Sometimes reading friends status's on facebook makes me realize how wonderful my life truly is. Today was one of those days and I just feel the need to say it. I have a fabulous husband who would do anything for me and our kids. I love him so much. I have two beautiful, healthy, intelligent daughters who are absoutely perfect. (At least in my eyes) Okay well maybe not perfect, they have flaws, but that is what makes perfection. :) I have a supportive wonderful family behind me. Even though they are too far away to see on a daily, or even weekly, basis they have a thriving relationship with me and my children. Alexys will take the phone and 'play' with my mom for hours. She has such a big imagination. And my mom is so patient with her. I would be so annoyed with some of the things my mom willingly and happily puts up with. I have a home that is all mine. I have heat and a soft bed and food in my tummy and pantry. I have all of these things and I forget to be grateful for them. So at times like this when I remember I want to write it down so that I can look back and say 'hey! Life is good. Be happy.'
Though I will say in passing I wish my husband could have the kind of parents I have. I wish every day he could feel the unconditional love I feel from my family. I hurt for him that his family dynamic is so shaky. I just wish they could realize what a great, ambitious person they raised and be proud of the man he has become. I know I am.
December 4, 2010
Middle of the night thoughts.
November 16, 2010
5 Months
Anyway. Makenzie is my squishy weed. She weighed 13.9 lbs at her 4 month appointment and is AT LEAST a pound heavier. She is a boobie baby. She won't take a bottle, and while that sucks a bit I couldn't be more proud. I didn't make it this long with Alexys. I still feel guilty I fed her formula. The more I learn about that crap the more guilty I feel too.
Makenzie is already rolling both ways, sits all by herself and is getting up on her knees and rocking. I almost guarantee she'll be crawling by Thanksgiving, if not it won't be too long after. :(
She is my happy girl. She smiles a lot and giggles (mostly at Alexys) She is a terrible sleeper. I still am up with her at least 3 times a night. Plus I'm lucky if she takes 45 minute naps. (Once again mostly because of Alexys, who loves to bother her) She loves to play with Lex in their bedroom too. That makes my life easier because I actually get stuff done occasionally.
She loves to bath. I mean LOVES it. She will start kicking her legs and smiling as soon as she hears the tub running. She has also gotten a few solid foods. She likes broccoli, snap peas, green beans, mashed potatoes and most of all totsie pops! (I know I'm terrible)
Alexys is doing so well in preschool. I had parent teacher confrences a few weeks ago. They said she was the 'star student' She is well above most of her class. She knows all of her colors, can count to 10 consistently, can spell her name and she is the leader of the class. She is there to take charge (and probably be bossy) Her best friend is Hadlee, who is non-verbal. Miss Janel and Miss Rita say that Lex just easily took Hadlee under her wing and stands up for her when the others are not being nice. I love this girl.
Survey
I saw this on another girl's blog. I love these things and it helps me remember the details a bit.
1. Were you married at the time? Yes.
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? I was overjoyed with both. We tried for over a year each time. I cried both times!
3. How old were you? A few weeks shy of 20 with Lex. 23 with Kenzie.
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Home pregnancy tests. I was a week late with Lex and Justin made me test. I just felt pregnant with Kenzie and tested 1 day after my period was supposed to start.
5. Who did you tell first? Justin, of course!
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Yep!!
7. Due date? March 19, and June 6
8. Did you deliver early or late? Early with both. Lex March 14. Kenz was born June 1.
9. Did you have morning sickness? Mildly. I can't complain.
10. What did you crave? Cherry Pepsi and KFC mashed potatoes with Alexys. I can't really think of any from Kenzie.
11. What irritated you the most? When random people would rub my belly.
12. What was your first child’s sex? Girl, second is a girl too!
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 17 with Alexys. Lost 13 with Makenzie.
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? I had hypertension with Alexys and gestational diabetes with Makenzie. Both mild and easily controlled.
15. Where did you give birth? Ashley Valley Medical Center (Renamed to Ashley Regional Medical Center between the two)
16. How many hours were you in labor? With Alexys I woke at 4 a.m. having contractions. She was born at 9:35 p.m. so...17 hours. With Makenzie they started pitocen at 9 a.m. and she was born at 1:19 p.m so...4 hours and some change.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Justin.
18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain? I had epidurals with both. Though, I could have gone pain med free with Makenzie. I was 8 cm. (unknowingly) when I got my epi. and dealing with contractions well. If I have another I plan on trying for no pain meds.
