Jake and Rachel

3 years.. 36 months..1,195 Days...

2012-01-29T23:06:00.000-08:00

Reedo.
I can't even explain to you how much you have changed my life. You came into this world with force and you are still the same way. You are stubborn and cute and I love you so much. You show me everyday that you are the craziest guy I know. You are fearless and are so trusting. I hope you keep that. It may drive me crazy all the time.. but it is so good for you to have. You are so loving and just love everyone. You would go home with anyone and I have to make sure that doesn't happen and I think I may just die of worry some of these days. You have learned all your letters this year and numbers to 15! You LOVE the letter R and you tell me it is yours, and you are offended when it is on another sign some where. You also love Mario and love to play the wii. You only play 1 game though. Just super mario bros. and you are actually getting really good at it. You are starting to like your brother Nash now that he kinda plays with you, but you don't understand that he is still a baby and push him around, but I understand. He looks bigger than he is. You love to give us big kisses and loves to cuddle now. I never get to sit on the couch alone anymore. You are so curious and ask me lots of questions. You love to help me cook and always have an opinion on what we will eat. You will only drink milk and we have to negotiate for anything else. I can't imagine my world with out your fun personality anymore. I am so glad that I get you to myself and that I get to spend these wonderful years with you. They are going to fast and I can't believe it. 3 years seems like yesterday..
I made this little video for you and I had so many pictures and I couldn't believe what we did in 3 years. It seems like so much and I only took pictures on a little bit of it.
I am so proud to call you my son and I can't wait for all the years to come!
Love you,
Mom

Jan 1, 2012- Dec 31, 2012

2012-01-11T21:43:00.000-08:00

I love how the new year always makes you feel like you are starting over. It feels as if you are wiping away all your problems and starting on a new journey. I always feel this overwhelming feeling to make this year the best year! I have goals and I can't wait to accomplish and its going to be a great year for us. I can feel it.. Or I just feel like it can only just get better.. either way it is going to be great. I feel like we have some direction now and that alone gives me such peace.

Now with the goals, resolutions, whatever you want to call them.
1. Hard to put this one it words, but the ONE thing I really want to work on. I want to be more proactive and just do things I want to do, because I want to do them. anyone one understand? If not I get it, so I am the only person that matters. :)

2. I want to get healthy. I have been on the lifestyle change for a while, but its been a slow one. And Christmas didn't help. But it is happening and its going good.

3. Eat at Home. We have been doing really great at this for the most part. But I still just would rather eat out. I hate Shopping for the food. I would make dinner every night if the ingredients were just in my fridge! But taking 2 kids to the store, making a list and doing all that crappy stuff. I HATE IT! So I guess the goal really should be making a calendar and menu so I don't have to go to the store that much..

4. Try new recipes! I have so many I want to try and I am excited that pintrest has made it so that i can save all the ones I come across!

5. Stop wasting so much time on Pintrest. :) J/k this one is for Jake! He is totally addicted.. (he is going to be so mad I posted this.. hehe)

6. NO babies this year. I want to at least wait another year. It's usually take a little while for me and jake to get prego, but when I had Nash they found I had endometriosis on my ovaries and fixed it. So I am sure that I am just going to be pregnant accidentally since I am NOT ready for another little one. (don't get me wrong, I love my babies, just need a little break)

7. Grow in the Gospel. I sometimes feel like I didn't retain anything from seminary and I actually went.. I must have been daydreaming the whole time. THAT is not unusual for me :) but I feel like I don't know anything about the scriptures, I guess that is why you read them over and over. So study more and retain the information.

8. More photography! I am loving every minute of this! I can't wait to learn and expand! I am so excited!

9. More photos of my family that are not on my phone.. My poor nash has no pictures! I am going to work on that!

I think that is enough. My list could go on and on.. Because I have a million things I know I need to work on.. I am not perfect, but thanks for thinking I am..

The Cruise!

2011-12-13T22:41:00.000-08:00

Okay I am going to do it! I am going to blog. I really have to psych myself up to do this sometimes! I just feels like it takes forever everytime I do it. Okay well we went on a cruise!! It was great! We had tons of fun! and lot of time to relax. We ate way to much food.. I really didn't even feel like eating ever again by the last couple days. ( but I got the flu when we got home and then I really didn't want to eat) So we took hardly any pictures, and I blame that on me. I am horrible about taking pictures.. I know I am a photographer right, but I think that is why I am over done with the picture thing and its my vacation. but then I always regret it when I get back! Oh well we did get a few so here we go!

The Deck! We watched a few movies and Jake was in the hot tub at least once a day!!

Getting ready to leave! We were pretty excited! Jake had a drink in his had the entire cruise I think.. You have to buy a drink card for soda at the first of the cruise and he definitely got his moneys worth!

Key West, we walked to a beach there that was rocky and had jelly fish. Not very cool. Wish I would have had taken pictures of all the cool houses. I would love to have a home there. It was a beautiful!

Formal night! Not sure of Jake's Pose, but whatever.

Jake is obviously not the photographer in the family. :)

Loved the fun animals on the bed every night!

Getting a ride into grand caymen!

Not our boat, but its what it looked like.

Grand Caymen! Weather was bad so they had to port on the ugly side of the island, but we took a taxi into town.

The broom Closet, but surprisingly roomy..

From the bed

The little bathroom

Found a Starfish in Jamaica! Just chilling on the beach

up close and personal

Captain Dave talking us into snorkeling, finally said yes after we got down to $18 a person! Good skills jake!

Going snorkeling

Singing us some Bob Marley

Jamaica

Water was great!


Dinner and a show almost every night!

It was great. Weather wasn't awesome the whole time. So the ship was rocking a few nights pretty good! My only complaint was were by the front thrusters of on the ship and every time the ship would port our room would shake like crazy. So at like 6 in the morning, we would be having an earthquake!

This is halloween..

2011-11-10T10:43:00.001-08:00

I love halloween! I think it has a lot to do with that my birthday is 6 days before halloween, so I always got to have a halloween party! I think it is so fun to get all dressed up and eats tons of awful candy! It is a dream.
This year my sister Krista had her baby a day before my birthday! Pretty awesome. I told her she could have waited one more day.. but anyways we wanted to go see the cute little guy so we made the 12 hour trek up there. Becca and Eric were nice enough to let me tag along, meaning they were nice enough to help me take care or kids and all take up the whole back seat. The drive was pretty good for the most part. Nash thinks we are torturing him everytime we get in the car, but he eventually gets over it. That poor kid has spent A LOT of time in the car so I don't blame him for hating it. I was a fast tip of driving 2 days and hanging out for 3, but worth it for sure. Krista's and Jack's little Indiana Rockwell (aka indy rock) is so CUTE. He is beautiful. I am so happy for them. I got to take some great pictures of the little man! and he was perfect. I can't wait to watch him grow up! My first Nephew!

Monkey Nash

The Whole Gang!

Pretty Freaking Awesome DJ!

Last Minute Frankenstein! Turned out so Awesome!

SuperIndy! Only a few days old!

The Vampiress!

cook or treak.. that is what Reed was saying...

Love him.. Cute Little Indy!

Gotta Have a bow tie!

Goodyear!

2011-10-24T21:52:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow it's been a while! I have been busy busy busy! I have moved restarted my photography business, and painting and unpacking and (trying) to decorate this house. Its all coming along. We are doing good. Kids are getting big! Nash is on the move. Crawling and grunts the whole time he crawls. I took one pic of the house. Surprise it looks a lot like our old one.
I am loving taking pictures again. I forgot how much I love it. It is so fun! I have some shoots coming up this next month and I can't wait. I need to get some of Nash soon! I am working on it. Life is good for the most part. I will take more pictures of the house soon when I can get it clean for a minute.
I am heading up to Utah next week too! Krista had her little boy today and Becca and I are making the trek up there to see them. We can't wait!

Middleofnowhere, Nevada

2011-08-25T15:24:00.000-07:00

The Bed and Breakfast

I've been wanting to write this post forever, but my kids both feel like they need me 24/7.. Reed is going through an identity crisis right now I think. He doesn't want me to hold the baby anymore and he wants to be the baby again. It's been awful. I don't know what to do with him except let him know that I still love him too.. hopefully this will pass..

Back to the post. a few weeks ago we had to opportunity to go on a road trip. He tagged along with my Aunts and had a great adventurous time. We saw so many things, and things I probably never would have seen. Carina my fabulous Aunt loves to see everything when she travels so she planned a route out for us, and this was our first stop. Unionville Nevada. Now I know all of you have probably not heard of this great little semi ghost town, but it does exist. It was definitely an adventure. It is quite an old place. Mark Twain actually had a cabin in this town. He came here when they had the gold rush.

