Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Christmas Cards
A really quick post to say if you would like a Christmas card, post your address on here, or email it to me at nykelle at storybookyourfamily dot com. Sound good? The card gives an update of our life since I haven't posted since May (yikes) but all in good time, just when I find the time to finish the book and post it on here! :) Until then, here's a pic of our sweet little Mia Bella. Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
An Update
If you've been wondering what in the world I've been doing since my last post in January, all I can tell you is that I've been having WAY too much FUN with my new home-based business. Click HERE to check out my website, and click HERE to see my most recent project!
I promise I will post pregnancy pics soon. I'm due on May 24, so it could happen any day!
I promise I will post pregnancy pics soon. I'm due on May 24, so it could happen any day!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
20 WEEK ULTRASOUND
I've decided it takes a lot of guts to post pictures of yourself getting bigger each month, but I've had several requests to do so, so I am being brave and officially posting my first pregnancy pictures. Here I am at 20 weeks (January 9th) right before we headed to the ultrasound appointment.
I've been hesitant to post these, which is why it has taken me a couple weeks, but I have come to terms with the pregnancy weight gain and realize it is a required and natural process for a healthy and beautiful baby. It's never fun to step on the scale and see an increase, but I do believe every pound is worth it to start a family. Each number up reminds me of the little budding babe inside of me getting healthier and stronger. Yeah for food and eating for two!
So here's the update on the pregnancy so far:
1st trimester: Really not that bad! Sure I had the usual nausea most women get, and most food smelled or tasted weird, but I only lost my cookies probably a total of 12 times through the entire three months, which is really good from what I've heard! There were only a few days I actually stayed in bed most the day, but other than that, I was able to work on our house and meet with contractors still to finish things up. I feel so lucky that I didn't have any severe problems or sickness. Huge blessing! Food Cravings: I didn't really crave much, but grapefruit, cottage cheese, and sometimes a Whopper from Burger King always sounded digestable.
2nd Trimester: Well I am currently 22 weeks and feel GREAT! My doctor gave me the "green light" on all exercise, so after I got over the nausea stage, I got back into my usual routine of 5x a week. We have a Rec Center here with great aerobic classes that I've been enjoying. I do Water Aerobics and Yoga on Mondays and Fridays, Circuit Training and Pilates on Tuesdays, Spinning/Power Abs and Yoga on Wednesdays, and Pump'n'Flex on Thursdays. Food Cravings: Banana Breakfast shakes, toast, oranges, and hard-boiled eggs.
So we went to our ultrasound, and guess what the baby is.................. IT'S A MAYBE!!! Well the doctor thinks it's a girl, but she couldn't tell for sure. The imbilical cord was between the baby's legs for part of the ultrasound, so the picture above is the only shot she got that shows the likelihood of a girl... However, the baby was super active and the ultrasound was only 5 minutes long, so I left a little discouraged. I wanted to say to my doctor, "Spend two more minutes with us and find out for sure if it's a boy or girl! The baby's movin' like crazy in there!" But of course she was in a hurry and said we would have to wait until next month to be sure....
Here's a picture of the baby's face. The white spot is the eye and you can see the outline of the ear under that. I still feel like I'm trying to read a foreign language when I look at these ultrasound pictures, which is why I am hoping to get a 3D one done when I'm around 8 months... but they're not cheap so we will see..
This is supposed to be the two hands up by the baby's face, but I have a hard time seeing it clearly... The next ultrasound though will be with another doctor. I've decided to switch doctors because the current clinic I go to doesn't practice all the normal rules and cuts some corners... For example: I've never peed in a cup, I've never been measured, I've never had my uterus size checked, and I don't know if she even checked everything she was supposed to at this last ultrasound with how short it was. We are also driving 1 1/2 hours one way to my doctor visits, and there are some new doctors that joined our insurance network this year that are only 15 minutes away, which will make things much easier..(Especially when I go into labor!)
So here's to a "MAYBE" baby! We haven't really celebrated yet because we still don't know for sure, so hopefully in the next couple weeks we will know! I've thought it was a girl for a while now, but it's hard to pick colors or buy clothes until you have the official sex decided. My doctor did say the baby was 1 lb 11oz, which I guess is a pretty nice size at 20 weeks, which means I probably need to slow down the eating! YIKES! Let's hope I don't have a 10 lb 12 oz baby like my mother did with me!
