Oh POOP...

So this happened awhile ago and I decided not to embarrass Jon by repeating the incident. But twice I mean seriously! So today Jon said I needed to get out of the house, finally I got to leave. I went tanning and picked up some treats from a local grocery store to watch with the Dark Night (which we love). Anyway got home and we're watching movie while I'm trying to feed Maddie. Its routine to change her half way through the feeding because she seems to wake up after being changed. She was really fussy and she's been sick so she hasn't been eating as much as usual. So I wasn't sure if I should change her just yet but figured might as well cause she won't eat anyway. Jon ran and got me a diaper and wipe. I was situating the diaper when I noticed a yellow tag stick out above her leg. What the? Jon! JON! Not again! Jon was like what? I opened the diaper to find poop everywhere and the previous diaper the change before shoved inside. Jon starting laughing really hard and said I wondered where that went. Followed by no wonder it looked so heavy. All I could say was where the heck were you, why can't you focus, twice Jon I mean seriously. Poor thing had to carry around all her poop from like 5 hours. Yeah believe it or not this was the SECOND time so from now on dad must be monitored while changing any diaper.

Photo shoot!

Today Maddie had her first photo shoot by Little Angels photography. Their website is littleangelsphoto.com, they are pretty big around this part of Utah. A friend gave me a coupon for a free half hour session, but once I got home I realized how expensive the prints are. Sheesh but hopefully one will turn out I plan on buying the copyright of the best one. I want a big potrait sized picture for the huge empty frame that has sat in our home for the last 2 yrs and the cheapest single studio potrait was priced at $250 yikes. Not to mention it would be more than my mom paid for my wedding pictures if I bought it through the studio. Inkleys or Costco will do just fine for me. So once I got home I got to thinking about the poses we did and dressed her up again to see if I could take any that would turn out. So here they are, dad liked them!

Mmm...sushi

This was our favorite roll that evening.



Calamari (squid) salad


Even I thought it was good.

Shin-sei Sushi downtown Ogden on 25th St, not our favorite customer service was awful.

So Jon and I used to be frequent mexican food eaters whenever we went out we tried a new restaurant. But the last 9 months we've been obsessed with sushi. Here's a list of the places we've been and what we thought.

Ogden-

Tona (nice atmosphere & excellent customer service)

Windy Sukiyaki (cheaper rolls & wonderful customer service)

Shin-sei (probably won't go there again waited over a hour for food)

Moses Lake-

Tsunami sushi (friendly service)

Kennewick-

Sushimori (quick service but small building like fastfood)

We also went to a place in SLC that we loved and a place in Logan with Melissa's family over a year ago, just can't remember the names.

Its Been Awhile....

I realized that I haven't written for some time and my mom got my camera mailed to me yesterday. SO since the last post we went home to Washington for Thanksgiving week. Madelyn was blessed in Othello first ward on Sunday the 23rd by her father and had her Gpa Walker, Uncle Heath, Uncle Brandon, Cousin Sean, Great Uncle Marlo, Great Uncle Jay in the circle we wished all the brother in laws could have been part of it, that would have been a huge circle. Everything was perfect even though Jon said it was the scariest blessing he given in his life. My mom was sweet enough with all the things going on that week and previous weekend to have everyone over for lunch afterwards. My older sisters threw a baby shower which was tons of fun and I appreciated everyones adorable gifts. We ended up staying in Washington till that Friday driving home on Saturday. Maddie was pretty good in the car, on the way down she was an angel and on the way back she was a sick baby so it wasn't the funnest ride. The next day Carrie, Eric, & Lillie came to visit. It was so fun to have her here and to get to meet my cute little neice. She was such a doll!
Jon's bday was on Saturday, so on Friday we went with his dad Vance and Brenda out to dinner at Windys Sukiaki. For sushi of course, its actually really easy atmosphere eating in your own room to bring a newborn baby. We had a lot of fun and pretty much were spoiled. Saturday Jon played football while I tried to throw together some sort of bday gift. It was pretty lame because I can't ever get out of the house. So we went to Costa Vida for salads then over to the theatre to watch Twilight. Sounds like it would have been my bday huh? But Jon said that it wasn't as bad as he expected and would let me buy it sometime in the future. Poor Jon was nice enough to take Maddie out once she started to cry at the BEGINNING of the movie. But I guess he was able to watch from the hall to the exit. What a sweetheart all because he knew how bad I wanted to see it. Maybe next time we'll be able to get a babysitter. Speaking of twilight I sure wish I hadn't heard all the bad things people had said because I couldn't help but notice what I may not have else wise. But I'm excited for the next one to come out, now that I've finished all the books I need something to feed my twilight need.
We're excited as Christmas approaches, I need to get out and get my presents. I hate guessing presents I really wish Jon would just tell me exactly what he wants and I wish he'd ask exactly what I want. I hate to think either of us will waste money of gifts that we didn't need or really want. Can't wait to see everyone again Christmas week.
Here's a bunch of pictures from the last couple weeks.