So this is how it happened. We got off of the freeway and drove about 20 minutes into the middle of nowhere. I say this because there was nothing. It was beautiful. It was also free range for cows, and we did run into them along the way sitting on the road. Then the pavement ended and it was dirt from then on out. We finally got to the Bed and Breakfast and I was skeptical.. it look pretty interesting. My Brother Thomas thought we were joking. He wasn't very happy when we told him that we were really staying there. He said and I quote " I am not happy, and I am not staying here!" It was pretty funny. It turned out to be a great time. They actually have 2 houses that they have redone over the years, but had kept a lot of the character from the old days. They had the claw foot tubs and the old farmhouse sinks. It was cool. The only thing that I wasn't to keen on was all the bugs and spiders that lived there too!

So the next morning we got to have breakfast with them and another couple that was staying there too. It was delightful. We had oatmeal with fruit and nuts, and fresh goats milk, and eggs and pancakes. They old lady was a million years old and her son was helping her run the place. They were so fun to talk to.

Breakfast

After that they let the kids see all the animals and even feed the baby goat! Reed was in heaven and just was exploding with excitement.

Goat Feeding!

Reed and Nash having fun!

This is the walkway from their house.. Isn't this beautiful.

Can't resist this cutie!

Walking back from breakfast

This is the house we stayed in. The whole crew, minus Reed and Nash they were already in the car.

We found a toad.. Reed wanted to hold it, but he was super scared.

All the fun signs

Nash ⎨Blessing⎬

2011-07-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

We had the opportunity to bless Nash up here in Heber. It was a beautiful day, and Jake did a great job! here are just a few pics before the blessing.

I LOVED his outfit! He just looked so cute!

All tuckered out...

love love

Rachel

summer time.. and the livins' easy..

2011-07-02T22:44:00.000-07:00

Picture overload.. I know I haven't updated since we moved all around, but here are a few pictures. I just can't seem to keep a camera with me, and when I bring the camera it always seems to have a dead battery. Oh well.. I think this last kid killed a few more of my brain cells.

We made a trip down to La Verkin to my house (we still have some stuff there) I needed to get some baby stuff for Nash. Reed was very happy to be there. I think he misses it, but he loved the washer!

Nash is getting so big, and so cute!

Nash Fell asleep on me today. He does everyday. He HAS to be held, and a Momma's Boy. He is nothing like Reed was. My arms are getting really buff, and Tired so I use the harness every once and while.

Getting Ready to go Boating today!

Nash Loved having his life jacket on..

Riding in the boat.. yes he is still crying.. but very shortly after fell asleep.

family time

My Cute Reed

the sun is shining..

2011-05-31T10:42:00.000-07:00

Finally the Sun is shinning! It has been a whirlwind since I last posted on the blog. I have been one busy woman!
Where to start... well in the last post I was just getting ready to leave La Verkin and head to Phoenix. Jake's parents were kind enough to come and stay with me for a week and then drive me back to Phoenix with my two little guys. It was so nice to have help and I don't think I would have survived with out them. I was in Phoenix for about 2-3 weeks and Jake's work decided that they needed to send Jake to other places for the summer. They needed him to go to Denver the next week and then to head to Seattle after that for there other summer offices. They also decided to close the apartment we were staying in and said they would rather have us put in a house. So my sister Becca was getting married the week later in Salt Lake and I was going up to that, so we decided that I would just stay with my Parents for the summer. Then I wouldn't have to drive back to phoenix and I would have help with the kids, and I could spend some time with my family. They were nice enough to take us in. We packed up our apartment and put it all in storage, and we will be back to Phoenix in the fall. I thought I was going to be able to stay put this summer, but I was wrong :)
It has been fun so far. I miss Heber. It is so beautiful here. It has been raining since we got here so we are hoping that will change. Reed is loving the outside, and likes to run away from us. No idea why he just won't stay in the yard.. it is plenty big, we have had a few scares but he is still alive. :) He loves the chickens and the cats and trampoline. He is growing so fast and we are potty training starting today. I am not looking forward to it. He is not potty trained yet because I don't want to do it. poor guy. Well we are doing it now.
Nash is doing good. We went in for his 1 month appointment and he weighed 9 lbs and 8 oz, 1 oz more than Reed weighed when he was born. He is finally putting on some weight so we are excited about that. He does have a little problem with his neck. He favors one side and the muscle on the other side has tightened up so he can barely turn his head the other way, it is called torticollis I think. So we are working with that too. He seems to be doing really well, but he isn't found of the stretching exercises. He is happy boy other than that!
We are going to bless him this coming Sunday. It is kinda spur of the moment so please come if you can! We would love to see everyone!
loves

Nash David Squire {4.6.11}

2011-04-14T15:20:00.000-07:00


Nash David Squire 7 lbs 7 oz - 21 inches

10:05 AM

He made it!! We are so happy to have this new little guy in our lives! He is the sweetest most cuddly baby ever. I needed that since Reed was not a cuddly guy.
The Birth Story:
This birth was MUCH different than the last one. It went so smooth. I was going to try for a vbac (having a baby naturally after a c-section) but my body didn't agree. I had to go into labor by myself to try to have a vbac and I wasn't progressing or anything, so I decided it was best to just go ahead and do the scheduled c-section. So on April 6th we showed up to the hospital at 8:30 in the morning and started getting everything going. I changed got all my paperwork done, got my IV in and then I walked down to the operating room. I was really nervous to get the epidural this time around. I am a baby about shots and when I got it last time it was so painful. So I had to go in by myself, Jake couldn't come in until everything was set up and ready to go. The anesthesiologist came in and had me hunch over and stuck me with the numbing shot and then did the Spinal. I didn't know that they did spinals now for c-sections, but it was much less painful. My IV hurt worse than that. I was numb in about 1 minute and was ready to go. It was a weird feeling this time, I could feel all the pressure and my body moving, but no pain. They had him out in about 5 minutes and it was so special. It never feels real to me, but he was here and perfect. The kept saying how pretty he was. He had the nicest round head ( 1 plus for having a c-section) and his skin looked perfect. Jake went over and look pictures and stayed with him while they sowed me all back up. Jake did accidentally look over while they were doing that, and saw all my guts. He said it was pretty cool, but he didn't want to see it. While they were in there though they did find that I had endometriosis on my ovaries so they fixed that too!
After they were all done they took me back to labor and delivery and made sure I was going to survive. Then I went up to Mom and baby. The only thing that I didn't like was the numbing medicine made me itch. They gave me benadryl to help but I was itchy for several hours later.
This c-section was so much better. My body wasn't so worn our from hours of labor and I am healing so much faster. We are so happy to have this new little one here.
Reed doesn't pay to much attention to him. He did get me the wipes the other day and threw them right at Nash's face, but that is about it. He is getting a little jealous. For the most part he is doing great.

the best 2 years..

2011-04-02T20:40:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I am sure that Reed is the cutest little boy I know..

We just love him.. he has been such a blessing in our lives. He is a busy guy and he keeps us going, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I figured I needed to get his pictures done before this next one makes is debut in a few days. I think they turned out so cute!

longest 2 weeks of your life..

2011-03-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

I forget how long the last 2 weeks of pregnancy is! It seriously is the longest 2 weeks of your life. I can't sleep, I can barely eat, and I have so much heart burn I could die. AND I just want to meet this kid! Well I guess I only have 12 days until my c-section is scheduled so I do know that it will end by then, but it is killing me. I am actually up in Heber staying with my parents. We decided that would be best for me, because it is a few hours closer than Phoenix and they could help me with Reed. It has been nice. Reed loves his Aunts and Uncles. He bosses them around all day long, and they will play the Wii with him. He is getting really good at the wii fit. It is amazing how much they understand and learn at such a young age.
We are pretty much just waiting for this kid to come.. we are pretty boring besides that. We really like Phoenix so far. We have a great ward and Jake likes having his family closer.
We did get a new car. Well a new to us car. We have been using Jake's parent's truck for the last 2 years while they were on their mission and they just got back a few months ago. So we needed to buy a car. Jake is proud owner of a wagon. That's right a wagon. :) It's a 2003 VW Passat wagon. It is actually really nice and he needed something with a large trunk for all of his equipment at his job, so this was the best thing we could find in our price range. It gets great gas mileage and we really like it so far! I will post pictures some time soon.

here comes the sun!

