Wednesday, August 28, 2013

My Grandma, she is amazing.

Today I had the opportunity to spend the whole day with my grandma. She has not been feeling very well lately and it breaks my heart. She comes over to my parents house on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while my grandpa goes to the temple to clean. She stays over for most of the day. My mom had an appointment today so she asked me to come over to hang out with my grandma and of course I did. I had so much fun sitting in the living room talking with her today. She is such a STRONG woman and one of the most positive people I have ever met. 

A few years ago she had heart surgery, a quadruple bypass surgery to be exact. I remember sitting there with her and she was just so positive about it all even though I know she was scared. Once she got that done she was feeling better but she keeps having different things going on. She now has blood clots in her lungs and some other things that are going on which make her really weak. I get sad seeing her like this because I remember her being such a busy grandma doing things all the time. 

I loved having the opportunity to talk with her all day today. As I look back on the day today I didn't hear her say one negative thing all day. I want to be more like her. She always talks about when she gets better shes going to do this or that. The things that she said she was going to do are all things she was going to do for OTHER people. She is such a great example to me. 

I know that she doesn't feel good, I know that she feels weak, I know that it is hard for her to do things but she tries her best to not show it. She never complains at all. As I was driving home today from my parent's house I got tears in my eyes because I feel so lucky to have her as my grandma. 

PS. Sorry if I spell things wrong. I don't reread what I write until later because I don't want to change anything. The sentences or paragraphs might not make sense but I write down exactly what I am thinking at that moment and I don't want to change that. 

Here are some pictures from today and a couple from the other day. 






This past week. Busy and fun times.


Yesterday Addie started rolling from tummy to back! Here is a video from yesterday and here is a video from today! She almost has back to tummy down as well. I cannot believe how fast they grow.





This past week has been a lot of fun. Oh and this blog is mainly about my little girl so sorry if I talk about her the whole entire time. (Just a warning) Adalyn and I were able to go to San Francisco with my mom, Katelyn and Brielle for the day. We wanted to do some shopping. We first went to Ikea (love this store) to get a red dresser for Katelyn's nursery it is sooo cute! I ended up getting some baby spoons bowls and plates since she will get to start eating in about 2 months. I am excited to start that new adventure! After that we walked down Market Street and just stopped at the shops there. Brielle was getting school clothes (she missed a day of school for this)... haha. Adalyn loves to be out an about and she had such a blast the whole day. She didn't even take a nap the entire day but she was happy as can be. I ended up getting her a cute outfit even though she already has too many but that's okay. I didn't get myself really anything but I did get this yummy smelling candle at anthropology.



This was on the drive to San Fran. I love my sweet girl. (She loves having a blanket on her face).



For some reason I didn't even think about how cold it was going to be there so I ended up getting her this so that she would be warm!


Brielle was kind of bored in Ikea so she took Addie and she played with her. :)

We celebrated Brendan's bday this week as well! I cannot believe he is 26 already! Time is really going fast. He wanted to go to Dog House so that is where we went. After we ended up going to my grandparents house and we had ice cream cake. It was a lot of fun. (My grandma is sick so she can't really go out anywhere so we decided to come over there to celebrate with them)

Birthday boy!


My brother brock with his son Braxton and then with Addison and his niece Adalyn!
 Brock being a good uncle with Addie 


My AMAZING grandma and sister. 


Tyler came home on his mission this week as well. It was awesome being able to see him! He definitely got taller! I don't have any pictures of him at the airport right now so I will post some later but it was fun to have the whole family together to welcome him home. On that following Sunday we went to Jeff's moms house pretty much all day and this was Adalyn, she wasn't too happy because she didn't get to nap at all. 


This was last week. Addie was taking a nap in her swing and my parents came over and as soon as they started talking Addie woke up and got really excited. She loves her Meema and Peepa! Below this picture is one of Addie's favorite toys she can play with this for a long time without getting bored. 



Yes, I know there all pictures of Addie but I cannot help myself. It is so much fun to be a mom and I cannot picture life before her anymore. I feel so blessed to have this miracle. I feel so blessed to have the husband that I have. He is such a hard worker and is such an amazing husband and daddy. 





Thursday, August 15, 2013

Our life these past four months :)


Jeff and I have been pretty busy these pasts months but it has been so much fun! It is especially nice for me because I am actually able to be up and walk around! Let me tell you though being on bed rest for those 7 months really wore me out. I am still trying to do things that I used to be able to do, it definitely took a toll on my body but it was all worth it so I cannot complain!

I am going to start from a few months ago so that I can keep this up to date and then hopefully I will be better about blogging so that I can save some of our memories :) Sorry this is going to be a long post mainly for me to remember everything that has gone on these past few months. 

