.

It started on May 6th when I went in for my 32 week Doctor appointment and the doctor decided to check me due to Halle being four weeks early. Well looking at his facial expression as he checked me and seeing it change my heart dropped, he said "Looks like we are going to have to change your activity level." Apparantly I was dilated to a 1 and 80% effaced, I asked how limited and he told me I was on strict bedrest, pretty much just getting up to go to the bathroom and take a shower. I was sitting there with a million thoughts running through my head like, "Is she ok", "is this stressing her", "How soon could she come". "I need to work, what am I going to do". But I sat there speechless and not being able to ask any questions at all. When the doctor left the room I looked at Kevin and said "oh my gosh"

So I got home threw on some jammies and started my bed rest sentence, our goal was to get lil poptart to 36 weeks. My mom and mother in law really helped out a ton in watching Halle, making me food, giving movies and books that I had stacked up for my 4 week time in bed.

Everything was going well, I was really stir crazy by the next day but just read my book and watched shows and was kinda getting a little more used to the idea (Although Halle was pretty mad at me "Mama, Up Pees?") On saturday I started cramping, it was uncomfortable and a little painful, I finally decided to call the on call doctor around 3pm and he told me I needed to come in and get checked. So I called Kevin and we headed in expecting to be checked and told everything was good and head home. Well that was not what poptart had in mind. I started hurting more and more. They drew some blood and did some tests (in fact one test they did was supposed to guarantee that you wouldn't go into labor for two weeks, 99 percent accurate, HAHAHA) I was still hurting but they were not picking up my contractions on the monitors. They gave me two shots of morphine and it still wasn't helping. FINALLY they decided to just check me and I was dilated to a 3 and 90% effaced. They decided at that point to keep and monitor me for 24 hours to see if I would progress anymore. They gave a shot for the babies lungs and told me they would do one 24 hours later.

A couple hours went by and they decided to check me and I was to a 5. At that point it was decided that I was in labor and a epidural was on its way (thank goodness) they still were not picking up my contractions on the monitor but it was beyond obvious that I was having them! So with my epidural in I tried to sleep and it was the hardest night of my life, thoughts were running through my head about how big she would be, what problems would she have, would she be ok.

By the next morning I was to a six and it was decided that we needed to get me to at least 8 o'clock that night so I could get the second shot for her lungs. As the day went on I was actually feeling more pain so they kept having to give me extra shots to numb me, I was tired, uncomfortable and scared.

Well at about 230 the doctor checked me and I was at an 8 and completly effaced and the head was coming down, my water had not broken so my doctor decided to break it and let us know that we would be having a baby within about an hour and that we would be delivering in the OR so that they could hand baby girl right over to the NICU through the window. At that point was when I had a complete meltdown, I didn't know what to do and I just was so scared about my little girl being so early, KEvin and I finally were alone and we just cried and comforted each other. We know from Halle being early that we have strong kids and that we know that she would be a fighter, I could tell from her kicks in my belly that she agreed.

So at about 4:05pm I was rolled back to the OR, Halle saw us go back and started crying when we were rolled down the hall to the OR, I could here her cries and started a whole new round of crying.

We got in the OR, Kevin was in his cool OR suit and looked preety fancy, I think that is the only time I laughed was when I saw him in his hairnet.

They got me ready and waited for my next contraction and told me to start pushing, I pushed about 3 times and she came out at 4:11pm, the cord was wrapped around her neck, but the doctor hurry and unwrapped it and put her on my chest, she was so tiny, with a head of dark hair, she was beautiful, the most amazing miracle. Then she let out the most beautiful noise in the world. She let out a cry, as if to say "Mama and Dada, I'm fine" Then she whisked away to the NICU and I was left holding Kevins hand and crying and praying that she was ok.

They wheeled me back to my room to recover for about an hour before they brought me to the maternity floor. Kevin got Halle and came in and I felt like the luckiest person in the worls, yes I had Kam early but as soon as I saw Kevin and Halle come in I got a sense of peace that everything is going to work out.

Kevin got to go see Kam about 20 minutes after she was born, he took a video of her trying to work her lungs, she sounded like a little kitten. He spent a about a half an hour there and came back to show me the video of our little Miss. I was overwhelmed with how beautiful she looked and so amazed that she looked like my dad with all her dark hair.

Finally it was time to take me up to my room but the nurse wanted me to see Kam so she rolled me in my bed back to the NICU, they had put a bubble c pap on her (to help her breathe) and was so so tiny. I couldn't stop staring at her, this beautiful little girl with tubes and machines hooked everywhere. I was so in love, I didn't want to leave her.

That night of sleeping was even worse than before, I could hear the mom's with their brand new babies in their rooms, and I just wanted my little angel by me, I wanted her close, to feel her breathe and tell her that it is all going to be ok. I slept about 2 hours that night, tossing and turning, and thinking about my two little girls. Halle who is almost two and is such a fireball but is the most caring and sensitive little girl. And now I have a new one that it just starting her life, hoping that she knows how much her mommy and daddy want to be by her side to talk her through this hard time. Also knowing that she was surrounded by angels keeping her safe.

The next morning I was so ready to take a shower and get right down to the NICU. When we got down there she was on her C pap still but her oxygen was really good and they anticipated her being off the c pap within the next day, and sure enough she was off it by day two, She had a nose cannula in but kept ripping it out, and she was breathing on her own just fine so she has no assistance breathing since day two, her IV came out day 5. She is now out of her incubator and in a crib in the NICU. She is maintaining her temp and eating a bottle twice a day. (which the doctors and nurses are so impressed by)

We definitly got a fighter, she takes leaps and bounds on a daily basis and loves to watch when her daddy and I are talking to her, she is very alert and the most content calm little one. I think I have heard her cry once. Kevin and I are so beyond blessed to have these two little angels in our lives and I get down on my knees and pray everyday to thank God for these gifts.

Kamryn Jade Carter

2009-05-16T15:45:00.005-06:00

Kamryn Jade Carter

May 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

4lbs 4 0z

16 inches

Born 8 weeks early

Kam's little home for now

On her C Pap to help her breathe right after she was born Daddy's hand covering her, She is so Tiny!!! On her lights because of her Jaundice Daddys hand with Kams hands

Off the C pap and Just on a nose cannula Breathing all on her own by the 3rd day, So Amazing!!

Eating a bottle for the first time, she is doing amazing at it, the nurses are so impressed that she is taking it being so little and premature. Thats Our Girl!! Resting after her feeding. Its exhausting!!

I will write down my whole experience next week, im pretty exhausted and sore and emotionally drained but I am so blessed that she is doing so so well.

XOXOXOXO

Thanks for all your prayers and support

hApPY BirThDAy, SiCK, sIcK, MovInG aGAin, & pOpTaRT iS a BuLLy!!!!

2009-05-04T13:50:00.005-06:00

I have really slacked on updating but I feel like I haven't had two seconds!! (I am sure I have tons of time, but I am lazy!!)

My Birthday was on the 29th and I turned 26!! My goodness I am getting up there. I had a good day overall, I had to work but my sweet coworkers took me to lunch to Hires (YUMMY!!) and then I went and renewed my drivers license (P.S. I almost didn't pass the eye test, apparantly I need to go to the eye doctor) I got some gift certificates including one to the spa (thanks Kev).

The day after my birthday my poor little sweet sweet got a fever and cold, so of course I brought her into the doctor and she was fine, but the doctor was very impressed with her and said that she super advanced for her age language wise and that I have one smart cookie on my hands!! (of course every mother thinks their child is smart but when the doctor says it you feel like you were just given a million bucks!!) So of course I caught the cold also and spent friday in bed sleeping and coughing, but by saturday I was feeling great, (also my best friend Jenn came over thursday to watch a movie with me and poor girl had to put up with my bad mood, love you!!)

K so I know I am crazy but I am moving AGAIN!! But it's just across the freeway and its a three bedroom and so much more space and storage then my two bedroom!! I move May 23rd. It's going to be a lot to work but I am so for it, (I guess I don't have to do a whole lot but I am so excited to organize!! YAY FOR NESTING!!

Also I think that poptart is trying to kick her way out but my ribs seem to be getting in her way, but don't you worry she works on them for most of the day and almost all night. Also for good measure she makes sure to kick my bladder a couple times a night just so I don't forget that I need to pee, what a caring child.

Well I am at 33 weeks so I am so close and lets say that I don't remember actually wanting to run over people with my car and just walking up to people in target and just punching them in the face just cause they are breathing wrong or have the most annoying voice on the planet. But I seem to be on quite the warpath, it usually is directed to perfect strangers but also seems to be reaching out to family, and coworkers. So I just want to put out an alert to all that I know and love (and even to the perfectly nice Old Navy Cashiers, and chick fil a drive thru people) to not take it personally and probably if you hear me coming (which you probably can, (think jurassic park with the water cup) I would try to avoid me and if thats not possible just shower me with how beautiful I look and that you can't believe I am eight months pregnant. If for some reason you don't remember this than I apologize ahead of hand.

pOOr sICkY bUm!!

2009-04-17T11:10:00.003-06:00

My poor little stinker is sick again!! It started out on easter as a runny nose and I blew it off as allergies, well it progressed and by tuesday she had a cough and there was boogers EVERYWHERE!! Those slimy things are sneaky (sorry for those with weak tummies) you think you got them all then you turn around and they are everywhere again and then you leave the house with a nice swipe of boogies on the shoulder (nothing can bring you sown a peg more than thinkin you are hot stuff in your new shirt, strutting around like you own the place and then someone says "um you have something on your shoulder" AWESOME!!) Well I think we finally got over the worst and she is sleeping good, after the whole bedtime routine which requires a checklist...... 1. Mattress propped up 2. Humidfier refilled with water and vicks 3. Halle taken her vapor bath (by the way, the best stuff ever) 4. Halle covered head to toe in Vicks vapor rub 5. Medicine snuck in her juice and not letting her go to bed till every last drop pf juice is gone 6. Reapply vicks 7. Wipe nose 8. Apply more vicks 9. Rock her to sleep 10. Rerock her to sleep after you stepped on the stupid singing book on the way to her crib 11. Carefully place her in crib and sneak out so quietly just in time to hear the door bell to ring and then the dog starts barking 12. Restart list The thing that is hard when they are sick is that you kinda secretly enjoy it (just a little) I always miss the snuggly baby I had and she turns into my snuggly bunny again and I love me some cuddles from my princess!! Also her little hoarse voice just might be the cutest thing ever, yup, yup, it sure is. I am really trying to take in this time before poptart arrives to enjoy this time with stinker. It's so hard to imagine another one of these cuties taking all my attention away, I am a little nervous and have started nesting like a crazy person. Well hopefully this weekend the fountain of boogers will dry up and we will be able to get out and enjoy the nice weather!!

