Valentines Day

I have always loved Valentines day, but never as much as i loved it yesterday. It was such an amazing romantic day. My husband is so thoughtful, sweet, romantic, unbelievably handsome and i couldn't ask for anyone better! I woke up made and made some heart shaped muffins (Yum), then later Sam had a surprise for me. He had me go wait in our room for a few minutes then he came in with a letter and a rose. I read the letter and on the rose was a memory or something he loved about me. There were 11 more of these roses scattered through out the house. It was fun to read all of them. I was smiling the whole time and even cried a little. It was such a good idea and meant so much more then jewelry or chocolates. Then Sam went to work and i kept my mom busy while my dad got some stuff ready for their date. I ordered take out from Carabbas and Sam picked it up on his way home from work. I got candles, sparkling cider, and rose petals and made it very romantic. He had no idea i was doing all of that. He loved it. We ate the delicious food and just talked. I gave him a deck of cards that had 52 reasons why i love him. Then we watched a movie. It was such an amazing day. The best Valentines Day i've ever had. All thanks to my amazing husband Sam for making it such a special day! I love him so much and i love that it is his favorite holiday. I love being in love and especially being in love with Sam and with our little Wyatt. Love this holiday!!

Thanks for reading. :)

Isabelle

13 years ago this friday was one of the most exciting days for me. My first little niece was born. I was so so so excited!! I remember just sitting in the waiting room waiting to hear if she was born yet. I got to hold her and then watch her get a bath through the window. It was such a great day. Now i can't believe its been 13 years. I can't believe she is a teenager. She is like my little sister. We have been so close her whole life. I remember always having sleep overs with her, renting movies, going to mcdonalds, doing her hair and make up, teasing her, taking millions of pictures together, watching all the HSM movies, dancing with her, and there are so many more that i can't even remember. We always have fun together! She is definitely one of my best friends! I'm so glad to have her back in Utah. I love that she was at the hospital when Wyatt was born. He loves her so much. He is all smiles when she is around! She is beautiful inside and out. I'm so proud to be her aunt! HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet Isabelle! I hope you have the best day ever!! :) I love you!

Here are a few pictures.

Some more of our life

Its is such a HUGE change having a baby. I never thought it would be as hard as it can be sometimes. He is such a blessing in our lives and he makes us happier then we ever have been and ever could be. Sometimes its just hard. Like sleepless nights, when he is sick and i can't do much to help him, not long enough naps, etc. But i wouldn't trade any of it for anything ever! He is the cutest little thing ever and when i'm so tired in the middle of the night and he wakes up hungry and smiles at me i can't help but just melt and that makes it so worth it.

It is so amazing to see how much Sam has changed after becoming a dad. Before having him he wouldn't hold anyone else's baby, he always said he would never change a poopy diaper. Well i will tell you, he LOVES to hold Wyatt and he has changed many dirty diapers. He doesn't love doing it, but he does. :) He is so cute with Wyatt! I love watching him interact with him. You can tell how much he loves him and cares about him.

I LOVE being a mom. It has to be the best job ever. It is so rewarding. I love that he knows exactly who i am. Every time i look at him and smile he lights up and smiles right back. All i have to do is hold his hand when he is in his car seat and he calms down or falls right to sleep. I can't wait to see him grow up, but not too fast. ;)

Some things he loves

-Grabbing my hair and eating it

-When Sam talks to him

-Reaching for Sam

-The song 10 little indians

-Baby mozart

-Tylenol (don't worry, i don't give him too much)

-Watching Sam and I eat

-When dad sings

-Mom and Dad (of course)

-He loves listening and watching Isabelle talk

-Watching little kids

-His Grandmas and Grandpas

-Playing peek-a-boo

-Sleeping when Grandma holds him

-Baths

-Watching me talk

-Scratching his head

-Sneezing

-Smiling

-Being tickled

-To see me or Sam when he first wakes up

-To look at himself in the mirror

-To bite anything and everything, especially fingers

Those are just a few things!!

