christmas

well! the hubby and baby went to bed at 9 so i decided to update the blogs! aren't you so proud of me!?!? :) we had such a fun christmas! it was so much fun having tay this year! i can only imagine how much more fun it will be every year! i was VERY spoiled and got WAY too much for christmas! i felt bad i didn't get my hubby more! any who...i had been keeping a secret for the last two months and it's been SO HARD to keep in....i didn't even tell TRAV!!! ready?!?! here goes.....I'MnotPREGNANT!!! ha ha ha ha sorry bout that one. i just HAD to do it! :) but no...for real....my surprise was for trav and i was SO EXCITED to give it to him! i got him bon jovi tickets! oh man! i was goin CRAZY not tellin' him but it was SO fun to see his face and to see how excited he was!!! we had a GREAT christmas and hope you all did too! :)

our little family. :) i just LOVE it! :)

p.s. i got a new computer for christmas and haven't been able to figure out how to edit my pics smaller so it takes FOR-EV-ER to upload one pic on here so this is all you get for now. :)

sorry it's been so long!

wow! i apparently can't keep up two blogs! please forgive me peeps! haha. for hibernating and not going ANYWHERE i sure can't find the time to update!! haha. i'll try harder. but no promises! haha. we are all doing just great! happy and healthy! wooo who! :) that is all that we are hoping and praying for is health! any who! trav is working MORE than overtime and he's been so busy! he is SUCH an amazing husband and dad! he does SO MUCH to take care of our little family!!! we just love him more than ANYTHING! me, i'm hibernating with tay all winter long! it is SO MUCH FUN!!! really tho....not so much! haha. but we are doing everything we can to keep her healthy and it is MORE than worth it! :) with staying home all day every day means...eating ALL DAY EVERY DAY!!! hahaha. so if you see me with my spare tire....you'll know why! haha. it drives me CRAZY but oh well i guess! my hubby is stuck with me "FOR-EV-ER!!!" hahaha. taylee is doing AMAZING!!! we went to our post op appt. and they were SO happy with how well she is doing! which is ALWAYS good for mom and dad to hear! :) we went to her pediatrician today to catch up on her immunizations since she had to skip her 6 month due to her surgery. he is VERY happy with how well she is doing too! he always says...if i knew nothing about her history i would assume she was just like any other baby! :) that's good to hear as well! she now weighs 15lbs 6oz! which is ALSO good news because that means she is gaining weight just like she needs to! she eats ALL the time! :) she LOVES to sit up and play with her toys as well as sit in her high chair and eat her treats and bang on her tray with her toys. haha. she has such a cute personality already! we just love her to PIECES!!! all in all....everything is GREAT! :)

here is our most recent pic of the fam on christmas sunday. :) we weren't planning on taking her to church but decided at the last minute that it would be ok to take her to sacrament. i didn't buy her a christmas dress so i decided white would be ok and appropriate for the occasion. :)

here is our baby girl at 8 months old!!! she's getting SO BIG!!!

thank you to all of you who continue to pray for our sweet baby girl! we cannot thank you enough! :) we hope you all have a very merry christmas and not forget what the TRUE meaning of christmas is! :)

update!!!

here is our little tay bug. :) pretty much ADORABLE!

wow! its been forever since i posted last! im sorry peeps! it's hard to keep one blog updated little own TWO! sorry bout that! we are all doing very well! just super busy! :) tay is doing very well! she is our little chunk! we are so glad she LOVES food and is gaining weight! she is now 6 1/2 months old and getting SO BIG!!! it's so crazy how fast time has gone by! tay will have her first heart surgery on november 9th. :( it's SUPER hard just THINKING about it but i know everything will work out. she is our little miracle! :) i will try and keep you all updated after her surgery. PLEASE keep her in your prayers that the urgery will go well and she will make for a fast recovery!!! for more frequent updates on tay feel free to go to her blog.... www.tayleebug.blogspot.com

go and vote!!!

so we heard about a beautiful baby contest on fox 13 so we decided to enter taylee into it. so PLEASE take just FIVE MINUTES and go vote for her! here are the simple steps....