19 . How much did your child weigh? 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 7 lbs. 12 oz.
20 . What did you name him/her? #1 is Alexys Marie, #2 is Makenzie Caitlyn
21 . How old is your first born today? 3 years, 8 months, 2 days. :(
22. Who does your child look like? I think they both look like Justin.
23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor? No I think I was pretty calm through both of them.
September 26, 2010
Life...
Has been crazy busy lately. Since my last post we've:
Spent 5 days in Vegas. We were only supposed to go down for the weekend but the truck broke and we ended up getting the whole back end rebuilt. We also say Justin's parents off to Houston. :(
Spent a week in Mesquite with my family. Really it was just my mom, my girls and I for half of the time. My dad was working the corn stand so he only made it down for the weekend. Colby and Cheryl came down for the weekend also but had to head home for work on Tuesday. Ash and Clint and Brady and Danielle couldn't work it into their schedules.
Makenzie had her first illness. An ear infection. It was so sad.
Started pre school! Lexys goes to the school directly across the street from our house 2 days a week for 2 hours and 15 minutes. She is loving it.
Realized fall is here :( and have done lots of yard work. Including cutting down our massive apple tree due to a fungus in the trunk.
Celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary (today!)
I didn't take any pics in Vegas. My mom has all the pics from Mesquite. I do have a pic of Lexys off to school...somewhere. (Yep least organized person on earth here.) So I'll just add a few cute ones of my cute girls and call it a night.
August 22, 2010
August 18, 2010
Quick update
Makenzie is 11 weeks old now. She just had her 2 month check up yesterday and weighs in at 11 lbs 11 oz 22 in. long. She is growing and maturing WAY faster than I want her to. She can roll from her back to her tummy, but hates being on her tummy and just screams the whole tummy time. I think she needs to put some of that energy into learning how to roll from tummy to back but, well, there is no reasoning with a baby! LOL! She finally will take a binky too. That makes my life a ton easier. She smiles and coos and just loves her daddy (he'll tell you differently because he thinks she wants to lay and cuddle when in reality she wants to be up and see everything) She is still a champion sleeper and I rarely even feel a bit tired, let alone exhausted. She still has a head full of dark hair and she has big beautiful blue eyes. She looks quite a bit like Lexys but is uniquely her in many ways.
Lexys starts pre school in two weeks. She is so excited to go. It is only two days a week for 2 1/2 hours a session but it is right across the street from our house, so getting there shouldn't be a hassle. We went school shopping for the first time. So much fun! We are in trouble as our girls get older. I LOVE to buy them clothes and pretty things. She is also still dancing and loving that. She cut her own hair a few weeks ago and made me cry like a little baby. Her hair is stick straight and fine. It doesn't grow fast. I have been trying to get her to grow it for most of her life. It was finally long enough to put up and make pretty and she chopped it. Then the girl at Great Clips CUT BANGS! I HATE BANGS (no offense to those of you rocking them) She looks like a Beetle, or Justin Beiber (Though I think he may look more like a girl than she does!) Hopefully it will grow fast and be cute again someday.
As for the rest of us we are just trucking along. I am awesome and have lost 30 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight (I lost 13 while pregnant) And am trying to lose more but MAN it's HARD. I nurse Kenzie and find myself STARVING all of the time. I am working out on a regular basis though and that makes for a healthier, if not slimmer me. Justin just works a lot. He did pull a tag for the Bow and Arrow Elk hunt this year so that will be going on in a few weeks. He has also recently taken up golf. I think he just is trying to get away from the craziness that is our house lately.
Sorry I'm not on my computer so I don't have any pics but I'll try to get some of my ADORABLE kids up soon.
June 24, 2010
Makenzie Caitlyn
Makenzie Caitlyn was born June 1 at 1:19 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs 12 oz and was 20 inches long. My labor was textbook perfect. I couldn't have asked for easier...and that was a for shadow of her personality. She is an easy baby and sleeps so well for me.
I was induced due to m6y doctor going on vacation the next day. They had me come to the hospital at 6:30 a.m. (ugh so early) My parents, Ashlee and Clint came up and took Alexys for the night which made it easy for Justin and I to get up and go. We got to the hospital and as I was changing into my gown my water started leaking. I thought nothing of it at the time. I had never felt my water break before and had no clue really what it felt like. I expected a huge gush.
