Phil + Sophie

Baiden's Labor Story

2012-01-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

Baiden’s Birth Story

(long and detailed so read at your own risk)

On December 29 my Doctor called me in and agreed to strip my membranes. We had talked about hoping to have Baiden before the year was up because our insurance was changing, and the tax deduction wouldn’t be such a bad thing either. And although my doctor’s office was closed for the week, he was kind enough to personally call me down and strip my membranes to see if that would help put me into labor. Just one of the small reasons why I love Dr. Holmes so much. So we went in at noon and he made sure to strip them good so I would go into labor within 2 days. Surprisingly it didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would. I had it done before with Kinzi and that hurt a lot so maybe I was expecting a lot of pain. The nurse couldn’t believe that I was handling it so well. In fact they kept asking me if I was OK while he did it and I literally laughed because I felt fine. Of course it was not comfortable, but I would do it again any day if it helps put me into labor. After the appointment Phil, Kinzi and I went on a nice walk. We came back, put Kinzi down for a nap and I bounced on the yoga ball as much as I could. I also walked up and down our stairs 20 times! Then when she woke up we went on another walk. Not much was happening with my body other than some mild lower back pain so I was not sure it was going to work. The pain in my back got a tad stronger through the night but still nothing that made me think I was in labor. We were trying to do everything so I didn’t have to do Castor oil again. And as the night came to a close we both just figured it probably wasn’t going to work this time. We went to bed but by this point my back was hurting a lot more so I knew I wouldn’t be sleeping well. I was awake in bed until 11 30 and thought I might be having some contractions so I tried to time them and pay attention really close. They were not too regular or painful but I still couldn’t sleep. At 12 I just got out of bed because I wanted something to eat (especially if I was going into labor). So I went and had a bowl of cereal. Phil peeked around the corner 10 min later to see if I was OK and I told him he better not go back to sleep because I thought I might be having contractions. We started to time them and for the most part they were 3 min apart. But unless I would focus on them I couldn’t feel them and they became irregular. We knew I went fast with Kinzi though so we decided to call the Doctor and let him know we were headed that way. We then called my mom over to stay with Kinz and left for the hospital at 1. Once we got there and checked in they checked me and I was almost a 5. Around 2 or 2 30 we made it into the delivery room and waited. Here I thought I was going to move quickly like I did the first time but when I was checked I was at a five still. At this point they were ready to start me on pitocen because my contractions were still really irregular. As long as I got the epidural first I didn’t mind. Well…when she was about to get the pitocen started a little beeping noise went off on my machine so she left to go get it checked out. When she came back she told us they have a new policy that they don’t start women on pitocen unless they are at least 39 weeks. So off to walking the hospital at 3 in the morning it was. We walked for a good 30-40 min. When I came back I had progressed to almost a 6…so not much. I then had a new nurse Erin come in about an hour later and she checked me and no progress but she said my water was bulging haha. She told us she still couldn’t start pitocen but was not wanting to send us home. Um yeah I didn’t really want to be sent home at almost a 6 either. Since I was at a 3 the day before and my water was bulging and his heart rate was dropping slightly she said I most likely wouldn’t. She called my doctor and he said NO WAY to sending us home. And he agreed to break my water at 9. So around 7 I got the epidural. I wasn’t in too much pain but I had not slept yet and knew I wanted it anyways so I figured what the heck. I thought the epidural experience was pretty cool. I was in too much pain to remember anything last time but it was cool to feel everything happen this time. After that Phil and I got some sleep and The doc came in about 9 15 and broke my water and I was then at a 7. He said it wouldn’t be much longer and we would have him by lunchtime. We then got some more sleep and they checked me at 11 30 and said I was at a ten and to practice pushing. I started to practice and the nurse quickly said to stop because if I pushed any more he would be there. The Doc walked in and hurried and got everything ready. He said I was having a contraction and told me to push, stopped me, cut me before I tore, then I kept pushing and he was out. All in about a min and through only one contraction. At 11 48 am Baiden James Weech was here. I loved this labor. I loved my epidural. It numbed me enough I felt NO pain but could feel everything enough to still experience it. I knew when to push and could actually feel him come out. I loved it. And I didn’t have any problems with my placenta this time so I got to hold Baiden right when he came out. The nurses didn’t even ask to take him till I was ready. When he first came out Dr. Holmes held up Baiden’s goopy arm and waved it at me and said “Hi Mom!” and of course that’s when I lost it. I loved being awake and alert and having energy this time. I hardly remember anything after giving birth last time. This time I remember everything. It was perfect and honestly couldn’t have gone better for me.

We had to stay an extra day at the hospital because he was a little jaundice. Then when we got home I had to take him in twice because he was still high, but after a week he is good to go!

And now he is almost 2 weeks old. I swear he has been here longer! And judging how great I feel I can't believe I gave birth only 2 weeks ago...that labor was so much easier. He is starting to actually be awake more-which is good. I can actually see he has eyes now ;) The first night we brought him home he woke up EVERY hour because of gas I am pretty sure. I had to just laugh that night because I had it coming since Kinzi was such a great sleeper. But since then he has been sleeping like a champ. Right now he only wakes up once through the night. Lets hope that sticks. We sure love him. Even Kinzi...

We just have to keep an eye on her.

I love my Kids!

We didn't forget Christmas...

2012-01-12T12:22:00.000-08:00

No we didn't forget about the Christmas holiday but it did get a little overshadowed 5 days later with Baiden Boy coming and all. We had a great time just the three of us going to my sister's ward then coming home and having our own Christmas. Although we missed seeing all our familes on Christmas we did get to skype which was really fun. I made Cinnamon Rolls for the first time (the night before) and they turned out pretty good. Although they didn't get eaten quickly because we were all coming down with a cold :( It was so fun to see Kinzi enjoy opening presents and she loves all her new things to keep her busy.

She took a nap after church before we opened presents and this is how we found her...

Phil surprised me with a new Camera which I LOVE. All I did Christmas day was play around with it and took as many pictures as I could.

Baiden Boy

2012-01-02T14:14:00.000-08:00

My growth chart through the weeks haha.

Well we did it-we had our Baiden Boy before the year ended. I got my membranes stripped the 29th at 12 and almost exactly 24 hours later Baiden was here! I'll share the story later but for now here are pictures from the eventful day :)

                                                            Baiden James Weech
                                                        Born December 30, 2011
                                                7 lbs 4 oz & 20 1/4 Inches long

Hello December. Wait, What?

2011-12-04T19:29:00.000-08:00

Really? December? Wow, time is flyin' by! We are trying our best to get ready for Baiden along with Christmas. First things first was to move Kinzi into a "big girl" bed. No not a toddler bed, a twin. It was mine when I went to college. We didn't want to have to have 2 cribs in our house and we wanted to clear out the closet storing the twin bed-a win win. So after Thanksgiving we put Kinz to the test and to tell you the truth I was quite nervous. She has completely spoiled us with her amazing sleeping habits and I just knew the bed was going to mess that up. Glad to say, I was completely wrong. She has had zero problems with the bed. She even stays in it for naps. And she usually stays on when she wakes up and plays, if not she gets down and plays. Cheers all around. I'm glad she likes to sleep so much.

We went up to Pima for Thanksgiving and had a great time. We enjoyed ourselves since it is going to be our last trip for a while. Phil's mom definitely spoiled us with lots of yummy food. Thanks Mama Weech.

I can't believe I'm almost done with this pregnancy. Our insurance is changing for the new year so Phil is really hoping for a December baby...it might have something to do with taxes too :) I don't personally want a December baby especially since he would be born right between Christmas and New Years...poor kid. But I am going along with it and my doctor said he would strip my membranes at 38 weeks, which is Dec 29 (Happy Birthday Em!). Last time he did that-I had Kinzi that night. So we will see. That is 3 and 1/2 weeks away folks (AHH). But I wouldn't mind too much if it didn't happen till January though. I just hope I am ready. And that Kinzi is ready haha. Yeah. Not sure how much she will like another baby getting some of her attention. She LOVES babies-just not sure how she will feel about one being around 24/7. As nervous as I am, I am also so so excited to have a newborn to cuddle. Every time I see pictures of new babies I get so happy knowing I'm going to have another one in my home to love and kiss on all day long. We are so blessed.

Maternity pictures. Yes.

2011-11-17T21:11:00.000-08:00

So let me just start out by saying I love photography and wish I had a eye for it and knew how to take pictures. I love looking at photo blogs and pictures on Pinterest. I always love looking at the beautiful maternity pictures a lot of women take. However, I was never one to really want to get any done because I am not nearly as photogenic as these women I see in these beautiful pictures. Well one of my very close friends Kayla Bishop is graduating in May from NAU and studied photography while she was there. Wanting to get her business started and start getting her name out there she wanted to come take maternity photos of me. My first thought was, "Me + Maternity Pics? These will not be great" But I quickly learned with a good photographer you can love pictures of yourself...even while you are 7 1/2 months pregnant! Not to mention having a really cute daughter to make all the pictures even better. Phil had to work so he didn't get to be in any-and I'm pretty sure he was not too disappointed ;) But I am just impressed with Kayla...I love ALL of them. Not just some, ALL. So here is a viewing of some of my favorites she did. I very rarely like pictures of myself so just let me have this moment in all my pregnant body glory.

She posed me and took care of everything. So if you are in need of a photographer who is very patient with kids (Kinz cried for a good 30 min) and just knows what she is doing I will hook you up with Kayla.

Kitty Kitty

2011-11-02T13:27:00.000-07:00

Halloween was fun this year and for me a little hectic. I had my day planned out and under estimated how long some things would take. I had planned on bringing dessert to our ward party and was going to make oreo truffles that looked like eye balls.

(I luckily had one left when I left the party so I snapped a picture. I meant to take one of the whole tray, but yeah, didn't happen)

I did that, but for some reason thought they took a lot less time. I have made them a lot, you think I would remember. I blame it on the pregnancy. Anyways I was to be at the ward party at 5 and then meeting at my sisters at 6 15 to go trick or treating. I didn't get there till 5 40. I planned to take lots of pictures of Kinzi in her Kitty costume before I left. But, due to the fact I was running late, and she just wanted to run around I hardly got any good ones. As I tried to paint her whiskers on I soon realized it was not a good idea-Way to Hard. Hence why they look terrible and looks like she did it herself.

Phil had to work a little later that day also so things just seemed hectic. I decided next year to just pick one thing to do that night and go with it.

But it all worked out. So I got to the party late, that wasn't even a big deal. Phil showed up 5 min after me which was so perfect. My truffles disappeared within 10 minutes and I got to my sisters at about 6 25 and still did lots of trick or treating with Kinz.

Now onto trick or treating...

Funniest night ever. At first Kinz was super tired and cranky and didn't want anyone to hold her except Grandma. About the 3rd house we went to, the person held out the bowl for all the kids to pick one candy. Well leave it to Kinz to take one, put it in her bag, and take another. And another, And another. I kid you not, she took about 7 from this house. And of course the lady was not going to tell her no. When we actually grabbed her and walked away, she cried. But then realized we were at yet another house. She caught on really quick to trick or treating and would grab 2 or 3 handfuls at each house. Oh dear. She had the best night of her life. It wasn't even the candy she was thrilled about. Her favorite thing to do is to empty her toys into a bucket/bag/basket and load and unload them. It keeps her entertained for a long time. So this was right up her alley. I'm glad she had fun. It was pretty hilarious to watch her. I'm already excited for next year to dress up two kids. I already have the ideas flowing of what they will be.

The Man

2011-10-29T22:00:00.000-07:00

Just need to put a little note in here for my main man. I don't express enough how grateful I am to have him in my life not only as my Husband but the Dad of my little girl and soon to be little boy.

If there is one word to describe him it would be-hardworker. Ok that's two words that I made into one. Just go with me on this one ok?

For the last couple of weeks he has been studying and studying some more to get ready for his first CPA (certified public accountant) test. The first of 4. And by so much studying I mean, getting home from work at 5, eating, playing with Kinz for a little bit, then studying till about 12 every night. Even on weekends (besides Sunday) he has been so dedicated to getting his study in. The hard part for me is that he is home studying, but Kinz and I just want to bug him and have his attention but know he needs to study. He took his first test last Friday and I know was looking forward to relaxing that night. But Lo and Behold I came down with the stomach flu and he had to take care of Kinz and his sick wife instead. But of course no complaints from him. What a man. Luckily today I feel mucho better and he was able to do something he has not gotten to do for a couple of weeks now...sit on the couch and watch football. He was so happy and totally deserved it. His next test is in 2 1/2 weeks so come Monday he will be back to a studying man. But then has a break until February.

I am sure grateful for all the hard work he puts forth to provide for our little family. I think Kinzi and Baiden are too.

Thank you for being the best Phil. We Love you.

Beautiful Heartbreak

2011-10-27T12:16:00.000-07:00

I kept trying to write something to go along with the video but my words don't do it justice. Just watch and you will experience it yourself. The message is beautiful.

Friends.

2011-10-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

There are so many reasons we are excited for a little boy to join the fun at our house. But I have a couple of friends who I graduated HS with that are having boys right now too and they will all be just months apart. Im excited that our Baiden Boy already has friends. And its even better that these girls are great friends to me.

This is Me, Paige and Aubrey. Paige is going to have her baby any day now...we are all anxiously awaiting that day. Especially her I'm sure :) His name is going to be Link (cute huh?). Aubrey is Due in December with her little boy and they are naming him Theron (also a cute one I know). Don't they both look great? Yes, I agree. And then Baiden will be coming right after in January. Babies everywhere.

And I hope this picture makes you smile...its awesome. I love having friends that are pregnant at the same time.

And we all had stripes on (even miss Kinz). So I had to include this picture too :)

Livin.

