The Smart Family

October

2011-10-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

Well I know October is long gone but Zoe turned 3 Oct. 14 we had a little Birthday party for her. it was a fun day!!

My schedule at work has also changed I now only work 2 days a week Thanks to my wonderful sweet Husband. I LOVE my new schedule because I get to spend more time with my kids and I am able to make more dinners at home. I cant say that doing this is helping me become a better cook cause its not but hey I am trying :)

Caden also got his first tooth on Oct. 26th it is the bottom front, he also got his second tooth Nov. 3rd right next to the other one. So he now has two bottom teeth so his mouth will be filling up with teeth. it seems like once the first one breaks through they all come soon after. He also turns 6 months old on the 29th of this month and at his last check up he was 95% in everything. He is getting bigger and bigger every day.

I know Thanksgiving is this next Thurs. Going to go to my parents house and its weird to think that I only work one day this week. Sometimes since I have such a long break (5) days in between work. I feel lost and feel like I need an update on everything going on while I was gone. Its almost like going on a 5 day vacation but its EVERY week. :)

Anyway things are going good. I will try and update my blog Monthly but I know I have said that before and it obviously hasnt happened but I am going to TRY!! :) here are a few Random Pics

September

2011-09-14T22:16:00.001-07:00

Well as you can see by the picture above, We Blessed Caden on Sept. 4 (my brothers B day). We blessed him along with his cousin Emery at my Sister in laws ward. It was a great day. I just love my sweet cute little boy I love both of my kids they both have their own personalities and are the cutest kids ever!! But thats just me! :) I truly am grateful for my kids they are my world. and I wouldn't trade my life now for anything; As of right now not a whole lot has changed I am still working part time have been back to work for almost 2 months, Its been nice to be back. Zoe will be turning 3 in a month from today!! Cant believe it. Seems like just yesterday this month last year I found out I was pregnant and then the following month Zoe was turning 2 and now here it is another year gone and it has flown by. But other than that just going about life one day at a time

Video Of Caden

2011-07-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I decided to make a Video of Caden from when I was pregnant with him up to the first few weeks of his life. I made one for Zoe when she was a baby and I just had to make one of him as well. It is not professional or anything but here it is. Hope you like it :)

Update

2011-06-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

I know I have not written a blog in a very very long time. So I thought it was time to update. Keep in mind this is going to be very long so bare with me I will try and make it as short as possible.

So We got Pregnant back in Sep. of 2010 my due date was June 3rd. We found out in Jan. 2011 that we were having a BOY and we were super super excited.We decided to name him Caden James Smart his middle name is my Dads name so we kept his middle name a secret from my family until Caden was born. Anyway so now we would have one of each and if we couldnt have any more kids then we would have both. So anyway my pregnancy was perfect without a problem in the world besides the normal aches and pains that go along with pregnancy. Which was the complete opposite of my Prengnancy with Zoe my pregnancy with Zoe as some can remember I had Placenta Abruption 3 months into the pregnancy and on top of that a few months later I got Gestational Diabetes and then a few weeks later got Toxemia. So I was induced at 37 weeks and was in labor for 34 hours before having my 1st C section. But through all that trauma Zoe was born perfectly healthy.

Now for this Pregnancy. When I was pregnant with Caden everything was going perfect the entire pregnancy. I didn't even get Gestational Diabetes this time around. I worked my entire pregnancy up until my last day of work which was May 28. My due date was June 3rd. And I was scheduled to have my C section done Wed. June 1st well on the day of my last day of work I just wasn't feelig myself. I think it was just because I was just done being pregnant. But I stayed my whole entire shift. which was 10 hours
I had been having Contractions on and off that day and the last two weeks before then but I didn't get worried at all because they were not very close together.

Well went to bed that night woke up the next morning and felt caden move a little but not much. Didn't worry to much just thought that because I was 39 weeks and 2 days that Caden was running out of room. So after church I mentioned to Chris that I hadn't felt Caden move and tried a few things on my own to see if I could get him to budge even a little.