I've been hesitant to post these, which is why it has taken me a couple weeks, but I have come to terms with the pregnancy weight gain and realize it is a required and natural process for a healthy and beautiful baby. It's never fun to step on the scale and see an increase, but I do believe every pound is worth it to start a family. Each number up reminds me of the little budding babe inside of me getting healthier and stronger. Yeah for food and eating for two!
So here's the update on the pregnancy so far:1st trimester: Really not that bad! Sure I had the usual nausea most women get, and most food smelled or tasted weird, but I only lost my cookies probably a total of 12 times through the entire three months, which is really good from what I've heard! There were only a few days I actually stayed in bed most the day, but other than that, I was able to work on our house and meet with contractors still to finish things up. I feel so lucky that I didn't have any severe problems or sickness. Huge blessing! Food Cravings: I didn't really crave much, but grapefruit, cottage cheese, and sometimes a Whopper from Burger King always sounded digestable.
2nd Trimester: Well I am currently 22 weeks and feel GREAT! My doctor gave me the "green light" on all exercise, so after I got over the nausea stage, I got back into my usual routine of 5x a week. We have a Rec Center here with great aerobic classes that I've been enjoying. I do Water Aerobics and Yoga on Mondays and Fridays, Circuit Training and Pilates on Tuesdays, Spinning/Power Abs and Yoga on Wednesdays, and Pump'n'Flex on Thursdays. Food Cravings: Banana Breakfast shakes, toast, oranges, and hard-boiled eggs.
So we went to our ultrasound, and guess what the baby is.................. IT'S A MAYBE!!! Well the doctor thinks it's a girl, but she couldn't tell for sure. The imbilical cord was between the baby's legs for part of the ultrasound, so the picture above is the only shot she got that shows the likelihood of a girl... However, the baby was super active and the ultrasound was only 5 minutes long, so I left a little discouraged. I wanted to say to my doctor, "Spend two more minutes with us and find out for sure if it's a boy or girl! The baby's movin' like crazy in there!" But of course she was in a hurry and said we would have to wait until next month to be sure....
Here's a picture of the baby's face. The white spot is the eye and you can see the outline of the ear under that. I still feel like I'm trying to read a foreign language when I look at these ultrasound pictures, which is why I am hoping to get a 3D one done when I'm around 8 months... but they're not cheap so we will see..
This is supposed to be the two hands up by the baby's face, but I have a hard time seeing it clearly... The next ultrasound though will be with another doctor. I've decided to switch doctors because the current clinic I go to doesn't practice all the normal rules and cuts some corners... For example: I've never peed in a cup, I've never been measured, I've never had my uterus size checked, and I don't know if she even checked everything she was supposed to at this last ultrasound with how short it was. We are also driving 1 1/2 hours one way to my doctor visits, and there are some new doctors that joined our insurance network this year that are only 15 minutes away, which will make things much easier..(Especially when I go into labor!)So here's to a "MAYBE" baby! We haven't really celebrated yet because we still don't know for sure, so hopefully in the next couple weeks we will know! I've thought it was a girl for a while now, but it's hard to pick colors or buy clothes until you have the official sex decided. My doctor did say the baby was 1 lb 11oz, which I guess is a pretty nice size at 20 weeks, which means I probably need to slow down the eating! YIKES! Let's hope I don't have a 10 lb 12 oz baby like my mother did with me!
Ravioli Birthdays
We went down to Price, UT a few weekends ago to hear my sis-in-law's homecoming talk and celebrate some January birthdays. Here are some of the highlights from the trip.
HOMEMADE RAVIOLI! Oh it doesn't get any better than this! My mother-in-law is quite the chef, and since there's a lot of Italian blood flowing through this family, she has spent a lifetime cultivating the crafts of homemade italian cuisine....delicious! From the noodles and sauce, to the inner mixture, it's all made from scratch. This truly is a "labor of love" on her part because it's not an easy recipe and time consuming! I have yet to brave it! She started this tradition several years ago on my father-in-law's birthday, and has continued it ever since. He gets ravioli that tastes better than any restaurants attempt for his birthday dinner-- and we all get to enjoy it too!
My nephew Carter playing under and inside the pool table leg. He only got stuck once.
My father-in-law sporting his new outfit.
Grandpa Gus always enjoys every gift he gets. We also celebrated Devin's birthday, but my camera died before I got a shot of him.
Baby Parker trying solid foods!