HOpPiTy HoP.... hApPy EaSTeR!!!

2009-04-13T13:25:00.004-06:00

This easter was so fun!! Halle is getting holidays now and we helped her find her basket, she got new sandals, a swimsuit, sidewalk chalk, an elmo outfit, and lots of candy. She loved her sidewalk chalk and had to put on her swimming suit, she was wearing a onesie, her swimsuit, socks, and her sandals. Oh my little ragamuffin is so special. We went up to Nana's and Papa's for an easter egg hunt and once she got the hang of it she was on a role. She would run and see an egg and say "Pupal (purple) egg!!" "Lellow (yellow) egg!!" it was so flippin cute. I am seriously so lucky to have such a sweet, smart, loving little girl. She is my heart and I think that I am so blessed to have Halle and to have another little stinker on the way.

Hope everyone has a great Easter!!

SOmEtiMeS i jUSt NeEd tO cOmPLaIn!!!

2009-04-02T15:34:00.003-06:00

So I don't want anyone to misunderstand me or take it the wrong way because I do realize how big of a gift pregnancy is and I am very lucky to experience it and grow a baby inside me.... but on another note, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE shoot me!!

So I know this is annoying but everyone gets to hear my complaints.....

#1-Sleep- I have no idea what that is anymore... if I do happen against all odds to get comfortable and lil poptart isn't kicking, then here come the charlie horses, and these are brutal, Jump out of bed and swear brutal (not to mention I scare the crap out of the dog who goes into attack mode, which is a little funny) My body naturally wants to sleep on my tummy and it's so horrible not being able to do it, I don't how many times at three am that I thought about getting a butcher knife and cutting a hole in mattress to put my belly in!!

#2- Getting up and down- Just imagine a beached whale or a turtle on its shell trying to get up, plus the grunts and moans that help me in the process. It goes like this "oh no, I forgot something (at this time I am sitting on the floor) GRRRR, OHHHH, OWWW, MY BOOTY, OW OW OW, Mother of pearl, OHHHH" and then I am up. It's quite a site!

#3- My back- I am definitly front heavy without a doubt, first there is the twins that I know if they get any bigger I am going to have to get a stainless steel bra to support the girls, My lower back is just a big sore mess, I want to just lay on back but then you have to refer back to point #2 to see my dilemma.

#4- MY FRIGGIN TAILBONE- out of all these things I think my tailbone is the worst, by the end of the day it feels like it is broken and I wanna curl up in a ball, this lil poptart is definitly a pain in butt (ha ha ha that was so cheesy) My belly isn't as big as it was with Halle at this point because she sits super low and in back and I gotta say I think I would prefer the rib kicking opposed to the butt pain!!

I probably could keep going on but I need to go ice my booty.

Thanks for the whining session

p.s yes I know how worth it this lil girl will be, doesn't mean I can't complain!!

WhERe dID tHe LaSt TEn YeARs gO??????

2009-04-01T12:40:00.003-06:00

Big girl learning how to ride a scooter

So my niece Jadyn turned ten last friday. What in the pete is going on here!!! I met Kevin when Jadyn was 5 months old. And now she is ten! I ca not believe it, nope I will not believe it. Nope in my head I will remember her a 3 year old. For her birthday we went to classic skating and Halle had a blast, Halle was learning how to ride a scooter and it shocked me to see how fast she picked it up. By the end of the night Halle had reached her end and was completly beside herself and needed a good nights sleep, which I promptly headed home to accomplish!

And now I am forced to look at Halle and wonder where the time has gone? I just remember having her in the hospital and being so overwhelmed as a new mom and now she is so independent and actually a really really good little girl!

I am so ready for spring also, I am so sick of waking up and brushing the snow off my car, of having to coop up my toddler as she is standing at the door all day saying "mama, OWSIDE!!" and I have to explain for the 37,876 time that it is cold and we need to stay inside so we don't get sick and her response (after a very dirty look) is "NONO MAMA, OWSIDE" We have this argument over and over and over and by the end of the day I am ready to throw my sweet little angel in the snow (please don't call child protective services, I have only done this maybe twice ;) Sigh I am just missing the warm sun and being able to head out of the house without gloves, hat, coat, blankets, etc.

Well I am praying for the sun and I hope everyone else will do the same!!

SIgH......

2009-03-25T12:22:00.006-06:00

So I decided today that I need to be here........

But instead I am looking out my window and I see this......

And I feel like this........

And I just want to go home and hug this.........

Sigh.......

Sicky, Sicky Pants!!!

2009-03-23T09:40:00.004-06:00

I feel so bad when Halle is sick, cause I just want to take it away and make it all better, (that's what a mommy is supposed to do right?) But this dang cold she has is not going away, she has a runny nose and a horrible cough that makes her throw up and I feel so bad for her, it makes it harder cause she passed it on to me. So we were on quarantine yesterday at home and it was a long long long day. Halle woke up coughing like crazy at 4 am and would not go back to sleep even after I gave her medicine. She was so tired and emotional but if I even got near her crib she would cry and then start coughing and then throw up. It was a horrible cycle and finally Kevin came to the rescue and got her to go down around 1100 and she slept till almost two and woke up a whole lot happier. She put on her little nightgown that looks like a princess dress and she looked so cute. The rest of the day went a lot better but I was in a cold haze and exhausted so after she went to bed (thanks to Kev again) I got into a bath and went to sleep. She woke up this morning coughing a lot and I dropped her off at grandmas but I am so tempted to leave work and go get her. i just want to snuggle her.

Halle in her princess dress, playing with her princess kitchen!

Oh Saturday was actually a pretty good day, we went up to my parents and watched them clean out the pond, Halle had to help Papa with the fish and she wanted to touch them all, she is so brave, I hate hate hate fish!! It was a nice warm day and Halle loved playing outside with the "woof woofs" and my nice dad also took us to spaghetti factory which was so so good!!

Halle being such a good mommy to her bunny

(don't mind the hair, it's her mullet)

Hopefully the sickness goes away and we will be happy and healthy again!! (By the way, this snow is the devil, where in the pete did it come from!! I am so mad!! )

WhERe tO BeGIn.......

2009-03-12T09:34:00.003-06:00

Halle hanging out on our porch, eating bread

So I feel like I am in the countdown for poptart to come (in reality I still have a little over three months) but I think my nesting urge is kicking in and I am panicking about everything that I need and need to get ready. I think I am a little nervous too because Halle came a month early and lil poptart has been such a bad girl that I don't know how early she will come. So I feel like I need to have things ready to go just in case.

Kev and I went shopping last saturday and got onesies and some beanies and diapers and binkies and all the little stuff, I put all the stuff in a tote and I didn't realize how much we had bought, but I still feel like I need so much more!! I need a bassinet for my room and some more diapers and lotions and gosh who knows what else.

So of course we had to get Halle stuff too. We got her a princess kitchen and some play food and she is so cute, she will walk up to me and go "num num num" and feed me, and she trys to feed my belly button to feed the baby and it is so cute!! She'll walk around with fake food in her mouth. She also gets so frustrated that the faucet on the kitchen doesn't actually work. Heaven forbid she'll have to use her imagination!

Just relaxing on the bouncy chair at Aunt Mimi's

I am getting a little nervous about having two kids and trying to figure out the best way to transition but I guess it will all work out right?

Halle with her Jadyn!!

sTiR CRaZy!!!

2009-03-05T11:47:00.002-07:00

Oh winter, I love your beautiful snow and cozy nights but I think you have outstayed your welcome, I went out this morning and you had decided to grace us with more of your cold snow. I am done being cooped up and not being able to go outside and play with my little girl. You know I love you winter but maybe it's time for you to go visit someone else now.

pRoCRasTinATioN.....

2009-03-03T08:10:00.003-07:00

So every day I tell myself, yes I am going to update my blog with everything that has happened the last couple weeks but it seems like such a daunting task because I can not honestly remember what has happened the last couple weeks. I know things have happened that kept me busy but at this moment I have no idea what they were. So I procrastinate, I decide to do other stuff that I have been procrastinating on to avoid doing other things, its a very weird weird circle, but I guess in the end things are getting done.

Ok as I have been typing I thought I would just do a little list of what I can remember of my crazy life in the past couple weeks......

*Halle has officially been off her bottles for two weeks and is doing awesome (it's like she didn't even notice they were gone, apparntly I had built it up a little too much)

*Halle is sleeping through the night FINALLY (I have a feeling this has to do with no bottles, who knew!)

*I have officially started nesting, I have gone through all Halle's clothes and discovered that I must have gotten rid of all of Halle's 0-3 month clothes (So DAMNIT, i have to go shopping :))

*Poptart is doing well, she is a kicker and loves when her big sister is close, she kicks and moves whenever halle is close

*I am still having contractions but I am not dialating so that is a good sign but they seem to just keep trying different stuff to make me stop and I am about done taking stuff cause nothing is working

*My placenta is completly covering the exit for poptart but I luckily I still have time and it can migrate, and if it doesn't than we will be having a c-section

Basically my life has seemed like a rerun of itself everyday, not a bad thing, but not much is that different. I have my wonderful bestest friend Tara to break up my life with visits and shopping and girls nights.

Well I will try to keep up on this and keep everyone updated on Halle and Poptart!

I love you....

