First Pedicure!!

Indee loves getting her toes done!! lol.. not really.. she just kicked the whole time!! But she wasnt upset!! HAHA Here she is right after

I was looking at her and not the camera for this shot:)

Of course she needed flowers and rinestones.. :) Kevin just thinks its funny!!! lol.. I think its cute! (if you click on the picture, you can see the flowers)

Indee loves bath time

Indee loves bath time!! In fact she loves it so much that she cries when we take her out! :) Kevin and I usually give her a bath together... Well one of us will sit there while the other washes Indee and dresses her. We take turns! But its just fun to sit there and talk! But my cousins and Aunt gave us this little bathtub and it works great!!!! We love it!!

Our little family...

More pics to come..

Indee- So I know everyone loves Indee most so we will start with her:)She is getting so big! She is so aware of everything around her and never wants to close her eyes in the event that shed miss anything. She now smiles at us when we say "BOO" to her. Before she smiled lots but I think because of gas, but now I know that she is smiling at us:) Thats really fun!! It makes me so happy to see her happy!
She had her first babysitter last Friday for my check-up. It was a "good/I miss her" feeling. I loved being able to sit in the waiting room and read but did miss her soo much. (A BIG Thanks to Aubrey for watching her:)) Can I just say I hate clipping her nails!!! SOOOOOO sad.... I pinched her skin. It didnt break her skin but she screamed and got such a sad face that I couldnt help but cry. When Kevin came home I told him and he laughed that I cried :) And sad again... Indee has been colic. We tried gas drops and nothing. So I stopped eating chocolate and dairy. She has been a ton better. Her tummy seems to be feeling better and she can burp a little better. But that week was sooo sad. She would just scream in pain and wake up screaming. The only way she would sleep is if she laid her tummy on our tummies (which made for a really tiring next day). So last night i tried to put Indee down so that Kev could get ready for bed. Kevin usually does this for me while I get a little break. So yea, last night I try putting her to bed thinking for sure I can do it because I put her down for all her naps!! She would not go to sleep until Kevin came in, laid her down, and gave her her goodnight kiss!!! lol... she sure loves her daddy! I love that she knows us and wants to be with us! :)

Kevin- He has such a big load this semester! He is taking 5 classes, working, and he just signed up for a football intermural team. Indee and I are excited to be his cheerleaders!! I am soooo grateful for the hardwork he does for our family and for how happy he makes Indee and I feel. He seriously is sooo amazing! He is constantly helping me with everything around the house and always helps me in the middle of the night with Indee. He always comes home and immediately is wanting to play with his family! I couldnt have asked for a better husband and a better dad for Indee.

Missa- So Im just hanging out with Indee! Nothing new! I have started to work out again and I never knew that working out would be soo difficult. I went running and did sit ups... I felt like I had never worked out a day in my life! Holy cow... who would have though that giving birth would mess you up that much? lol- not me! but yea.. so i have started to work out. Sometimes I run with Indee but its sooo much easier to wait til Kev gets home and go running then! Push ups? yea... I can barely do them! WOW- I have a long ways to go!!! :) BUt thats all Ive been up to!

We are having fun up here in Utah but cant wait until Christmas when we get to go back to California for a little bit! We love and miss everyone!!!!

More pics to come..

Adjusting

So Kevin and I are finally adjusting!! We can actually get things done! I have set up a shcedule so on certain days I clean certain things. I am a bit of a clean freak and get stressed out if the house is messy. So now I only clean certain things certain days like Mon- kitchen (floors, cabinets..etc), Tues- Bathroom, sanitize doors, light switches...etc. Then every night and morning I spend 15 minutes cleaning( making the bed, dishes.. etc) It helps a ton so that I dont get overwhelmed and shut off. And It makes it so I give Indee all the time she needs. I also have set a goal to only go on facebook once a week and to blog once a week:) But I feel like I am so much more organized now. I love it!!

I am back to making dinners (not just frozen ones:)) and going on walks and yea!!! I feel great.. like I can actually do this haha!!!

Kevin is working hard as a Mechanical Engineering Lab Assistant! And when he is not working he is home with us helping to change diapers and burp Indee (she is soo difficult to burp) He starts school on Monday and thats when the real test will start. With his busy school load and work I will definately not get to see him much, which means I will be on diaper, feeding, burping duty alot more:) And grocery shopping/ laundry will be mine and Indees work:)Kevin is starting to look into taking all the tests that he will need to get into the MBA and masters program. He has a couple of schools that he will apply to that might require more tests which means BUSY BUSY BUSY!! If anyone knows of any ME internships in southern California let us know!!! I would love to go where family is:)

We miss and love everyone at home!!!