Blessing Day 11/23/08

Ta Da The Video Worked!

She's my porcelain doll.



She loves the swing, thank you Grandma W. unfortunately she likes the high setting even though it seems like she's about to take flight.



She's almost grown out of the premie clothes yay!




Maddie inherited perma scowl, she got this from Jon not Mom.

Hooray I think this worked?? Well lately I've been trying to film or capture Maddie whenever she's got a cute outfit on or when I randomly feel like it. I love these PJs Charee, they fit perfectly. I have to thank my sisters for sending down all the clothes etc. because I went from having a few things to having many things. It has been soooo helpful. Very little has happened this past week. But Maddie had her two week appt. whimpered when they stuck her heal for the BKU then just sat there, she so tough I had to hold her so I wouldn't have to watch the blood draw. They weighed her too, and she's now a whoopin 6lbs 6oz. The doctor said she must be keeping something down thats like a pound in a week. We're amazed at how much she changes EVERY day. Even Amanda will come over and say she looks different. I think she's maturing from a newborn into alittle girl. Jon also has made some progress :) he asked me this morning if I'd like him to take a turn on the weekends nightly feedings halehueja! She eats every 3-4 hours and its REALLY taken its toll, I think Jon feels if he takes one shift my mood will change drastically and it probably will. No sleep = grumpy Ju. As much as I'd like to give up shifts I hate not being the one watching my child, and I'm probably way over protective hopefully it wears off cause I'd really like to go shop for myself or go finish up my tanning package. But I shouldn't complain cause I've taken her to Walmart twice now don't worry she was completely covered the whole time, and out to sushi with Kelly and Steph. Have I mentioned how Jon introduced me to a whole different world, I LOVE sushi. Anyhow not much else, Amanda and I are planning to go to Mervyns this week there having a close out sale, incase you haven't heard the store went bankrupt. Their loss is our gain, hopefully.

I tried to post a video...what the?

Took this picture today along with some video clips. It's not real exciting video but would give everyone at home an idea of what Maddie looks like. Don't worry that is a binky but she is still nursing just fine. Actually really well in fact the way she snorts makes me want to call her miss piggy. I'll just have to stop calling her that before she understands what it means. So thanks for all the suggestions as far as the nickname goes but now I just feel more confused. Oh and if any knows how to post videos please let me know cause I tried and it never showed up. My mom left today, the real challenge begins ahhh!

Halloween pic & 4 generations

Meow! This onesie is a size premie and it fits, well pretty much. These are the only pants she owns that fits. Anyone know where to buy black newborn leggins? Target didn't have black, boo.


She got this halloween knit hat from the NICU. I was tempted to go around my appartment and knock doors just to show them my baby then ask for candy. Maybe next year :)



This is a 4 generation picture. Great gma, baby, gma, & mom. Maybe tonight I'll get dressed up and get out of the house.

I wanted to show off her great legs, dad better be worried. No rolls here.

My little sister Katie made this adorable headband. Thanks Kate. Gma put it on her and giggled its the first thing that has actually fit her. Then Gma wanted to take pictures.

I am so thankful for mothers. My house would be a mess, me and my husband would be starving, my child would have nothing to wear or sleep in, and I would be a total zombie. Love you mom.

Nickname Rules?

So yesterday my mom started asking me how I spelt Maddie? I said M-a-d-d-i-e and she was like "what?", then proceded to tell me that I can't nickname her that because it had two Ds. I didn't know there was a rule. Then she started suggesting alternative spelling and Jon spoke telling me how he would have spelt it. So here's my question and I'm looking for feedback. How would you spell it?

Maddie?
Madee?
Maddy?

Another Post

Trying to show how teeny she is.

I love holding her on my chest. She is the best cuddler, second to Jon of course :) since he'll probably read this.

She's deffinetly a momma's girl. Jon would say otherwise. She's laying on her hands in this picture. She has this thing with her hands ALWAYS being right next to her face. Its adorable.

She feels like a little doll in my arms. Can't wait to show her off to you guys.