2009-02-12T08:34:00.002-07:00

How did I get so lucky to have such an amazing little girl? You are my life, my world, my heart.... I love you stinker bug.

So I decided...

2009-02-02T12:39:00.003-07:00

Halle is going to be on bottles the rest of her life, its a fact. I will send her off to college with a cooler full of bottles. I really need to just stop and take them away, but when it comes down to it I just feel like I don't have the energy at night to let her cry or try to get her to just drink her milk from a sippy. I keep telling myself "k this weekend we'll say bye bye to the baba" but then the weekend comes and I just make excuses!! Man I want to "I am doing it tonight! I swear" but I know that 4 am will come and I will just pour the milk in the bottle and be lazy!!! So any advice would be helpful!! I went in today for my 20 week ultrasound, the placenta is still in a bad spot and we are hoping against hope that it starts moving but until then, its a bunch of follow up. Come on placenta!! Other than that in the wrong spot the baby is growing well, everything is developing well and the baby has all it's systems intact and is very healthy YAY!! And we were triple confirmed it was a girl. (I get nervous that something will grow and all I have is girl stuff!) Also I have a severe problem, i have so so so many little baby girl clothes but I want new ones for poptart! I keep having to stop myself from buying new things. the thing is I don't think I can hold out much longer!! TOO many cute clothes!! Well that's all for now!!

Little Scary....

2009-01-29T11:44:00.002-07:00

I wanted to update everyone on what has been going on, It has been a very hard week and I really appreciate everyone and their prayers and support. On Saturday Halle and I woke up and I went about my business getting us breakfast and taking the pooch out. Halle had a hay day with her breakfast so I put her in the bath and while she was in the bath I went potty (of course being prego any sound of water makes you want to pee your pants) so I looked down and I noticed (sorry kinda gross) a bunch of blood on my undies. So I hurry and called the on call dr and she told me to get to the ER right then. So I called Kevin and yanked Halle out of the bath and got her dressed while I was waiting for him to get there. I called my mom and told her to meet us at the ER so she could get Halle. I got there and they got me hooked up to an IV and heart monitor, my pulse was really high (shocking I knowDUH) and i was in a lot of pain so they gave me morphine and did an exam, the bleeding had stopped but I was still cramoing/contracting and so they got me to go get an ultrasound and found out that the baby is ok (Phew) but her amniotic fluid was low. We stayed in the ER while the Doctor came to talk to us about what could happen and all I remember is he just kept saying miscarriage and I was scared to death. After drugging me up (GO MORPHINE) they sent me home to rest and to contact the doctor on monday. So I spent most of sunday in bed sleeping and crying, and praying that poptart would be ok. I got two blessings and I really feel that made me calmer and able to deal with whatever was going to happen. After talking to my doctor on monday he put me on complete bedrest. I called tuesday cause I wanted to go get an ultrasound to make sure that she was ok. So we went in and she was great and my amniotic fluid seems to be replenishing and I am still contracting/cramping but everything seems to be doing better, i am off complete bedrest and I am supposed to be taking it easy so we'll see!! But as for right now things are looking up and I hope they continue to do so!

It's a...........................

2009-01-22T09:42:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay I am so excited to have another princess!!

My life, I love her so so much

2009-01-21T09:14:00.003-07:00

I am in love... so in love with my little girl. I can not believe how much she can cheer me up when I am having a bad day or if I am frustrated she knows exactly what to do to make me laugh.

I love her dance moves, She knows how to shake her booty!!

I love her laugh!

I love her fake falls to make me laugh!

I love that she says thank you when she gives stuff to me.

I love her sign language for "Please" I don't know where she came up with it but it's hilarious!

I love that she likes to throw EVERYTHING in the bath, a little frustrating but really funny too!!

I love when she picks up my phone and puts it up to her ear and says "Hello, Hi!"

I love how much she loves her grandma's and grandpa's and how ahe lights up when she sees them.

I love her special smile! Yes she is going to need braces but it is too cute right now.

I love the way she lifts up my shirt to poke my belly and says "Shhh Baby"

I could go on and on and on, I am so beyond blessed and I have to admit that I am nervous for poptart to come out because I can't imagine having more love to give. Or loving another child as much as I love her.

I love you bug, you are my life, you are heart, you are my world. Thank you for making me feel like a great mommy. As much as I can't wait for you to grow and learn I could freeeze you right now and keep you this age forever.

Spunky, Messy, Crazy Girl!!!

2009-01-14T13:46:00.004-07:00

I know, I know it's been a while since I actually posted anything besides pictures! Of course work, and life have been too busy. I am moved in to my new apartment! YAY!!!! I love it, I love being on the bottom floor and not running up and down stairs all day :) Halle has adjusted really really well to the move, I think she likes that she can follow me wherever and go to her room and play whenever. She is such a great helper lately, She loves to help clean, especially the floor and help with the laundry. It has been so awesome to have her help and she totally understands what I am asking her to do. I will ask her to go put something away in her room and she will run right over and do it. So flippin cute. She got so many toys for christmas and she definitly spends her day making sure that all her toys are in the living room by the end of the day.

Little poptart is growing and growing and putting a nice belly on the front of me! Poptart is difficult and doesn't like us to try and find its heartbeat so needless to say I have had a lot of ultrasounds with this pregnancy and everything is always fine. It's a little nerve wracking everytime but a huge relief to see it on the screen. I am almost 16 weeks and time does seem to be flying.

Halle has gotten excellent at feeding herself, I know it sounds weird cause she is almost two, but she has always had a hard time with the actually chewing and swallowing. We would give her food and we thought she was eating it but then you would look in her mouth and it was all in her cheeks or she would start choking. Weird little squish, well she finally figured out the concept, and while she will use a spoon she prefers to use her hands, it is a lot faster to shovel the food in! Her favorite right now is beefaroni, big noodles and easy to grab handfuls of!

We have kinda backed off on potty training but there are still times where she asks to go pee pee and so I'll put her on the potty and sometimes she'll go sometimes not. I am still coming to terms with her being a big girl and how much she is understanding and can do now! I am really going to try to keep this updated cause I really want to make this into a blog book for my little squishs!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-10T16:50:00.001-07:00

Too much going on!!!

2008-12-23T10:28:00.003-07:00

So where to start... Well Halle is super excited for Christmas and I finally had to put all the presents up because she was ripping all the bows off and trying to get in to them (just like her mommy!) I am so blessed to have such amazing people I work with and they suprised me by doing a sub for santa for Halle and I! There is so many presents for Halle she is going to have so much fun Christmas morning! They also got me a ton of food. I don't know what I did to deserve such amazing friends. I am so overwhelmed with their selflessness and kindness!

Also I am m0ving back down to Draper on Saturday. I am so excited, It's a bottom floor apartment NO STAIRS!!! I could scream with how often I am going up and down those darn stairs in my house.

I am posting a couple pics of Halle, My mom bought her a christmas dress and took her to church. I put her hair in curlers and I took them out right before her nap. Well I should of left them in cause by the time she woke up her hair had really gone flat, but it was still cute. I don't think she was very happy though as you can tell from the pics! HAHA cute stinker!

Have a Great Christmas!

Little Baby Blob

2008-11-26T11:15:00.003-07:00

So yesterday I went and got an ultrasound to see my little nugget!!! I am about eight weeks along according to the size of baby blob and I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. It is at 167 BPM (which is a faster heartbeat which may mean a girl!!) I will post the couple pics I took with my phone.

Halle has been having some really bad nights, she has been waking up and wanting to stay awake and I am just so exhuasted with everything going on it is so hard!! I don't know what I am going to do with her!! (Those of you that know my personal life know what I am talking about when I say "everything else going on")

Also I saw Twilight this past weekend three times, I LOVE IT!! I think it is a great movie. Nothing can live up to the book but I think that they did a pretty dang good job! I need to find me an edward!

Hope everyone has a Happy Turkey Day!!!

"NO"

2008-11-13T14:36:00.006-07:00

So last night when I finally got home with Halle I started figuring out what we wanted to do until it was bath and bed time. This how the conversation with my 1 1/2 year old went.....

Me: Halle do you want to eat dinner?
Halle: No
Me: Do you want to watch TV?
Halle: No
Me: Do you want to read a book?
Halle: No
Me: Do you want to go play in the toy room?
Halle: No
Me: Well since you don't want to do anything I think I will go upstairs and go to bed, Bye

Halle: Bye

Sometimes.....

2008-11-07T15:12:00.003-07:00

When times get hard, and all I want to do crawl into bed and forget about all my troubles all I have to do is look at this little face and I realize how lucky I am!

SIGH...Today...SIGH

2008-11-05T14:14:00.002-07:00

It's one of those days, one of those days I should of stayed in bed and pulled the covers over my head and waited for tomorrow to come. Here is my day...(now I knwo it's annoying to hear people complain but I think I just need to vent!) #1 Woke up 45 minutes late. #2 Looked outside to see snow #3 TOOK 2 FRIGGIN HOURS TO GET TO WORK!!!! #4 Get to work, trying to put a smile on, but its work. #5 Everybody needs everything RIGHT NOW!! #6 My system I am working out of waited till I had all the information then decided to fail. #7 I am going to throw up.....again I can not wait until I get off, but of course I gotta stay longer cause I got to work late!!!I miss my squish, and I want to go to bed....sigh

Guess who is going to be a big sister?

2008-10-31T14:44:00.000-06:00

That's right! HALLE!! Kevin and I are expecting our 2nd baby on July 6th 2009! We are very excited and a little nervous! YAY!! Have a good Halloween!

Our weekend!

2008-10-30T12:46:00.003-06:00

So I was so excited for this past weekend (as you can tell by the last post) Now my husband did go through on his word and attempt all the activities I planned. (Up until the last minute I was ready for him to suddenly be violently ill or be called on a CIA mission or somethin) But we got up and got Halle ready to go to the zoo and we headed there, we got there and it was CHAOS!! So many people and long lines, and Kevin+Halle+Long Lines= bad bad moods. So we decided to just go out to breakfast and go to the pumpkin patch later instead. Well we went down to the shop to pick up Kevin and we went looking for the pumpkin patch but couldn't find the one that I wanted to go to, so again we decided to hold off till Sunday and go home and put our tired bug to bed.

