Baby Liam is here!!

He just couldn't wait to join our little family! I went in to the hospital on Saturday for a non-stress test. I'd been having contractions off and on but didn't really think anything of it. When they hooked me up to the monitors I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes so they watched me for a while and then just sent me home. Sunday afternoon I woke up from a nap and was having horrible contractions, but I thought they would stop. By about 4 we finally decided to go in to Labor and Delivery. My doctor checked me and there was tension on my stitch and my bag was bulging so he decided to take out the stitch. I dilated right away to a 4 so they admitted me. About an hour later I told the nurse that I was having a lot of pain and pressure whenever I would have a contraction so she checked me again and I was almost a 6 and my bag was really tight so she said I was going to have the baby that night. Early Monday morning my doctor came to break my water and at 1:55 AM Liam made his appearance. He was just over 6 weeks early, but weighed in at 5 lbs. 13 oz., big boy, and 19 inches long. He's in the NICU on cpap and is doing pretty well. He just needs to work to get his lungs stronger. He's a feisty little guy and keeps his nurses on their toes!! Here's a few pictures of him and I'll try to keep my blog updated when I can.




My first time holding him!! This was when they had tried to wean him from the cpap so you can actually see his face!

Check it out!!

My sister has started up her own business, and she has some really cute stuff! Go here to check it out.

Also, she'll be selling some of her stuff at a few boutiques in St. George. There is one this Saturday at the Dance Shoppe, and next Friday and Saturday at Cottontown Village. Stop by!!

Happy 1st Birthday to my baby boy!!!

It's hard for me to believe, but today is Logan's 1st birthday!! The past year went by so fast! I still remember every detail about the day he was born, and it really doesn't seem like it's been a whole year. He's such a blessing in our lives. I really never knew that you could love someone so much from the moment you saw them. But I did, I fell in love with my little man that very instant. In fact, I was so emotional as soon as I saw him. He was just perfect in every way. My first time holding him was amazing. I can't even describe what it was like. I think every other mom out there knows what I'm talking about though. I remember just staring at him when we brought him home, I'd start crying for no reason at all. I was just so happy that he was a part of our lives. He was always such a good baby. I think back on it now, especially when I hear people talk about having a hard baby, and I know that we were spoiled. He was never very fussy, always a good eater, a pretty good sleeper. And he still is all those things. Yes, he does have his little attitude every now and then, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. He's such a sweetheart. If I'm ever having a bad day all I need is for him to come give me one of his loves and everything is so much better. Sometimes, out of the blue, he will crawl over to me and Joe and just lay his head on our laps, I love it! I love the way he gets so excited when he sees Joe walk in the door after work...he loves his daddy!! And even though I'm jealous...I love to hear him say dada. I'll just have to keep working on mama!! I could go on and on about everything I love about Logan, but I think you all know...I love my boy so much!!!

I put together a little collage of Logan's first year...


And, 1 year old!!!


We had a little party for him yesterday. Here's the cute invitation my sister made for it...


She also made the cute monkey 1st birthday shirt that he is wearing in all the pictures from his party. We bought him a little smash cake, and when we put it in front of him he acted like he was going to dig in. But as soon as it got on his hands he was not happy!! It also doesn't help that he's got a cold. Poor guy, who wants to be sick on their birthday?? We still had fun though. He got some really fun presents. He had so much fun when we brought him home and he got to open all his new toys. Thanks again to everyone that came and made it such a special day for him!!








Happy Birthday Logan! I love you so so much!!!

Halloween!!!

We had a fun Halloween this year. Last year on Halloween I was still on bedrest and wanting Logan to come!! It was fun to have him here this year. He was dressed as a green dragon. He wasn't too fond of the costume, but he did a good job trick-or-treating. We went over to Joe's uncle's neighborhood with some of his family and went around for a little bit. Joe was the lucky one that got to lug Logan around the whole time!! Here are some pictures of our night...





And just for kicks, here's a picture of Logan sporting his new Converse shoes!!!

Happy birthday my love!!!

Today is Joe's 26th birthday. I wanted to post some of my favorite things about him.

*He is the world's best dad!

*He is better than me at keeping our house clean...I can let laundry sit in a basket, but he's always the first one to start putting it away.

*He served a mission to Japan and loves the Japanese people...someday we'll get there Babe!!

*He loves his family so much.

*He is such a hard worker...sometimes I think he works too hard!

*He loves to play with Logan and get him to smile.

*He's always willing to rub my back or tickle my legs at night when he gets home from work...love it!!

*He has a strong testimony of the gospel.

*He's always willing to help someone out.

*He's very patient...he needs to give some of that to me!

*He lets me sleep in if he knows I've had a bad night.

*He plays with my hair when I go to sleep...I'm spoiled!