2011-02-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

I am heading down to the state of Arizona to the sunny (soon to be hot) Tempe area. I am scared and excited all at the same time. I think it is always fun to start over and explore and do new things, but at the same time it is scary to be in a new place. Jake has family and friends around too, so I think it will be good!
I am offically moving most of our things, well clothes and reed's stuff down there, next thursday. It is kinda of a weird/nice situation for our apartment. They pay for rent, and they furnish the apartment. So we don't need all of our stuff. We are going to leave most of our funriture in our house until it sells, and because I am going to come back here to have the baby here. I just feel that is best thing for me. I had such a hard delivery last time that I really want my doctor to be the one that gets me through this one.
I am so glad and greatful everything is going well with Jake down there. He is really enjoying it, and it doing well at it. So I can't complain. I get to stay home with my kiddles, and that really is the most important thing to me right now. I feel like they need their Mommy.
Jake is still going to school part time doing online classes, and so next semester we are hoping to get him enrolled in a school down there.
I really do have a bunch of pictures of the fun things that have been going on. Reed turned 2 last month, christmas, and all sorts of fun stuff, but I just can't seem to find the time right now. I am so tired and want to sleep, but my body isn't agreeing with me on that one. I mostly just wake up every hour and sit there for 15 min before I fall back asleep. Its no fun. Then I remember I am going to have a newborn again and I get a little freaked out. I didn't know what to expect with the last one, but I do what to expect this time, and I think that is more scarey. eek!
Oh well its coming whether I like it or not!

single mom..

2011-01-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

I don't like being a single mom. Jake left me again.. He got a job in Mesa, Arizona. I do have to say I was very skeptical, but it seems to be working out so far. Well, for the whole week that he has been down there it is going good. But I still don't like being a single Mom. We decided that I would stay behind to make sure everything was going to work out before we packed up and moved the entire family down, and if it doesn't work out he still has a job up here that will take him. So we are waiting to make sure, given our track record with jobs, it seems to be for the best.
I know you are all dying to know what he is doing... He is installing security systems again, but with a different company. It is a year round thing and he is the Lead tech down there. So that makes it nice. Yeah I never thought we would actually go back to doing this, but you never know. So Reed and I (and Becca and Eric) are just hanging out back in the COLD La Verkin at least until the end of the month.
You ask where I am going to have this next baby. I have no idea. especially now that I just got approved for medicade. We will let you know.

Big Kid Time!!

2010-12-13T19:11:00.000-08:00

I still can't believe he is getting so big!! He is quite the little monster these days. The terrible two's have hit us early with the tantrums and saying no. It has been quite a struggle and so I was scared to start transitioning him into the big boy stuff, but to my surprise those things have been great!

So.. He got a big boy bed! Well thanks to my hoarder of a mother we inherited Becca and I's old bunk beds. They are pretty sweet and I am so glad NOW that they saved them. They are these little bunk beds that a friend made for us in his wood shop class in college, best part they fit a crib size mattress! So they have been through all the Mahoney kids and they still look really good. They are small and they come right apart so they can be separate or bunk beds. Very convenient.
So here he is happy as can be. He loves it. He is so good about going to bed. The first two nights he came and stood by the door and cried and opened the door, but now he will get out of his bed turn off his heater, play a little and get back in bed and go to sleep. It is magical. My other worry was that in the morning he would leave the house cause he can open all the door and locks now, but to my surprise, He doesn't even leave his room until I come and get him. He just sits and reads, and does all his puzzles. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. It has been so wonderful.

Another big boy thing we started is the potty training. He has been super interested and wanting to try for a while now, but I was the one that wasn't ready. but I finally broke down and bought a little froggy potty. It was just to cute to pass up. We aren't going cold turkey yet. We just ask him once and while if he needs to go and he runs to the bathroom and strips down and pee's. He is so good at it. He loves going in his toilet. We are going to wait until finals are over to go hard core on it.
Funny story about that though. He had to go #2 so he ran to the bathroom and Becca was in the shower and so he ran to our bathroom and someone was using it, He was knocking and yelling and trying to let them know in the jibber jabber that he does, but he couldn't wait anymore so he went over to the rug and pooped there. Haha. It was so funny. No one knew what he was yelling about until they found the mess, but it was to funny to be mad about.

I forgot to blog about it, but I just had to show how cute these turned out. We had this fabric from pictures, so I thought I would put it to good use and it matched Reed's room so well. I just got a few sticks from outside, spray painted them, and hung them up, and walmart has the rings with the clamps on them so I just used them. Cost me a total of $15, and they are so fun!

Update

2010-11-22T16:24:00.000-08:00

It seems to just get longer in between each time I update the blog. I blame it on pregnancy. I am just to tired and maybe just lazy to do it. Plus my computer has been acting up at home. I don't think it is going to make it much longer. I am pretty sure that it hates me. I feel the same towards it right now, and if I even think about getting it out while Reed is awake, it turns into a giant fight. So yeah. Its not my favorite thing to do at the moment.
BUT..
we are having another little BOY! So that is really exciting. I was thinking it was a girl since everything with this pregnancy has been so different. But its a little boy. I am excited that Reed will have a brother. I wanted it to be a boy because I loved having sister close to me and an added bonus for me is I don't have to buy hardly anything at all!! I really like that! So much less stress for me.
Another awesome thing that happened recently. is that jake is not working again. Okay not so awesome, but I am just starting to getting to used to it I think. Who knew that a type 1 diabetic couldn't get a CDL, we didn't! We always survive somehow. So I have just stopped worrying. It has really made me put things in perspective, and really decided what is the most important things in my life are. This year has defiantly been a roller coaster year, but we will get through it and I am just hoping for a better 2011. He has a few jobs that he is just waiting to hear back from. So hopefully we hear some good news soon.

ALSO Some that is really awesome that we are looking forward to is Jake's parents are coming HOME! They have finished their 2 year mission in Samoa and will be back Dec 11! We can't wait to see them!

corn maze

2010-10-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun at the corn maze down here. Well the corn maze part wasn't that fun, but everything else they had for the kids was great! Reed loved the animals the most!

He is so funny. He makes the funniest faces.

5 jobs later..

2010-10-04T10:21:00.000-07:00

Jake has switched jobs for the the 5th time this year.. Yeah 5 times. It is stressing me out. He was doing fine at his other job, he didn't love it it, but it was a job. I think he mostly just didn't like getting up at 3:30am. I don't blame him.
He is now working here.

He is a delivery boy. He loves delivering and has been looking for a job like this. He worked Friday and Saturday last week and really enjoyed it. I am hoping for the best. They really like him and really wanted him to work for them. They did a couple extra things to get him to go there. So I hope it works out. I am done stressing over jobs already.

In other news. I am feeling better. I am going on my 3rd day of not wanting to die. So I hope it stays this way and its not just a trick. I need to schedule a doctors appt. I am being bad. But I don't want to pay for it. It is expensive, even with insurance. We almost qualify for medicade, but not quite so we are just trying to decide what to do. Any suggestions??
I am starting to show already. much faster with the second one. My pants won't button anymore but I can zip them still, but maternity pants fall off still. I am just in that weird middle ground.

Pumpkin, Corn, and Lemongrass Soup

2010-09-20T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is what I made for dinner last night. I know you are jealous. It was fabulous. Its not pumpkin, it was squash. It was great. To bad Jake doesn't like squash, but me at Reed just ate it up. You can get the recipe here!

I love fall. I am so excited for all the holidays. I already have a pumpkin spice candle burning in my kitchen. It is still 95-100 degrees here in the south, but the leaves are starting to change so that;'s good enough for me!

I have lots of pictures to post, but I just haven't felt up to it lately. I will get some up soon. Reed is getting so stinking cute I can't believe it. It is more and more fun with him everyday!

dinonsaur baby

2010-08-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

Everytime I open my blog and I look at the baby ticker. I just can't help but think that is a really ugly baby dinosaur. It really does look like a dinosaur though. I know it will get cuter eventually.
So here's to deal. I am sick. I am not throwing up yet, but I am a fighter and I won't throw up till I absolutely can't physically keep it in anymore. I have found if I keep myself busy then it helps, it makes it so I don't have as much time to think about my food coming out of my mouth. So I am blogging.
I am scared about this baby. I am scared about the birth and the heartburn. That is the worst parts. I am excited for the sickness to end and for the 5th month. That is my favorite month. I feel great I am not to big, but big enough that I look pregnant, and I know what I am having so it is so much fun to look at all of the baby stuff. That I love..