1-click on this link http://fox13now.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=20074&s=4781428&i=1#SD2-click on "save vote" under her pic
3-register to vote
4-go to your email to confirm your vote
5-click on this link again http://fox13now.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=20074&s=4781428&i=1#SD and make sure it says...."vote is saved"

it sounds like its a pain but it really only takes just a minute!!! if you have more than one email address feel free to register and vote with each address!!!! send this to everyone you know as well so our little bug will win this contest!!! :)

THANKS!!!

new blog!

hi guys! so....before i had taylee i said that i wouldn't have a seperate blog for her. i had blog hopped from one CHD baby blog to another and they were all so depressing! so i've come to a conclusion....i've made a blog for taylee but it's going to be a HAPPY blog! :) so add her link to your page! www.tayleebug.blogspot.com i will try and update both blogs as much as possible! :)

so blessed

so you probably know what this post is gonna be about. :) yep! how TRUELY blessed i am!!! i've been thinking a lot lately about how BLESSED i am! i don't even know where to start!!! i have the most AMAZING husband anyone could ever ask for! he seriously is AMAZING! he works SO HARD to take care and provide for our little family. i find myself getting upset with him because he is always working to take care of us and i'm being selfish and wanting him home! he has so much patience to put up with me!!! i just love him SO MUCH! he is SUCH a good dad to taylee. i just LOVE it when he comes home! he walks in the door and goes straight to her! and you can see how much she just LOVES him! it never fails....EVERY single time he holds her she just looks at him and gets the BIGGEST smiles!!! he doesn't even have to talk to her and she just smiles! you can tell she's tryin to get a little giggle out too! she just LOVES him! he is SO cute with her!!! taylee....what a little MIRACLE we have!!! we have loved her since the day we found out we were pregnant! and now that she is here with us we can't even EXPLAIN how much we love her and what a blessing she is to us! putting all her health issues aside....just having her in our family is a true blessing! she brings SO much joy into our lives! i don't know how we went as long as we did without her! all the little things like bringing her home from the hospital 10 days after we had her was a blessing! having her home with us with NO oxygen or meds for her little heart is a blessing! being able to skip TWO big surgeries is a blessing! her being healthy and gaining weight is a blessing! she truely is such a blessing and a little miracle to our little family and we love her SO much!

2 months old!!!

oh my heck! i can't believe my little bug is TWO MONTHS OLD!!! she is getting so big! she is becoming very alert and she is such a happy baby! i LOVE her to PIECES!!! she is so much fun! i am SO lucky that i am able to stay home with this little miracle!!! i just LOVE it! :) she now weighs 9lbs 13oz!!! holy moly! she is doing SO good! she is gaining weight just at the perfect rate and the doctors are very happy with her progress! GREAT NEWS!!! so when the doctors talk to us they tell us SO MUCH that it is hard for me to comprehend it all and remember everything! ha ha ha! so while she was in the hospital for the first week she was able to skip her first surgery! amazing! we were SO HAPPY! then there are 3 surgeries that she needs to make her heart workable until she needs a transplant. the first surgery is the worst. she would be on the heart bypass machine for the longest and the recovery is longer. the doctors had mentioned that she MIGHT be able to skip that surgery which rarely happens with heart babies. so they sent us home to have her gain weight. well....the other day when me and trav woke up to feed her we were talking about her first surgery and i asked him when she would have it. he told me that if we make it to 4 months she won't need the first surgery!!!!! WHAT?!?! i couldn't BELIEVE it! i was SO HAPPY when i heard that!!! i guess the first surgery is suppose to get her to 4 months old. well where she is doing so good on her own she won't need it!!!! oh my heck! i get so excited and happy when i think about it!!! i must've missed that part of the conversation with the doctor!!! we are SO BLESSED to have this little miracle in our lives!!! she truely is our little miracle baby!!!! we love her SO MUCH! anywho...that was my GREAT and EXCITING news! :) now here are some pics of her lately!

