More Mallory

We love having this sweet new girl in our home. She is really set on eating and sleeping right now but hopefully we will get some pictures with her eyes open soon!

Here She Is!

Yesterday we welcomed a new addition to our family...Mallory Jane! Mallory's due date was July 15th so we were a little surprised by her early entrance into the world but weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz and measuring 20 inches long I have to wonder how big she would've gotten in the next 20 days?!

I did some major cleaning on Wednesday which is kind of unusual because I usually wait for the weekend. In my mind I thought "hey I must be 'nesting'..." My next thought was that I would probably be cleaning again and it was too that nesting didn't automatically bring labor.
Well I guess my wishes came true because I could definitely feel her pushing the next morning (Thursday). If you have ever been pregnant you know that babies usually push "out" but she was definitely pushing "down." I had contractions off and on during the morning but nothing consistent or strong. Still I kind of finished up some last minute preparations. From about 12:00-2:00 and my contractions were 7 minutes apart but not strong enough for me to head up to Ogden for delivery. Throughout the day I kept Kody updated at work and finally at 3:00 I decided he should head home.
It was a good thing because by the time he got home my contractions were more intense and 3 minutes apart. On the way up to Ogden the contractions were 2 minutes apart so we had my mom meet us at the hospital. The nurses took their sweet time checking us. They asked me what I was dilated to at my last appointment and when I told them a 1 they apparently thought "this lady really isn't in labor." We were put in a room at 4:30 but they didn't even hook me up to a monitor.
Through a series of events...namely me making them check me and convincing one nurse that my babies do come fast...we quickly got monitored, moved, a ivy started, and an epidural. The doctor came and after one and two pushed Mallory was born at 7:35 p.m.
She is such a calm and cute baby. Her sister already love and Kylie can't wait to get her home.
Here are a few pictures for now...there will be many more to come!

Spoils of Summer

It has been raining here for the past week, but the weather broke today just enough for me to go out and check my strawberries.
I convinced my husband to let us plant strawberries around the patio in the back because worst case scenario a plant that flowers and doesn't need weeding and best case scenario:



I'm thinking shakes and possibly a pie or two! I have to say this is one of my best ideas to date!

On a little side note when I was younger my family had a large garden with a strawberry patch. I would go out every night in the summer with my grandpa to check the plants and always wanted to be the first to eat the first strawberry of the summer. So when I see these full containers I think of him and hope he is proud!

WARNING!

If you are one of the 162,000 women who own this robe:



Get rid of it immediately!

Not just because it is hideous...
because although a real "extinguisher" of sorts in the bedroom, apparently you could burst into flames if you wear it while cooking your breakfast.

*And QVC shoppers everywhere mourn!

Let the Good Times Roll

So I decided that I should do some really fun things with the girls these next couple of weeks because once the baby is born I'm sure we will be hermits. This Saturday was the Summer Stampede at Wheeler Farm. The weather was awesome, and there were lots of free activities and prizes. There were Creamies, Vitamin Water, bounce houses, slides, face painting, pony rides, farm animals, and a hayride. We even tracked down the balloon man and saw Snow White!

Thar She Sleeps!

This is a conversation I had with my 4 year old Kylie this morning. Dad was out of town and my sister-in-law stayed in her bed so she shared my bed with me.

Me: "How was your sleep?"

Kylie: "Good (dood). When I woke up I didn't know what was sleeping by me."

Me: "Really?"

Kylie:(with a little laugh)"Yeah I thought it was a whale!"

Ouch! Gotta say even though I am 8 months pregnant it stung a little bit to be mistaken for the largest mammal in the world:)!

Sometimes You Just Don't Want to Be Bothered