It just took one. Last September I uploaded all the pictures from our Grand Canyon trip, and started clicking through.
I'm selling these gems. They literally have never left my closet. I bought them when I had pregnant swollen feet, and turns out my feet don't fit into them. (did anyone else's feet get bigger with having babies?) wth.
they are freakin cute. I bought them for $60 asking for $30 or best offer.
size 7 Gianna Bini they are a deep blue. sorry for the bad pics. turns out shoes are hard to take pictures of when they're on your feet.
Is my baby really a year old? People will ask, is she walking yet? I reply with a proud, "nope, not yet!" I give 0% effort in trying to help her walk. There is no way I'm contributing to her becoming less of a baby. She'll walk when she wants. :)
At 4:30 am this morning I cried over spilled milk. Boob milk is like liquid gold to me. I have to supplement, so when I get the chance to give my small small gold, I run with it. I pumped at 4:30 am because engorgment was an understatement. Just as I was grinning with accomplishment that I got out a sufficient amount of milk, I thought I would drop it, and let it spill all over my couch. I cried. I cried because I spilled my milk, and cried harder because it wasn't the first time I'd done that. Or second. I'd wasted liquid gold that comes by the precious ounce. I have a slighting suspicion that hormones might have something to do with it as well. (with those ever level out?) Too much information? Probably. But I lost all sense of privacy when this child came into the world. Good night.
P.s. how is Charlee already five weeks old? Sniff sniff
turns out when you have a newborn, time flies. i literally look at the clock for the first time, and it's 2pm. here are some pics to of the past month.
40 weeks and about to pop
i was scheduled to be induced at 7am, but my sweetie listened to her momma and started the labor on her own the night before.
16hr labor, 3.5 hours of pushing,lots of stitches, and she finally arrived.
turns out when you are completely numb, pushing doesn't come so easy. so they turned off my epidural, so i could pretty much feel everything by the time she finally came out. did i mention lots of stiches? i was convinced she wasn't coming out, so when she did, i couldn't quit blubbering with pure joy. most amazing moment of my life. mr dave who was nervous about passing out the whole 9 months, took it like a champ! cord cutting and all!
happy family
9days old julie ellsworth took these darling photos
dave in love
tatttered but in heaven
it's amazing what the human body is capable of. now that a few weeks have passed, it seems like a dream what went down in that delivery room.
p.s. i love being a mom
charlee joy 7lbs2oz of goodness
the greatest gift for christmas.
more talky later, i gotta baby to feed.
my mind can function on one subject these days. my teeny weeny little kicking ball of snuggleness. (that means my baby in mah belly)
someday i will post about things. until then, here is my vision for small small's room.
can this be my baby girl's room please? thanks.
(please landlord let us paint. please please please.)
so this weeks f t f is a website. well actually 2 websites. first is fabric.com. lots of you are probably going, duh, that's old news. well i've fallen in love.. the second website is retailmenot.com so if you haven't been there already, check it out. this website is basically a place where you search for coupons and coupon codes. i just happened to check there before i checked out of fabric.com, and got a 20% off coupon code, and saved $9. woot woot! so there you have it!
wow could that book be more depressing? i won't give any details in case you are planning on reading it. know of any books i could read to get me out of this sad slump that book just caused me?
The two houses I've lived in the past 3 1/2 years has had WHITE carpet. (puke) For the past 3 1/2 years I've wanted a rug to cover the ugliness. Every rug I've found was either over $250, and the cheap ones cramped my style. Well my friends THE rug has been found. The find was at COSTCO (of course). How much was it, is what you are probably thinking!!!? $49.. booyah! I'm pretty happy about it. Need a rug? Stop to your nearest Costco today! (They have 2 other cute styles if this one doesn't fit your fancy)
ugly white carpet covered. success.
i've been so lucky this summer. beginning of july i was able to go to idaho for a family reunion. i hadn't seen my cousins and family for over 8 years, so it was a much needed trip. we drove all the way there (16 hour drive) girls only, with four small children... we stopped in utah to hang, and not hang ourselves.
farmers market in brigham city
"This is the place" monument
stinkin cute baby lyla
ugly sunset
awful pic but these are my cousins
everyone has strawberry patches in idaho. cute!
besides my sisters suburban almost rolling into a ditch, it was a wonderful trip!
things i have been doing lately: vacationing, feeling my 11 inch baby kick, and reading. i won't bore the non pregnant people with all the awesome prego books, so this favorite things friday is a diff book. i just finished, and it's one of those books where you are sad it's over.. Britt (my darling sis-n-law) recommended this book, and i'm glad she did!