ALMOST, I took a million and this was the closest I got with both eyes open. She's a sleeper.


FYI

Mom and baby Maddie should be going home tomorrow. Thank goodness Gma Lorraine will be home with them so things can get done. I took some pictures tonight because she never opens her eyes but she's been quite alert this evening. Hope that means she's fully recovering. Who would have thought that I'd love to hear her cry.

Pictures as promised

So this is the ONLY picture I took while pregnant bc I didn't really care to remember the fat times. Funny cause it was only a week or two ago.


DAY 1: Where our little girl was taken the day she was born, she is a tiny miracle.

DAY 2: Mom took this picture, she had a cute bow & Gma W. made these cute burp cloths.

DAY 2: She was covering her eyes with her extremely long sleeves while Jon was feeding her. Nothing fits her.

DAY 2: Maddie attached to all her cords, which made it difficult to hold or feed her.

DAY 2: Don't be scared by both of our IVs. Mom is burping Maddie, she is such a good burper.

DAY 2: Mom bawled like a baby when she saw her lil baby connected to all these cords and in an isolete.

DAY 2: Dad changing Maddie's diaper for the first time, even before mom If only that would keep up:)

DAY 2: Mom was still in a wheel chair.

DAY 2: Pretty much mom just loves to look at her and kiss her. Ahh crazy hair.

DAY 1: Dad in the transitional nursery creating a bond with his new daughter before mom got to see her, boo.

DAY 1: This was the nitrogen wash (never seen a thing like it) probably saved her precious little life. These are new born diapers (they wrap around her twice).

Our Smallest But Biggest Miracle

So it is official Madelyn Jean Heslop is here born October 24th 2008 @ 11:54 am. She weighed a whoopin 5 lbs 8 oz and was 19 and 3/4 inches long. Our little tiny miracle.

So here is her story. Julee went in for her weekly appointment on Thursday the 23rd. The big concern was her blood pressure, it had been alittle high for a while. So she went in and had her test and the doctor came to her and said "Julee go to the hospital" and Julee's response was "what do you mean" and the doctor said "I'm not joking go to the hospital I will see you in a little awhile". So I got a call from Julee balwing and telling me she was headed to the hospital and that I needed to get there soon. I was shocked. So I called anyone I could to find out what I needed to take to the hospital. So there we were in the hospital Julee getting ready for labor. So they started by giving her some cytotech because she wasn't dialated hardly at all and it was supposed to help her progress. Well this went on all night. Poor Julee did not get any sleep all night. Luckily we had help. My friends mom aka my second mom Karen Jones came to help. Julee's cousin Amanda came as well and ended up staying w/ Julee all night. The next morning the contractions were getting really strong this was after the 3rd pill that was supposed to get things moving and boy did it ever. She jumped to a plus 4 in dialation terms and finally was offered the epidural. She said really I can have it already? The nurse says sure you're progressing really fast and in half an hour the doctor will be in to break your water. She responded well ok lets do it. It was funny to see the change in her attitude. She said she loved the anthetiolgist wanted to give him a high five (she sang his praises the rest of the day). She was ready to have the baby. We were waiting and as the contractions were getting stronger and stronger the baby's heart beat was a little off. Until they kept putting Julee on oxygen hoping she would settle down. But her breathing patterns were never right and she was holding her breath during the peaks of the contractions. This went on for a while until the nurse got nervous enough (thank goodness) and the doctor was call decided that she needed to come right then by C-section. Holy crap was that weird.

Here is the good stuff. We suited up and went in for surgery. I thought it was a neat experience. They started to paint Julee's belly and kept asking if there was really a baby inside. Then as I was just sitting there talking to Julee behind the sheet I accidentally looked over and saw the knife starting to cut her stomach. At first I cringed but yet I couldn't look away, the next thing I knew there was a little baby pulled out of her stomach. I was shocked and said something to the effect of "oh my goodness" and then they pulled out the placenta that was weird. Well the next thing I knew were asking dad into the other room with the baby. It was different because she was real blue in color. To keep it short she wasn't making alot of effort to breathe so they did alot of testing and put her in the NICU. Apparently she had air around her lung which caused it to colaspe hence the bad reaction to the contractions. The doctors said that placenta had pretty much become worthless. Then anetisologist said if we had waited to take her vaginally she wouldn't have made it. Phew! That is why she is indeed our little miracle. Well she was in the NICU for alittle over 24 hrs but she has improved so much that this evening they have finally moved her into the regular nursery. So now we're able to bring into our room instead of wheeling chairing Julee all across the floor to see her baby for an hour only to return in less than two hours. Can I just say we have the cutest little baby ever. Sorry about not having pictures I forgot the cord to hook the camera to the computer. We will have them soon.

