Long Update

Ok, so it has been a long time since we updated last. Since February, here is what's been going on.

March: Kyle turned 21. Isabella turned a year old. She had a huge birthday party with lots of friends and family.

April: Was pretty much uneventful. Kyle was working for both Beaver Mountain and the city, so it was nice when Beaver closed. Towards the end of the month, I was having lots of contractions and we made a two trips to Logan thinking that maybe we were having a baby.

 

 May: I turned 21. On the 4th we got our beautiful little Kristina Dianne, or K.D. as we like to call her. The poor thing was in the NICU for our whole stay at the hospital and Isabella got strep while we were there.

 

 June: Summer started here in Bear Lake. We stayed pretty busy. 

 July: Both of us just worked and were still trying to adjust to having two little ones.

 

 August: Toward the end of the month Kyle lost his job with the city, and I started working at Town and Country Realty along with my other job.

 

 September: We had our second anniversary. We didn't do anything big, just sat at home with a picnic on the living room floor and watch a chick flick. I started CNA school that day with ISU. I should be taking my final tests in December. Kyle started to work for Epic Constructon.

 

October: This month our lives have been steady. We are finally getting in to a flow with all of our jobs and still trying to find family time. I am enjoying school but will be ready to have my Fridays back.

 

As for life in general things are good. Isabella is going to be Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween, and K.D. is going to be a witch. K.D. is growing fast. She is rolling over and trying to sit on her own. She is definantly developing her own personality. Isabella loves to read and loves Sesame Street. She is talking a lot and is learning new words everyday. One of her babysitters is teaching her sign lanugage. Kyle is really enjoying his job, and I am hoping to find something for my CNA. As soon as this is finished I will be finishing my generals online and hope to start the LPN program in the fall. So far my goal is to get a job some way revolved around labor/delivery or the newborn unit in a hospital.

Birthday, Blessing, A Few Owies, Etc....

Not having the internet has really altered my ability to be able to keep this up to date. I'm going to try to sum everything up as simply and quickly as possible. We will see how it goes.


May 1 was my birthday (woot woot) so Kyle and I were able to go on a date while his parents watched Isabella. It was nice to get out and be just us for a little while, although I was starting to miss her by the end of the trip. We went to Logan and ate at a sushi place, and then went to Alice in Wonderland. It was a really good show (even with the creepiness of Tim Burton). Of course it can't hurt to have Johnny Depp in it.

May 2 we had Isabella blessed. It was so nice for so many people to be able to be there with us. After the blessing we had lunch at Mom's.

Three cute cousins

May 3 Kyle decided to have an accident. While at work, he "some how" managed to drive a Gator (John Deere golf cart thing) in to a ditch and broke two fingers. He broke his pinky in two spots and his ring finger in one spot on his right hand (not so convenient for the week of finals, but he managed). We took a trip to Logan and had x-rays done and then a cast molded for his hand.

Kyle's left hand

Kyle's right hand

May 4 Isabella had her two month appointment. She weighed 9 lbs 8 oz and was 22 inches long. She did so good and was smiling at the nurse until they stuck the needles in her leg. After we got her pants on her and I cuddled her for a little while she was able to fall asleep.
As soon as we got home from Logan we changed clothes and went to the church. The bishop wanted to meet with us. We are now den leaders in the cub scouts for the bears and the wolves. Also I am one of the camp directors for the Young Women. I am excited for that one, but kindof scared of the scouts.

So I hope that sums everything up that has really happened, and wish us luck tomorrow as we go back to the doctor for Kyle. If his pinky is healing the right way he won't need surgery to fix it.

New Baby, New Home, Kyle Turns 20

So the title pretty well sums things up that are going on with us lately except, of course, not in that order. And just to warn you this blog is going to be a long one so you can skip through it if you want.

I will start on March 1 and go from there. So we went to the doctor and I had progressed from 1.5 centimeters to 3 centimeters, and had ephased a little further in a week. Our doctor told us that whatever we were doing to keep doing and we'd have a baby soon. He told us he'd schedule an appointment the next week and if I hadn't had her by that time, he'd schedule a day to induce me. I was excited but Kyle had informed our daughter that she wasn't allowed to be born until after his birthday a few weeks before, so I knew I'd have to hold off on any of the old wive's tale tricks to put myself in to labor until after his birthday.