Indee.. Almost 5 weeks

Its so nuts to me how fast Indee is growing. She is almost 5 weeks (4 weeks and 6 days to be exact) and she has changed so much. Its so fun for Kevin and I to see her develop. I love watching her with her daddy. She has so much fun with him. She never smiles more than with her daddy and she talks soo much to him:) When he walks away her eyes will follow him and stay locked on the spot where he disappears:) He is such a good daddy!!!

Indee's Jaundice is almost gone. Her eyes are still a little yellow but the Dr said that it will go away. He said thats the last thing to lose the yellow. Im just glad we dont have to go get her blood drawn again. It's soo sad! She is now is 0-3, 3 mos clothes!! and size 1 diapers (well she still kinda fits in N's but we got size 1 diapers as a gift and are using them:)). She is sooooo long. She hasnt gotten chunky yet but will soon Im sure (I was a very chunky baby). She just seems to be on a major growth spurt! She wants to eat and sleep all the time! She will have one sleep spurt that lasts 5 hours and then usually wakes up every three hours after. Shell usually be up at 7 am and not really take a good nap until about 2! She tries to fight sleep soo much!! She doesnt want to miss a beat! then she will sleep until about 4-eat- go right back to sleep and wake up at 7. then we start her bedtime routine and she'll go to sleep at about 930ish. So we cant complain. We just need to learn to sleep when she does (which we havent been doing)

We seriously love Indee sooooooooooo much and cant get enough of her!!


Everytime she smiles I run to get the camera and when I come back she wont smile. She just stares at the camera!! So with Daddy's help she smiled.. lol

Indee's first....

So Indee has had ALOT of "firsts" but we havent taken pictures of everything. But here are just a few :)

Indee's first time in her Bumbo seat. I know it says not to use it until they are 2 months old but she does so well holding up her head I thought why not... lol.. I love it cuz I set it on my table while I clean... She likes just sitting and watching:)

So this one was nuts!!!! Kevin kept yelling "mommy, mommy" and I was cleaning so I just kept saying "what?". Finally he was like "Come here! Look at how well she is holding up her head". We were just excited about her being able to hold her head up so well. Then I was like "Wouldnt that be funny if she rolled over right now?" and literally 1 minute later she rolled over onto her back! Kevin was laughing and I was cheering!! She got scared at how loud we were and started to cry!lol But I cannot believe that at 4 mos and 2 days old she can roll from her tummy to her back. She now does it all the time when we try to do tummy time. Its hard to get her to stay on her tummy now!

Indee's first fair. We went to a small fair (Utah County Fair). It was free and soo much fun. It was actually our little family's first outing:) These baby chickens were born July 21st- 2 days before Indee:) So I had to take a picture... Kevin thought I was being funny! lol

Doesnt Indee look soo excited to be so close to the cows behinds? lol... All of the cows were facing the fence.. so this was the best shot:)

Indee's first temple trip. Kevin and I have decided that we would try to go to the temple grounds every week with Indee. So for our family night we headed up there:) It's soo fun having the Provo temple soooo close:)

Indee's Blessing

Indee was blessed this past Sunday and it was amazing!! She is such a sweet girl and Spirit she brings into our home is soo awesome!

We had some family come up to celebrate this special time with us!! We loved seeing you all and wish it could have lasted longer!!! We miss you all!!!!

my garden!!

So I started a garden and had to post these pictures because its working!! Things are actually growing!! :)

A cacoon!!!

Peppers...

Tomatoes...

More of Indee:)

Indee is getting soooooo big!!! She is lifting her head soo much more and starting to smile. Sometimes she can, but alot of the time you can just see her try really hard :). We are soo in love with her and cant get enough of her. She is seriously such a good baby and has been such a blessing to us and our home.

She just had her two week check up and I went by myself!!! SOOOOO sad!! She had to get her foot pricked again for the newborn screening and the nurse doing it was new and training! She was having the hardest time getting blood from her foot and they had to prick her multiple times. Indee was soooo upset! Ive never seen her soo upset!! I thought I would cry so I didnt wear makeup, but instead of crying I was sooo upset with the nurses. ARGH! And then she got a shot! Her first shot! She was so sad the rest of the day!!

When Indee was born she weighed 8 lbs 5 ounces. When she left the hospital she was 7 lbs 14 ounces. At yesterday's checkup she was 8 lbs and 12 ounces:) She is now over 21 inches and is in the 50th percentile for length, weight, and head circ. She is definately growing:) The dr said she is very healthy and her jaundice is looking really good.

We bless Indee this Sunday!! Im so excited for her!!! I think that will be another no makeup day:) lol And she will get to meet her gma and gpa for the very first time. Im soo excited!