2months old!

i don't know why she looks so grumpy!!! ha ha.

here she is in her OWN BED for the first time! :) i put her in it for a nap. not for the night. i'm not quite there yet. ha ha ha.

here she is smilin! :)

here she is with her daddy on his first fathers day! she just LOVES falling asleep on her daddy's chest! she loves him so much! :) he is the best daddy EVER!

so funny story....she totally pooped on me so i put her in the tub and then i took this pic with her little horns. ha ha ha. i love it! :)

taylee's blessing day

hi guys! it looks like it's been a little while since i posted last so i figured i'd make a quick little post! my little bug is getting SO BIG!!! she is becoming more alert and she is still eating SO MUCH! ha ha ha! we went to the doctor again on thursday and he said that she looks GREAT and she is gaining weight just perfect! YAY! it is so good to hear great news like that! i can't believe she is almost 7 weeks old!!! it kinda makes me sad! :( we're getting closer and closer to surgery and i HATE thinking about it. but it's gonna happen whether i like it or not! so we decided to bless taylee on sunday. it was such a PERFECT DAY! the blessing daddy gave her was AMAZING, the weather was perfect, the food wasn't too bad (i prepared it) ha ha ha. it was all around a GREAT day! if you are wondering why her dress is somewhat 80's like...we blessed her in MY blessing dress so that was pretty cool. :) here are a couple pics that we took!

ohhh....i just love her to DEATH!!! :)

ONE MONTH OLD!!!

so....my little bug is ONE MONTH OLD ALREADY!!!! oh it just makes me so sad and happy at the same time!!! i'm sad she's growing so fast but i can't wait for all the little milestones! we had our first appointment at primary's since she's been home and they said that she looks good! :) which is always good news! GREAT news! :) this little girl now weighs......NINE POUNDS!!!! holy moly! she is getting so big! i just love it! we got her pics taken and she was SO GOOD for the camera!!! i absolutely LOVE them! i'm gonna have a hard time picking my favorites to print off!!! if any of you are needing someone to take any type of picture for you....i have just the girl for you! she did such a good job and she was actually well priced! her name is callie. her website is www.candidsbycallie.com. you won't be disappointed! :) anywho...we are all doing good! :) just stayin super busy bein parents and LOVIN it! here are a couple ADORABLE pics that we got.....

look at those stinkin CHEEKS!!! you can't tell by this pic but she really is a happy baby i promise!

i stinkin HATE this binki cause it's pretty much as big as her face but it's the only one she would take in the hospital so i have to adjust. ha ha. is this not the cutest pic ever!?

yep...LOVE it!!

...tell me this buddah belly isn't proof of her weight gain.... :)

pretty much ADORABLE!!!! :)

taylee update

well! i cant believe i have a minute to update! :) this might be a quick one! any who...i was thinkin that we were SO EXCITED to bring her home i forgot to let you all know what we actually found out with our little girl when she was born. from week 20 till the day she was born there was never a FOR SURE thing about her problems. we were just told that different things COULD be wrong but we wouldn't know till she was here and they could do tests/echos/x-rays on her. so here is what we were told.....besides the many heart defects that she has, she also has two left lungs...which they say is just fine to have! all of her little organs in her belly are flipped. so her stomach and everything else is on the opposite side of where it is suppose to be. but by the proof of my little girl....that seems to be just fine as well! everything is hooked up right and she is eating and pooping like a CHAMP! :) she is gaining weight pretty fast actually! which is what we want! she needs those pounds! :) we were also told that she does not have a spleen. :( the doctors said that this is ok because people are born without it as well as get it taken out! the only worry with no spleen is that she has no way of fighting off infection. but she is, and will be, on an antibiotic for probably the rest of her life just to help fight any bacteria. so if any of you wonder why we are so distant or won't let you come see her....don't be offended! we are just being EXTRA careful that she stays as healthy as she can be! :) she is doing just GREAT here at home and is LOVING the fact that she is off all of the monitors and is no longer bein poked! :) i will try to keep you all updated! here are a couple pics of my cute baby girl! :)

she's lookin a little angry here...

all bundled up after the tub!

this is what you get when you try to take cute wanna-be professional pics. ha ha ha ha ha. look at that FACE!!!