Well it was now 3:30pm and I still hadn't felt anything so I decided to take Chris' advice and I called L and D at Mckay Dee they told me to come straight down. so I told Chris that i was going to L and D and that I would be back in a half hour to an hour. Chris asked me if I wanted him and Zoe to go I said No I would be fine. So I left thinking I would be back before our family party we had to go to that night. So I get to L and D i get into a gown lay on a bed and the nurse checks for his heart beat well they found his heart beat and she does a couple things to the baby to see if his heart rate goes up at all. Well it didn't, so the nurse told me that because his heart rate was not responding to the tests that they would probably have to do my C section today instead of Wed.

So she left to talk to the on call Dr. since my Dr. was out of town. and came back a few mins later and said that they were going to do my C section in 15 mins. I just started crying. Not because they were doing my C section that soon but because I was by my self. So I called Chris in tears and told him that they were doing my C section in 15 mins. He asked if they had found Cadens heart beat I said yes but its not responding to the tests they did. So I asked him to call me parents. Luckily for us we live a block from the hospital and so Chris came a few mins later with Zoe and then as soon as he got there they put a surgical gown on him over his clothes a nurse took Zoe and I was being wheeled down to the O.R. A few mins later I was getting my epideral/spinal block. and they were laying me down on the table.

Well what seemed like forever, I asked Chris if he could see Caden and he said No, then the next thing I know Chris was gone and Caden was out and in the next room. From what Chris told me later, is that when he got into the room where they took Caden. It was like the movies there were Dr.s and Nurses running around every where Caden was getting bagged and then started slowly breathing on his own. Chris just stood there in disbelieve at what was happening.
Caden was whiter than white. and No one could figure out why. As I was laying on the table getting stiched up it seemed like an eternity. And when they finished and as I was getting wheeled out of the room I caught a glimpse of Chris looking out the window of the other room at me and he waved. I didn't do anything I didn't know what was going on and felt helpless. Well Caden was born on May 29th at 5:20pm weighing 10 pounds 2 oz. and was 22 inches long.

A little while later, after being in recovery my dad, grandpa and Chris came in. I asked Chris what was going on he told me all he knew was that they are running a bunch of tests on him to find out why he is so anemic. I just broke down and cried they ended up taking Caden to NICU to work on him there. Then I was given a blessing I told them that Caden needs the blessing more than I do not me I am fine. But they gave me one anyway. then they left to go give Caden a blessing.

I had a few visitors that came and went. which was nice so I wasn't completely alone feeling helpless. and After what seemed liked eternity, I was finally able to go see Caden for the first time. They wheeled my bed into the NICU I got a glimpse of him but had to leave right when I got there because I had a severe reaction to the morphine I was given just moments before. so then they had to figure out what was causing me to have hives on my arm from the Morphine. They had to take out my IV and put in a new one with a different pain med. During all of that the nurse told me that one of the tests came back positive. His blood was draining into my blood and that was why he was so pale. If I would have waited another hour to come in it would have been to late he would have been dead. later on they told Chris that if Caden would have had all of his blood he probably would have weighed 10 pounds 10 oz.

They dont know why his blood was draining into me. But it was.I finally got to my room at around 9pm an hour after that I was up and got in a wheel chair and was wheeled down to see Caden. As soon as I got into the room and next to his bed I just started bawling. Seeing him hooked up to all the monitors and Iv's and a tube in his mouth and getting a blood transfusion. It was so heart breaking. I spent an hour with him just holding his lifeless little hand while Wondering to my self how and why this happened when I had a perfect pregnancy.

I felt more helpless now than I ever have in my entire life. I just wanted him to be in my hospital room with me, like a baby should be but instead he is a long long walk down the hall. But I knew that he was in the best hands ever. Because some of the nurses and Dr.s were ones that had worked on me when i was born.

And in fact the Dr. that delivered Caden also not only assisted my Dr. in delivering Zoe when she was born but he delivered me when i was born, so I completely trusted this Dr.