2011-09-20T13:21:00.000-07:00

Fun update on Kinzi so I am at least writing this stuff down somewhere...
She is now 15 months old and quite the fireball. I know this to be true because people in my ward have started to notice too. She has become pretty independent and learned how to let out a big yell or throw herself on the ground when she doesn't get what she wants. She has learned concrete is not very fun to throw a fit on.
But even though she can be crazy at times she is still very sensitive and sweet.
She loves to cuddle and will randomly walk up to a person or anything (a wall, couch, table) and lay her head down and cuddle. I love that about her.
She loves to go to sleep. No joke. If she is acting tired I ask her if she wants to go nigh night and she repeats it back to me and walks me to her room so she can take a nap.
She is very attached to her blankie. I might love it.
She still sucks her fingers when she goes to sleep.
She loves anyone to read her a book. She will walk it up to you. Hand it to you, then reach for you to pick her up. If you ignore her, she will throw a fit. Beware.
She dances so cute. Sometimes she will go in circles on the floor and sometimes she shakes her arms back and forth.
She can do the whole patty cake song with actions. She also does the popcorn song. In fact she ran into the primary room on Sunday when she heard them singing it and started doing the actions with them. She also just started singing "E-I-E-I-O" when we sing old McDonald to her. I laugh every time.
I counted all the words she could say and she is up to 10 woo hoo! Mama, Dada, Nana, Nigh Night, Yeah, Dog, Jesus (work in progress), Love you, no no, Uh Oh. Some don't actually sound like the real word but I know she thinks she is saying them and she tries so I am giving her the credit.
She LOVES bananas. She wants one everyday. She calls any food or drink nana.
She also loves dogs. And calls any animal she sees a dog. Pretty funny when a cat comes on TV and she yells DOG really loud.
She has 9 teeth! 4 on top, 2 molars in back, and 3 on bottom. Yes only 3. And there is no sign of the 4th coming in to even it out, hilarious!
She loves to watch cartoons. And I am A OK with it. In fact I can clip her nails, paint her nails, and do her hair while she watches them because she doesn't move at all. Works out great. Her favorite show is Yo Gabba Gabba. Pretty Annoying but she loves it. I just introduced Veggie Tales to her and she likes it a lot too. Plus I think its possibly the cutest show ever.
She loves to be outside and thankfully its cooling off so I will actually take her out of the house now.
She knows where her eyes, nose, ears, and tongue are.
Also if you ask her where Baiden is or her Brother, she points to her belly :) But will kiss mine if I ask her to give him a kiss. She is going to be a great sissy.
When dad is home she wants his undivided attention and follows him everywhere.
She loves people and waves to anyone. Even if they don't look at her she still waves.
She really really loves her grandma's. Go figure eh?
She is above the 5th percentile for weight! That hasn't happened for a while ha ha. She is 19 pounds and 9 ounces and 29 inches long. I love having a little (but still chunky) girl.

When people hear I am a stay at home mom they sometimes ask, "What do you do all day?" Well I play and play and play. Yes sometimes I get bored but I love what I get to do. Plus I'm sure come January I'm not going to have as much free time as now anyways.
Phil and I are always talking about how fun Kinzi is. We love being able to do more things with her now and see how fun her personality is. She makes us laugh everyday. Sometimes at night after she has been to sleep a while we go get her out of bed and just snuggle her and sometimes play with her. Yeah, we are really good parents. We can't help it. She is so fun! She goes right back to sleep after so its all good.

We took her to the D Backs game and every time the crowd clapped she did with so much excitement too!

Great bedhead right?

She does this all the time. Just lays in the middle of the floor wherever she is. Goof.

Loves her Dad.

We are all getting excited around here for a new baby. Sometimes I wonder how I am going to handle a 19 month old and newborn but I am just so excited to have a new baby to cuddle whenever I want.

Back before I was pregnant Phil and I were talking about boy names we liked. He came up with all these great ones. Our favorite was Baiden and it has stuck ever since. I'm pretty sure that's the name we are going with and I love it. He is moving around all the time. And doc says that the baby and I are both healthy and doing great. This is a pic from last week. My goal is to take them every week. Lets hope I stick to it.

Results...

2011-08-22T11:57:00.000-07:00

We found out last Tuesday that a little BOY will be joining our family. Of course we are all excited. Phil is pretty stoked. I think he really thought we were only going to have girls. We both got a kick out of how quickly we could tell. The very first image on the screen was him in all his glory. No mistake there. I am excited for Kinz to have a little brother too. She loves babies and will love having her own to play with all the time.
My official due date is January 12! As of today I am 19 weeks and 4 days.

Big Girl!

2011-08-02T21:16:00.000-07:00

2 days ago we started helping Kinz stand up and today we convinced her it wasnt that bad to take some steps. She decided to walk today and I was so excited! Its so fun to see every milestone your child hits no matter when it is!

(and No that is not a mole or beauty mark on her face. We, uh, just ate dinner)

:)

2011-07-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

So yes. I am pregnant again! We are thrilled. The doctor put me at 14 weeks and my due date at January 13. Although I don't think I am that far along, Ill just go with it for now.
For those thinking-you guys are crazy, you are probably right. And for those wondering was this planned? Let me let you in on a secret-I personally think its hard to plan when a baby will come. I will just fill in the blank of it was hoped for and I was ready, and it wasn't a "oops" or surprise. Shoot I have been ready since Kinzi was 6 months. But we both decided getting pregnant in April or anytime after that was what we wanted. Mind you last time we decided to get pregnant with Kinz it took 6 months for her to decided to come to us. This time, it didn't take time. This babe was ready to be in our family and I am so glad. I REALLY REALLY wanted to have a baby in January. That is like a dream pregnancy timing for here in Mesa AZ. I can actually leave the house and go on walks with my kids right after and not worry about melting in the heat.
I'm excited for Kinzi to have a sibling so close in age too. That was the plan. I grew up with siblings close in age and its so fun and I wanted to pattern my own family after that. It may not be what everyone else in the world wants, and that's ok. But it is what we had in mind for our own family. Besides-I might want a bigger gap with the next child (actually I'm sure I will).

So let me just tell you a little bit about how special this baby already is...

The Story of How we Found Out.
Around middle of May I was late, again. I'm always late though and very irregular. Obviously it was a possibility that I could be pregnant but I didn't think I was. So I just didn't take a test. I was still in doubt and didn't think I would really get pregnant so fast this time around.
On May 23rd our family was hit with the hardest and most devastating news of the loss of my brother Barton. There is not words to describe the pain you feel when you lose a family member. It was beyond hard for all of us. Although we all have strong testimonies-it seemed there was nothing to hold on to. We were all in such a dark place.
Two days later the Lord reminded me he never leaves when we are in our darkest hour. Phil convinced me to take a pregnancy test that night of the 26th and it came back positive.
Despite what we were going through there was a little piece of something to shed a little light into our lives, a little reminder of happiness. The pain was still there but comforting that pain of death was the joy for life. The blessing that we can bring children into this world and they can live and learn on this earth. Losing my brother was so hard and still is everyday but the Lord states, "ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions" Mosiah 24:14
And it just so happens Barton's birthday is also in the month of January. I thought his birthday (the 27) was going to be my due date but the doc said 13-which could still change. Still a cool little detail if you ask me :)
So once again, this baby is special to me already. I look forward to what the future has for us.
And for the record-I can honestly say this time I don't care if its a girl or boy. We all know I wanted a girl last time. So we will just have to wait and see NEXT MONTH what this little bebe's gender is.

Just so everyone knows...

2011-07-03T18:06:00.000-07:00

Carazy Weekend.

2011-06-22T13:11:00.000-07:00

I am happy to say I am still functioning after the weekend I had. My baby turned One. I planned her party for saturday on her birthday. Sunday was fathers day. And Monday, Our 3 year anniversary. I did it though-I made it through. Craziest weekend of my entire life-but hey it was fun!
First up-Kinzi's B-day Bash!

We had a water party and her cousins and some of her friends stopped by for fun! I really had this party planned before Kinz was born-I love Birthdays! Especially 1st Birthdays! I did a pink and blue theme and it turned out just as planned. The only thing I had to spend money on was the food! I did truffles and cupcakes. I aso bought ice cream but of course I forgot about it. The cupcakes were layered pink and blue-and were SO cute. Wish I would have taken a picture of them once you bit into them-oh well I was too busy. Want to know how to make? Ask me sometime...

The only picture I got of Kinzi with anyone besides the kids. I really wanted to get pics with her grandparents and maybe with us, but once again. I failed.

Cute girls. Only a day apart.

All the babies. Brant, Kinzi, Katy.

She was really excited for her cake!

She was so fun opening presents. She loved the attention. She gave everything a kiss.

Troublemakers. Kinzi and Lucy.

Thanks for all the friends and family who came and showed love to our Kinzi girl.

Next up, Fathers Day. Did I get any pictures? Of course not. But we had a good one. Made breakfast for Phil and Kinzi got him some fun things. Then my Dad came over for Dinner and my sister and I made him and Phil Ribs and Potatoes. Were were going to make dessert but everyone was too full. But I did make my dad homemade orange sticks for fathers day. He loves those. I really didnt think they were going to turn out good but they tasted just like the ones you buy at Walmart. Just call me Betty Crocker. I know were grateful for our dads and how much they do for us.

And last up, our Anniversary. This was nice because I knew I didnt have to cook or prepare anything. All I had to do was try and look good for our Date! We went to Claim Jumper for dinner and went and saw a movie at the Dollar Theater after. You might be thinking, thats it? Just dinner and a movie? Let me just say last time we went to a movie together was before I was pregnant. Yeah believe it. They are just so expensive and we like Redbox better anyways. After the movie it was only 9:00 and we were not ready to go home especially since my sister had Kinzi and we were not worried about her. So we went goofy golfing! I usually don't like goofy golfing but it was my idea and we had a lot of fun! Glad we went. It was a perfect night. I love being married to Phil. These 3 years have been the best yet. I love having someone know me so well. I love you Philip James Weech.

One Year Old!

2011-06-18T13:11:00.000-07:00

This little lady turned ONE today! She is the joy in our lives and makes us so happy. She loves anyone and everything and will also give kisses to anyone or anything. She can make anyone smile.

These are just a preview of her 1 year old pictures we took. I know. She is cute.

Kinzi is 1 going on...9 months. 2 people at the store thought she was 9 months old. She looks nine months, and acts it. No she isnt walking, or standing alone yet. But do I love her any less? NO! I am just going to brag about it because I get to have a baby longer. One day she will so I am not worried.

Kinz LOVES to dance. Anytime she hears music she goes at it. Even if I am just flipping through channels and pass by the weather channel with music playing, she still heard the music and started dancing.

She loves to share her toys or food or anything she has in her hand.

She says Mama, Dada, Hi and sometimes she says ONE. When she is in the mood.

She is off the bottle and on milk completly. Thank Goodness.

Still sucks her fingers when she goes to sleep, and its still cute.

Can go up and down the stairs.

Pretty good eater. Depends on the day. One second she likes something and the next she hates it.

Still sleeps SO good.

She has an arm. I think we have a future softball player in our midst. The girl can chuck things.

Loves to make messes.

Understands what NO means.

And we love her so much. I honestly feel like people think she is literally the cutest baby in the world everytime I go out. People just go on about her. As I am sure happens with every single baby because babies are cute. But Ill take it. And it makes me feel good.

Not sure on her weight-her appt is on tues. Im guessing she is around 17-18 lbs. She has always been around the 10th percentile so we will see.

I am so glad we have her in our family. And WE DID IT. She survived a whole year with us as parents!!

WE LOVE YOU KINZI MAY WEECH!

To My Brother.

2011-06-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

Barton you will be missed by so many. I can't believe how many people have shared such special memories they have of you. You really are a special person. I know our family was so blessed to have you in our lives. We are the lucky ones. You ARE such a great brother to me and I cherish all the fun memories we had together. Thanks for being such a good uncle to Kinzi. I absolutely loved watching you play and talk to her. I can't wait till the day I get to see you again. I am going to try a little harder. Be a little better. Follow your example you set for me.

With everything you had to deal with and go through and still you served a full time mission. You even received your associates with honors and I respect you so much. None of us will ever comprehend what a challenge that was for you.

I love you.

Until We Meet Again.

Thanks everyone for the help with the funeral and memorial service. Thanks for all the sweet words shown for my brother. Thanks for helping spread the word that he was missing. Thanks for taking and watching our kids. Thanks for the love and support. Your love and prayers have helped our family so much throughout all of these hard times.

Although things have been so difficult, we are so blessed to have a knowledge of the gospel. To know the Lord has a plan and we can be an eternal family and be with Barton again. We have felt so close to our Savior and felt his love and know that Barton is finally happy and is taken care of.

(just a little p.s. when Barton left on his mission the rodeo-chedeski fire started. Now that he has left this earth the wallow fire has started. I think the White Mountains don't like him leaving.)

Curious Much?

2011-05-15T15:09:00.000-07:00

Uh Oh. You got caught.

But what a fun toy to find as a baby. You pull and it just keeps coming out. I guess I can't blame you for getting into it Kinz.

Mothers.

2011-05-04T22:35:00.000-07:00

What a Wonderful Holiday Mothers Day is. I love this time of year to celebrate mothers and all they do for their families. I personally wanted to give a little shout out to some of the best mothers I know.

First: All my beautiful sisters

Summer-I have always looked up to you and seen you as my 2nd mom. Considering you are the oldest and all. You always took great care of me, and still do. I know I can depend on you for ANYTHING. I am so glad I live by you too. I love your kids, and each of their testimonies and sweet spirits. You really know what your doing when it comes to being a mom.

Raine-Or Ronkie, whatev. You are such an amazing person who sees the positive in anyone. You love people so easily and always make me feel like I am important. You always have. Remember when I told those judges you were my favorite "Professional Dancer" haha. I'm so glad you and I can share that passion together. You are such a fun mom I really admire the way you teach them about the gospel.

Lacey-Lets just say I try to be exactly like you in so many ways. When I don't think I know what I am doing as a Mom-I instantly think "What would lacey do?" I am grateful everyday I have you in my life. I feel like I always need your approval on anything I do. Sometimes even over Phil haha. Keep being a great mom because like I said I try to copy you.

Samantha-I am so grateful Nathan Married you and we get to have you apart of our family. I love hanging out with you and your girls-and I also try to copy a lot of your parenting style. I want Kinz to be as sweet as your girls.

Sara-What a great example you are to me. Every time I am around your children I am amazed at how smart your children are and what great kids they are. You are such a great mom and love your kids sooo much.

Emily-You are thee Nicest Person I know. I love your always positive attitude. You always put your family first and help me realize whats most important.

