Thursday, March 1, 2012
I lied!!
Well 6 months ago I said I would be better about blogging, and in that 6 months I have been so bad about blogging, I really haven't even thought about it at all. But tonight it hit me... I can blog at work!! Since I do have this awesome phone with all these great apps, I could do all of it on here instead of wating till Nat falls asleep and then staying up for hours to write some post no one really reads. So maybe, just maybe I'll be better this year and blog more than once every 6 months. Plus I've been reading all these great blogs and doing fun crafty things in my house that I would really love to share, so I plan, emphasis on PLAN, on doing more crafty blogs and sharing all my own DIYs for the super lazy and cheap.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Ok after way too long of a hiatus I've decided to started blogging again. It seems like this year has gone by so fast, and yet it seems like a life time away that I was first meeting my precious little girl. Natalie is now 8 MONTHS!!! I can not believe it! She's crawling everywhere, pulling herself up on anything she can get her hands on, and she "talks" constantly. I LOVE this little girl so much, she really is so amazing! So besides enjoying Natalie and all that motherhood has to offer Brian and I bought a house back in May. I love having my own place and the freedom it brings. I DON'T love the mortgage payment every month,but that is what you get when you decide to be a grownup. So This is our house:
And I guess I should post some pictures of my Amazing girl:
I know one is blurry, but just love it! She's so curious she just had to check out my camera before I'd taken the shot. These were both taken when she was 6 months, every month I put her in that chair with her elephant and take a few shot of her. I was intending to post them all so you could see her growth, well March is missing, and so I haven't done anything with them yet.
So what else have we been doing since febuary? Has it really it really been that long since I posted? WOW I've gotten lazy, or my priorities have changed, a lot. I've been working 3 nights a week at the hospital, it took sometime getting used working again, I had been working as the Unit Clerk and a CNA for the last 2 1/2 years, I came back as an RN, there's a lot more responsibility and expectation with this job, and its taken some time to get used to, but now feel like I've found my groove, and I like it, well as much as I can, I still really want to go to day shift. Oh what I would give to have a normal sleep schedule again.
One thing I really do love about my job is I get to play mom 4 days a week. It is the most amazing job ever. My little girl is so awesome. I'm not bragging or anything, but she's way cooler than your kids. She's doing so much these days, I really feel like I need to keep a better record because she is already growing up way too fast!
We haven't done much else the last 6 months, just getting settled into our house. Since we decided to build our house some time in febuary I've been a little obsessed with decrating our new place. Only problem... I'm a perfectionist. You wouldn't know it from the look of my house on any given day, but once I decorate a room, I want to do it once, and do it right. It kills me everytime I buy something or take the time to make something and then when I'm done I hate it or its not what I envisioned. So lately I've done nothing. Well not nothing, I call it research. And by research I really mean Pinterest. I love that site! It is so totally addicting, thank you Camille for getting me hooked. I've got a lot of great ideas off of there, I just need to use them.
And I guess I should post some pictures of my Amazing girl:
I know one is blurry, but just love it! She's so curious she just had to check out my camera before I'd taken the shot. These were both taken when she was 6 months, every month I put her in that chair with her elephant and take a few shot of her. I was intending to post them all so you could see her growth, well March is missing, and so I haven't done anything with them yet.
So what else have we been doing since febuary? Has it really it really been that long since I posted? WOW I've gotten lazy, or my priorities have changed, a lot. I've been working 3 nights a week at the hospital, it took sometime getting used working again, I had been working as the Unit Clerk and a CNA for the last 2 1/2 years, I came back as an RN, there's a lot more responsibility and expectation with this job, and its taken some time to get used to, but now feel like I've found my groove, and I like it, well as much as I can, I still really want to go to day shift. Oh what I would give to have a normal sleep schedule again.
One thing I really do love about my job is I get to play mom 4 days a week. It is the most amazing job ever. My little girl is so awesome. I'm not bragging or anything, but she's way cooler than your kids. She's doing so much these days, I really feel like I need to keep a better record because she is already growing up way too fast!
We haven't done much else the last 6 months, just getting settled into our house. Since we decided to build our house some time in febuary I've been a little obsessed with decrating our new place. Only problem... I'm a perfectionist. You wouldn't know it from the look of my house on any given day, but once I decorate a room, I want to do it once, and do it right. It kills me everytime I buy something or take the time to make something and then when I'm done I hate it or its not what I envisioned. So lately I've done nothing. Well not nothing, I call it research. And by research I really mean Pinterest. I love that site! It is so totally addicting, thank you Camille for getting me hooked. I've got a lot of great ideas off of there, I just need to use them.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Natalie
Just wanted to post some photos of Natalie's first 7 weeks.
Natalie her first day home.
Christmas Eve.
Natalie her first day home.
Christmas Eve.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
It's been way too long since I've posted anything. My baby is now almost 2 months and I still haven't posted a single picture or written down Natalie's birth story. I've attempting a couple of time but then I get distracted and never seem to finish. So here goes...
Natalie was due on December 18th. When I was about 35 weeks pregnant I started having contractions after a little while the stopped, but the next morning they came back so I called my Doctor who sent me to the hospital, once I walked through those doors my contractions stopped. But they kept me for a couple of hours then sent me home with instructions to take it easy for the next week till the baby was term.