HOMEMADE RAVIOLI! Oh it doesn't get any better than this! My mother-in-law is quite the chef, and since there's a lot of Italian blood flowing through this family, she has spent a lifetime cultivating the crafts of homemade italian cuisine....delicious! From the noodles and sauce, to the inner mixture, it's all made from scratch. This truly is a "labor of love" on her part because it's not an easy recipe and time consuming! I have yet to brave it! She started this tradition several years ago on my father-in-law's birthday, and has continued it ever since. He gets ravioli that tastes better than any restaurants attempt for his birthday dinner-- and we all get to enjoy it too! 
My nephew Carter playing under and inside the pool table leg. He only got stuck once.
My father-in-law sporting his new outfit.
Grandpa Gus always enjoys every gift he gets. We also celebrated Devin's birthday, but my camera died before I got a shot of him.
Baby Parker trying solid foods!Car Sold, Not Stolen
It's nice to have your vehicle purposely missing (aka selling your car), instead of having your locked car with supposed security system stolen (that happened to us a couple summers ago).. so this is a nice change of pace for us! Carson and I have been wanting to get an all-wheel drive SUV for the Wyoming winter roads and to make the traveling back and forth to Utah a little safer--especially since the backseat will soon have a baby. Our bishop's wife has a little side business where she will email your advertisements, real estate listings, job openings, cars, etc. to the hundreds of people she knows here in our area for only $5 bucks! The crazy thing is that most the time, it works! People have sold their homes, cars, furniture, and several other things through her! Since she grew up in our hometown, she knows almost everybody here which really gets the word out fast for ads. We had her email out an ad for our honda, and the next day we got a call on it, and then a few days later it was sold! CRAZY! So now we have one car, which means I get the privilege of getting up with Carson every morning at 4:30 am to drive him to Rock Springs by 5:00 am so he can then car pool again up to work. I then pick him up in the evening as well. It really hasn't been that bad, and I guess it only serves me right since he gets up at 4:30 everday and I get to enjoy my sleep... now I get a little taste of what he goes through... and will go through for the rest of his working life.. yuck.
Anniversary #3
Carson and I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary on December 30, 2008. We bought a The Swedish Beauty Is Back!
On December 27, 2008, we all enjoyed a little piece of Sweden back in the United States! My sister-in-law returned from her mission! She served in Stockholm, Sweden and was an all-out, go-getter, full-throttle, 110% effort missionary for 1.5 years. It's been great having her back!
Me, Brittany, and Carson.
The greeting crew at the airport. Since she's been home, the grandkids can't get enough of her and we all realized how much we missed her adorable laugh and beautiful smile. She is the most upbeat and happy person you'll meet! Good to have you back Britt!Monday, January 19, 2009
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Maybe I should have done what I've seen many other bloggers do, where they post a possible haircut idea and ask for opinions FIRST..... well it's too late for that and the hair is already GONE! My sister Krys is a hairdresser and I take full advantage of her awesome skills each time she comes out... so for Christmas she fixed me up!
From LONG and STRINGY
To SHORT and FLIPPY (Day of haircut)
Or do you think it's THIN and YICKY? (2 weeks later)
Well it's too late anyway... I've had several people ask me why I cut my long hair and if I miss it, probably because they liked it better long... but the truth is I have mousy thin hair, and once it gets that long, it just looks nasty all the time because it's so thin. Trust me-- if I had thick hair, I would love to leave it long, but I decided I couldn't pretend any more that I had thick, beautiful hair... so off it went and that's probably how it will stay for a long while... Besides, long hair is WAY out of character for me... I've always had it pretty short, I just let it grow out because I don't trust anyone else to do my hair--my sister really is THAT amazing at doing hair that it's well worth the wait. My hubby says he likes both ways, but who knows the real answer.. men are so scared to tell the truth sometimes... The end.
From LONG and STRINGY
To SHORT and FLIPPY (Day of haircut)
Or do you think it's THIN and YICKY? (2 weeks later)Well it's too late anyway... I've had several people ask me why I cut my long hair and if I miss it, probably because they liked it better long... but the truth is I have mousy thin hair, and once it gets that long, it just looks nasty all the time because it's so thin. Trust me-- if I had thick hair, I would love to leave it long, but I decided I couldn't pretend any more that I had thick, beautiful hair... so off it went and that's probably how it will stay for a long while... Besides, long hair is WAY out of character for me... I've always had it pretty short, I just let it grow out because I don't trust anyone else to do my hair--my sister really is THAT amazing at doing hair that it's well worth the wait. My hubby says he likes both ways, but who knows the real answer.. men are so scared to tell the truth sometimes... The end.
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