I can't believe she is 2 months!

Vacation

Look at that smile
This is at Lovers Leap in Hannibal Missouri
Sydnie Sleeps a ton!
We went to the Nauvoo Temple

Photoshoot

Here are just a few shots of our little Sydnie. This girl will soon be a pro at posing for pictures as I will be taking MANY. :)

Sydnie Jean has arrived!

Our beautiful daughter was born thursday July 3, 2008 7lbs. 11oz. 20in. and we couldn't be more excited! Ok so going through labor was NOTHING like I expected it to be. I was expecting the worst thing that could ever happen to me, and what I got was "that wasnt too bad." I was soooo blessed. See on Monday of last week I was feeling contractions every 5 min but didn't know if I should go to the hospital so I decided to wait it out to see if it got any worse. Well by the time Greg got home from work, about 3 hours later, they were further apart and when I went to bed that night they were gone. The same thing happened on Tuesday so I thought I was just being prepared for labor. Well I had my regular doctors appointment on thursday and I let her know what happened mon and tues so she checked me and was like, "Woah you are dialated to a 5, you need to get to the hospital right now." It was the weirdest thing becuase I was feeling nothing. Greg was in Lancaster so I called him and told him to come as soon as he could, then I called my mom to come because I felt so awkward walking into the labor and delivery room not feeling a thing and telling them I was in labor. We went inside and told the nurse and she laughed because I didn't look like I was in labor, she then checked me and was also surprised to see that I was now at a 6 and not feeling anything. I was just laying there and the monitor was reading that I was having contractions but I wasn't feeling them. They then moved me to a delivery room and Greg got there soon after. I just waited and started to feel some contractions but they weren't as bad as the ones I felt earlier in the week. It wasn't until the doctor came in, said I was at an 8 and broke my water for me that I started feeling the real pain. And let me tell you it was REALLY painful. But even that only lasted an hour before they gave me an epidural. And then and hour after that I had a baby in my arms. About 20 min of pushing and that was that. So I walked into the hospital at about 11:30am and had a baby by 4:30pm with only an hour of real pain! Every girl on the planet is going to hate me for this. I just still cannot believe how blessed I was. I was just sitting in the bed saying is this real? Am I really going through labor? So very strange! But anyway we are sooo excited to finally have our baby girl! I feel so much love for her its amazing.
We are now home and the recovery is worse than the labor, I am pretty sore. But I couldn't get away without some pain right. haha Anyway I guess I am one of those lucky ones. Hopfully it doesn't change much with the other ones we will be having.

This is kind of embarrassing but I had to put it on here because I look soooooo big!
here I am at a 7 eating a popcicle and laughing because Greg just looked at the monitor and asked me if I felt that contraction and I sure didnt

Here she is all covered in yucky stuff
Greg and the doctor

He is such a proud Daddy, I love him sooo much!

A nurse made these for the babies that were there on the 4th, so cute

yay were going home!

I can't believe I got this one, she doesnt really know it but its her first smile.

So peaceful, she is the cutest thing ever!

And here she is giving everyone kisses

Prego Photos

A friend of mine took these photos for us. I met her at a wedding she photographed. She just took the photos and put the originals on a disk for me so I could edit them myself. Still not totally sure about the bare belly ones, its just weird seeing my belly like that I guess :)

Ode to Lacey :)

So we had to put our first and favorite dog down on friday. It was the saddest thing. We think she got hit by a car but we arent sure because as far as we could tell it was just her leg that was snapped in half. We were in Lancaster when we got a call from a guy that is working at our house and he told us she was hurt badly so we drove home. Greg was thinking he could just clean it and wrap it up but when we got there we saw that her bone was totally snapped in half and it was hanging there with a bigh open wound so we drove her to the animal hospital. They told us that it would cost thousands of dollars to repair the leg and just to amputate, the lowest would be 980.00 and the highest would be 1200.00 thats if they dont find anything else wrong. We almost did it but decided she was just a dog. It was just so sad because she was fine eccept for her leg. She was just laying there so peaceful and calm. So anyway it was sad at the time but we picked out a new dog so our other dog wont be so lonely while we are gone all the time.
These pictures where from when we first got her so she is a little bigger now.

Father of Forever

I am feeling so blessed. On April 26, 2008 my father completed his journey on earth and is now enjoying eternity with our heavenly father. When this happened all I felt was shock and saddness. But it didn't last long, it was amazing how our family immediatly pulled together. My brother flew in from Chico that night and everyone was at my parents home within an hour. I am so grateful for the family I have. My mother was so strong, she was worried about my younger brother and sister and wanted them to be ok above all. My wonderful husband immediatly reminded me that the lords hand was in this and he has a reason for everything. That first week was... different I guess you could say. We were so busy getting things together for the funeral and trying to help my mom figure everything out that there wasnt a lot of time to miss him. That first night we went to bed and I woke up at about 4:00am sat up in bed and just started bawling. It just all hit me and I couldnt stop. Greg was there of course just holding me and crying with me, it was all he could do. I am reminded each and everyday what a wonderful man my father was. There are so many lives he has touched and I am so grateful to have had him as a father. I had him for a good 22 years, some people never have a father. So many cannot say things about their fathers that I can. He loved the lord, he honored his priesthood, he loved people, and he loved his family. He loved his family more than anything. I was witness to this weekly. He made sure everytime he saw me to hug me and tell me he loved me and just how special I was. Im certain he did this with all of his children. I think the most memorable experiances I have of him are that of a fathers blessing. When I was younger he would pull each of us kids individually into his office and just ask us how we were and what was going on in our lives and at the end he would always ask if we would like a blessing. I always said yes. I could always feel the great love my heavenly father had for me through my father. His hands felt so comforting on my head. I felt so protected. This is the same feeling I felt every time he hugged me. Though he is gone from this earth, and somtimes I wish he could be here to see his grandchildren be born and for the weddings that havent happend yet in our family, I know he is with us. I know that I will see him again. I know that as long as I follow his example our family will be forever. I know that he heard those words from our heavenly father that we all look forward to hearing someday, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." He was done with his test, and I know he passed with flying colors. I love him so much and will always have the moments where I miss him and want him to be here, but I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have of forever families. That we will meet again, and that day will be a beautiful day! I cannot call him the father of the year or the century. He is the father of forever.