This baby did come as some what of a surprise. We had talked about having another one, but we weren't "trying". It took me a year to get pregnant with Reed so I just figured it would take a little while for our next one too. Well I had decided that I wanted to wait a few more months to try so that it would be born in the summer time. It would make it a lot easier on family and anyone that wanted to visit, and on Jake since he is in school now. So I wanted to hold off. Apparently that is all I ever had to was try to avoid getting pregnant and I will. So April 7th is the due date. Just in line with the rest of the family's birthdays. we have 2 on the 2nd, 1 on the third, 2 on the 5th, and 1 on the sixth of April. We are really excited, nervous and scared on what is to come, but can't wait. Everything will work out and I am sure that having another child will be so amazing. We love Reed so much and he has changed our lives more than we could have ever imagined. I can't wait to see what this one has in store for us!

2010-08-16T10:19:00.000-07:00

I just can't keep it a secret anymore. Lets face it I can't keep secrets very long. AND I am so sick already and I need to talk about it!

missing..

2010-08-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

I am missing my baby right now. I need a big slobbery kiss..

Grandma has had you long enough. Time for you to come home, even if you like it better there.
Love, Mom

Family Reunion

2010-08-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

Freedom Ring

2010-07-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

4th of July was great! We had a great time. We went to our little town parade. Little meaning it lasted for 10 min. It was fun though. They threw candy and Reed got 1 sucker and was so happy and it was good because all the other kids were going crazy over the candy and would have punched Reed in the face for it. Haha, but it was fun to watch.
Reed also competed in the baby race. He lost. He walked to steps and stopped and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Then Later that evening we went over to St. George to all the fun stuff there. He played on the bounce houses and screamed when we had to leave. He didn't care for the fireworks though. Not scared just not interested. To many things to do. He is just a busy guy!

That may look like the face of happiness, but it is the face of anger. He was so mad that we were making him leave. He is screaming as loud as he could in this picture.

Also My sister Jessica is getting married and we found these great necklaces online and they wanted like $25 a piece. So I used to make jewelry in high school so I thought I would give it a go. I think they turned out great! What do you think???

fun, sun, and mud!

2010-06-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

We went outside the other day to play and they had been watering the lawn at the park across the street. Aparently ALL day, because there were huge mud puddles. So I decided to let him go crazy! He was in HEAVEN!

He would barely even look up at us to get a picture he was having so much fun.

All of our feets

We got to go camping for a night over memorial weekend. It was so fun. It was nice to just sit in the sun and have fun. We camped right on the beach and got to try out our tent trailer that my parents gave us. It was so nice to just get out. We got Reed a life jacket, so he could go in the water and I didn't have to worry about him drowning all the time. He did so good. He didn't get that deep in the water because it was cold.

So Tired from all the swimming.

He even says cheese when he smiles.

what am I feeling..

2010-05-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

I'm not really a person to be able to write down what I am thinking. I just skip around and it just makes it feel like I never put any thought into it. I have never been good at writing english papers and when I did write a decent one it took me a REALLY long time. I just don't know how to express in detail what I am trying to say. I am kind of tug a war with myself right now. I keep going back and forth about what to do with myself.
I am a working Mom. I have to work right now. There is no getting over that. We have to have that income, especially now with how jake can't find a good job ( we are going on 4 new jobs in the last year) I want to have savings, I want to be completely out of debt, I don't like where we are financially. I have been trying to think of ways to earn extra money and that I can still do working full time, and being a full time mom.
Jake's new job is better, he does make more $, and we don't pay as much day care, so that is really going to help. I guess I haven't seen the money yet, so I don't believe it is going to be there. I just feel lost right now. I want a quick fix and its not coming.
there is also so many things going on with jobs that I am being looked at that would really make the money situation a lot better, there is an online job that I could do at night, and a different job that I applied for that would pay more, but I don't want to get my hopes up for anything because I have been let down so much this year I can't even begin to tell you.
I really think that is my problem. I can't get excited over anything because not to much has gone as planned.
I really want to stay home with my baby. I did get to stay home with him for 6 months and had a love hate relationship with it. I love going to work, and being part of something else, but I love staying home with Reed, I feel like staying home is harder sometimes. I have to have the motivation to do a thankless job. not my favorite
I like my job right now, they think that I am so smart and that I can pretty much do anything. :)
It nice to feel needed.
but at the same time I want to have more kids, I don't want Reed and the next child to be to far apart, and it took me a year to get pregnant with Reed so I just don't know how to plan this out. If I don't get pregnant for another year they will be over 3 years apart. what to do. I do not know. I probably should just listen to the my own advise on the visiting teaching lesson I gave this month and have patience. And you have to have faith to have patience. I must be lacking in the faith department.
I think I just need some sunshine.
that always makes me feel better. swimming Saturday anyone?? noon?

P.S. Jake starts school on Tuesday! I can't wait to get him graduated! (its far away, but at least we are making progress)

yeah for jobs!

2010-05-17T09:10:00.000-07:00

Yes it is true Jake did get a job! I saw an advertisement on the LDS jobsite ( which by the way if you are looking for a job make sure you get an account on there, they had so many more jobs and different ones then any other job site) Back to the subject. I saw an job ad looking for someone to blow insulation in attics. This is high demand thing right now because they are doing all the rebates for it right now. So he called them Thursday they set up an interview for that evening, and offered him a job, and then he started work on Saturday! He only works 3-4 days a week and make decent money. They said it is for the summer for sure, but it could turn into something year round, but we will see. At least it buys us some time.
We feel so blessed to find a job so quickly. It has been a very stressful 2 weeks, I can't imagine the people that have been out of work for months. I am so grateful to have such supportive family and friends. I can't tell you how much your donations meant to us. That money really did keep us afloat these last to weeks. We couldn't have done it with out you guys!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
WE LOVE ALL OF YOU!

Pie

2010-05-13T17:28:00.000-07:00

Since Jake is currently the stay at home dad he had been expanding his baking skills.

This is what I came home to today
HOMEMADE chicken pot pie! He even made the pie crusts from scratch!
It was so delicious! We love you Jake!

this is what makes being a mom worth it..

2010-05-09T20:35:00.000-07:00

Donations.

2010-05-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

Jake and I will be excepting donations if you feel so inclined.
Just click the donate button on the side ------------------------------------------------------------------>
Thank you come again!

:)

life isn't fair.

2010-05-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

I have decided that I don't want to be an adult anymore. I don't want to pay bills, clean the house, do the laundry, worry about what my kids are going to go through. I don't want to do this anymore. I want some one to take care of me and let me be a kid again. That just sounds so much better.
Jake got laid off his job on Wednesday. It was a huge surprise. They just decided to lay off the 3 newest guys are he was the one of the unlucky ones. It really hit me hard. I wasn't prepared. We have had a lot of unexpected expenses in the last month .. so we are broke I mean flat broke. We filed for unemployment. $194 a week. are they crazy. Who can survive on that!
As we have be jobless for 3 days. I have been having a break down at least once a day. I don't know what we are going to do. Its not like people are hiring a lot right now. We've only lived in our house for a year. Its not like a lot of houses are selling right now anyways. I'm actually not scared to lose our house. Its kinda the cool thing to do anyways right now. :)
You can't buy anything for like 7 years, but since Jake is going to Pharmacy school its going to be that long anyways. So that I'm not really worried about. I'm worried about where we will go, and what we will do.
Honestly if it gets that bad I'm going to do the one thing I swore I never would do... we are going to move into my parents basement. I've never wanted to do this, but there are schools up there, babysitters, cheap/free rent. What else could we ask for. I love my family.
I'm sure I'm just over thinking everything, and things will get better. I am always a worst case scenario kinda girl. I'm going to write Obama to pay my bills for me. That might work out better than finding a job!

easter time

2010-04-08T20:38:00.001-07:00

I just have stories to tell, but when I sit down to blog and when I finally get all those pictures uploaded my ADD kicks in and I have lost interest. My time at home is precious since I work full time, I hardly get to see Reed So I feel like the 3 hours a night I have with him are very important, and since he suddenly has an obsession with me and won't leave my side (not even for dad, Jake is very offended) its hard to get anything done. My solution for this problem. Blog while I am at work, and have nothing to do but surf the web. Upload pictures when I get home and Reed is sleeping. I hope this new routine works out!

First off I just have to talk about my now usable feature in my car. The iphone/ipod holder!! I have recently gotten the iphone YIPEE!! Yes it is all its cracked up to be! I LOVE LOVE it! We are best friends. My car has this holder thing in the middle console and its for your ipod. So that it doesn't move and you can plug it in with an axillary cable. Well we don't have an ipod because of an very unfortunate event. Jake was leaving work one day and left his phone and MY ipod on the roof of the car and drove away. Well a few hours later I received a phone call from his phone and it was a kind old man that had found both of them on the road. He just happened to see them while riding his motorcycle.. Well the phone was just fine with a few scratches, but the ipod wasn't so lucky.. It had been completely ran over. It was flat as a pancake.
so needless to say we haven't gotten another one.
Back to the Holder. It is fantastic. I put my phone in it, because it doubles as my ipod. Plug it in and I don't have to worry about it flying all over the car. That it was I hate, when you turn they fall, when you brake, they fall, when you speed up they fall. So annoying. So I'm very happy with this feature...