Indee always makes this face and it makes me laugh. She spazzes, sticks her neck out and lifts her head. But I love the "o" shape she makes with her mouth!! :) AWW!! I love her soooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!

First day of church

We brought Indee to Sacrament meeting last Sunday for the first time! We had her dressed in a cute dress but she spewed all over it! So thats why she is in the onesie!:) She did soo well, but she is only 2 weeks old:) I think we will start going to just sacrament meeting for the next few weeks. Im nervous to expose her to soo many people in such a small area, so we keep her in her carseat with the cover over. But we will ease into the whole church block.:)

Indee Rae

 

So we went to the dr's office this last week because Indee seemed to be breathing funny. THe Dr asked if we have asthma in our family. Yea we have lots... He said its too soon to say if she has asthma or not but said that we shouldnt worry. Well, they weighed her and at 9 days she weighed 8 lbs 8 ounces. :) She is definately growing TONS!!! She is sooo fun and such a good baby. She rarely cries! We love her soo much

Introducing our little girl...

Indee Rae was born on July 23 at about 320ish am- 8 lbs 5 ounces- 20 1/2 inches long :) So she was definately a bigger one:) I was afraid the newborn clothes wouldnt fit but they do:) which is good because she has soooooooo many cute outfits:)

So heres the story....

My water started to break a week ago and we went to the hospital, but because it was a tiny tear they couldnt detect amniotic fluid, so they sent us home. We went back tot he drs a couple days later for the same thing. Again, the same thing. That night it got a little bit worse so we went into Labor and Delivery as soon as we woke up the next morning. They said it wasnt looking and sounding normal so they decided to keep me and that to make sure everything is ok they were going to deliver her within 24 hours. I was only at a 1 1/2 (disheartening) so they started to give me pills to try to get things started before giving me pitocin. On the third dose they checked me and I was only at a 2 1/2. More disheartening because I was in a lot of pain. So they gave me pain meds through the iv. It helped for a little bit but then my contractions shot WAAAAAYY up. So I got the epidural (I dont know why I was ever not going to). They checked me an hour after the epidural and I was at a 6. Then a half hour later I was at a 10. The nurse asked If i wasnted to start pushing. It all happened so much wuicker than I thought. I freaked out and and told them I would like to wait. So they came back 45 min later and we started. She was born at about 320 am healthy. She wasnt crying. So they kept trying to make her cry and after a few minutes they gave up :) She has jaundice and has had to keep getting blood tests. SOOOO sad. I cried more than she did. We go to the drs today to see if she needs to be put under the lights. (Sry for the grammer and spelling mistakes... Im not going back and corresting anything)

Here she is.....

Before/ Now

Before:

Now:

Kevin said that he cant remember how I was before being pregnant which, thank goodness, is a blessing in and of itself because then he wont be disappointed when I have the baby! LOL But I cannot believe that I actually used to not have a belly :)

37 1/2 weeks

So Im actually about 38 weeks now but this picture was taken on Sunday:)I feel GINORMOUS and I cant wait to wear my normal clothes again:) I also cant wait to start running:) But the pregnancy has been pretty good. She has been tearing my tummy muscles, so thats not very fun. But seriously besides that i feel great. I have been walking a ton. Shes dropped... I jumped off of a bucket and felt her drop.. lol.. sometimes I forget I cant do normal things (like jump off of a bucket). I also tend to run into everything. I forget how big my belly is. I cant sit up very well by myself which made for a fun laugh yesterday when i was trying to get off of a water float. I've also been wanting to eat dessert all of the time. Before the pregnancy I definately didnt eat dessert like this; maybe once a week. But now, seriously at least once a day! But my weight gain is good. Right on track, so at least it hasnt messed with that:) We set up her pack n play. Kevin wanted to wait to set it up when we got home from the hospital, but I couldnt wait any longer:) I wanted to put all the cute blankets that everyone has made for her out! The closer the date gets, the more freaked out I get. AND I have been freaking out that she is going to be a he. lol. I dont know why... im pretty sure the ultra sound tech was right. Kevin says that I am just finding things to worry about, which is totally true:) Everything is sanitized, folded, organized, scrubbed, vacumed, dusted :) and ready for her to be here:)

So here are all of her headbands:


And bows:

Isnt it nuts? But I love it and cant wait to put them on her... She will always have something in her hair/ on her head!!! I told Kevin whenever he dresses her she has to have a bow.. no exceptions.. lol

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Tutus!!

So Kevin and my little sister, Denise, are taking the same class this summer- Multivariable Calculus and the homework takes FOOOORRRREEEEVVVEEEERRRR!!!:) So while they sit at the kitchen table to do homework I try to make myself occupied so that I wont bug them. Today I made a tutu and flower clip for our little girl's first photoshoot! I think it turned out cute and I cant wait to put it on our girl! :)

He always has the best dates...