Next: My Mother-in-law

First off I find it so funny I look more like you than your own girls and way more than I look like my mom. Phil always tells me how much I remind him of you and its one of the best compliments he gives me. I try so hard to be like you. You are always so positive about life and that's one thing all your children have in common with you.

You love your children and grandchildren more than anything in the world. You also welcomed me into the family with open arms and made me feel so comfortable. (Even though sometimes I am still so shy-haha I am weird)

Your willingness to do anything for anyone is such a wonderful trait about you.

I have said it before, but Ill say it again. I'm so grateful for how you raised Phil. He is a good one and I sure love him.

I am also so grateful for you and all you do for our family. I'm glad I'm also the favorite Daughter-in-Law (for now at least) haha ;)

Lastly: This lovely Lady I call my mom.

She is a beauty.

Here are some fun memories for ya.

Our girls trip 2008. This was a picture of "ugly faces." Oh mom, you crack me up.

Our sexy faces? My mom kills me in this pic.

Another ugly shot.

Baha.

Always there to support me in anything and everything I did.

There to rub my back and help with bebe Kinzi delivery.

The moms and I dancing it up at the reception. So. Dang. Funny.

I don't even know where to begin with my mother. I love her so much. She was always the fun mom. In high school I was NEVER embarrassed of her. My friends loved her-so did I. I wanted to show her off. I really told her everything. Boys I dated, kissed, she knew it all. She even knew when me and my friends were going out to T.P. someones house. She came to all the dance performances, competitions, pageants, choir concerts in high school AND college. She supported me in any dream I had. She really thought I could be the next Miss America, so much that I believed it too. As I have become a mother I have learned what a great deal of sacrifice goes into motherhood. Although that's what my mom always wanted. To be a mom. She had 6 of us kids and she wasn't done. She would have had 6 more if my dad would have agreed. And ya know what? I got that from her. All I ever wanted was to be a mom. And now that I am, I want more and more and more children. Thank you mom for all the dinners you made and laundry you did. Thanks for your example and sacrifices you made in my behalf. Like the time I rear-ended someone and I was going to have to pay for it myself but you snuck me $200 dollars cash without Dad knowing. Dad-I hope you don't read this.

Mama, I love you so very much. I'm sure I will think of a billion things to write down after this so maybe Ill come back and edit. Thanks again for everything you did and STILL do for me.

It's her smile.

2011-04-18T17:57:00.000-07:00

Happy 10 months to our cutie. You make life so much fun little girl. All your smiles and giggles make us so happy. We love seeing you grow and become such a funny and happy girl. Thanks for coming to us-we are so lucky to have you.

Faith And Prayers

2011-04-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

My Family could really use some help. If anyone in Az (or anywhere close) could post it on facebook or your blog and get the word out that would be great. Faith and Prayers are greatly appreciated.

Help us find our brother/uncle/son/friend.

Thank You.

How the?

2011-03-07T14:25:00.000-08:00

So Kinzi has found her flowers and bows on her head and this is what she likes to do now...

Funny? Yes. She does it all the time. Especially when I am not looking. Like when were in the car.

Well today when I got her out when we got home, look what she did!

She destroyed that flower!! How does that even happen? Kinz what am I going to do with you?

Then she realized what she had done.

Grandpa Sure Would

2011-03-06T21:59:00.000-08:00

Isn't he just one of those "cute" old men?

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend my Grandpa Sherwood's Funeral. It was a great Service.

That man was truly inspiring.

It was fun to hear all the memories of him from his children.

My dad spoke and did a great job.

Want to know some fun things about Grandpa Sherwood? Well of course you do!

Honestly, funniest person ever. His jokes and sense of humor was classic.

He was 1 of 14 kids in his family. I know. BIG Sherwood reunions people.

He boxed, but also had polio. So one arm was not as strong as the other. Did that stop him? Nope. He was a tough guy. And as we heard at the funeral, one of his top phrases was "It only takes one of these buddy boy." If you knew him, you get it.

He probably wore a jump suit for most of his life time.

He has GIGANTIC hands. Sherwood hands. My dad got them, and so did I. Um thanks?

He also has the Sherwood uh, ummm, Uni brow. Yep. Had that one too. Until I was old enough to notice. My dad is sure proud of his own uni brow. In fact all the Sherwood men are proud if they have it. My dad always asks if the place between my eyebrows gets cold. And I always tell him I'm going to wax his off in the middle of the night.

My dad looks just like him.

Grandpa and Husband share a birthday. How cool is that.

In fact, the first time Phil met my family back in High School, Gramps was there. I think one of the reasons why Phil married me was because my Grandpa was so funny. It was at a party when Phil came and seriously Grandpa was making everyone laugh the whole time. I can't really remember what he was doing, but you had to be there to get it.

He has moves. I need to thank him for a lot of the rhythm I was blessed with. Well all of my brothers and sisters at least. Thanks Grandpa.

I remember him asking me every time he saw me if I was reading my scriptures and praying. He always taught me that if I ever needed the Lords help, whether it be on a test or trials, to pray. He would always be there. And that really stuck with me.
I could go on and on about this man. I know I have missed so many important things about him. Any other cousins remember other funny things?

It was a good weekend to honor him. To see cousins, aunts, uncles that I have not seen in such a long time. Everyone is so grown up now, its weird.

But I couldn't help but be grateful all weekend. Grateful that I Know what I Know. Grateful for the plan of Salvation. Grateful for Eternal Families. Grateful for the Temple and Temple work.

Our Father in Heaven has blessed us so much to allow us to be with our loved ones forever if we make that choice. That's one thing that has been such a blessing to know since I have been Married and also become a Mom. No matter what happens, I'll have my family. Forever.

I know Grandpa is doing the work on the other side. I learned how great of a missionary he was and I know that death did not end that for him. Death is not the end. Eternity lasts well, forever.

Girl you're amazing...

2011-02-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

Oh my little Kinz turned the big 8 months last Friday. She is getting so big and so fun.

No she is not crawling yet. She is not considered a "late crawler" yet either. So don't judge.

Infact, I prefer it this way. The girl will sit all day and play with her toys and I don't have to worry about her getting into everything or falling down the stairs and what not. So for now, Ill take it. She is just gonna be a baby longer. I don't mind really. Friday we went out and took some "I'm 8 months old and so cute" pictures. Yeah she was not that into it like me.

She loves to sing songs and read books.

She does fit into 6-9 month clothes barley. Some are still quite big.

Weighs about 16 lbs which is the 12 percentile.

Sometimes we can carry on a conversation. It consist of me making a squeaking sound and she follows. Repeat.

She thinks "Puffs" are the greatest things she has ever eaten.

Still sucks her fingers to get herself to sleep. Still cute too.

She is an independent sleeper. She prefers to just be put in her crib and fall asleep on her own. Maybe so she can play without me knowing...

She loves Fruits.

Surprisingly a very Neat eater. She doesn'tmake a mess unless its something really messy like a graham cracker.

She likes the shower.

She Loves other babies. Or herself in the mirror.

Finally getting more hair.

Has 2 really cute teeth.

She sometimes will lift her arms up for someone to pick her up. It melts my heart.

And we still fight over her.

And what did she get for her 8 month present. Oh just a double ear infection.

She has had a cold and cough for a while and the cough wasnt going away. She was still happy, but just not her usual happy self. I decided to take her in and found out it was an infection. The doctor even said he didnt think anything was wrong because how good she was being. What a tough cookie.

Happy 8 months Kinzi. We love you.

Now stop getting so old.

Love.

2011-02-13T20:38:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has a great Valentines Day Tomorrow!

We Love love.

Remember in Elementary School when we thought it was called ValentiMes? Or was that just me?

Anyways, Here are some fun Facts about The Day of looooove.

Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent across. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
Teachers receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children between ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and fagmily members.
Of the 73% of people who buy Valentine's Day flowers are men, while only 27 percent are women.
A single perfect red rose framed with baby's breath is named by some florists as a "signature rose," and is the preferred choice for most for giving on Valentine's Day, anniversaries and birthdays.
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The color red stands for strong romantic feelings making the red rose the flower of love.

I am not a "rose" person myself. I prefer Lillies. Or any other flower actually. And the Husband already got an A+ in that dept.
Whats your favorite flower? Or are you not a flower person? Chocolate? Candy? Jewelry??

Happy Valentines day!!

Date Night

2011-01-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago we had a date night with some of our favorite friends the Hammonds. And since they have the cutest boy around, yes, Kinz had a date night too.

(I don't know why but this one uploaded out of order dang it!)
This is after we were done being horrible moms and taking WAY to many pictures and posing our children.

Kinz couldn't get enough of Brant.

She was even showing him all her new "tricks."

(She just started doing this lately, haha)

Lean on me.

How cute are they, Honestly?

She loves him I know it. Even if he is a little younger.

I mean seriously look at that kid.

Thanks Hammond Friends. I'm so glad you guys have a baby so we still have someone to hang out with!

And Here are more (of course) pictures of Kinzi. I appreciate all the overload of Kinzi pictures at least. She is getting so big!

I think she is so dang pretty!

(and Stylin)

We are Fam-i-ly.

2011-01-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

We did it. We got some family Pictures. This is all I wanted for Christmas. And I wanted it done by the one and only KateLines. (Go Ahead click on her name) Ever since I had caught on to the whole "Blogging" thing 2 1/2 years ago, I found her blog and wanted some family pictures done by her. Seriously. I felt kind of like I was meeting a celebrity. And what do ya know were both from the best place in the world, The White Mountains. Small world. I sort of wish I could get married all over again (to the same guy) just so she can be my wedding photographer. Well needless to say, I was so excited. Here are a couple for your viewing pleasure, and of course my page is already decorated with some too.

Enjoy.

All the credit of these pictures being cute and perfect go to the photographer. And my Hubs and baybay.

Last few weeks in pictures.

2011-01-08T17:59:00.000-08:00

So this is whats happened since I last posted.
We Packed for our trip to Pima for Christmas and lost Kinzi in all the laundry

Kinzi met Santa for the first time. Yes she cried. And did'nt stop till we got her home. Although the fact that she was tired and hungry didnt help.
She met Santa another time. And did not cry at all this time around. She was just curios. This Santa was better :)

We all met Santa.

Played with cousins.

Opened Presents of course.

All the Weech Grandkids got to be together for the first time!

Matchy Matchy Family.

Had some play time with Great Grandpa and Grandma.

Also got to play with more cousins she doesnt see often in Pinetop.

Dallan boy even shared his truck with her. He must have really liked her.

Someone who I love the most had his 24th birthday!!!! Kinz and I got to meet him for lunch and then went for wings to Native New Yorker with some friends.

I also made Cheesecake for the first time. Reeses Cheesecake. Not bad, not bad at all.

What the Birthday boy came home to. ( we like sugar at our house if you can't tell by now)

And here is a cute Picture to tie you over till next time.

I could'nt come up with a good title.

2010-12-21T10:16:00.000-08:00

Half a year. Really? This is depressing. I thought Kinzi and I made a deal that she was never to grow up. She is not following through very well. Seriously for anyone who thinks time is going by too slow, have a baby. You will be begging for everything to just slow down, or stop.
Little Kinz had her 6 month check up yesterday. Which meant shots. These ones were the worst yet. She cried this very sad different cry and almost had me in tears. But it did'nt last too long. We both hate shot days. But other than shots its fun to see Dr. Guthrie and hear how big she has gotten.
Our little girl is now 13 lbs 8 oz (about 8th %)
and she is 25 inches long. (about 20th %)
She is mini and petite and PERFECT.
She still wears a lot of 0-3 month clothes. And I look forward to the day when she can fit into her "up to 6 months" skinny jeans. One day.
She loves her feet to be tickled. Or legs or anything for that matter.
She can also sit up now! She has been able to for a couple of weeks. Although she sometimes dives forward.
I have not found a food she doesnt like yet. The girl likes to eat. She is a better eater than me. She actually eats her vegetables.

She still loves her sleep. She got the talent of "sleeping anywhere" from me. At night its so dang cute when we put her in bed, she will give us a big smile when we lay her down. We wrap her up then leave and she is out.

If you can't already tell from the top 3 pictures, we were at the mall Christmas shopping. Um, can you tell we are first time parents? Taking a picture with every ride we see. I have about 10 more.

And doesnt she look so pretty in her Christmas dress?

And last but not least, Here is our Christmas Card. I wish we could of sent some out, but there is always next year. I hope everybodys Christmas is great. I know we are looking forward to it. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Three D's

2010-12-13T09:26:00.000-08:00

Philip's new intership for spring semester invited us to a Christmas party to have Drinks, Dinner, and DANCE! We participated in all. Virgin drinks never hurt anyone.

I was pretty excited to get all dressed up for our night out on the town. But naturally did'nt want to wear any of my clothes (not cute enough duh). I asked my sister if she wanted to dress me, because she knows whats hott, and she was all for it. So once again (this happened at my birthday when we went to Mary Poppins) all the clothing and accesories I wore were hers. So all the credit goes to her for the stylish look.
My mom came over for the night to watch little Kinz. They had a great time by the way.
Before we left my mama snapped some "prom" pictures for us.
It does not get better than this.

Ready for some dancin...

I know. Look at these shoes. Look at them! I want to never ever give them back.

We are really really good looking.

That night was SO MUCH FUN. We were given drink card to get 4 alcholic drinks but since we don't do the whole drinking thing, we made some friends fast and gave away our cards. But still got free drinks of whatever else we wanted. Dinner was sooo delish. Since the partay was at this fancy country club we were fed well. PLUS dessert. Heaven. While eating dinner they do a drawing for prizes every year. And what do ya know, Philip got drawn and won $100! Um, YES!
When Phils name was read the guy said, "This guy isnt even working for us yet and is already making money!" haha. The people at our table mentioned that they had been for the past 4 years and still havnt been drawn yet-haha oops! But no worries we gave them our free drink cards and that made up for it.

Then, the dance started. Remember, this is Phils NEW internship. Meaning we did'nt know anybody. Don't worry, that did not stop me from going out and dancing the whole night on the dance floor while Phil watched. I made lots of new friends and Im sure everyone at his office thinks I am crazy. But it was so much fun! I might have been shy the whole night but when it comes to music and dancing I guess I can't help myself. Probably a good thing I don't drink, I would be way to crazy. I'm sure everyone thought I was drunk anyways.