Mom and baby are totally off all cords, IVs, today. But both are still being closely monitored. Thanks to everyone who has helped us so far in this experience with your phone calls, presents, and prayers. We couldn't be happier.

Love- Jon, Julee, & Maddie

My out of the ordinary experience

This is jon writing not julee so alot of you might not be interested but thats just tough luck for you. So as some of you may know I have been bitten by the weightlifting bug( I know there is no such thing but that sounded good). so anyhow i go about 3 to 4 times a week and have been making alot of progress. Well I was at the gym and i had done my whole back routine and was pretty tired but i wanted to do some shoulder work. I for some reason went and got my friend jerrek who works at the gym and funny enough is also considered my step brother as wierd as that may sound. Well I was doing some overhead presses and was on my last set, I pressed it with a little bit of struggle and then was bringing it down and all i remember was setting it on the ground. The next thing I know I am on the ground feeling like i just took a nap and there are three other guys standing around me and my friend jerrek running to a phone. By what they tell me is I set it down and passed out and with all my momentum going forward it threw me into the benchpress bench and I hit my head. When I got up I felt fine but I had a Huge goose egg on my head. That was my first experience with passings out or being knocked out. I think it was kind of funny but also a little embarrassing. I conclusion of this story I am just glad Julee wasn't their that night. She would have freaked out.
In other news Julee went to the doctor and Little Madelyn ( that is her name for now) weighs 5 and 1/2 pounds to my suprise. I thought for sure we would have a monster baby considering I was 9 pounds 10 ounces and julee is a walker. well that is about it from us today.
Three weeks to go and I get to hold my little girl. Yay.

McKay Dee Hospital

Here it is....McKay Dee hospital. We spent 8 hours here today learning about what we'd be doing in less than 4 weeks if all goes according to plan. Its a very nice hospital but as we tour the 4th floor in labor & delivery department I began to remember how the smell of a hospital is incredibly nauseating. Jon was a good sport putting up with the childbirthing class that we had to do in one day because my schedule wouldn't allow me to do otherwise. At the beginning of the class I introduced us and then the "partner" was supposed to say three nice things about the mom. I was alittle curious as to what he would say. He said he loved me for putting up with his hobbies expensive at times, he said he loved me for being a hard worker and working through this last month, and he said he loved me cause even when we fight we ended up laughing together. I thought it was cute, some of the other husbands said some pretty weird crap about liking their wives because they were the emotional one of the relationship?? I didn't follow. Jon said I looked the smallest in my class which I've decided between trying to go to the gym and working everyday probably has done my body some good in the end. Anyway I learned A TON and asked ALL the questions. Jon said he already knew everything, and I'm still getting goosebumps from all three birthing videos that we had to watch. Two of which were natural and produced in the 70s yeah so gross. But all in all the RN that taught it was awesome and really patient. I feel good now about my decision to do an epidural bc I feel much more educated on the subject. I'm thinking I'm ready to go but we'll see what the doc. says on Monday. Jon and I went to Wingers for lunch, haven't eaten there for like years it was a fun day for me. This evening I finally got the cleaning fever and got my bumb out of the bed and started cleaning....like cleaning stuff that hasn't been touched for months. I even lit candles to make the house smell good. It was so rewarding and yet there is SOOOO much more to do. Maybe Monday.

Recently...

So I had another doctor appt. yesterday found out baby girl weighs 5.0 lbs I was expecting more maybe in hopes that I would deliver sooner. Jon's expecting a chubby little thing, because he was 9 lbs 10 oz and thinks that all Walkers have "Walker babies" like we're some mass producing large breed. Nice huh? My coworker told me her first baby was 5.5 lbs so crazy. Baby seems healthy though and the doc told me next appt. she'd know if I was making any progress. Everyone keeps telling me I'm small & that I should be larger. My mother in law while visiting before leaving for her said I looked skinnier except for the obivious belly (which isn't true and the scale will prove that). Its kind of embarrassing cause I'd hate to find out that my due date was off a month or something weird or maybe I'll just balloon up this next month. I don't know I've got some evidence to prove my belly has stretched but I sure wish she'd just grow already and get out. I can't sleep at night and whatever she's doing in there is really starting to hurt. We're going to buy our jogging stroller/car seat set from Target this weekend. We're pretty excited.
Oh and tomorrow we're going to YES....another mission reunion, I'll be grateful for when we don't live in Utah. Oops Jon will probably read this. Last time wasn't too bad.
Jon took his young men the two of them to Bronco Mendenhall's (the BYU football coach) fireside at the tabernacle tonight. They got there an hour early and when I drove by their were cars everywhere! Must be good.
So yesterday I cut my hair again dang it. Even though I love my sister in law for putting up with my neediness. The back it shorter than the front so the front still has some length, and everyone at work loved it. Wish they would have told me that I looked shaggy before. Its alittle spunky and blonde kind of like my previous styles. I'll try to keep you updated.