It was the most emotional and draining unplanned day in my entire life. Well my Dr. came back into town a few days later and said that I could go home that day. So I went home two days after my C section. When I got discharged and Chris, Zoe and I left the hospital without Caden It was hard. I didnt cry until I got to our apartment then I just broke down in the car. It was so hard to be home and not have him with us.

Chris Zoe and I spend the next week and a half making daily sometimes double trips to the hospital to see Caden and each day Caden's condition would improve and get better thanks to all the prayers and fasts that people did. We got to finally hold him 4 days after he was born. and He finally came home on Tues. June 7th. It was a really happy day a day we had waited for for a long time. Chris' mom baby sat Zoe for us so that we could both go and pick up Caden together. When we got home Zoe was still asleep so i went into her room and woke her up and told her that daddy had a surprise for her. and then he came up to her bed holding Caden. She looked at Caden and said Baby brother!!! and was all happy.

Well Caden has been home for about two weeks and we couldnt be happier while adjusting with two kids has been just that an adjustment. Its just nice to have us all home the way it should be. Caden is doing just fine and we couldn't be happier. And all though no one will know for sure why what happened to me and Caden happened. I am just greatfull to heavenly father that he is here and with us and doing good. So that is my very very long update.

Here are some more pics.

Wow!! I know I am a slacker :)

2010-10-10T19:49:00.001-07:00

Ok I am getting more and more lazy about writing on here as you can see. So let me do an update. Ok so Sept. Came and went not to much exciting in that month other than we found out that we are............. PREGNANT with baby # 2 and so dang excited!! I will be 7 weeks this Friday (Oct.15) So I still have a LONG Way to go but we are really excited. So Thank you everyone for all your prayers on our behalf. I look back and find it really weird. Just because The first Endo surgery I had had, I ended up getting pregnant with Zoe three months later then the Second Surgery I had the same thing happened (got pregnant three months later) So my thinking on this whole thing is that next time we want another kid just skip the trying and go straight to surgery!! :)

But anyway, As far as Oct. goes Zoe will be 2 this Thurs. (Oct.14) and i really Can't believe it, time does really go by to fast. But She is so smart and such a big helper I can't even tell ya. She has been into counting a lot and helping me clean and wash dishes. She is just turning into a really big helper. We love her more than anything in the world and can't picture our lives without her she always makes us laugh and smile and I look forward to waking up to her every morning. Another Funny thing about her is that I went to the Walmart grocery store to pick up a few things and saw some little tiny pumpkins that you make pie out of. So i decided to buy Zoe one since this will be her first halloween that she will actually be able to understand it. But anyway since I bought her that pumpkin she has not let it out of her sight, She even asks and want's to sleep with it!! :) to cute I don't know of any other pumpkin in the world that's getting as much love as this one is :) so that is my update for now I will be sure and update you more (hopefully) as new things happen.

Primary Teachers (Again)

2010-07-24T23:19:00.001-07:00

So, three Sundays ago Chris and I were asked to be primary teachers. Keep in mind we are not new at this, This is our 3rd year doing it. We were primary teachers for 2 years when we lived in South Ogden I don't mind it. I like it a lot better than Relief Society and Plus i like it even better now that we don't have to do sharing time. I HATED Sharing time I would always make Chris do it just because I hate getting up in front of a bunch of people and being put on the spot. (even if it is a bunch of little kids) I still hate it. And now that we don't have to do Sharing time anymore I love primary even more, So who ever decided to change the rules, THANK YOU!! :)

Anyways, not a ton new with us. besides primary. Other than we are thinking about moving again for a couple reasons,
1. If we get pregnant again we definatly need a bigger place (I am fine with a two bedroom still) but the rooms have to be a Little bigger there is just no more room for anything in our apartment let a lone another baby.
2. The parking situation is starting to get on my nerves a little and I know it will just get worse come winter. (we only get one assigned spot and someone at least once every two weeks parks in our spot which drives me mad because when i get home at 8:30 at night and my parking spot is gone and there is no other available parking spots in our parking lot I end up having to park in a parking lot two buildings down and have to walk to my apartment) I am not a happy camper when I have to do this it just pisses me off that people don't know how to read the spot that says F 1.
3. The stupid little fees that the apartment people like to charge... $4 for this $15 for that, blah blah blah if I would have known there were so many "hidden" fees before we moved in then I don't think i would have moved here. Instead of rent being $500 like it was suppose to be in our contract it is $530 a month which I know for a fact I can get a bigger place for $10 more a month that probably has two assigned spots instead of just one.