So a few weeks ago Kevin took me on such a fun date. We drove up the canyon and just looked around. It was gorgeous and such a nice day. Families were fishing, people were having parties at parks, and everyone was just having so much fun. Including us. On our way up to where Kevin was taking me I saw this:

The pony was sooooooooooooo cute and I made Kevin stop so I can take a picture of it!! :)
Then he took me to this park:

It was perfect! There werent many people and it was sooo gorgeous!

He even packed a picnic... yummy sandwiches and fruit!



A small creek ran through the park and so we had to go down and put our feet in it!



Kevin reallys loves taking pictures and he is way good at it! I think hes a natural:)


We bought a frisbee, played a little bit, then laid out a blanket, laid down and talked. I always love when we can just sit and talk:)


On the way home we saw the most gorgeous home. It had a kazebo, two LARGE ponds that connected and a bridge going right through the middle; all in the front yard. It was so green and lusch. Ahhh.. I would love to have that in my yard; to just be able to go out and read a book. Now I just have to figure out how to incorporate that and the beach. :)

My dream home:



Kevin treats me amazing and always plans the most fun things to do! I am sooo glad that we did this!! It was sooooo fun and pretty!!!

Soo cute commercial...

I love this commercial!! Kevin and I saw it at one of our Dr. appts and I have been in love with it ever since... I seriously could watch it over and over all day long!!! I told Kevin that he has to be a dad like this!!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2iWSae5HE

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Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!

It was my amazing husband's Birthday yesterday!!!

Kevin is the most amazing person ever and I love him sooooooooooooo much. He is the most giving, patient, loving person I have ever met. He is always so willing to help anyone at anytime. He never complains about anything!!! He is going to be the best dad and during his year of practice he was amazing. The two kids loved playing with him and would run up to him every time he got home from work! I cant wait to have that again! He is soo selfless that he bought me flowers on his Birthday! I love him sooooo much and am so excited to be able to spend forever with him. Thank you Kevin for all that you have done and continue to do!


So what happened that day:

He had to go school for a bit, but we started the day off with some breakfast. It was pretty good, but Ive never made hashbrowns form scratch before and those turned out kind of oily :) Then when I picked him up from school, we had lunch, he opened his presents, and we went to the movies. We havent been to a real movie theater ( a nice theater that costs more than a dollar to watch a movie:)) since I cant remember and I loved sitting in the nice seats as opposed to the rock hard uncomfy seats!!! We saw Robin Hood and I totally recommend it. After I made Kevin a nice steak dinner (well, I think it was nice).
Then we did his birthday cake. It was the huge choc. cake from Costco. It's his favorite kind of cake and he is always walking by them when we go. lol. So I started singing 'Happy Birthday' to him, he joined in :) After, I started cutting the cake!

(Kevin, blowing out his candles)


He decided to wipe choc icing on my face so naturally I grabbed some to put on his. He ran but my excercise ball was right in the hall. He had nowhere to go, so he was going to pick the ball up and throw it behind him to stop me but decided that it wouldnt be a good idea just in case it hurt the pregnant girl. So in the midst of it he tumbled over the ball doing a flip, landed on his back and gave himself two charley horses. Im laughing so hard just typing it. He got up and ran to the bathroom, but I was laughing too hard to wipe the frosting on his face right then anyways. I got him a little later since he was okay, of course. He said I was 'banished' from the rest of his birthday. HAHA It was sooooooooooooo fun!!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!!

WOW!!!!

So Kevin and I played the blood pressure game again!! This time we did it once while we were bugging eachother and the second while being calm. HOLY COW!!!! My blood pressure was soooooooooo bad. I definately lost at the one where Kevin was bugging me but won the calm one:) While I was bugging Kevin he was totally doing breathing techniques that we learned in Lamaze. lol... SOOOOOO funny... I guess I need to practice my lamaze more... :) but OH MAN!!!! lol.. I never would have imagined mine to be soo high... We are gunna do this again... but next time wait until the baby is here:)

Learning to sew!

So here is a cool website for sewing!!! :)

http://www.quicktipssewing.blogspot.com/

Carseat cover...

So I have been on a sewing/ crochet kick... I have been loving learning new things! I have finally taken out my sewing machine manual and all of the feet to try new things!! I sit and read the manual when I eat breakfast.. lol... It has been so fun.. And Kevin has been such a trooper listening to me talk on and on about what new things I have learned! lol We dont need any clothes for the baby right not (thanks to all the many generous friends and family we have.. Thank you!!) But when she is bigger Im hoping that all of the new things I learn will come in handy so that I can sew her clothes... and save money:)

But here is something fun I was working on and finished... It was super simple but way fun:)