our little miracle

wow! can i just tell you what a MIRACLE our little baby girl is?!?! i don't even know what to say!!! she is one week old today and she has been doing SO GOOD! all of the nurses and doctors are SHOCKED with how well she is doing for as many problems she has with her little heart. since she's been here she's been eating AND pooping like a CHAMP! :) she has been keeping her oxygen level right where it needs to be which is GREAT! she is keeping her levels just right during feedings and they are no longer dropping like they use to! she even got to nurse for the first time today and did AWESOME!!! today was the "big day" and we met with the doctors to hear what the plan was for her. before she was here we were told that we should not plan on being able to hold her and expect a LONG stay at the hospital. well! amazingly we were told today that we will be bringing her home this weekend!!!! AMAZING!!! after the doctors left i cried! what a miracle! being able to bring her home a week after she was born was not even an on our minds and here we are going to be able to!!! she will still need surgery on her little heart but we get to bring her home and make her fat before she goes in at about 3-5 months. we are SO happy and SO BLESSED!!!! we cannot thank everyone enough for all of the thoughts and prayers for this little girl! :) here are a couple pics of our sweet baby.....

dont you just love her "stunna shades" :)

1 week old! :)

she MADE it!!!

hi guys! :) well! here is THE blog you've all been waiting for!!! our sweet baby girl Taylee has finally made it! and OH what a miracle she is! so the story.....after going 3 days over my due date we decided to be induced. it was time for this little girl to be here! so we got to the hospital late. ha ha ha. signed in and got to the room. they gave me my i.v. which didn't work the first time so they had to poke me again. yep! i pretty much ALMOST passed out! ha ha ha. no lie. anywho, so they checked me and i was still a 2 and 70%. so i figured with the pitocin i would get rollin. 4 hours later at 2pm they checked me and i was THE SAME!!!! AHHH!!! i've been a 2 and 70% for FOREVER!!! ha ha ha. so they broke my water and as soon as that was done i was a 3 plus and about 90%. wow! i was gonna get the epidural beforei had my water broken but i wasn't in pain so they just did it. well, about 2 minutes later the pain began! ha ha ha. i was gonna be a tough girl and go as long as i could and that didn't last long. ha ha ha. so i had the epi-man come in and talk to me and he talked me into getting it when i did. i was nervous but i guess i handled it pretty well! ten to fifteen minutes later i was a happy girl. pain free. except for on the left side. the pain would not go away so he had to come back in and adjust the tube. then after laying on my left side for a little it kicked in. i was kinda pooped by now so we tried to take a nap. but i couldn't fall asleep. go figure. so hours later they checked me again and i was a 7. oh i felt like this little girl was NEVER gonna be here! now the pain is starting to come on again. i thought getting an epi would get rid of the pain?! WOW! that TOTALLY didnt work. ha ha ha. so the epi-man came in and gave me a stronger dose and it worked GOOD!!! for about an hour. ha ha ha! then the good ol pain came back. HARD! epi-man came BACK in and "gave me another dose" ....or so i thought! apparently he gave me a dose of something else that didn't even TOUCH the pain! so here i am at an 8 and not pain free. ha ha ha! oh well i guess! they wheeled me into the room that i was going to deliver in around 11:30. they checked me and i was a 9! what?! she's not even gonna be born today?!?! an hour later they checked me and i was a 10! FINALLY! well, a ten and having STRONG contrations with an epi that didn't work means......EXAUSTED! and the work was just about to begin! i began pushing and was so pooped! but i just kept pushing! i had no other way of getting her out! after each set of pushes i would look at the doctor and say....am i even DOING ANYTHING?!?! IS IT EVEN WORKING?!?! he just said...yeah. i was like...that was not very believeable! so i just kept pushing. one hour.......an hour and fifteen minutes......an hour and forty five minutes......by this time i was passing out between contractions! i don't even remember between each one or even pushing! i don't even remember pusing my baby girl out!!! how sad!!! we were planning on not being able to really see her or hold her because of her situation but guess what!!! they threw her on my chest for about 10 seconds and i got to give her a kiss! :) AMAZING! she was SO CUTE! all i remember was all the hair she had! ha ha ha. then they tossed her off and took her away. we had to wait an hour before we got to see her for about ten minutes then they took her over to primary childrens. we slept for about 3 hours then daddy woke up to go see her and i laid in bed. ha ha ha. well! that's the scoop! :) after 16 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing she FINALLY made it!!!!!!! and we are SO happy and love her to PIECES!!! her is a pic of a pic that the nurse took. :)

she was a good 7lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long!!! :)

who woulda thought?!