Well Moss Adams you made a great impression on me. I am glad Phil is going to be working for you. He won't let you down. And maybe this job will turn into a long-term thing. If not, I might invite myself to your Christmas parties every year. Good dinner, great dance, and we got $100 bucks for coming haha.

New.

2010-11-22T21:02:00.001-08:00

Lots of NEW things going on around here...

Kinz has found a New thing to suck on besides her fingers. She does this a lot now and its hilarious every. Single. Time. She also has been trying lots of New foods. And enjoying them all.

I have gotten a new hairstyle. BANGS, again. I grew them out while pregnant but then got bored. I cant really do my hair well and I did not want to chop my hair so Bangs it was.
So, you like?

Shout out to KELSEY for cutting them randomly at your house one night even though Phil did NOT want me to ask.

(Like how Kinz is in the pic with me? She seems to make every picture cuter so I couldnt leave her out)

The weather changing is def (I abbriviate because I can't remember how to spell the whole word) New to Mesa. We have been going to some BR football playoff games down here and its been a bit cold. I love it.

Trying on New clothes. Lovely right? How is it that she can look cute in things that don't even match? Phil dressed her and thought it would be funny. It was.

And New chunky thunder thighs. Baby food is doin this girl GOOD! She needed more meat on those bones.

These are not uh, New. But after Phil dressed her he said, "photo shoot!" And held her in a bunch of cute poses with him. I love him. And Kinzi adores him. We are such lucky girls.

HUGS! I LOVE DADDY!

Look a Likes?

*Another New thing. Phil has a internship lined up for next semester and also one for the summer. He is such a hard worker. He goes to school and work and allows me to stay home with our little girl. He never complains. He loves what he is doing and doesnt give me a hard time when he tries to explain things he does at work and I dont understand. Thanks for all you do babe, your girls are so proud of you.

Oh and thanks for the idea of eating pazookies for dessert tonight. Little did you know I had one today after lunch too...hehe. Nobody tell him.

Dog Lover

2010-11-15T08:46:00.000-08:00

Apparently Kinzi is a dog lover. Must have got it from her mama :)
(don't mind the frumpy clothes and frizzy hair, I had taken a nap earlier)

Oh Kinzi, we would be so bored without you.

Questions for YOU. Yes, YOU.

2010-11-09T20:24:00.000-08:00

Think she is cute? Me too. So do ya wanna go vote for her at This Website? Thanks! Is it totally lame that I am putting this on my blog as a plea? Probably. But will you do it anyways? So all you readers out there who occasionaly do a skim of this blog (even if I do not know you) go ahead, vote. Only if you agree she is cute though...:) You have till Friday!

And why you are there, look around the website. They have the cutest things there. Even if you don't have a little girl. Adults can wear all the cute headband, flowers, etc.

(oh and this is not the picture used on the website but she is the only Kinzi)

foooood.

2010-10-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Before it all went down. (Phil thought we should add dry ice smokey effects for Halloween) She did'nt quite catch on to the whole "not sucking" it off but still liked it. Although I'm not sure how much actually got in her...?

She was very into it and enjoyed every spoonful.

She was actually a whole lot messier than the camera gives credit for. Her diaper was covered in the food along with her hands, legs and toes. How? Either she was messy or I have really bad aim.

Then got a nice bath to clean her all up!

She is showing off her battle wound (bruise) from the shots she got earlier that day.

Oct 18.

2010-10-18T14:40:00.000-07:00

Today, October 18 is a special day for me. My baby is officially 4 months old.
*Just a little update on her for family.
-She has officially rolled over twice now. The last time was kind of in her sleep. Phil and I got so excited we clapped and cheered for her and yes, it scared her and she started crying.
-She is grabbing her toys a ton now! When they make loud or scary sounds she actually yells at them, quite hilarious.
-She has such a girly giggle and scream. I love it.
-She goes to sleep between 8 and 9 and sleeps till about 8 thirty or 9. She usually entertains herself in her crib by sucking on her hands until I come get her.
-She hates paci's. Boo. She starts crying if I put one in her mouth.
-She loves her hands and thinks they are way better than a paci.
-Eats every 4 hours. Not sure how much since I am nursing, but I am pretty sure its about 5 or 6 oz each feeding.
-She gets baby food soon! I know she is excited because she already watches us when we eat our food.
-Bathtime is her favorite thing in the world. (Besides mommy and daddy, and maybe her hands)
-Spits up, a lot
-She is very ticklish
-She like to play do as I'm doing
-And is still the cutest and cuddliest thing.

But not only that, its also the day (last year) I found out I was pregnant. One of the best days of my life.

I was just recovering from my shingles episode, remember that? Ugh. Anyway, I was bored at home probably wishing I was pregnant. I still had no idea what triggered the shingles but I decided to google, "are pregnant women more susceptible to getting shingles?" As I read up on it I found out they are. Well then I had the thought to go take a pregnancy test, again. I really didn't want to because I had been let down before and didnt want to see a negative answer. But What the heck I thought. Well I took the test and it said very clearly, pregnant. Of course I didnt' believe it so naturally when and bought two more at walmart. Drank lots of water, took 2 more tests, and what do ya know I really was pregnant! I wanted to tell Phil in a fun way when he got home from work so I made a little sign that said, "I think I am pregnant" and had the little stick sittin on it and it sat on our table. That paper had an arrow on it that pointed to the stove. On the stove was another paper that said, "What do you think?" and had the other two tests on them. All I remember about his reaction is he was really excited. At one point he even said, "I need to sit down." Haha :) And I remember getting absolutely no sleep that night. Planning on how I would tell our families, the nursery, and most of all just thinking about my baby. It was acutally happening and I couldnt wait to be a mom.
Growing up thats always what I wanted. A family. A handsome Husband and children to take care of and love. I did a couple of pageants in high school and in interviews they would always ask about what my future plans were. I am pretty sure I always threw a curveball at the judges with my answer of being a mom. Yeah of course I wanted to do other things like dance and sing on stage forever, but really I would'nt of gotten very far with that. I count my blessings every day that I have my little family. What did I do that I am able to be this blessed? I am so happy right now. I want time to stop because I honestly see my life as that dream I always wanted. Sure there are a lot of things we wish we had. I mean, Phil is still a student and working and so busy, but I can't explain how happy I really am. Thanks to the teachings of the gospel and a testimony of the Savior I have discovered what real happiness is. Which is such a hard thing to find in the world today.
*Yep, still almost every post is about Kinz. But it's MY blog so...
We still think she is cute and all we usually want to talk about. Well me at least.

Shleepy

2010-10-16T16:43:00.000-07:00

I love when babies fall asleep in funny places or positions. She was really tired this morning. I love even more when they drool all over someone. And that someone happens to be wearing a grey shirt.

Haha, Oh moments like these make my day.

A little note

2010-10-10T21:54:00.000-07:00

Bebe

2010-09-29T21:20:00.000-07:00

So, does anyone see a pattern here?You hear people talk about comfort food. Well, Kinzi has a comfort hand that puts her to sleep every time she does tummy time.

Oh! And, if you come up and start talking cute to my daughter and being friendly to her and you get this face...

Don't be offended. She tends to be REALLY shy and has sweet and sensitive feelings. But give her a minute or two and she might realize you are fun and then will love you.

Sept 25

2010-09-17T17:12:00.000-07:00

Do you know what your doing next saturday the 25? No plans? Great! There is going to be an AWESOME boutique with so many cool vendors. I went to this last year and it was so Fun. And get this, EVERYTHING there is 25 dollars or less! Really, I know. I might even be selling stuff there, but you will have to come and see to find out.
Come! Great deals and tons of cute stuff. Visit THIS blog for more info about vendors and PRIZES!!!

Home Sick

2010-09-10T10:39:00.000-07:00

No I am not home sick. BUT, my home is sick. All 3 of us are sickies.
Last Saturday Kinzi got diarrhea and tuesday afternoon I started to get the flu, the stomach flu. And last night Phil got it too. We like to do things together. Kinzi didnt get the flu part, just diarrhea thank goodness. She is still pretty happy and sleeps the same. I have been sick for over three days now and I am SOOO over being sick. All week I havnt even gotten dressed or brushed my hair and honestly I have Hardly even brushed my own teeth. I know, thats gross. I showered yes because we all know how great hot showers and baths are when sick, but then went strait to bed with wet hair. Going to bed with wet hair means fantastic hair for me all week. Kinzi has hardly been in anything but a diaper all week also. Because 1. She would probably just poop on her clothes and 2. I dont have the energy to dress her. I havnt eaten much of anything but have tried to stay hydrated so I can keep Kinzi hydrated. I also need to get better so I can take care of Phil now that he is getting it because he has taken great care of Kinz and I even though he has tons of homework when he gets home. Oh boy. Hopefully things turn around soon here at the Weech house.

Sum Sum Summatime

2010-09-02T18:41:00.000-07:00

Onto September...
I love when the new month starts because I get to change my calender. I seriously look forward to that each month. It's like the new calender page brings new events and things to look forward to. We had a great Summer and now are HOPING for somewhat cooler weather. Phil has started school and it has been quite the adjustment for us. I miss having him come home and Kinz and I get to have him for the rest of the night. Because now he comes home and is swamped with homework. But, I know he needs to be doing what he is doing so we try not to bug him to much. He does always make sure to give us both some love when he gets home or takes a break from his homework and we both love it. Im glad he is staying busy with work AND school, because it helps the time go by faster for him. I know us girls at home are sure grateful for all his hard work. I think about how lucky I am each day to be able to stay home with Kinzi and do all sorts of fun things with her such as...
Play Peek-A-Boo on her playmat.

Watch Movies

See her discover new things. (Her Hands) She loves to suck them. Which is great because, she LOVES her paci but can't keep it in her mouth without me holding it. So its pretty much useless.

And of course, dress her. Its my favorite part of the day. I love going to her closet and picking out her cute outfit for the day. Although sometimes, we both stay in our jammies all day.

I have also tried to find more things for me to do during the day so I don't get to bored. I found a new hobby of making these suckers...

But I guess I need to be a bit more careful when it comes to hot glue or this can happen. Yeah, I know. It's disgusting and yes, it hurt SOO bad. I cried.
So be aware of hot glue.

And lastly, before things got to busy we took a lake trip with my sister and her husband and 2 kids along with some of their friends. Way fun! I wakeboarded and Wake Surfed and we all swam and hung out.
This is my sisters daughter Nelly. The girls are 5 months apart. And I know, Nelly looks more like my daughter than Kinzi. Kinzi girl just looks so much like her daddy.

These last two pics are of when Kinz and I went swimming with my mom at her pool. She is a lil swimmer dog. She fell asleep swimming both times. Love this little girl.

Kinz also had her two month check up yesterday and got her shots. She actually did really good. She stopped crying as soon as the nurse left the room, and fell right asleep.
Her stats are,
Weight 11 lbs 1 ounce (40th %)
Length 23 inch (40th %)
She is nice and healthy.

See, I can craft.

2010-08-15T21:27:00.000-07:00

I realized I never posted pictures of Kinzi's Room. Welp, here it is. My sister helped me do a lot of it and we just had a lot of fun putting it together. The only brand new thing in her room is her crib and changing table. Everything else was given to us, thrifted or handmade. Whew! Lots of work but its exactly how I imagined it.

*And yes, I realize my last 5 or so post have been about Kinzi, Kinzi and Kinzi. But, thats all that happens here at the Weech home. Our lives evolve around her-and we love it.

Blessed.

2010-08-10T12:40:00.000-07:00

Kinzi girl was blessed by her daddy on August first here in our ward in Mesa. We had a lot of family show up for the blessing and missed the ones who live far away and couldnt make it--some even blessing there own little girl the same day :) Kinzi was great for the actual blessing and I was relieved. I didnt want to have her awake and crying, and as soon as we got to church she was out.

I had bought her dress but it was size 18 months and I still needed to add sleeves to it. My sisters mother in-law fixed all up for this little girl and it turned out perfect. She looked so cute.

I still cant believe we have her here. I love this little girl. And she loves her mama and daddy let me tell ya. She is smiling a lot now. And as much fun as it is to see her growing and doing new things its also depressing. I always tell Phil she is not going to grow anymore and be my baby forever...I can only hope.

Poor Baby

2010-07-26T14:59:00.000-07:00

This is what I woke up to this morning. Isnt her little eye so sad?

This poor little girl has clogged tear ducts and one eye got infected :( so sad. But I took her to the doctor and they gave me a perscription to get some eye drops and its already looking better. Although with her cute little pouty face you might not think that haha.

Its nice to go to the doctor because she automatically gets a check up. And um, wow she likes to eat. She is now 5 weeks and 3 days and weighs 9 pound 6 oz. She is still little-but compared to her birth weight 6 lbs 11 oz-she is HUGE! haha-she is gettin chubby and its so cute!

I LOVE how she sucks her bottom lip in when she sleeps-its the cutest thing ever.

Happy Pioneer Day!

She really is a good baby. Only wakes up once and sometimes she goes 7 hours strait. So I feel very blessed. Phil starts school soon-and the intership with ING decided to keep him on for the school year so we are excited about that. What a blessing. Were all healthy happy and doing great.

Oh just more pictures.

2010-07-12T15:23:00.000-07:00

My sister came over and we had a lot of fun doing this photo shoot. Kinzi on the other hand, well she was good for some. And then got a little fed up and wanted to be sleeping haha. But enjoy some new pics of our little cutie...

Daddy requested taking one with his baseball glove.

"The Story"

2010-06-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

Phil has encouraged me to do this and it will probably be the only place I write it down-and since she is taking a nap I guess I should take advantage. Although she sometimes seems to think night time is party time so maybe I should wait till then since I am up anyways right?
I almost think Phil should write it-he knows more about the labor story than me...but here we go anyways.