"Graceling"
author: Kristen Cashore
it's fiction of course, and set in time of kings and castles. sounds really dumb, but so does vampire love. i'm very picky with books, and can assure you if you like hunger games, you'll love this.
p.s. i love Po. (that's the boy :))
i'm tryin real hard to not make all my fav. things food, but i couldn't resist. it's a rarity when i go here. turns out they have food that's actually good. well i know they have at least one really good thing. it hails from starbucks. it's breakfast food, but served all day. (booyah) and o m g it's healthyish.
whole wheat english muffin
egg whites
cheese (healthyish)
turkey bacon
so yummy
my other favorite thing about starbucks is their FREE large ice water that is NOT tap water. win.
in other news, Dillards is having a sale until tomorrow (saturday) which is 40% off already on sale items. i hear there are lots of baby clothes and shoes... just sayin.
have a happy hopefully rainy weekend!
my 85% chance boy is a dainty little girl!!! my gut feeling has never failed me, and i shoulda stuck to my guns! oh by the way,,DON'T EVER GO TO A 4D EARLY GENDER DETERMINATION PLACE. that was the worst $65 i ever spent for them to tell me it's a boy. talk about a emotional roller coaster. time to make some blankets...
trips, birthdays, sickness have taken over my past two weeks!! i'll post about those later.
my favorite thing this week has been a favorite of mine for lots of years. it's my favorite lotion. i can't do smells of any sort at the moment, so it's pleasantly "smell free". this is that kind of lotion you use when you feel like your skin just needs a huge drink. it's the perfect lotion to wear to church or when you want to show off your sexy limbs, because it leaves a healthy shine on the skin. it's a little on the greasy side, but i like that. and there you have it, my favorite lotion.
p.s. i find out what im REALLY having (boy or girl) on tuesday. woop woop!
saturday was filled with swimming, potato salad, and family. loads of fun.
turns out we missed the memo that the ENTIRE ward at church was going out of town for the fourth. dave and i walked into our normal door into sacrament (15min late), empty. walked into the next door. empty. the whole ward was nestled into the tiny front part of the chapel. the only seats available? why of course, the 2 front and center rows. when does that EVER happen. we walked the walk of shame to the front. testimony meeting. i had to go up, there was only like 20 people there, and i was closest to the second counselor who kept staring at me. primary there were 8 kids in attendance. the piano player didn't show up. my ward after a solid sneaky year finally found out i can play the piano. how did i feel after bearing my testimony and finally giving in to playing the piano? wonderful. i just hope they remember how many notes i missed, so i can be the "last resort" piano player.
it's become a tradition to make a flag cake for me and jenny, so here is how you make it. (it's so easy it's embarrassing, but i just wanted to show off my cake :))
basic yellow or white cake mix
slice your strawberries like so
frost the cake with the cool whip (homemade whipped cream tastes the best, but i ran outta time)
and align strawberries like stripes!
add blueberries for the stars and voila! a flag cake!
p.s. don't ever go to the boob church for fireworks. they were great last year, but this year it was literally sparklers the whole time. huge bummer.
hope everyone had a great fourth!
it's hot. i bought something i thought i would never buy. a sunshade for my car. why did i think i would never buy one? no clue. just didn't think they worked i guess. well my friends let me tell you.. they work. i got in my friend lindsey's car, and i didn't have to give my usual "why do we live in arizona, it's too dang hot speech. it makes living in az bearable. i purchased one at costco for 6 something- dollars, and it's been the best 6 something dollars i've spent, like, in a week. :) this one came with two side shades as well that i'll probably put up when 'lil guy is in the back seat. so there's my new favorite thing this week.
p.s. am i the only one that cannot fold a sunshade? can't do it. that's what my trusty husband is for.
p.s.s. i didn't put the picture up of the sunshade bc i took it with my phone, and it looks dumb. the end.
heard this is the best of the three. lets hope so.
me and eddie holdin hands
jacob get your hand off her baby bump!
