The Cloyd's

Diaper cake

2010-08-08T06:05:00.005-07:00

Yesterday I finished making a diaper cake for my friend from work's baby shower. Her husband is a BIG fan of the Chicago Cubs, hence the red white and blue. I wasn't going to use the white but Walmart ran out of ribbon, after my 3 trips to the store for more. Here is the final project.

I also made some really cute onsies with ties for when they go to church. This also came out really cute, I thought for my first attempt. My friend Amy hooked me up with some magical crafty stuff called Wonder Under. This stuff (because its not really fabric or anything) can turn any material into an iron on patch! it's AMAZING!! So you can iron this stuff to your material,t then iron your materical to the onsie, simple. For added support you can stick a simple line around the outside of the pattern. I will post pictures of the kids once I get to work. It's too hard to add them from home with my laptop. I will have to invest in a $20 wireless mouse.. On one note before I go. Reegan is potty training and she is doing great. She has made it the whole day, including during a nap in panties with no accidents. I have also taken her to the mall for 3 hours in panties with no accidents. I can't wait until she is fully trained.

Army Crawl Video- featuring Colten

2010-06-25T16:48:00.001-07:00

Colten is Crawling!!

2010-06-24T07:09:00.003-07:00

Well it's army crawling but still he is only 5 months!! He is also getting up on his knees too! I'm in trouble. I took a video on my phone I will try to see if I can figure out how to post it. Reegan is doing great and we are all amazing! I will post pictures of the kiddos soon!

Pictures.. more to come when I get home

2010-05-12T11:42:00.003-07:00

This is the most recent picture

Reegan's 2 year checkup

2010-05-04T21:54:00.002-07:00

Reegan's 2 year check up was today and she is doing great!! She weighs 31 lbs (90%) and is 34" tall ( 65%) and the doctor said she is VERY advanced on her speech. He asked me if we have noticed any problems about her speaking and I was like, "well we can't get her to be quite for more than 1 minute.." I thought it was comical but the doc did not. He said that by this time she should know about 50 words and should be trying to put two words together to start forming sentences. About that time Reegan said " Mommy you read the book first" and the doctor's mouth just dropped open. Then Reegan said " mommy all done, have my sticker please" and he was truly amazed. He just couldn't believe it. This was the doctor that she saw when she was first born and he gave Reegan the okay to leave the hospital so he enjoyed seeing her again. I asked him about a height estimation and he gave said that Reegan would be about 5'5 which is taller than me! Colten is doing great and can already roll over from his stomach to his back ( his been doing this for about 3 weeks) and he almost has it from his back to his stomach. All he wants to do is stand up and I measured him today and he is 24 1/2" making him 10" shorter than Reegan at less than 4 months old. Things are going great with the family and my classes are awesome. I just started two new classes yesterday and I am now over half way done with my associates degree. I will be done around June of next year but I'm not going to walk in graduation until I get my associates degree. I think that's it for now and I will post pictures of Reegans b-day once I put batteries in my camera. Until next time....

Quick update - 2 months

2010-03-17T11:05:00.003-07:00

Colten is 2 months now and had his check-up yesterday. He weighs 10lbs 1oz which puts him in the 10th percentile, he is 22in long (25th percentile ) and his head is 15in (10th percentile ) overall he is just small and skinny. I can't believe it because Reegan was always chubby. We started giving Colten rice cereal in his bottle at night which helps him sleep through the night. I have to feed him between 830-9 and then he is up at like 330 to 4 at the latest to eat again. He is smiling and laughing all the time and it just melts our hearts. After I feed Colten in the morning I get up to get ready for work so I just lay him on our bed. Nick will get up and say " Hi son!" and Colten gives him the biggest smile and giggle. Nick truly loves having a son, and I love seeing them together.

Reegan is going to be 2 next month so we are having her party on 4/24/10 at my house. I will need address... again for invitations. ( I might just buy an address book too so I can stop asking all the time). She loves school (daycare) and is learning so much. We enjoy reading books and I can never just read one. she will run and say, "other book mommy" and bring me another book to read. She also likes watching her Barbie movie, Princess and the Pauper. This movie has a lot of singing which she is learning the songs and sings and dances to them in her room. We did have to put a tv and dvd player in her room, I know she's so young, but honestly I couldn't take constantly having to watch it with her. As soon as we wake her up in the morning it's, "Watch Barbie Mommy or Daddy" "Princess and the Pauper Mommy". It's super cute but I can only handle so much. sometimes she will grab my hand and take me into her room so we can hold hands and dance to the songs, I love it. She is at such an amazing age right now. She is also getting quite the little attitude which can be difficult to deal with especially when she crys over everything. We try to be as patient as possible but sometimes it's difficult.

I had my gallbladder removed about a week and a half ago. Things have been going well with the recovery but I'm still sore. It's more the muscle that hurts but it gets better everyday. Tomorrow I get my staples out which I am so thankful for. Since the incisions are healing they are starting to itch and it's hard to scratch them with staples in the way, btw I have 14 of them!!! I also started back to school 3 weeks ago and I'm once again on my way to earning my degree. I think that's all for now, nothing to really update with Nick. He is working right now which we are thankful for. Here are some pictures of the kids that were taken on Monday night.

Colten is here!!

2010-01-23T15:03:00.003-07:00

Okay I know once again I haven't posted in a while but it has been kind of hectic with 2 kiddos. First I will start off with the delivery story:

I went in for my normal 39 week appointment which mind you was on Monday 1/11/10. I go into my appointment and the doctor says I'm due tomorrow 1/12/10. I said "What?" The doctor showed me my chart and it said 39 weeks and 6 days??? Now for the past 3 weeks my appointments have always been on Mondays. When I go in the first thing my doctor does is show me my chart of how far along I am. It is always 36weeks and 3 days, 37 weeks and 3 days, 38 weeks and 3 days, then BAM I gained an extra 3 days without even knowing it. Needless to say I was very confused. Well the doc said that if I don't go into labor this week then I would be induced on Monday 1/18/10. I told the doc that it was okay with me if I was induced today and he started laughing and completely shot down my recommendation. Then I asked if he would scrap my membranes to which he replied " I already did." I asked him what the percentage is that this would break my water and he said " This doesn't help break your water but in 35% of patients it helps to put them in labor." That pretty much concluded the appointment since I had no questions and went home. That night I had ZERO contractions and Nick and I went to sleep about 10pm. I woke up at about 11pm because MY WATER BROKE!!!!! Well, it started leaking actually. I woke Nick up, changed clothes, Nick got Reegan up and we took off for the hospital. I had all of 2 contractions on the way to the hospital and they were not painful at all. When we get there we find out that Reegan is not allowed anywhere except the waiting room, so I went back into Triage while Nick took care of Reegan. My water continued to leak out and when I was checked to see how far along I was I had dilated 1 cm since my appointment earlier that afternoon. I got back into a room and my parents met us at the hospital and my labor progressed without any complications. I got my epidural and things were great. At about 830am the nurse kept asking my if I felt like I should push and I kept telling her no. This was a big change because with Reegan I had to keep telling the nurses that I really felt like I should be pushing. Well the nurse thought it would be good for me to just try push and I did and once again, just like with Reegan, he was ready to go and they had to go find the doctor. Once he got there it was about 1 1/2 more pushes and out came our little man at 845am. The whole time I was pregnant I kept saying how big he was and how much of a monster he was going to be. Colten weight 6lbs 14oz and was 19 1/4 in long. He was so tiny! I don't have any pictures yet of when he was born since we forgot our camera and my mom hasn't uploaded her pictures yet. So here are the pictures I do have from the past week. By the way Reegan LOVES her little brother and does so amazing with him. She loves to help feed and burp him. Reegan also loves giving him kisses on the head and getting him his pacifier, even if he doesn't want it. I couldn't have asked for two better kids, we are so blessed!!!

36 week appointment

2009-12-22T11:24:00.002-07:00

Went to the doctor yesterday and I'm 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. Little Colten is head down and my doctor said his head is "right there". I think all the walking I did on Saturday really starting moving things along naturally. My blood pressure was a little high and the doc said I just need to take it easy. Other than that I am going to start walking during my lunches at work and at night we will be taking family walks. I will keep everyone updated.

Christmas Time!

2009-12-21T12:22:00.003-07:00

Yesterday was the family Christmas party and it was overwhelming as always but it was nice to see everyone. Reegan started being really bad, since my parents didn't give her nap, so Nick and I had to leave a little early. We then went to Nick's aunts where we had dinner and Reegan got to open some gifts. She got a baby doll that moves it's neck and arms and makes cooing sounds. Leeann bought it hoping it will help Reegan with the transition of a new baby coming home soon. She also got a new book and some sidewalk chalk. Reegan was very excited!

I have a doctor's appointment today and I'm currently 36 weeks and 3 days and I think my doctor is going to induce me soon, maybe even today. Last week when I went to the doctor my blood pressure was 155/100 and 3 weeks ago when I starting having contractions he just wanted to get me to 36 weeks before anything happened. So I have my hospital bag packed and made arraingments for Reegan tonight just in case my doctor tells me to head over to the hospital. I'm excited and I will keep everyone posted, for now though I better get back to work!

Baby Shower, update

2009-12-08T13:37:00.003-07:00

Thank you everyone who came! I really appreciate it and I got lots of wonderful and useful things. It's starting to get more surreal that I'm a soon to be mom of two and I'm not quite sure how this transition will go. I'm hoping as smoothly as possible. At this time I don't have any new pregnancy info, I have a doctor's appointment on the 17th so we will see what happens then. I will be at 36 weeks so it will be time for me to start keeping my hospital bag in the car with me. As far as I know everything is going well but with my high blood pressure I'm sure I will have to start getting my regular ultrasounds along with my weekly appointments for the last month. I'm so excited for Christmas and Zoo Lights. Nick and I are taking Reegan next weekend and I can't wait. She is so into lights and all she says is " Look, pretty lights" I hung some lights on the mantel and a lighted reindeer on the wall and she likes to go plug them in. .. I know, probably not the safest thing for our child to be doing but all of the other plus have fillers in them so its the only thing she can plug in. I think that's it for now. I will get some of the pictures up tomorrow hopefully if I remember to bring my camera to work as my Internet is off at home :(

I curse you contractions!

2009-12-01T13:28:00.003-07:00

I have been having contractions all week so I FINALLY called my doctor yesterday and he told me to come in right away. I left work a little early and headed down to my appointment. After sitting in the waiting room for about 45 mins I finally got called back. The doctor, who seems to forget this is my 2nd pregnancy and he delivered Reegan went over all the generic pregnancy information. He said that if I start having more than 6-8 contractions in 1 hour then I'm in labor and need to get to the hospital.. He then proceeded to tell me that I'm not allowed to go into labor for 17 (well 16 today ) more days so that I will be at least 36 weeks. I was then checked and found that I'm not dilated at all which he said was good. After all the excitement of yesterday I'm pretty sure this kiddo is coming early, how early..... hard to say but I guess I will have to hold him in for at least 16 more days!

BTW.....Baby shower is this Saturday and I haven't gotten a whole lot of RSVP's so I'm not sure how much food I should be preparing.. Please let me know if you will be in attendance and also don't forget your diapers for the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!!! See you Saturday!

Update-a-roonie / BABY SHOWER INFO!!

2009-11-17T09:43:00.002-07:00

SOOO it's been awhile, I'm kind of a slacker what can I say. Things have been very hetic lately! I'm finding in increasingly difficult to get anything done around the house on the weekends. Being so pregnant already and caring for a 19 month old is exahusting! Nick has been hunting a lot so he is of no help to me. His last hunt is the first weekend in December and after that he is not allowed to go ANYWHERE!!! I told him that is too close to when little Colten will be here. Oh yeah, incase you don't have Facebook, we have decided to name our little boy, Colten Dewain Cloyd. The middle name is after Nick's Papa. Also the weekend of 12/5/09..... MY BABY SHOWER!

Invitations have been sent out so family you should be receiving yours, if you haven't it's probably because I didn't have your address so please see your respective mother or mother-in-law and they should have one. It will be at my house at 12 ( noon ) . Please let me know if you need the address. I have registered at Target, probably the biggest thing I need is infant clothes/ onesies. I have also a grand prize drawing that you can be entered by bringing in a package of diapers.

So far I'm just about 32 weeks and I have gained back 4 out of the 7 pounds that I lost. I go to the doctor's today and I KNOW that I have gained more weight. I'm going every 2 weeks and my blood pressure is already getting high. I have a feeling that I will not be making it my due date so maybe they will induce me in December! Reegan still doesn't really understand that she is going to be a big sister soon, but we are working with her so that it doesn't come to that big of a shock when this little boy doesn't go away. Reegan is SO stinking smart it's ridiculus. She knows how to count to 10 and can sing about half of her ABC's. She is also talking so much now and forming sentences already. One of her favorites is " Go away Bubba" ( talking to our dog) , or "That's Daddy's remote" What a kid. She has also started repeating things that we say, well mostly what I say. OOPS!!! Her big one is Shutup Bubba, when the dog barks. Everytime she says it I immediately have to tell her that we don't say that word and we say be quite.

As for the job, I applied for a new position as a trainer. I had my second round interview yesterday and I really hope I get the job. It will be a significant increase in pay which will definitely be nice since Nick's job is really slow now. I'm not sure what else I have but I will post pictures soon, I will have to have Nick take another side pic of my GI-normous belly, until then....

Prego Pictures

2009-08-30T19:33:00.001-07:00

I got Nick to take some pictures of me today. 20weeks and 3 days. I'm WAY bigger this time around than I was with Reegan.

New names..

2009-08-26T13:00:00.002-07:00

Well I thought that we had names narrowed down to 2 but unfortunately people have been suggesting names that we both really like. So far we have: Landon, Braydon, Stetson ( my new favorite), Daniel and Deacon. I will be updating the Poll location on the right so make sure you all vote again. Keep in mind the middle name is going to be Dewain.