well! i guess i'm a liar when it comes to posting! ha ha ha! i wasn't planning on posting until after our lil' one was here but i guess not! she is the reason why i am posting! SHE'S NOT HERE YET!!!!! ha ha ha! i went to the doctor again today and i'm still only a 2! LAME! my due date is in 5 DAYS and i'm a 2!!!! who goes all the way to their due date?! NOBODY! nobody that i know of at least! except ME! so funny story....i turned down being induced on the 8th because i wanted to go on my own....welp! if she's not here by the 20th i'm being induced! what the?!?! how does that work out?!?! i have mixed feelings about this. i'm bummed thinkin that i have to be induced but i've hit the point of "I'M SO DONE" bein prego! don't get me wrong....i've had the BEST pregnancy anyone could ever ask for! but i'm just done! ha ha ha! i just need to buck up and quit complaining! she is happy where she is nd she is growing so if that means having a 12 POUND baby! then so be it! ha ha ha! so! i guess until next time! i'm sure you'll get the memo on if i ended up goin on my own or had to be induced! next time i post i will have a pic of this lil' stink! :)

YAY!!!

www.miraclemason.blogspot.com

just a quick little shout out to mason and his family!!! :) this sweet little fella received a new heart yesterday!!!! what an amazing gift! we are so happy for him and his family! we hope and pray that everything continues to go well and wish mason a fast recovery! you guys and the donor family are in our thoughts and prayers! :)

any day now....

well! this will probably be my last post before i am a MOM!!! :) it doesn't seem real!!! i can't even TELL you how excited we are to see our baby girl! OH so excited!!! :D .......and also getting nervous for the road ahead. but we know that everything will work out! everything will be ok! :) i've been having contractions 5 minutes apart but they aren't hurting so they better be doin SOMETHING! ha ha ha. we are scheduled to be induced next wednesday night. we (or i) have been torn about this. ha haha. i can't decide if i should just let nature take its course or go in and be induced. after asking my doctor MULTIPLE times which would be the best for me and the baby i'm pretty sure i've decided to let nature take it's course and go on my own. call me crazy....i know! ha ha ha! but if it would be better for this little girl i will do ANYTHING! i've been feeling super good so i figure i might as well keep goin! lets just hope i don't go OVER my due date. ha ha ha. anywho, thanks to everyone for all of your love and support! it means a lot to us! keep this little girl in your prayers and i will keep you all updated as much as i possibly can!!! :) have a happy easter everyone! :)

hard day.....

well. friday was quite a rough day. :( thursday we went to our regular monthly appointment at mckay dee and the doctor said she is growing PERFECT and looks good. she is passing her non stress tests as well which is GREAT! so we left there very happy and upbeat about things. then came our monthly appointment at primary childrens on friday. :( i am not a very big fan of these appointments just because i'm a wuss and don't like to lay flat on my back for an hour and a half while they do an echo on her heart. ya. i'm a wuss. anyways....after an hour and a half of getting pics of her heart we go into a room so the specialist can tell us what she saw/didn't see. well, from the very first appointment that we went to down there they said that one of the MAIN things they would be looking for over time would be the vessels that go from her heart to her lungs. this is quite major when it comes to the surgery(ies) that they will have to do. well, we were told that unfortunately these vessels were not found..... :( as soon as i heard this i just LOST it. as the doctor continues talking i am basically not hearing a word that she is saying. there were SO many things running through my mind at this point. i guess during this time we were also told that one of her valves should basically be two and it's one. and she continued talking....me crying.... then she says....do you have any other questions? i didn't even ATTEMPT to ask because it wouldn't come out. i had SO many questions but didn't want to hear the answers.... then she left the room and the social worker and RN sat there for a minute. then the RN began to talk....and all i heard from her was...."i know it's hard but don't plan on holding your baby once she is born. they will probably just take her right out." ........then came the tears....again......... what mother wants to hear that she can not hold or even possibly see this little angel that she has been carrying for the last 9 months?!?! that right there was my breaking point....it HONESTLY just KILLS me to even THINK about this. but i guess this is something that we have to deal with. if me not seeing her means that she gets the care she needs then i am more than willing to sacrafice that. it is one of the hardest things i will have to go through.... there will definately be a waterfall of emotions once she is here.... we are just trying to be positive. it's hard. but we have to do it. i think now that we are only 6 weeks away it has hit us a little harder. but like i said....we are praying and hoping for the BEST for our baby girl. it's hard to say but heavenly father knows what is best for us and only gives us what we can handle. this is a trial that we are suppose to go through. and we will. .......well sorry for the story book! i just thought i'd keep you updated on what is going on..... and i will try to continue to do so! hope everyone is doing well!