Okay enough about my little vent there. But anyways Life is good. :)

So Funny!!!

2010-07-16T14:44:00.000-07:00

Ok, so last night Chris, Zoe and I were not tired and just hanging out in the living room it's about 1230 am, and Chris gets up to go get a drink in the kitchen and Zoe follows him, well then Chris says Zoe's going to have an M & M, and I am like ok. So she comes into the living room crying because she is having a hard time biting this M & M, so she hands it to me wanting me to break it for her (which at the time I thought was really weird since she has all her teeth and chews things just fine) so she gives me this orange M & M and i start busting up laughing because the supposed M & M Chris gave Zoe was NOT an M & M it was a little tiny pool ball that goes to a s miniature pool ball set that we have ( I had put all the balls in a Ziplock bag earlier that day and set them on the counter in the kitchen becuase I didn't want Zoe to get into them and try and eat them or lose them) So when he went into the kitchen to get a drink he didn't turn any lights and Zoe saw the bag on the counter and thought they were M & M's and so did Chris, well when Zoe couldn't bite it and gave it to me, I knew exactly what it was and bust up laughing so hard i couldn't talk. Chris came back into the living room and asked what was so funny and I told him the situation, then I grabbed the bag of mini pool balls and asked him if those looked like M & M's and he was like "it was dark". I am so glad Zoe didn't swallow it but it was so Dang Funny!!! I just had to share it with you. Even though it's probably one of those situations that you just had to be there for and it was 1230 in the morning and at that time anything is funny to me. But ya to funny. :)

Zoe, Zoe what will she do next!!!

2010-07-02T23:26:00.000-07:00

Ok Zoe lately has been doing some pretty funny things and some not so funny things. Here are a couple of examples: that have happened in the past two weeks and i don't know why but things have always been happening on Thursdays who knows why.

1st: Thurs. June 24rth I was at work and Chris was in the shower Zoe decided to get into the fridge all by herself (this is not something new she has been doing this for some time now) so she gets into the fridge and decides to grab the brand new carton of eggs I had bought the day before. And instead of keeping them in the kitchen (where they would be easy to clean up) she takes the carton of eggs into her bed room and decided to start lining them up in a row one by one on her little wicker table that is in her bed room. Well it's a good thing Chris caught her when he did because she was getting ready to smash them all, Luckily out of the whole carton of eggs only one broke. (No Pics for this one)

2nd: Thurs. July 1st I was in the living room and Zoe was in her room playing and all of a sudden I heard her crying , and saying Stuck! Stuck! so I went into her room and couldn't see her anywhere, but I still could hear her crying, well she has a big plastic doll house in her room that used to be mine and some how managed to get inside of it and couldn't get out, now I have pic's and video of this but take a look at how big Zoe is and how little the door to the doll house is! :) keep in mind there is no back to this doll house because that is how you obviously can play with things inside of it (it's not intended to be played in) but the back of the doll house is against the wall so there is no other way inside the doll house except through the little door. After I managed to get her out, she went in it again for the Second time! this time though she was laughing and having fun because she knew that I would be able to get her out. i think the reason why she was crying in the first place was because she couldn't get out on her own and probably thought she would be stuck in there for ever!! but here are the pics! and Video, the coloring on some of them are way weird. But oh well :)

Doll house Door

2nd time going in the house, now that she knows Mama will come to her rescue!! :)

Well my Video of Zoe having fun in the Doll house will not work on here so I have posted it on face book Don't know why it wont work on here! makes me mad But anyway,

Here are some more Pic's of Zoe that are Random things she does on a daily basis

1. Likes to Throw tantrums

2. Loves to color

and Last

3. Loves to pose for the Camera

Surgery Details ( have to warn you its a really long post)

2010-06-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

Let me just start off by saying that Zoe got to spend the night at my parents house Monday night (her and i have not spend a single night alone ever) She had a ton of fun with grandma and grandpa. And I survived without her. Thank you to all those who sent prayers our way.

