Family devotional

We get Emma on weekends so we aren't able to do family home evenings. So we decided on Sundays we would have family devotionals. This Sunday we talked about gratitude. This has become one of my favorite family times because we get to feel the spirit so strong and we get to teach Emma things that we think are important!

Emma led us in a song while dad played the guitar. After the lesson we made a chain of things we are grateful for and have read one each day of the week.

 

 Emma loves to bake and loves to share our treats with our neighbors. So we decorated cupcakes and took them to our neighbors. 

 

 

Best best friend

Randy's niece Kate is 5 years old and sooo cute/funny!!! and She LOOOOOVES Randy!!! She calles him her "best best friend." It really is adorable and I wanted to remember this cute stage.

She always has to be sitting next to him or playing with him. and if he is ever not around she will ask me have you seen my best best friend? Kate came up to me one day after looking for Emma and Randy and said "your family is my best friend."

Kate's mom asked her one day "is Randy your favorite Uncle?" and she said "NO he is my best best friend." they really are so cute together :)

 

 

Blast from the Past

When Randy was in Dental school he got a motor cycle. In New York you either take a taxi or walk wherever you want to go. He LOVED his motor cycle and all his buddies got one to. He tells me stories all the time about the days with his motor cycle. Its a big part of his past, and hw cant wait till he can get another one.

When he left school he sold his bike to his best friend Mike who still has it. Mike is now selling it, we would love to buy it but we have no place for it :(  This bike was a BIG part of him for a long time!

he took me for a ride on his precious bike, I loved it!!!

 

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And then a little blast from MY past! My friend Samantha Mineer, from college was driving through Utah and we met up :) We had so much fun reminiscing of the good old days! We really made A LOT of memories together that I will tell my kids.

Emma moments

So I have some random pictures from this week with Emma that I wanted to post. We just love having her around, we have so fun!

 when I was sick in my first trimester we stayed at Randy's moms house. and in the backyard we found a robins nest.

 

all the baby birds hatched and flew away except these two eggs. Sad that they didn't make it but they are pretty to look at

 

Emma was eating a sucker that had a grill on it. it was cute!

 

Emma and her cousin Devree made up a really cute dance and then put a concert on for us. They made these cute hats out of paper for their costume.

 

 out to eat! These girls are so cute!

 

So we were at John and Natalie's (Randy's brother) and there was a huge fly in the house. so I opened the sliding door to try and let it free when Emma run s up and actually caught the fly with her hands. I don't think she really realized what she had done till the fly was flying around in her hands. I quickly ran to the other side of the glass and snapped a picture of the prey and its hunter

 

This is the outfit Emma picked out for the baby because it matches her outfit

Emma came down stairs with a blanket and in it was...

...Our baby!!!! :) :)

 

We have a park by our house that has a splash pad and we love it!!! Its so nice because she can go play at the park then when she gets too hot she goes and cools off in the water, and so does mommy

behind us is the park, it is a really cool park!

There was this little dog and Emma just fell in love! She wanted me to take a pic of her and her new friend

 

 

 



First time holding a baby???

Randy has a friend named Kish (he is the costume designer of the kids shows) and he has never held a baby before. So Randy's brother john tried to get him to hold hid baby. I thought these pictures were pretty funny

John chasing Kish with the baby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24th ofJuly

The night started off with a BBQ at Grandma Mary's. Of course I packed my own food because I can not eat meat.

Then we went to a park where Randy's brothers put on an awesome fireworks show. Randy was sitting over with his brothers and mom but then he came up behind me and held me. It was so sweet, it felt like we were dating again :)

 

 

Check out the babies pop eye face. ha ha so cute! By the way that baby makes me a great Aunt!

 

 

 



PREGNANCY -Take 4

17 WEEKS

 Tuesday July 23, 2013
 

It is so fun to know that she is a girl! :)

1.) Now the hard part, PICKING A NAME. There is a lot of pressure associated with naming your child.  We have thought of 3 names so far. We want to give our kids meaningful names or family names so it limits our choices. I guess the right one will come along at some point.

2.) This week has been a strange one... Since I got pregnant my emotions have leveled out for the most part, but this week threw me through a loop!!! For like 3 days in a row I woke up REALLY emotional! I felt like the world around me was dreary and empty. I would cry and cry. but midday that would go away and I would feel normal.

3.) I talked to my baby for the first time this week. I know I should have done that sooner but it just felt weird talking to my self in my house. I didn't know who I was talking to, boy or girl? I really enjoyed talking to her, it was an emotional experience.  

4.) While I was talking to her I had my hand on my belly and I felt her KICK my hand!!!That was sooo fun! I called Randy right away and when he came home he was able to feel her too. I cant feel her kick just sitting there, I can only feel her on my hand. It is awesome I keep my hand on my tummy all the time because I love feeling her move! I hope im not smashing  her :)

 

Daddy and baby bump! :)

5.) I am still taking Zofran, my nausea medicine once in the morning. I have decided to let my self be a little nauseous in the evening instead of taking the medicine around the clock. Im pretty sure its safe to take it but I just don't like the idea of it. So I wanted to try not taking it and see how I would do without it. I was fine for the first two days but the third day I was throwing up everything :( that was a hard day for me! So for now I will continue to depend on it.

6.) My weight keeps going back and forth between 121lbs and 122lbs. I still struggle with eating. Most foods make me nauseous and hurt my stomach.  I still only eat bland foods. I am doing better with drinking water :)

 

feeling excited! :)

7.) So I was driving and all a sudden I felt super excited about the baby. It was a really fun moment for me and I wanted to remember that feeling, so I snapped a pic. I will tell you why this was so fun for me...when I first got pregnant I was excited but it didn't feel real. Plus I didn't allow myself to get excited because I was so nervous about miscarrying. Then by the time we were out of the danger zone I was SO sick. It was hard for me to be excited when I was sick and it STILL didn't seem real. Then as I have slowly gotten stronger my feelings have been more of fear. Fear of being a mom and all the responsibility that brings. Also I fear that I wont LIKE the job of being a mom. So you can see how fun it was for me to feel true excitement about my baby and the future.

 

Look how cute and tiny this little onesie is :) He will be a great dad!!!

 So I have NO idea of what to buy for the baby! I have 6 onesies, one outfit, an adorable burp clothe (made by Julie mason), one blanket and a book. If you have any suggestions of what I should get to be prepared, PLEASE let me know! I am clueless!!!