Dane Merrell Heslop

Dane Merrell Heslop was born on April 26th 2013 in the Othello Hospital at 8:07am.  He weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches.  He had light brown hair and some that was almost 2 inches long around the back of his neck, yes my son is rocked a baby mullet.  I had to be there at 6 am to get hooked up.  I was sure the worst pain that I felt was the catheter or the double stick for the IV.  I totally got ready that morning and I still only had one picture with me in it after delivery and its horrid.  That same night my family came to visit and I was so out of it I couldn't even remember who was there.  I was in a lot of pain.  Thank goodness Heavenly Father helps us forget all the pain.  Now to finish recovering it has taken a long time for these abdominals.

Its been a very long time...

So much has happened since my last post.  Well to sum it up the last year I attended Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology graduated in December and finished my hours early February.  I was so thankful for the whole experience and really do enjoy the field.  As of right now I'm enjoying being a mom, but I am grateful I took the time to accomplish a life long goal of mine.  It was a lot of sacrifice for all members of my family, but we did it! :)  My mom and sister Wendy and on occasion several other relatives helped tend Maddie, it makes me emotional just to talk about it but I am so so so grateful.  I was the student that cried when other people brought their children in to school.  I am SOOOOO happy to be done!  I took my boards in April because I like to cut things close, so a very pregnant Julee took her written in TriCities early April and got a 87% and then later the practical in Spokane and got a 97%.  I was so relieved to be done done done! 

 

My license came in the mail at the end of April while I was in the hospital having a baby :) 

 

Jon continued to go to CBC graduated with his Associates. 

 

Then we transferred to Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, MO!  He is currently finishing up some science pre-reqs in their Accelerated Science Program.  Which has been such a blessing to get this done faster and Jon has really excelled in these classes.

Christmas...was two months ago??

Some of the Heslop cousins, got together with their grandpa a week or so before Christmas. Our tree this year. Each year I buy an ornament or a few to represent the year. I love my new little angel ornaments they are symbolic of our two little angel babies.The Eve of Christmas Eve we went to Grandma Jeanies to open presents with some of the Heslop cousins and Merrell relatives :)Danish Christmas sticker story telling book Mary found for Jon.On Christmas Eve we went to Grandpa & Grandma Walkers. We ate good food, then we had the Nativity story role play, and then of course opened presents.The year of the barbies, Maddie went from having none to 6 barbies (including her bday).One of our favorite Christmas presents adorning our home, so beautiful.Christmas morning...I made Jon open this present before church.Magnetic dress up Melissa & Doug doll.After church we let Maddie go wild :) She loves stuffed animals, sometimes, uh most of the time.This girl has everything you've ever imagined stuffed in a pillow animal (a pillow, blanket, sleeping bag).Thanks Grandpa :)For anyone who did not receive a card this year, I'm sorry it was my first year. I've learned how many I'll need to order and where to order from etc.
Merry February!

Have a holly jolly Christmas!

We sure did, so grateful for this time of year. We want to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Eyelash Extensions

Well I am deffinetly behind on blogging, but incase you still care. This is what I have been up to lately. I am now a certified eyelash extension technician. I did a training in Utah on 11/11/11 with Extensions by Lindy. This was a one on one training and I had to do two model's eyelashes, both of which were my wonderful little sisters. I had a hard time settling on a name, but I decided with "Bonjour Beautiful". Only few of you know that I took French in high school and in college. Am I fluent, absolutely not. I thought it would be fun to use a name that sounded couture. Here is my new blog with my beautiful eyelash models. More pictures to come, contact me if you're interested.
http://bonjourbeautifulbelle.blogspot.com/

Maddie's 3rd Birthday

Celebrated Maddie's birthday on October 22nd this year, TWO days early, seriously unplanned or organized, but it was so much fun to get together and watch the kids play.Lots of wonderful presents this year for Maddie. She got outfits from Grandparents, dress ups from her parents, Rapunzel barbie, Aurora doll, Zhu Zhu puppy pet, pink monkey, beautiful hat/head bands/clips, cute boots, and even more!She looks so grown up in this picture, it totally freaks me out.It was very unorganized so via text message I tried to tell everyone to wear a costume since it was a week before Halloween.
Thanks to everyone who came and those who celebrate earlier and later with us. Our family and friends are FAR TOO generous, we love you! On a side note I attempted to make candy corn cupcakes made with yellow cake and food coloring layers. Topped with homemade whipped buttercream frosting courtesy of Ourbestbites.com and it was delicious. Hope you enjoy all the photos and sorry none of them were edited. I love my little terrible 3 year old :)

One Here On Earth & Two In Heaven

I feel like I've been M.I.A., well if you've been wondering what has been going on I'll fill you in a little bit. I have not been cooking up new exciting delicious recipes, I haven't been running like AT ALL, I haven't been taking any pictures with the exception of today, I have NOT got Maddie potty trained, I haven't been the best at home preschool teacher, and haven't felt well for a entire month. I have been doing a lot of reading of talks, attended the temple, reading of scriptures, and spent a lot of time in prayer. A few of you might have been expecting this post, but a majority of you probably were not. Without telling the world I wanted my family and friends to know that we were expecting a baby this spring. As eager and excited as I was to tell you all I wanted to wait till after my first doctor appointment which I thought was scheduled at the end of my first trimester. When I went in I found out I was only half as far along as I thought I was. It was confusing, frustrating, and scary but I was still hopeful that we would yet have a healthy baby. Three ultrasounds & too many blood tests later it was revealed that we would not have a baby joining our family anytime soon. You'd think the second time around it would be easier, in some ways it was but in different ways it wasn't. I wanted to blog this previously, but I ran solely for the purpose of preparing my body for a future healthy pregnancy. I was impressed to do the race and then promised to our Heavenly Father that I would take care of my body if I was blessed with another baby. Well two days after the race was completed I found out I was expecting. Unfortunately my family figured out my secret on a trip to Utah for my dear Aunt's funeral. I was not prepared to tell everyone, but realized it would be hard to cover up my nausea. I did tell my immediate family and wanted to wait till after my first doctor appointment to tell anyone else. I was sick so sick and was sure this was going to be exactly like my first pregnancy. Sorry this turned into a long post. During Conference weekend every talk spoke to me PATIENCE and I couldn't believe Elder Anderson gave a talk specifically about this situation. Well after all the tests my doctor called me on Monday to give me the bad news. She offered a d&c which I felt would be the best option as I was still having nausea and headaches. Jon gave me a powerful Priesthood blessing Thursday morning and I felt calm the rest of the day. I am two days out from my d&c procedure and feeling well. I've felt so much like my old self today that I can't wait to start running again. I'm still alittle emotional, but overall feeling at peace & hopeful for the future. We are more grateful now than ever for our sweet and slightly terrible soon to be 3 year old. The other day I said to her, "Maddie you are my baby". In response she said, "No mom I'm a sister". I looked up at her and smiled and said, "Yes you are a sister".

I wanted to share this sweet picture of my babies :)

Love this picture. Everyone has been so nice so don't worry I'm doing fine. This blog title was inspired by the beautiful Mormon.org ad created by

Rob & Tracie Morris - Former Super Bowl, Champion, Parents of 5

http://youtu.be/48njTrFpUZM

and while I was watching this video again today this one below came up. What not a coincidence :) thought I'd share if any of you are struggling through life and maybe feeling a little disheartened.

http://youtu.be/8nczw6xHJ0I