Sunday June 5, 2011

Breath in, breath out!
It started out as a normal morning, breakfast with my parents, Jamie, Kenny and Cedar, and then back to my house to finish up packing WHAT.....STOP! That's when it gets all crazy and I'm realizing as I give my Dad his Father's Day gift that "this is for real" and this is the last time I'll be seeing them in person and the next time will be on the web-cam he's opening up, this is where the breathing begins and I have to tell myself "it's only a year". And then after a tearful goodbye they drive off.

I compose myself quickly and get back to work on getting the house ready and the final packing together. Then my friends show up and the breathing starts again. "What am I going to do without these two girls"? They know me best and accept and love me for me, they are the ones who make me laugh and know how to make me feel better. The tears quickly come again and as they are leaving another feeling of "this is for real" is sweeping over me.

I keep telling myself that the great things about goodbye is it make you realize just how much you love someone and each of them for their very own reason and how much impact they have in your life. I love you all!

Dinner
I am lucky enough to have an amazing sister-in-law who has amazing in-laws. They invited us to have dinner at there house as our farewell meal and it was so perfect feasting on hamburgers and potato chips. Thank You Barlow's for the great company and great food.
It's time to leave and the cousins are saying goodbye and I'm getting teary eyed because I don't think that they "get it" .

Airport
I already mentioned my amazing sister-in-law, but it doesn't end there, she and and her husband drove us to the airport. The drive up there was good. My husband and my boys were saying goodbye to "all things Utah" as we pass and we get there quickly...too quickly.
Breathings heavy again this is it, last goodbyes and we're off. This was another hard one and I lose it quickly.
Thanks for all the support and well wishes. I am am scared to death and very excited for this chapter in my life.

The best part of goodbyes is that it 's made me see how important each and everyone of these people are in my life and that they all play their own special role. I love you all!

Hip Hop Halloween Night.

Oh halloween how I love thee! Everything about Halloween is just great, the pumpkins... carving and seed, the decorations, the costumes, the parties and the ridiculous amount of candy. Does it get any better?

The kids all decided what they were going to be after changing their minds 500 diffrent times and hear are the final decisions....

Matty's list of costumes consisted of, a power ranger, a ninja, a clown and what did he finally decide on?

"Hiccup" from "How to train your dragon"

Next up is Chase first off it was Frankenstein, woody, power ranger, a skunk, and the final costume is...

"Vampire"

Nicholas was pretty much clueless until about the last minute, when he finally decided to be

An "orc" from World of Warcraft.

And finally we bring in Taylor who has no clue, and is pretty much bored with even trying to decide. I do my motherely duties and find him a costume of an out house with a guy in it and he loves the idea. Well time goes by and I have about two days to make his costume and I just can't fit it in so I find this for him, and it was a HUGE hit.

Pony up Cowboy!

Baby girl didn't have much of a choice in the matter, but for parties and main street trick or treating she was a...

Ladybug
Then for Halloween night and trunk or treating this is where she ended up

Lobster stew!

And to finish it off what is Halloween with out "Witches Brew" and the traditional "Meal in a Pumpkin."

4th of July

There may not have been any fiery explosions or mortars being shot directly aT us and our houses,no fingers being burnt, or holes burnt in to clothing, but this year did not dissapoint. The festivities started with a BBQ with neighbors which included burgers plenty of yummy salads, an awesome cake made by yours truely and of course SLUSHIES.

Next up was the bee stings...I know this isn't really one of those kind of thing you want to remember or that should be highlighted as part of your "GREAT" day, but I just have to share. Chase was playing so nicely in the sandbox minding his own business when a good for nothing mean old bee came up and stung him three yes that's 3 diffrent times. One on his chin, his nose and his ear. Poor little kid. I didn't get a picture because I rushed to save the day.

Chase is such a trooper and it only bothered him for a few minutes...that's not metioning the damage it did as far as seeing any flying bugs now, which usually results in a panicked screams followed by running inside.

The night ended with fireworks. What great neighbors I have I just love you guys!

Matty's Kindergarten Graduation!

Kindergarten is just the sweetest year for kids. They are so excited to learn and just love the feeling of independance. Matty had the GREATEST teacher this year and he learned so much I was kind of sad to see it come to an end. Okay okay confession time...Yes I cried at his graduation but I amjust so darn proud of him.

Lilly's blessing

My beautiful family means the world to me. Blessing this sweet baby girl and giving her a family name (Lillian: Great Grandma Dimitt) (Rose: Great Grandma Newman),was one of the greatest days! Lilly has made our family complete and we all love her so much.


Lilly with her Grandma and Grandma Great


Lilly and her Grandpas


My Family


Lilly and PROUD daddy


The BODYGAURDS!

Lilly, the new star of our camera.

The Princess has arrived

Lillian Rose Newman
6lbs. 1oz. 18 in.


So it all began on March 4th at about 4:00 in the afternoon. I started having contractions thought nothing of it because I was not due for another three weeks. They stayed pretty consistant and then around 7:00 they slowed down and then stopped all together. BOOOO! So I went on about my night and at 9:00 they started back up, oh great I thought another tease. We get ready for bed and the contractions are still going strong. At 2:00 am. the contractions are about 2 minutes apart so I call Angie and she comes over so the kids can stay in bed. As we are leaving she asks when to get the kids up for school and I tell her not to worry about it, Jeff will be back by then...I have never been so WRONG in my life.

We get to the hospital the contractions are going strong but I am not dialated at all, but with my history they decided to keep me for awhile and watch me. They have me get up and walk around the halls to see if I can get things moving a little faster... it doesn't work.

Well I wait and still no progress. To make a long story short I am going to skip to mid-night. Well it's officially March 6th Taylor's birthday I have been in labor now for 27 hours and still no baby. the nurse comes in every 30 minutes to check me and I am still making very little progress. At 2:00am the nurse checks me and I am a 5 oh boy, I will be here forever at this rate...at 2:30 she's back in to check and I am ready YAY!

The nurse calls the Dr. who is sleeping in the hospital waiting for me to have the baby and he heads to my room. As the nurses and Dr. are getting everything ready the baby starts to come and as the Dr. puts his first glove on and reaches for his second the baby decides to come and Jeff catches her right in time, the Dr. turns around with his one gloved hand and takes over from there.

It was a long 29 ours but well worth the wait. After all these years I have my precious baby girl.