I'm so grateful i'm a mom and to have this sweet little spirit!!

A lot to cover

Well I told you I was bad at blogging. There is a lot to cover since I last wrote on here. We had our baby on September 15, 2011. It was such a perfect day. Maybe i will start with that story. I had started having contractions a few days before but they weren't too bad and just went away. We went to the doc a couple days before and they said they would induce me on Sept 15 which was that thursday. So Sam took work off the 2 days before to just make sure he was there. It was wednesday Sept 14 and we slept in til about 2 in the afternoon and then we went to town cleaning and getting Wyatt's room ready. We knew it was going to happen any day now. We cleaned the whole house, made dinner (hamburgers), went and got a ice cream cone from macey's (one of my favorite things to eat while pregnant), rented "Prom", and Sam painted my finger nails. Yes, we watched the movie Prom and Sam painted my finger nails glittery pink. Haha he was so sweet to do all those things with/for me! The movie got over and and i told Sam i wanted a blessing before i was induced the next morning. He gave me a blessing and right as he was finishing i had a contraction. They started at about midnight. Once they started that was it. They were very close and pretty long. After just having a few of them we decided it was time to go to the hospital. So we got some things together and headed for the hospital. Well they couldn't just check me in they had to make sure that i was dilated enough first. She checked me and of course i was a 3 1/2 and i needed to be a 4. So i had to wait an hour and see if i progressed. An hour later she checked me and i hadn't progressed at all. So she said i could walk around for an hour and see if that would help move things along or i could go home. I was not going home in that much pain. So i walked around the hospital as best i could. Pretty much just grasping Sam the whole time. Every time i had a contraction i had to have him right next to me. He was so amazing through all of this. He was right next to me the whole time. I could not have done it with out him. My parents were also there with us the whole time. I'm so blessed with amazing people in my life. Anyway back to the story...i could barely walk around the contractions were so bad. She checked me and i was still the same. I was so sad and in so much pain and the nurse could tell so she said she thought i was going to progress soon and she would tell the doctor i was a 4 but that i couldn't tell anyone. It was so nice of her. She ordered me an epidural and checked me in. I was so thankful she did that. So after contracting for 3 hours i got the epidural, which was amazing!! I didn't even feel it and then my contractions were gone within 10 min. Aw it was magical! Ha after i got the epidural i moved along very fast. Before i knew it it was time to push. I started pushing at about 7:30. It was hard and i had to have oxygen the whole time cause his heart rate kept dropping. With Sam on one side and my mom on the other i kept pushing. It was 8:26 when he was born. It was the best feeling the world when i heard and saw him. The spirit was so strong. I just started crying. Sam cut the cord and they took him right away cause he had a bowel movement inside so they had to check him out. they weighed him at 7lbs 181/2 in long. They gave him to Sam once they found out he was ok and he brought him straight to me. Oh it was so amazing to finally hold our little boy! The best/craziest day of my life!

I am so thankful i had Sam there by my side the whole time. I definitely couldn't have done it without him. He kept me going and kept me strong. He is the best husband ever! I'm so glad i had my mom in the room. It was such a sweet experience to share with her! I will never forget that. We are so thankful for our sweet little Wyatt that we had that day and for all the happiness he has already brought to us!! I'm so thankful for all the amazing people that were there. For my Dad and Isabelle that were right outside the room waiting to hear him cry. My sweet dad who worried the whole time and watched me suffer through the contractions. I could see the saddness on his face. My beautiful little niece that wanted to be there so bad. She woke up at around 5 or 6 am and when she realized i was in labor and she wasn't there she called right away and wanted to come right away. I was so glad she came and was there. All the people i love the most were there to welcome Wyatt and be there for me! It was such a wonderful day and so worth it!! Thanks for reading and sorry its all jumbled together. :) Sorry the pictures are in random order.