Thursday the 17 of June when I was 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant I had my weekly Dr. Appt. at 1:15 (3 weeks prior I found out I was at a 1 and 75% effaced). Well when the doc came in my room he couldnt believe I was still pregnant-he thought I would of had the baby by now. Yeah and so did I, well I was hoping at least. He thought he stripped my membranes the week before but I reminded him that I asked him to and he said no because I tested positive for Strep B. HE asked how I felt about having the baby soon and I told him I could have her that day and be happy. He then decided to strip them this appointment and, OUCH. He said he wanted to make sure that baby came tonight. He was just helping me along. Great Doctor :)
So I left and he said, "see you tonight!" And I was sure hoping to make it in the hospital that night. I wanted to go walk around somewhere with ac so I went and walked around the mall. I wasnt feeling anything-and at this point still didnt know what a contraction actually felt like. The one thing I did feel was a lot of back pain. Well I was updating Phil on everything-who was updating everyone at work. They told him that there wasnt anything else left to do and to go home, so he got to come home and hour early.
I had tried a teeny bit of castro oil the week before and obviously it wasnt enough, and I swore I was never going to taste that nasty stuff again. Well I did.
This time I mixed it in a milkshake. Phil bought the shake on his way home from work and I bought the oil on my way home from the mall. This time we dumped almost the whole bottle in the shake (we were really ready for her). I think it was about 4 ish when I drank it. Then we walked around the neighborhood and he wouldnt let me sit down haha. Well about 7 30 ish I started to feel some cramping feelings and they got a little bit stronger so I silently timed them and they were about 5 mins apart. I didnt want to tell phil yet cuz they were not painful and I didnt want to go to the hospital and be sent home. Well about 8 I decided to tell him and let him time them. They were now about 2-3 min apart and my lower back was hurting more. He kept telling me to call my doctor (my doctor has you call him first and lets the hospital know your coming). I really didnt want to call because I seriously was not in a ton of pain, but since the contractions were so close I decided to call. He gave us the go to head down to the hospital so we did. The whole ride there I just kept thinking they were going to send us home. I felt embarrased going in so soon.
Once we got there at about 9 ish, they took me in the room and checked me...uh little did I know I was already at an 8. Yeah no joke. Trust me I was shocked, and so was the nurse-she could not believe I was still talking and joking about it. So they got me hooked up to the IV and sent me to the room I would deliver in. So crazy. Once in my room they started me on antibiotics for the Strep B. Now if I didnt have strep B this whole process could of been a lot easier and shorter. The antibiotic takes 4 hours to go through the body and they wanted me to get 2 doses of it. Since they wanted a longer labor, the doc wouldnt break my water because that would speed things up. So there I sat. No meds (yet) and hanging out waiting to get to a 10. My contractions did start to get more uncomfortable and painful and I was not excited that I would have to be feeling them for at least another 4 hours. seriously?! My nurse was awesome though. She let my doc know that I didnt have an epidural yet and the contractions were starting to pick up-so my wonderful doctor came and broke my water for me. He left saying, "Ok your contractions are going to pick up." And, they did. Wow. That was, fun? I definitly knew what a contraction felt like at that point haha. But I was so exausted already from being there in pain for a while and was only at a 9. It seemed that I just couldnt get to that 10. Plus at this point I couldnt relax, and that didnt help. My husband, mom, and nurse all did a great job at helping me through that pain but I was done. And I am pretty sure I said that over and over too haha. After a while my nurse said the Anesthesiologist was right outside if I wanted an epidural. I really thought I wouldnt had to of gotten one but after making me wait cuz the antibiotics I was so tired. I said yep and got one within 5 mins. Yes that man was my new BFF. I was not against getting one and am in no way embarrassed I did. I am so glad-and never plan to experience that pain again-if possible. Its the way to go haha. I honestly felt like I could see again haha weird but thats what it felt like. Im pretty sure Phil was glad at that point that I got one too-not for him to see me in lots of pain.
About 45min to and hour later I was ready to push and I *think I pushed a little over an hour-haha I dont remember. I just remember sleeping after each push. And little miss Kinzi May joined our family at 3:09 am. Amazing. When they put her on my stomach she just kept making a pouty face, it was so dang cute. So about 6 hours of labor for my first child-not too bad at all.

Oh wait there is more haha...
I should have phil write about this part cuz I honestly dont remember a lot of it. But after she came out there were some complications with the placenta. It uh wouldnt come out. Phil said the doctor was pulling with all his strength and nothing. All I remember is him pushing on my stomach really hard and a lot. Apparently it grew with some muscle tissue. Phil and my mom both said they were worried. I guess phil heard them say if they couldnt get it out they were going to have to send me to the OR. The nurses also said if I hadnt of gotten the epidural they were going to have to give me one because of all the pulling he was doing. So another blessing in disguise that I got it. He ended up getting it out, but in lots of pieces. And it took a while. But all is well and I honestly had no idea what was going on anyways I just loved having a little girl at that point.
We then got to bring her home on Sunday June 20th-Fathers Day AND our anniversary! Great fathers day gift and perfect way to celebrate 2 years together.
So thats her story. Its fun being a little family now and learning all that I am. She sometimes gets her nights and days mixed up so hopefully she figures them out soon. But the nights are hit and miss. Sometimes she will go 5 strait hours and others 2. But it all comes with being a new mommy and a learning process. Phil is the best dad ever. Along with best husband. He helps so much and makes everything easier. We just love him.
And how could I post all of this without pictures right. Thats all people look at anyways on blogs... here ya go. She is just a cutie.

Kinzi!

2010-06-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

We have a sweet little girl now and we are having lots of fun!
Labor and delivery story to come later-maybe, I need to write it down somewhere right?
She weighed 6 lbs 11 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long. Born at 3:09 am on June 18.
She sure is fun and we love her!

Sneak Peak

2010-06-07T15:01:00.000-07:00

Being done with work has been fantastic and given me lots of time to relax, sleep in, and get everything ready for Kinzi. I will post pictures when the room is officially done! Only a few things here and there that need to be done. The room sure has turned out so dang cute! Now that I am full term, I hope Kinzi knows she is more than welcome anytime she would like to come-although I have a feeling I still have a couple of weeks. I am due the 26th and my Doctor is leaving the 30th for a week so he said I need to have her before my due date so he does not have to worry about me while he is gone. At least he and I are both on the same page. Ahh, it became very real when the doc checked me at 35 1/2 weeks and I was dialated to a 1 and 75% effaced. But I know I can also walk around at a 1 for a month and nothing happen, but it still just made me realize how well, REAL this is. Carazy!

Here is the only sneak peak Ill give of her room. This might be my favorite thing in her room! I bought it at a thrift store for $8! It was a ugly gold color with some crystals missing. I painted it blue and my sister and I added some crystals-including the blue ones. I love the way it turned out.

And all her clothes and blankets are washed and put away. I think she has enough clothes...what do you think?

Lets get the party started!

2010-05-18T20:01:00.000-07:00

This past weekend my sisters and mom all got together and had a sister weekend. There were no kids, just us 6 ladies ok and Kinzi got to come. She was the only baby allowed I guess. We rented a hotel and all stayed together and, didnt sleep. BUT worth it.

We started off the weekend the way it should be and got pedicures. Fantastic. I hadnt had once since two years ago when we went wedding dress shopping for me haha.

Which ones are the cutest?

We then had dinner at IHOP which is becoming a tradition since our last trip. Then headed to our favorite store-Savers! Holla! We decided to all pick out outfits with the same color. They let me pick...can you guess the color?

I picked Hot Pink in honor of my little Kinzi girl. Since her room has absolutley no pink in it-I thought maybe it would be ok to pick pink this one time.

Then after getting all pinked out, we tried to find something to do. Walked down main st to Sweet Cakes and it was closed. Then wanted some Bahama Bucks so we made a stop there about ten min before they closed-oops, but they were very nice about it.
OH AND, they have a new flavor-Birthday Cake. Probably the best thing ever.
Then we headed out to sing some Karaoke!! We danced and sang along with everyone else who sang. We put in our names for more than 10 songs and sang, once.

Haha water for the mormon girls.

We then headed back to our hotel and were ready for bed. But oh wait we didnt go to sleep. We all brought clothes we wanted to get rid of and went through them and took eachothers clothes home! Yeah I know, greatest idea ever. So we all came home with new clothes and didnt have to spend any money on them.

So we finally went to sleep around 3 and woke up the next morning at 8. Holy Moly. We were a wee bit tired. The next day was my baby shower so we had to get up early. But it was nice because it was in the lobby of our hotel. Worked out great.
My sister-in-law Sam provided almost all of the cutest decorations for the shower. I couldnt of pictured it any better. Thanks Sam I am so glad you are apart of this family!! And to ALL my sisters for the best "tweets" ever. I really like sweets so I decided thats what should be at the shower-it was awesome.

The Shower was a Bird theme-it was so cute!

Funny story, My mom brought Phil a present that he came and picked up afterwards. It was this shirt with paci's hanging down on it. She told him it was HIS nursing shirt haha-my mom is such a dork.

Kinzi is already getting so spoiled!

My new diaper bag that my sister made. How cute is that right? I LOVE it and cant wait to use it!

This is my cousin Alisse and I. We are 3 weeks apart and both expecting baby girls! So fun!

They love eachother can ya tell?

So a GREAT weekend was had by all. Thanks for everyone who came and for the gifts it was an amazing turn out.
And thanks again to my sisters and mom for putting on a great shower! I love being best friends with all of you so we can do fun stuff like this together!
Time to plan another girls weekend...

Birthday time!

2010-05-12T13:55:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to a special girl named Lo lo! Miss Lauren turns 21 today and here is a little shout out to her! For all of you who dont know her here are some fun facts... She has thee prettiest singing voice of anyone I know. Its like that gorgeous voice you hear in the choir that you always wanna know who it is, well its her. She always has a positive attitude and outlook on life. She is outstanding at making the ugliest faces. With that being said, she is also one of the prettiest girls I know. She plays the violen very well. She is humble. She is a good wifey to her husband. She had two left contacts for a while and would run into corners a lot. (has that changed yet though?) She is the only person I want to go to dances with. Well besides my husband, but he will only dance with me on the slow songs. She was Mary Poppins at Spring Sing for EA and was the best soloist there. I know she would tell me the truth if I asked her if something was too tight on me, or looked stupid altogether. She says, "Your fine" a lot. and guess what lo? I do all the time now too. She loves her family. She is very funny. Even when she isnt trying. Oh lauren, ever since we were kids we have been such, WAIT! I have only known you since I was 18. oh oops. Well I hope your 21st birthday is the best one yet! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you! Now here are some pictures for your enjoyment... Oh and this video is on here just for you to laugh at. I couldnt decide which one to post but everytime I hang out with you and bring my camera, you always go through my pics and videos. so Here you go. Enjoy.

Ok and since Im home sick with nothing to do and have free time, here are some more videos that I know will make you laugh.

Woo hoo!

2010-04-03T18:08:00.000-07:00

Welp, I hit 28 weeks today and out of the 2nd trimester and into the Last! WOO!
I am so ready for it to be June! And not because I am sick of being pregant and getting bigger and yada yada, but because I want my baby! I want to be a mommy!
I can't really complain about this pregnancy thus far. It has been great and I feel so blessed that it has been. We are both so excited. We bought the crib and changing table back in January-and if I remember right, Phil put it up that week :)
He is going to be the cutest dad, I just cant wait. We also have the room painted already too! He did that over spring break. I also keep buying cute clothes whenever I think she would be so cute in them. Yes I know, I shouldnt buy to many because I am going to get tons for my baby shower, but its my first child. And if I think something is cute (and cheap, always cheap) I will get it, especially if its 1.99! Come on! I had been worried since we found out the gender that the doctor was wrong since we found out so early. But no worries, I had a doctors appointment last wednesday and she is 100% girl! Good thing because her room is going to be SO cute.
She weighs just over 2 pounds and had a good time showing off for me and my mom at the appointment.
Now that I have hit my last trimester I think my body hit a unknown button or something and decided to shut down. This last week I have been so exausted, for no reason at all. And I can feel all the wonderful back pain too along with Heartburn, but I have had that since January. Poor phil has to deal with me complaining all the time about it. But although I do complain, is it wierd that I also really like all these symptoms? Im sure they will kick up here even more, but everything just reminds me that I am pregnant and have a baby coming soooon! Its just an amazing feeling to know that ever since I was little I have always just wanted to have a family and now its actually happening. Oh and I never really shared my experience about how excited I was to find out its a girl. If you are bored by this time, you can totally stop reading but I have not written any of this down so I might as well do it now.
I am the youngest in my family and never had a little brother or sister. Me being the girly girl I am have always wanted a little sister to do her hair and dress her up all cute. Well thats the whole reason I wanted a little girl so badly. Does that sound dumb? Thats why I talked myself into the fact that we were having a boy. I did not expect to hear it was a girl. Now I am not an emotional person, at all. You can ask my husband. I hardly ever cry. At movies, books, anything really. Don't get me wrong, I do cry, just not a lot. Well guess what, I was that happy when I found out it was a girl that I actually cried haha. Not expected. That was the only time I have cried during my whole pregnancy too. So I hope this little girl knows how special she is. Phil always ask's "can she play sports too?" haha he makes me laugh. He thinks that she is doomed to be "girly" girl because thats what he claims me as, since I did dance in high school and not sports baha. Oh I love him.
Well if I have not bored you with this yet I do not know what will. I just figured I havnt expressed how excited we are for June. Yeah, the sleepless nights, frustration and all. I know I might not be as excited then, but at least let me have my excitment now. We don't know what Exactly is ahead, but know our lives are going to be changed dramaticlly, and can't wait.

28 weeks ladies and gentlemen.

Couples Retreat.

2010-03-24T14:03:00.000-07:00

For spring break we went camping with some of our friends and it was a blast. We did all the fun "camping" things. I probably ate too much food-but worth it. We slept in our tent for the first time since we got it from our wedding. FUN! Although it was freezing and we didnt have sleeping bags, just two blankets. I think I wore every shirt I brought along with phils and still froze. So we both didnt sleep much, but i really wanted to sleep in our tent haha. And if you ever want to go camping with us, you can. In our tent. We have about 7 person tent, that thing was huge-too bad I didnt get a picture. We were only there 2 days and 1 night. We just relaxed and ate and went shooting.

Me and Lo having fun with our guns.

The Husbands.

I even took our baby to go out shootin with us. She was great the whole time.