EASTER!
We had a fun easter this year. We stayed home and didn't stress. It was great. We got Reed some plastic eggs, and put a few jelly beans in each of them. He was so cute he would find one, open it and eat all the candy as fast as he could. He has tasted the joy of sugar and can't get enough.

Our dinner was so amazing! I wanted to try out some new recipes and they we so yummy.
We had lamb with a balsamic reduction sauce, Herb oven roasted potatoes, and Glazed carrots. It was so amazing. I really like lamb. It has such a good taste to it.
And for dessert we had fresh raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, with dark chocolate drizzled over the top.
I love to cook. I wish I had more time to do it.

and here is all of Reed's teeth! He has 4 molars in the back and I think there are 2 more coming in.

Arizona

2010-03-31T19:47:00.000-07:00

We got to go down to Arizona this last weekend to see Jake's side of the Family. Shanna and Kasey got to bless their 4th child Brenna! It was way fun and lots of kids for Reed to play with. He mastered the stairs and now can go up and down them all by himself. He also can go up and down slides and open doors. He is getting to smart and sometimes I wish he wouldn't learn to do those things. It makes me nervous that he is going to get hurt!
Well I guess it has to happen sometime..

3 Years Already!

2010-03-09T21:09:00.000-08:00

I can't believe its already been 3 years. Its seems like I've been with Jake all my life, but it feels like we just got married yesterday. I love him more and more everyday, and he is the best daddy to our little guy. I'm so glad that I got so lucky. I can't wait for the many years to come.. love you jake.

Now for the Reed monster!!
He is getting WAY to much personality these days. He is the biggest cheeser and loves to smile at the camera.

Everytime I open the laundry room door he bolts to the dryer. He will do anything to get inside it.
Reeds first haircut! He looks to much like a boy. He is growing up to fast...
He is a kissing fool. well more like an open mouth slobber on your cheek, but its so cute, and he loves to give hugs and kisses all the time now.
my handsome boy!
and this is the latest pic. I sent this to my mom because I was worried about his rash. So we took him to the doctor and they said its just hives. But we don't know where he is getting them. So sometime soon we need to take him to allergy tested. Poor little man.

Friday Confessional...

2010-02-12T12:02:00.000-08:00

I thought this was a fun little thing to do!
Its very therapeutic...

I Confess...

I took a bath last just so that jake couldn't. I always get jealous when he takes one first.
I locked Reed in his Room this morning while I got ready. He cried and I ignored him.
i must have eaten something weird a couple nights ago because I got hives all over my lips, but just on my lips. It was terrible.
i am addicted to facebook. Its pretty much the only thing to do while I am at work, but it has created an addiction.
Not only am I addicted to facebook, but I'm addicted to that stupid bejeweled blitz game. dam you bejeweled. AND i still don't have the high score.
i let Reed eat a cinnamon heart candy. I watched him pick it up and eat it and then spit it out. It was very cute.
i hate using the bathroom. I have no idea why, but I'm always very anxious when I am in there. (definitely not a read the newspaper on the john kinda girl)
i had another bladder infection -- probably caused by the statement above.
I had walking pneumonia last week too, it was awful, I had to take two antibiotics which made me want to hurl.
i let reed play with all the measuring cups in the bottom drawer in my kitchen. They usually end up all over the floor and I just put them back in the drawer at the end of the day. I don't wash them.

That is all. man I feel better.

a day in the life of reed..

2010-01-27T19:42:00.000-08:00

Jan 18th was Reed's birthday. He had a great time. Thanks to everyone that came! We let him destroy his own birthday cake! He found it strange at first, but as soon as he tasted that sugar he couldn't shove it in his mouth fast enough! needless to say it was rough going to bed that night.
He has been so funny about the camera lately too. He just does the cutest smile ever when I say smile. I love it!

He has found that he can crawl in ANY drawer! and all of them are going to fall apart.

Reeds having a birthday!

2010-01-16T12:53:00.001-08:00

EVERYONE IS INVITED! I sent out invites late.. so if you didn't get it you are still invited!

2010-01-03T19:51:00.000-08:00

Here we are. At a new year again. I can't believe that last year I was sitting around at home ready to pop pregnant. I'm so glad that is not the case this year.
We had an interesting good Christmas this year. I went up north to spend it with my family.
Jake had to work pretty much the whole entire weekend. So it was no fun for him.
Reed wasn't sure what everyone was doing but I think he had a great time.

I got the camera out right when Reed woke up and asked him to smile and he did..

Such a beautiful season.

dad and reed hanging out.

such a goof ball.

christmas presents!

Krista teaching him how to play the piano.

ho ho ho.

having a fun time outside.

{Merry Christmas}

2009-12-21T21:16:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe that its that time again. It just seems like the years just go faster and faster. I just wanted to do a little update on the fam.

Jake is currently working at Diamond Ranch Academy. He is a youth supervisor up there. He likes it for the most part. It has its ups and downs. He is also still working for pinnacle security. He is in the process of recruiting for this next summer. So he is staying plenty busy. He was also recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He wasn't to happy about that, but he is dealing with it, and doing fine. He is going back to school here in the spring. We will let you know when he decides on a career. :)

I am currently working at Interstate Rock. I love it there and they seem to really like me. I am just working and enjoying being a mom! Being a Mom is the hardest, most rewarding job there is. I am pretty boring for the most part right now.

Reed is the most exciting part of our family. He is growing so fast. He is WALKING now. He is doing so many new things. He eats big people food now. He refuses his baby food. He is starting to say words. Dad is his favorite. He also says dog, and will not say Mom. He waves now, gives high fives, gives big kisses and hugs, and points at everything. He is just the cutest little guy and we love him so much..

tis the season...

2009-12-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

I just love this picture.. Reed just loves to throw these little fits these days
he's so cute.

I think this is how I feel these days.
I just want to cry. I think the holidays are overwhelming
There is all ways something that we can't afford and trying to fit christmas presents and traveling into the budget... impossible.
sometimes I think its more stess then fun for me.

I do love Christmas though..
I love the lights
I love the music
I love remembering Christ
I love being around family
and I love the New year.
Feels like you just get to start over.

tis the season to be happy and joyous.
and that I will be..
because everything always works out.

we are a happy family!

2009-11-08T21:36:00.000-08:00

I have been singing that primary song to Reed all day! I think I'm trying to brain wash him.. we are a happy family reed.. jk. We really are! We went out with april and jon and took some family pics, we were both over due on them so we decided that it was a good day to do it.

thank goodness we aren't in Kansas anymore...

2009-10-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

So I got my camera back so I thought I would post some pictures from our LONG drive home! Reed had fun playing with me while I took fun pics of him!

The sun was so crazy.. Its so weird that there isn't any mountains out there.

He kept pulling funny faces! this is one of my favs!

We saw fields of these everywhere we went! So cool they are using these now. such a great resource..
He loves straws, he loves to chew on them, and never lets them go. He fell asleep with it in his hand.. :)
these are from Friday night! We had a fun little Ward halloween party.. Shanna gave us this CUTE shirt last year and it fit him PERFECT!! The little ghost lights up and everyone thought it was so cute..
Kinda blurry, but me and reed!
Our little doggy.. Reed just loves her! They play and he laughs like crazy.
and I got my hair cut. I was going to post pics forever ago. But this is what it looks like. Its kinda crazy(thats what happens when your child thinks he needs to eat it and pull it out)

there's no place like home..