Let's see those first few days home were very tiring but so much fun. We loved just hanging out with our little one. To be honest I just felt relieved that she was here after being told so many times that she might not make it. 

Well she was about a month old and I thought I would try to put my ring on.. Well it slipped on but there was a problem.. I couldn't get it off! My finger got extremely swollen and it was so embarrassing I actually had to go to the hospital to get it cut off. Here's a picture... haha





Thankfully its fixed now and I am able to wear it.. haha



We finally have almost finished Addie's room. We were planning on doing her room that weekend but Addie decided she wanted to come earlier than planned which was okay with us!

Here is a couple pictures of her room.. we are STILL working on it and have to add more frames on the right side. Also have to add some curtains that we are currently making but at least its not all a big pile anymore. 








For 4th of July this year we actually got to see Kristen and Cody and it was sooo much fun! Adalyn and baby Liam met (future couple) haha Jeff and I ate at broilers with them. Then later that night we went to a movie with my family instead of doing fireworks this time. Addie did really well during the movie. (I am so glad she can sleep through loud noises).



We had Adalyn's blessing about a month ago and it was so amazing. When Jeff blessed her it was one of the best feelings in the world. I am so thankful for the priesthood in my life. Here are some pictures of that day. 






                                                          Yeah my sister is gorgeous. 


This little boy right here (Braxton) makes me excited to have more kids in the future! I love the way he is with Adalyn. He is sooo adorable and is always taking care of her. He is my first nephew and I have been able to see him grow up from when he was tiny. I love spending Fridays with this guy! Addie was laying on the bed and Brax decided to pick her up and hold her. He is always telling me what Addie likes, what she doesn't like and if shes too hot or too cold. 




Jeff and my family went to the lake and it was so fun. The boys got the day off of work and we were all able to relax and just have a great day. It was also Adalyn's first time on the lake.I had so much fun spending the day with my family. 






Jeff and I went to Newport for the weekend with a bunch of families. My mom and sister were there as well. They all stay up there for the week but Jeff and I only stayed for the weekend because Jeff had to get back to work. One of the nights we were there my mom watched Addie so that we could go on a date. We rode bikes down the beach all the way to the end of the boardwalk. We stopped and got snow cones and then walked on the beach. It was so nice and relaxing. Jeff and I try out best to go out on dates together and have someone watch Addie because we feel that it is really important to our marriage :)





We had the opportuntiy to get some family pictures taken finally! Chloe Allen did an amazing job and here are just a few of the 200 we got! :)













The semester has started to Jeff is super busy but that is okay. It just means hes getting closer and closer to finishing up school. Three times a week he doesn't get home until 10pm because he works all day and then he goes to school until about 9:50. He is such a hardworking man and I am lucky to be his wife. He makes it to where I am able to stay home with my Addie girl. I am also doing some school as well but I am doing a couple online classes. It will take me longer to finish school but I am okay with that. 

I think I am finally up to date on the biggest things that we have done these past few months. Hopefully I will do a better job at updating this thing so that I can look back on it later. 


These past 4 months :)

       These past four months have gone by so fast! I really need to get better at writing everything down so that I have all these memories. My little Adalyn is already four months old. She is amazing! Time has flown by and I am so blessed to have her in my life.

        These are her stats from birth until now: 

Birth: 6lbs 1 oz and 19 1/2"

1 months: 7lbs 14oz and 20" - Below 5th Percentile for weight and 10 percentile for height

2 months: 9lbs 12 oz and 10 1/2" - 5th Percentile for weight and 2 percentile for height

4 months: 12lbs 2 oz and 23" - 5th percentile for weight and 10th percentile for height. 

I love my little tiny lady!

On June 1st is when she started smiling and this is the day we changed her out of newborn diapers to size 1 diapers. 

On August 7th she started talking to us as in cooing and things :)


As of now she LOVES:
- Blankets on her face
- Her paci
- Grabbing toys
- Being sung to
Her Swing
- Tummy time
- Loves people talking to her
-Being outside
- Baths
-Loves when daddy comes home from work 

Doesn't like so much:
- Fights her naps
- Sleeping in hrer crib (Still trying to transition her into it) She's been sleeping in a Rock N Play Sleeper at an incline because when lying flat she used to spit up during the night. (She likes to lay in her crib though and watch the mobile go around)


I cannot picture life without my little girl. Jeff and I have grown so much from the whole pregnancy experience to now that she is here. We feel so blessed that she is in our lives and even on those hard days I still feel extremely blessed. Knowing that shes here with us instead of in my tummy makes me feel a whole lot better :)