The lost pictures...

I was uploading pictures onto my new computer from my Nikon and found some random gems! I love finding pictures that you totally forgot about!

 

This one is one that Hy took when I was about 7 weeks pregnant. All I could do was: sleep, go to work, nap, and barf my brains out. I was SOO sick! I could barely drive to work, even being in the car made me have to barf. Watching t.v. even got really bad! The flashing images and bright colors got to me!

 

 

Side note: I don't think I will ever look at wheat thins or brown rice the same. Un-barfable my butt.

 

 

 

This picture is from the Peach Days Parade 2012. There are a couple of things going on! My nephew was giving attitude to the kids who weren't following the rules about staying out of the street ( such a good boy!) as you can see by his face!

 

The next thing I want to point out is the almost finished tray of nachos in the bottom corner. I was 10 weeks pregnant and had been okay with the nausea for the last few days. I ate breakfast, we got ready, and went to the parade. Well right as the sirens started, I felt like barfing my brains out. I needed food stat! All of the booths were closed, but my dad (the saint that he is) got the nacho stand to open and make me a huge plate of jalapeno and cheese nachos. I plowed through them and they were seriously the best nachos of my entire life. Also: it was 9 am.

 

These are my husband's feet, wearing his Christmas socks that I gave him in McCall Idaho! He wore them all day to make me happy. And I don't think I have seen them since.

 

The beautiful ladies that I used to work with at The Dessert Tray in Beaverton threw me a baby shower! They took such great care of me and Robin made this cake just for me! I never thought I would go to a baby shower that didn't make me feel a little empty inside, but this time there wasn't any room to feel empty! There was already a big old baby inside!

 

It was yellow cake with pastry cream and fresh berries inside. I ate it for about 5 days straight before I made Hyrum get rid of it! 

 

This is the group shot of all of my favorite co-workers/ friends! And yes there is a man in there! Hy came and took lots of pictures! I was 36 weeks pregnant and it was also my last day of work!

 

 

This is one of the very first pictures of Hy holding our baby for the first time. She started crying after she left my arms and then he started talking to her and she just stopped. It's like she instantly recognized his voice and calmed down. It was pretty beautiful.

 

This is the very first picture of me holding baby Emilia. My legs are still in the stir ups and I had just barely given birth! They plopped her on my chest, covered her with a towel, and put a little hat on her head. It was the most life altering moment of my universe. She was gorgeous from the get, no weirdly squished head and swollen features. Just big lips and a perfect face! I am totally biased.

 



 

 

 This one of the pictures that you could try to pose, but it just wouldn't ever be as special. My mom and grandma Zola talking to Em. No one has their hair done or make up. My mom is wearing her tie dyed Mumu. But look how happy everyone looks! Even the baby was chatting it up! 

 



 

This picture makes me laugh because my mom was high lighting my hair and mid process the baby got fussy. So my mom strapped Em on, covered her with a blanket, and danced her to sleep; all while dying my hair! It was just one of those things!

 

 

 

 

There are so many more, but I think that's all for now. I better get to bed before the baby decides it's time to be awake! Goodnight! 

A few videos...

Here are just a few videos of Em starting to talk. The first three are from our hotel room in Boise on the way back from Southern Utah! And the last one is when I caught her talking to her monkey. Haha

She is talking even more now, smiling, and laughing! She just gets more fun every single day!

 

 

3 months!

So Emilia is going to be 3 months old tomorrow! In some ways I can't hardly believe it and in others I totally believe it! I know that every parent thinks that their child is so much farther ahead than every one else's, and I am no different! Plus she totally is.

Here are some things about Miss Em:

- She has been rolling over since she was 18 days old. At first we thought that it was a fluke, but she kept doing it. If she doesn't want to do tummy time, you have to sit right by her and keep her from flipping over.
- She is pretty opinionated and I can see a little stubborn streak in her! That makes me pretty happy. Not for my sake, I'm sure the stubbornness will come and bite my butt. Mostly it makes me happy for the strong person she is going to grow up and become!
- She loves bath time! We don't use the infant tub anymore. She loves just laying in the bath in a few inches of water. She goes absolutely mental! She kicks her legs like crazy and her arms get flailing too! She gets so excited when she gets good and going.
- In the last little while she has started laughing in response to our laughter. It is the cutest thing in the world!
- She is talking more and more, and her syllables are really starting to show. Sometimes I play this pitch game with her where I will make a noise in a certain pitch and she will mimic it exactly. Then I will change the pitch and so will she! Pretty adorable.
- She likes to stand up and talk to you eye to eye. She has liked standing up for a while now. She has really strong legs!
- She sleeps in pretty good chunks at night. Usually a 5-6 hour chunk and then a 2-3 hour chunk. Sometimes more! Getting her to go down didn't used to go so well, but I really just let her tell me when she is tired now, instead of trying to force it. Doing that has made me so much more relaxed at night.
-She is still 100% breastfed and doing it like a champ. She picked it up immediately after birth and hasn't had any problems in that department. My goal is 6 months of 100% breastfeeding, followed by pureed food introduction as well as breastfeeding. It's going really great so far.
-Her eyes have turned a million different colors. Before we went to Utah they were pretty hazel. Then while in Utah they were pretty blue. Now they are a gorgeous dark green/grey and I love them. She just has these perfectly shaped big eyes! 
-She has one curl on top of her head and it makes her look like a little who!
-She sleeps in her nursery at night and has been for the last two weeks. It is still a little bit of an adjustment but she is doing really well. As much as I miss her being right next to me, it is nice to have our room back. And our video monitor is amazing and lets me check on her constantly. Otherwise I don't think I could have done it!
-Also, this picture may be a little misleading, because she doesn't ever take a binky. It will be in her mouth for all of 5 seconds before she spits them out. She prefers to suck on her fingers. Which isn't great but is pretty stinking cute.

 

Utah Trip Part II

So after we finished up in Northern Utah at my grandma Zola's house we headed down south to Cedar to visit my family! It was everyone's first time meeting her and it was really great seeing her showered with so much love! I was also really glad to be almost done with the first half of the driving! I think the two people I was the most excited for her to meet were my grandpa Max (my only living grandpa since I was about 9 months old) and my nephew Jaxten!

 

 

My sister in law Jess took this picture and it makes me so happy to see our babies together!!

 

Everyone else got a turn to hold her too and it was great being able to share that moment with our family!

 

Aunt Jess and Em

 

 



My brother holding Em and my dad next to them

 

 

 There were many other people over who also got to hold her, but those were the most special moments to me! It was really nice to be able to see everyone, but by that time all of us were pretty exhausted! So we headed to my parent's house and were able to rest until the next day.

 

The next day Em had her well baby check and her two month vaccinations. Epic sad face. There was a whole mix up with the appointment and the girl at the counter threw me some MAJOR TUDE. Totally unappreciated! Anyway! She got all of her shots and cried for a solid 10 seconds and then calmed down. She gave some really big stink eye on the way out and it made me laugh!

Poor bandaged thighs...

 

 

She had a fever for the rest of the day and most of the next day, but started to feel better after that. She mostly just wanted to be snuggled and we were all happy to oblige.

 

Even Wrigley, my parent's boxer, got in on the love!

 

 Speaking of Wrigley, she would not stop taking the baby's binkies! If we left a room and there was a binky sitting around, she was so helpful in bringing it into the other room. Not to give to the baby, but to enjoy herself! We finally got tired of trying to get the binkies back and having to throw them away, that we gave her one of her own! If you look closely you can see a pink binky in her mouth!

 

After Em's doctor appointment, we went out shopping and found her a tiny baby-kini! My dad even found her some little pink and white polka dotted sunglasses to match! We found the swimsuit at Old Navy and it was adorable. We also got baby flip flops but they are still a little too big!

She is majorly milk drunk in the picture below! She is seriously the cutest thing that has ever happened to me!

 

We put her in my parents pool and let her float around for a little bit. She liked being in the water much more though. She did really good practicing holding her breath after a count of 3! She learned so quickly that when we were getting her out of the pool, my mom counted to 3 and she held her breath with out any coercion!

 



 



 



On our way out of town, we stopped at my grandparent's house and did her baby blessing! We wanted it to be more special and small than if we did it any where else. I didn't take any pictures, but my sister-in-law Jess who is a photographer, took plenty! She also did her baby photos and they are stinking amazing. Here are a couple that she has already sent us!

 

 

She owns JLD Photography in Cedar City, UT and she is amazing! Seriously, look her up!

Inevitable...

I just finished writing a little post about how I was going to make this blog private and have only registered readers. But that seems like so much effort! So instead I am going to do things the simple way! IF you read this blog, and I know that not many people do, just let me know! I will be changing the name of the blog so HyandKenzi.blogspot.com will no longer be mine! I love this blog and everything that has been put on here. I just don't need random creepers from India and Germany in my what nots!

I love sharing our little family with my big family and friends. Even people from my hometown or college. I am just looking to cut out some of the world!

So in about a week or so, or whenever I have two free hands again, I am going to be changing the name! I will be sending it out into the depths of the interweb with the hopes that this change will be enough to shoo away some of the population! So: send me a text, write me an email, get a hold of me on facebook.... how ever we normally communicate and I will let you know the name!

Thanks

Kenzi!