One More Post...

I realized I never posted the bedding I ended up getting for our baby girl. It retails at the online store for 169.99! Good heavens I have a mother who is Ebay savy, she was able to bid someone out for 51.00 dollars plus 20 shipping. All in all I am very satisified, now I just need to reimburse my mom.
Its a collection by JoJo and can be found online at beyondbedding.com or if your a smart Ebay shopper under crib bedding. They have collections for boys as well.
Once this package arrived I took out all the stuff so I could count it and feel it. Its mirco suede and super soft yet still machine washable. Wish the star mobile came with the 9 piece set.

Who's Baby Is This?

Rolene had this on here page, so basically the website allows you to put pictures in to fortell what your children would look like and I thought I'd give it a try. I think this is creepy looking and I hope my child's face isn't so smooshed together at the bottom. Thought you might like a laugh.
Jon just saw this after I had posted it, so now I'm editing but he said I had to take it off because its so scarey. He also then informed me if our child is this white-trash looking he will send it back where it came from.

The Hills Are Alive in Layton UT

Well Jon has been riding around alittle more lately. His bike riding buddy is moving to OR so they're trying to get all the time in that they can. But let me go back alittle further, you see I once watched a TV series called Laguna Beach and became hooked. Then it morphed into the Hills with mostly the same people and still contained the high school rich snob drama I find so amusing. So last season I was able to watch most of the series on my computer. One time it featured a BMX rider from Australia who was dating either Audrina or the show's narrator Lauren. I honestly can't remember. Because Audrina was having boy trouble & Lauren's always dating someone new. When this BMX rider was on I called Jon who said hey I know that guy he was featured in my latest RIDE magazine. Sure enough he pulled it out and their was this bio on the guy. Anyway most people know the Hills because its a popular show. Well fast forward to a couple days ago. Jon was riding after work with this friend and a van pulls up and all these BMX pros jump out and start pulling huge tricks. Jon said it was awesome he couldn't believe all the stuff they were doing, he even dared to pull a trick which impressed most of them. He was proud. Anyway they were down for the big Dew Tour they do yearly kinda of like the X-Games. But these guy came over to chat with Jon and Jon noticed the Australian dude. He said hey my wife totally knows who you are, he goes "really does she follow BMX?". Jon replies no but she watches the Hills and we saw you on a date on the show. The australian goes OH Nooooo tell me she doesn't watch that. Apparently they all had a good laugh about it. Jon told me this story that night it was amazing to me this guy had dated a huge celebrity and wasn't so proud. If you have no idea what I'm writing about please disregard this post and do not tell mom I watch such a silly show.

Jon Wanted To Be Tagged

Here are the rules: Write five things about yourself that nobody knows or that is unique to you. Then tag five of your friends.

1. I secretly love going to the dentist. When I was a kid I would fake tooth aches so I could get a check up and pick a toy after the visit. The laughing gas was always a bonus as well as the music headphones. This was something only my mom and I knew till now.

2. I was severely injured in the head three times in one year when I was 2 yrs old. The first time I was kicked in the head by my uncle Marlo's horse in which I had to recieve many stitches, second I got hit over the head with a toy metal fire truck by an older autistic neighbor boy, and later the same boy hit me with a large rock. This may explain alot of things to alot of people as well as the bumps in my head.

3. I can't eat food without a fork and a knife. I developed this habit on my mission, because this is the way europeans eat. However, this is the proper way to eat.

4. I love whole milk, infact I'd drink cream (half & half) if it were sold in gallon bottles and was cheap. If I could I'd drink the milk straight from utter. The thicker the better. Needless to say we buy two different milk gallons each week.

5. I have driven just about every luxurious or expensive motor vehicle you can think of with exception of all new vehicles. I have driven a hummer H2, porsche, jaguar (prom night), BMW, mercedes, cadilac, mopeds, gopeds, harleys, corvette, mustangs, audi TT (hit 165 mph in that one). Everything from F350's all jacked up to lowered mini coopers. The joy of being a car salesman's son.