Anyway we got checked in and hooked up to monitors (I was having very few contractions) then watched the news for two hours until my doctor showed up. He broke my water around 8:30. Nothing happened, no gush, no onset of contractions. He said watch things for an hour and if nothing was happening to start pitocen. (Did I mention I was 5 cm. dilated when we got to the hospital?) So around 9:30 we started pit and I finally started contracting. I was tolerating them pretty well if I do say so myself but the nurse told me whenever I wanted she would call the anesthesiologist to do my epidural. I gave the go ahead about 10:30. He showed up pretty quickly. As he was doing the procedure he was answering questions from Justin and the nursing student who was shadowing my nurse (he was male too!) So the whole thing was explained really well. It was kind of neat. My epi took effect and was PERFECT! I could feel everything and move my own legs but nothing hurt.
About one the head nurse came into my room and informed me that I had to change rooms. The one I was in was sometimes used for c-sections and they had a women trying to do a vbac. Soon after my family came to check on me. They were there for only a few minutes when my nurse kicked them out in order to check me. My doctor walked in soon after, checked me and said 'let's have a baby.' So they got everything set up and I ended up only pushing through 4 contractions. As her head was halfway out doc said 'look at all that hair!' Justin asked if it could just be fuzz or something but nope it is hair!
Honestly if labor and childbirth was that easy every time and for everyone I think people would have tons more kids.
We ended up going home the next day around 7 p.m. So we were in the hospital only 37 hours or so. Makenzie nurses like a champ and LOVES to sleep. She sleeps 4-5 hour chunks for me at night and has from the day she was born.
Lexys LOVES her and wants to hug, hold and kiss her constantly, which makes life hard sometimes as she wakes Kenzie often.
I couldn't be a more proud or lucky mom!
June 23, 2010
Dancing Queen!
Lex started dance after her birthday. She LOVES her class. She even had her first recital in May...only 6 weeks after starting dance.
They danced to The Cheetah Girls 'Shake Your Tailfeather' from the Chicken Little movie
These last two were after her first dance class.
Someday I may figure out how to rotate the pics. Til then you just have to deal with sideways pics!
Alexys turns 3!
She had another birthday *sob* in March. We ended up going to Vegas again this year. She got spoiled rotten again. She asked for a Spongebob cake and got two! One in Vegas with Justin's family and a second in Payson with my family.
I can't believe she is 3 already! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday she was my brand new baby.
Hopefully I can find (or coerce someone to send me) some pics and I'll add them when I can.
February 13, 2010
Pregnancy
Our lives really aren't that exciting. That's probably why I don't update this blog all that often. However I've had some recent thoughts that I just wanted to get down. As of today I am 24 weeks pregnant. I lost 12 lbs in the first few months, due to morning sickness and the swine flu. I haven't gained any of that back so far. I had a dr. appt. on Wed. and weighed in at exactly the same weight as the two previous months. My blood pressure is also hanging out in a really good range. This is so different from when I was expecting Alexys. I have mild PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension) and was on blood pressure medication. I really am lucky to have easy pregnancies. Right now I know quite a few pregnant friends and am the only one who seems to really enjoy the process. (And I don't swell either. My ankles, feet and fingers didn't swell even a bit while pregnant with Alexys and haven't shown signs of doing so this time around)
Which leads me to my thinking...I LOVE being pregnant. I think if I had more money and patience (and a willing husband) I'd rival Michelle Duggar. I love the feeling of a baby moving around inside of me. I love that it's like my own little secret and other people only know it's happening if I tell them. I love how excited Alexys is to have a sister (even though I'm afraid she thinks the baby is going to be born a toddler who can play with her)
I have been excited for a baby from the moment I suspected I was pregnant. But I think at that point I was honestly more excited to be pregnant. I also felt a bit like this baby wasn't going to make it to us. A feeling which was fueled when my sister in law lost her baby at 12 weeks. I was only a few weeks farther along than she was. However, I have found that the past few days I'm really getting excited to actually have the baby. I am nervous that she'll be a bad sleeper or a night baby. I worry about having to split my time between two kids and still try to keep a home (Let's face it I'm not great at that with only one kid) I worry that I won't love her as much as I love Lex. Or that Justin won't (and honestly I think he expects to love Lex more.) I worry that this little girl won't ever have a name. We can agree on a few that we both like but none really stand out as THE name.
Oh well...I suppose I'm done with my late night rambling now. We'll just have to wait and see what the next 3 months bring us eh?
