Pictures by Stevie Croft Photography!!

Stevie just happens to be my neighbor and friend, and did such a good job on these newborn pics! I love them! If anyone is interested in her work go here: http://steviecroftphotography.blogspot.com/

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Baby Isla

Here are some up-dated pictures of Isla-pants cutie face. She is super sweet and fun and a lot of work. Ha! We love her a lot and are super happy to be home. I literally NEVER slept in the hospital being on call for feedings and surrounded by other crying newborns, and when I did sleep I had dreams I was suffocating or living in a house that was barely big enough for me to stand up in. Now I can breathe and hold Isla without being supervised and I love it! I sure won't take these small things for granted. Stevie took some newborn pictures and I can't wait to see them and share them with everyone!

BLESSINGS!!

What a crazy couple of days it has been!! I did have a baby (Isla), on May 1st at 1:29 AM, which is my Grandfathers 100th Birthday. He was my mom's father and died when she was in college, so I never got to meet him, but I feel like that Isla didn't come that day on accident! She was 8lbs. 12oz. and 22" long! There were some complications, but nothing serious and Isla just needs to stay to finish her antibiotics so we should be out for sure on Friday! Our Bishop, Dr. Smith was our Pediatrician and was FABULOUS! We are so thankful for him!

I just have to say, I think I was somewhat prepared to fall madly in love with my baby, but didn't think I would fall madly in love with my husband all over again. What a trooper! He sure loves his wife and baby and we love him and are lucky to have him! I'll post more later when I get some down time!

Progress in one area...and not so much in another

So I promised updated photos of the bathroom, so here they are! We got the vanity, sink and floors in and the beautiful tile job you see was done by yours truly!! It was awkward sitting in the tub tiling, so I'm gonna let Tim finish the job! Ha! Now on to the area with no progress... my baby! She is refusing to come! I am not dialated or even close to progressing toward labor as of 9:00 AM this morning! Really? Oh well, I did pray she wouldn't come early so I'm being blessed. I'm really not uncomfortable either! Sure my feet are swollen (note the cankle above) and I can't sleep, but other than that I'm fine! I'm definitely NOT desperate for her to come. I can be patient! I'll work on posting pics of the nursery next as soon as I get things together! YEA!

17 days and counting!!

Yep, 17 more days until my due date! I'm kind of hoping she comes on May 4th, because it's my Grandma's birthday and she died on my sister's birthday, so I think it would be amazing to have new life on her birthday! Does that make sense? Anyhoo, to give a quick update: We still have no name picked out, my carseat should get here soon (whoops!) as soon as I clean out the closet in the nursery I will have pictures (YEA) and the bathroom is...well...coming along. I was in the Temple yesterday and realized that Adam probably delivered Eve's babies in the bushes, so who am I to complain? Ha! OH, and Tim was beyond wonderful to me yesterday! He made a soak for my feet, then rubbed them then told me he hoped our baby would be as beautiful as ME!! WHAT? Ok, I was a puddle! I guess I still love him! Ha!

Denial? and One Giant Mess!!

Denial comes first. I have been telling everyone that I am 4 weeks away to my due date, and really I'm 3. Why would I not know that, except that I think I'm in denial! Next my bathroom got torn apart, and so now the bathroom stuff is in my living room and I have a new tub, but no shower, or sink! Tim and Scott the plumber redid all the plumbing and ran into a billion problems (as usual) and we had no water for 2 days, and a huge mess and a layer of dust over EVERYTHING! Not what a pregnant women who is excepting a baby soon wants to deal with. I cried yesterday and prayed and prayed that baby won't come early! The bathroom won't be done for at least another week. My hormones are making it way worse than it is I'm sure! Ha! Tim keeps apologizing and apologizing. What do you do? My mom is coming in a couple of days to help me clean (THANKGOODNESS) and make some freezer meals! Sorry for the complaining! I hate complainers but I guess I just needed to vent! Things are definitely looking up and it will be nice to have a new bathroom and we found an awesome can of Comet under the cast iron tub! Also, I wanted to sent a shout out to the Dimick's for passing the "How committed are you to our friendship?" test!

