Merry Christmas!!

Playing in the snow!

Busy Week

The first week of December is always pretty busy for our family. December 6th Rob and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. Wow that makes me feel old. Then on December 8th A turned 3 years old!! Now that makes me feel really really old. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and daughter. Nothing else compares! Here are some pics of the celebrations!


Rob surprised me with some beautiful long stem roses!



Grandpa Cook and Aunt Millie helping with the birthday crown

A likes horses and the color pink so this was the perfect present!

A with her cousin. I have a feeling these two are going to be trouble!

Turkey Bowl

Here is some pics of the Family annual Turkey bowl game. I was sidelined do to being very very pregnant. So I was in charge of the camcorder. After about 2 hours the score was 7-0. I think maybe next year we can work on our offensive game a little bit more.

New Glasses

I went to the eye doctor the other day and decided to get new glasses. I was tired of getting the same old glasses and decided to try something a little different. What do you think?

Okay so I can't have a blog post without a picture so here is another one of A with clothes on. I always thought if I had a daughter I would be able to dress her up real cute and do her hair cute. Well A has no interest in being my little doll so when I do get the rare chance to make her cute I take advantage of it!
WARNING: LONG STORY STARTING SO BEAR WITH ME!
Yesterday I woke up and felt like I was having menstrual cramps. Which made me a little concerned. So I think well I will wait and see if they go away. Of course they don't so I call my doctor and he is out of the office. I am like great the one time I need him he is not around. So I debate some more and finally call the hospital and they page him. I tell him what is going on and he wants me to go to the hospital for some tests. So my wonderful sister in law picks up A for me and I go get R to go to the hospital with me. We get to the hospital and the nurses make me get undressed (completely!) and put me in a gown and then hook me up to a fetal heart monitor and a blood pressure cuff. I was getting flashbacks of being in labor. I give them a urine sample and they take some swab tests from some areas you really don't want to be swabbed at and then we wait. Then one of the nurses comes in with a needle and I am like what is going on. She is like look at the monitor and she shows us that I am having contractions that are 3 minutes apart. I had no idea. I mean I was in some pain but nothing like what Alli's labor was. But that was also a pitocin induced labor which I hear can be a lot more painful which I can vouch for! So she gives me a shot of turbutaline (spell check) which is a muscle relaxant that will hopefully stop my contractions but will speed up my heart and make me shaky. I am like oh great. She also precedes to tell me all that can be happening to me and if I am in real active labor they will have to send to McKay hospital because I am only 31 weeks along and Logan hospital only delivers at 32 weeks. She also says just about everything that can go wrong and pretty much freaks me out. So they get the test results back and I was not in real active labor but I have a bladder infection that was causing me to have preterm labor. So I they give me an antibiotic and my contractions have stopped so they send me home. So what I thought was just going to be an hour thing turned out to be four hours. Let me tell you I was a little tired when we got home. I am on moderate bed rest for now just to make sure that I don't start anything up again. So that was my little adventure for the day. I don't recommend it because that turbutaline stuff makes you feel like a drug addict going into withdrawals. I am glad everything was okay but do feel stupid that all this was caused by a bladder infection I didn't even know I had. Well if you have made it this far in my story congratulations! You definitely should get a prize! Hope your day was not as entertaining as mine!

Halloween Fun

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. A loved dressing up as Snow White. Rob was the Grim Reaper and I did not wear a costume because I feel like I am already in one (being 8 months pregnant and all) We went over to the grandparents and made cupcakes and watched scary movies while Rob answered the door for trick or treaters. It was fun!

Hair cut!

I don't know what got into me today but I thought it was time that Alli had a trim. So I sat her on the bathroom counter and started cutting. She was very good and didn't move too much. She now has bangs and the lenghth is about 1/2 inch shorter!! Thankfully she has naturally curly hair so it will hide any of my mistakes!

So I have been feeling a litle frumpy lately. I mean it is hard to feel too attractive when you are in desperate need of a haircut, have gained 20 pounds (so far) because of a pregnancy, because of that pregnancy have a serious lack of clothes, and just are too tired to bother too much with makeup and hair. Well today when I was putting my hair up in its usual ponytail bob. A looks at me and says "Your so beautiful, mommy" I was so touched. Motherhood is hard and you don't always get a thank you at the end of the day but these are the moments you cherish and will always remember. So I just felt the need to write it down before I forget because I need to remember that I am beautiful even when I have swollen ankles and stretch marks!!

Potty training!

Okay so after cleaning poop from my carpet twice yesterday I realize I need help. A hates to wear diapers anymore but she will not go near her new cute winnie the poo potty that I bought her a couple of weeks ago. I thought she would love it but I was wrong. So she does let me put diapers on her but the minute they get wet or poopy they come off. So I usually find her running around my house naked. If anyone has any suggestions to get her interested in the potty let me know!

I have been immersed in the color pink for about two years now. So to be able to shop for blue stuff has been really fun. I saw this onesie and had to get it. I have only about 3 months left so I am trying to get everything ready. We have the crib set up and A loves to get in it and read books. Which I think is funny because as a baby she hated her crib. Anyway we are also trying to narrow down names. My husband is trying to sneak in a Star Wars name which I guess being a girl I just don't understand?? I am sorry but Darth Vader is not the name I plan on calling my son. Hopefully we can come to a nice compromise.

Scrapbook fun

I was lucky enough to go play for a couple of days with my best friend. I left A with my husband and just took off. We had so much fun! It is amazing how many scrapbook pages you can get done when you don't have a two year old around. So I just wanted to show some of my favorites that I have made for my little boy. I am trying to get a lot of his pages done now so that when I have him and have no time whatsoever to scrapbook I can just stick the pictures on the already made page. I purchased a simply scrappin kit from Stampin Up and just went crazy. I love their scrappin kits because they give you everything you need like stickers, designer paper and cardstock and you just slap them on a page.

So I decided to make A a piece quilt for Christmas and here is how it turned out!! It is my first one and if you look real close you can tell but I love it so oh well. I just wanted to give A something that she can have as an heirloom from her mom. My next project is to make a little boy piece quilt. So we will see how that turns out. They are a lot of work but so worth it in the end!

Grandma's house

What happens at Grandma's house stays at Grandma's house???

Family fishing day

Every year the family has a fishing day. We never really catch any fish but we sure do enjoy trying! This year we went to Tony's Grove. It was a beautiful day.

Pool Fun

We have had a lot of fun this summer! Swimming in Rob's parents pool is one of our favorite things to do. Alli has become such a good little swimmer. She can hold her breath under water and blow bubbles. Next year she will for sure be swimming on her own!!

Fun Park Fun

A and her cousin love going to the Fun Park at least once every other week.

Bear Lake Fun