As for that I had a dr appointment yesterday ( just a regular checkup) and I've lost another pound. I'm down 7 lbs so far. This is not as drastic as it was with Reegan. I had lost 13 lbs in the first 6 months. What is different is that I'm able to eat ALL the time! Go figure. I made some banana bread last night and it was delishious and made my house smell wonderful. I brought 1 loaf to work and it was gone so fast. I offered it to one guy and he ate it before he made it back to his desk. Then he said " I hope this doesn't sound rude but I would like another piece" I gladly offered him another! That makes me feel nice knowing that my baking is yummy!

I think that was about all I had to share for right now.

IT'S A ............

2009-08-21T12:02:00.001-07:00

BOY!!!!!

We are SOOOO excited and Nick is beyond thrilled! We have narrowed the names down to Landen and Braydon.

Long awaited post

2009-08-13T19:32:00.002-07:00

Soooo much has been going on lately I almost don't know where to start. I will be 18 weeks pregnant tomorrow and I have my ultrasound scheduled for next Friday to determine what we are having. We are hoping for a boy but will be grateful for either. The pregnancy is going well for me. The morning sickness is slowly going away. I'm only having to take my nausea pills every other day which is really good for me.

Reegan is getting bigger every single day. She is constantly talking and saying words more and more. Some of her favorite words are: thank you, more, shoe, no, love you, eye, nose, bubba, duck, yeah, hi, hello, bye and I know there are more but those are the ones that are clear. Reegan knows how to sign more, please and drink and we are working on thank you. Reegan also knows where her nose and eyes are and she will point to them if you ask her. She has 6 teeth now and very slowly getting more. She is still the best sleeper in the world, going to bed at 7pm and she wakes up on the week ends at about 7-730am. We are trying to explain to Reegan that there is another baby on the way but she doesn't really understand yet. We are trying to get her to say different boy names to see which ones she likes or can even say. Out of the names we have picked out so far: Cooper, Colton, Braydon and Landon all she can say is Landon. I know I already have a cousin named Landon but Nick really likes that name. I've lost 6 pounds total which is not bad for me and my blood pressure has been really low so things are doing very well with that.

On a sad note Nick's grandma passed away about a month ago. It was VERY sudden. We actually had dinner with her the night before and was taken to the hospital at midnight. She later died at about 530am. This was about 7 months from the day Nick's grandpa passed. The family has been taking it very hard and there have been multiple fights about how to deal with everything. I think it's very sad that at a time like this it didn't bring the family closer together. Everyone is slowly starting to heal and when it gets a little cooler outside we will be going through all of her belongings in her storage. Nick's aunt has already asked everyone if I could have Grandma's sewing machine which I think is very special because I didn't expect anything. Sometimes when we go to Nick's aunt and uncles house ( where Grandma had been living ) Reegan will go down the hall towards Grandma's room looking for her. It's really sad to Nick and I that Reegan will not remember her Great Grandma. I'm just glad that we have pictures of them together and we will always remind Reegan of her GGMa.

I'm not sure what else to write about I don't really know of anything so until later when I post some of the pictures I have taken. You can see how crazy long and curly Reegan's hair is getting.

Names and more

2009-07-04T19:34:00.005-07:00

Well I have decided that Nick and I are only going to pick out boy names...mostly because all we had was Reegan's name and then we had a girl. I guess I'm just trying to sway the final result a little in my favor! The names we have picked out so far are: Colton, Cooper and Brayden. We had Landen until I realized my cousins named their son that.. needless to say that is out. I think my favorite so far is Brayden. The middle name will be Dewain after Nick's grandpa who has passed away. We definitely miss him everyday and it was really hard for Nick. I will be glad if we are able to commemorate him a little in the process. We have a friend of the family who is physic and when she found out I was pregnant she said " oh Theresa is finally having her boy". I hope she's right..I will keep my fingers crossed.

Reegan is getting so big and talking more and more everyday. Her newest word and the one she uses most often is No. She doesn't use it if I ask her to do something yet but it would be if I say "Reegan do you want some milk?" No. Reegan do you want to eat. No. Everything is no. Kind of annoying but we are working with her saying yes. Reegan plays a game with her teacher at school. The teacher ( Sarah) will call out Reegans name " Reegan" ( she will kind of draw it out a little longer) and Reegan will reply "Sarah" Obviously her Aunt Sarah is very excited about this. Reegan has 4 teeth now and has some more that are about to pop through. Nick and I are hoping that she will finally have a mouth full by her 2nd birthday. Reegan also got her first haircut last Sunday. She did not enjoy it and cried almost the whole time. It was really sad to see some of her curls being cut off but her hair looks so much better. It was very uneven on the sides and now it's perfect. Nick really likes it too and says she looks like a little girl now (not that she didn't before but her hair was kind of out of control!)

Anywho I finished my first 2 classes and University of Phoenix and I got A's in both. I'm really excited and I'm almost half way done with my Associates Degree. If I stay on track I will be able to graduate by June 2010. I went to the doctor last Monday and when I got weighed they said I lost 4 pounds. I'm thinking cool, it's not like I don't have 4 pounds to loose and the nurse immediately said "Are you eating" I was like yeah. Then she asked me what was going on. I told her that I didn't know but that I am definitely eating. The baby is doing great and is right on track. I'm going in for an ultra sound on Monday and I hoping for a hint at the sex. I can't wait 5 more weeks to officially find out. Since this will be my last baby I am really hoping for a boy. Not that I wouldn't be excited for a girl, I just want a healthy baby. But I can hope! Last time I was pregnant I had 7 cousins who were also pregnant at the same time, all of us had girls except 2 who obviously had boys. This time I have 2 cousins pregnant with me and Erica found out she is having another girl and Amy will find out on Monday. I'm so excited for both of them. Erica is already a wonderful mom and I know that Amy will be too.

I don't think I have any more to talk about since I just rambled for every! I will post pictures soon

A little update

2009-06-14T08:50:00.003-07:00

Well, I'm a little over 9 weeks pregnant now and the morning sickness is on a slow decline. Hopefully after the first trimester it will be completely gone. I go in for another ultrasound at 12 weeks and i'm hoping to get a hint at what they think the sex will be. I know that when I went in at 11 weeks with Reegan they thought it might be a girl, and they were correct. Nick can't believe it's already been over a month since we found out. This is definitely going to be a BIG change for us.

School is going well. This is my last week of classes and I have a 95% and a 96%. I can't wait to move one with new classes. These are kind of dull. It really amazes me how people in college write and spell. In fact it is really sad. I got an email from a student a couple of weeks ago and she spelled "what" wrong. It was spelled wat. At first I thought it was just a typo, no big deal, it happens to the best of us. However, further down in the email was the "wat" again spelled incorrectly. I'm really shocked that these are the people who want to be teachers and nurses. It makes me nervous for our future. The finance counselor that sits next to me works with students in the Elementary Education program. He told me about a month ago how he was on the phone with this lady and asked her why she wants to be a teacher. Apparently she went on and on about how she loves kids and working and teaching kids new things, then 2 seconds later she went off on her child. She started screaming on the phone at her kid. Doesn't hearing that make you want to home school?

Any way, Reegan got pictures done at school a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would post those. She is growing and learning so much. I can't believe she is going to be 14 months old. Time sure flys. Reegan has 4 teeth now. Her second top one broke through about a week ago. Hopefully by the time she is 2 she will have a mouthfull!

Morning Sickness....

2009-05-23T20:20:00.003-07:00

Well I was hoping that this pregnancy was going to be different and hopefully I wasn't going to have any morning sickness. Well was I wrong. I have been really nauseous the past couple of days but nothing major. I could just eat it away. But yesterday afternoon when I got home from work I was really sick. I felt really bad for Reegan because Nick wasn't home and I was just laying on the couch while she played with her toys. Nick got home and took care of her and put her to bed while I went to sleep at 7 pm! I woke up this morning at 1am throwing up. It has been horrible. I was supposed to go to work today to make up some hours I missed on Monday but that didn't happen. Oh well. I have a dr appnt. on Tuesday so I will have him prescribe me some pills. It's a little rough taking care of a 1 year old when all I want to do is lay on the couch. I forgot how hard it is to be pregnant and how tired I become. Hopefully this doesnt last long.

On a positive note Reegan has been growing up so fast and she is learning so much. She can now blow kisses and she loves dancing and twirling in a circle. She has also learned how to kick her feet. She is so funny. I will say "Reegan kick your feet" and she will sit on the ground and start kicking. Then she laughs. She thinks it's fun when mommy kicks her feet too. Reegan has also start climbing and opening the drawers in the kitchen. This evening while I was cooking dinner Reegan opened the cabinet climbed in and was standing in with the pots and pans. Then she took out a pan and sat in it. Of course she got stuck and started crying and if Nick hadn't taken the camera with him I would have caught it on camera. So yeah, Nick went out of town early this morning. He went up north with his friend to go scouting for deer or whatever else they look for. He is supposed to be back on Monday. Reegan is also talking so much. Of course most of it is still nonsense but she is on her way to full sentences. Here is a list of words she says: Momma, Dadda, bubba, shoe, okay, yeah, yes and thank you. I think that's it. That's about it for now. I have to finish my homework it was due yesterday and I absolutely forgot about it. OOPS!

EXCITING NEWS!

2009-05-16T19:47:00.001-07:00

Baby number 2 is on the way. Nick and I couldn't be happier. I'm so glad Reegan is going to have a brother or sister so close in age. She is going to be able to play and show them the ropes.

1 year checkup

2009-04-30T16:27:00.004-07:00

I took Reegan to the doctor yesterday for her 1 year checkup and he said that she has been declared a perfect baby ( which of course I already knew:) ) Anyways she has had a bit of a growth spurt recently and her new stats are as followed

height: 29 inches 50%tile
weight : 22lbs 6 oz 75%tile
head circumf: 17.5 cm

I would say probably within the past month she is no longer able to walk under the table without hitting her head. I'm so glad that she is doing better and has gotten over her ear infections.

other than that everything is going well. I went back to school staring last monday and all of my classes are online. I'm having 20 credits transfer over so I'm already 1/3 of the way done with my associates program in Human Service Management. I'm excited but Nick calls me a nerd especially when I don't get a 100% on my homework, which has only been once so far! That's it for now I guess

Sick baby

2009-04-21T21:10:00.001-07:00

I had to take Reegan to the doctor's today and she has a double ear infection. I sure hope she get's better by Friday. That is her acutal b-day and I want to do something fun with her, which right now is hard when all she wants to do is sleep :( poor thing. While I was leaving I ran into my cousin and her baby Ian. I hope that he too is okay.

Reegan's b-day party!

2009-04-20T11:34:00.004-07:00

So Reegan's b-day party was this past Saturday and it was such a blast. Thank you to all of our family and friends who were there. We ate some delish food: Carne asada and chicken and had a very yummy cake courteous of my sister Sarah. It was a 3 tiered cake with yellow cake and strawberry filling on layer 1. Layer 2 was chocolate cake and strawberry filling and layer 3 (which was Reegan's smash cake) was just chocolate. It was wonderful. Reegan enjoyed playing with everyone and definitely enjoyed all of the attention. She has been cutting her 2 top teeth so she wasn't feeling 100% but it was definitely a good thing she had a 4 hour nap before everyone showed up! Nick's family made sure that Reegan got LOTS of really obnoxious toys that made LOTS of noise!! Thank you for that....no really, thank you. One of Nick's aunts even made sure she bought extra batteries, just in case the batteries that came in the toy happened to get lost :)

Other than the b-day party everything has been pretty calm. Reegan started daycare a couple of weeks ago and she is doing great. Her cousin is in there with her and they like to hug all day long. She really enjoys doing the crafts. I have to make a confession though, I apparently have the child that likes to eat glue. There I said it, now don't judge! Her teachers had to keep an eye out on her because she kept trying to eat it. Oh well, one day she will learn that that is not okay. Other than that she gets along really well with the other kids which I didn't think she was going to have a problem with. I was worried about nap time. All of the kids have their own little mats that they sleep on and I was thinking.. "Yeah right I can barely get Reegan to sleep in her own crib without throwing a fit, why would she sleep on a mat with no problems." Well, to my surprise she does excellent. The kids only get 1 nap per day so by that time they are so tired they just fall right to sleep. Reegan is becoming so independent. She no longer likes me to feed her and she only wants to do it herself. In the pictures below is her eating spaghetti. Notice she has noodles all the way up on her shoulders. Yeah fun. She also really enjoys giving people and our dog hugs. She really is such a sweet girl. Reegan is also starting running almost so she definitely keeps us on our toes. I think that's about it. Here are some random pictures and also ones from her b-day party

PARTY TIME!! You're all invited!

2009-04-01T13:26:00.006-07:00

Hey all, Reegan's 1st birthday party is going to be on 4-18-09 from 2-4 pm. We will be serving carne asada and chicken for lunch. Invitations are going out but I don't have everyone's address as I no longer work at Toyota and that's where I had them saved. Please RSVP here or email me theresacloyd@yahoo.com so that I can figure out how much food to buy

*Just a heads up. Reegan wears clothes that are 12-18 months but she would really enjoy and be grateful for anything, hope to see you all there!*
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New Family Pics

2009-03-06T18:24:00.005-07:00

Hey everyone just a quick post to show off our family pictures taken 2-15-09. Reegan is almost 10 months in the pics. Enjoy!

Scary Times

2009-01-30T08:53:00.007-07:00

Well I know that I haven't written in a while but I just got out of training at work and I'm out on the floor now. I love my new job. My days go by so fast and there is such opportunity for growth at my new company. My boss knows that after 6 months I want to be on the path to management, and I think I can do it! Nick is good he has been working out of town the past month so he has only been home on Saturdays and Sundays and leaves Monday mornings. Thankfully the job just finished up and it is so good to have him home. Reegan is almost walking on her own now. She walks around the coffee table and will step from recliner to recliner so I know that one day she is just going to take off. Now here comes the scary part....