Thanks Lo lo and Don don for going camping and bringing your trailor so we didnt have to use the wilderness for the restroom-(cept that one time I woke up early and didnt want to wake you up haha). And for the caramels you brought that I ate most of. OH and the Killer Bunnies game. Yep.
We also had another couple there for a day, but they left before we went shooting and obviously thats when I took pictures. But it was fun to get out and take a break from everything.

As of yesterday...

2010-02-12T13:47:00.000-08:00

I am one year old-and wiser ;)
21 years ago I made my entrance into the world.
About 16 years ago I had a "cat themed" birthday party. Which included crawling around on mats meowing and literally pretending to be cats. My friends probably thought I was so weird.
13 years ago-baptized.
9 years ago-Graduated from Primary and became a young woman
5 years ago-I went on my first date ever.
3 years ago-officially became and adult.
2 years ago-told the first boy ever that I loved him. (yes I ended up marrying him)
1-year ago-did too much homework.
This year was great! I got at least a call/text/email/fb message from EVERYONE in my familieS. Along with all my friends. At work they even brought in a cake, had a card and a present for me!! Did I mention I LOVE working there? Had a perfect grilled chicked dinner at home-exactly what I asked for. And, finally, my Wonderful Husband to me to see Mary Poppins!!! Holla! One of the best things I have ever seen. Loved it. Wished I could of gone down and done supercalifragilisticexpialidocious with them. And NO I did not look up how to spell it. We did that song in college for choir. Ask me about it sometime-I will happily sing and do the whole dance for you.
Great Birthday. Thanks Babe! And thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes!

You can def. see that bump poppin out now.
This is my, "Im 21 and *almost 21 weeks pregnant" happy face.

All the clothing I have on-including shoes and bracelet are items my sister Summer dressed me up in. Thanks for the help summer-I wouldnt of looked cute without your help!

New Things

2010-01-24T17:03:00.000-08:00

Lots of new things going on at our house. Phil started school again and is ready to get really good grades he says :) which of course he will. I started a NEW job (thank goodness) at a elementary school assisting in a reading class. The whole hosting thing was not going great and considering I am on my feet ALL day I knew I didnt want that job much longer. So far I am loving this one, I work with kids all day and get to sit down the whole time and I am busy the WHOLE day long! Hosting during the day all week long got wayyy to boring but this one keeps me soo busy and the day goes by so fast. Plus I am done in may and will have all of June off to get ready for our little miss. I also got a 3rd calling in our ward. Dont be confused though, I have been released from the other its just my 3rd calling I have had since July. Sunday school teacher, Primary teacher and now....YW advisor!! I am an advisor over the mia maids and couldnt be more excited!! Although I am still mistaken for a Young Women and not a leader its still fun. (those funny stories of me looking 18 and younger are for another post-there are many stories trust me)Maybe getting a bigger belly will help...I hope. Anyways, Phil is in Young Mens so its perfect, we both have mutual wednesday nights. So a lot of new things are going on and change is always fun.

My sister Lacey just had her baby girl Nelly on January 5 and I went to visit last weekend and took some pictures for any cousins or whomever want to see her...
This is Lacey's boy Dallan who wanted to ride the Elephant he saw when we were at dinner, he did just eat some chocolate ice cream if you cant tell.

And this is our daughters soon to be cousin/BFF Nelly Lynn Rawlings. She is so petite and girly. I cant wait!

Oh and I guess I just wanted to share some of the delicious food we had. Phil had the idea to make them one night (thank goodness he can come up with yummy meals-or we would be eating the same thing over and over which I dont mind but I am sure he gets bored of).

Before...

After...mine is the ALL meat one. No seafood here!

And the result is...

2010-01-11T20:11:00.000-08:00

Could my life be any better? I think not.

Catch up, not Ketchup

2010-01-07T16:02:00.000-08:00

Well let me catch up on whats been going on around here...
Christmas was great. We spent half the week with my family relaxing and juvst visiting and then spent the other half with phils doing pretty much the same thing. Relaxing and not having a scedule is how I like my Christmases. I had been wanting a "snuggie" for christmas sooo bad and kept asking phil to get me one. I get cold so easy and yes, I even freeze (like my teeth chatter) here in mesa. But he did so much better look at this thing...

Snuggies dont have a back, this thing is like a sleeping bag with arms haha! Phil also got me a bike so I can ride while he jogs because there is no way I will go Running. We took it out for a spin that day and took his mom's dog with us. I really wanted to take that dog home. Since I am getting my baby fix with an actual baby in little bit, we decided to wait on getting a dog. But it will happen in the future.
I also got a lot of other things of course from family and LOOOOOVE my pillows that Emily made me! Just so you know Em, everyone who has came over has complimented them and said your such a good seamstress:) I am so glad you had me this year haha.

Then New Years happened and we went over to my sisters house and partayed!! Except phil was sick and left at 9 15 to go home and go to sleep. No new years kiss for me...
Then last monday the 4th was His birthday and he turned 23. Yes, we are young I know. I got him Madden 10 and I am pretty sure he loved it. We went to dinner and then saw Sherlock Holmes. Which I totally recommend, Loved it. He didnt have to work on his birthday but I did. I asked him what he did all day and he said nothing. Sounds like a perfect birthday to me! He also got to go snowboarding the next day which he had been looking forward to allllll winter. He went with our Friend Don and about after a run each, they both got hurt and called it a day. Old men.

And last but not least, Ill be 16 weeks on saturday and have a little bump to show! woo! And even better news, We will find out what we are having on Monday!!! I have always wanted a little girl to dress up and those things but I am pretty set on the fact that it is a little boy. Either way, I am going to be so excited and happy just to know what it is!

Joy to the world.

2009-12-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

Don't you love when you think something bad happens and then come to find out its a blessing in disguise. Well, let me just tell you about my eventful morning. . .
I woke up extra early (for me) at 6:15 because I had an interview for a new job. I went to the bathroom and saw what any pregnant woman didnt want to see. I freaked out and hoped I wouldnt have a miscarriage. I wasnt cramping so I felt a little bit better. I went to my interview and did horrible because A.I am horrible at interviews seriously though. and B.I was thinking about what had happened and hour earlier. Well I called my doc the min they were open and they let me come in today even though I had an appointment in one week. Everything checked out to be fine I was just bleeding some. My doctor said to take it easy and stay off my feet the most I could. I told him I was a hostess and he laughed and said, How can you stay off your feet as a Hostess? haha But he said i should be fine. Just to sit down when I can. And then I found out I am two weeks later than I thought. So I am 11 weeks and my due date is set back to June 26. Bummer? yes. BUT I was so happy to know there is still a little sweetie inside of me that if he told me I was a month later I wouldnt of minded. I got to see our little baby again and then went to pay with our new access plan. dun dun dun. Apparently the plan we are on does not accept my doctor. The nurse there called and the lady on the phone said I couldnt change my plan because it had been over 16 days since we had been accepted. I was either going to have to pay for my two visits I already had (which goes all our christmas and birthday money plus more) and switch doctors, which nobody ever wants to do. Or go down to the Access office and see if they would switch plans anyways. SO after an hour of waiting at the DES office they just told me to call this number. I came home, called, and kept getting transfered to recorded voices that of course didnt help at all. Well I finally talked to a real person and told them not to transfer me. They were so helpful and changed everything over! It really had not even been 16 days yet AND they lady told me that I had 30 days anyways! Soooo, lets just say that if I had not had something go wrong and gone to the doctor, I would of had pay a lot of money AND switch doctors. The Lord DOES work in mysterious ways. So What a day. But everything is taken care of and I am happier than ever to have a lil baby inside :) And I sure hope that made sense...
OH and we put up our Huge tree that we love so much and got from Phil's cute Grandma. I know she reads this, so THANK YOU GRANDMA! We love it!

And here is me, and not 13 but 11 weeks. Someone at work told me she thinks I am having twins because I am not far along and already showing. I am not looking for everyone to say im not showing or whatever, but really, twins. Not the BESt thing to say to a pregnant woman I would think.

Guess who is expecting??

2009-11-30T07:35:00.000-08:00

Yep, we are! Ill be 3 months on thursday and due June 10th.
I have been feeling great-it was hard to believe I was preggo because I didnt get sick at all (besides getting shingles of course). Im sure Ill make up for that somewhere else though. But, we are really excited and can't wait till June!

Word.

2009-10-20T21:33:00.000-07:00

I am Super Excited! Just trying to get the word out for the amazing deals coming on Saturday!
Go HERE for prizes and more details!

Re-Post.

2009-10-16T15:45:00.000-07:00

For those of you wondering what happened to my last post, I deleted it. After reading it, it sounded like I was just complaining a lot and I did'nt want that. So Ill make the long story short of my last week...
I started getting a rash on my underarm that we thought could be ringworm due to the many visits I have been paying to the pound. We went into the doctor and she diagnosed me with, ringworm. Gave me a prescription and I thought all would be fine. The next 5 days the rash developed to the right side of my back, front and down my arm. Not to mention I was in the most pain I think I have ever been in. I ended up sleeping 3 hours in a total of 3 days because of the pain. Jealous? And my body was so exausted that it was twitching/spasming out of control and I could'nt stop. It was so weird to have no control over my legs, feet, arms, hands and neck. So we took me back into the doctor (another doctor this time) and she was confused why I was in so much pain because ringworm did'nt hurt. She took one look at my horrible back/armpit/chest/arm and noted it was definetly not ringworm, but shingles. Yeah, just call me Granny. Ha just kidding. But the doctor was very nice and helpful. She gave me four medications (2 of which were pain killers). The meds to help make the rash go away only work if you catch it in the first couple of days-I was way past that but she gave them to us just to see if they would help. After taking some muscle relaxers and vicoden I slept the whole day and night and have been feeling better ever since. What a test of faith! Thanks to our families who kept me in their prayers.
*Now here is a little side note to brag about my husband for just a sec.
I woke him up every night I didnt sleep because I was crying and screaming with pain.
He would wake up JUST to hold my hand and say "It's going to be ok"
He woke up early to go get me some movies to take my mind off the pain.
When I finished those movies, he went right back out to get more that same day.
He read me scriptures to help me stay positive.
He prayed FAITHFULLY every night for me.
He seemed to be the only thing that helped with the pain.
Now read back over all of those things with this in mind...he is still in school full time and working. AANNND he had the flu. What would I do without him. Having a Husband who loves me so much is such a blessing.
I would post pics, but, you just don't want to see them.
So thats my story. I went through the worst part of shingles with no pain meds, I am so tough. But I do NOT recommend anyone trying that.

Dominoes

2009-10-03T21:47:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you're bored?
We played jenga and I told phil that I used to just make houses with them. so we did. Then got carried away.

He laughed at the idea at first but then he used up all the pieces. That small dinky thing in the back is my house...

He kept adding to it...

Then this happened...

And he wanted me to put this on here so..?

So welcome to the exciting life of phil and sophie weech. Enjoy these videos.

Phil suggested I come blog all these pictures and videos right away. He even told me what to title this post. What a goof.

Everythings Changing (when I turn around)

2009-09-27T22:14:00.000-07:00

I know, I know I have changed my blog background so many times. I can't help it. Please don't be too annoyed by it. I get really bored with mine and when I see new ones that are so cute I can't help it I guess. I love to go look at cute new backgrounds all the time-am I the only one who does that? I can't even try to start decorating my house because my mind changes so quickly on what I think would be cute in certain rooms.
I just get bored with things quickly I guess. Except for Phil, he keeps me on my toes. Good thing huh?

p.s. No puppy yet. And I am going to be picky now, I really want a yellow lab. Yeah, the really cheap dogs ya know. Ah kidding.

How much is that dog in the window...

2009-09-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

So I am just going to put the word out on my bliggity blog that I want/need a puppy. Husband said it was ok. I am NOT picky either. But since I would like phil to like our dog too, it must not be black or have pitbull/or any other aggresive(ness) in it. That day when we have kiddies running around that we won't have to worry about our dog being mean. So IF you do hear of any new puppies that are not black or, uh known to be aggresive, let me know!!
I have been to the shelter friday and today. The first time I went I might have teared up, twice. I might possibly be a little sensitive. I wish I could take all those dogs and kitties home with me. I called my hero (philip) to come help me and make sure I left. Otherwise I might have stayed there all night regardless of the fact it closed.
For all you animal lovers, enjoy.

This one melted my heart a little. Yellow labs are my favorite.

Im hoping the next post will be about our new puppy. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Step one.

2009-08-25T17:00:00.000-07:00

We have taken a new step into our future, phil is now officially in school again. After hearing everyone at work and other friends (facebook) talk about starting school I could'nt be happier that I wont be starting. Husband on the other hand is back in the action. Talk about busy-he is crazy busy let me just inform you. But he is willing to work so hard for us and our future famiy. I know everyone gets busy when school starts, BUT monday AND tuesdays he leaves at 7 ish and gets home between 9 and 10 at night. I would go through the rest of his week but you get the point. Good thing he is a smartie pants and can handle stress well :) I brag about him at work and tell everyone how smart he is too.
I didnt wake up to take a picture of him on his first day but I did today for his 2nd day. He is so handsome. He was a good sport-for the most part haha.
All he needs is a lil lunch box...which we might get considering lunch there is expensive! boo.

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Thumbs up for school.

Ok so, I am having a great time at work. It's still fun for me because it is all brand new! I have never worked in a restaraunt before so there is a lot to learn. I'm learning how to come out of my little shell and just talk to people. I must say that whenever kids come in I have a much easier time talking and playing with them than I do Adults. Although, some of the elderly people who are regulars there I LOVE! I wear a flower clip basically everyday and the older folks are always the ones complimenting it, so sweet. Some people are very friendly while others....well ya know. It is funny when you take someone to their table and they choose their own along the way. But it is fun and I love getting to talk to new people all the time. I am also pretty sure I am known as the freaky young married girl. Seriously when I meet someone at work they say "You're Married? Are'nt you really young?" or, "why did you get married so young?" It got kind of old after a while and a smidge annoying I guess you could say. Considering its my life and everything, but still I guess it can be wierd to some people who believe in a different lifestyle than I do. But my older sister gave me some good advice. She said to just make it an opportunity to share the gospel. So thats what I am trying to do and be positive about it :)
So anyways, Today I had a weird/really awkward conversation with someone who came in for a application. It went a little something like this:
They asked if I was a greeter
I said yes, a hostess
They said, I like hostess
I paused because that was strange. Then asked, The cupcakes? yes those are good.
Then he said, are you a hostess cupcake?
I replied, Uh no.
Thank goodness my manager came around the corner about 5 seconds later to talk to them about applications. But that was a long very awkward 5 seconds. The people laughed like it was funny, however I didnt.