2009-10-16T11:13:00.000-07:00

We've been home now for about 4 weeks, and we are loving it!! we really did miss being home, even though we only lived there for a few weeks, but that is were all of our things live so it definetly feels like home. I decided to go back to work. I got a job at interstate rock as the receptionist. The story behind it is kinda crazy so here it is, I had applied for the job a couple days before we came home from Chicago and I really wanted it becasue it was close to our house. So I wouldn't have to comute so far. They called me that wednesday while we were staying at my parents house and said they wanted to interview me on thursday. I told them I wasn't going ot be back till Monday, and they said that they were finishing up interviews by friday. So I talked to Jake about it and I called them back thursday morning and said that I would be back by friday morning. They had me come to an interview on Friday morning and then asked me to come back to a 2nd part of the interview later that afternooon. So I met with the "boss" that afternoon, but I was the first of 4 that were the finalist for the job. So I got to freak out all weekend, and they said they would let me know either monday or tuesday. So by 4:00 pm monday I thought that I didn't get the job and they called 20 min later and offered it to me. I was SO excited. by the time I interviewed they had over 140 applications! So it was great that I actually got the job.
I love working here. They keep me busy, and its a fun laid back construction company. I get to wear normal clothes so thats a plus!
Jake also got a job. He is working over at Diamond Ranch, He is a youth supervisor. So he goes up at 3:00pm and stays till 7:00am the next morning. He gets to sleep so its not to bad of a gig. He only goes 3 days a week but there is so much over time that he makes just as much as I do working 40 hours a week during the day. So he is playing stay at home dad. Reed only goes to a little day care center for 2 hours a day and he is loving it, and they love him there! They always tell me how much fun he is when I pick him up. So cute.
So we are doing realy good.
I will post pics as soon as I get my camera back. Hopefully this weekend. :)

just couldn't resist!

2009-09-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

This little boy is just getting to freaking cute! He loves his bath time so I thought that I would post a few cute pics. You just can't resist those cute little cheeks!

He loves the washer.. he loves to stand up on it, that is actually the first thing that he pulled himself up on..
Little monster face.. just to cute for his own good!
He loves to put his bath toys in his mouth and swim or crawl around with them. He looks like a little dog..

I thought that this blog was a little one sided..

2009-09-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

So we decided to add some pictures of jake... :) he was starting to feel left out!

Reed Loves being outside. He will whine and cry until we go outside, and then we won't say a word the whole time we are out. He love to watch people ( he's a starer just like him mom) and he loves all the kids, so we go the park EVERYDAY just so he can watch them play. He will be so happy once he can walk. He is getting close to that too! He can stand up and walk between things, and he turns around and leans up against things, and he is turning into a terror. He loves computers, cell phones, cords, and pretty much anything that he isn't suppose to have. He doesn't really care for all of the millions of toys I brought him, but what can you do..
He loves the slide!
This is Reeds favorite book. Well i would have to say page. He love the fluffy tummy on the kitty. Yes my son loves kitten books, and his favorite toy is a butterfly..

Lookin' handsome like his daddy!

always very concerned...

Oh! and Jake and I made the BEST dinner the other night! We had orange chicken (like from panda express) You can buy the orange sauce here, and we made our own chicken and it was pretty freaking close the real thing.(maybe better) so yummy!

Reed don't eat the sand.. its yucky..

2009-08-30T21:32:00.000-07:00

but he doesn't listen...Reed and I got to go over to the TY warner park (you know that people that make beanie babies) and it was really fun, Sara took us over there, and made us a little picnic and we played for a long time! We had so much fun. Reed loved swinging the the SAND and he went down the little slides.. with help of course... but he loved it! then we were hot, so we came back and went swimming. It was so cute because of all the activities he fell asleep in the stroller on the way home and let me change him and put him in his car seat and go the costco with out even waking up. It was so cute..

2009-08-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

So WE are in CHICAGO! We made it here 2 weeks ago now. I think.. anyways, we all packed up in the car to the tippy top! Plus we had to put a few things on the top. The best part is that our car doesn't have a rack. So we just strapped everything down with bungie cords. We looked awesome! Just like a crazy little family with a stroller and saucer on top. Reed was stuffed in a little corner of the car. We called it his little bat cave. It was just a 8 hour drive to chicago, so not to bad. Besides that we haven't been doing to much. Reed and I just hang out and go the park across the street. Its a really nice park, it has a splash pad, and the ground is all squishy. Reed loves the swings! (well that pretty much all he do (:

But a few weeks ago me and Reed got to go with Celeste and her mom Chantel to Palmyra New york. It was so great! We got to go to the sacred grove, and all the sights around there. We also got to go to the Palmyra Pageant, which if you have been to the Manti pageant its really good, but Palmyra was so AMAZING! I expected it to be kinda boring ( like the manti pageant (no offense manti) but it wasn't it was all about the book of Mormon- it was full of battles, and action and they had tons of special effects! so cool!!!
Then we got to stop and literally run to and see Niagara falls! The whole trip was awesome, and I had so much fun with Celeste and Chantel! Thanks Guys for letting us tag along!!!

Sacred Grove- it was so peaceful and you could definitely fell the spirit, it reminded me of being in the temple.

the AWESOME Pageant!!
The temple

Sacred grove again, it was so peaceful Reed fell asleep.
The Falls

These are in Chicago, I am his new Jungle Gym! He has just learned to pull himself up on stuff so he climbs on everything!
He's decided he wants to crawl like this, i think his knees are getting sore.
So fun, he is just a fun loving happy kid!
Little lady bug, was crawling all over him!
me and reed just shooting the breeze..

growing like a weed!

2009-08-08T21:18:00.001-07:00

I can't seem to get enough of this cute little guy!

OVERLOAD

2009-07-31T11:21:00.000-07:00

So I finally got my camera charger so that I could import all of the new pics, so here is an overload of everything we did a month ago. A few of these first ones are new, I took them today, so we could show all of his teeth, but he wanted the camera more, so he is crying in a few of them.

Here they are 4 TEETH!! 6 months old and has 4 teeth. my goodness.

Reed cute Mohawk. He is getting more hair now, I'm still not sure of he final color yet.
I think this looks just like jake, he has such expressive facial features. Just like his daddy.
My little sweetheart! ( thanks for the pj's grandma stratton! They are so cute!)
He loves to sleep with this little dog now when he is in his swing. its so precious.

This is when he got his first 2 teeth, when he was 4 months old.
First time we went swimming! So handsome!
He loves his saucer, as long as I'm not on the computer...
He is a face sleeper! He will not sleep any other way, it made me really nervous at first but as long as he is sleeping I'm happy.
We got to go the the Pittsburgh Zoo on fathers day, because the dads got in free, and reed did too, so we only had to pay for me. It was a lot of fun! Reed wasn't really to interested in the animals, he just like to people watch. So he enjoyed himself! But they did have an aquarium too, and he really liked the fish.

Downtown pittsburgh! Where we live looks nothing like this. I will post pictures soon.

June 13, 2009

2009-07-12T16:48:00.000-07:00

My cousin jen got married on June 13 and I got to photograph their wedding I just wanted to post a few of my favorites!

Yeah I know I'm kind of a nerd..

2009-07-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

So I can't wait to see this! We saw transformers last night and I couldn't believe that they were making this into a movie. I just finished the cartoon series like a week ago and I really enjoyed it! So I'm interested to see how well M. Knight does with this. It doesn't come out for a whole year though... :(

June Bugs!

2009-06-29T20:14:00.000-07:00

So june has been a crazy month! Reed and I were home alone while jake was out working in Pittsburgh, and we joined him on the 16th! So we are happy family again!
but while I was home I got to photograph another cousins wedding. Jen and Ephriam were so cute! and I had so much fun taking their pics. I give you a little sneak peak, and a bunch of pics of me and reed at the reception.
My camera battery died during uploading my pics, so we didn't get to the pittsburgh pics yet, so as soon and I get that up and running I will post more.
:)

4 months old!!

2009-05-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that Reed is 4 months old!! It keeps going so fast and he is learning new things everyday. He can now roll over from his back to his tummy, he has been rolling over the other way forever! He also has discovered how to lift up his feet to help his grab is toys hanging above his head. He laughs and talks to us all the time, and is finally on a good sleep schedule. Which has been so nice.. We went to his 4 month appointment on Monday and he weighs 16.8 lbs in the 80%, he is 26 1/2 long in the 92%! So he is growing fast and he is healthy. He now gets to eat rice cereal, he really likes it, but he is still trying to figure out how to swallow it.. but he is getting better everyday.

everything is changing..

2009-05-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

So sometimes I feel like Jake and I are some of the craziest people I know. We bought our first home!! So exciting! We love it so much, it has so much room!
The problem is that Jake and I seem to get restless, and need change in our lives. We've been doing the same thing now for 2 years. So Jake decided it was time for a new job. He's been trying to buy the water store where he works for about a year now, and it just isn't working out. So he decided that he was done with that job (his boss is a joke) and needed to find something else to do. I know what are we thinking in this economy.. I don't know either. But he has a friend that he has worked with before and he got talking to him and he has been selling security systems for 3 years now and has done really well. So Jake decided that this is what he wants to do. I know I thought he was completely crazy when he told me this, but after much thought and prayers we are packing up and leaving for the summer and headed off to Pittsburgh, PA. Jake actually leaves tomorrow, and I won't go out till June 15th. Hopefully he can make enough that he can go to school full time and not have to have a full time job too. Wouldn't that be nice. So yeah here we go on our next adventure! I'm excited and scared all at the same time! I will post new pictures of Reed and the new house soon!

