While I Was Out....

So a couple of weeks ago, Trev was going to go camping at our ward's mens campout. He suggested that I go to one of my sisters houses with Jace to get out of the house and so I wouldn't be lonely. So I went up to Tara's house Friday afternoon and stayed until Saturday afternoon (that's when we made all of those bows...a couple of blogs ago..). Anyway, when I came back, much to my surprise, Trevor hadn't gone camping at all, but had enlisted several of his friends (thanks Cam, Zak, and Paul) to help him paint and put up paneling in Jace's new room. (We're moving him from the nursery to what used to be our computer room/office, so that the baby can be in the nursery). I was SO surprised! We had talked about changing the room, but I saw no possibility in it happening before the baby was born, and I really didn't want to have all the paint fumes with a brand new baby in the house. I seriously have the best husband in the world! He is always doing the sweetest things, and surprising me with stuff like this. It looks so good! The pictures really don't do it justice. Here are some before and after shots. I'll take more pictures with Jace's stuff in there once we get it all moved over.

Before...



After...

More of our Beautiful Baby Girl!

Thanks to the creative talents of my sister, here are some more layouts of our perfect baby girl. (I am loving digital scrapbooking!) Brooklyn is one week old today! I can't believe how fast time has flown by. She is such a good baby. We have hardly heard her cry. She is still so tiny. Life with two is going to be crazy. Thankfully Trevor had the last week off and Tara is going to spend the next week down here helping me out. Shelly has offered to take Jace the following week which will be very helpful. I am so lucky to have so many people to help me. Jace is adjusting better than I thought with having Brooklyn home. He loves to help me burp her and to shove her pacifier in her mouth. He is always trying to pull the bows out of her hair, poke her in the face and put his fingers in her mouth. She is going to be one tough girl. He hates it when she is sad. (Which is seldom.) If she cries, he cries. He is going to be a great big brother! I am so blessed to have two beautiful, healthy babies. I am so thankful that I get to be their mom!!

Our Girl is Here!

Brooklyn Nicole arrived yesterday at 2:23 P.M. She weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 19.5 inches long. She has a ton of dark brown hair. I don't think any of these pictures will show just how much hair she has. I am still in the hospital so my sister is posting these pictures for me. I will write more about the labor and birth in my next blog. This little girl is simply beautiful! Enjoy! (Click on the pictures to make them bigger.)





One Happy (and very Cute) Family!

Craft Time

So this past weekend I went up to Park City to stay with my sister while Trevor went "camping" (I'll talk about that more in an upcoming blog). We decided to be crafty and tried our skills out at making headbands for baby sister. I'm learning that all of these girl accessories are quite spendy...headbands can be $8.00-$9.00 a piece (are you kidding? I don't spend that kind of money on myself). Anyway, I heard that a lot of headbands they make for little girls are just made of women's knee highs and flowers. They are super cute, but sometimes the flowers they put on are so big, you can't see the baby! So with some knee highs, silk flowers and other scrap-booking accessories, and a lot of hot glue, here are the results. Impressive, eh? We got a little carried away, and now I have 28 headbands. (Tara reminds me that now she can wear a different headband every day in February!) They're a lot of fun to make though...and I realized that I am capable of being crafty. (With a little help from my sister.)

A New Love!

Jace absolutely loves going to the park. As soon as the park comes into view he is giggling, squirming, and flapping his arms. He gets so excited!! He loves to climb up the slide and climb all over the playground.
The swing has to be his favorite. I think we could leave him on it all day and he would be happy. He loves Grandpa and Grandma Barnes' swing. This boy loves to play all day long.
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

Technology at it's Finest.

So here's some more pictures of baby girl....I know I just posted some a couple of weeks ago but these turned out SO good! As you can see, her arm/hand is in her face in the bottom picture, but the doctor poked and jiggled her around a bit and she eventually moved her arm. What a sweet face, huh :o)?! She looks a lot like Jace, and it will be interesting to see how close she looks to these pictures when she arrives. I'm 38 weeks, but my doctor said he'll induce me a week early if I want. He says my body has a tendency to hold on to my babies, and if I leave it to my body, I'll probably go a couple weeks over. No thanks! I guess we'll see. The doctor said she looks great and estimates her to be about 6 lbs 12 oz. I'm excited to finally meet this little girl, although I must admit I'm really scared as well. What an exciting journey we're about to start!

Spoiled?

So last night the neighborhood girls threw me baby shower. At first I kind of felt dumb (especially since I had just had a shower last summer for Jace) but they insisted since I was having a girl. My goodness I got SO spoiled! I got so many fun and girly things! I also had a shower a couple of weeks ago with Julie's side of the family (they get together for lunch every time one of the girls has a baby or gets married) and they all spoiled me too! (This picture doesn't include all of the things my sisters have already given me too.) I am constantly reminded of how giving and generous people are. I am so lucky to have my family, friends, and neighbors! This little girl is already so loved and so spoiled. I can't wait to meet her and have her join our family.