I had to have oxygen most of the time and Sam was always there holding my hand.

The nursery

First time i got to hold him

First family photo

A few hours before i went into labor

Not good at blogging...

I am not good at blogging at all. I just feel like there is never enough to blog about or i just don't know what to say. I will really try and do better. A lot has gone on lately. Since my last post we found out we are having a baby boy!!! We are so excited, but just can't come up with any names we LOVE. Its hard to come up with a name for your child. That is something they live with forever. I want it to mean something and be special to us and to him.
We had our ultrasound last week and found out he was a boy and he was just moving like crazy. She had a hard time seeing everything she needed to, so we get to back in a few weeks and see him again. We are so excited because they say he will double in size this month......which means i double? Eesh! Thats another thing. I'm having a really hard time with this whole weight gain thing. I know it will be totally worth it and i will probably loss most of it, but its so hard. I'm always so sad about the weight i've gained. It just seems like so much. When you read all the book, websites, etc. that say you should only gain this much and you shouldn't gain much in your 1st trimester and if your gaining too much you should slow down and if you gain too much you will be obese in 10 years. Ugh and seeing other women and comparing myself to them. Its just so depressing. I love being pregnant and i'm so excited to have this little guy and be a mom, don't get me wrong!! I'm trying not to let it get to me too much. Just eating as good as i can.
Anyway..sorry about my vent session....back to our lives.
Sam got hired on and put on day shift!!! YAY!!! So we get to spend our nights together :), but now i have to cook dinner. Haha I wanna cook and find good healthy recipies, but its just so much easier to eat out. I'm sure that isn't good for my eating better.
Sam loves his job and is such a hard worker. I don't know how he does it. He works so much overtime. He is so amazing and i'm SO lucky to have him in my life!
It was Sam's birthday on April 20. I spoiled him and i loved it!! Woke up made him breakfast!! Cinnamon french toast, muffins, and bacon. It was delicious! He had to work that night so i got him ribs from Goodwood bbq and took them to his work for dinner. Then that weekend we went to SL and spent the night there. Went to Ruth's Chris, which if you haven't been there save your money (cause it is NOT cheap) and go! It was amazing and worth it! It was so fun for me to spoil him and plan everything!! He deserved all of it. I love him so much!!!
I'm almost 22 weeks now and can feel him kick every once in a while. Nothing huge, but last night i could feel it more. So i told Sam and he put his ear on my stomach and he kicked so hard!! Sam looked up at me with a huge smile on his face. I loved seeing him feel it! It was such a good moment. I have a human inside of me. Its so crazy to me. Its really starting to hit me as i get a belly and feel him. We are soooo excited!!!
Well that was a very random post, but that just kinda catches you up on things. I'll try and post soon or maybe it will be a few months. Ha ha i'll do my best!!