another monthly update!

oh my goodness!!! so i've come to a conclusion....i only update once a month. ha ha ha! sorry peeps! so....i pretty much only have 8 WEEKS LEFT!!!! i can't even BELIEVE it! it doesn't seem real yet! i have been SO LUCKY and have felt SO GOOD it's crazy!!! i cannot tell you how much i LOVE being pregnant! i LOVE IT! not a whole lot has been goin on lately other than visiting the doctors frequently. ha ha ha. oh and we're super busy working and getting ready for this little girl to come! :) i can't even explain how excited we are!!! :) i can't wait til i get to see her and give her hugs and kisses! oh i can't WAIT! :) i have been feeling GREAT! after that little scare we had i've been feelin just fine! the doctor hasn't checked me yet just because we don't want to make me go into labor. so i'm ok with that! ha ha ha! the baby is doin good. she is growing and that is EXACTLY what we need and want! :) she is still a VERY active little girl so i KNOW she is gonna be a fighter when she is here! we won't know for sure what surgeries she is going to need until she gets here and they run some tests so keep her in your prayers! we GREATLY appreciate it!!! i just LOVE feeling her move around and kick/punch me! ha ha ha! oh and she gets the hiccups at least once a day so that's fun to feel too! i just LOVE it! many of you have wanted to see pics of my belly and her room so here ya go!

6 months (24 weeks)

7 months (28 weeks)

(i take my 8 month pic on sunday so you can imagine how HUGE i am... hahaha i'm a WHALE! and apparently trav likes to take my pic when i'm not ready....ha ha ha)

here is her crib....obviously!

dresser and my most FAVORITE chair ever!!! :)

her room from the door. it's kinda dark cause of the lighting....

she doesn't know it yet but her closet is starting to look like mommys! ha ha ha! yep! here is her closet.....she also has her dresser full of clothes as well! ha ha ha!

and last but not least....my bragging moment!!! ok. so khols has sales every now and then and they send out a $10 off when you spend $20 coupon in the newspaper. they send it out ONE day and the coupon is good for 10 days. so my mom called me and told me to go get as many papers as i could find! so i did. :) after paper hnting for a little while i ended up with 32 newspapers. ha ha ha! i know, rediculous! but they weren't all for me! i got some for my sister and my mom as well. the last time khols had this big sale i signed up for a khols card so i could save more money!!! :) anywho....after hitting the 60-70% off racks, using my khols card and getting 20% off my entire purchase, and using my $10 off when you spend $20 coupons...(note:to be able to use more than one coupon you have to go through the line everytime you want to use one!) this is what i ended up with....

this pic is kinda hard to see as well. sorry. anywho....i wrote down everything i got, how much it costs ($300ish believe it or not) , how much i saved ($260ish), and how much i spent after using all my discounts ($37ish) and i guess my husband threw it away. :( basically i ROCKED khols and they don't even know it!!! ha ha ha ha ha! i got 21 items/outfits/blankets for 37 DOLLARS!!!!!!! yep! i'm a little crazy but HEY! who can pass up a deal like this one?!?! :)

anywho, i'm done with my bragging session. ha ha ha! we are doing well and getting fat here! :) before you know it there will be pics of our baby girl on here!!! :) hope everyone is doing well!

update!!!!