We got to the hospital at about 8:45 am got changed into my lovely hospital gown and booties, after a short time talked with my Dr. for a few seconds and then it was time to get prepped for surgery I had to get pricked three times before they found a vein that would work for my I V that was a ton of fun (NOT). I Went into surgery at about 9:45/ 10:00am the surgery it self only took an hour this time around instead of three so that was good. He found 4 spots of Endometriosis which he cut out and then cleaned out my tubes. He made three incisions: one in my belly button and one on each side of my lower stomach. After waking up from anesthesia my throat was so dry i could hardly talk. During surgery they had to put a tube down my throat to help me breath because it was a general anesthesia and during general anesthesia your body is basically unconscious and you cant do any thing on your own. If you have never been put under before it is a really weird experience. My anesthetic has always been given to me through my IV but as it's going through your body, your body starts feeling cold and then the next thing you know your completely out. then you wake up Anyway,

I got back to my room at 11:15am even after getting to back to my room and drinking some water it was like i had sever cotton mouth all day and night long and no amount of water helped it. But it finally disappeared today. I have to be honest though I love Ogden regional a lot better then Mckay Dee. don't get me wrong I had great nurses and everything but here is why I prefer Ogden Regional over Mckay Dee at Mckay your room is made up of three small walls and a curtain for the door. No bathroom in the room, Ogden regional has big rooms with actual Doors and a bathroom so you can't here anybody.But Mckay Dee you can here everyone from the nurses and doctors to the other patients. And after you get back to your room from surgery they make you get up out of the bed and put you in like a lazy boy type chair And then they take the bed from your room so the only thing you have to lay or sit in is this chair. At least with Ogden regional they didn't do that. They let you lay in the hospital bed instead of a chair until you were able to go home.

Well after doing the transition from the bed to the chair it made me sick. I have never gotten sick from the anesthesia before. yesterday was a first. I threw up about 6 times. But luckily it was all fluid and water since I didn't have anything in my stomach for 12 hours. After they monitored me for the next 4 hours I was finally able to get dressed and leave. We went and picked up Zoe from my parents house and went to the store to get a couple things we finally got home at about 6pm last night.

The only major complaint I have right now is the fact that I have a ton of shoulder/chest pain from the gas they had to put in me. but not to much pain from the incisions (so far) I am on a narcotic which helps some. Haven't been able to sleep a ton just because I can only sleep on my left side because if I slept on my back or on my right side I have major pain so it's not real comfortable. After sleeping on my left side even that starts to get way uncomfortable. I have been walking around a ton today trying to distribute the gas and so far if I don't lay down or even sit down (depending on the position) for that mater I have no pain so most of today so far I have been walking around trying to make the pain go away and hope it stays away so tonight I can actually get some sleep. Only getting 6 hours of broken up sleep last not was not fun. Anyway, thanks again for all the prayers and good lucks we really appreciate it.