So Sunday was the day and we ended up going to a pumplin patch on State St and 90th south. It was fun, Scott and Keyle came and we had some fun times snapping some pics of squish picking out pumpkins. After the pumpkin patch we went back to our house and Scott and Kevin carved pumpkins while Keyle and I picked out the pumpkin seeds (well Keyle did most of that!) and then we decided to go to Olive Garden for dinner which was fun but Halle was super hyper and wanted to be running around! It was a fun day and I can not WAIT for Halloween tomorrow!

The Unthinkable (Brace Yourself)

2008-10-24T11:36:00.005-06:00

So something happened this morning that blew me away, something that I never thought would happen...Are you you're ready for this bombshell?....... Mr Kevin H Carter, Mr Workaholic, agreed to go to the zoo with Halle and I tomorrow, I know I know I saw a pig fly across my window too, but it is true! Also this very same man agreed to go to a pumpkin patch on Sunday. (THUNK,BUMP) Sorry I just fainted, but I think i'm okay, I think I may need to bring my camera and keep pinching myself to make sure it really is happening. So if anyone ever says they don't believe in miracles refer them to my blog cause this is a miracle in progress.

And the post wouldn't be complete without a update on Miss Muffet (aka Halle) So this is the story I got from my ma (aka nana woof woof) after watching Princess Hallekins yesterday, She tried putting Halle on her fun and learn potty to go potty which went great at first(by the way the next part of this story talks sbout poopoo and what can happen when mixed with a toddler so if your eating or not into poopoo stories you might want to stop reading) she did a little cute poop nugget (I didn't actually get to see it, but I am guessing it was cute) well after that I think she thought she was done so she got off, well turns out that she wasn't done and decided to finish on the kitchen floor, my mom panicked and called me, and since I do not have wings or a way of traveling one place to another by just folding my arms and blinking, I told her that she should probably pick it up, and put it in the toliet. Well I barely get that sentence out when the phone drops and I hear "NOOO HALLE DON'T TOUCH IT, CACACA, HALLE NO NO" At that time I am trying not to laugh and am picturing the look in moms eyes as her precious princess grandaughter picks up poopoo. I continued to sit on the phone listening to what was going on and trying to not laugh too hard. Finally my mom gets on the phone and said "Well I gotta go, Halle and the floor need a bath" Poor mom, When I got home I asked how the rest of the day went and she said "Well we decided to wear a diaper the rest of day". Again poor poor grandma thought that she was done potty training after us. So when I got home I put on my SUPER MOM cape and flew in the door and put on her big girl underwear and sat her on the toliet (not the fun and learn, please take my advice, that potty was the worst investment, it sings, which I thought was so cute, oh nonono, so distracting, she can get off by herself, which is such a bad idea, see above)

So I SUPER MOM could not get my little smush to peepee, so i said "SUPER MOM, maybe she doesn't have to pee" So I took off my cape and became regular mommy and sat down to snuggle and watch wonder pets with my little princess, as Linny, Tuck and Ming Ming too were in the throws of rescuing the baby elephant I felt a warm fluid cover my lap, And I thought to myself "Hmmm regular mommy, what would SUPER MOM do? and unfortunatly SUPER MOM must of been at lunch or taking a nap cause I jumped up, holding Halle by the armpits and ran to the bathroom and put her on her potty seat(the one that sits on top of the regular toliet) and said "Halle, go pee pee in the potty!" Needless to say she looked at me like I had just come from the funny farm and I know she was thinking "Duh, regular mommy, I just went" So I took her off and ran upstairs and threw us both in the bath. You know when you are so excited to have a baby I think people only give you the handbook that is titled "Babies are the best, have one now!" well the secret handbook isn't handed out till the day you spend 28 hours pushing, have an epidural that doesn't work, and deprive you from food and water, that you get a little squishy baby, then a man in a black hooded coat walks in the room and hands you the NEW handbook titled"So you fell for it, eh?, The Real Life of Being a Parent" which contents include "How to live on two hours of sleep", "How much caffeine can a person handle in one day" "Projectile Vomit, Yes it does project!" and the chapter I missed "What to do when you are peed on"

I hope when you read this that you take something from this and have a nice weekend!

XOXOXOXOXO

Here is the pic of the Fun and Learn potty, Remember my warning.... STAY AWAY FROM IT!!

Guess who pooped in the potty?!!

2008-10-23T14:30:00.002-06:00

I am sure everyone that just read the title either thought "Well I really don't want to know that Anne" or "Good job Kevin!" But it was our little bugaboo! My mother in law decided to take on the task of potty training our little princess and she has really picked it up! Makes me just a little sad because that's just a another baby quality that is going off the table, I think that I can't keep calling her my baby! Sigh, double sigh.. All I have to do is ask her if she needs to go pee pee or poo poo and she'll nod her head yes or no and then we will go from there. When she goes I give her toliet paper which she uses perfectly (she's been watching mama) and then get off and help flush the toliet and say "bye bye pee pee" or "bye bye poo poo" and then was her hands and be on her way! So cute and such a big girl!

Also last night I decided if she is on the path of not being my squishy baby anymore that maybe it's time to wean her off of that DARN bottle! So I read that they should be able to use a spoon before you wean them so I wanted to test her last night so I whipped up some oatmeal and applesauce, Needless to say it looked like a warzone after and the oatmeal had definitly won. It was pretty cute to watch though, she did pretty good but I don't think she has decided of she is lefty or righty so she kept switchin. But she got some in and we had a good time, we both ended up in the bath after we were done and sent in the hoover dog after and he did a pretty good job but it did take me a lot longer to clean up then it did to make it and for her to eat/massacre it. I will post the couple pics I did get before I couldn't pick up my phone cause my hands were covered in oatmeal.

Have a nice evening!!

XOXOXOXOXO

YAY HUBBLE BUBBLE!!!

2008-10-20T15:37:00.004-06:00

So my husband was on the radio this morning and I thought he did an excellent job!! Halle and I were orginally in the studio but she decided she wanted to be a bad stinker so we had to leave so I didn't get to hear until they posted it on the website. But he did an amazing job and I am so proud of him! This weekend Halle and I got to play with Demarion for a couple hours on saturday and that was quite the adventure, (note to self: Tired Demarion + Tired Halle= CHAOS!!! Halle did not like sharing her mommy and Demarion didn't like sharing his aunt, if one would cry then the other would, Halle wanted a bottle just cause Nug was having one. If one fell asleep the other would start crying and the other one would wake up.. needless to say I am still tired! I don't know how moms with multiple kids do this!! To all those moms I wish I could give each of you a cookie! (and probably a nap!) Sunday was just one of those days that is just a lazy tired day. Halle decided she wanted to wake up at 7:00 am (now again I don't expect symapthy but I likes to sleep in as much I can on the weekend since I spend my weekdays waking up at 5:15am to go to work. I know I hear violins too) Anyways she got up early so we went downstairs and watched blues clues and played but then Halle kept deciding that she wanted to be upstairs and I was trying to let Kevin sleep in so it became quite the chore, I would look away for 5 seconds and she would be off going up the stairs. So finally I had to put the pack in play in front of the stairs, she is such a little stink!! After her nap (well kinda nap, she spent most the time talking and throwing her binkis out than yelling "mama uh oh baba ah nuts! MAMAMA!!) (baba means binkie, blankie and bottle) Then we went and visited Kevin at the shop, went to christie's talked her into making some sugar cookies which I ate about 45 of them and had a bbq. Then Halle and I took off went home and went to bed! Well I am going to head home and go get my squish! Have a great afternoon. If I remember my camera I will post some pics tomorrow. Mindy and I were having fun with the camera last night. XOXOXOXO

Hydrogen Hybrid

2008-10-16T14:22:00.000-06:00

I am so proud of my hubby bubby! He is really doing an amazing job with his business. Right now we are reliant on word of mouth and referrals froms friends and family, that's when all ya'll come into play! We are hoping to get the word out there about how awesome this technology is and how much money people can save! Kevin is going to be on the radio 97.1zht on monday at 9am and I am hoping everyone can tell friends and family and if you can't listen to it or need more information please visit Hydrogen Hybrid's website at www.hydrogenhybridinc.com. If you have any questions or just want to come to the shop and see how it all works give Kevin a call at 801 910 2940 or 801 571 8400. Thanks so much!!

Family Pics

2008-10-15T08:22:00.006-06:00

It is that time again! Family pics!! Kevins side of the family does pics about every five years and it was that time again! The funny part is that the last time we had them taken most of the siblings didn't have kids of there own and now everyone has at least one except Keyle and Scott who are getting married next June.

We did them on saturday evening and it was FREEZING!!! Maryann had originally planned to do them up the canyon but due to the snow we did them at her house in the backyard, Halle was hilarious, when the photographer would say cheese Halle thought that meant that she was saying hi so she would wave. It was so FUNNY!

After the pics we played games and celebrated Detrich's Birthday. It was fun for everyone to get together and it's amazing how much has changed in the last five years.

So here are some of the pics, ENJOY!! (Also these are just the proofs they will be doing some photoshopping to some.

This was the funniest thing that they were trying to take! Nicole is trying to hide while holding Takeo so that he wont scream and Richard is holding up Alex in the back, and he is not happy bout it!!

Wow! What have I been up too???