I mean really do I look like a hostess cupcake?

Baha-yes maybe if I drew a squiggly line down the front of my shirt. Maybe thats why we are required to wear certain colors of clothes...so we look like hostess cupcakes. Just kiddin.
But it was funny.

Dolled Up.

2009-08-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

http://dolledup-dancensing.blogspot.com

*Go check it out and if you know anyone who might be interested, tell them about it!

Got it!

2009-07-31T10:16:00.000-07:00

GOOOOOD NEWWWS! I did get the job I wanted! Can you guess what it is?

Hair.

2009-07-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is to show the changes in my hair for the last little bit.
1.This is my "way to short wont ever cut it like that again" hair
(don't mind the dumb face I am making please)

2. The "long" hair. And trust me, THIS IS long for me. My hair was always as short as number one up there. I had not cut it since november, which is a big deal for me. It got really dead and ugley though....but I enjoyed having long hair. I might do it again.

3. Current hair. I didnt do anything special when I got it cut. NO layers, nothing. Its all the same length. I like it pretty much but its a bit of a challenge for me to do it so far.

OH AND, I want to share a sweet story.
So I had a small breakdown the other day because I was not hearing back from the hundreds of jobs I applied for. NOTHING. I then had the thought come to me one night after my breakdown, that maybe instead of searching for a job so hard that I should read my scriptures and study since I had not made that a priority lately.
The next day (Thursday) before I started looking again I had a little study session.
I kid you not, within and hour I had a call about an interview for today (monday). Friday the next day I have 3 more calls for 3 more interviews, one that day and 2 monday. Amazing isnt it? It was a good reminder for me that if we put in our time and get our priorities straight, the Lord will bless us. I have had 3 out of the 4 interviews and my last is the one that I am most excited for. One has got to work out right? Keeping the Faith!

I heart being an aunt.

2009-07-10T17:41:00.000-07:00

So I took my sisters kids(logan 2, levi 6, malarie 9) for a couple of days and we had a great time. She is due next month with her 4th kid and I missed them so i took them!! They got to swim at aunt summers and play with their cousins, visit aunt sam and her fun girls, play video games,eat junk food, pick out toys at savers and a great time was had by all. The only pics I took were of when we had a water balloon fight in my backyard. Haha and I figured out that a water balloon fight is not nearly as fun as it sounds. It takes way to much time to fill the baloons haha. We filled up a big bowl and logan thought it was cool to go and tip over the bowl and watch them all pop at once haha.

This little one just gets to me! I dont know why, maybe its cuz he is so cute but NAUGHTY!!!! He wasnt eating his cheese crisp one day at lunch when I told him over and over to eat it. He said, "I go to corner." Yeah he offered to go to the corner instead of eating his lunch. Then when i tried to throw it away he took it and ate it and said, mmmm nummy! oh man. He is hard to get mad at cuz he is so darn cute. I also learned nemo fruit snacks make anything better. I seriously got emotional last night because I missed him.

I hope you kids had fun! I love you!
I loooooooooove kids!! I cant wait to have some! I just hope I start out with one, that might be easier.
Next is Addi and Chaisy-bring them over Summer!
Or kaylin, or dallan, riley, jaina?

A year? Really?

2009-06-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

Has it really been a year since all this?????

So Saturday was our anniversary-woah. We had a fun day! We went to big surf and rode the waves all day. And, uh the back of my legs are sooooooo fried!!! Phil got a lil pink on his back but he says it doesnt hurt to bad, which is good. We put 50 sunblock on, but I hardly put any on my legs....dang. But we had so much fun body surfing all morning-I would do it again (with even more sunblock). We then came home and played lego Batman. We love these lego games for the PS. Then he took me to dinner at Texas Roadhouse-my first time. Delicious! Even though my appietite wasnt as big as usual.
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Well I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to be married to my handome husband. I made him a card of 100 things I learned from our first year together, here are a few....
-I shouldnt put dish soap in the dishwasher
-He likes my hair straighted the best
-If I am sad or he is in trouble, all he has to do is dance and I forget about everything else
-He does not like to buy tampons, but he will
-I can wear shorts 3 days in a row and he wont care :)
-Our personalities rubbed off on eachother
-I am a sore loser at games
-He is more domestic than me
-After a big fight and were apologizing, I always get the giggles
-Its necessary to look at the $5 movies whenever you go to walmart
-A closet with one bar doesnt cut it
-The support of the other is Vital
-He wants me to be happy
-He STILL spoils me
-I learned how to really love someone
-He thinks I can do anything I set my mind to
-Other married couples are automatically new friends
-I shouldnt season steak with Red pepper
-The only bug I can kill is a fly...sometimes a spider
There is a lot more but that would be long. Really though I KNOW my husband is the best. I know what it means to love someone more and more each day. I cant get enough of him and his fun personality.

Mesa Bound!

2009-06-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

We are all moved in YAHOO!! We love it so much. I love living right by my sisters Sam and Summer! Our house is amazing-such a blessing. We moved in about 2 weeks ago and still everyday we say, "Is this really OUR house?"
Here are some pics of it!

This is our lovely Kitchen. Much more space to cook in here than our apt we had!

Our living room. And Husband playing the piano.

Ok the family before us had the two kid bedrooms painted bright green and blue, and the other bright pink and purple. The green and blue I actually had something to fit in there that looks just right, but the other were going to have to paint. This is the "boy room" it looks like we have a 5 year old son already haha. But its just a guest bedroom.

This is the loft-so cool!

Right to the left of the loft is the master. Honestly, the master is bigger than our last apt easy. Our closet in there, glorious, just glorious!

All the bedrooms are upstairs, and the loft. We are so blessed with this house. Thanks to our familes who helped us move in and everything else.

I didnt get a picture of the backyard and i should have-its so awesome! If you want to see more come visit us!!!

We are loving Mesa so far! Summer lets us come swim in her pool-THANK YOU! Which is nice in this heat. Phil is working hard at his job he transferred to in Phoenix. I am on the look for a job. So if ANYONE knows of any job openings that would be great.

I can be a *nanny (love kids!)*receptionist (Much experience is this area) *waitress-seriously anything!

Not so funny.

2009-05-15T00:15:00.000-07:00

You know when you see something like this happen in cartoons it's funny right?

Let me just tell you that when it happens to you in REAL life, it is actually NOT so funny. You just get a big scrape and bruise on your leg, then get embarrassed for getting upset at the trash can.

Happy Birfday lo lo.

2009-05-12T14:27:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to my wonderful lauren! I love love love her. We were seriously meant to be friends I think. I have never had a person who has so much in common with me baha. Thank goodness for choir at EA!!! People can't believe we met at college-they thought we had always known eachother-they also thought we were roomates. Oh wait, some people still believe that, even though were both married hmmmm? She makes THEE BEST faces of anyone you will meet.

We both married Pima boys so we think thats kinda cool. We used to stay up talking about our high school days and found out we basically had the same lives (well kinda).

This would be our favorite picture of all time together below. We took the picture on accident and found out this is what we usually look like.

It has been so fun to have someone to party with in choir! Let me just tell you, she has theeeee most amazing voice ever. When we didnt know eachother very well, I always heard this really good soprano singer in company and couldnt figure out who it was. I later found out it was her-amazing! I brag for her----she can sing the highest in choir too. Honestly.

My college days wouldnt have been nearly as great without her. She is so fun to be around and has such a sparkling personality that everyone loves. She is SUCH a good friend :) and I am going to miss her when we move. But we will visit eachother, we need eachother haha.

She understands the weird part of my mind that Husband doesnt get haha, and I understand hers. I look up to her and am sooo grateful I met her. She is beautiful-inside and out, and its really the truth. We both are shy too, baahaha, ask anyone who knows us and thats the last thing they would say about us. But really, were only crazy when together. Thanks Lo lo for being my friend. You are a wondaful person! I luff YOU!

Oh Happy Day!

2009-05-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

So Husband and I graduated from good ole EAC! What a wonderful night it was! I gave my mom my camera-she did pretty good I think. Phils dad works at the college so he was able to come give us both hugs when we went across the stage. This is pic below is of Phil hugging his dad-those two are like 2 peas in a pod. Seriously, they are so much alike. Its not a bad thing, its just so funny.

I was literally jumping up and down so my mom could find us...

Husband is the smarty pants-really though. He got high honors! Woo-I graduted, thats good enough.

So our degrees get mailed to us and they just hand us the covers haha...

Ok throughout the whole ceremony I waas more concerned about my plan to silly string Phil that the actual graduation. No worries-I got him good, he had no idea haha. Everyone threw their hats, I just pulled out my can and surprised Husband.

He loved it.

See?
My parents are awesome seriously. They came to all my performances at EA. Or would stop by and say hi. They supported everything I did. They would always go out of their way for me. Phil and I were discussing what great parents we both have. His parents also have been so supportive and loving of us. They have taken us in these last couple of weeks and its been so much fun to spend time with them. Thanks Parentals for all you guys have done for Phil and I! We LOVE you!

My dad asked me what happened to his daughter and that I look 40 now, baha.

This is Barbara, I used to work with her in the Counseling office. She is the secretary there. Work would have been incredibly boring without her. She is the sweetest little lady you will ever meet. Everyone at EA seriously loves her so much! She went back to school and got her assosiates degree too! Way to go Barb!

Phil and some buddies. I told him to keep his gown on cuz it looks like he didnt graduate, but oh well.

So what did we do after graduation?

We burned all our papers. haha

Great Night Indeed. Well here we go off to new beginings. I'm going to try to be the most supportive Wife for Phil as he is attending ASU. He is going to do great-phil has so much potential in whatever he does. He is one of those really talented people who is just good at everything. I'm so lucky. Thanks everyone for the caring and inspirational comments!

Guess What??

2009-05-06T21:26:00.001-07:00

imdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdoneimdone!
yep. pictures to come to prove it!

Laugh.

2009-05-01T19:01:00.000-07:00

What did I do for my LAST day of classes?

Took the funniest pictures. We took this one then edited it-looks great huh hahahaha. We thought about maybe putting it on a shirt and wearing it to the new moon movie? yeah? Oh goodness, Lauren and I laughed about this forever!

SO................

2009-04-24T16:05:00.001-07:00

Ok, we TOTALLY have a house!!! Looks like we will be moving to mesa the second week in May-bring on that sun and more sun.

We are sooo thankful that we have had our prayers answered. The Lord is truly looking out for us. And I know personally he is looking out for me. Let me fill you in on my past week.
-I had two Math tests. One tuesday, the other Thursday. I needed to do well on these because I didnt do well on my other two and thats why my grade was so low. Well I did GREAT on the first which was awesome. I didnt think I did too well on the second, but I did. So in order to now pass the class, I just have to get a 50.4% on my final. I can TOTALLY do that!
-Second, I had to write my major paper this week. 5 pages. Thats actually not too bad, but my teacher is very picky on what she wants. Plus it is worth 20% of my grade. Well today, I finished.
-The paper thing wouldnt of been so bad accept, Tuesday night I had choir practice 6-9:30. Tuesday I had Practice 6-9. Thurs-Sat is our choir concert. yeah! And I usually get done with school at 5 so I basically have lived at the school this week. Thursday we gave two shows in the morning for elementary schools. So needless to say, It has been thee busiest week I think I have ever had. If I can find my charger to my camera I will take pics from the concert and post them. I hope i find it cuz, its my last concert ever. I cant talk about that too much, Im a little emotional over it.
*** Good News however, I WILL be Graduating in exactly 2 (yes count them) 2 weeks!!! YESSSSS!!!!!

Givin' a Shout Out to.....US!

2009-04-20T15:18:00.000-07:00

10 Months and Counting!

I LOVE HUSBAND!!!!!

Were so old. I know.

Dont bore yourself too much on this one...

2009-04-07T13:25:00.000-07:00

Ok well I KNOW that I am totally late on all this jive, but, Im so into twilight haha. I saw the movie in theaters and I loved it. I know a majority of people HATED it, but I didnt. I also hadnt read the books when it came out so I didnt know what to expect anyways. My lilttle brother-in-law had the first book and I was over at his house and randomly started to read it....then couldnt stop! haha my friends hooked me up with all 3 other books and I read all 4 within about a week (ish). To those amazing readers who read really quick and all the time, this may seem like nothing, haha but I am not one of those amazing readers. I hardly ever read books seriously. But I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. Phil is really excited I am done also because he, "gets his wife back." But really its kinda true, Im pathetic, and I dont care. I loved them. And pretty proud of myself that I actually read a series of something (never have I done that before). So yes, Im way out of date with the excitment. But I dont care. Its funny though, my mind is set in reading/narrorating mode. In my mind I narroate everything I do! My friend Lauren got in the craze the same time I did and she does it too. I wonder, does this happen to anyone else? ha.

ALSO....We just got back from our 5 day (2 days in the car) trip to Utah for conference. Fantastic! We went with Phils family in a big van haha. This is how I had time to do so much reading also ha. I missed three days of school :/ uh haha and didnt mind at all. My favorite talk from conference was from Elder Oaks about service. I could try a lot harder and step out of my little shell to help someone around me. Thats my new goal. And I did take my camera to SL but somehow only took like 1 pic, and it was of me and phil while we were waiting to get into conference. I figured i have put plenty of pics up of me and phil already ha. OH YEAH, we also went through the Salt Lake Temple----one of those dreams come true for me. So beautiful! One of my favorite parts of the trip. I thought it was april too? Because it was soooo cold in Utah you would think it was January or something. I DO love Arizona!