Fun in the Sun & other things

2010-06-08T18:24:00.000-07:00

Well, I know i haven't posted anything on here in a while I am just really bad about getting around to updating this thing. But anyway, Summer so far has been fun. I only work two days a week right now and I have been enjoying the time I have to play with Zoe. Zoe and I have been going to the park at least once a week and when we go to the mall (which isn't a whole lot)
she also has fun playing on the rides there to. Even though I don't always have a quarter or two with me that doesn't stop her from playing on them and when it's time to go she will scream and throw a lovely tantrum. (Fun times) :)

And when all is said and done at the end of the day this is how she ends up but only when she is in the car. :)

In other news: Tues. June 15th I go in for my second Laproscopic Surgery. I have been having some girl problems and Chris and I have been trying for baby # 2 for some time now so I am going to have the surgery done to see what is going on. and I figure now is as good as any time to do it since I am only working two days a week i won't have to miss a ton of work. so we will see how that goes. I hope all goes well and that I can find some answers. Please keep us in your prayers that this surgery goes good and that we may be able to add to our family soon after. I will try and keep you updated on how things go.

November

2009-11-28T21:03:00.000-08:00

Well we are soon to be done with November how fast the months are rolling by. So this month Zoe is talking like crazy in the last couple months she has said a total of about 22 words only 10 are about full words but when she says things you can clearly hear what she is trying to say. The funniest things she has started doing is: when you ask her what a kitty cat says she will say in a high pitched voice meow. When you ask her what a dog does she pants really fast like a dog. When you ask her where her belly button is she will lift up her shirt and show you her belly button and say be bu. When you ask her where her ear and eye are she will point and say ear and eye. She is so dang cute! I can't believe how much she is learning everyday. Well in other news Chris is going to be working for a new project at Convergys. He was selling american express business cards and now he will be working for a project called Juniper they deal with computer stuff. So starting Nov. 30 he will work from 6am - 230pm Tues - Sat. and I will be working from 3pm - 8pm Tues - Fri. So we will be getting a little extra money because I am picking up an extra shift during the week. I am happy not to work weekends anymore. I am super excited about that. :) Let's see Thanksgiving was good. We went to both my parents house and Chris' parents house it was nice to be with family. Anyway Here are some recent Pics of Zoe i haven't post any on here in a while so here they are.

October Update!

2009-10-29T20:25:00.001-07:00

Wow a lot has happened this month, First off We moved into our apartment Oct. 5. Zoe turned one on Oct. 14 she had a Dr.'s appt the 15 and weighed 24.11 pounds and was 31 inches high which is off the charts. But she is doing good. We are doing great we love our new place and our looking forward to Halloween even though Zoe is still not going trick or treating this year. I am going to spray her hair down with purple hair spray (at least I want to) Then we are going to go over to my parents house and hang out. Chris has to work and I don't want to be home by my self passing out candy so we will go see my parents and pass out candy with them. So anyway tons of fun stuff. But that is my monthly update for Oct. Short and sweet. :)

Well We are Moving!!!!

2009-09-15T23:51:00.000-07:00

Yup, it's true we are going to be moving to washington!! Washington Terrace that is :) We will be moving on Oct. 10 (hopefully sooner but we will have to see.) Finally after 3 months of searching on and off we have decided to move there. Why you ask? well, even though Chris and I both don't work anywhere near there (well Chris works in Roy so it's kinda close and he is going to weber so I guess that can be considered a reason) But no, when we first got married we lived in South Ogden only about 9 blocks from where we are going to be living and liked it (Roy was a lot better, but rent no matter where we looked was to expensive for what we could afford) so then we decided to check South Ogden area to see if rent was any cheaper up that way And bingo! it is. We are only going to have to pay $500 a month for a decent place to live with 2 bedrooms and washer/dryer hookups instead of the $550 - $700 that we saw in other citys. Now keep in mind if anyone decides to come and visit which is fine by me (as long as you give me notice) :) IT IS SMALL at least to us But it's cheap. So that in it self is worth it. The apartments Chris and I are used to were about 900 - 1000 Sq. feet, This apartment is only 800 sq ft. But, like I keep telling Chris it is only going to make our house more of a homey feel because we will have to be very close to each other whether we want to or not :) no matter what room we decide to go into.(Jk) But anyway just wanted to make this news my Sep. Monthly update. Not much else going on. Zoe turned 11 months old on Sep. 14 so she will be having a B day soon. (Can't believe she is already going to be one in less than a month) It's crazy crazy! More updates to come next month!