2008-10-02T15:41:00.003-06:00

I feel like I am so crazy busy but when I am sitting here writing not one thing pops into my head about what the heck has been going on! We have been hard at work getting kevs shop all put together (well I really haven't, I have been busy with the stinker bug trying to balance work, home, and Halle and the opening of a new business.) Kevin's family has been so helpful with getting everything together, painting, cleaning, giving lots of good ideas! BJ airbrushed the logo on the wall and it looks amazing. The shop looks absolutley awesome! Halle has been so cute lately, she is such a goofball. She is talking like crazy and loves making anybody laugh. The other night Kevin and I were watching House (YAY its back on!! :)) and Halle woke up so I brought her downstairs and she was being so hilarious! She kept standing on her head and looking at me and kevin upside down! Also she accidently hit her head on her little princess tea kettle so I held my arms out and gave her loves and put her back down and she went over and lifted up the tea kettle and hit herself in the head again, and then came over for loves! Such a cute little nerd!! We are getting the Carter family pics next saturday so I gotta go shopping for clothes for us three! I love shopping for Halle but when it comes to me GRRR I hate finding something that looks cute and that I like, same with Kevin he is so picky!!! Well I gotta run so I can go pick up my squishy!! Here are some pics of the last week! HALLE'S CUTE HAIRDO!! SO FREAKIN CUTE BUT NOT FUN TO TAKE OUT! I STILL FEEL BAD!! MY VERY TIRED LITTLE MONSTER!! SHE IS EVEN CUTE WHEN SHE CRIES!! LOVE THE SHIRT!! HAHAHAHA

Fun/Busy/Crazy Weekend

2008-09-22T11:21:00.004-06:00

COULDN'T YOU JUST EAT HER? So I am sitting here at work and everyone is asking me how my weekend was, and I don't even know where to start, I feel like our lives have gone from 5mph to 95mph in a millisecond! I am so excited about the shop opening on October 1st, it has been the biggest blessing to have all the puzzle pieces fall into place! Kevin has been working his cute little booty off to get things done, which means early mornings, late nights, and long days. Halle and I go down and visit and help the best we can but having 15 month old running around a huge shop with lots of dangerous things she could get a hold of is quite the adventure!

CUTE TIRED NUG NUG

K so Saturday morning we went up to Heber for Kevins Dad's Bday, we had to be up there by 10:00 so it was a early morning and rush rush rush. As soon as we got done there we went and helped Keyle and Scott move into there cute new house! I am so happy for them! They are getting married next June and are the cutest couple. Well my wonderful mom watched Halle while we did that, I helped for a couple hours but then had to get home to get Halle so my mom could go to a dinner. Kevin didn't get home from helping until like 830 or 9, and he was soooo tired so went to bed at like 930! (Man we are old!)

Then came sunday and we woke up like at 8:00 and got ready to head down to the shop to decide how to paint, we got down there and thank goodness Kevins sister and brother came to help, our dilemma though was all the kids, we didn't want them around the fumes and Halle would so want to play with the paint so I took all four kids (Halle 15 months, Demarion 3 months,

Jadyn 9, Carter 11)

I AM THE BEST AUNT IN THE WORLD! LOOK AT THAT SMILE!!

It was pretty crazy but the good mommy/babysitter I got both babies asleep and was able to hang out with the two older ones for a minute. But it got crazy cause I had to give Halle a bath when she woke up and Carter and Jadyn had to watch Demarion. There was a lot of crying involved but what was amazing was carter got him to go to sleep! Go Carter! So I got Halle ready then we headed down to the shop (and by the way the shop looks so good!! ) and then mindy, me, Jadyn, demarion, and halle all went to walmart to get presents for Takeo's birthday. Then we headed to candices house for Takeo's 1st birthday. We had a lot of fun, there was a 16 month girl there and she kept hitting and pushing Halle down! So Sad, Halle didn't even cry she would just get up and walk away! So we got done with that and then we had to go back to walmart to get groceries (which is quite the time with two cranky, hungry babies)

TAKEO 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!!

Finally I dropped Mindy off and headed home with Halle crying almost the whole way. I got home, fed her and put her to bed! I am so tired and I need another weekend!

HALLE LOVED TAKEO'S LETTER TABLE!! LOOK AT CUTE KENDALL PANTS!! LOVE HER!

What a Week!!!!

2008-09-18T09:27:00.004-06:00

Our new little niece Kendall! What a sweetie pants! So we (and when I say we I usually am just taking credit for my husband) had a pretty crazy weekend and the craziness has definitly followed us right into the week! We went up to see our new little niece Kendall on Friday and brought dinner up and hung out with Cari and Aaron and Keyle and Scott for a little while, we gave Halle a little baby doll to play with(which if you know me is a big step for me cause dolls freak me out) and snuggle so she didn't have to attack Kendall, well she decided that she liked the baby doll more as a chew toy then anything else! If I went "Oh cute baby" she would hug it and then chuck it across the seat! Needless to say maybe we should hold off on another baby until we are sure that Halle won't use it as a teether or a play toy!! Yum baby face!!! On Saturday we went to our nephew's football game, it was a lot of fun and Halle loved running around and playing, she was in her jersey and looked too cute for words! Grandpa Mike decided to stick Halle up in a tree and she loved it, she kept wanting Kevin to put her back up there! I trapped her!! Love pack n plays!! Halle deciding that it is better to ride facing forward. Dork On Sunday Halle and I got a lot of errands done and played a lot! It is just so nice to have time with her on the weekends!! Little Miss thing thinks she got to get up and play at 9 at night! LOVE THE BEDHEAD!! So this week Kevin has been getting ready to move into his shop, it is in Draper and it is AWESOME!! He finally moved in yesterday afternoon and I am so proud of him. For those of you who don't know Kevin and his partner Sean are opening a business called Hydrogen Hybrid, they make and distribute hydrogen cells in vehicles(hydrogen is an alternate form of gas and improves your gas mileage up to 50% or more. Kevin started with this idea and plans about 6 months ago and now he has his own shop and lots of plans! We are so excited to open his business and get this going! Halle and I went there last night and she LOVED running around in all that space, she wore herself completely out! I am glad she likes it cause that, I am sure, will be our 2nd home. If anybody is interested in getting a Hydrogen Cell in their vehicle of any kind call my husband Kevin at 801 910 2940. He can go over price and explain better than I can what it is! Well I will post pics of the shop when I get my camera back from Kevin, it is very very very nice and we will be doing lots of redecorating and designing so I will post the progress as we get it done! YAY!! Have a great Thursday!

Looking back...

2008-09-10T09:21:00.001-06:00

Just taking a minute and thinking back at about a year ago, looking at how small my squishy is and I am so amazed how big she has gotten! Enjoy!

You know....

2008-09-05T08:30:00.002-06:00

I was sitting here thinking about how lucky I am to have the great family I have and that I am so blessed everyday to have my husband and daughter in my life. I feel like I get so caught up in work and trying to keep things in order that I rarely sit down and look at all I have and all that I am grateful for. -I have an amazing husband who is doing all he can to make Halle and I so happy, he sacrifices so much for us and I want to thank him so so much for his love and hardwork. He has given me a beautiful daughter and he is really the most amazing dad. He could play with her for hours and never get tired of it. He loves to hear her laugh and loves her kisses. I have a husband that is my life and my best friend. I love him too much for words. -My Halle bug is truly a gift from heaven, I may complain about her tantrums and her craziness but I have a child that is beyond healthy and so so SMART!! Our daughter is hilarious and she knows how to put on a show and make us laugh like crazy. I can't even express the love I feel when I walk in the door after work and she comes running for me saying "ma ma ma ma" with her hands up. The feeling of being wanted and loved that much is so amazing, it erases all my stress and anxiety from my day, and my life to just look into those big blue eyes. What a blessing it is to go get her in the middle of the night and see how happy and relived she is to have her mommy and daddy come get her from a bad dream or to feed her when she's hungry. To have someone so dependant on you is a overwhelming feeling but beyond rewarding when you are able to provide love and comfort for this little blessing that we created. I love this little girl with all my heart and beyond. I don't know what I did to deserve her but I will be working the rest of my life to make sure that she knows how much she is loved by her mama and dada. -My parents are truly the best prople through and through. I know I can count on them through everything. They have put up with so much crap from me and continue to love me and support me no matter what. They are truly an example of a wonderful, spiritual, marriage and they have made me the mom and wife I am today. My dad has given me the gift of humor and to laugh things off and not take things to seriously. You gotta take life one day at a time and as a gift given to us. My mom is the picture of selflessness. She raised us three kids with so much love and compassion, and I can truly say that my mom is my best friend. They are amazing grandparents and Halle is so lucky to have them in her life. I love you mom and dad so much. -MaryAnn and Mike, they are my second parents that I have always been able to count on through thick and thin, They are very dedicated to their spirituality and beliefs and it's amazing to see their good spirits. I love you guys so much and thank you for being the great example you are to Kev and me and especially for being great grandparents. Halle loves you so much! And do do we!! -My family! WOW where do I start, too many and not enough time! I love everyone of you and I love having sisters and brothers!! Sorry about my gushiness!! Love everyone TOO much!

Labor Day Weekend

2008-08-29T12:08:00.003-06:00

YAY!!! Three day weekend!! I am excited for the next three days off, Just sometime to hopefully clean my house hang out with the family and relax for a second!

Last night we took Halle to South Towne Mall and went on the carousel! She just loves that so much, she was waving to everybody and saying "gi up, gi up" What cute little snot! But then I had to take her off, we had a screaming tantrum all through the mall on the way out! If anyone knows what to do about these dang tantrums she's been having I would welcome the advice, she has at the least 5 big tantrums a day and 10 small ones. I am at my wits end!! She goes full on and kicks and screams and crys, I usually ignore it but she gets louder and I have the hardest time looking at her teary eyes and her saying "MAMA" and not picking her up. So I end up doing the bad thing and picking her up. I know I need to stop doing that but I feel like I have so little time to spend with her that when I am home I want to snuggle her cute booty!!

Keep on Keepin on!

2008-08-28T14:17:00.003-06:00

LETS GO MA!!!!

So after the death hike I decided that I was extremely out of shape (DUH) So i decided I really need to get out more and work out more. So every night my amazing parents go for like a 3 mile walk, and it's a beautiful walk. The last part of the walk is pretty brutal though because of this huge hill!! ( I call it the amazing butt shrinking hill, because my pants always fit better after i've walked it!) So half way through the walk we let Halle out of her stroller and let her walk a little, which she LOVED, but when I put her back in her stroller she was so mad! So I gave her a rock and she sat there and played with it and sucked on it, yes my child eats rocks the short bus is getting ready for her!! It felt really good to workout and I am going to try and keep it up! Halle also really enjoyed feeding Toby and Abby her Trix, she loves my parents dogs so much and she loved the walk! I will let everyone know if I keep doing it!!