March!

2009-04-12T15:28:00.001-07:00

So we have been so busy! March has been a fun month and we had lots and lots of family come and visit! Here are a few pics of the little guy! He is getting so big... He weighed 14.5 lbs at his last Dr. appointment. and they said he is an average 4 month old size. He is wearing all of his 6 month clothes! So he is getting so big.

So Happy!

A long OVERDUE family picture. I think the last time we had one taken I was in kindergarten, we have grown since then...

this was on Reed's blessing day, He got to wear the suit that my brothers were blessed in too.

5 Gifts

2009-04-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

The first five people to respond to this post will get something from me! My choice. For you. Handmade.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done within a year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
5-I have to know you so that I can customize the gift!

The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they want to receive a homemade gift from me will indeed receive one. Be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!!

2 months old!

2009-03-18T11:28:00.000-07:00

Happy 2 month birthday baby Reed!
I can't believe its been 2 months! Time has gone so fast. You have grown so much! We enjoy seeing you smile and laugh. I love when you try to talk back to me, it is so cute. You are so aware already and seem to know what is going on. I can't believe you can already roll over from your belly to your back. I wasn't expecting you to do that for a couple of months. I'm glad that you like to get your diaper changed now, it makes it much easier for your dad and I. We love to give you baths and you love to take them! We are so happy you are here and are excited for the many more years to come!
We love you SO much!
Mom and Dad

Pictures

2009-02-22T19:55:00.001-08:00

Here was our attempt at taking his newborn pictures. He wanted nothing to do with it, but we did get a few. Enjoy!

3 Weeks Old!

2009-02-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

Look at my LONG eyelashes!

I can't believe its been 3 weeks already. Its already going by so fast. On his 2 week check up he was 9lbs 14oz which was the 76%, 23 inches long which was 98%- so he is a long and skinny little baby. He is to long for a lot of his clothes already! We are very sad because they are all so cute.

Finally!

2009-01-29T12:35:00.000-08:00

Baby Reed finally made it here! It was a long and crazy journey to get us both home and healthy.
So it all started out Friday afternoon when I went to my doctors appointment and my blood pressure was through the roof, 167/90 I think is what it was, so my doctor decided that it was time. So we walked downstairs and they admitted me into labor and delivery. They had to give me pills all that night to ripen my cervix, and then at 5am they started me on patossin. Soon after that I decided it was time to get the epidural. Which was VERY painful, but after it was in I was so glad that I had it. So then we waited and waited and waited. I finally dilated to a 10 at around 12am. So they decided that it was time and we were going to start pushing. I was so happy that it was almost over. Little did I know. I was extremely numb when we starting the pushing process and that is exactly how I wanted it. Well the nurse decided that I didn't need any more epidural because I was so numb and I would have the baby out very soon. So we pushed and pushed and pushed and everyone could see his head and that was it. He wasn't moving. He just stayed right there, so after 2 1/2 hours of pushing and my epidural was completely worn off. I was in tears and was ready to die. The on call doctor called my doctor and asked her what they should do. She said to stop and prep me for a c-section and she would be there momentarily. So 20 min later they wheeled me in to the OR and cut me open. When they could see him all I heard her say is he is huge! Then she said and he's stuck. His shoulders were wedged in my pelvis. He was just to big to fit through my body. She actually had to stand on the table to pull him out. Finally he was here! They brought him around and showed him to me really quick and Jake followed and watched him get cleaned up while they sowed me back up. He was born Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 2:47am, 9lbs 7oz and 22 1/2 inches long.
Since I had a c-section I had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days. We finally went home Wednesday night and were so happy to be home. Then on Sunday night I started to feel a little bit weird and kept getting cold and then hot. I told Jake to take my temp, because I thought I had a fever, sure enough I was at 103. So we called the doctor and they told us to go to the ER. Everyone knows how the ER is.. SLOW. So we got there at 6 and they took a bunch of blood, did some x-rays and a bunch of tests. Put in an IV which took 3 people and 6 pokes to get in. Finally came to the conclusion that I had a infection in my uterus, and said that they had to admit me back into the hospital. So they had to transport me back to the old hospital and admit me there so I could have the baby come there. I was so upset about going back and the baby couldn't be there unless someone was there. So luckily my mom and sister Becca were here, because they would bring him to me during the day and then take him home at night and take care of him. I am finally home again. Just got out yesterday. So we are doing good. Finally.
Here are some pictures of my cute little toad.

hmm.

2009-01-13T13:42:00.000-08:00

So we still haven't had this little guy yet! I feel like I am going to die. I went to the Doctor this morning and was there forever! First I had to wait for the doctor for an hour in the waiting room, and then she finally came in and checked me and my cervix has done NOTHING! My blood pressure was a little high, so they checked me at the end of the appt too, and it was fine. Crap. so I wasn't going to get induced. I just want this to be over so badly that I feel like its never going to happen. Since my blood pressure was still up today, she did an ultrasound to make sure he still had enough fluid, and then I had to do the NTS test to make sure that he is still moving and his heart rate was fine. So I got there at 9:30 this morning and left at 12:00pm. It was a long vist and still no baby.

So close, but it seems so far away..

2009-01-05T15:34:00.000-08:00

So we are getting down to the wire here, and this little guy should be making his appearance anytime now. We have just over a week and not to much is happening. I am so ready for him to come, but apparently he doesn't feel the same way. I can't sleep, I get sick when I eat, and I'm just exhausted! Not like I will get any more sleep when he comes, but I would like to hope its better.
We did go to the Doctor this morning and found out that I am not dilating and have thinned a little bit, so that was a bummer. I did have really high blood pressure though, and she was really concerned about that. I have to go back on Thursday and if it is still high then she said she will induce me over the weekend. So we could be having a baby by the end of the week. Which would be so nice. We will keep everyone updated, and post pictures as soon as he gets here.
Wish us luck!

Maternity Pictures!

2008-12-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

here they are!

Baby Shower!

2008-11-21T09:49:00.000-08:00

So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that came and helped with the baby showers! They turned out so great and I had a fantastic time at both. We had one at my parents house on Sat thye 12th, and it was so good to see all my friends and family from there, and then we had one here in St. George on wednesday night and we had a great time. I can't thank everyone enough for all the stuff that they gave me! It will come in very useful I'm sure.
and we are having a baby shower/party down in Heber, Az over the thanksgiving weekend. So we are excited about that too!

Getting Closer..

2008-11-04T07:28:00.000-08:00

So I can't believe how fast everything is going these days! I feel like I just don't have enough time! Holidays are coming and I've only got a month before I stranded to St. George. Apparently I can't travel after 34 weeks ( doctors orders) because altitude change can induce labor. I guess it varies from doctor to doctor but she told me after the first of dec. I can't go anywhere; so St. George I am going to stay. So this will be me and Jake's first Christmas alone. :(
I did go to my 29 week appt last Friday. She said he measures perfectly and everything looks and sounds good. I start seeing her every 2 weeks now and then at the end of dec I will see her every week. I had to take that glucose screening test on friday too, I didn't know I was going to so that morning I had donuts and hot choclate at 8 and then at 9:15 I had to start drinking that sugar water stuff they give you. I thought I was going to pass out. I was going into a sugar coma. So I waited out the hour, and they tested my blood and I was fine. Thank goodness, I've heard if you have to take the 2nd test it really sucks, so I was happy about that.
My stomach is huge now. I need to post some pics cause I'm pretty sure he is going to be a gaint child. I hope not I hoping for 7 lbs, but I can dream right.

I hope he doesn't look like this!

2008-10-28T14:56:00.001-07:00

What do you think about my little new baby Reed?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

25 Weeks down!

2008-10-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

So I went to the doctor for my 25 week appt on friday! We only have 15 weeks left. Its going by so fast! She just measured everything and listen to his heart beat. She said he is doing really good and everything looks great! I feel him move a lot now. He kicks really hard. Its fun! Sometimes he moves around though and it feels really gross, but cool at the same time. My stomach is getting huge now and my belly button is sticking all the way out now. I'm starting to not fit in my clothes. Well I haven't fit in my pants for a while but I could still get the shirts to stretch but they are starting to get to short.
Oh well what do you do. Guess I will just have to go shopping. :)

the lesser of 2 evils..