I'm actually posting today from Banner Thunderbird Hospital in the pediactric wing. I noticed on Wed. night that Reegan was starting to get a deep cough. I didn't think anything of it because it wasn't that bad and nothing else was wrong with her. She was playing, laughing and eating normally. By bed time she was just really tired like she was starting to get a cold. I put her to bed and she slept all night. I woke up to get ready for work about 4:15ish. I gave Reegan a bottle about 4:30am. When I got her out of bed to leave about 4:45 I noticed that she was very hot. I ran out to the car to get her thermometer from her diaper bag and as soon as I placed it in her armpit it immediately jumped to 100.4 and started increasing from there. At 103.6 Nick and I got her into the car and drove to the nearest ER to us. The ride was about 10 mins. We didn't have to wait to get back into a room and they took her temperature rectally (which is the most accurate) and it was 104.1 I was devastated. I didn't know what was wrong and how this could have happened out of the blue. The took some test : blood, urine, x-ray, RSV. Her breathing was so fast and labored it was so scary. Everything came back negative and they said she probably has a virus and that they were waiting for an available bed to open up at any of the pediactric hospitals. We got to the ER about 5:10 in the morning and Reegan and I were transported by ambulance to Banner Thunderbird about 12:30pm. It has been a long day and an even longer night. We did find out that Reegan has Croup ( which is the deep cough) that was brought on by the virus. She was given some steroids that have really helped loosen and open up her airway. Other than that everything looks great. Her fever is gone and she has started playing and laughing again. She's asleep right now which is good because she didn't get much sleep last night. She has been crying and throwing fits every time I try to change her diaper, I think she is traumatized from the rectal temperatures. I hope everything goes back to normal soon. As for another kicker. Nick and I don't have insurance yet. My insurance is supposed to kick in on Sunday Feb 1st and we don't think that they will cover any of this so it will all become an out of pocket expense. A lady from Access came in this morning and we are trying to get Reegan covered with that, but I doubt we qualify. I'm just hoping we can go home today. Wish us luck!

Reegan took a step on her own!!!

2008-12-31T21:51:00.003-07:00

AAGGGHHHH!!! I feel like I'm so behind on updating! So to start off Christmas was great. Nick and I got each other new hoodies and we will be buying a new couch. Also my first paycheck in January we will be buying a WII so we weren't too concerned about each other. From us Reegan got a V-Tech V-smile baby and she's not really too interested in it. It is for 9-36 months so she is still a little young but it was such a good deal that we couldn't pass it up. It will teach her SO many things I can't wait till she can use it. Also we and Nick's mom and step dad got Reegan activity tables that she LOVES! Sarah also gave us this little train that makes a lot of noise that she can push around so she can learn to walk. ***** Reegan took a step today on her own****** She will crawl over to something and pull herselft up to standing and let go. Sarah called me (becuase my mom and dad are babysitting tonight) and she said Reegan took a step. Apparently she stood on her own took one step forward was trying to move her second foot and she fell. I can't believe how well she is doing! I have a feeling that she will be walking withing the month. Other than that we have all been doing really well. Nick is leaving on 1-5-09 to go work in Snowflake. He will be working Mon-Thus and coming home Fri-Sun. It's kind of going to suck because Reegan and I will be home by ourselves. Oh well though.

The new job is going well. I started OJT (on the job training) this past Monday and it is SO overwhelming. I've started working my own students and I really have NO idea what I'm talking about when they are on the phone. Good thing I have 3 weeks of this.

Tonight is New Year's Eve and yesterday was Nick's 25th birthday. My parents are babysitting and we got to go out to dinner tonight. It was so good. We went to Texas Roadhouse (Nick's favorite place). It's about 10:30 and we are at his aunt's and uncles and I think we are getting ready to go home. I'm so tired I really don't think I will make it till midnight.

Well I will try to update when I can I feel like I'm neglicating everyone so for that I'm very sorry.

It feels like forever ago....

2008-12-06T16:44:00.002-07:00

Well I just thought that I should give a little update. Since Nick and I don't have a computer at home anymore and I was doing all of my blogging at Toyota which I no longer work at. That's right I got the job at University of Phoenix and started on 12/1 I havent been able to get online. A few things to report REEGAN IS CRAWLING!!! She is all over the place and it has made things very interesting at home. Other than that things are good. My new job is awesome and I can't wait to go back to school. Reegan is doing great obviously and she is also teething. We think she will be walking within a month or so. Other than that we can't wait till Christmas and will be decorating this weekend. This is going to be short I'm holding Reegan and she like to try and type with mommy. I will try to post as soon as I can. j0,yy cf <---(this is Reegans message)

Great American Photo Contest

2008-11-26T12:54:00.001-07:00

VOTE FOR REEGAN!!!

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ADRESSES PLEASE!!!!!

2008-11-25T10:35:00.001-07:00

I need your address if you would like a Christmas card from us. If you don't feel comfortable leaving it as a comment then email it to : theresacloyd@yahoo.com

thanks all and MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS

Blogtastic survey

2008-11-25T09:39:00.002-07:00

1. What is your husbands name? Nicholas Lee Cloyd
2. How long have you been married? 1 year 22 days
3. How long did you date? 4 years 8 months
4. How old is he? 24, he will be 25 on Dec 30th
5. Who eats sweets? We both do but he eats WAY more than me.
7. Who is taller? Nick by far
8. Who can sing better? Probably me, but sometimes if we are out dancing he will sing to me and it's so special that I don't care if it's not the best singing.
9. Who is smarter? I am more book smart and Nick is way more street smart
10. Who does laundry? Me
11. Who pays the bills? Me
12. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Nick does
13. Who mows the lawn? neither of us has mowed the lawn at our new house and at our old house I did it once and Nick did it once then we hired a landscaper to do it.
14. Who cooks dinner? Me
15. Who does the dishes? Me, wow it seems like I do A LOT more here
16. Who is first to admit they are wrong? neither of us we are both very stubborn
17. Who kissed who first? We kissed each other on New Year's Eve
18. Who asked who out first? Nick asked me first
19. Who wears the pants? I think we share that.

Back to normal

2008-11-24T09:04:00.004-07:00

TWILIGHT

*I first want to greatly thank my wonderful husband for watching Reegan on Sunday while I got to go to the movies. It was really such a great gift to be able to send about 4 1/2 hours of "me" time especially since I've been so distant while reading. Thank you!!*

Well I finished the Twilight series last night. 4 books in 6 days. The first 3 books took me 1 day each. Lets just say that by Thursday and having not done really anything at work for the past 3 days I got in trouble. That really put a hinder on my at work reading for Friday. I was kind of pissed off. Friday my boss was like hovering. I don't think he's come by my desk that many times since I've been here let alone in 1 day. They guy that sits behind me was getting kind of pissed too. He wanted to know why my boss didn't just leave me alone. Whatever. I'm over it and this job. So I started reading the 4th book on Friday and finished it last night at like 11pm and I get up at 4:30am to get ready for work. Needless to say I'm dead tired! Nick was feeling kind of forgotten during my reading so I know he's glad I'm finished. I also went and saw the movie yesterday. Great movie, not nearly as good as the book though, but isn't that normally how it is? I met some friends at the theater and occasionally we would whisper to each other, " That's not how I pictured it in my head." I really only have 2 problems with the movie. Number 1 was "Bella's" acting. Sometimes I think she really overdid it. If you've seen the movie or will see it my main point of disturbance was when she was in the hospital the 2nd time, telling Edward he couldn't ever leave her. I think it was a bit over done and I really just wanted to be like "SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!!!!" 2ndly did anyone notice that when Billy and Jacob came to Charlie's house for the first time that Billy was driving? Umm, why is Billy driving he's in a wheelchair. I mean he literally gets out of the truck and into a wheelchair. Oh well, I still loved the movie and I WILL be buying it as soon as it's out on video. I will also need to invest in actually buying the books for myself. I want to thank my cousin Erica for letting me borrow her series. That's all I'm saying on this matter.

UPDATE:

Reegan is turning 7 months old today. I really can't believe that it's already been that long. I'm already thinking of party ideas for her first birthday. Is this too soon? Well, she still isn't crawling and she still doesn't seem to really want any part of it. She will roll all over the house till she's up against something, it up and pull herself to standing. Everyone keeps telling me she needs to crawl first, but really what am I supposed to do. HELLO? She doesn't want to do it. She will hardly get on her hands and knees. She likes being on her hands and feet thought, almost like a downward dog yoga pose. She's crazy. I've also tried giving her solid foods. We had an early Thanksgiving dinner with Nick's aunt and uncle and I was giving her pieces of turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie (no cool whip or crust). She really enjoyed it and kept everything down. It didn't seem to bother her stomach at all. It's really funny to watch her eat, especially since she doesn't have any teeth. She just gums everything. I know I mentioned in my previous post how Reegan has learned to stand in her crib. It's so frustrating because she will just barely wake up, like if she just wants her pacifier and she will sit up and cry. I'm having to go in and check on her way more than I used to. But I did get a picture of her standing. Please note that she is crying it was just because mom took too long to get her out of the crib after she was already awake. But hey, I needed the picture.

I don't really have that much more to report. We have not completely finished unpacking all of our boxes so when that is done, then I can get some pictures up. I start my new job on Monday and I'm so excited. My last day at Toyota is "technically" Friday but since I've decided I'm not coming in that day and we have Thursday off for T-giving, it will be on Wednesday. I have to say that I'm SOO glad to be leaving. They have completely screwed up my schedule this week, which totally sucks. Anywhoo that is it for now. Sorry this is such a long post but I had so many things to report.

Stupid Quiz Monday

2008-11-24T08:44:00.000-07:00

Your Slogan Should Be

Theresa. What's the Worst that Can Happen?

The Slogan Generator

I've been neglecting you

2008-11-20T10:40:00.002-07:00

I'm sorry but I have. Don't worry, it's of no fault of yours. It's all me. I've recently starting reading the Twilight series. I'm completly addicted. Right now this is my drug of choice. I started reading on Monday and last night I started the third book. So don't worry I'll be back soon. I have to say I'm completely hooked and once I start reading it's hard to put it down. I've done most of my reading at work which means I haven't been working but who cares. My last day will be Wednesday, since we have Thanksgiving off paid. I start my new job the following Monday on Dec. 1st. Can you believe it's almost December, and it's still in the high 80's over here in AZ. I couldn't believe how hot it was yesterday. The record was 88 and it was 86. This is outrageous! Oh well, can't do anything about it. As for a little Reegan update. She has so much fun with her bigger cousin Evelyn! I was hoping that Evelyn would teach her how to crawl but it still seems like Reegan wants no part of it. She just rolls all over the place sits herself up (yes she can completely do this on her own now) and then grabs a hold of something and pulls into a standing position. What a stinker! Recently she started standing in her crib. I will hear her crying and will go check on her and I just see her little head over the railing. I guess it's a good thing we lowered the mattress. Any way I'm off to read, I mean work. I promise to be more attentive as soon as I'm done. I miss you all!

All Moved In.... Sort of

2008-11-17T08:30:00.003-07:00

Well we are completely out of the old house. We moved all day Saturday. Broke our big screen t.v. in the process. It's not completely broke but we need to find a new screen to cover the front of the TV. Right now, since it's a rear projection there is a rainbow on the existing screen. (it's a two part thing, weird I know). Anyways so now I have to find one. My mom came over to the old house yesterday to help me clean. In all honestly I don't think the house was that clean when we moved into it. I was busy shampooing/vacuuming the carpets while my mom cleaned the bathrooms/walls/some baseboards. Then I swept and mopped the kitchen while she loaded the fridge/freezer into ice chests and wiped it all down. Then I helped load our spare bed into her truck (Nick and I donated the bed to Sarah ) and we left. It was so exhausting. Then to come home and find a mess of all our stuff. Nick and our friends that helped on Sunday just pretty much unloaded everything in the garage and in the kitchen. Reegan's room was also a disaster with stuff they brought over Sunday. Almost everything that arrived on Saturday I had gotten a chance to put away. Reegan's room was set up as was her bathroom and ours. Needless to say I got home yesterday and was in shock at how much we actually have to do. Nick and I unloaded the little bit of stuff that I brought in my truck and then we had to go pick up Reegan from Nick's aunt and uncle's house. I'm so glad that they watched her because there would have been no way I was going to be getting anything done if she was around. And I don't mean that in a bad way. We ate dinner with the aunt and uncle, which we will pretty much be doing this whole week since our house is a mess and they only live 1.5 miles away. ( yes we tracked it last night ). Any who next week is Thanksgiving and I'm so excited. My dad is coming in from California with my grandpa. He has been working over there since right after I had Reegan and he has only seen her like twice, well besides all the pictures I send him and my grandpa has never met her. I'm so thrilled that Reegan will finally get to meet her Great Grandpa. There will be lots of pictures to follow. I will also try and get some pictures of our mess of a new house. But I'm afraid they will be from the cell phone as our camera is packed away and I could not begin to say in which box.

p.s. funny story here. We stayed the night at the new house on Saturday and we made sure we brought the dog door so that Hunter could go out in the middle of the night to go potty. Well we knew that the backyard had a sprinkler system that we thought went off during the day. HAHA guess we were wrong. At some point Saturday night/early Sunday morning the backyard got watered and Hunter went out a played in the water. He came back in and jumped on the bed. I, not yet knowing he was wet, didn't think anything of it. Then he came up to my face like he wanted to get under the covers so I pulled up the blanket and Hunter started rubbing his wet body all over the sheets! I screamed at him to get off the bed, which in turn scared the crap out of Nick and Hunter proceeded to crawl under the bed and go to sleep. I heard him snoring comfortably about 5 mins later. What a pain. Ahh the joys of parent-hood. Yes Hunter is our first child. Pictures soon to follow!

My First Blog Award

2008-11-13T16:39:00.002-07:00

I have been blessed with my first ever blog award!!This awesome award was bestowed upon me by one of my favorite blogs to read KD over at Froggity she is a truly amazing person, and has one of the cutest little girls. I now want to pass on this award to some of my other favorite blogs! Aimee ,Mallory ,Momma Needs a Time Out and She Does Hair go check out some really cool blogs!

