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Haylen 7 Weeks Old

8 Weeks Old .... He loves his carseat for about 43 Seconds and then.... This Happens until we start moving...

Haylen And Daddy at 6 Weeks Old

9 Weeks Old
Happiest Kid Around
We had to start bathing Haylen in the big bath tub since he has already outgrown his baby tub at 9 weeks old!






10 Weeks Old
And Getting more handsome by the minute!!

What I Love

I know I've said it over and over again but I LOVE MY LITTLE BABY BOY!!! he's 2 months old now and is getting funner to play with every day and that makes me fall even more in love with him. The main things I love so much about Haylen are:
1. The way he melts my heart every time he smiles at me
2. His "good morning mommy" smiles when he wakes up....the best way to start a day
3. The way he thinks his mommy is so funny and smiles and laughs at everything I say
4. The way he wants his mommy just to hold him and snuggle him tight
5. How he loves his bath and slashes water everywhere
6. The way he snuggles at bedtime....and the way he smiles when he looks up and sees his mama looking down at him even if he is 99% asleep
7. That he sleep through the night
8. How he smiles when I ask him if I can have a kiss, cuz he knows one is coming
9. When he falls asleep on my chest ....nothing is more peaceful then snuggling a sleeping baby
10. The way he looks so dang cute in a toque ....or anything for that matter
11. How he thinks he is so funny when he farts and poops
12. How he is starting to play with toys and loves his playtime mat
13. His adorable little cheeks that are so soft and perfect for kissing
14. How I think about him every second of the day
15. The way he "tells mommy stories"
16. How he is so happy in the morning and loves to sit and talk
17. His cute little giggle
18. His crazy hair that is outta control
19. That everyone always tells me how much he looks like his daddy
20. That I know he loves his mommy and daddy so much
21. How unbelievably cute his is
22. That he is my little angel and my sweet little baby boy
23. How I look at him and my heart fills with love and my stomach with butterflies cuz I'm so proud to have him
24. How he made all my dreams come true the day I had him
25. THAT HE IS MINE TO KEEP FOREVER!!!

So Much To Say...

So much has happened lately where to even start... How about with how much I LOVE my little Haylen. I still can't believe that he is mine to keep forever. He is absolutely perfect and just when I think I couldn't possibly love him anymore, he smiles at me and melts my heart even more. The poor lil guy has been sick for the past three days with a cough, stuffy runny nose and sneezing. He was having a hard time eating and sleeping since he wass so stuffed up but he is finally feeling better. Today he was back to his normal happy smiley self, which was such a relief since he spend the past 2 days before today crying, crying, crying and crying....poor guy. Its been hard but between all the crying and screaming when he would look up at me and smile it made all the long days and sleepless nights all worth it. I'm just so glad that my little angel is feeling better and that he's back to his happy smiley self.

Some other very exciting news is we have a new nephew!!! Ryan's sister Samantha had Lucas Ryder on November 2nd, 2009 and we are enjoying every minute of him as well. I'm so excited for Haylen and Lucas to grow up together as cousins. Haylen has 6 other cousins on my side of the family but unfortunately we don't get to see them all the time since we live 8 hours away from them all. So for Haylen to get to see Lucas all the time is gonna be so much fun!! pictures of the handsome little fella to follow later.....

This year for Halloween I had a total lack of the Halloween Spirit, which is so weird for me because I LOVE Halloween as much as I love Christmas. It's so much fun to see all the creative costumes and to give out candy to cute little kids!! I couldn't find a costume small enough to fit Haylen so I ended up making him one, and I'm so glad that I did. He was supposed to be a Dalmatian, but the only fabric that I could find was more of a cow print...and Ryan kept calling him a cow so he ended up being a "cowmation"....lol... in the end Ryan won and I said he was a cow too....whatever he was he was the cutest little boy ever!! and I must say I did an awesome job making his costume it turned out to be so cute!!

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One Month Old!!

