A picture is worth a thousand words.

Especially this one. :D

omgosh, this kid is so hilarious!

This video is so cute! Jonas has been waving lately, and so, ive been doing it too and saying "hi" everytime when i wave to him... the smart boy caught on after only 2 days!!


This is another (its a different one) balloon attack video. I figured out how to rotate the video, so its much funner to watch.

My child's first goatee!!! Oh, they grow up so fast dont they?








This is upside down jonas! Its the best way for me to get him to show off all of his newfound teeth!!! check those bad boys out (just dont check out his booger in one of the pics. lol!)

Belated B-day Pics

Here are pics from Jonas' bday party that we had on March 14th. I'm just now getting around to posting some. lol.















Click on this little picture to see a video of Jonas going CRAZY on all of his bday balloons. so funny..

From march stroll and jonas' bday

We had a great party! Thanks to everyone that came! Jonas had a fun time running around and playing with the balloons and all the people... but didnt care so much about the cake or his presents.

My baby is not a baby anymore. *tear*

Okay, thats a lie. He's still my baby and always will be, regardless of his age. But, my lil baby boy is turning ONE today. technically, not until 11:30pm tonight.. I will be thinking about what i was doing one year ago as a lay in bed tonight going to sleep. lol.

So, one year ago today... the morning started out like any other. I got dressed and ready and headed off to work. I had a doctors appt around 11am, i think... so i headed out from work at around 1030am.

Nick couldnt make it to my appt, so my doula said that she would come with me. I was scared about scheduling an induction... i knew the doctor would make me schedule one. I was already 6 days overdue! So, my doula was there for moral support and to back me up on the "i dont want to be induced" thing.

So, my doc comes in and i think the first thing he said was "well, what are you still doing here?" Yeah, cuz i was supposed to deliver the baby last week, right? so, he proceeds to strip my membranes ( i wont go into details for those that dont know what it is, lol. ) Let's just say he was really trying hard this time to send me into labor... so it hurt. all the other times it never really hurt me. So, after that, he tells me that im already 4.5cm dilated (whoa!) and im thinking, why am i not in labor yet?? I'm almost halfway dilated now! Anyways, the doctor made us schedule an induction. He wanted to induce me right then! im like "na-uh." so, the furthest we could push him back on the induction was Sunday, March 16th. Today was a Wednesday, by the way, Wednesday March 12th, 2008.

So, after the appt, i wasnt even cramping. Usually, i always cramped after he has swept my membranes. I was all sad, thinking i would never go into labor... so my doula told me she would come over with her stuff and try to induce me. So, she came over and put on some special aromatherapy oil that is supposed to induce contractions and she rubbed that oil on my feet and ankles. Then she proceeded to have me lay down and relax and focus on contractions and on starting my labor. Basically, me internally telling my body that I was ready. She massaged certain pressure points on my feet and my ankles.

After that, she told me a bunch of herbs i could buy at the store to help induce labor. Me, being VERY anxious to start labor, went right away to the store to get these herbs. While i was at the store, I started having cramps. Nothing serious... I shrugged them off. I bought my stuff and headed to Shopko to look for a birthing gown. My doula had told me that the hospital gowns were super uncomfortable to birth in. Well, I didnt make it too far into Shopko when the contractions were stronger. I hadnt felt anything like them before.... but i still wasnt convinced that i was in labor.

I headed home. Nick was still there, thank goodness. He was about to leave for a side job. I told him I thought i might be in labor, but i wasnt sure. I called my doula and told her what i was feeling and asked her if she thought i was in labor. I still wasnt sure whether i should let nick go and do the side job or not!! The doula said we should pray about it and see how we feel about nick going or not. So, we did. I felt like Nick should stay. And a good thing too! Not even a hour later and the contractions were much stronger! I KNEW i was in labor then! haha.

We ended up going to the hospital about 2 hours after this. My doula was a HUGE help during contractions and helped relieve the pressure by pushing in on my hips. Dont ask me why it helped, but it did. The hospital was stupid, i wont go into details, but it took us over 45 minutes to get a room and it wouldve taken longer too. But after that long, i just went into a room and took over. I was in ACTIVE labor. a good 6cm dilated at that point! I wanted to get into the bath-tub. So, i just went into a room and claimed it. Stupid jerks for not putting me in a room right away. I was in my bath-robe having hard contractions in front of everyone in the waiting room. People were totally freaked out! I think they thought i might plop out a baby right there in the waiting room. hahaha!