Finding out

Well as many of you may know Sam and I are going to be having a baby on September 20!! We could not be more excited about this! We found out on Jan 12. I will tell you a little of the story.
We were starting "Insanity" the crazy high intensity workout that week and I thought it would probably be a good thing to test and see if I was because if I was I didn't wanna be doing that workout. Anyway so that morning we woke up and I told Sam I was going to go test. You all know how it works, well it was proccessing the test and the line was there and DARK! I couldn't believe. I gasped and covered my mouth and then ran into our room flipped on the light and held it so Sam could see it. He then said "Are you serious?!" We were so excited!! It seemed so unreal. I was shaking. I just couldn't believe it was positive. Ahhh it was such a good morning! That day Sam's brother Jake was leaving on his mission so we wanted to tell him before he left. We went over to his parents for breakfast and I was just waiting for Sam to tell them. Sam asked if anyone has any last words for Jake and I looked at him and said "do YOU have any last words?" He told Jake that when he got back he would have 3 nieces or nephews (his other sis in law is also pregnant). Everyone was very excited for us! I had to go to work that day and Sam did as well. He works until 11:30 pm so I hung out with my parents that night and was not able to tell them until he got off. It was so hard. I work with my mom and was with both mom and dad all night. It was a long night. Haha Sam got off work and came over and I asked them if they wanted another grand baby and my mom said "REALLY?" and she started crying so I started crying! It was such a fun day!! Then we told everyone else. Everyone was so excited for us! As are we! :)
I have been feeling the stress and worry that comes with being pregnant. Some cramping which causes me to stress like crazy which causes me to make myself sick over it. I called the nurse 3 or 4 times they said the same thing "its normal" Well i was still freaking out so they got us an appt for an ultrasound. This was last week. They call and say drink 32oz of water an hour before and hold it so we can see your little baby. So that morning comes and of course i didn't measure the water i just drank what i felt like. Bad idea. They double booked the appt and the other lady got there first. I had to wait 45 min with a very very full bladder. I was in lots of pain. I couldn't sit down and i couldn't stand up straight. I was hunched over in the waiting room almost in tears. Sam says to me "Punch me in the face" I said "No punch ME in the face" ha ha he kept making me laugh which didn't help the situation, but i was SO glad he was there with me!!! They finally took us back and it took a lot for me to just climb up on the table and lay down and of course after i laid down she said "oh can you sit up for a min?" I tried, but couldn't go anywhere. My bladder was FULL! Then she starts the ultrasound and starts pushing on my belly. I wanted to cry it hurt so bad, but then i saw that little bean inside my belly. It was amazing. We got to hear the heartbeat, it has a heartbeat at 6 weeks. It so crazy to us. I looked at Sam. He was smiling so big! Its that little and has a tiny little heart. Wow. So cool!! Well I finally got to go to the bathroom. Felt much better. It was such a fun, painful, amazing experience. I felt much better after getting to see it and hear it. I've been able to chill out a lot more now. Moral of the story only drink what your are supposed to drink not for a whole hour. Sheesh. I have been started to feel kind of sick, but as long as i am eating or have something in my stomach i'm ok. I just feel like i'm always eating and already getting some fat on me. Ha ha oh well.
That is a couple of stories for you. Whoever reads this. ha i will be updating this as we go for the next 7 1/2 months! Wish us luck!

What I've realized

What i've realized since Sam and I have been married is just how OCD I am. It's kind of funny. I will tell you a couple of them. The numbers of the volume on the tv and/or radio have to be either a 5 or a 10 number, the sheets on the bed have to be layed just right on me before I can fall asleep, when getting out of the car before taking the key out everything has to be off or unplugged, and the doors must be locked before shutting them, the sheets always have to be tucked under the mattress on our bed, etc. I'm sure there are more, but that is all i can think of. I'm sure Sam could think of a few more. I've noticed this because Sam is not OCD about any of those things. Which is not bad at all, but he does always put the volume on the tv to a 5 or 10. LOL!! He is so sweet! I also realized I am a HUGE germaphobe (spelling?)!! Lots of vitamins, hand sanitizer, soap, lysol, Its all great! (Maybe I knew that before i got married) but I realized it a lot more after I got married. Sam sure is helping me chill out on a lot of it though. Its not too bad. Hope he isn't annoyed with all my little quirks. lol.
One more thing. A year ago today Sam and I had our very first date. We watched "The Proposal" at Quinn's uncle's house in Goshen. So it was a longer drive so we got to talk a lot on the way there. He did hold my hand and cuddle with me during the movie and took me home and kissed me!! Yes, he kissed me on the first date and it was perfectly amazing!! I would not have changed anything about this first date. It was perfect and so is he!! I'm so thankful that he took me on that date and for everything he has done for me this past year! I've never been so happy! I'm so blessed to have this man in my life to love me and take care of me and to grow old with me. Thank you Sam for everything! Thank you for loving me always and for putting up with my OCD and Germaphobia! I love you so much and i'm so happy we went on our date one year ago!