Sunday, October 24, 2010
Happy Day
Lexi's birthday was so much fun! Her cousins Zach, Tanner, and Asher came to help us celebrate. Lexi loved having her "friends" there and I loved listening to her laugh and play with them. Lexi got a kitchen for her birthday and loves it! We had a hard time getting her to leave it long enough to open her other presents. She got a fun doll that talks and she has had to take it everywhere. She is in heaven with her new toys and we are in heaven having some new things to entertain her! She quickly learned that birthdays are really fun. She would sing "happy day" all day long. We love our Lexi Jane and are so glad she's part of our family! Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate.
Halloween Costume Birthday Party
For Lexi's birthday I threw her a little party. The kids all dressed up and looked so cute in their costumes. Lexi was a little unhappy that afternoon but in the end she loved her "happy day" as she calls it. The kids painted pumpkins, made oreo spiders, did a bean bag toss, and made ghost succors. We really enjoyed celebrating with her cute friends and their Moms.
Bon Voyage
Today is officially my first day in my second trimester (14 weeks). I am feeling so much better and am really enjoying this part of my pregnancy. This picture is from when I was 13 weeks.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
End of One..Beginning of Two
The end of one the beginning of two is the theme at our house lately. It is an appropriate theme for two reasons:
1. Lexi is enjoying her last few days as a one year old.
2. Lexi is also enjoying her last few months as the one and only child we have!!! We're expecting our second child April 24th!!! We are so excited! I'm 12 weeks.
Some notes I want to remember about the past few weeks:
I could tell I was pregnant before I found out officially. It felt very familiar. With both pregnancies I've had a lot of ligament pain during the first few weeks. To tell Cole I was pregnant I put back on some pants I wore when I was pregnant with Lexi (that Cole hated) and told him it was time for them again. I also waved the stick at him to which he squinted and tried to read it. He was a little slow to realize what I was saying. We were both thrilled and so grateful.
I went to Utah three days later and was able to tell some of my family then. It is always my hope that I can tell them in person and was so excited to get to again. They knew this was something we wanted and were so happy for us. This pregnancy has been really hard to hide. My body is very efficient now and thus I've been showing really fast. As a result the day after I found out I was pregnant I already had to get up in the night to use the bathroom. My appetite was really poor for a few weeks so I actually lost weight even though I was getting rounder. I even had a little morning sickness with this pregnancy which was new to me. I was so glad it only lasted a week and a half. I felt so sorry for women that have it for months and months. It is especially hard when you have to keep up with a toddler. I was so grateful for Cole. He really stepped it up and was so patient with me. I've been tired and taking it easy but am feeling a lot better now that the first trimester is ending.
I am so excited about the timing of this baby. My kids will be exactly two and a half years apart. I really wanted a spring baby. I am excited for Lexi. She really loves babies right now and is really nice to them. (let's hope it lasts) She has a strong motherly instinct and likes to help take care of them. I feel so blessed and excited about this pregnancy.
1. Lexi is enjoying her last few days as a one year old.
2. Lexi is also enjoying her last few months as the one and only child we have!!! We're expecting our second child April 24th!!! We are so excited! I'm 12 weeks.
Some notes I want to remember about the past few weeks:
I could tell I was pregnant before I found out officially. It felt very familiar. With both pregnancies I've had a lot of ligament pain during the first few weeks. To tell Cole I was pregnant I put back on some pants I wore when I was pregnant with Lexi (that Cole hated) and told him it was time for them again. I also waved the stick at him to which he squinted and tried to read it. He was a little slow to realize what I was saying. We were both thrilled and so grateful.
I went to Utah three days later and was able to tell some of my family then. It is always my hope that I can tell them in person and was so excited to get to again. They knew this was something we wanted and were so happy for us. This pregnancy has been really hard to hide. My body is very efficient now and thus I've been showing really fast. As a result the day after I found out I was pregnant I already had to get up in the night to use the bathroom. My appetite was really poor for a few weeks so I actually lost weight even though I was getting rounder. I even had a little morning sickness with this pregnancy which was new to me. I was so glad it only lasted a week and a half. I felt so sorry for women that have it for months and months. It is especially hard when you have to keep up with a toddler. I was so grateful for Cole. He really stepped it up and was so patient with me. I've been tired and taking it easy but am feeling a lot better now that the first trimester is ending.
I am so excited about the timing of this baby. My kids will be exactly two and a half years apart. I really wanted a spring baby. I am excited for Lexi. She really loves babies right now and is really nice to them. (let's hope it lasts) She has a strong motherly instinct and likes to help take care of them. I feel so blessed and excited about this pregnancy.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tornado
Yes, a tornado can happen in Arizona. At 5:30 on Wednesday I awoke to a nightmare. It had been stormy all night but it was getting worse and worse. Soon it was hailing and I was getting nervous. The power went out and then my entire house started shaking. Cole woke up and looked out the window. I asked him if it was an earthquake. He said no and then came back to bed.