Anyways, on to the pictures! I dont think i've ever shown these before.

me laboring in the bath tub.





trying to relax in between contractions.


I was really close to pushing stage at this point.



Fresh baby boy outta da' oven! :)



"What the crap just happened? Where am I?"


Our first family photo :)


AND now, one year later.










my little man is growing up so fast! He has 8 teeth now and is walking. Happy birthday baby boy!! We love you!!!

The Bathroom Remodel!!

BEFORE:


I dont really have any good "before" shots. i just have prego pics of me in the bathroom... so just look at everything around me in the pictures...lol.




notice the old ugly shower door and the ugly tile with gross stuff growing on it (you cant really see it in the pictures) and in one of the pics, i think you can see the ugly old linoleum floor as well. also, not to mention the cluttered countertops.



DURING construction/demolition:











NOW,

presenting the NEW bathroom in its first ever public appearance!



*drumroll*







view as you are walking in...





shower curtain and you can see the new shower can light that nick installed... as well as the new plug outlet he installed for my curling irons.



the new tile!







the new tub! no more grody tile, nice easy to clean fiberglass tub/shower.



WOO HOO!!!

We love it so much!! Nick pretty much did all the work (i painted and organized some, thats about it. ha). He did awesome!!

On this Day....

This morning while i was at Wal-mart (of all places), i had to grab a site-to-store order from their back layaway area... and well since i was there in the morning i happened to catch the end of of their "morning pep talk" haha. It was really really wierd. they were chanting and cheering... and at the end of the cheer they were like "W-A-L-M-A-R-T! What does that spell? WALMART!! Who's the best? We are! 24534 (random number) days with no accident! Staying Safe MARCH 6th!!"

and right then and there it dawned on me.


Last year on this day... it was my due date. It brought back a flood of memories.


I had gone to my doctors appt. the day before and I was 3.5cm dilated. They told me i would go into labor any day and they wouldnt let me make an appt for the next week cuz i wouldnt need to.

WRONG.

so, here i was at work on my due date. feeling sad about not going into labor... in fact i remember going outside for a little walk and calling Andria and whining to her about how depressing it was to go overdue. haha. I think i probably called my sister and complained to her too. It was sad to realize that i was going to go overdue. Anyways, everyone i complained to cheered me up a little bit saying "oh, you could still go into labor today." "dont give up hope" "its not so bad to go overdue a couple days".

And you know, it wasnt that i was miserable or anything.... because i wasnt. I just did NOT want to be induced. I knew that the longer i went overdue, the odds would go up that i would be induced and when you are induced, the odds are overwhelmingly high that you will get the epidural... since pitocin (chemically induced) contractions are 100x stronger than regular ones. And i did not want the epidural.

This was me, exactly one year ago from today.... Wow.


Anyways, the story ended well ;) but, i will save that post for next Thursday.

You dont know my kid!!

Why the crap do perfect strangers think they know MY baby better than i do?? ugh!! this has happened soo many times to me, and today it happened again and im just so sick of it. No, my baby isnt tired. After I tell you that, dont tell me that you think he is anyways and that youre sure of it because he just "looks" like it. You dont even know how my son acts OR looks. I told you, he is bored being stuck in the stroller at the store while I shop.

And while I'm at it... bringing up my sons hair color is not a decent conversation starter. Maybe try something like "he's cute, how old is he?" or "whats his name?" dont say "WHOA!! he sure has red hair doesnt he?"

well, yes. yes he does. Its pretty freaking obvious. oh, and an fyi for those people... no, it is NOT a unique thing to say... I probably hear it more than anything else. Its not like i live in freakin China or something. Redheaded babies are not all that rare. There are 3 other redheaded babies in my ward alone!

So, there you go stupid man at Smiths and various others... maybe you should just keep your mouth shut next time you see a baby. or, just walk by and wave/smile to the baby. no biggie!