Beach Day

Tomatoes

We planted a few tomato plants in what we like to call our backyard. It's just a cement slab but we love it.

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As if it's not hard enough to play catch up on this blog, I had a UGLY background, a new computer and apparently blogger changed everything. So I am seriously STRUGGLING. Luckily my awesome friend Jenna came to the rescue and fixed my blog so its cute now. I couldn't even figure out how to write our names on the top and she did all of this in a matter of 15 minutes. If you need a blog or anything shes AMAZING. She is www.qadesigns.blogspot.com I am going to try to get this thing back up and going. Instagram is just WAY easier. XOXO

Christmas 2011

 

 

 

 

He is a little freaked out by the whole Santa thing

Blessing Day

Today was a special day for our little family. Ryan gave Sophie the sweetest blessing. He is such a good dad and I am so grateful for the priesthood that he holds. We are so thankful for my parents, aunt, uncle and cousin that are so supportive and were able to come be a part of our baby girl's big day. She wore the blessing dress that my mom made for me to be blessed in. She looked so cute and I loved that it had sentimental value. It made it that much sweeter. We just couldn't be more in love with our baby girl and are so happy to have this time of year to spend lots of time together and with our loved ones.

Little Indian

Last week at preschool they had a Thanksgiving feast. It was darling. They all made hats and vests and had a little lunch. Oh! And Will got a big boy haircut. I was done with the long hair. I was so stressed about it being short cause its been SO long since his hair has been really short. But I am loving it. He looks like a completely different person.

This is how he writes his name. SO cute right?

We went to the Legoland aquarium yesterday and he got a little lego Nemo

Sophie Rose

On October 12th we welcomed our baby girl Sophie. We still can't believe she is actually here and that we are now a family of 4. She was 8 lbs 6 oz. Exactly the same as Will. Crazy right? And they were both born at 40 weeks 3 days and 6:30-ish in the morning. The births were COMPLETELY different this time though. With will I was in labor for days and pushed for hours. With her, it was so fast. I BARELY made it to the hospital in time. We pulled up to the curb at 6 am. I don't even know what time I got up to labor and delivery. Maybe 6:15? She was born at 6:27. When we got there I was dying and the nurses were just annoyed I wasn't breathing though contractions better. We were all pretty shocked when my water broke and she started coming out before I was even checked into the hospital. It was pretty dramatic and crazy like the movies. Being RUSHED into a delivery room as she is coming out, I am screaming, and sweating. Ryan is in the corner trying not to pass out, I don't have time for an epidural.(obviously) I was just so excited to not have to be at the hospital for hours on end WAITING for her to get here. It was all kinda a blur and when I think about it I get major anxiety thinking we were SO close to having a baby on the 405. Thankfully it was before traffic or else we would have. Now, after having a baby naturally, completely on accident I would totally do it again. The whole experience and the recovery was so much better it's completely worth it. Poor baby was pretty swollen and bruised for a day or 2. I think just from coming out so fast. But we love her more than words can describe and are so grateful for the blessing of another baby. It is such a miracle.

Who do you think she looks like?

A couple days after she was born I took her in because her belly button looked super red... Turns out this can be very serious and they don't take it lightly. We were instantly sent to the hospital for her to be admitted and put on an antibiotic IV. It was SSSOOO sad. I cried for like 2 days straight. I hated having my tiny 2 day old baby in the hospital. Ryan and I both stayed with her, and my parents had Will with them. Thankfully we were able to leave after a little over 2 days and everything was okay. I now have a new appreciation for the sick kids and families that have to spend time in the hospital. My heart breaks for them. We were lucky for it to just be an infection. Nothing more. So thanks to all of our family and friends who prayed for our baby girl. I have pictures from the hospital just all on my phone. I need to figure out how to get them off.