Can you say Momma...

2008-11-13T11:22:00.004-07:00

Nope she can't but Reegan can say Da Da. Nick is over the moon thrilled so I guess this means when she asks for him, now he has to start doing everything! *Sorry this video is sideways it was taken from my phone and my phone is stupid. I have no idea how to rotate it* As for a little update, Reegan has had a touch of the stomach flu so she hasn't been feeling well. Oh and guess what? I found out on Tuesday that I got the job at University of Phoenix. I offically start 12/1/08. I'm so excited, not only is it better pay ( $1.30 more) but also the hours are way better it's Mon-Fri and I'm guaranteed 1 of my top 3 choices. So I will either be working 6-3, 7-4 or 8-5. Plus I will also get to go back to school and it's is 100% free tuition. Guys, I really can't believe how well things are finally going for Nick and I. Wish me luck!

Tip Junkies 12 Day Give-a-way

2008-11-11T13:24:00.003-07:00

To help promote the 2008 Tip Junkie Shop-a-thon supporting all of us Mom-preneurs out there, Tip Junkie is hosting 12 Days of Junkie. 2 prizes given away for 12 days. Go check it out and support those moms (including me!)

2008 Holiday Mom-preneur Shop-a-thon!

2008-11-11T13:09:00.003-07:00

I am a part of this A-mazing event! Wrapped In Memories (wrappedinmemories.blogspot.com) is currently listed under the hand made sewn goods. I'm so super excited to be part of this extaordinary idea. Laurie over at Tip Junkie (who is making all this possible) sums it up way better than I do:

This holiday season, the challenge is to buy your gifts from women & fellow bloggers. To help bring you some amazing products and gift-giving inspiration, Tip Junkie is hosting a Mom-preneur Shop-a-thon. I am so excited about our “created by women” holiday season. Your friends and family are going to be blown away by your thoughtful gifts this year! Please support these women with your orders, visits, and by blogging about your favorite products. With so many struggling with the economy, we have the combined power and influence to make a difference in these women's lives and give their families a wonderful holiday. All while enjoying their fabulous products in our own homes and those of our loved ones. {{hugs to all who participate}} Please note: most of these products are hand made and will require extra time for shipping. So don’t delay and start shopping!

Everyone please go check out these fabulous women, even if you don't get something from me (wrappedinmemories.blogspot.com) there will be something for everyone to love and this is a great way to support our fellow women! Thank you all

Random cell phone pictures

2008-11-10T13:19:00.003-07:00

Ok so I have some pictures on my cell phone that I thought I'd have to share enjoy!

This is our 3 year old pug Hunter sunning himself in the window. I just think he sits funny!

Reegan after a bath one night in her robe.
Reegan had eaten a Biter Biscuit from Gerber. She loved them but they get all over the place!

Reegan asleep in her crib on Saturday afternoon. She had never slept on her stomach before I went in to check on her and this is how she was. Notice her bald spot. It's really not that bad in real life.

Back so soon

2008-11-10T11:59:00.003-07:00

So Nick left on Thursday to go hunting and he wasn't supposed to be back till this coming up Sunday. First let me just briefly map out where he was hunting. He got drawn for an area in Patagonia which is right outside of Sonota which is about 30 minutes from Mexico. Well on Friday night Nick, Jeff and his wife Tonya and their almost 3 year old were at camp when all of a sudden Nick said it sounded like World War 3. He said there was just tons of gun fire really close to where they were at. Needless to say they jumped in the vehicles and headed into town. When they got there they called the police. Once the police finally showed up they informed them that the location where they had made camp was one of the "prime" areas for the Mexican cartel to smuggle drugs and illegals into Arizona!!!!! Nick called me and I was so scared, I just kept thinking what if something happens and I'm left as a widow at 25. I didn't know what to do. He told me they were going to pack up camp and drive to Tucson and rent a motel room for the night and he was driving home Saturday morning. I was so relieved that they weren't going to try and salvage the rest of the hunt. Seriously thank the Lord that nothing happened to them and everyone made it home safely. *WHEW*

On a positive note since Nick was home we got to go house hunting on Sunday. Our lease is up at the end of November but we want to find something before then so we don't have to rush out of our home now. A couple of months ago we were looking at buying a home but since we want to move out of Arizona in the next year or so and since the market is HORRIBLE right now, we figured it was probably for the best to just find something else to rent. Reegan and I went to lunch with my friend Kinsey (who is also my personal hair stylist and colorist) when Nick calls me and says he found a house. It's 2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, 2 1/2 car garage for $775 a month. I'm thinking SWEET!!!! So I tell him to call the guy back and see if we can schedule an appointment to walk thru the house. Nick calls me back less than 2 mins later saying
"you need to be at the house at 2pm."
me: "I'm eating lunch"
Nick: "you better hurry your ass"
I'm thinking you know if this was switched around you wouldn't hurry to eat. So I had less than 1 hour to enjoy lunch with my friend. Made it to the house and walked thru. Absolutely love the house. Normally I wouldn't have wanted only a 2 bedroom but since I got rid of my computer (until I can afford a laptop, I didn't want all the cords around the baby) and we told Sarah she could have our spare bed for when she moved out on her own we didn't really need the wasted space. Plus the rent is cheaper that what we are paying now and it's way closer to the freeway which will save on gas. We got the application which has a 2ND score : no application fee and we will be dealing with the actual homeowner and not a 3rd party property manager! We filled it out and tried faxing it to him yesterday afternoon. Well, the poor old guy couldn't really figure out how to work his fax machine so I called him this morning to see if by some miracle he had an email address and would actually know how to use it. Well he did so I emailed it to him. Called him about 15mins after I sent it to him and waited while he logged onto his email account and listened while he reviewed the application then said..
"OK I'll rent it to you guys. When can you move in?"
I told him we could move in on Saturday and we figured out how much we will have to put down on the house. This guy is so nice, he is letting up pay extra each month to cover the last month's rent he originally wanted up front. We are so fortunate to have found this house. Not to mention for only 2 beds 2 baths I think this has more square footage then the house we are in now. I can't wait to be in our new home!!! AAAHHH.. I almost forgot it has a WORKING fireplace in the living room. I can not wait to decorate it for Christmas. We are truly so blessed to have found such a wonderful home to fit our needs. I have to work on Saturday for 4 hours so Nick will be in charge of starting the move and I will need to find someone to watch Reegan for a little while. If anyone is interested in having a precious little gorgeous baby girl to have fun and play with on Saturday, let me know, she's free for the day...or at least part of it. Sorry you will need to give her back as hard as it may be, and try to limit the cheek pinching I know it's tempting but she really doesn't like it. Trust me!

Stupid Quiz Monday...I like this one!!

2008-11-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

What Your Height Says About You

You are a very vulnerable and spiritual person. Your emotions run deep.

You have a philosophical and poetic soul. You think things through and are a bit of a skeptic.

You tend to be very opinionated. You are a perfectionist with high standards.

You prefer to work alone. You work hard, and you don't like interruptions.

You are about as tall as the average Japanese woman.

What Does Your Height Say About You?

Thank you all......

2008-11-06T19:24:00.002-07:00

Thank you for the comments of support through my difficult time with Nick the other day. I am happy to report that we were perfectly fine the day after the arguments. I think I'm just going to have to deal with the fact that there is no changing him and I will ask for his help but not anticipate getting it and move on. No need to dwell on things and get upset over it.

On a positive note, Reegan has learned to roll over from her back to her stomach, add this to the rolling from her stomach to her back and we have a mobile child! She just rolls all over the house and when she stops on her stomach she doesn't freak out like she used to. She is also VERY close to crawling. I've been moving her toys farther away from her and while in her sitting position she leans all the way forward. Now if you remember this used to result in a face plant but not anymore. She will catch herself on her hands put one hand out and continue to reach as far as she can. She has even moved her legs underneath her till she is on hands and knees. I'm pretty sure it will happen by the end of the month. I'm so excited it's time to start baby proofing and Hunter better watch out. I'm also sad to report there will be no pictures for a while. Nick has taken the camera on his deer hunt and won't be back till next Sunday, unless he happens to kill something before that. Maybe this will be the time to figure out how to use my video camera ! Wish me luck it's like the directions are written in Japanese

Missed my weigh in Wednesday

2008-11-06T19:04:00.002-07:00

OSBers!! Well I should have blogged about this on Wednesday I will post now. I've been trying my absolute hardest to stay away from the Halloween candy. It helps that we didn't take Reegan Trick o treating and we didn't pass out candy at our house. I know, I know how could we not pass out candy and help get these overweight children gain a couple of more pounds? Well, I worked Friday night and having to give up candy is not really Nick's thing. As for the weigh in, I didn't lose any weight this week but I didn't gain any either. So I guess that is a plus. Nick has still yet to move the damn treadmill into the house and he left today to go hunting and won't be home till next Sunday. I'm thinking I will just plug it in and run in the garage. Well at least I will be able to eat healthy without him saying something. Good luck to me this week and good luck to Mallory who will totally dominate over her husband in their personal weight loss challenge!

Crapola

2008-11-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

I've been feeling kinda crappy the past couple of days. Not sure what's up but I wish it would stop. I've been nauseus the past 2 days and today I've been kind of light headed and dizzy. Nick asked me yesterday if I was pregnant and I HIGHLY doubt that is the case. I just feel BLAH!

Nick and I got in a fight yesterday. He didn't come home till like 7pm and was at our friends house hanging out drinking a few beers. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with this but like I said I'm feeling crappy and Reegan was insanely fussy last night. He got home and I immediately starting in on the bitching. I know I shouldn't have but I was dead tired. I told him that I need help around the house but he just doesn't understand. He thinks because he works outside all day long and that I work inside that I don't work hard. I tried to explain to him that while he is sleeping peacefully all night long, I'm up with Reegan in the middle of the night if she happens to wake up, then I go to work all day to come home and take care of Reegan, feed her, cook dinner, put her to bed and clean the kitchen! My day never ends. He really just doesn't get it and I don't know what to do to make him understand. He grew up in a house where is mom did everything for him so he thinks it should be the same way in our house. Now don't get me wrong I love taking care of my family but when I have to work a full time job and then come home to work some more while he gets to relax in front of the TV I get kinda pissed. It seems like I'm always busy doing something. It's very frustrating! Needless to say he hasn't really spoken to me today, I called him earlier to ask about some groceries he needed for his deer hunt and he was very standoffish. Well, no one ever said marriage was easy, and of all days to get in a fight on. BOO HOO for me :(

Anniversary addition....

2008-11-03T10:07:00.000-07:00

I dropped Reegan off at my mom's house around 9am Saturday morning and then I went home to get some stuff done around the house. I started making baby food while Nick was at his grandparents house changing the oil in their truck. (What a great grandson!) I ended up finishing the baby food on Sunday. I made 112 jars/bags of baby food off $20!! Nick and I went out on Saturday night. My mom watched Reegan all night again. I'm getting pretty good at these overnight visits! Nick and I went to Texas Roadhouse, yummy! I had the best food ever and Nick probably got one of the most expensive things on the menu but it was all good! We were going to watch a movie after that but we were both too full to sit for that long so we went to his aunt and uncles house to hang out. They had some people over so it was nice being able to just relax and not have to worry about getting home by 7pm so we can put Reegan to bed. I have to say though, they were all a little dissapointed that Reegan was not there. All in all it was great and we had a good time, tonight I might make something special for dinner.

Happy 1 year Anniversary to me...... and Nick

2008-11-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

So today marks mine and Nick's 1 year anniversary to being an old married couple. I can't believe it's only been 1 year. So much has happened. I think the most joyous was our beautiful daughter being born! A little background on our love story.

Nick and I met at a New Year's Eve party back in 2003. We had both recently ( Nick the day before) turned 20 and were just out to party! I wasn't even supposed to be there but the party I was at before was lame so I dragged my friend out with me. My big brother was there and he came over to talk to me. Nick then asked Steve who I was and he told him I was his little sister. Steve and Nick then spent the rest of the night trying to get us together. Steve informed me that I would be kissing Nick and midnight, to which I responded " Um I don't even know him" Nick spent the ENTIRE night following me around. I couldn't get rid of him! I was SOOOOO annoyed. (Isn't if funny how things work out). Well midnight rolled around and there was Nick right by my side asking me why I didn't want to kiss him. I think he actually asked if it was because I didn't like him. I told him that wasn't it I just didn't know him. Well I ended up giving him a little peck and that was the end. I left about an hour later thinking I would never see him again. I found out a week later when Nick called me out of the blue that my brother had given him my phone number. After that we started hanging out and officially became boyfriend and girlfriend on February 18,2004. Over the past almost 5 years together there have definitely been some trying times, but we have managed to keep our love strong and the day we married proves that to me. Here are a few pictures from that wonderful day. * you will notice at one point I'm no longer in my wedding dress. I had to take it off, I was about 4 months prego and it was pushing on my stomach the whole time, so it was no bueno*

Stupid Quiz Monday

2008-11-03T07:07:00.000-07:00

You Are a Little Messy

You aren't the cleanest person in the world, but you're definitely not a slob.

You clean up when you have the time, but you're realistic about what you can get done.

Generally, you're pretty organized and tidy - though you may have a few hidden messes.

You eventually get around to making things spotless, but you do it on your own schedule!

Are You Messy?

6 month check up

2008-10-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

** First off, I'm sick and tired of these hot ass days! I'm ready for winter. I hate getting into my vehicle after work at 5pm and seeing this. And in case you cant see what it says it says 99 degrees at 5pm!!**

I took Reegan to her 6 month check up today. First I went to the wrong Doctor's office :( They called to remind me about the appointment and didn't tell me which office. I went to the one by my house only to realize I was at the wrong location. I was so mad because her appointment was a 8:30am and they don't even answer the phones till 8:30am. I was trying to call all morning and no one would answer. They I had to drive into town so I was about 15 mins late to my appointment. Whatever! On a positive note they told me I didn't have a co-pay. There was a credit on my account for $15.00. I thought this was weird because when I took her into the Dr.'s 2 months ago they said my co-pay went up to $15 from $10 and they said I had to pay some back owed money. I ended up paying like $35. So I guess they were wrong and they just credited me the money back.