WOW! I know i say this every time i post but seriously?!?!? Another month has come and gone and i can't believe it!!! I am "one year older" but not so sure about "wiser too". ha ha ha! this pregnancy is makin me stupid! ha ha ha. christmas was the best! my husband is HONESTLY the BEST husband anyone could ever ask for!!!! :) we've been super busy workin and gettin ready for our little baby girl to come! now about her....oh i already love her to PIECES!!! she seriously moves SO MUCH!!! i don't have anything to comepare it to but she is a crazy one i tell ya! i just LOVE when she moves and kicks! i can't even explain the joy and happiness she brings to our lives already! i failed to mention in my last post what has been going on so i guess i better let you all know. when we went to our 20 week appointment we ran into a couple things that didn't look right so my doctor sent us to mckay dee to get a better look at her. well, after a few hours of ultrasounds and talking we were told unfortunately we had to go down to primary childrens to get a fetal echo. we were told she has a VERY RARE diagnosis called hederotaxi. she has some problems with her heart and her stomach is on the wrong side of her body. :( can i just tell you....it was honestly the HARDEST thing i've ever been told and had to go through. to know that the little baby inside of me has health problems that you can't do anything about until she gets here just kills me! and when she is here, it's still going to be hard. to send her into get open heart surgery at such a young age.....it seriously just kills me. but we are being as positive as we can be. we are given challenges in this life for a reason. yeah you can ask "why me" but that does no good. you can't go through life being down and negative about trials that you are given. so we are doing the best we can! we know that heavenly father will do what is best and he will take care of us and the baby. i am due april 17th and HOPING that we make it till then!!! i actually am already dialated to a 1 and crossing my fingers i don't dialate more. we need her to stay in as LONG as possible to help her little heart grow bigger! i can't wait till the day that i get to finally see her and hold her and kiss her. we had a 4-d ultrasound and it was so amazing!!! look at how stinkin CUTE she is already!!! :) i just LOVE this picture!!!

we're almost there!!!! :) thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. we really do appreciate it!!! i'll do my best to keep you all posted! :)

HALF WAY DONE!!!

Hi guys! Well, what do you know! Looks like it's pretty much been a month since i posted last! Surprise, surprise! ha ha ha That's what happens when you get so busy you can't think straight! ha ha ha! Sad news....this post is going to be a short one. :( sorry! Anywho, we went to the doctor yesterday for our 20 week ultrasound and unfortunately it didn't go as well as we had hoped. So if you could please keep us in your thoughts and prayers we would GREATLY appreciate it! I'll try and keep you updated.

halloween

well! halloween has come and gone already!!! can you believe it?!? so my mom has a halloween party every year and we HAVE to dress up. so....a week before halloween i was tryin to think of somethin for us to be! if you know me, i HATE halloween and i'm SUPER cheap! ha ha ha! so finding a costume is pretty much impossible! it came down to crunch time and i had to come up with SOMETHING! so i threw on my 2year old niece's tutu and her little wings (which u can't see) and i told trav he had to wear what i was gonna make for him! ha ha ha! so i was suppose to look like tinkerbell and trav was PETER PAN!!!! bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! TIGHTS AND EVERYTHING!!! ha ha ha ha ha! he is such a good sport! ha ha ha! it turned out stinkin cute! :) i love him to PIECES!!! so here is a cheesy pic of us in our costumes. oh and keep in mind that the nasty GUT i have is there for a reason!!! :) oh and i just noticed that my leg looks broken...it's not. my knees are double jointed i think so i always lock them and it looks like they're broken! ha ha ha! trav calls me gumbi. ha ha ha! we'll see if this gumbi can hang in there all 9 months with a big belly wearin on those legs! ha ha ha!

soi decided to post the pics of my baby progress. :) we went to the doc on the 2nd and guess what?!?! we're having a GIRL!!!! :D we're pretty much SUPER excited! i honestly almost can't think about it cause i get SO excited that i can't think straight!!! ha ha ha! anywho, doc said that everything looks PERFECT and we seriously couldn't be any happier!!! :) (that is until she gets here!) u can TOTALLY tell that in the pic on the right i look like i just woke up....that's cause i did! ha ha ha! i look like poop! ha ha! oh well! it was a good nap! :) oh and my hair....i'm STILL tryin to grow it out so that's ANOTHER reason why i look SO STINKIN CUTE! ha ha ha!