*He watches my favorite shows with me even though they drive him nuts!

*He's so good with our nieces and nephews and they all love him!

*He married me in the temple and has given me the greatest gift...my 2 baby boys!

*He loves me no matter what!

I love you so much Joe. I'm so glad that I met you and that we have been able to start our own family together. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. Happy Birthday Babe!!!

A few pics of my boy...

I haven't posted for a while so here are a few pictures of my baby boy, even though he's not much of a baby anymore!! He's going to be 1 in a few weeks and it makes me so sad! I can't believe how fast the time has gone and before we know it baby brother will be here. Things with the pregnancy are going good so far. I'm not on bedrest...at least yet...so it can't get much better!!

I'm awake!!

This is the face I walked in to today when Logan woke up from his nap. I love this boy!!!

My Handsome Boys

I love these 2 men in my life! I can't wait to add another...I'm getting very outnumbered, but look how cute my boys are so I can't complain!!

And then there were 2...

BOYS that is!! We found out today that Logan is going to have a baby brother. We're so excited! It's going to be fun having 2 boys so close together...at least we hope so!! He was being a little stink at first and didn't want to show us that he was a boy, but it's a definite! Here's the proof...

Sorry it's such a small picture. I scanned it in and for some reason it won't let me enlarge!

Baby #2 is on the way!!!

It was a BIG schocker but Logan's going to be a big brother! It was kind of strange because I knew before I took the test. It must have been right after it happened and I started feeling nauseous and getting pains in my stomach. I remembered having the same pains before I found out I was pregnant with Logan. I had called Joe at work freaking out that I might be but we both just blew it off thinking that it was just all in my head. But about 2 weeks later I was late and feeling really sick so I made Joe pick up a test on his way home from work and sure enough...POSITIVE!!!! I was freaking out when I saw it. I called my sister bawling because Logan was only 6 months at the time. How was I going to be able to handle 2 babies?!? Joe was really cute about it, telling me that everything was going to be fine and it was supposed to happen if it did. So now that I've had time for it to sink in I'm SO excited!! I wish it was closer! I'm 14 weeks now and had my cerclage on Monday so hopefully that means no bedrest this time around. So far things are going well and in a couple weeks we'll get to find out what we are having. I can't wait!!

9 Months

My little, well not so little, baby is 9 months old today. I really can't believe it! In just 3 months he'll be a year old...that makes me sad. But I sure have loved these 9 months that I have had to share with him. He is such a sweet baby! Some things I want to remember about him at 9 months...

*He has 4 teeth, and 2 more ready to pop through.

*He loves to hear himself "talk".

*He likes to suck on his lips.

*He's very ticklish.

*He loves crawling and having his freedom.

*He's starting to bite...uh oh!!

*He loves sucking through a straw and gets mad if someone has a drink and doesn't share it with him.

*He gets really excited when we come to get him out of his crib.

*He's not very good with strangers...he gets that from his mom!

*He likes to pull all of our DVD's out one at a time.

*He's is very entertained by a plastic hanger.

*He LOVES go-gurt! He gets so excited when he sees me get one out of the fridge.

*He loves the water...swimming, bathing, whatever!

*He's my precious little baby and I love him so much!!!

We've got ourselves a crawler!!

He finally did it! After weeks of having no desire to even try it, all of a sudden today he just started doing it. It's only an army crawl right now, but I was so proud of my little man! Here's a little video of him...

I can't believe how big he's getting!!

4th of July

We spent the 4th of July with my family this year. My mom came down with the kids. We went to the park in the morning so the kids could do the races...Ryan won 3rd place! Then we went swimming at my brother-in-law's friends pool. The kids had a blast, and Logan loved the water! That night we went to the Sun Bowl for the Country Showdown and fireworks. Logan was a little nervous when the fireworks started, but he got used to them and was mesmerized!! He's such a good boy. He turned 8 months old today, tell me how that happened?!? We had to take him to the doctors last night because he wasn't being himself, turns out he has a pretty nasty ear infection. Poor boy!! Even for not feeling good he's such a happy and fun little guy! Here's some pictures from our fun weekend...

Logan in his red, white, and blue!

Logan and Daddy

It took a lot of convincing to finally get Jordan to let Dave take him down the slide!

Brayden going down the slide.

Ryan diving off the slide.

Maggie and Livvy before the fireworks.

This is what Jordan looked like after he ate his cupcake!

My sweet boy!!

How could you not love that face???

Watching the fireworks with Hannah.

Family Pictures

We had family pictures done when we got home from Blanding by an amazing photographer Alisha Shaw, One Memory at a Time Photo. You can check her website out here . I love the way they turned out!! It helps when you have such an adorable subject to take photos of...Logan of course! Anyway, here are a few...

And the beautiful boy!!!!