Scrapbooking

My new favorite thing is doing my scrapbook on the computer. It is so much easier and you never run out of paper or die cuts or anything. And since all of my pics are on the computer it is even better. I have not printed any of the pages out yet so we will see if I change my mind after I do. I was going to post some of my pages but the format is wrong and it will not upload. I am very behind and just fininshed our honeymoon that was 4 years ago.

Question

Can somebody tell me where to go to get cool backgrounds for my blog. Everybody else has really cute ones and I have no clue how to get one. Thanks

Pics

One of my friends from my ward, Lesli Streets is taking a photo class and wanted to practice on Abby. She took these pictures and they turned out soooo good!! She definitely has a talent for picture taking. These are only some of them. I would post all of them if I could. They are better than my proffessional ones. We just love our little Abby Jane.

This is my favorite one

This is just a little video of Abby, she is laying on her mat looking up at herself in the hanging mirror.

Daddy's Little Girl!!

Can you guess who picked out this outfit?

Growing Up

Greg getting abby used to the bottle for when i go back to work!! Hanging out on the grass.

REady for our daily walk.

We went to the doctor yesterday and Abby weighs 10 lbs 3.5 oz, hooray!! ha ha She also had to get her shots. She did fine untill the Tylenol wore off and she cried for over an hour. It was so sad!! Here are some pics of Jack hanging out with Abby and us playing out on the grass. Abby loves to go outside. I am just enjoying this time untill I get to go back to work in a couple of weeks!! I will only be working 2 days a week so its not so bad. It will be nice to get out for a day, haha

Blessing

Abby got blessed last Sunday. Greg did a wonderful job. Both of our parents were able to come and be there for it and after we had a nice dinner. I am probably a bad mom because I didn't get her a new white dress but I couldn't really find any down here so she wore a cute pink one instead. I feel so blessed to have a wonderful husband who honors his preisthood and was able to bless our daughter.

Mt Charleston

Yesterday we took a little trip up to Mt Charleston. It was so nice up there. THe weather was perfect at about 74 degrees and Las Vegas was 95 degrees. It is very weird because you are driving in the desert and all of a sudden you are in the mountains. We went on a little hike and ate lunch. Jack had a really good time!! There was a group of about 6 kids that all gathered around him and he was such a good boy and let them all pet him!! It was a nice getawaay from the city.

Pictures

I swear all I ever post now is pics of Abby but I really have nothing else to talk about. Everything is going well. Abby is growing every day and starting to smile alot. I am still tired all the time but its all good. This past weekend I went to St George and to a cabin that is past Zion National park. My fam and aunts family and my grandpa went. It was fun to get together with them because we don't do it very often. While in SG we went and had Abby's pics taken. They turned out very cute. It is very difficult to get newborns to cooperate, ha ha. These are just the basic pics not the edited and cropped ones but they are still good.

1 Month

Abby is doing well. We are loving every minute of her. She went to the doctor yesterday and she weighs 8 lbs 6 oz and is 20 3/4 inches!!!! She is finally the size of a normal newborn! The doctor was very amazed that she almost gained 3 pounds. She is a really good baby too. I am still getting used to everything but am starting to get the hang of it.

3 Weeks Old

I keep getting requests for more pictures from grandma and from friends. So here they are. She just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We are starting to get used to things and loving every minute. (even getting up every 3 hours).

Here are some more pics of Abby. We are all doing well down here. Abby is getting bigger and bigger. She finally made 6 pounds!! I think I am getting used to things. I feel like I do the same thing all day long. Babies are very time consuming! (in a good way). I feel like I can't get anything done. My mom was here and cleaned my whole house!! She is so great but she had to go back to here life. I am getting a bit of cabin fever because I can't drive yet and its too hot to go anywhere!! I will post more pics as she continues to grow!!

How Abby came to be

ABby's first bath to the left, she didn't like it at all. ABove she is just hanging out with dad.

It has been a while since I blogged. GReg has been very good and has done the last 2 posts. For those of you who are interested I thought I'd tell the story of How little Abby came into this world.

On Thursday I went to the doc and my bp was high and there was protein in my urine so she wanted me on bed rest and to go to the hospital on SAt for a bp check. Sat morning I thought I felt fluid leak or something. It wasn't a gush so Iw asn't sure what was going on. So i went in and my bp was high at first but then went to normal. They checked me and tested the fluid to see if it was amniotic fluid. The test came back positive but othere things could alter it so it was unclear. My bag of water was still intact. apparantly you can have a leak up high and it will trickle down before your actual bag breaks. So anyway, the doc decided that we better deliver just in case.

So, they started Pitocin at 2:20pm and the fun began. I tried to hold out on the epidural just so I could feel how contractions feel for a while and when I finally decided I wanted it there was another emergency so I had to wait longer!! It was wonderful once it was in. After like 3 hours I was only a 3 because they thought my water had broken but then they realized they just couldn't feel it so they broke it and things moved along. As the night went on ABby decided to not tolerated the contractions and her hr would go down to hte 60's. They were changing my position like every 5 min and then they turned off the pit and gave me a shot to stop the contractions to give her a rest. I was almost a ten and the doc came in, Abby wasn't even tolerating small contractions so we did a test push. Then all of a sudden the doc said we were going to the OR now!! Of course I became very upset and it was scary because people just started rushing in. About 20 minutes later Abby was born by c-section. I was very out because of morphine so I didn't really know what was going on. Greg was there the whole time (probably freaked out). He did very well and was very helpful. My parents made it about 15 minutes before I went to the OR so that was good. For your information, C-sections are the worst thing ever. The pressure is horrible and you feel like your insides are being ripped out (they pretty much are, ha ha). Now its just hard to get around because of the pain but I am recovering well. All that matters is that Abby got here safely and I am so grateful that she did. THanks for all you texts and phone calls.

P.S. Abby passed her birth weight today, hooray!! She now weighs 5 pounds 12 ounces. When we left the hospital she was 5lbs 4 oz. ha ha

She's Home

Jack likes her already

He likes to follow her around and he barks at her occasionally because he wants to play with her. She must be used to the sound because she doesn't even flinch. It's fun to have her here.