Update for August

2009-08-19T16:21:00.000-07:00

Well Aug. 11, 2009 we hit our 4 year Anniversary it was a really fun day. We went shopping during the day then came back home and had Chris' parents baby sit Zoe and we went to dinner. It was nice and weird at the same time. Weird because looking back I think that was the first time we went anywhere with just the two of us since Zoe was 2 months old. I guess I am just to attached to my daughter because I missed her a ton and we were only gone for maybe 1 - 2 hours. But it's weird because when I go to work i have so much to do, i don't think about anything but what I need to get done by the time I leave each day.

Zoe also turned 10 months old on August 14 it is crazy to think that she will be 1 years old in about two months. Where has time gone?
We have also decided to stay where we are for now. Just so then Chris can get back into school this coming Monday and try and get done. That's about it for the month update. I will update again in Sep.

July Post

2009-07-22T19:31:00.000-07:00

Well not to much going on with the Smart Family. Chris and I are both working, we are still apartment hunting which we have decided to take a break from for right now. We are waiting to here on an apartment over in Syracuse "still" I am begining to think that they are not in any hurry to rent it out. So who knows whats going to happen with that. Um, lets see what else. Zoe got to spend two days playing with her cousin Oaklee who she hasn't seen since father's day back in June. And other than that not to much exciting but I figured since it was almost the end of July and I don't believe I have written on here since May that I should at least write something for this month. So here is my blog for the month. Here are some pics of Zoe on Fathers day and some from playing with Oaklee.

May 2009

2009-05-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted on here in a while just because life has been super crazy. Zoe turned 7 months old on May 14 and last Sunday (May 17th) She got her first tooth. And then this Sunday (May 24th) she got a second one, So now she has two teeth on the bottom of her mouth they are so cute. Anyway She loves to get into things and she is not even 2 yet. Here is a video of her opening the bathroom drawers.

Zoe has also had fun swimming, two weeks ago Zoe and I went over to our friends Lew and Lisa's house and on the way their I decided to buy Zoe some sunglasses they are so cute, they take up her whole face but they are still way adorable on her, they make her look a lot older than she really is. (even though she looks like that every day) :) Zoe and their daughter Scarlett had a ton of fun in the kiddie pool. It was a really fun day.

Zoe loved Swimming so i decided to get her her own pool, Found one at target for 5 bucks. She loves it, she was splashing like crazy, she stayed in it
for about a half hour until the sky turned gray and it started getting a little chilly. another new thing she loves to do is to play the piano with daddy. She lOVES it. It is so cute to see them together playing the piano.

Anywho, that is my update for this month I am going to try an update every month but some months are crazier than others.

2009-03-14T23:53:00.000-07:00

Zoe is 5 months old today. I really can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday that Chris and I were at the hospital and I was getting induced and then 34 hours of hard labor and then a C section she came into this world. I look at pictures of her when she was first born and she really does
look different. it is amazing how much she changes every day.

Chris and I are truly blessed to even be parents. I look back on my struggle with my Endometriosis and how much I wanted to be a mother more than anything in the world and never thought i would be able to then after i had surgery to remove most of the endo I was pregnant 3 months later. My pregnancy was a hard one, and I am so great full that I was given the strength to get through it and to not lose our little girl.

I remember when i was 4 months pregnant, I woke up and noticed a little bleeding only to be told it was just irritation then three days later I had to go to the ER because my bleeding became worse and wasn't stopping, I was told that I had Placenta Abruption and that I would probably lose my daughter with in a week. I had never cried so much or so hard in my entire life. Chris and I were devestated. But through our faith and many prayers on our behalf, miraculously i made it to the 37 week mark before getting induced due to Toxemia and Gestational Diabletes all within a week apart. Zoe is our little miracle and forever will be to us. She is a great blessing and i wouldn't trade being a mom for anything in the world.

March already?