On March 2, Kyle turned 20 and for his birthday we drove to Bear Lake to sign the final papers on our new apartment in Garden City. We hadn't planned on moving that soon, and actually wanted to stay in Logan (Garden City was kind of a last resort) but because we couldn't find anything cheaper in Logan and I had finished working, and also because we had a neighbor in our building that was smoking more than cigarettes across the hall from us and the smell was coming into our apartment, and cops were banging on his door on a almost nightly basis, I refused to bring a new baby back there. After that we went back to Logan and Kyle agreed that I could start trying to have a baby because I'm sure he was as tired of me being onery and pregnant too. First we went and got the oil changed on the stratus and then walked to the mall from Jiffy Lube and walked around the mall for a while. Kyle was able to buy his own birthday present since I didn't know what to get him and I figured that letting him pick for himself was better than me picking something he didn't want. We went and got some sushi for Kyle and really spicey chinese soup for me. Then we went back to the apartment and while he played his new Xbox game, I ate jalepenio poppers, and raspberry ice tea while I cleaned our bedroom. We looked online at some other options on how to induce labor and we tried almost all of them. We even found a chart on pressure points on the feet that could do the trick. At about 11:30 we decided to go to bed. I was frustrated and decided that I just had to wait longer to have the baby.

March 3, 4:15 I woke up to go to the bathroom and felt a tight pain in my back. I crawled back in to bed and another pain came. They were coming every 3 minutes and I felt my stomach and felt it tightening every time. Woohoo, I knew what was going on. I shook Kyle and told him I was having contractions every three minutes. His response was not what I expected. Half asleep, he said "Ok well tell me if we need to go to the hospital." "Probably now." I said. "Let me know when you're ready to leave." and with that he rolled on his side and started to snore again. I hit him and told him to grab what clothes he needed (I had already packed the basics for me and the baby the day before). He wandered around the apartment in sleepy daze. On the way to hospital we called our parents because we wanted both of our moms there with us when she was born.

We got to the hospital at about 5:30 and I was dialated to a 5. After the nurse told us that, Kyle (still half asleep) asked her if that meant we were staying or if we could go and come back later. She told him that we definantly had to stay and that I wasn't going any where. I progressed fairly well from that point on until they broke my water (which was between 10:30 and 11). I was dilated to an 8 and was stuck there. They started me on patosin at about 1 after I wasn't making any progress. I asked Ralph to give me a blessing. After this he and John (Kyle's dad) sat in there talking for a little bit. I started to feel harder contractions and had that intense pressure that told me baby was coming. I pulled Kyle over and told him to get Ralph and his dad out of there because we were having a baby and I didn't want them in the room. Almost right after he told them, the nurse told me to give a few practice pushes. She started to count and then at about 7 she said stop stop stop, your baby has hair. I sat there until the doctor came in for a few minutes. Thank heaven for an epidural because I was completely uncomfortable and knew that if I didn't have the pain killers that I would have been cussing. The doctor came in and the nurse told him that Kyle wanted to help deliver. Without asking any questions, he said "Hurry and get a gown on him." The nurse helped Kyle get his gown on and then after waiting what felt like forever for him to get the gloves on, it was time for her to come. Kyle was able to completely deliver her. The doctor just sat by him and told him what to do. I was leary of this when Kyle first suggested that he wanted to do it, but I'm glad I let him do it. Isabella Marie was born March 3, 2010 at 1:36 pm. She was 6 lbs 2 oz and 19 inches long.

We stayed in the hospital a few days and then went and stayed with Mom for a few nights. We left the hospital on Friday and on Saturday Kyle's family and Mom and Ralph helped us get our stuff moved out of the apartment in Logan and over to Bear Lake. We are now here, and actually quite enjoying it. Kyle has a job and will hopefully start working next week in Garden City. He is still driving to school which is the only down part, but we are happy and loving having this little girl. She is a sweet heart and hardly cries (which everyone I've talked to says that will switch in about 6 months) but I'm happy for it right now. She is a mini Kyle for the most part and I can already see a strong bond between her and her dad. As soon as he gets home from school, she is all his.