P.S. Julee wrote this but everything is straight from Jon's mouth. Now you know alittle more about Jon Jon.

TAG YOUR IT

I Got Tagged!
Here are the rules: Write five things about yourself that nobody knows or that is unique to you. Then tag five of your friends.

1. I like to take baths, in fact I can't remember the last time I took a shower. This has just gotten worse since my pregnancy because I always feel sore around my hips & legs. Sometimes I'll use body wash so there's bubbles.

2. I am a unconscious speeder. I don't have to be in a hurry to feel like I have to go 5-7 over the speed limit. I have no idea how to drive slow. Maybe this will change when I have a baby in the back seat and feel more responsible. However, in my defense I am a very defensive driver. I almost get hit at least once a week, twice on my way back from church at the same intersection. I hate Utah drivers. I've gotten 5 tickets in 3 states in last 5 years, I swear only one of them was understandable.

3. I don't like being alone. Since I moved back from Rexburg Idaho 2+ years ago, I have seen Jon every day, and since we've been married we haven't been apart. He's going hunting this weekend we'll see if I can handle it. I might have a panic attack, no really I've had them.

4. I'm a tanning addict. I loved tanning when I was at college and once I worked for a tanning salon it was glorious. I haven't tanned for many months now and I'm itching to jump in a bed. It does wonders for my skin I swear, I never used to had back acne or bumps or anything. If you'd like to know of a good lotion, I've tried about 20 different kinds most California Tan brand. If you'd like to know about beds I can educate you as well.

5. I hate needles. Once during high school I thought I should get my blood tested for thyroid problems. I did, nothing wrong with my thyroids but after they withdrew a test tube. All I could remember was not feeling well and mentioning this to the nurse, she then asked if I was nauseaus I asked her what that meant and the next thing I knew. I had a crowd circled around me making me wiff something strong. I didn't know where I was or what was going on for like 3 minutes I kept backing up in my chair. Turns out I hit my head on the counter when I fainted. They didn't let me leave for another half hour. I was always the kid that had to lay down on the ground after I got my shots.

P.S. Thank you Carrie & Amanda. Who to tag? How about Rolene, Chelsi, Holli, Wendy, Charee random I know. Enjoy!

Jon does it all

So i feel bad because julee has not posted for a long time. I always get on to see what is going on with our friends and family and am dissapointed when there is nothing new. As I was reading today i thought " We never post anything new". Well our lives have been going well. Julee just had her glucose test and past. I am proud of her. She calls me a nazi (i think that is how it is spelled) because I always get after her for eating sweets. She isn't that bad, I just want the best for my girls. I am getting anxious. I wish the baby could just come already. I know you people with kids are thinking "yeah just wait until she is crying at night". Luckily for me i don't wake up for anything and julee is a light sleeper.
We have also been really involved with our church callings. We have come to love and appreciate the youth in this ward. They are all exceptional people especially for the circumstances here. One of the young men had his cousin come to our home and be taught by the missionaries. It was one of the Best lessons i have been to including all my mission lessons. The spirit was the strongest I have felt it for a long time. The missionaries are so lucky to experience that all the time. I miss my mission everyday especially the people.
well i won't write to much this will probably embarrass julee that i posted on here. i will get julee to post more and more with pictures.

Only 1 More Day..

I just have to say I am so excited to go to Priest Lake which right now sounds as good as a trip to Hawaii. I can not wait to get the heck away from here. However I am not excited for the 12 hour trip. Not much else to write, baby girl is kicking like crazy and my throat is constantly burning like crazy. Everyone says she'll be hairy, I'm hoping its not body hair cause Jon got more than his fair share. Lately I've been kinda going crazy over thinking what she's going to look like and who she is going to look like. Anything between cute Lillie and adorable Macey (cousins) will be wonderful. I am estatic to see everyone I can't believe the last time was in December, but unfortunately I won't see the Wintertons (which I'm really put out about). My sciatic nerve has been bugging me must mean I need to get back into my gym routine. Belly is getting big I will try to get a picture soon. I finally bought some Palmer's cocoa butter w/ shea butter for stretch marks, anyone know of anything that is supposed to work better? Found out the other day that I can take maternity leave up to 8 weeks if approved. Think they'll catch on to my plan if I take it 6 weeks before? I'd love to sit at home and clean and cook and shop and do things normal wives do. I'm a slave to an awful credit union to which I will never return.