I also want to tell my handsome hubby HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! We have been together for 9 years today and even though we have had our ups and downs it has made us such an amazing team and best friends. I love him so much and I know he is my soulmate. He always knows how to make me happy and to make me feel good about myself. I am so lucky to have a husband who is always putting his family first, he is the best daddy to our little princess. I love you sweetie an d I can not wait to spend the rest of our lives and after with you!!! MUAH!!

Pictures of the death hike...

2008-08-26T08:13:00.001-06:00

So I almost died......

2008-08-25T13:44:00.002-06:00

Well not really but I certainly felt like it yesterday and even more today. Now the story of my "fun weekend" Lets start off with friday, I went with Mindy to go get Jaydn and and let Halle and her swim at my sister in laws house. Well while I was loading my totally emotional daughter into the car I set my cell phone on the roof of the car while I put everything in. Well without a thought I jumped in my car and we were off for some swimmin. We got there and Halle WOULD NOT swim and was being so sad and cranky, so we decided to leave and go tp my parents for the goodbye barbeque for my brro. Well when I got in the car at my sister in laws I was looking everywhere for my phone and we couldn't find it anywhere so we decided to go back to my house and look for it. On the way back I realized what had happened. Mindy had heard a sound as we turned outta my street when we left but I just blew it off and said it was something in my trunk, oh no it was my cell ohone. Well by the time we got back to my street it was laying there in a bout 7 pieces and I was freaking out cause I didn't want to tall Kev (Not that he would be mean, I just know I wouldn't live it down) So sweet Mindy was trying to put it back together but there was no hope!!! IT SUCKED and yes I told kev and I don't think he will ever be done telling people about it and making fun of me!! Saturday we went to the car show and that was fun and everybody and everything made it in one piece, and then Sunday comes..... It all started with Christie saying that she wanted to hike timpanogos and me thinking it would be fun, "Halle will love it, it will be fun" OH NONONONO!! First off we get there, it was Kevin, Halle, and me, Mindy, Detrich, Jadyn, Christie, Jerry and Carter, we got up to the booth thing to pay and realized there were no strollers allowed. WHY WHY WHY didn't we turn around at that point? Well we decided that we will just carry Halle up. BAD BAD BAD BAD IDEA!! She is about 25 pounds now and wants to be independent. GRRR I almost DIED on the way up, it was super steep and Halle was heavy and I am very very extremly out of shape. It was the trial of death and I hated every minute of it. So FINALLY, after a lot of breaks and whining on my part, somehow we all got to the top and waited for our tour to start. Well the group we went with was huge and the cave was cold, cramped and pretty freaky and Halle wanted none of it, at this point she was hungry and tired to, she screamed and cried the whole way through, we had no way out and I felt so bad for everyone that had to listen to that. I don't even remeber the cave at all because my whole time I was trying to stop Halle from crying. So finally we get done and then have to head down. Kevin and I bolted for it, I think we took one break and finally made it to the car and home!! I can honestly say that I am never ever ever ever never doing that ever again!!! I am so sore today I am walking like frankenstein and I am in so mcuh pain! See this is why I don't work out!! So that wa my "super fun weekend" Next weekend I am NOT leaving the house!! I will post pics tomorrow!

Time for the Weekend!!!

2008-08-22T08:40:00.003-06:00

That's right, she is already playing our DS's. Smart girl!!

YAY it's friday!! I have a busy weekend ahead and I am excited to start it, I have been so swamped at work and I need a break! Tonight is my little brothers going away party, tomorrow we are going to the car show with my dad. And sunday we are going to go up timpanogos with Christie and fam, Mindy and Fam and US!!! How fun!! Halle got to stay up late last night cause christie, jerry, and carter came over. She is such a ham! She loves putting on a show, she was so exhausted when they left, so I fed her a bottle and she went right to bed. Kevin got a drop down DVD player in his Tahoe and Halle loves it. It's so cute when the movie turns on cause she goes "OH WOW!" and then she is totally sucked in. She loves baby einstien and all of a sudden she'll start giggling, she is such a cute stinker. Here are a couple pics of the past couple days! I hope you have a good weekend I should have some cute pics of this weekend to post on monday.

Halle watching baby Einsten in the Tahoe

Halle walking through quilted bear with my ma

Look-A-Like Chart

2008-08-22T08:08:00.002-06:00

So I saw this look a like chart on someone's elses blog, I did it and I was very dissapointed, I know it doesn't work!! My daughter is so Kevin's clone!! I can't believe you can't trust something on the internet!! SHOCKING!!!

2008-08-21T14:06:00.001-06:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology - Family history

Some New Pics

2008-08-21T12:22:00.000-06:00

2008-08-19T12:34:00.003-06:00

Halle's Fun in the Rain

2008-08-19T12:32:00.000-06:00

I liked it!!

2008-08-05T14:21:00.005-06:00

So I did end up going and getting Breaking Dawn at midnight with all the girls, we had plans to wait at barnes and noble but it got to crowded and crazy so we decided to go over to walmart and check out the line, my wrist band for barnes and noble said that was #526 so we decided to stay at walmart and get it there. It was such a good idea to do that, walmart was way organized and we were out with books in hand by 1215! I got home by 130 and went to bed. I woke up the next morning with bug and we played for awhile, then when she went down for her nap I started it. I read off and on saturday and actually finished saturday night. I really really liked it alot. I think it is a really good example of a mothers bond to her child. I LOVED IT!!! Let me know what you think of it tooO!!! Halle finally got to go swimming in her pool and had a blast! She loves the water and was a cute little splasher. She has done an excellent job of transitioning into our new house and has been sleeping amazingly (knock on wood) Here's a couple pics....:)

ONE MORE DAY!!!!!

2008-07-31T09:10:00.003-06:00

So I am to excited for words!! Breaking Dawn is coming out at midnight tomorrow!! I am so excited and have my whole night planned with the girls!! We have to go to barnes and noble at 9 am tomorrow to get a wristband, then we are meeting for dinner tomorrow night at 7 then we'll go back to barnes and noble at 830 to start waiting for midnight!! I am a freak I know but I LOVE these books!! Ok i'll stop being freak for a second and tell you how much I love our new house!! So much space and so so cute!! We had a fun time moving on saturday (Thanks so much to EVERYONE who helped us!! I know it was a pain with all the stairs!!) We got everything in by two and We spent the rest of the day unpacking, FUN!!! That first night was a terror, Halle did not know what was going on and would not go in her crib without screaming bloody murder. I finally decided to take her for a drive and after five minutes of straight screaming in the car she totally zonked out, so I brought her home and put her to bed and she was asleep fpr about an hour when a thunderstorm started GRRRRRRRR!!!! It woke Halle up and she wouldn't fall back asleep till almost midnight, she slept till 630 and decided it was time to get up! WE WERE EXHAUSTED!! The good thing is I started back her routine on sunday (bath, bottle, bed) and she has slept great and gone to bed great this whole week!! YAY!! All my neighbors are so sweet and nice!! It is so nice having my parents close and I just can't get over the space we have. We are pretty much unpacked and getting settled, It is a ong commute but I do like my alone time so it's ok :) Also my so so sweet husband got me a new camera!! I was about to run over my old camera with my car!! It is a cute little red cyber shot and does amazing pictures!! I need to upload all the pics i took of the 24th and and moving and stuff, I will put up a slide show. The 24th was way fun, Halle HATED the fireworks so we went inside with Mindy and Demarion and just hung out, I LOVE holidays!! I will tey to post the pics this weekend if I am not too busy reading :)

Time to move.....almost

2008-07-21T12:01:00.005-06:00

This is Halle watching Teletubbies, you can not break her concentration when that show is on!! So we decided that we needed a bigger place. We have too much stuff and we bursting out of our apartment. We found the cutest townhome up in cedar hills and we are moving on saturday!!! I am so excited, we will have 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths a full size garage and a little backyard!! So the third bedroom we are making into a computer room/play room (Halle has so many toys that they need their own room!!) I am so excited cause it's a neighborhood with a lot of kids and it's nice cause we are close to my parents too. We have slowly been packing (and by we I mean more Kevin and my Mom!!) It's nice cause I have thursday and Friday off so I will have two days to get stuff packed up and ready to go. I also have been at my new job for almost a month and I LOVE it!!! The people I work with are amazing and it's work that I love to do, Halle has been staying home with Kevin and that has been going really really good too, she loves to play and so does her dad so by the time I get home from work they are both pretty exhausted. I also just got to say how in love I am with my new little nephew! He is cute and snuggly, I am probably driving Mindy and D nuts cause I want to come over everyday!! I am posting a couple pics from the last couple weeks, Hope you like em!! Halle Loves Swimming, look how excited Jadyn is to be swimming in Halle's HUGE pool!!

Almost there!!

2008-07-07T19:03:00.003-06:00

Halle is picking up on things so fast lately, we just have to say something once to her and she repeats it back to us! (Which means a certain daddy needs to start being extra careful!!) My favorite is when we are in the car I will talk to her and I will turn around to look at her and she say "What?" I know she got that one from Jadyn (or den den, that's what Halle calls her) She is always saying " All Gone" She has the funniest personality, she knows exactly what to do to me and kevin to make us laugh. She always hits buttons on her toys that make music and she does the funniest dance I have ever seen in my life!! Also she is very close to walking, she will walk back and forth betwenn Kevin and I and today she was standing up leaning against the couch and she just took of walking like 4 or 5 syeps!! I was so excited I was clapping and screaming!!! SOOO Cute!! Also my new addiction (again) is the twilight series I read all three ina week and for some reson I am starting them again. I am so excited for the fourth book to come out on August 2nd. If you haven't read them I suggest getting twilight and have at it!! It is the best series I have EVER read!! I am so in love with the main character!! Sigh!! Also the movie comes in december, me and my coworkers have taken the day off just so we can go see it!! Anyways here is some pics of twilight! Try not to drool!!