I couldn't believe that my baby was 3 weeks old and now I really can't believe that he is already 1 month old!! Well its true, one month ago was the best, most amazing yet scariest day of our lives when we welcomed our sweet little baby Haylen into the world. It all started @ 8pm September 21 when we went to the hospital to get induced. I'm not to sure what the device is called that they used to induce me but they put it next to my cervix to bring on contractions then send me home. Well we were home for a while, and around 12:00 am I felt my first contractions. After pacing our house for a few hours, at 4:00 am the device fell out and we headed to the hospital and the fun began. At 7:00 am I was 3 cm dilated and having horrible back labour. I was able to endure it for a few more hours until I broke down around 4:00 pm and got an epidural....what a relief!! I'm telling you, all mom's out there who are considering weather or not to get an epidural....DO IT. I was trying to tough it out until I realized what am I doing....this is not a competition to see who's the strongest, so if there is something that can help relieve this back pain and the contractions then give it to me now!! Well that really helped with the pain cuz I was finally able to get some rest and got an hour sleep. Well when I woke up I was having full blown contractions and dilated from 6 to 10 and that was when the problems began. Because I had dilated so fast baby did not have time to turn his head into "head down" position and his head ended up staying turned to the right. Well I was very very very against having a c-section, so the doctor thought if we waited it out maybe his head would turn and I would be able to deliver him normally. Well the next 4 or 5 hours were very intense as I endured contrations in the hopes of baby turning his head. Well around 8:00 my doctor suggested that I try pushing again in hopes of his head getting turned. After pushing for 2 hours, still no luck.....and off to the operating room we went. Well once we got in there and all prepped for surgery we ran into our next problem....I wouldn't freeze....for some reason after all the drugs they kept putting into me, it wasn't enough to freeze me off so they could cut....If they put any more freezing in then I ran the risk of stopping breathing so the only thing they could do is put me under. Well Ryan had to leave the room and he said he left, got the waiting room, and 2 minutes later heard Haylen crying!! Well that should be the end to a happy story, but it doesn't end there...... Since baby was so far dropped after pushing, that when they were doing the c-section, and reached in to grab him, when they pulled him out the vein between my bladder and kidney snapped and I bleed out like crazy. After loosing 1/2 of my blood in the operating room they were finally able to control the bleeding and stitch me back up.....end of story....no....they then tell Ryan that when they clamped my vein to stop the bleeding they 'may' have clamped it to tight and if so they have to rush me to the city for emergency surgery to fix that in the morning.... Well after having an ultrasound the next morning we were given good news that everything looked good between my kidney and bladder, I will just have 4 staples that will stay in me forever!! I was wheeled back to my room and when I woke up I was completely outta it....and I mean COMPLETELY outta it....apparently I'm "narcotics sensitive" as the doctors called it, and really I didn't even know my own name for the first few hours after surgery!! lol Ryan brought Haylen over to me to show me him for the first time and over and over and over all I could say is "He's so perfect, I can't believe he's our baby!" lol, Ryan said I must have said it probably 50 times at least! haha. Well thanks goodness that Haylen was a perfectly healthy little boy who knew what he was doing with breast feeding, cuz the first time that I fed him I don't even remember. The next day I spent receiving 2 blood transfusions and recovering while enjoying my sweet little baby boy, laughing while Ryan told me all the ridiculous things I was saying and doing until the drugs from surgery wore off! Well to wrap it up on September 22 at 11:12 pm we welcomed our little 7 lbs 9 oz, 21 1/2 inch long perfect little Haylen into our lives and this past month we couldn't been any happier!

3 Weeks Old & Baby Shower

My baby boy is already 3 weeks old. Everyone always says how fast times goes, and how your babies grow up so fast, but I really didn't think it could possibly go THIS fast!! It's so fun to watch Haylen grow, he smiles more every day, and is so focused when you talk to him. I have started to read to him and he loves it, he listens to every word I say!!

We had our baby shower on October 10th and it was so much fun. Ryan's sister and mom put it on for us and they did such a great job. They made so much yummy food, that was all decorated in blue and white complete with cupcakes, cookies, fruits, dips, and much more yummy stuff!! Samantha was so creative with the games that we played, anybody who knows me knows that I LOVE playing games, and one of my favorites is Cranium (if you haven't played this one go buy it,....you'll love it!) Well Sam put together "baby Cranium" where all the clues she had made up to be baby themed. It was so much fun, and so clever!! The whole day was awesome, and of course Haylen and I got more then spoiled with all the gifts that everyone brought!! Thanks so much for everything guys!!

Haylen Thomas

I"M A MOMMY!!!!

Finally all my dreams have come true and its even better then I could have ever expected. On September 22nd our beautiful baby boy blessed us with his arrival. Haylen Thomas was born at 11:12 pm, weight 7 lbs 9 Oz and was 21 1/2 Inches long.....perfect size if ya ask me. After a crazy labour and deliverly (I'll post the story later when I have more time) I couldn't be more thrilled to be a mommy. Here are a few pictures my handsome lil man!!

My New/Old Chairs

Since cooking, cleaning, organizing, cleaning, laundry, cleaning, dishes and more cleaning haven't kept me busy enough I finally had the time do reupholster my nasty kitchen chairs. They were white and discusting stained with foreign gunk, so I decided to spruce them up and re cover them in black!!!! I hate to toot my own horn but I LOVE the way they turned out so TOOT TOOT!!

Before & After

OH LA LA!!

3 Years & Counting

It couldn't have possibly been 3 years already could it!?!? Its true, time flies when your having fun!! On August 27th, 2009 Ryan and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary!!! This year to celebrate we packed up a picnic and headed out to the lake that Ryan took me to the very first time I came up to visit. It was perfect, we were the only two out there and enjoyed each others company, a great meal, and some fake wine. I must say this was defiantly one of my favorite ways that we have celebrated yet!!

37 Weeks Pregnant!!!

You may also be thinking "wow what great pictures that camera took!!" ...welll...thats because for my 24th birthday Ryan bought me my dream Nikon camera!!! Aahhhh I love how that guy spoils me. I couldn't have ever asked for a more perfect boy

Ta Daaaaaa

FINALLY Everything Is done in the babies room, and I absolutely LOVE it!!!

Love Love Love it!!

Now all we need is a baby!!!