Well, we got her stats and she is WAY below the norm but she is very advanced in her motor skills and in her learning. As always the DR. was very impressed on the things she can do like how she can go from laying to sitting up all by herself and how she can pull herself up into a standing position. I think Reegan needs to show off for the DR. She is always so good and happy and smiling for her. So here's the new stats

height: 25 3/4 " - 42 percentile
weight: 15lbs 14 oz - 44 percentile
head circumference : 16.5 " - 27 percentile

If you noticed from her last weigh-in Reegan has lost some weight. I contribute this to FINALLY finding a formula that works. We put her on a lactose free formula about 1 month ago and she has been doing wonderfully. She can drink a straight formula bottle which she hasn't been able to do since she was 2 months old. I'm so glad that Reegan is growing and thriving. We were watching a Baby Einsteins this morning it was Baby's First Signs. It teaches little kids how to use sign language. It's really neat and just teaches them basics like eat, drink, sleep, mommy, daddy, baby. Things like that. This should really come in useful when she wont be fully talking yet.

I got a few pictures from last night, and I got my new hair bow in the mail from Busy Baby, Busy Mama. It is so cute, a little big but way cute. Right now Busy Baby, Busy Mama is giving away a $50.00 gift certificate for her boutique. Go here to enter the giveaway. Oh yeah if you mention my name and our relation I will get another entry into the giveaway.

This is just one of her regular hair bows that I bought at Wal-Mart

Here is her new bow that I won! See what I mean, it's a little big

Below are just a few random pictures of Reegan playing with Hunter. She does this thing where she will reach as far forward as she can without moving her legs. You can see she is almost sitting Indian style and just leans forward. Most of the time this ends in a face plant on the carpet.

Wordless Wednesday..a chronological timeline of my night

2008-10-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

I need some suggestions..

2008-10-27T11:55:00.001-07:00

So Nick and I will be having out 1st anniversary on Monday November 3rd. To celebrate we will be letting Reegan spend the night with Grandma again on Saturday and we will be having a day of fun. Does anyone have any suggestions? I wanted to go paintballing at this indoor "arena" but it was really expensive. We want something fun to do during the day, and then maybe dinner and movie that night. I need some help here!

We went to a Halloween party on Saturday night. Nick and I didn't dress up but Reegan did. Isn't she so super cute.

Reegan and mommy

Reegan and Travis

my little Minnie Mouse!

STUPID QUIZ MONDAY

2008-10-27T08:52:00.001-07:00

Your Hair Should Be Red

You are a passionate person... both in love and in life.

You have many causes that are important to you. You can be very intense.

You are very fiery. You speak up, and you don't mince words.

You also have a very flamboyant personality. You love to show off.

You are both eccentric and expressive. You like to share your unique point of view.

You can become quite impassioned. So impassioned that you can seem a little overbearing.

What Color Hair Should You Have?

Money saving tips

2008-10-24T14:10:00.000-07:00

First off HAPPY 6 MONTH to Reegan! Our little angel is 6 months old today. Nick and I love her more and more every day! She is the best baby ever, even if she cries every night before bed ;)

Ok so I know most of my family and friends are stay at home moms (lucky) and with only one income I know that money can be tight. So I have come across a few do it yourself money saving tips. The first thing I do is make my own baby food. This really just takes buying fruit or veggies and sticking them in the blender. I then portion it out into ziplock bags and stick in the freezer till I need it. Normally about 5 bananas will make 12 little jars of food. The second thing I do is make my own baby wipes and here is my reciepe!
Ingredients:

baby lotion
baby shampoo(or body wash)
baby oil
1 - 1 1/4 cups water (depending on how big the roll is)
roll paper towels
storage container (air tight)
Tablespoon (from silverware)
whisk

an easy way to pick out the container is to get a roll of paper towels and bring it to the container section so you can pick one that will fit. The one I have is a clear square and the lid has 4 snaps. It was about 10 bucks from Wal-mart and it's only tall enough to fit half the roll.

Directions.

measure out water ( I put in glass measuring cup) and stick in microwave for 2 mins. Cut roll of paper towels in half lengthwise ( I use the bread knife ) and remove brown cardboard roll from the center. Place paper towels in the container cut side down. Make sure you have the end of the paper towels sticking up a little bit from the center. This is where you will pull from. Once the water is done heating up take the tablespoon from your silverware (not the actual measuring tablespoon) and fill with baby lotion and dump in water. Then fill the tablespoon with the shampoo and let it run over the edge into the water for about a second then dump the spoon in the water. Then do the same with the baby oil also letting in run over the edge into the water for about a second. once all three are in the water, whisk for about 5 -10 seconds, just enough to mix everything and dump over the paper towels in the container. put lid on and let sit for about 5 mins or so then they are ready to use. *I normally use more baby oil than any of the other ingredients, but to each their own, you will find something that works for you enjoy!*

Lastly I found this reciepe for homemade laundry detergent. I know with my growing family we always seem to have to buy this. Now I'm not sure where to buy all the ingredients, but the blog I got this from found them all in the laundry section of her local store. So good luck with the search.
Ingredients:
1 bar Fels-Naptha soap or Zote Soap
Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (this is different than baking soda, and comes in a larger box)
40-Team Mule Borax (also in a large box *note 40-team is the name not the quantity you need*
Cheese Grater
OxyClean product-must be in powder form **optional**

Directions:
The first thing that you need to do is grate up the fels-naptha soap with the fine side of the cheese grater. It should grate to a very fine powder. Once you do this, put the powder into a dry container with a lid that you will want to store you detergent in. Once you have this in the container, add one cup of the Super Washing Soda and one cup of the Borax. Mis these together so that they are well combined. At this point, if you want to add some OxyClean, you can but it is not necessary. If you do want to add it though, add about a half cup and mix in with the other ingredients. That's it. For a small load of laundry use 1 Tablespoon. For larger loads use 2 Tablespoons.
*per the blog I got this from, it will smell like cleaning products so if your like good smelling detergent try using fabric softner. or my idea is use half the bar of soap and maybe half a bar of Zest or some other bar soap that smells good.*

We are in TROUBLE!

2008-10-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

So I want to take you all back to a couple of days ago when Reegan has pretty much learned to sit up all by herself. By sit up I mean if she is laying down she can sit herself up. Now fast forward to Tuesday. I went to pick up Reegan from the babysitters and Amy said " So I put Reegan in the bassinet while I was feeding Carter and I only looked away for just a couple of minutes and I looked back and Reegan was standing up in the bassinet. It freaked me out!" UUMMMM WHAT!! Yes everyone she was standing. Reegan has now learned to pull herself up. Nick and I went home that same evening and lowered the mattress on her crib. We do not want any accidents. I also got to catch her in action this morning while we were playing on the floor.

*starting the pulling up process*

*Hi Mom! Look at me!!*

*Ta-da!!*

yeah I know we are in trouble. But besides all this drama, I had another job interview with the University of Phoenix. I had interviewed last week but afterwards the managers thought I would be a better fit for the finance counselor position so that's what I interviewed for today. It went really well and I made it to the 3rd leg of the hiring process. They sent me 4 senarios via email and I have till tomorrow morning at 8am to answer the questions and email them back. If that goes well, then it all comes down to my backround check which I'm not worried about. I got to prefrence which shift I would want if I got the job so my first choice was 6-3 This is really early but I would be home in time to cook dinner and put Reegan to bed every night, which is what I want. Well that's it for now. Tomorrow Reegan will be 6 months old and she gets her check up on the 30th so I will be able to post her stats.

9 days and counting

2008-10-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

Hi Y'all! Well there are only 9 days left to get your very own photo quilt at 50% off. That's right so dont wait hurry and place your order at wrappedinmemories.blogspot.com

Also I'm going to be part of Tip Junkies Mom-prenuers Shop a thon. What this is all about is that this holiday season we're trying to buy gifts from those stay at home moms. Tip Junkie has a whole list of things to choose from and this all benifits women who do what they love and get the chance to stay at home with the kiddos. So go check it out, you won't be dissapointed there are tons of things to choose from!

WOO HOO I WON!!

2008-10-21T09:16:00.000-07:00

So I have a blog that I follow called Busy Baby, Busy Momma and she has a weekly giveaway on Fridays. Well I entered and I won!! Check out this super cute bow I won.

on a side note, Reegan was sick this past weekend with a fever of 101 and she had a runny nose and cough and she passed it on to Nick and I. I think we got it WAY worse. I'm pretty sure we both have the flu and I have to go to work because if I miss 1 more day I get fired. This sucks and I hate my job!

*Reegan was sad because there was no more food*

*Reegan and mommy*

*Reegan hanging upside down*

*Ready....*

*GO!*

New..Stupid Quiz Monday

2008-10-20T15:02:00.000-07:00

I have a friend who does this on Fridays. Well it seems like Mondays are the worst for me at work, so I am going to start doing this enjoy and feel free to take the quizzes also!

On Average, You Would Sell Out For

$88,060

At What Price Would You Sell Out?

What Your Nose Says About You

You are detail oriented and attentive. You are a perfectionist.

You are reasonable and patient. You don't give into impulses.

You are straightforward and honest. You sometimes offend people without realizing it.

You are helpful and giving. You like cooperating, and you're always willing to lend a hand.

You are a nosey person and a bit of a snoop. You can't help but be curious!

You are optimistic and trusting. You expect the best from people.

What Does Your Nose Say About You?

You May Be a Bit Borderline...

Your mood swings make a roller coaster look tame!

When you're up, you're a little bit crazy...

And when you're down, your whole world is crashing

Scary thing is, these moods can change by the minute!

What Personality Disorder Are You?

Tweedy Pie

2008-10-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

OMG!!! Look at this way cute baby carrier. It's called the Tot Tote. Isn't if fabulous! I'm so excited because you have the chance to win one. For all the details describing the giveaway go to

http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/2008/10/saturday-spotlight_17.html

Are you as excited as me, chances are probably not! What are you all waiting for? GO, GO GO!!!

TAG YOU'RE IT!!!

2008-10-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

**** MY APPOLOGIES****

First I would just like to appologize about the quote that I'm about to share. I've never read the book and I'm only on page 8. If you are offended I did not mean to do that. Sorry.

Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your blog along with these instructions. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. Tag three other people to do the same.
Excerpt is from the book: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

" Oh look, George," said the woman in the hallway. "Someone's left a towel on this chair." Richard inspected and rejected as poor towel substitutes a loofah, a half-empty bottle of shampoo, and a small yellow rubber duck. "What's the bathroom like?" asked the woman. Richard grabbed a washcloth and draped it in front of his crotch.

I tag: Mallory, Shelci and Taryn

A Woman....

2008-10-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

A Woman
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ... a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ... a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .. one friend who always makes her laugh.. and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .. eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal,that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE . a feeling of control over her destiny..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.... how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.. . whom she can trust, whom she can't,and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table..or a charming Inn in the woods....when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... What she can and can't accomplish in a day...a month...and a year...

are you for real?

2008-10-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

Well for starters I had my interview yesterday with the University of Phoenix. I was really nervous and had just about calmed myself down until I realized I was interviewing with 3 managers!!! WHAT!!! So of course I'm trying to be my charming self but not quite sure who to look at so I'm going from person to person when I notice that the man sitting in the middle is just staring at me. I'm not talking like looking and listening to what I'm saying, I mean STARING! It was really creepy. It's like he looked at me for like 10 mins without blinking. Weird.
Well, I answered all of their questions really only having trouble with one and I thought the interview went really well...... That was until I got a call back today. The recruiter called and said that after the interview the managers talked about it and thought I would be a better fit for the Finance Counselor position so she asked if I would be interested in interview for that. Of course I agreed but now am faced with the challenge of trying to get another day or partial day off work. Let me say that I'm seriously about to get fired for missing so many days. In my defense Reegan was sick for pretty much all of July due to her being on the wrong formula and that's when I was taking her to the doctors like every week. Well apparently a bunch of Nazi's work for Toyota and they really don't give a crap about your personal problems, so here I am 1 full day about from being fired. I sent an email out to my team members asking if I could switch my shift with someone and just work the morning so that I could be off in time to go. But like I said I work with Nazi's and no one cares about helping people out in need. I really hope I get this job at the school so that I can leave here without being fired and I can go back to school for free and finish my degree.

Oh yeah so I finally got my tread mill from my mom and I'm waiting for Nick to bring it in the house. I went to go put on my dress clothes for my interview and I came to the very sad realization that I had to really squeeze into my dress slacks. I joined a blog support group for people trying to lose weight. I haven't been on long but it seems like it will be helpful. It's called the OSB and I have a link on my side bar. They have a weekly weigh in and lots of women you can turn to for support or advise. I'm excited to get back in shape. I'm looking to lose about 40 lbs so I hope I can do it. Step 1: get my butt on that treadmill! I will be posting updates on here about my weight loss goals and maybe some healthy recipes to share. Wish me luck. Last time I was getting into shape I got pregnant... hmm maybe this isnt a bad idea after all ;)

My new Sitstahood..

2008-10-15T10:18:00.000-07:00

Soooo I am a new SITSta and there is a link if you want to be one too. LOOK OVER HERE --->
do you see it. Just click it and check it out. In a nutshell it's all about women coming together and showing support and giving your blog some love. Go join, you know you want to. Come on, everyone is doing it!

Anywho there was a really cool post on the SITS website you should go look. Its about vinyal lettering and I personally really love the letting above the bed and I'm pretty sure that will end up in our new house next month. go look.

http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com/2008/10/12th-blogathon-prize-50-to-such-sweet.html

that's all for now. good bye

oh the JOYS (being said sarcastically ) of my job...

2008-10-14T16:52:00.001-07:00

GGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAHHHHH!!!