Shortly thereafter a friend called me to see if we were okay. She then told me it was a tornado and that her windows broke. She said there were more on the way. Cole and I quickly got up, checked our house, and got Lexi. We prepared our bathroom as a shelter. We called our other neighbors to see if they were okay. They were all okay but they all had broken windows and roof problems. We waited for the next tornado to come but it hit north of us. Around 8 we left our house to go see the damage. The first picture is of our house. We were really fortunate. All of our windows were okay and we haven't had any roof problems. We drove down our street to see that our friends home didn't make out so well. They ended up with a sink attached to their home. It was from an RV store across the freeway. About this time the Sheriff told people to seek shelter because another one was coming.
We got home safely but luckily the other tornado didn't hit our area. Amazingly no one was seriously injured during the events. One of the tornado's derailed a train across the freeway from my house. When the freeway opened later that morning some men from our ward that lived in town brought out some wood to help board up windows. Cole went to help them. The frustrating part was that the storm was still happening through all of this. From 5:30 until 2:30 we had thunder and lightning and hail. All those men had to board windows and patch roofs during this terrible storm. It made me very nervous to send Cole. I was very glad when he returned home safe. Later he told me about a man that nearly fell off one of the roofs because there was so much hail on it.
The power was out all day and our house got power back around 6pm. We were so glad because it was going to be a cold night. Later that night we met up with members of our ward and heard their stories. They have been running through my mind ever since. They were hit extremely hard. Most of the pictures below are of members homes. They won't be returning to their homes for a long time. Each of them had a story of a way they were blessed during this experience. Even though terrible things happened Heavenly Father watched over their families. One woman told me that she felt blessed because earlier in the night her daughter came into her room because she was scared. The tornado hit that daughters room the hardest. She said there were chunks of glass stabbed into the mattress. She was so thankful her daughter wasn't in there. Everyone had a story like this to tell. I feel very blessed to have been watched over. I feel so bad for the people I know that have been affected.
Shortly thereafter a friend called me to see if we were okay. She then told me it was a tornado and that her windows broke. She said there were more on the way. Cole and I quickly got up, checked our house, and got Lexi. We prepared our bathroom as a shelter. We called our other neighbors to see if they were okay. They were all okay but they all had broken windows and roof problems. We waited for the next tornado to come but it hit north of us. Around 8 we left our house to go see the damage. The first picture is of our house. We were really fortunate. All of our windows were okay and we haven't had any roof problems. We drove down our street to see that our friends home didn't make out so well. They ended up with a sink attached to their home. It was from an RV store across the freeway. About this time the Sheriff told people to seek shelter because another one was coming.
We got home safely but luckily the other tornado didn't hit our area. Amazingly no one was seriously injured during the events. One of the tornado's derailed a train across the freeway from my house. When the freeway opened later that morning some men from our ward that lived in town brought out some wood to help board up windows. Cole went to help them. The frustrating part was that the storm was still happening through all of this. From 5:30 until 2:30 we had thunder and lightning and hail. All those men had to board windows and patch roofs during this terrible storm. It made me very nervous to send Cole. I was very glad when he returned home safe. Later he told me about a man that nearly fell off one of the roofs because there was so much hail on it.
The power was out all day and our house got power back around 6pm. We were so glad because it was going to be a cold night. Later that night we met up with members of our ward and heard their stories. They have been running through my mind ever since. They were hit extremely hard. Most of the pictures below are of members homes. They won't be returning to their homes for a long time. Each of them had a story of a way they were blessed during this experience. Even though terrible things happened Heavenly Father watched over their families. One woman told me that she felt blessed because earlier in the night her daughter came into her room because she was scared. The tornado hit that daughters room the hardest. She said there were chunks of glass stabbed into the mattress. She was so thankful her daughter wasn't in there. Everyone had a story like this to tell. I feel very blessed to have been watched over. I feel so bad for the people I know that have been affected.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Lexi's style
Lexi is such a riot lately. She always has to dress up somehow. Whether it's a hat, necklace, socks, shoes, etc. she loves to dress up. For FHE we talked about missionaries so she even got to dress up like a missionary. She's such a fun girl.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Initiation Complete
I feel completely initiated as a mother as of today. Lexi has thrown up three times today and I've had the joy of being the one watching her when she's done it. I've also had the joy of cleaning it up. Luckily Lexi hasn't thrown up on the carpet...yet. She's been in the kitchen each time. it's been so sad because it really upsets her when she does it. She usually asks me to hold her and I feel so bad refusing to (because she's covered in throw up). This experience has made me think it might be a good idea if Mother's Day was more than just once a year. I'm so thankful I had a good Mom that always did these things for me. I think I truly appreciate it now.
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