2008-09-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

Man I feel like this election has been so incredibly controversial. I have had numerous discussions on the subject, and really had a heated argument last night about the two candidates. So I needed to vent about it on my blog, and tell everyone once and for all why and who I am voting for. First off I want to say that both of the candidates have many things that I don't like and I don't agree with either of them fully, but I only have 2 choices, so I guess that is to be expected.
So with no further ado I am voting for McCain/Palin.
Why you ask? After doing some research and looking into all of the issues- I think that both candidates are jumping into a fire and that the economy sucks right now. The crisis of oil, money, and bad mortgages aren't going to be fixed over night and neither of their plans are guaranteed to work. So those issues aren't the ones that bother me the most.
First- I am a conservative. I know that, and will not support gay marriage. I feel its wrong, and its not supported in my religion. Me and jake were discussing that in the scriptures it talks about how evil things have a pattern. First hated and rejected. then tolerated, and then embraced. Which is exactly what is happening with gays. It is not naturaly. If it was then all the animals in the world would be gay, and then the world would die, becasue of no population.
Second- Abortion. I don't support it I never will. I think there are alwasy exceptions to the rule- with rape, insest, or to save the life of the mother. I am pro adoption. There is always a family out there that would love to have a child. There are waiting lists in adoption. So stop being so selfish and carry the freaking baby for 9 months and give it a better life. You had sex what did you think was going to happen! Obama also votes in favor of patial birth abortion which breaks my heart. I won't go into it, but its a terrible proceedure.

Third- I feel like the only word that I have heard come out of obama's mouth is "change". Thats it. Change. okay well I am glad that you say that this is the best country in world, but I would like to change it. Also I find myself thinking about my college history class when Thomas Jefferson stated that "the government that governs that least governs the best." I agree with that statement more and more every year. Obama wants to get the government more involed and to take care of more and more things and I just don't think that is going to solve anything. In fact, every year the goverment keeps getting involved the country keeps getting worse. So I am going to say we go back to just being free and taking care of ourselves. Its not that hard. I think we need government, but I think we need to be resposible.

Okay that is all I have to say about this.
thank you
Rachel

We are having....

2008-09-03T07:49:00.000-07:00

So we went to the Doctor yesterday and got our ultrasound and found out that we are having a Boy!!
I thought it was all along, but you are never sure. So we are very excited! He is doing great and the doctor was really happy with him. He is really active and he is a week ahead of schedule- so that is good! She made sure his heart was fully formed, his guts were inside his body, he doesn't have a cleft lip, and all of his vertebra are there. She kept telling us that he was looking really good and she was very happy with him. That made me feel much better. I was a little nervous about finding a problem cause there is always a chance. So that was nice and refreshing to see the little guy and know that everything looked good.
We got about 10 pictures and I haven't stopped looking at them! Its so fun! Now only 4 months and I get to meet the kid!
The only thing we have to do now is pick out a name! We will let you know as soon as we do!

my belly..

2008-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Yea! I'm finally starting to look pregnant! Not just fat...

The FLY BOYS!

2008-08-15T14:24:00.000-07:00

So finally they finished that movie that I worked on like 5 years ago! and I am in the credits! yeah pretty cool huh? So I was personally invited to the premier that they held here in St. George. They had a whole red carpet event with the very famous actors, such as Steven Baldwin, and Tom Sizemore, and a few other pretty much no name actors. The movie actually was REALLY good! Jake and I both enjoyed it! It was fun to watch and remember all the things I helped with. I was pretty much free labor, so I did all sorts of things like bury sidewalks with dirt, make the dummy's that fell out of the plane, find a rare tire that they blew out on one of the cars, and the list goes on and on. It was an experience of a life time and I was happy to see if finally make it to the big screen. If you get a chance to go and see it, I believe it is opening through out Utah today! Its well worth the money.
Yeah Steven Baldwin totally came and stood by me. I was so excited I closed my eyes..

Doctor

2008-08-08T10:16:00.000-07:00

So I made it through my doctors appointment! It was suppose to be quick and easy, but turned into lots of waiting around. At the first of every appointment they always have me pee in a cup. Well we did this as normal, and after I was done the nurse came and said that she forgot to do a test so they would need me to pee again. Right... like I can just pee on command. I had been drinking water all morning so that I was able to pee the first time. So we met with the Doctor and we listened to the heartbeat again. She said it was strong and the baby was noisy! So that was fun. After we were done with that I still didn't have to pee.. so I waited there forever and they finally sent me back to work with a cup to pee in..
So that was exciting. I finally got it back to them, and scheduled my ultrasound!! Sept 2 is when we will find out what we are having. I can't wait. Thats just over 3 weeks away.

Thursday..

2008-08-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

So its just a quite Thursday. Which is great cause this week has been less then quiet. We are always meeting with clients and taking care of photography stuff it seems like it will never end sometimes. It has been nice that its been raining so its cooled off so much!! So I'm not so miserable. Its been in the high 90's and I think that is cooled off. Thats when you know you've lived in St. George to long. I have my Baby Doctors appointment tomorrow. I'll be 17 weeks tomorrow, but I don't think we will find out the sex yet. My Doctor said they usually do it between 20-22 weeks just to be sure. So next month is the month. I'm so impatient I just want to know so I can start buying stuff and getting ready, but I guess I will have plenty of time to do all of that. We are also heading up to Heber to photograph a wedding tomorrow evening. So that will be fun. I'll let you know how the docotor goes tomorrow.

Heartbeat

2008-07-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

So we are now 13 weeks along. It seems like this is taking forever. We went to our first Doctors Appt. on Wednesday and got to hear the heart beat. It was very cool. They said everything is looking fine and sounds good. So we are so excited. This is my last week on the first trimester. So I'm way excited about that. I can't wait to feel the baby move. I think its all finally sinking in that we are actually going to have a baby.
YEA!

2008-06-20T15:00:00.001-07:00

Baby News!

2008-06-13T13:20:00.000-07:00

So as most of you know Jake and I are pregnant! We are very excited and can't wait till we get to meet the little guy! I am just over 2 months along right now (9 weeks) and am doing pretty good. I haven't thrown up yet but have felt like I am going to most of the day everyday. I finding out what foods sit better and when I have to eat to ease the pain. But it seems to be going okay.
I have my first Doctors Appointment on the 9th of July. They don't see you till 12Weeks because miscarriage is so common in the first trimester. We are only 3 weeks away so we have high hopes!
My doctor is Traci Winward. She come highly recommended in the St. George area, and my boss is really good friends with her also, so I should be taken care of.
So thats all of our exciting news. I will try to keep everyone updated on my progress and I'll try to post pictures of my belly so you can all see me get fat!

So we are going to have a Baby!!

2008-06-05T15:20:00.001-07:00

Pics

2008-05-14T10:13:00.001-07:00

Moab!

2008-05-14T10:02:00.000-07:00

So Jake and I got to go to moab! It was so much fun! We got a call from my parents and they said that they were going down there thursday night, and we should meet them there. They called me tuesday. I pulled a few stings and we were able to go friday night. We are so glad that we did. It was worth the 5 hour drive. We picked up my cousin Sara and she came with us too! She also lives in St. George.
We only got to do 2 trails while we were there, but they were both so much fun. Fin's and things is one of my favorites and also Gemini Bridges. They are 2 completely different rides but both fun. We had two people roll 4 wheelers (but were without injuries) and two 4 wheelers break down. (luckily we have mechanics for Dads)
On the last ride we went on it was about a 3 hour drive and it was just 5 of us kids that went out. We were all doing good until the last stretch and Sara's bike just dies. It seemed like it was out of gas, but to our dismay it was not. So now it was something else, but Jake saved the day, He decided that it was the spark plug and 4 wheelers usually have an extra one under the seat, so he replaced it and we were on our way!
We had a great time and can't wait to go again. We are hoping for the fall, and to stay more than 2 days.

Yes, we are finally going to blog.

2008-02-08T13:18:00.000-08:00

So hello everyone. We thought this would be an easy way to keep everyone that cares upadated. We actually don't do that much that is exciting but I like to read blogs, so I hope you enjoy ours.
Well Jake is still working on purchasing the water store. He is waiting to see if he can get any grants first. Because that would be awesome, and then we should be making some progress.
I am still working 8-5 at infinite solutions and I still love it. It gets kinda boring sometimes but I have many things I can do when I am not busy like: Play with Korben my bosses 2 year old, or play with the 2 dogs or the cat that insists it sits on my lap. So its always a good time. I also have my photography and video business, and we just purchased an internet advertising company, stgeorgeweddings.com. Also check out our new photography website, ameliephotography.com. We just redesigned everything.
I am also going to school, just one class, digital photography. Its really fun and it makes it nice to go shoot something else besides weddings. I'll post some of my pictures up. as soon as I can remember. So yeah thats what were are up to right now. I'm always busy and jake stays home and plays games with his friends.