2009-03-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

did February fly by or is just me. I am really looking forward to spring and I know it's just around the corner. And I can't wait, I really want to take Zoe to the park. And plus the sooner spring comes the less chance of snow there will be. Which is good because I can't stand the snow. Work is going ok don't know what it was about yesterday when I worked but people work so rude. It's like: this is exactly why I am so glad I am not working full time, not that it makes anything any better but hey at least I get to have days of in between the days I work which makes going to work a little better. Anyway, my sister just turned 16 we had a surprise party for her on Mon. March 2nd she was totally shocked. It was good. I can't believe that she is that old. It makes me sick because we are 10 years apart and the older she gets the older I get and I really don't like the idea of turning 26 this year I really don't feel that old. But what can you do about it. :)

How fast time goes by...

2009-02-20T20:17:00.001-08:00

We are finally getting over being sick. Thank goodness. Can't believe how fast time goes by (to me at least) Chris and I celebrated Valentines day late. But at least we celebrated better late then never right? I think so. So for Valentines day we got new cell phones and got on with T mobil. We will see how there cell phone service is. But our new phones are really cool. They are valued at like $400 and we got them for $25 each Chris and I both got the same phone, his is black and gray and mine is gray and pink. They are really cool phones they have a really nice camera and they take really good pics. Plus you can download songs and play songs like an ipod. It is really cool
Anyway Zoe is getting big, her hair is so long now i put it in a little pony tail at the top of her head and she looks like pebbles from the flinstones :)

2009-02-13T17:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Can't believe that we are in the middle of Feb. all ready. Happy Valentines to every one. It's not going to be a fun one for Chris and I, just cause we both have to work tomorrow. Chris works till ten and I work till 8 so ya, it's so romantic don't ya think? :) Zoe is getting big. She will be 4 months old [Photo]tomorrow. She went into the Dr. yesterday and she now weighs 17.7 pounds and is 26.25 inches long she is going to be one tall little girl but I don't mind what can I say it runs in the family, Chris family from Norway my family is from England and Holland. Poor Zoe bug has a little cold she started getting it yesterday and now Chris has one to, he got his today, Hopefully I will get lucky and not get one but that will be a big fat chance. But we will see.

A new thing Zoe has started to do this month is eat cereal she inhales it. She loves it. I have two pic's of her eating it they are so dang cute!!! you can see them at the bottom. One last thing I have officially been working for 3 weeks so far as of today. It's weird to be back working but I love it. I not only like talking to people but the money helps to.

Here is a little bit about us......

2009-01-20T00:34:00.000-08:00

Chris and I have been married for 3 years and 5 months. In that time we have moved 3 times When we first got married we lived in South Ogden and lived there for two years then we moved to Roy and lived there for 7 months and now we currently live in Centerville, Utah and just had a precious little girl named Zoe

Zoe was born on Oct. 14, 2008 weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces she was born 3 weeks early. She truely is our little Miracle when i was 4 months Pregnant I got diagnosed with Placenta Abruption (Placenta started to detach from the uterine wall) The Dr's found it in two different places and they didn't think Zoe would stay alive for longer than a week. But after many many prayers from family and friends and her determination to fight to be here she continued to stay put. Just when my two seperations started to heal I was diagnosed with Toxemia and Gestational Diabetes and my Dr. decided to induce me on Oct. 13, 2008 at 12 am so after 34 hours of labor and a C section later our precious little girl finally came into this world and she was perfect no problems at all during any of my pregnancy. We are truely blessed to have her with us. And I woudn't trade my life for anything I love being a mom.

Zoe just turned 3 months old on Wed. Jan. 14, 2009 I can't believe how fast time goes by. She is learning new things every day, she loves to smile and laugh and her favorite thing to do right now is try to sit up all by herself. She also loves sitting in her little chair and watch tv (she takes after daddy on that one) :)

As far as school and work goes well Chris is currently going to school to major in accounting and working full time at Converges I however am not going to school but am going to be working part time at Walmart as an Optician (have been doing this for 5 years) I start this Thursday haven't worked for walmart in 3 years so it will be interesting to see how everything goes.