DeMarion William Hay

2008-07-01T19:59:00.005-06:00

Sorry it's taken me a little while to update on the staus of My new little nephew! So she got to the hospital on the 27th around 2:00 I think and they just let her rest and kept checking her, finally I got a text from Mindy around 7 pm that they were keeping her and to come on up to the hospital, so we headed up there and a fun time entertaining Mindy and keeping her mind off her contractions. Well the night got later and later and she wasn't really progressing, her contractions got closer and more intense and painful but she was still at a three and they let her know that they may give her a shot of morphine and send her home. Well MaryAnn, Detrich and me were freakin out because it was 2 am and we were afraid that they would send her home and then she would have to turn around and come back. Well at 3 am we finally got the word that she could stay and Kev and I finally headed home to get some sleep, well we got a call at 630am that seh was at an 8 and almost ready to go. So we got ready so fast and got to st marks in less than twenty minutes. Well we got there in time but mindy's epidural was not working completely so they had to give her more medicine and then I headed out to the waiting room to wait with Jadyn for the word! Finally we went and waited at the door and we heard that his head was coming and then we hearf the cutest, angriest cry! DeMarion was here and he is so friggin cute!! He was 7lbs 15oz, and 20 inches. He is so cute and we love him so much!! So here is some pics, and I gotta thank my mom for watching Halle for us so that we could be there for Mindy, Detrich, and Jadyn!! Enjoy!!

SO CLOSE!!!

2008-06-27T12:33:00.001-06:00

So I got a text from Mindy this morning saying that her contractions are 30 minutes apart so I am just so excited!! It might be awhile but he's coming!!!

All these babies coming!!!

2008-06-25T19:35:00.005-06:00

So all these babies have started to make their appearance into the world in the past month or so!! My friend Jenn's little bro, Jordan and his wife Emilee had theirs right before fathers day, they had a little girl named Mylee, she is so cute and tiny she was 6 lbs and 11 oz. And then this past weekend I think the 22nd or 23rd, my friend Mandee had her baby boy named Elijah, she had to have a c section after being induced, she was 4 days overdue, and I would of expected him to be bigger but he weighed the same has Mylee at 6 lbs 11 oz. Also another friend done the line had her little boy on the 16th. But the frustrating thing about all these babies coming is that the ONE baby I want to come is all comfy in his mama's belly and is just hanging out. My sister in law Mindy is almost 39 weeks and is due next friday but I really want him out ASAP because I start my new job at IHC on monday (More about that later) and I am a selfish aunt and want to at least be there when she has him!! She goes in tomorrow to get checked so I am crossing my fingers!!! All these babies are making me a little baby hungry again!! (yes Tara, you heard me right!!) But I want to lose weight before I even think about it again!! It was kinda freaky though cause Kev and I both had a dream last night that we had twins! SCARY!! Ok about the job, those of you who know me well know that I have been home with my Halle bug for the last three months after the research company I worked for closed. I have been looking around and wanted s good fit, I love research and I didn't want to get into a job with weird hours or too much of a workload. I interviewed at IHC about 2 weeks ago and I GOT IT!! I actually had gotten another offer also from another place that I really wasn't excited about, so when the offer came in I was jumpin outta my pants!! It's a great position and great benefits and pay so I start Mondayfor orientation then go to LDS Hospital on Tuesday to start. I had a second interview with the girls that I would be working with and we got along so well it made me wnat the job even more. But it is a good week to start causr I have a short work week due to the fourth of July!! A littl epity me story though. I had to go in and do all my employment paperwork today and I had to pee in a cup, get blood drawn, get a tetnus shot, and a TB injection, all in one arm!! So I am super sad and excited at the smae time, I have loved so much being home with Halle everyday, she is such a ball of energy and she makes me laugh all day long. It's going to be an emotional day on monday :( But hopefully Kevin gets his Hydrogen Cell business up and going and I can stay home in the near future again. I love working but I am just dreading monday!! Also I just had to post this picture of Conner that Tara sent me a little while ago. I laugh everytime I look at it!!

I am EXHAUSTED!!

2008-06-21T13:27:00.002-06:00

My Sweet little innocent, well behaved princess (HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!) I am one tired mama! My heart and amazement goes out to all those mom's who have more than one child to deal with! How in the heck do you do it??!!! I have been stuck at home without w car for the past two days and I don't know if Halle is teething or just going througha phase but heaven almighty she has been the queen of tantrums, Now I totally understand and sympathize with her because I can not even imagine how it would be not to tall your mommy what was wrong with you but no matter what I do or say the past two days she gets soooo mad at me!! Yesterday was something else, I would try everything int he book to see what she wanted or if something hurt etc. but by the end of the day and about 10 small tantrums later and 5 major tantrums, I finally gave up and just put her to bed. SHe normally goes to bed at 7 and wakes up around 830. And she went right to sleep at seven ( I am sure all that adorable crying wore her out!!) she woke up an hour later just crying and I rocked her and snuggled her and she was lot better and slept until 9 this morning. Well I woke up this morning thinking that it was going to be different today, but so far it's been an uphill battle with my princess!! She was supposed to takw her nap and she totally refused and would not stop crying. So I took her out of her crib, gave her a bath (that usually calms her) and fed her a bottle. She played for awhile then I got up to look at my phone and here came the tantrum again!! So now she is in her room, she cried for all of a minute and totally zonked out!! Phew!! Being a mom is tough!!!

My big girl!!

2008-06-18T13:02:00.002-06:00

So I totally forgot to post about Halle's 12 month well child check, she si getting so big!! She weighs 22 lbs, 31 1/2 inches long, her weight is in the 70th percentile and her height is in the 75th!! And of course her head is in the 80th percentile!! (But if you saw her daddy's head it would all make sense LOL) The dr is very impressed with her language and reconigtion skills. She says a ton of words already and she points to things and calls them by name. The doctor said that she normally expects 10 wprds by 18 months but she thinks Halle will be around 20 words, Ok I am done being the doting mama!! Have a great day!

Happy Dad's Day Babe!!

2008-06-15T20:18:00.002-06:00

I just wanted my husband to know how grateful I am for him and how great of a daddy he is to our little bug!! He is always willing to drop everything to make sure that Halle is happy and he is so cute with her when they play. They are little clones of each other and I don't just mean lookswise, they have alot of the smae faces they make and just the outgoing personality is so friggin cute!! I love you babe, thanks so much for being such a great dad!!

We LOVE Swimming!!!!

2008-06-12T21:10:00.002-06:00

So we are so lucky to have pools all around us! We have one at our apartment, my grandpa has one in his backyard, and there is one in my mother in laws neighborhood. SO far we haev only gone to our apartment one but we have a wjole summer of swimming ahead of us! Halle got a ton of stuff to go swimmming with for her birthday, some cute swimsuits, waterwings, toys, and a littel blow up jetski!! We went swimming for the first time last week and have been two more times since then!! Baby Girl LOVES the water!! SHe kicks and splashes and just loves flosting in her water ski. We have gone wiith Mindy and Jadyn twice and Kev came with us today, You'll love the pic of Mindy, she is like 37 weeks preganant and ready to pop!! Well I hope you like the pics!!

A day with the Boys!!

2008-06-08T21:38:00.003-06:00

So we made the hike up to Roy to visit aunt Tara and the boys!! Halle was so tired by the end but she had so much fun!! I still can not believe that Carson is 4 months younger than her! He is the same size if not bigger!! Well we had a lot of fun and here is some pics, of Halle and Carson, and a Couple of Jackson, Conner was sleepin so I didn't get any of him. Enjoy!!

2008-06-06T21:31:00.001-06:00

Halle's 1st Birthday!!

2008-06-06T14:11:00.001-06:00

Halle's FIRST Birthday!!!

2008-06-05T23:48:00.003-06:00

So our little girl is officially ONE!!! I can not believe how fast the year went by!! We have such an amazing little girl that is so smart and has stolen my heart!! I can't believe that a year ago she was just a 6 pound little bitty baby!! And the fact that she is just as stubborn today as the day she was born, she had it dead set that she was coming a month early and that's exactly what she did!!

She has learned so much and she is such a ham for atttention!! She loved her birthday party and just loved the attention she got and plus she got so many awesome presents!! But it cracked me up cause after she got all her presents and we werer cleaning up she decided to play with her diaper bag!! Such a dork!! Well it's supa late so I will post some pics tomorrow! I will put up one rightnow!! I just want to thank everyone who came and was wit hus on her special day!!

GoodNight!!

Trying something new!!

2008-06-01T21:34:00.003-06:00

So my sister's baby shower was yesterday!! It was so cute!! MaryAnn did such an awesome job planning it and getting it out together! And I know Mindy got so much! DeMarion has a bigger wardrobe than anyone I know and he isn't even born yet!! MaryAnn set up a scrapbook table where we could make her pages that she could just stick pictures on, and it was a sports theme and had so many cute different ideas and things set up!!

I decided that I would give making a diaper cake a try! I had seen them done before and I thought they were so cute but way too expensive. So my mom and I went and bought all the stuff and I put it together. I had so much fun making it that I am thinking about making them and selling them!! I will post a couple pics! Tell me what you think :)

Halle's first birthday is this week and I can not believe I am going to have a one year old!! So FUN!!! I think that Kev and I will take her swimming that day and we are having friends and family over that night for cake and ice cream.

I took Halle swimming today with Jadyn and Mindy, First off Mindy looked so flippin cute with her so cute prego belly hangin out!! And Jadyn is just so cute with Halle! Halle loved when Jadyn would take her around the pool, I just held under her belly and Halle kicked and swung her arms!! She loves water, she is my little fish!! JUST LIKE ME!!!! Well we got home and I fed her and put her down for a napm but when she woke up she was a little warm and didn't want anyone but me. We went to Christie's for dinner and she threw up while we were there and just seemed to get hotter and hotter. So I made Kev run by the store and get some motrin. I gave her some and took her temp and it was 102.7 which freaked me out!!! SO I put shorts and s tank top on and put her to bed, but right now I am listening to the monitor and every little noise she makes I am running in there. Jadyn had febrile seizures when she was a baby so I am very scared and paranoid when she gets a temp.