SERIOUSLY! Why must you yell at me and curse me up and down for your irresponsibility? I had a customer yell at me today. It was very frustrating on my part to keep myself calm. Here is a recap of our convo:

Theresa: Hello, may I please speak with Mr. Customer?
Mr. Customer: yeah
Theresa: Is this Mr. Customer
Mr. Customer: I SAID YEAH
Theresa: Hi Mr. Customer, this is Theresa with Toyota Financial....blah blah the rest of my speach saying how much they are due... can you pay that today?
Mr. Customer: *yelling* I already spoke with someone last month and set up arrangements. I can pay by the end of the month.
Theresa: Ok what day can you make the payment and I can secure the account to stop the phone calls.
Mr. Customer: *still yelling* I don't care about the phone calls. If you keep calling me, I will tell you where you can stick this truck.
Theresa: Sir, the calls will continue until the account has been brought current or until we can secure an arrangement on the account. What day can you make this payment so we can secure the account?
Mr. Customer: GIVE ME TO YOUR *explitive deleted* SUPERVISOR!!!
Theresa: Sir, you don't need to use that kind of language.
Mr. Customer: I SAID GIVE ME TO YOUR *explitive deleted* SUPERVISOR!
Theresa: Ok, hold on

then the customer ended up hanging up on me. What a looser. I really hate my job. I can't believe some people have nothing better to do than to yell and scream at people they don't even know. I mean really, it's pathetic.

A world of news... but not like on t.v

2008-10-14T15:54:00.000-07:00

So I have a job interview on Thursday with University of Phoenix. I REALLY hope I get it. Not only is it better paying but I will also have steady hours of mon-fri 8-5 and NO nights. Which all in all means more time with my family and more money to spoil Reegan (not like she needs it ;) ).

As for more news I've really been thinking lately that I want another baby. I really miss being pregnant, even though it was WAY horrible. I'm not too sure what Nick thinks about this whole idea, he knows I want 1 more baby but I don't think he wants one now. We're not "trying" to have another child but we are definitely not doing anything to prevent one.

On to other things. Nick and I took some way cute pictures of Reegan this past Saturday. The dress she is wearing is 12 months. It's SOOO weird because she doesn't have 3 things in her wardrobe that fit the same. Most of her pants are 3-6 months, her tops/onesies are 6-9 months and so on. Crazy! So Reegan is turning 6 months on 10/24 I can't believe it. How time flys. I think we are going to get some family pictures done, which we really need to. Nick and I think that Reegan is going to bypass the crawling stage. I mean she really wants no part in it. She absolutely hates tummy time and as soon as I put her on her stomach she just rolls over. When she sits she tries to stand up and ends up just falling forward. I need to try and capture this on film. She also will stand and hold herself up on the coffee table. I can already see that we are going to have our hands full!

P.S. I HATE MY JOB!! SEE NEW POST AND FIND OUT WHY!
P.P.S. If you click the pictures and make them bigger you can see that Reegan has her first ponytail! I'm not sure how I got so lucky to put the rubberband in, but I did. I also added the clip in front of the ponytail for added flare!

Reegan was scared to ride Hunter and he obviously wanted NO part in it :)

3 Weeks and counting,......

2008-10-09T18:23:00.000-07:00

Hello friends and family. Just wanted to let you all know that there are only 3 weeks left to get your photo quilt orders in for 50% off!! Tell everyone you know! Oh and P.S. I have added a payment button with 3 color choices. Please limit each quilt to three colors.

P.P.S. *** Don't use the payment button till after October since all orders are 50% off. Be sure and spread the word!!***

Happy early Halloween!

2008-10-07T12:01:00.000-07:00

Kaylie had her birthday party last Saturday and she got some really cute dress up costumes. While she was asleep on Sunday we decided to dress up Reegan. What a good sport! Also Nick's brother moved in with us. Please everyone wish me luck as I know this will test my patience.

Don't forget any orders placed for your very own photo quilt by the end of October will be at an amazing 50% off. Order today!

I took out her pacifier in this picture

I'm becoming a Mom-trepreneur

2008-10-03T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well friends and family I've decided to try and start my own business. I really want to just be able to be a stay at home mom but I can't because we can't afford for me not to work. My genius idea is to start my own business. I will be making Photo Quilts. I got a blog started for my new endevor and it's: wrappedinmemories.blogspot.com

To get the word spread about Wrapped in Memories I need your help friends and family. Please tell people you know and let them know that all orders placed by the end of October will recieve 50% off. What a great deal! Visit the blog to see how to order your very own photo quilt. I also just want to thank you all in advance!

Great way to wake up....

2008-09-30T15:17:00.000-07:00

So I woke up this morning and noticed that there was money under my phone. I started to get ready for work and Reegan had woken up and she was laying in her crib laughing and playing with her little elephant blanket. I went in to get her and she had turned herself sideways. What a goof! Well I fed Reegan and we left and I called Nick on my way to drop Reegan off with Stephanie. I asked Nick what the money was for and he said " I thought you might like to stop and get yourself Starbucks this morning." What a thoughtful guy. This is why I love him. He tries to act tough but he is a big ol' softy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLIE!

2008-09-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

So this glorious very early morning 2 years ago I was there to witness my beautiful niece being born. Although childbirth is not the prettiest thing to watch, I was very glad that my sister let me be in the room and help her breath as Kaylie was born. Happy birthday baby girl, Aunt Theresa, Uncle Nick and Reegan love you!

5 MONTHS OLD!!

2008-09-24T14:27:00.001-07:00

Today Reegan turned 5 months old. It's hard to believe that she's already 5 months! Time has just flown by, it seems like I was just bringing her home from the hospital. Reegan has been really sick this past week, she is getting a tooth so her nose has been really runny. Then the other night she started getting a cough. The tyelnol doesn't seem to be working so I'm going to have to try and get her into the doctor's. I have switched her formula again but this time I'm using the Wal-mart brand lactose free and she is doing wonderfully. She hasn't spit up any formula when I have fed her. I think we might have finally figured this thing out. I guess she has a slight allergy to milk, which the doctors could never figure out. Oh well, things are great Reegan is obviously healthy and things couldnt be better.

Nick and I have really been discussing moving lately. We have been looking and pricing houses back in Missouri. I think that we will probably be moving her withing the next year or two. Nick has a longtime friend of the family that lives on the border of Illinois and Missouri and he said it's gorgeous back there and great for hunting. So it goes without saying Nick is in to move. With the move I will get to be a stay at home mom which is what Nick and I both want. I'm excited because I have never lived anywhere besides Arizona but scared because our families are both here. I think it will be good for us to get out on our own, plus we will make sure we have enough room for people to visit. We've found some houses to rent back there until we could find some land we want to build a house on and one house was about 2,000sq ft and was for rent for $400.00 a month! I can't believe how cheap it is back there. You can't even get a 1 bedroom apartment for that much here. I'm excited no matter how much people try to bring us down. I think this is the right move for us. Well, until next time

Maternity Week!

2008-09-23T08:17:00.000-07:00

In honor of Maternity Week at An Ordinary Life I am trying to win a gorgeous Elliott Lucca Limited Edition handbag. It's not your ordinary purse either, this bag also can function as a diaper bag! Maternity Week starts September 13th and there will be tons of great prizes. (Including another big surprise!)

I'm trying to win something, maybe Mallory's luck runs in the family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

2008-09-18T13:28:00.000-07:00

So it was my birthday on September 15th! I turned a QUARTER OF A CENTURY, or 25 but I like to be dramatic. I didn't really do much, I went to work, big mistake I couldn't focus all day and I'm pretty sure I got yelled at by a customer who was past due making their car payments. After work I went to pick up Reegan at Amy's house and went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Nick met me there along with Sarah, Jimmy and my mom. It was great. Of course as soon as we sat down Sarah made sure to tell the waiter that it was my birthday. He asked how old I was and I said 25. The waiter was like "I'll make sure I say you're turning 21" I said "no that's ok because now my insurance is going down!" There was some older couples at the table that was diagonal from us and one of the men kept looking at Reegan. He got up from the table and walked over and asked me how old she was. I advised the man that she is 4 1/2 months old. He then went on to tell me how absolutely gorgeous my daughter was. Without saying " I know" I politely thanked him and he went back to his table. Probably 10 minutes later they we all getting up to leave and him and his wife came back over to the table. The lady also told me that Reegan is beautiful and that she is so good natured. I said thank you to the both of them as they were talking to Reegan she was just smiling away at them. So we ate dinner and our waiter came over to the table with the saddle which I had to get on, while they shouted out to the resurant that I was turning 21. He gave me some ice cream which I shared with Reegan and we went home. All in all not a big celebration but I couldn't have thought of a better way to spend my birthday.

On a side note Reegan is cutting a tooth, at least I'm pretty sure that's what her problem has been the past 2 days. She has been screaming and has a runny nose and it doesn't help when I give her Tyelnol but she stops crying as soon as I put some Orejel on her gums. Yeah, I love parenting!

What a day!

2008-09-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

I had a half day at work yesterday because I'm working Saturday. Well I went to pick up Reegan at Amy's house and I found Reegan and Carter sleeping together on the couch. His head was laying on her leg. It was really cute, of course I had to take pictures.

So then Reegan and I went home and she enjoyed spending time with me and learning how to fold laundry! Then Dad came home and she was playing with him.

Then I fed her some dinner. For about the past week I've been trying to give Reegan regular food only because she is still having a problem with the formula which her doctor said we will just have to deal with. Everybody keeps telling me she's too young for food. Well, this might be true for normal babies but I don't think that Reegan is normal. She has been doing AWESOME on baby food. She doesn't spit any of it up after she eats, like she normally does with formula. She is also really getting the hang of using a spoon. I got some pictures of her last night eating green beans. She has also had corn, squash and sweet potatoes. She loves them all!

We then finished up the night with bath time. I decided to blow up the duck tub since Reegan can sit up on her own. She loves it. She loves to splash around and play with the duckies. But look out because when she's done, she's done. I guess Reegan had enough and tried to climb out of the tub! Like I said WHAT A DAY!

Off to Great Grandma's House

2008-09-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

I met my mom at Grandma Crandell's this past Saturday. We were planning on taking her to lunch for her birthday, well on my way over I called my mom and she told me that we werent going to take her because Donna and Bob were coming over to visit. Well I didn't remember them until my mom mentioned their daughters Leeann and Lenae. *click* then I remembered playing with them in New Mexico when we were younger. So we hung out at the house to visit and Leeann and her husband showed up with their 3 boys the youngest who is 1 1/2 week old. I couldnt remember Reegan being so small, but in reality he was no bigger than she was. It was nice seeing everyone again, it has been so long! I have some pictures of Grandma hold Reegan who ended up going to sleep. oh P.S. the dress Reegan has on is 6-9 months!

What do you think...... hmmm

2008-09-04T13:51:00.000-07:00

I have dark hair now! I also got a new cut with lots of layers. I needed to get rid of the blonde and Nick told me to try all over brown. I really like it and so does he. So now I'm asking my family. What do you think of my new hair style?

I also got Reegan these way tiny and cute hair clips, so loves them as much as I do!
Reegan is rocking her cool shades. I'm suprised she keeps them on but she really likes them!

well other than these new pictures, nothing really has been going on lately. Life is pretty boring lately..well besides Reegan that is. She continues to grow and do new exciting things and we love her!

I'm so fortunate!

2008-09-02T16:26:00.000-07:00

I'm so incredibly glad to have found someone to watch my daughter whom I completely trust. Amy is a wonderful mother and babysitter. I have known Amy since about the 3rd grade so I was delighted that she took on watching Reegan. It makes having to leave her so much easier knowing that she is being watched by someone I completly trust. Since I have gone back to work Amy has been sending me almost daily updates on how Reegan has been doing and has recently sent me some pictures too. I just wanted to share my little daily joys with all of you whom I also love dearly. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

June 11: hey, Just giving you your daily update! Reegan is doing great! She was a sleepy head this morning; she didn't wake up till a little after 10. She woke up a couple of times in between but would go right back to bed. She’s just been playing and I think is starting to be a little sleepy. Carter is very interested in her when there both on the floor playing in his room. Its very cute. I think he likes those cute dresses you keep putting her in :) If you want me to wake her up or keep her up longer let me know, cause I know she hasn't been sleeping until late at night. Just let me know if you want me to do anything dif. then what I have been. Talk to ya later

August 18th : oh my goodness, Reegan had a BLOW OUT this morning. All over her clothes and her play mat as well. It was really gross. She is doing pretty good. Hey Carter's nose has been really stuffy this morning and he has been messing with his ears a lot. I called the dr and they said they could be him in at 12:50 would you be ok with my mom coming over and watching Reegan well I took him to the dr ?I don’t think he’s cottages or anything and I am being really careful with washing my hands. But I just want to take him in to make sure its not an ear infection or anything. Let me know if your ok with my mom watching Reegan for like an hour? Talk to ya soon

I LOVE MY DAUGHTER!!!

4 month stats..

2008-08-28T12:47:00.000-07:00

Reegan went in for her 4 month check up this morning and we did all of her measurements and they are as follows:

height: 24 3/4 inches

weight: 14lbs 3 oz

head: 16 inches

The doctor said she is just above the 50% in both height and weight. Also the doctor walked into the room today and saw Reegan standing on my legs with her hands on my chest balancing herself. The dr was so amazed at how strong she is. I then told the dr that she can sit up by herself too and I put Reegan on the table and she just sat there and kept smiling at the dr. She was so impressed with Reegan and said that she is about 2 months more advanced and she is doing things that 6month old would just be starting to do. The dr also put Reegan on her stomach and she scooted across the table and rolled over for the dr. ( I personally think she was trying to show off ;) ) But then all the fun times ended and Reegan had to get her shots. But on a positive note, I can know take her and get her ears pierced! YAY!! I'm excited for this, but I realized I can no longer paint her toenails. Now that she is sitting she can bend over and stick her feet in her mouth and I definitely don't want nail polish in her mouth. The DR. also thinks Reegan will start sprouting some teeth soon becuase she has been chewing on her hands a lot and I told her that she has been drooling for the past month. I'm amazed at how fast she is already growing up! Here are some pictures of Kaylie and Reegan that were taken last week.