"Sunday Will Come"

This was a talk I stumbled upon while preparing my Easter lesson, and I thought it was beautiful! I wanted to share a bit of it with all of you in the spirit of Easter. It's entitled "Sunday Will Come" by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin.

I think of how dark that day was when Christ was lifted up on the cross. On that terrible Friday the earth shook and grew dark. Frightful storms lashed at the earth. Those evil men who sought His life rejoiced. Now that Jesus was no more, surely those who followed Him would disperse. On that day they stood triumphant.

Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of Jesus were both overcome with grief and despair. The superb man they had loved and honored hung lifeless on the cross. On that Friday the Apostles were devestated. Jesus the Savior- the man who had walked on water and raised the dead- was Himself at the mercy of wicked men. The Savior of mankind was humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled.

...but the doom of that day did not endure.

The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind. And in an instant the eyes that had been filled with ever-flowing tears dried. The lips that had whispered prayers of distress and grief now filled the air with wondrous praise, for Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God, stood before them as the firstfruits of the Resurrection, the proof that death is merely the beginning of a new and wondrous existence.

Each of us will have our own Fridays- those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death-

Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.

The Girls are back in town!

Ok, I know that's probably the dumbest title I could come up with, but my brain hurts so that's all I've got in me right now. My mom threw me a shower in good ole Lewiston, and I was amazed at all the support from my friends and Tim's family! I had girls drive from Wyoming, Idaho, Salt Lake, Draper, Orem and Price! Even Logan is 20 mins. away, so I soooo much appreciated the support! I had the best time and I hope they had fun too! This is just a sampling of the cute girls that came! I felt super blessed to have such awesome friends!

I love my Timmy-poo!

It was Tim's birthday A WHILE ago, but I have been the worst at posting lately, so here it is! He offically turned mmm-mm! It was so funny because it was just me and him, so I felt pretty silly singing "Happy Birthday" by myself, but I also felt like that was a critical part of the whole birthday celebration deal. Anyhoo, I love him tons, and am so happy he's mine!

Oh yes I did!

So I'm pretty much obsessed with "Get Off Your Butt and Bake". I have made many delicious desserts, and some dinner recipes from that blog, as have many of you, I'm sure. I strongly recommend her coconut bread, and the latest- Hot Fudge Oreo Cupcakes. She always does this to me...I'm doing really good eating pretty healthy, and then I visit her blog and these delicious treats are all I can think and dream about. So, I gave in and made these and they are fabulous!! GOYBAB be the death of me, but I guess I'll die happy!!

Is this getting old?

I guess I kind of do this for my own selfish purposes. I have only seen two pregnant pictures of my mom. One was when she was pregnant with Travis, and one when she was pregnant with Chelsea, and worked at North Cache and had to get her picture taken with the rest of the administration. I probably won't be this vigilant with my other kids, so bare with me. I'm 7 months, and starting to forget what it was like to not be pregnant. Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying it, but I miss some of the simple things, like running, sleeping, and painting my toenails. I still don't have a name. My brain isn't capable of such a feat. Oh well, I still have 2 more months...thankgoodness! We still don't have a carseat, or the crib put together, or the office cleaned out for that matter! I'll get on that so I can post more interesting pictures. For now, it's just me and my belly!!

Lost In Translation

My sister Chelsea sent me these hilarious signs that don't quite translate. I posted my favorites. ENJOY!!

What a difference a month makes!!

I'm 26 weeks now which translates into about 6 months, and I am huge-ish! I grew a lot in a month, almost 10 lbs. to be exact! Yikes! I can't even put into words how amazing this whole experience is! I was a thousand times more terrified to be pregnant than to actually raise children, but to my surprise (dispite being uncomfortable) it's pretty wonderful! Ever since Tim came with me to my 20 week appointment he has been so excited, and very sweet! I cry every time I think of him holding our tiny daughter! What could be more divine? I still get really nervous about my capabilities, but Tim just assures me that we will do our best, and Heavenly Father will help with the rest!