Well I better go fold laundry!!!!

My little Troublemaker!!!

2008-05-22T20:00:00.005-06:00

I really just cannot get enough of my little girl lately she had been crackin me up non stop!! As we speak I am listening to her on her monitor saying "mama mama mama" "Dog" "WOOF WOOF" "COW" "MOO"! She has been picking up on things so quickly I have been teaching her sign language for the past couple months and all of a sudden she is doing a bunch of signs! It's crazy!! Also she has started dancing!! Now she does a cute little sway motion everytime slow music comes on but if you say dance dance dance or if fast music comes on she does a little booty shake and gets low!!! It is so funny to watch cause she is very serious about it!!!

She is very into Oskar's dog bowls too!! And most the time we remember to put them up wjen she is in the kitchen!! We have had a couple close calls but yesterday I was getting her bath and jammies ready and usually she follows me around but I turned around and she was gone, of course I panicked and ran everywhere making sure she didn't fly away or get eaten by an alligator, we I looked int he kistchen and she had Oskars water bowl and had dumped it all over herself, she completly soaked herself and the floor. I was laughing so hard because she was so in shock and didn't want to move!! Luckily we were getting in the bath anyways so it wasn't a big deal!

And she opens everything she gets her hands on!! She figures out things I can't even open!!

She loves getting in cupboards and I even made her her own cupboard that she can open and pull everything out of but of course she never opens that one and I am constantly trying to keep her outta stuff!! When I am getting ready I do let her pull everything out of my cupboard which makes it take teice as long to get ready but hey at least she is distracted!! Also she loves unrollling the toliet paper and then she sits down and tears it up in tiny pieces. FUN FUN for mommy!!

Her First Birthday is coming up so quick so I have been trying to get stuff together or at least find where stuff is, well tonight we went to party sity in taylorsville and found the mother load!! I am so excited! I am posting a couple pics of her in cute hats from the store!!

Well my fingers are going to fall off and I am sure you are bored so i'll ttyl!!!

Fun Weekend with the Cousins!!!

2008-05-10T19:36:00.004-06:00

It took me a little while to finally post, i've been lazy!!! Anyways last weekend my cousin Whitney got married and my aunt and cousins came in from Arizona to come to the shower and the wedding, well Halle had a blast with her cousins Micah and Tessa. She played and played and jsut loved being apart of the girls!! We went to the park and shopping for wedding presents, and go out to dinner to my favorite place Spaghetti Factory, it was so much fun having them here and I was so sad to see them go on tuesday!! They wil be back in July for a whole month so we are looking forward to that!!! I posteda couple pics of the fun time with the girls.

This week has gone by super quick, Halle is a little speedy crawler and loves standing up on everything, although she is not very interested in walking at all, which I am actually fine with!!! As soon as she walks I will think of her as a toddler and not my baby girl anymore!!! Halle is also sleeping throught the night and sleeps till about 9 in the morning!! YAHOOO!!!! She is pointing like crazy and says, "gog (dog)", "poo poo", "fan","mama", "dada", "kaka" and she has also learned to put her finger up to her lips and go "shhhh" That is my favorite!!!! SO CUTE!!!

Oskar finally got groomed this week and he looks so cute but the thing that sucks is the people who have groomed him in the past didn't pluck his ear hair and this place finally did and he now has a ear infection. Poor poor oskar pants!!! So we brought him back to get his ear checked out and it cost us $50 freakin dollars for a vet to see him for like 5 minutes and sone antibiotics!! RIDICULOUS!!!!!

So tomorrow is my first mothers day and it is an amazing feeling to be a mom and have such an amazing little girl! I am so blessed that she is healthy and happy. I have lucked out so much and I am so grateful for my family and friends! I would not get through a single day without them!! I am salo so grateful to have the huband I have who works so hard to make his girls happy!!

I want to tell my mother in law maryann what a great mom and grandma she is. I want to thank her for her awesome son and how much she helps us out everyday!! THANK YOU LOVE YOU!!!

I also want to thank my mom for the amazing job she did raising us three kids, I know if I need anything I can call her and she will be there for me in a heartbeat. She is an amaing grandma and I don't think she even realizes how much we love and appreciate everything!! I LOVE YOU MA!!!

My Little John Deere Girl!!!

2008-04-28T21:15:00.003-06:00

Everyday with my little girl is such an adventure!! She is so so fun!! The last couple days she has practiced and learned to pull herself up on everything and everytime I turn around she is standing up. The problem is that she has not figured how to get back down so she has just been falling and has been bumping and hitting her head and booty and well everything. But she doesn't cry, just shakes it off and keeps on going!! She is so brave!!

We went to the park yesterday and had so much fun.Jadyn and Mindy came with us and we played with bubbles and tried to teach Halle how to throw and catch, it was so fun!! We also went to the petting zoo on friday. Halle Loved it, she loved petting the babygoats, she just kept pointing at them and saying "woof, woof", (Lately that's what she thinks all animals say) It was fun but stinky!! I will put up the pics!!

Halle is at such a fun age!! She's definitly not my baby anymore, she is our little girl and I love every minute. She makes me and kev laugh so hard all day long! I am so lucky to have gotten such a sweet little angel!!

Tagged by Sammy!

2008-04-21T20:15:00.002-06:00

4 Jobs I have had:Snack Shack (haha) Macs Teller Shoe salesman Research Coordinator 4 TV Shows I watch: HOUSE!!! The Hills Barney The Goodnight Show 4 Places I have been: Hawaii Vegas Phoenix Jackson Hole 4 People that email me: MaryAnn My Ma Kevin Chrisite 4 of my favorite foods: Pasta Cereal Chinese Mexican 4 Friends I Tag: Whoever has time!!! 4 things I am looking forward to in 2008: Halle's 1st birthday DeMarion being born Watching how things grow and change!!! Learning somethin new

Before I was a mom.....

2008-04-16T20:37:00.003-06:00

..♥..

Before I was a Mom

I made & ate hot meals

I had unstained clothing

I had quiet conversations on the phone

Before I was a Mom

I slept as late as I wanted & never worried about how late I got into bed

I brushed my hair & my teeth everyday

Before I was a Mom

I cleaned my house each day

I never tripped over toys or forgot the words to lullabies

Before I was a Mom

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous

I never thought about immunizations

Before I was a Mom

I had never been puked on

Pooped on

Spit on

Chewed on

Peed on

Or pinched by tiny fingers

Before I was a Mom

I had complete control of my mind

My thoughts

My body

& I slept all night & got plenty of rest

Before I was a MomI never held down a screaming child

So that doctors could do tests or give shots

I never looked into teary eyes & cried

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep

Before I was a Mom

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

When I couldn't stop the hurt

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much

I never knew that I could love someone so much

I never knew what love at first sight really meant

I never knew I would love being a Mom

Before I was a Mom

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby

I didn't know that bond between a mother & her child

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important

Before I was a Mom

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay

I had never known the warmth

The joy

The love

The heartache

The wonderment

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much

Before I was a Mom

SLOW DOWN!!!

2008-04-09T15:37:00.003-06:00

So I know I have said a million times how fast my little girl is growing but I swear it's getting faster!! Not only is she crawling like a maniac but she has 6 teeth that have broken through and 2 molars getting ready to do the same!! She is going to have a full grill in no time!! She also is almost pulling herself up on things. She has already done it once when I wasn't looking, I was filling up the bathtub like I do everynight and while it fills up I get her pj's ready and her bottle and anything else, Halle loves watching it fill up, if she hears the bathtub she crawls like a mad baby to her bathroom, well kev and I were getting stuff ready and I looked in there and she was standing up by the tub!!I was shocked!! So I put her back down and she wouldn't do it agian but at least I know she can now!!

I am going to post a couple pics of Halle with her step and go. We got this step and go for her baby shower and we just put it in storage thinkin that it would be forever before she could use it! Well I guess it's been forever cause she is ready to use it!!! So Kevin put it together last night and I took some pics. (PS don't mind her hair I had just taken it out of her pigtails).

Have a good evening!!

sOmE nEw PicS!!_ WARNING LOTS OF PICS

2008-03-26T20:43:00.005-06:00

So we were a little late giving Halle her Easter basket, We did it the day after (I don't think she cared too much though:)) So here are a couple pics of that, plus I really want to post the pics cause of her hair!!! It had been in pigtails the night before and I took it out before she went to bed so it's the funniest thing ever!! Such a cute baby! She makes us laugh like crazy!!

Also she got to go the park for the first time also. She LOVED the slide. At first she was scared but by the end she was leaning forward and wanting to just keep going!! She loved going down with Jadyn, She looks up to Jadyn so much!! Anything Jadyn is doing Halle wants to be right there watching.

We are also so excited for tomorrow cause it's Jadyn's Bday party at Classic Skating. She is going to be 9 Years old. Crazy that I met her when she was 5 months old!! It should be so much fun! Well enjoy the pics!!

Time For Easter!!

2008-03-22T21:16:00.003-06:00

So I am so excited for Easter tomorrow, mostly to give Halle her first Easter basket. It's a small one and it has candy in it with some stuffed animals and a new sippy cup. She should love ripping that apart!

Also earlier this week Halle got to go up to Grandma and Grandpa doggies (I call them that cause they have to big labs Halle loves watchin) and do an easter egg hunt, since she is the only and grandshild and doesn't walk yet or really know what is going on it was a mommy and daddy easter egg hunt. Grandma and Grandpa went a little crazy and his like 34 eggs!!!! And they have a huge backyard. It was a lot of fun though! I love having a little girl that we can enjoy this with.

Tomorrow we are going to other grandma and grandpas (Ihaven't decided what to call them just yet) and go to dinner. I am going to put Halle in her Cute little dress, Yay she can be a girly girl for the day!!

I will also post a couple pics of the easter egg hunt