Happy 4 months!

2008-08-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

Reegan turned 4 months on this past Sunday. We had gone up to Payson on Saturday to visist our friends mom and grandpa. It was so nice and cool up there. Nick and I didn't want to leave. So Reegan has had a few milestones already. She recently learned to roll over from her stomach to her back and yesterday she learned to sit all by herself. She needs help getting to the sitting position but once there she will balance herself and sit there and play with her toys. She is still a little wobbly but she is doing awesome! I am so proud of her. She can sit for about 5 mins at a time. I took a ton of pictures! Reegan will also go in on Thursday for her 4 month check up to get shots, height and weight measurements so I will post those as soon as I get them.

Reegan trying to attack the camera!

Reegan playing with her toys.

Toppling over, she lost her balance.Reegan was watching Prision Break on t.v. I spoon fed her some cereal for the first time last night. She did really good, it just got everywhere!

Pictures just like I promised!!!

2008-08-19T10:49:00.001-07:00

Reegan and Daddy

Bryce and Reegan

Uncle Sam and Reegan

Reegan with Grandma Sandy

Reegan with Grandpa Jim

Nick with his nephews Bryce and Brent

Reegan and Aunt Melissa

Roll Over.. and then some

2008-08-18T10:13:00.001-07:00

So yesterday morning Reegan was laying on the floor doing some tummy time and she normally just scoots herself all around her blanket but we had a milestone! Reegan rolled over from her tummy to her back! It was so exciting! I yelled at Nick " Oh my gosh, she just rolled over come look!" So I put her back on her tummy and she rolled back over. I'm so excited that she has learned this. It is just one more step closer to crawling! We also went out to Nick's grandparents house on Saturday. Grandma fell into the screen door on Friday while taking in the groceries so she looked like someone beat the crap out of her. She has 2 bruises on her face and she sprained her knee. While we were there Grandma held Reegan and I vaccumed the house for her. We also started giving Reegan some apple juice which she LOVES, but hello, no one told me that apple juice can give her diarrhea which we are now trying to get her over! So note in the future, dilute the apple juice.
On thursday I had to take Reegan to the doctor AGAIN! She has been having a problem with her formula and spitting up for the past 2 months. We have switched her formula about 6 times already so this last time I took her I was pretty upset that they just told me to switch the formula again. Now we are trying Nestle Good Start and they also gave her a precription for liquid Zantac ( which is for acid reflux). I'm not sure if this is working becuase they didn't do any test on her to see if this is what she is suffering from. Also the last 2 times I've taken her to the doc they were saying that her stomach muscle might be closing off and that they would need to do an ultrasound to see and if that is the case she would need surgery to correct the promlem. Now all of a sudden the doctor is saying that her stomach muscle might be too loose and that she will just be a spit up baby till the muscle tightens and we will just have to deal with it. I'm really getting frustrated and thinking about switching doctors, if anyone has a suggestion of a good office, I'm willing to give them a try.
On Friday my neice Halle turned 3. (this is my bro-in-law's daughter) so we went to Peter Piper Pizza. It was so much fun and we got all the cousins together on Nicks side of the family was really neat. I will have to re-update with pictures. I left my camera in the truck! Pictures soon to follow!

It's official!

2008-08-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

Reegan laughed for the first time this morning! I am so excited becuase I got to hear her first laugh. I was getting ready for work this morning and I was playing with her and out it came. Nick and I were both so excited! What a perfect way to start my Saturday morning!

It's been SO long

2008-07-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

I know I'm really bad with updating but in my defense, we no longer have the internet at home and I have been in training for me new position for the past 5 weeks! Let me first get some pictures in so you all can see my beautiful daughter!

Here is Nick with Reegan, he is the best dad ever!

Reegan doing some tummy time. she pushed herself over her boppy!

Reegan playing on her mat

this was taken this morning, she was in such a good mood!

Reegan in her bikini. She loves it!

So Nick and I found a house that we are going to try and buy. We should know tomorrow how much the bank will put it on the market for. Out of all the houses that we've looked at, this is the best one. Nick and I fell in love with it. It is a 3 bed 2 bath home with all appliances included. It is almost 1500 sqft and comes with an underground pool! This is the only house we have found so far that we don't have to do any repairs on. I really hope we get this house. I can't wait to be a home owner! Other than that nothing really exciting has been happening lately. I will try to update soon!

6 weeks

2008-06-05T13:53:00.001-07:00

So I haven't been able to update for a while because my internet has been down, but today was my first day back to work and I was so sad this morning. I dropped Reegan off at the babysitters house this morning about 6:15am and I almost started crying. This is the first time that I have not been with her since we brought her home. I know that she is in good hands and I completly trust our sitter.
Reegan has been doing really well and Nick and I are adjusting to being new parents. The breastfeeding never took off because my milk never came in enough to feed Reegan so she has been on formula. About a week ago we saw that Reegan was still acting hungry after we would feed her and she was really fussy, when we would try to give her more formula she would just spit it all up because she was full. We got some good advise from Nick's aunt and uncle who suggested that we mix in a little bit of cereal. Well, we did and she has not had anymore problems, which I am extremely thankful for. Also, Reegan has been sleeping throughout the night for about the last week and a half, and I have gotten VERY used to sleeping in till about 8am. She really is the best baby ever. She never really cries and she sleeps about 8 hours a night. I couldn't ask for a better baby. I'm not sure how much she currently weighs, but she has her 2 month checkup on 6/26 so I will find out then. Well, that's about all I have to update on so far.

Reegan is finally here!

2008-04-29T16:57:00.000-07:00

Well, I delivered my bundle of joy on Thursday 4/24 at 12:54 pm. She was 7lbs 5oz and was 19.5 in long. When she was born she had some fluid in her lungs which was causing her to breath fast every now and then and she also had a slight fever. Needless to say the doctors kept her in the hospital for an extra 2 days. I got to leave on Saturday and it was the most heart-breaking experience that I have ever had to deal with. We finally got to pick her up and take her home yesterday so that was very exciting. Nick is doing great as a new daddy and for someone who was afraid to hold babies, he is doing a great job. He fed her and burped her for the first time yesterday. It was so cute. So Reegan has not latched on, so I am unable to breast feed. I did get a pump from the hospital but they said I would have to get an electric pump or else my milk would not come in. Today my mom and I went to Target and we actually found an electric/battery operated pump for about $40. I used it this afternoon and it works great. I'm able to pump about 1 oz from both breasts combined. Hopefully my milk comes in soon, but I think it already has, it's still just more collestrum than milk. I've been having to give Reegan formula since I'm not producing as much as she is able to eat. I think things will work themselves out in the next day or two. Reegan has her first checkup tomorrow, so we will see how much weight she's lost so far.

39 weeks

2008-04-23T10:05:00.001-07:00

Well I have a doctors appointment today and I'm pretty sure ( but not 100% ) that I will be induced today. Lately my blood pressure has been climbing, which is definitely not safe for me or the baby and my doctor has been making me get some lab work done, which has been coming back fine. Well, on Monday I called the office becuase I started having a problem with my vision, it was getting all blurry ( like I needed to refocus my eyes). This actually started like Thursday but I thought it was just my contacts so I started wearing my glasses, and with no avail, it kept getting worse. Then on Sunday, Nick and I went to breakfast with his aunt and uncle and when we were done we went over to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things, and as soon as we walked inside my heart started racing and I couldn't breath. I sat down for like 10 mins while Nick went and picked everything up and then we left. We got home and everything seemed fine. Well on Monday I had the same problem with my heart and my eyes were still acting all crazy, so I finally called the doctor. The asked me to come in to the office so they could check me out. When I got there my blood pressure was really high so they had me lay down on my left side for about 5 mins and they came back in to check it, and it was still high. He checked my cervix and I was still only 2 cm dilated but 65% effaced. He then told me to go get more lab work done and go home and they would call me the following day with the results. Well yesterday I hadn't heard from them by 2pm so I called and left a message for someone to call me back and let me know what is going on. About 15 mins later a nurse called and said that my lab results came back fine and that they just want me to relax and to keep my appt for today and that they are hoping I will just go into labor on my own. Now by this time, I had gotten very pissed off. Trying to keep as calm as possible I told the nurse that they tell me to call them when I start having these certain problems, due to the preeclamsia and when I do they just tell me to go get lab work and go home. I told her if my lab work is coming back fine then why am I still having these problems, that aren't getting any better. By this time I'm almost in tears I'm so angry. I then told her that I feel like they are just making me wait around until something bad happens before they do anything, and now I'm crying on the phone. The nurse suddenly gets very quite and tells me that she will have the doctor call me. Well around 5:30 I get a phone call from my doctor and he tells me that yes my lab work did come back fine but he is not quite sure why I'm still having problems. Then he told me that at my appt today he will recheck my cervix and that if it is ready he will induce me today because he is on call at the hospital tonight. I asked him what it means by "if my cervix is ready". I told him I haven't been having any contractions so I'm not dilating but I reminded him that I was 65% effaced. He said that my cervix is ready and he just wants to double check it. I'm getting very nervous and I don't want to get my hopes up incase this doesn't happen. I think they now know that I'm very unhappy with the way that I've been treated and that I'm not going to sit around and wait to go into labor while my symptoms keep getting worse. I really hope that they induce me tonight, I just don't want anything to happen to the baby. Wish me luck, I hope this is the end!

38 weeks

2008-04-16T12:25:00.000-07:00

So I had my 38 week checkup yesterday and I was still only 2 cm dilated. I'm starting to get really annoyed that nothing has progressed in 2 weeks. I'm going to start walking everyday so that hopefully that will move things along. I asked my doctor to scrap my membrane so that my water will break. Well apparently I'm not dilated far enough for him to get all of it so he did what he could. My blood pressure was high yesterday so he sent me over to the hospital into triage and I had some test done. Everything came back fine so they sent me home. I was kind of hoping that they would induce me. My doctor said I'm starting to get Pre-Eclampsia ( high blood pressure while pregnant ) and my medication isn't bringing it down. I have another appointment next Wednesday and if it is still high I think they will induce me. Nick and I are getting so anxious and we just want Reegan here. I really hope she comes soon. I'm starting to get really uncomfortable doing everything. Sleeping is starting to get hard because I'm not only limited to my positions I'm also waking up about every 2 hours and it's hard to get back to sleep. This pregnancy thing is really hard, and I totally give props to those women who have like 10 kids. I really don't think I could do this again any time soon.

Can you believe it?

2008-04-01T15:15:00.001-07:00

I had my dr appt today and she told me that I was 2cm dialated and that she couldn't believe how far down Reegan's head was already. I also noticed that I lost a pound. I think the weight I'm losing is more "water" weight rather than actual food weight because I eat ALL the time! We also talked about the possibility of me being enduced since my fluid levels were low. I have my ultrasound tomorrow and it all pretty much comes down to the results. If the fluid has dropped to 6cm or lower then I will be enduced probably Thurs or Friday or sometime this weekend. We also discussed just enducing me early even if the fluid levels weren't that low. She said we will see, but she definitely thinks that Reegan is ready to come out. We scheduled another appt for next Tuesday but my dr really doens't think that we will need it. Hopefully by this time next week, I will be holding my beautiful daughter! I got a really good 3d picture of Reegans face last week at my ultrasound and she totally has my nose! I showed Nick the picture and that was the first thing he said " Oh my gosh she has your nose!" It was really nice to know that she has something that resembles me. I can't wait to see her in person.

Baby Update

2008-03-29T08:08:00.000-07:00

Well I went in for my weekly ultrasound on Wednesday ( which I only get because of my high blood pressure ) and they measured my amniotic fluid and it came out to 7.4 cm which is very low. Normally they want the fluid to be betweek 8 and 25 cm. As if that wasn't bad enough the week before it was at about 13 cm, so in 1 week it dropped drastically and they don't know why. They think it is because my placenta is not working properly which is also why Reegan is small for her "age". They talked it over with my doctor and I had to go in for another ultasound and non stress test yesterday where they said that my fluid went up slightly. After my doctor got these results she decided to put me on bedrest. I was told that if my fluid levels drop again and go to 5 or below then they will enduce me as soon as I'm 36 weeks, which is on Wednesday. I have a doctors appt. on Tuesday and another ultrasound on Wed so I might be having this baby sometime next week. I know this all sounds bad but Reegan is doing really well, she passes her non stress tests with flying colors. The techs said she wished all babies were this good :) that really makes a mom proud! This whole bedrest thing is going to be great for maybe a couple of days, but it's going to be really hard to not do anything. I really hope they enduce me so that I can do something besides sit/lay around all day. I will post an update as soon as I hear something new.

On a sad note, we had to get rid of Sadie yesterday. Nick's sister came and picked her up and she will be living with her and her fiance and their 2 dogs. She just wouldn't stop eating the carpet. Nick and I now have to re-carpet the living room, which sucks because we rent the house. Oh well, our lease is up in November and we are going to look at buying something. I'm just sad that we had to get rid of Sadie, she was such a good dog besides the chewing. I also feel sad for Hunter who deeply misses his friend. He went around the house all night last night looking for her. He would go outside and then come inside and whine. It was heartbreaking :(

Almost time

2008-03-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

Well I had my baby shower last Saturday and I had so much fun! It was so good to see all my friends and family and all the new little babies! I can't wait till Reegan joins the mix. I first off just want to thank everyone that was there and for all my gifts, I'm still trying to sort everything out and put it away. Secondly I had a doctor's appointment and ultrasound yesterday. At my dr. appt. I found out that I didn't gain any weight in 2 weeks, so I'm still at 11 lbs total. I don't know if this is because I've been active ( I'm always walking or doing my yoga ) or if the baby is seriously just taking everything from me. I am constantly eating whatever I want. All I can say is that if Dr Lew isn't worried than neither am I. The next thing we checked was my blood pressure, which was awesome! It has really been holding up for me. Everyone has been really worried about that, including me. But so far so good. I also mentioned to my dr. that I have been feeling a lot of lower abdominal pressure and also on my cervix ( I guess, I've never had pressure there before ). She said it was probably just the way the baby was lying but that the closer I get the more pressure I will start to feel. It has been 3 days now of constant pressure, and I woke up today and it hurts to walk. I really will love not being pregnant anymore! After the doctor I went to my ultrasound appt. We got Reegan's growth checked since the last time she was measuring small. This time they said she weighs about 4 1/2 pounds which is right where she should be. I also had them try to get a good 3d picture of her face, which was about impossible. The first dilemma was that she was head down, like head really far down, and secondly she had her hand completly covering her face. We got a picture of her forhead, eye and then her hand. What a stinker! The tech said that she has some hair on her head which I was excited about because I was bald. I just hope it's dark hair! Well I think that's it for now, Nick and I are both getting really excited and eager for our daughter to enter this world. He mentioned last night that he can't wait to lay on the couch holding Reegan and taking naps. I love him more and more when he says stuff like that.