After this I thought for sure the baby would come early, I stayed pretty active but all the contractions stopped, I didn't even have braxton hicks anymore. Once I reached 38 weeks I started trying everything I could to start labor, I was asking EVERYONE for advice, but nothing worked. So when Lizz came down the weekend before Christmas I had strict instructions from her that I was going to have this baby before she went home. So I tried everything again, went shopping all day with her and my mom, I even tried tea (not my favorite) and did jumping jacks. So Monday night after trying everything I could Brian and I went home thinking this baby was never going to come, we watched the lunar eclipse and just enjoyed spending some time together. We went to bed around 2am and right at 2:30 I woke up with contractions. I layed there and tried to sleep, which is the last thing you can do when your contracting and SOO excited!! So after a couple more contractions I woke Brian and told him I was in labor but to go ahead and get some sleep since it was going to be a while. He's so obedient, without much more then a grunt he was sound asleep again (I really envy his ability to sleep through anything). I packed our bags, and timed the contractions, then I went for a walk down to Trent's apartment since he never sleeps either. I told him I was in labor and he was so excited that he wanted to come to the hospital with us, he's the best! I went back up stairs and woke up Brian, we called the doctor and then we were on our way to the hospital. This was all within an hour and a half and during this time my contractions went from 20 minutes apart to 2 minutes. When she decided to come she did not mess around.
When we got to the hospital they checked me and I was dilated to 4cm, the baby was really on her way! They offered me the epidural, but I wanted to try going natural first. Dumbest decision of my life. It's one thing to have contractions, but its another to have contractions and vomiting on top of it. It was horrible, I vomited into the basin and then it shot back and hit me in the face, but at least after that they let me sit in the shower for awhile, which really helped the contractions. At
7am I wasn't progressing very fast so they put me on pitocin. After that every time I moved I would have a contraction. If I'd thought about it at the time I would have aggreed to the epidural then, but by this time I was so exhausted I couldn't think straight. So at 9 when I was complete I was too tired to push. I pushed a couple of times but the baby's head couldn't get past my pelvic bone. This whole time I had been getting pain meds every hour, but it barely helped. They offered the epidural again and I agreed to it. The epidural was amazing!! It took away the pain, but just enough that I still felt pressure when I was having a contraction. After this I slept for 1 1/2 hours, seriously some of the best sleep I ever had. At 1pm I started pushing again, the baby had finally descended completely, but I still couldn't get her past my pelvic bone so the Doctor had to use suction to help her come out and by 1:49 Natalie Anne was born. She was 7 punds 4 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. She was the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen.
Natalie was due on December 18th. When I was about 35 weeks pregnant I started having contractions after a little while the stopped, but the next morning they came back so I called my Doctor who sent me to the hospital, once I walked through those doors my contractions stopped. But they kept me for a couple of hours then sent me home with instructions to take it easy for the next week till the baby was term.
After this I thought for sure the baby would come early, I stayed pretty active but all the contractions stopped, I didn't even have braxton hicks anymore. Once I reached 38 weeks I started trying everything I could to start labor, I was asking EVERYONE for advice, but nothing worked. So when Lizz came down the weekend before Christmas I had strict instructions from her that I was going to have this baby before she went home. So I tried everything again, went shopping all day with her and my mom, I even tried tea (not my favorite) and did jumping jacks. So Monday night after trying everything I could Brian and I went home thinking this baby was never going to come, we watched the lunar eclipse and just enjoyed spending some time together. We went to bed around 2am and right at 2:30 I woke up with contractions. I layed there and tried to sleep, which is the last thing you can do when your contracting and SOO excited!! So after a couple more contractions I woke Brian and told him I was in labor but to go ahead and get some sleep since it was going to be a while. He's so obedient, without much more then a grunt he was sound asleep again (I really envy his ability to sleep through anything). I packed our bags, and timed the contractions, then I went for a walk down to Trent's apartment since he never sleeps either. I told him I was in labor and he was so excited that he wanted to come to the hospital with us, he's the best! I went back up stairs and woke up Brian, we called the doctor and then we were on our way to the hospital. This was all within an hour and a half and during this time my contractions went from 20 minutes apart to 2 minutes. When she decided to come she did not mess around.