So that is a week of our life in a novel. Thanks for actually reading it.

Look a like meter

So I was getting bored and decided to play with the look a like meter. I'm trying to find a picture of my dad so I can post a picture of me compared to mom and dad to see which I'm more like.


MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family photo sharing - Family roots

Fun Couple Days

So on Tuesday Mom and I drove down to Delta to watch the girls for Tana. It was so much fun. We made animals out of towels, like they do on Carnival cruises. Mom bought a book on her last cruise. The first few tries were shakey but eventually we were able to make some cute little creatures.

This is Hailey with her first puppy dog.

And here is Kena with her mamma and baby seal.

Here are the final creations. Yes, Mom did these mostly by herself. A bunny rabbit for Bailyn, an elephant for Kena, and a puppy dog for Hailey, each holding cute little Easter eggs.


Now I know I say this alot, but I could possibly be in trouble. Not because I'm buying Disney princess stuff (he's almost gotten used to that) but possibly because I am posting a picture that he didn't even want me to take. His hair is finally long enough to put in a cute little ponytail. Of course since he has curly hair, the ponytail just curled under (he hates that I talk about his curly hair but it's amazing curl. Like perfect curl, haha.). I didn't get a picture of him with his Gaston hair piece in, which makes it look like he has hair almost as long as mine, but trust me I will get a picture tonight while we "experiment". I know how to do his hair for the play but I keep telling him that I want to work on it again just to see if there is a better way to make the hair piece stay in when really I just find it funny. Last night I poofed his bangs majorly. He has enough natural curl that no curling iron is needed, just some gel and a comb.


The pony tail is kind of hard to see. He lives in an old cabin and the lighting in this place is terrible, especially at night.

Weekend Fun

First of all I get married in exactly 7 months from today. Woohoo! Lol.

So anyway this weekend was pretty fun. On Saturday morning Kyle, Mom, and I all got ready to go to Salt Lake. Once we got there we hung out at AnDe and Zack's and played with their new puppy. Kyle and Elvis got along amazingly well.

After that we all went to a little party shop and played around in there and looked at wedding stuff. Yes, this will become one of the stores that Mom, AnDe, and I go shopping for wedding stuff at.

We went to the Macoroni Grill to eat and then went to Temple Square.



On Sunday morning or better yet Sunday afternoon we went to church to hear AnDe and Zack speak. They both did a very good job, and I quite enjoyed it. The drive home wasn't as long because it wasn't snowing and the roads were pretty clear.

Thanksgiving

So yesterday was Kyle and my first Thanksgiving together, and trying to include both families. First thing in the morning, we went running with his dad up the road from their house and then down to the beach. It was fun, but I realized how the alitude is so much different at Bear Lake than it is over in Logan, plus I'm used to running inside. Next we lifted for a little while. Luckily I have my own dumbbells and lifted away from those two because I know John (Kyle's dad) would have teased me a little. It's ok though because I passed both of them up on flexibility when we were stretching. I went inside and helped Melissa (Kyle's mom) with mixing and making stuff while Kyle was in the shower.

Next we went to mom's house and had our first Thanksgiving meal of the day. It was way yummy. We of course had the traditional sprite and cranberry juice and also cranberry sauce in the shape of the can. AnDe and Zack were there also, with us, Mom, and Ralph. During dinner Tyson called, so we passed the phone around the table and everyone got a turn to talk to him (in spite of Kyle trying to convince me not to give him the phone). After dinner us girls and Ralph sat in the front room listening to the first Christmas music of the year (well, kindof Kyle's family has been listening to it since October), while Kyle and Zack went on a four wheeler ride.