BABY UPDATE! HOORAY!!!

2008-03-08T08:16:00.000-07:00

So I went to my doctor on Tuesday for my regular 2 week check up. I'm measuring perfect on my belly which is good I guess. Reegan was exercising right before we listened to her heartbeat so it was fast. It was really funny to watch my belly move all over. She was stretching both her arms ( or legs) I'm not sure which but she would stretch them both out to the side at once. So you would see two bulges on either side of my belly. Then she would move to one side, and make my belly lopsided, then she would move to the opposite side and then she would start her stretching all over again and repeat the cycle. She did that for about 10 mins. She is so active I can't belive it. The good thing, which I love, is that all day she moves around but when I'm ready to go to bed, so is she. I love that she doesn't keep me up all night long by moving around. Hopefully this is a foreshadowing of our future nights :) Well, I get to go in for an ultrasound it 2 weeks. I really want to get a 3d picture of her face. Now that she has more fat on her cheeks it should really give us an idea of what she will look like when she's born. At the appointment they are going to measure her and give us a general idea of how big ( or small ) she is. Last time I went she was measuring about 3-4 days small which put her in the 35 percentile for size. Hopefully she has gotten bigger. After that ultrasound I have to start going every week to get one because of my high blood pressure they want to make sure that Reegan doesn't go into distress. If that happens then I would have to go in for an emergency c-section. Up to this point my blood pressure has been good but my doctor said now is the time we have to really watch it becuase it could spike rapidly. I'm so nervous about this, hopefully everything turns out ok.

On a side note, our crib came in a month earlier than they said it would. Nick went and picked it up yesterday so now we get to put it together. I'm so excited because everything if finally coming together. All we have left to do is go pick up the bassinet from my mom and dad's house. I'm so happy that my dad built Reegan a bassinet. He is so talented when it comes to woodworking and things like that. According to my mom it's a little different than the one he built for Kaylie. I just can't wait to see it. Nick is getting so excited now that the due date is fastly approching. He always tells Sadie ( our girl dog ) that she is his little girl for the next month until our little girl gets here. I know he will make the best dad, now if I can only get him to hold newborns! He is deathly afraid to hold them. He thinks he will break them.

Also, I had a job interview for a position up in Collections. I have been trying to move up there for about 6 months or more but both previous times I applied I never got an interview. Well on Thursday I had a lady from HR email me and asked me to call her. Well I did right away and she asked if I was still interested in the position upstairs, I told her absolutly. ( That was my 3rd time applying for the position). Well, we made an appointment for me to come up and interview that afternoon with her and to take a survey that monitors your work ethic and things like that. Well, I took the survey and then had some questions with HR and she asked me back for a second interview that will be with a supervisor from Collections. I'm so excited, not only becuase if I ever leave Toyota I will have the collections experience but it also pays more! I always get so nervous right before interviews but I got some help from my supervisor and from my old supervisor from Collections, when I was a temp. She has been wanting me to come back upstairs to work for so long, and it seems like now I might get the chance. Everyone wish me luck! I think that's about it for now, until next time!

my very own 60 challenge...

2008-02-29T14:07:00.001-07:00

ok so this is a very tiny picture of me on Tuesday 2/26 while at work. Sarah took this with her phone. Any ways I listen to a particular morning show called the Johnjay and Rich show, which some of you may know seeing as though my cousin was going to hang out there, any way Johnjay decided to do a 60 yoga challenge and he made it. 60 straight days of yoga, well I thought that was very inspiring and I have been having a lot of back problems while being pregnant, so I thought I would give it a try. I went online to Amazon.com and bought a Pregnancy Yoga DVD which came in the mail yesterday. I instantly popped it into the DVD player and did day 1 of my very own 60 day challenge. I don't know if I will honestly make it the full 60 days seeing as though I'm due in 61 days but I will be doing this workout everyday till I burst! It was definitely a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, I didn't realize how tight my muscles were until I was trying to stretch. The workout is only about 40 mins and it was great, it has numerous back stretches and leg stretches ( both of which I despretly needed ) and it also has an awesome relaxation moves. All in all it was a great workout, I didn't feel over worked or out of breath. It was all just perfect for my pregnancy aches and pains. Well you might be asking yourself how I feel this morning and let me tell you that I feel GREAT!!! No back pain what so ever! I love it! I can't wait to get home and complete my day 2. So all of my pregnant cousins, I suggest you go out and get yourself a pregnancy yoga dvd, you won't regret it!! ok here is the actual dvd I bought, it cost me $7 dollars because I looked under used & new and found this which was actually new in the packaging and I paid about $3 in shipping and handling.

Baby here we come!

2008-02-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

Ok well here is another prego picture of me. This was at Sarah's cake show last Saturday. I am 29 1/2 weeks along in this picture. Currently though, I am 30 weeks and 3 days. I really can't believe how fast everything is going. I feels like just the other day I found out I was pregnant. Nick and I are really starting to get excited. We are slowly but surely getting Reegan's room ready. I went with my mom to Direct Buy, it's a store that you can the wherehouse cost instead of the retail price. The crib I bought was $141 and it is a 4-in-1 crib. For those who don't know it will change from a crib to a toddler bed to a day bed and finally into a full size bed. Pretty much we never have to buy Reegan a new bed ever! Anyway while there we also bought the side rails to convert it into the full size bed which were $36 bucks. How could you pass up these great deals! After tax and shipping and handling it cost a grand total of about $230. Totally not a bad deal. Well I wanted to see how much we really saved doing it this way so I went online and found a store that sells the crib we bought and it retails at $280 just for the crib, not including the side rails! I think we got a smoking deal. The only problem is that at the worst senario it wont be here till the first of May. It has to be shipped from the manufacture. But the people at Direct Buy stated that unless it is on back order the company gets there merchandise out fast and it shouldn't take that long. I guess I really have nothing to worry about. My dad built Reegan a bassinet. I know that will turn out great, the one he made for Kaylie was amazing! Well, nothing else has really happened lately, I've been having some horrible back pain, but Sarah assures me that the worst is yet to come! I just can't wait till I can hold my daughter in my arms for the first time, and to see Nick hold her too. Well, until next time!

FINALLY AN UPDATE!!

2008-02-14T13:38:00.000-07:00

OK here is me at 6 1/2 months prego, I will get some more pics this weekend.

So after many complaints about how I have not updated in quite awhile I figured while I'm at work doing nothing ( haha , I have to laugh to myself because I'm crazy busy!! ) I thought I'd let everyone know what has been going on in the Cloyd household. Christmas is obviously over and it was wonderful. We had a delicious breakfast at Sarah and Troy's house where we exchanged some gifts. Reegan got some new little outfits from her cousin Kaylie and I got the makeup that I have been wanting from Troy and Nick got a girt card to Sportsmans from my dad. After that we went to Nick's sister Stephanie and her fiance's house for dinner. It was great.

We have been working on trying to housebreak Sadie and teaching her not to chew on everything in site, which she doesn't seem to be taking to. It's really hard because if she has an accident in the house then Hunter thinks it's ok to go to the bathroom in the house as well. I couldn't imagine having to kids close together, I would assume this is what it would be like except worse. Nick and I have been really busy at work, both working overtime Mon- Fri and I have been working every Saturday for about a month now, it's crazy. It seems like the only time we see each other is when we are getting ready for bed and right when we wake up for work.

Sarah is getting ready for her first cake decorating competition which is on Feb 16th at the Glendale Civic Center from 10-3 so if you guys want to see some amazing cakes go check them out. I'm really happy for her that she found something that she enjoys doing and is really good at. I will be going to cheer on my little sis and hopefully she wins first place in her division! As for me I'm going to be signing up for some online classes to finish up my associates degree. I really want to get into nursing but the only nursing programs I've found are Mon- Fri 4:30 to 9:30 which means if I'm working during the day then I would never see Nick or Reegan. I just don't know what to do, hopefully we will work out something as a family.

Now for the baby update!
Well I'm 29 weeks now ( or almost 7 1/2 months prego ) and I have to say it is definitely getting better. I love feeling Reegan move, even if it is up under my ribs and pinching a nerve. It is really the most amazing thing to be able to watch my stomach move with each little kick. I went to the doctor about a week ago and she went over my glucose test results and they came back good, I'm not getting diabetes but I am slightly anemic, which she said was normal since I have to now share my blood with the baby. She suggested that I start taking some iron pills once a day and that she help things out. About 3 weeks ago I went in for an ultrasound for just a regular checkup to make sure Reegan was growing properly since I haven't really gained any weight. ( To date I think it's about 5-6 pounds over my starting weight). Well the lady said that Reegan was measuring about 3 days small, which my doctor went over with me and said that she is in the 35 percentile in size and if she stayed in that zone she would still be about a 6-7 pound baby. I have to say I'm happy with that. I'm not sure I could deal with trying to push out an 8 or 9 baby. Tomorrow I will be going to buy Reegan's crib and matress so that is exciting. I can't believe that I only have about a month and a half before she enters this world. I'm starting to get kind of nervous, not only about the delivery but also about having someone that will be completely dependent on me. So far everyone that I know has said that is normal but after she's born I will forget all about it. Well, I don't think I really have that much more to say. I have another doctor's appointment on Tuesday so maybe if I'm not too busy I will try to update after that.

Christmas is HERE!!

2007-12-24T16:39:00.000-07:00

Well, tomorrow actually but whose counting? So an update from my last blog, today Nick and I got a new puppy! Her name is Sadie and she is so cute. Saide is a pit bull ( I know what most of you are thinking), she's such a cuddler and I think if you raise them right there will be no problems. I have known lots of people with pit bulls that have been the nicest dogs I have ever met. Hunter is excited to have a friend and he has been running around the house like crazy, although all Sadie wants to do is sleep.
I can't wait till Christmas tomorrow but Nick and I have such a busy day planned. We have to wake up early so that we can drive for about an hour to have breakfeast with my mom, dad, grandpa, Sarah, Troy and Kaylie. We will open presents there and then we have to go to Nick's sisters house for "dinner" by 1 pm. Hopefully we will get some time to ourselves. Although this will not be mine and Nicks first Christmas together ( our 3rd actually ) it will be our first as a married couple!
So for a baby update, I had my routine check up about 2 weeks ago and I had gained 5 pounds! My doctor was happy but said I'm still playing catch up since I had lost 12 pounds. Well about 5 days after my appointment Nick and I were at Wal-Mart and we just so happened to walk past the scale section and there was one on the floor so I decided to weigh myself and it showed that I lost the 5 pounds I thought I had gained. Since then I have not weighed myself but continue to eat constantly. Reegan is very healthy but for some reason I'm not able to keep the weight on. She is measuring perfect for her age so the due date will remain the same. I can't wait till she arrives and we finally get to meet her. She is starting to kick harder because I can actually feel it and it no longer feels like "flutters". I'm so excited and the next 4 months can not go by soon enough. Well that's it for now, until next time!

Another new addition.........

2007-12-20T10:49:00.000-07:00

So Nick has been thinking ( and this is almost never a good idea ) that we need another dog. Don't get me wrong I love puppies and I have been begging him for over a year that Hunter needs a friend, but since becoming pregnant I just don't think that's the best decision. I'm already so tired by the time I get home from work and make dinner and clean the kitchen that I really don't want to have to deal with potty training another dog. I know that I will be the one up in the middle of the night taking it to the bathroom, and who knows it might even help me for when Reegan makes her way into this world, but I just think we should wait. I told Nick how I feel and said it's up to him whether we will or will not be getting said dog.

On a more positive note, Christmas is only 5 days away!! I love Christmas time, and not just for the presents! I love Christmas because of all the time we get to spend with family and decorating the house and tree and the smell of freshly baked cookies! All the shopping is done, thanks to me I went and did it all in one day last Saturday while Nick was at work. Now the only thing left is to wrap it all but I might wait for Nick to help me, because he says I wrap like a kid. Which is true, I'm horrible at wrapping presents! I'm excited for the Crandell family Christmas party on Sunday even though Nick and I will only be there for about 1 1/2 hours. We will be leaving early so we can go to Church with his mom. This is the only time of year we can get Nick into a church, for some reason that's just not his thing; me on the other hand, I kind of miss going every Sunday, once you get there you kind of wonder why you ever stopped going. I think once Reegan is born I am going to start taking her to church, I know that would make Nick's mom happy. Anyways I think that is it for now, until next time!

IT'S A ......

2007-11-30T19:34:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!! Reegan Lee Cloyd, is currently 7 oz

My first official blog!

2007-11-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Ok so Nick and I are having a baby, and we have our ulrasound scheduled for this coming up Friday to determine the sex. I think we are having a boy, and Nick is really hoping for a boy, but in the end I know we will just be happy for a healthy baby. So not much else has really been going on lately. I'm still fighting with the morning sickness and my doctor is starting to get worried because I still have not gained any weight. I went in for a check up 2 weeks ago and I had lost 3 more pounds. Hopefully at my next appointment I will have gained at least 1 pound. Oh well, it's not like I'm not eating. Sometimes Nick actually gets grossed out by how much I'm "putting away"! Alright until next time