The Man Bought Baxster!

I was hoping you'd imagine Will Ferrell saying this line instead of the man punted Baxster. Well I knew it was coming I just didn't know how soon. We went to Sandpoint ID leaving our shih tzu with some ward friends. I was worried the whole time that there were going to drop him off at the kennel because Baxster was quite a hand full. Well after our fun family reunion up at the Merrell cabin we went home excited to get our dog. And they were out with our dog. Thinking this was strange the guy then calls Jon and explains that his uncle wants to buy him. I was thinking not right now I haven't even seen him. Three days later they came to pick him up. The next couple days whether it was pregnancy emotions or the loss of friend I found myself crying lots over him. I still miss my dog, I swear I'm not one of those weirdos but I raised the thing from a puppy and he'd sleep next to me when Jon left for work. So I'm trying to convince myself the baby will be here soon enough to fill my void. Anyway hope everyone has a terrific pioneer day, I get the day off probably bc I live in Utah. I hope family members are planning to go to Priest lake bc I'm fighting for the days off. I will try to keep up with this alittle better. Keep posting I love reading them while I'm supposed to be working.

Happy Fourth of July

Wow sorry so late everyone. And its....A GIRL! If you forgot or haven't heard. We met our woman doctor that day named Julia, funny huh. She seemed really smart and very busy. She looked around on the ultrasound and found no evidence of a boy. Jon was shocked and I was laughing, because we were just so certain it was a boy. Jon was speechless for the rest of the night, but woke me up the next morning reassuring me he was excited or a girl. Our BIG 4D ultrasound is in a few weeks, we actually get to go over the anatomy with a radiologist tech. The pictures are so clear you get to see what your baby will generally look like, I'm sure they all look like little aliens at 25 weeks. So if our doctor missed anything in the ultrasound we will surely find it in a few weeks, so Jon's hoping. Mom came down last weekend for Amanda's wedding and endownments. It was an awesome experience for me to be there next to Amanda most of the time. Also walking through the beautiful Bountiful temple and finding mom waiting in the chapel. It was fun to have mom here she helped clean and brought me maternity clothes that were very cute. I haven't really gotten into the spirit of buying huge sizes yet. Infact I'm avoiding it. I'm feeling pretty good with the exception of mornings, lunch time, and evenings. I like to eat soup and fresh fruit thats about it oh & popsicles. Everything else I feel like I'm forcing down. Last night we went to Olive Garden I just got soup salad & breadsticks but the basalmic dressing on the salad just didn't sit well. I never got to eat my soup, the waitress was nice enough to bag my meal with lots of extras from the kitchen, when she found out I wouldn't be back from the bathroom for the rest of the evening. So not feeling perfect but much better, I'm proud to say I've been drug free for the last 5 or so days.
We wenting swimming on my day off and hope to get out in this 100 degree weather today. My tan has faded horribley & Jon's working on evening his out which may take a while (his arms & neck are black). Our first ride was down a slide with each our own tubes it ended life threatening. What started as a little kids ride for me ended where my tube dropped backwards under a waterfall that flipped my tube and sent me under water & landing on my head. The current was trying to throw my feet over my head which was a struggle cause I was fighting it. I was wearing a skirt which eventually was flipped over my head and revealed thighs that should never have been seen. It was embarrassing. I struggled to get up and untangle my skirt while reaching out for Jon who didn't notice a thing. Everyone was looking at me alittle worried, I then explained to Jon I almost broke my neck. Its been sore the last couple days and back the chiropractor I went. He and I actually are doing a project together. He asked for his pediatric degree to use me as an example. I said sure, then he said he'd no charge me for anymore of my visits. Sweet huh!
Well happy fourth of July to everyone. We wish we were home with family celebrating about now. I will try better to keep this updated.

Long time no internet?

So sorry this post is lame but we don't have a internet connection to mooch off of lately. I just wanted everyone to know we're alive and mostly well. Tomorrow's are 1 yr anniversary hooray its Sunday guess we'll be at church and I'll be teaching primary? Hoping for a anniversary band we'll see if it happens. I just think if my ring were bigger maybe creepy smoker men wouldn't flirt with me over the teller line. Even after I say we'll I'm pregnant, hinting for them to back off and go away. Lets see I got a spray on tan the other day its turned out ok. I feel attractive again. Made an appointment to find out our babys gender on June 18th woo hoo. I really had a hard time scheduling with the ONE female doctor and my stupid crazy work schedule. I finally have insurance with no deductible double hooray. Oh and last weekend Jon and I went up to Rexburg. We stayed at a not so super Super 8, but spent alot of time with Destry (Killian) and Riley Hurst. There so great. We got to go to the temple and I realized that I'd grow out of my dress as it felt like I was wearing a prom dress again, bursting at the seams. However the first person I saw in the temple was my first and favorite bishop of Rexburg and I got all giddy and said Hi you probably don't remember me but, he stopped me and said I do with a smile. I love the temple even from the moment that you walk in the door. I've got pictures but no way of posting them yet. Anyway until next time...