After Kyle got back we headed to his house. Woohoo, I'm actually driving and shifting a little smoother although I still kill it when I try to reverse (stupid clutch). When we got to his house, it was 3:30 and Melissa said that dinner would be ready in about an hour, so we decided we'd take a nap. We fell asleep looking out the window in their front room at the lake. It was the perfect day to take a picture of the beach, but of course I was too tired to get my camera, so I just told him that some time we'd have to have our picture taken down in front of the lake on a day like. We both fell asleep quickly, and it felt like a short time, but we woke up at about quarter to 6. Apparently, Kyle had been snoring really bad (I didn't even notice), his little brother had been in and out slaming the door and Melissa had been talking on the phone really loudly but we slept through it all. Dinner was really good, but neither of us could eat much because of our previous meal.

After dinner Mom, Ralph, AnDe, and Zack came to his house and we all (including some friends of his parents that drove up from Denver) played games. First we played Catch Phrase, and teamed up boys against girls. Of course, the girls won...well, kindof. Next we played Liers Dice. This game is awesome and if any of you have seen Pirates of the Carribean, you know the game. This is the favorite game at Kyle's house because it brings out so much personality in people. John and I could spend hours just challenging and harrassing each other, and both of harrassing Kyle together.

It was a really nice day. I wish I would have had my camera with me because there were many photo opts. Hopefully next year we'll be able to get some pictures. I'm seriously looking forward to Christmas, and being with the family. And the weather guy lied. He said it was supposed to snow, and it didn't. I'm not much of a snow loving person so I would say woohoo but I am taking a snowboarding class next semester (at Kyle's biding) so I'm not spending that extra money for no reason, haha. Oh well, it'll snow soon.

New Additions

So I wasn't sure if Erin would blog about her new additions so I thought I would. A cat had her kittens in Kyle's family's wood shed. There were six kittens. The whole family loved them especially Kyle's little brother, but not long after he had started to find time in the shed he began to get hives. They think that he is allergic to cats. So after a few weeks Kyle and I tried to catch these little guys and bring them to Erin. The mother cat knew our motives however and started to move the kittens. The littlest orange one (Tiger) was left in the shed. He was our first catch. Then Kyle's mom found the other two (Jack and Sqeaker) in another wood stack. As for the other three, the mother was long gone with them. By the way, Jack is the black and orange one. Jack is a girl. The other two are males.

The ride to Erin's was an entertaining one. Of course the kittens weren't going to stay in the box. Instead they stayed on Kyle's lap the entire drive...well all except Jack. I would try to take them off and they would crawl back over to him. Jack, however, had her own idea of what the drive should be and wandered around my car the entire ride, until right before we reached Erin's and then she curled up on a coat in the back of my car with her brothers and went to sleep.

Family Reunion

This weekend was fun. Most of the family was able to go the family reunion. It was way fun because it has been a while since most of us were together, plus some of those who haven't met Kyle got a chance to. After that we went home and hung out and play Uno Attack. Kyle and I both had a really good time.

Ty, Kyle, Zack, Shane, and Kevin.

Ty, Kyle, and Zack.

Kevin and Ralph. They are both quite a good shot. Kevin was in the final two.

The city boys. I don't think either of them did too bad.

I was quite excited with myself too. Kyle convinced me to shoot with the girls *note: I have only shot once or twice before this* and although I did terrible, I did get Tana out. Woohoo!

Packed Sunday

I had a pretty full day on Sunday. First I went horseback riding with Cindy on the beach. That was really fun. Her horse was really skittish but other than that it was just great to get.





After that Kyle and I went to a mission fairwell of one of my friend's over in Randolph. I can't believe one guy that I graduated with is already going on a mission.





Once we got back from Randolph we went fourwheeling with Mom and Ralph. It was a long trip because part of the way through I decided that we should go to Old Ephraim's grave. Surprisingly, as a native to Colorado, Kyle seemed to know more of the stories about Old Ephraim than I did.





Finally we went to his house covered in dust, and spent time with his parents. I am going to have to get used to balancing my time between our families.

We didn't know that Mom had taken these first two pictures.

Evanston Rodeo

Last night we went to the Evanston Cowboy Days Rodeo. The main reason for going was to see Erin but Kyle and I made it just as she was leaving the arena (sorry again Erin). It was fun to spend time with the family though.