When we got to the hospital they checked me and I was dilated to 4cm, the baby was really on her way! They offered me the epidural, but I wanted to try going natural first. Dumbest decision of my life. It's one thing to have contractions, but its another to have contractions and vomiting on top of it. It was horrible, I vomited into the basin and then it shot back and hit me in the face, but at least after that they let me sit in the shower for awhile, which really helped the contractions. At
7am I wasn't progressing very fast so they put me on pitocin. After that every time I moved I would have a contraction. If I'd thought about it at the time I would have aggreed to the epidural then, but by this time I was so exhausted I couldn't think straight. So at 9 when I was complete I was too tired to push. I pushed a couple of times but the baby's head couldn't get past my pelvic bone. This whole time I had been getting pain meds every hour, but it barely helped. They offered the epidural again and I agreed to it. The epidural was amazing!! It took away the pain, but just enough that I still felt pressure when I was having a contraction. After this I slept for 1 1/2 hours, seriously some of the best sleep I ever had. At 1pm I started pushing again, the baby had finally descended completely, but I still couldn't get her past my pelvic bone so the Doctor had to use suction to help her come out and by 1:49 Natalie Anne was born. She was 7 punds 4 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. She was the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Maternity Photos
While I was pregnant Brian and I had the opportunity to get some professional photos done of us. We had them done by one of the nurses I work with at mt Graham and his wife who have their own photography business, yellow skinny photos, and they did the most amazing job!!! Dan and Becky I wish you were going to be around to do photos of Natalie too! So I just had to post some of my favorites:
Sunday, October 10, 2010
My Pregnancy so far
So I haven't posted any pictures of my pregnancy (sorry Emily). Mostly because I've been crazy busy and I didn't think I had very many, well turns out Brian's been taking a lot so this is me over the last 30 weeks:
Me on my birthday, the day I found out I was pregnant, I think that's why my grin is a little cheesier than normal. Look how flat my stomach was, Ooh I miss that.
Me and Lizz's kids in July, I was about 20 weeks, I'm was barely showing then, looks more like pudge than a baby bump.
This might be another reason why there aren't very many pictures of me, I'm usually in my scrubs, and while I could still fit in my scrubs tops you really couldn't tell I was pregnant. I was about 23 weeks here, can you believe it? Scrubs are awesome.
This is about the same time as the other one, just without the scrub top, man they really make a difference. 
Then 3 weeks later, things are really starting to pop.
This is me and Kim last night at the fair, I'm now 30 weeks and most definitely pregnant, no more people thinking I've put on some extra weight or asking me when I had my baby, seriously someone asked me that. I wanted to slap them. So I have 10 weeks left to go and I am so excited!!!! Brian and I keep talking about what we think she's going to look like or how she's going to act. I can't wait to meet little Natalie!!!
Me on my birthday, the day I found out I was pregnant, I think that's why my grin is a little cheesier than normal. Look how flat my stomach was, Ooh I miss that. Me and Lizz's kids in July, I was about 20 weeks, I'm was barely showing then, looks more like pudge than a baby bump. This might be another reason why there aren't very many pictures of me, I'm usually in my scrubs, and while I could still fit in my scrubs tops you really couldn't tell I was pregnant. I was about 23 weeks here, can you believe it? Scrubs are awesome. This is about the same time as the other one, just without the scrub top, man they really make a difference. Then 3 weeks later, things are really starting to pop.This is me and Kim last night at the fair, I'm now 30 weeks and most definitely pregnant, no more people thinking I've put on some extra weight or asking me when I had my baby, seriously someone asked me that. I wanted to slap them. So I have 10 weeks left to go and I am so excited!!!! Brian and I keep talking about what we think she's going to look like or how she's going to act. I can't wait to meet little Natalie!!!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The first 5 months
I've been pregnant for almost five months now and I can't believe its gone so quickly and so smoothly. Pregnancy has been so great to me, there are time that I forget I'm even pregnant because the baby has caused so small of a change on my body its hard to notice sometimes. I've only gained 8lbs so far, and I still fit in most of my clothes, I am having a problem buttoning my pants these days though. I still have abdominal pain that can stop me in my tracks, but its never been constant enough and never come with any other symptoms for me to really worry. I getting my energy back and trying to get back into some sort of workout routine, which it seems like I never really have time for,but as I look back on the past few months and I am so grateful I am healthy and that I'm actually going to be a mother.
It's all so crazy to me that this baby started out so small and now I got to see her yesterday sucking her thumb!! AND yes I said her, we're having a GIRL!!! I'm so excited to meet her and I want these next few months to get over quickly, but at the same time I want to enjoy every minute of this, and I can't wait till I can feel her moving inside me. It's just such an amazing experience.
This is her at my first appointment at about 5 weeks, you barely tell there's something inside my uterus. 
Here she is about 12 weeks, she kinda looks like shrimp right here.
This was her yesterday, and she looks like a baby!!! I can already tell she gonna be the most adorable girl. I'm still saying "her" and "she" right now cause we haven't decided on any names yet, we've been throwing around Maryn and Kira a lot, but we're still open to ideas, just remember our last name is Smith, so we can't go with anything to common.
It's all so crazy to me that this baby started out so small and now I got to see her yesterday sucking her thumb!! AND yes I said her, we're having a GIRL!!! I'm so excited to meet her and I want these next few months to get over quickly, but at the same time I want to enjoy every minute of this, and I can't wait till I can feel her moving inside me. It's just such an amazing experience.
This is her at my first appointment at about 5 weeks, you barely tell there's something inside my uterus. Here she is about 12 weeks, she kinda looks like shrimp right here.This was her yesterday, and she looks like a baby!!! I can already tell she gonna be the most adorable girl. I'm still saying "her" and "she" right now cause we haven't decided on any names yet, we've been throwing around Maryn and Kira a lot, but we're still open to ideas, just remember our last name is Smith, so we can't go with anything to common.
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