New Calling....

This morning our Bishopric 2nd counselor called and asked for me. He asked if I'd be to church 15 min. early. I laughed bc our choister called and asked if I'd substitute bc she had a fever. I gave her a shakey yes I'll try. It was much harder than I expected but only the music majors in my ward noticed. The last song was 6/8 time. I realized I needed to practice things like this for days like today. Oops abit of the subject so when I arrived to church I was nervous to see what he needed. He pulled me into a room and asked if I'd accept a calling. I was baffled I thought I was getting fired from my calling now bc I don't do the best job. When I work from 8-8 and I make a ton of mistakes on the bulletin. Anyway I was released in sacrament and asked to be the new established Primary secretary. It was funny to be in primary today. It made me realize how much I need to learn to deal with children, I was even sure how to start to communicate with them. I am really excited and grateful for this calling I feel like it will help me grow and prepare me for this baby. Even though we only had one boy in primary today, I did the singing time. I tried to remember all my favorite songs that had actions bc this 7 yr boy was pretty hyper and we had to keep him moving to keep his attention. Jon is the young man's first and only counselor for the one young man. Our ward is pretty unique any of the family are some what in inactive and most of the actives are old or newly married several have babies. Just wanted to update everyone.

Happy Birthday to ME!

So yesterday was my birthday, thank you to those that remembered shame on you those that didn't or were too busy celebrating something else silly like a 5 yr. anniversary. Kidding kidding. First off I went and got a facial it wasn't the best I've ever had but it was nice and then I went shopping at downeast and wanted to buy everything in sight. I bought this outfit except the capris. Wendy may have this same black shirt that has two buttons and ties in the front. But it looks really good on me :)...and her. From there I ran to get a maternity massage. And it was super fantastic. Then I came home and Jon had done the dishes and the laundry. I got ready and we went to Layton Hills mall where he pretended to go look at a puppy in the mall for my birthday. I told him I'd kill it if he got me another one. Ok so maybe not really kill it but I'm trying to sell the one we've already got. Then we went to Teppanyakis and waited for a couple from my ward and Amanda & Beau. Everyone got along really well and our cook was hilarious. I kept laughing sort of delayed and he'd stop cooking and give a weird look. Then everyone else would start laughing. He threw shrimp that we were supposed to catch in our mouth and when he got to me he threw like three at once. Then as everyone was talking about the good food, I had decided my stomach couldn't handle the atmosphere. After a bathroom run we ran to Coldstone and got this amazing cake the kind that taste better than Baskin Robin's ever dreamed of. My was devil's food and oreo ice cream with whip cream frosting half an oreo on each slice. With little pieces of chocolate on the outside. Jon picked it bc I didn't think I'd eat any, but I did and to my dismay the whole honkin piece disappeared. Everyone sang to me too. Our friends were nice enough to let us come over host and let us all watch the Jazz game even though they lost. Mom sent me a nice card with a nice check, Amanda gave me a singing card and good cookies and a generous target card, Wendy and Charee sent me maternity shirts from Shade clothing which all looked cute but scarey to think I'd soon fill these out. All in all it was pretty much the best birthday I've ever had. The relief society left me a cute card and a bunch of my friends wrote me, Ashley left a singing voicemail :) Today we just chilled at home. We almost went and saw the Narnia II but neither of us were feeling very well. Thanks to everyone who remembered or those who thought of me. I just wanted to spoil myself and never expected all the gratuity. Other than that works the same. Mother's day was nice and Jon got me three cards one from him, one from the baby, and one from Baxster it was pretty fun even though I wanted to shoot him for spending money on 3 cards. Jon's doing good and getting better at his bike tricks. He has been letting young boys ride his bike and coaches them. I'm glad he has something to do while I'm at work on Sat. Baxster is still Baxster and is apparently too fat to sell. Because no body wants a 13 lb puppy, at least thats the impression I've gotten since I almost sold him twice. Until next time.