Sage had me take multiple pictures of her. She is such a fun little girl.

Tyson was able to come home for the weekend.

Tylee is such a sweet heart.

Kyle wearing Sage's hat.

After the rodeo Tyson, Kyle, and I went to Tyrel and Bobbi's house and played Rock Band on Tyrel's Wii. It was a fun day.

Birthday...kidnapped!

I haven't updated my blog for a while. Well, on the first I finally turned 18! Woot woot! That day, however, I was worn out of energy and decided that a nap after school was the best idea for me.


Barely being awake, I opened presents and enjoyed the company of Mom, Ralph, AnDe, and Zack.


No more than ten minutes after I had finished opening presents, I was kidnapped by some friends. I have already warned some of them of this, but I hope they know that pay back is on the way.

Some new facts

I just finished writing an essay for a scholarship application that I am supposed to turn in tomorrow. I totally enjoy writing, but when it comes to writing something that is for a some what competitive nature I completely freeze up. Well, we'll see how it goes.

Since it is a Sunday afternoon and I am entirely bored (but not bored enough to clean my room although it is in dire need of it) I decided that I am going to write a list of things that I'm sure not many people know about me. This is a tag, meaning that when I'm done, I am going to pass it on to a few people and ask them to write lists about themselves.

1) I love having my picture taken and I am constantly taking pictures of myself and my friends. If there is a camera, you can bet that I am in at least two of the pictures.

2) I love writing and I am constantly writing short stories and poetry. I am currently working at more positive poetry because most of mine is, um, kindof dark.

3) I enjoy talking to kids more than adults because they are so honest and it's easier to tell when they lie. Also their imaginations are so great, that it's a good way to take a break from the real world.

4) My family means everything to me and I would drop anything and everything to do something for any of my siblings, especially my sisters.

5) My mom is my best friend.

6) I consider my older sisters (all of them, including my sister-in-laws) as my mentors and commend all of them for putting up with me as the annoying baby sister.

7) I am a compulisive flirt, and I am more likely to flirt with a guy I don't like than a guy I do like.

8) I communicate with guys better than girls.

9) I love singing, and I think I do it relatively well, but I rarely let other people hear me sing.

10) Braxton is my life, and I brag about him and his family all the time.

11) I read the book Les Miserable in the seventh grade.

12) I have spent more time reading and writing, than watching TV or movies.

13) I dance all the time; at school, at home, shopping, etc.

14) I have always wanted to be in a beauty (well sorry scholarship) pageant.

15) I love going to work.

16) My two favorite smells are rain and horses.

17) I am a deep thinker and try to look into things past what they appear, even if I'm looking too hard.

18) Two of my biggest pet peeves are when people say anyways and Evingston (it's Evanston).

19) My favorite number 22 and I have no clue why.

20) Although I like talking to kids the best, I'd rather talk to adults than teenagers.

21) I use big words sometimes just to confuse people.

22) I actually enjoy golf but I make fun of it all the time.

23) I love cooking!

24) I love looking at art, and seeing different styles.

25) Emily Dickinson would definantly be on my list of idols.

Ok, so Erin, Tana, Trish, Holly, AnDe, Mom, and Hanna, I tag you!

Irony!

Last night was kindof a rough night for me. It was a long night but with the help of a good friend, my seminary teacher, and my family I was able to calm down. After a priesthood blessing from Craig (a family friend and cousin) and my step-dad I was finally able to sleep. Ironically I recieved this video from Hillary, another cousin of mine, this morning. She and I don't talk that much any more and I rarely get an email from her. The video is about Jesus Christ, and it really was just what I needed.

My last prom!

Last night was the senior/junior prom. I had a great time. First of all because I went with someone (as I have mentioned before) that I have had a crush on since kindergarten. It was a very fun night.




Even though he was running a little late, Casey and I were able to get a few pictures in before we left.

After the introduction of the seniors was the dance with the parents. Irronically the song "You're Gonna Miss This" was the one played.

Over all, I can honestly say that absolutely loved this night.