Another Also...Im so close to being done with school. woo! Math is going, better. I got an A on my last quiz that was turned into a test grade, so that should help out a lot. And things are looking up (way up) for our future plans of getting a house. We found out this weekend that the bank accepted our offer to our favorite house! We found this house a while ago and loved it, but when we made an offer, it foreclosed. We then found one just like it but a lil bigger and made another offer, it forclosed. Well the first one that we really liked popped up on foreclosed houses, botta boom botta bing, we made and offer and it wasnt possible of it foreclosing so the bank DID accept it! Yes! When we found out Phils face lit up! He is so good with all this house stuff, while I daze off and have no clue about the stuff he talks about, but I am learning. He does his best to be patient with my 5 year old mind. He is the greatest, so glad I have him. He asked why I didnt tell my family right off--And I just didnt want to get my hopes up, again. But I did tell them, most of them I think. Sorry family I didnt tell. But he told me today that its not TOTALLY official due to some paperwork that still needs to be done. So we still need to keep it in our prayers-faith goes a long way we have realized. If all goes well we can move in May! And I will need a job in Mesa-so any of you mesa people could help me out I would appritiate it. This weekend were moving in with his family so we can save some money until we move. That will be helpful, were grateful his family is taking us in. His family has been such a help with everything. So has mine!! My parents gave us couches, tables and a piano (that are all stored at my inlaws). We have wonderful families we know. Well WOAH this post was long. Sorry about no pics I know this stuff is not interesting to many people haha. And I have a hard time paying attention to post's without pictures (thats the 5 year old mind in me again). Hope everyone is enjoying themselves!

My most recent thoughts...

2009-03-24T15:57:00.000-07:00

So this is EXACTLY how I have been feeling lately.... Im really, really ready to graduate soon. 6 weeks. Hopefully I can pass my Math class. I have never been worried about passing a class before until this one. Im excited to move on with life a little and all that jazz. sooooooooooooon!

Our HAPPY vacation!

2009-03-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

Spring break was fabulous. We went to Disneyland/California Adventure. Great. The weather was grand and lines were short(er) than usual. My hubby spoiled me and let me get lots of ice cream, churros, and cotton candy! ah! I loooove this place. We had a ton of fun. Oh and we took a plane. =) Thee coolest parade ever. It was one of my most favorite things of our 3 days we spent there!

I was so excited to see Sulley. I waited in line with all the kids seven and under for this pic and was so proud.

Hubby.

So its not rotated eh, we actually got to meet mickey after going through his house. That never happens!! And he shrunk!

Apparently i didnt rotate this like i thought either. Just turn your head slightly =)

We got a little bored waiting to get off the plane in Arizona.

We love space mountain, ice cream at Cali adventure, SCREAMIN (went on it the most), Maliboomer, Buzz lightyear ride, Blue Bayou restraunt, high school musical 3 performance (ok thats just me), river rapids, play parade, Soaring over California, Indiana Jones. My FAV is tower of terror, Phils is Splash Mountain.

loved it all.

Birthday/Valentines Week(end)

2009-02-18T15:59:00.000-08:00

I had a good birthday-it mostly consisted of doing "make-up" homework from all the days i missed at choir tour-eh oh well. i guess it just shows im growing up haha. But Phil made my day wonderful! I came home from tour with an early b-day present-a wedding band! woo-i didnt have my ring the whole time in utah so it could be put on there! My hubby is the greatest! After i got caught up on my work I made myself a confetti cake (which i wanted to make it-phil offered but i just really wanted to make it haha) and we invited over like 3 people and ate and played some games. So it was good-and FUN! Then three days lata for valentines day i woke up early to head off to the ground breaking for the GILA VALLEY TEMPLE! I was able to sing in the choir and be right up where the speakers were. What an amazing experience. After that Phil and I went to his parents house to play a little baseball in the backyard. Then we got to go horseback riding! SOOO FUN! It had been a long time since i had been. That night we were both so dead-we went and got Ice cream and rented a movie! simple and fun!
But he didnt let the valentines weekend end there. Monday night he said he was going to run by to get the mail-but came back with bagels and flavored cream cheese-a cute little valentine bear thing haha and my new FAVORITE snack- minute maid frozen limade! MMMMM! He is wonderful-im so glad i married such a sweet person! He bought a pack of 8-i think there are like 3 left from monday haha, but really.

Utah Choir Tour!

2009-02-11T19:19:00.000-08:00

SO this tour was AMAZING!!! so many awesome things happened!! We went for 5 days-and just had a blast. We did exchanges with about 6 schools I think, including BYU singers and YOUNG AMBASSADORS! We also gave a performance in the provo tabernacle and unexpectedly got to sing in the Salt Lake tabernacle after we attended the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's performance of "The Spoken Word." The guy who worked for the Mo tab said in his 17 years he has never seen a group be able to do that, NEVER. So we felt really privledged they let us go up there and sing after. There were so many other amazing experiences there that I wont be able to remember-actually a lot of spiritual ones. It was great! The bus ride was sooo long but I made so many new friends! We played cards and other games the whole time so it actually went by way fast!

This is our lil group from the 5 days! We played games non-stop...seriously though, everyone came to sit by us so they could play. ha thats how i met lots of choir friends.

I LOVE THOSE GLASSES!!! BUUUUUT, i left them at the YOUNG AMBASSADORS concert-im so sad!

This is us playing cards-we did it almost every night seriously!

Ok one night we got bored.........................keep looking. We took tons of sweet pics like this.

Told ya we got bored...

We bought matching slacks!

Mack WIlburg (director of Mo Tab) and the announcer guy for confrence haha!

We got hardly ANY sleep! BUT WHAT A FUN TRIP IT WASSS!

under construction

2009-01-23T15:43:00.000-08:00

if you couldnt tell, my blog is under contruction................dont mind it.
i prolly wont be updating it soon anyways-it just needed a new background, and its having complications at the moment.

Christmas Fun!

2008-12-27T08:48:00.000-08:00

What a fun december it has been!! We started out our holliday by going to pinetop with my family the weekend before christmas. Phil and i were in charge of that party this year so we got to plan what we did it was fun! Me and lacey babysat the kids saturday night and had a dance party! haha while our husbands were in the front room watching a movie. The kids were supposed to watch a movie too but we thought dancing would be much more fun! They ate candy and popcorn that aunt lacey brought out for them-by the time we started the movie they all Crashed within 10 min! haha as you can see...

The next day was the family party. Raine posed for this pic-and so i had to put it up!

After our GOOOOd dinner the kids made a craft i found for them to do. This was their fun part of the night! They turned out really cute too!

Some liked it more than others......

They boys just hanging out-phil would be in the pic too but he was takin the pics for me =)

After the kids made a craft the adults had a gift exchange! Everyone had to buy a present $10-15, and the present had to start with the letter of that persons name. It was interesting what people came up with-but really FUN also!

We then spent the rest of christmas week in pima with phils family! It was great! Although i wish i wouldnt of eaten as much goodies there as i did-oh well, its christmas right? The whole week we played games on the Wii, board games-and just spent time together it was wonderful! The whole family was there which made it even better!

This is reilly my nephew on the other side =) he is the funniest kid-and he loves dinosaurs!! It was fun to play with him!

Here everyone is playing games!

And here is me and phil christmas eve in our matching PJ's!! cute huh haha

And this is our Gingerbread house we made like last week-but i wanted to show it! Phil was so proud of it! It actually turned out pretty well i think!!And Finally Christmas day! So perfect!! I got Phil a snowboard! At first he figured it out a couple of weeks before but i later convinced him he wasnt gettin one-so it was a good surprise!

Sara and Emily with their new books for christmas!

I got so many wonderful things this year and getting to be with my Husband for our first christmas was so great! I hope everybody had a fantastic christmas also!

D-O-N-E!

2008-12-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

I am DONE! well im done with this semester at least, only one more. but, i took my last final today-hoorah! I actually did pretty dang good this semester with my grades. Being married helped me concentrate more I guess. I should end up gettting 6 A's and 2 B's! not bad for me at all. im not one to really care too much about my grades, but im pretty happy about them this time. I worked pretty hard this semester having 20 credits and working, but come finals week i didnt have to stress at all. The final in each class was not going to effect my grade to much because my grades were high enough to where it didnt matter what score i got. I did study for them but not to much, it was GREAT! Feels so great to be done-im NOT a fan of school!! ahh! but now its time to worry about christmas and thats exciting! Our Christmas tree is HUGE its about 7 and a half feet, it takes up about half our house, seriously though it does. We live in a studio apt where everything is just one room, so you can try to picture our tree in our apt. But phil begged me to keep it up even though its huge! It is Very Pretty too, and his grandma gave it to us as a gift-so wonderful!! Today while we were shopping for a "first chirstmas" ornament and i found the COOLEST ornament for me, a dinosaur!!! I was STOKED!!! haha its my new favorite! You love it dont you? I do!! He is even holding a stocking-haha i asked phil if we could do a dinosaur themed tree one year and he said no =( oh well.

And this is our beautiful tree! yes its in our kitchen, but our bedroom, family room, bathroom, closet, is in the same room too. haha we like to joke about our cute lil place, but its not a joke, its totally true! but i love it-its perfect for us!

Our Child?? huh?

2008-11-21T14:59:00.000-08:00

So i found a website to see what me and phils future children would look like.....and this was what we got hah! This one was the cutest. Apparently me and phil both have outrageously large foreheads because on all the babies it showed, their foreheads were gigantic!! This one is cute though! haha, meet our daughter. She is just a cutie huh! Haha! oh and, it was really hard to think of a title for this entry without everyone thinking im pregnant haha.

Dance with me

2008-11-18T17:59:00.000-08:00

Ok so there was a dance at EA a couple of weeks back. I thought it would be fun to "ask" phil to the dance! So i made a poster that hung outside of our apt that said, "PHIL, here is the DEAL" and it had streamers hanging from it too. haha. And on the inside of our apt, when you close the door i had another poster that said something like, "I'm taking you to the dance on saturday!" So im pretty cheesy i know, but it was still fun! He liked coming home to that also.

The dance was fun, and Im glad he actually wanted to go with me. It was a lil different being married and going to a dance haha, a fun experiance though!! I kinda still fit in my senior prom dress too. Even though my arms were BULGING out of the sides haha. Seriously though, that was the only bad part of the night, my arms hurt so bad because they didnt fit to well in the sleeves. I felt like i had bruises around my arms the next day-too much dancing!!! Oh well!

I have permission

2008-11-07T13:56:00.000-08:00

HAHAHAHA! I could hardly take the picture because i was laughing so hard. I did take more than one, buuuut i think this will do. oh i love this boy!

....and he said if any of his brother-in-law's saw this, he would never hear the end of it. trust me, phil never would do this but he felt really bad that he didnt wear anything i came up with for him. haha he wont even let me spike his hair with gel, so i was shocked he did this to make me laugh...it worked!!

Halloween?

2008-11-04T12:04:00.000-08:00

Well we had a fun Halloween, not to exciting but still fun! I tried to get phil to dress up for work but since he works at a bank it was hard to come up with something he could actually work in. The costume couldnt interfere with his work. well that made about everything i came up with not possible. So i didnt worry about it he said he would dress up on his own....then i decided i wanted to dress up for choir. 2 of my friends from choir dressed up with me and we looked great haha! I forgot i had math right after so i had to go alone looking the way i did, but oh well it was halloween!

I had on sweet boots too that ya can't see haha.

OK that night we couldnt decide what to do, i was really set on handing out candy. I had scary halloween sounds playing out the window and some pumpkin decorations lit up! (not the ones we made, those got all moldy and died about 5 days before halloween haha). But we live in a place that nobody would go trick or treating i thought. and i was right haha only 2 familes came, and one was our neighbors haha. but thats better than nothing!!! we ended up with lots of candy for us!! woo hoo-you can see our excitement in the pics!

When phil got home from work he told me he was a Argentine soccer player-he had a shirt from his misison on. so original huh, haha. oh well. when i was thinking of ideas for him he said i needed a kid that i could dress up because he does not like halloween. But he felt bad for not using any of my ideas so he wanted to surprise me. He was in the back of the house and came walking around the corner in my cheer uniform from 7th grade! WOW! He said i could put a pic on, but i might wanna ask him again before i do. It was a sight to see haha and i couldnt stop laughing.

So Overall, halloween was good. next year i hope we live in a place where kids will want to come trick or treating =)

The Big 4!

2008-10-21T13:01:00.000-07:00

Well it was our four month "anniversary" yesterday. We went to dinner at the oh so famous Golden Corral. I do like that place a lot-great rolls! Anyways, we stuffed ourselves pretty full and then we decided to carve some pumpkins to put outside our house. It was a lot of fun. Yesterday night was my only night off all week. I have practice for my Fall Sing concert tonight and tomorrow then thursday, friday and saturday is the concert. Plus im working on my 10 page research paper for english and another sociology project, and i have 2 test this week!! Needless to say, I am quite busy this week. But it was great to take the night off with Phil and have fun. Time is flying right now--4 months and loving it!

I had to add a bow...its my trademark

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

ready to run....

2008-10-01T15:25:00.000-07:00

Me and philip decided to go visit my family in pinetop this last weekend and it was great. I had not been there and seen everyone since my wedding and was missing the kiddos so much. The weekend turned out to be very eventful and fun and im so glad i went! Our whole family got together on sunday for some family things we needed to talk about and it was great to just have everyone around.

I have the cutest nephews and neices ever, i know. Our family keeps growing...and sam has another on the way woo hoo! These kids made the weekend even better!
I accidently posted thes pics backwards but oh well. Raine asked if i wanted to do a run/walk thing with her on saturday morning at 6:30. since im at least trying to get in better shape i thought it sounded fun. phil laughed when he heard it was that early in the morning haha i NEVER wake up any time close to that!! But it was a lot of fun doing it with lacey and raine. Raine got first i got second and lacey got third (in our division). haha and i have to mention raine wasnt really in our division but they put her in ours anyways, so i would of gotten first!! haha and she would of gotten first either way. eh oh well it was a really good thing to do and totally unlike me!!

And thats all for now, thanks for the pics raine. Right now im just TRYING to enjoy school the most i can. I dislike it more than i ever have, yet im putting in more effort that i ever have and doing better than usual. ha phil motivates me to, so that helps. Being married while in school is a really good thing i decided. It helps you focus more, even if you dont want to i guess. Im enjoying life, and trying to stay the most positive about events going on in my family. I know if we are faithful the lord will help us out. Life Is Good!