2 months and this is me at 4 months

yep! my belly is growin! it's pretty much all gutty right now so i'm hopin i'll just POP out one of these days so i can look like i'm actually pregnant and not just fat. ha ha ha!

so much to blog....

oh my goodness!!! that's ALL i can say!!! i seriously can't even tell you how busy we have been since i posted almost 2 MONTHS AGO!!! it's CRAZY around here!!! we've been super busy tryin to get our yard in and guess what.....WE DID IT!!!!! :) i cannot even tell you how HAPPY we are that it is FINALLY finished and out of our hair!!! it was QUITE the project!!! poor trav and his dad worked HOURS on end out there!!! but it looks SO GOOD!!! i don't have any pics yet but i will post them once i get them! :) trav's been super busy at work which is good since it's been so STINKIN slow at my work! i wish i was as busy as he is!!! ha ha! oh well. so most of you already know but guess what!!!! I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!! :) yay!!! we are SO excited and can't WAIT till april to see our little baby! i just finished my first trimester and i seriously can't believe how FAST it's gone by!!! so funny story....so before i was pregnant i was SO nervous just THINKING about being pregnant cause i didn't want to be sick! i know that's pretty much IMPOSSIBLE but hey! it was a good thought right?! :) i couldn't even imagine being at work in the middle of a haircut and saying...." oh could you hang on one second while i run around the corner and puke?!?!" ha ha ha! well, we found out we were pregnant and SO EXCITED and so i decided to play a little mind game with myself. :) if i tell myself that i'm not going to be sick then i won't be sick right?! :) well, believe it or not it TOTALLY WORKED!!!! i haven't lost my breakfast ONCE!!! i SERIOUSLY can't believe i haven't been sick! my sister was sick the full 9 MONTHS with all 3 of her kids and i totally thought i was doomed!!! ha ha ha! nope! i've been feelin so good! i love it! it's kinda crazy cause i haven't felt the baby move yet since i'm not far enough and i just feel like i'm gettin fat for no reason!!! then i have to tell myself....I'M PREGNANT!!! ha ha ha! i'm a little crazy! :) ha ha! anyways...this is the only pic i have and i took a pic of a pic with my phone so.....you pretty much can't see anything!! we find out what we're havin on the 2nd so i'll be sure to let everyone know!!! :) here's our little peanut....

(super bad pic! it's there tho i PROMISE! :))

camping!!!!!

well believe it or not it's been ANOTHER month since my last post!!! i seriously can't believe how fast time flies by! it's so crazy!!! anywho! we've been super busy and we had a little time to get away and go camping!!! i haven't been camping for at LEAST 3 years and that's FAR too long for someone who went every summer!!! i'm so glad we were able to go because we had SO much fun!!!! here are some of the pics that i took!!!

here is trent, shawn, trav, and jacob. they were all suppose

to flex but i guess they all didn't get the memo! ha ha ha

ha ha ha! maddie playin in the river. her

little bum is hanging out of her diaper! ha ha

ha ha ha! is this not the funniest pic ever?! this is the ranger's dog!

here are the hurst kids except for scooby. we miss him SO MUCH!!! :(

here is me and maddie. she was so tired!!!

ha ha ha! here is trav's smore lunch mouth face!!! ha ha ha

here is me and trav before our scooter race. he won but ONLY because

i was wearing flip flops and they're pretty much hard to ride a scooter with!


here is maddie with her nice clean face! ha ha ha

here is trav holdin maddie up on the rock lookin at "chick-munks"


and last but not least look how ADORABLE this pic is!!! so the kids wanted to go look for deer so trav took them. they all started off walking and when they came back this is what i saw. ha ha ha ha! i just HAD to get a pic because i thought it was so STINKIN cute!!!! :)