Happy birthday auntie Brittani!

Please Excuse my swollen +50lbs prego self ;)

Dear Auntie Brittani- Thank you for helping my mom get me out- and for helping her the whole time i was in there with all the questions she had and for being there to meet me as soon as i arrived. I can't believe how blessed I am to have such a special auntie who has given my mommy so much support. She tells me that not only since i've been around but her entire life you have given her strength and support to be the person she has become. We wish we lived closer or at least see you more often but thank goodness for FaceTime. I hope you had such a great birthday and sorry this post is a bit late, but my mom said that you like to extend your birthday out as much as you can!! I love you and my mom and dad love you too!! can't wait to see you again!!! Love your newest Niecey Hazel.. and my parents too!

This daddy is obsessed!

Jason loves his little girl!!!! It is so cute to see them together and he takes such great care of her when I have school work or clinicals! It is so sad to be away from her but I know she is in the best hands so it makes it a little better/easier. He sends me so many pics too I love it!! Like the many faces of hazel pic! We are so blessed with our happy baby girl! She slept almost 8 hours the other night and I was so worried something was wrong- but she seems great- oh and how and when should I be doing a sleeping schedule?! I just bought baby wise and am starting to read it- any other suggestions for books or sleeping schedules?!

ONE MONTH!

Happy one month birthday to my little Hazel! here are a few pics we took with our Sticky Bellies!! thanks Ash! what hazel has been up to this month: she is adjusting to Utah beautifully although i know she really wishes we could've stayed in warm CA forever and with grandma to take care of us :) she smiles and when she is falling asleep she will smile and do this little laugh. she likes to wait until her diaper is being changed to GO... she is not a huge fan of baths, yet! She makes lots of silly noises, including burping and loud toots, she is a good eater, she will fall asleep super quick lying on her tummy on anyones chest, she likes to be sung to, she doesn't LOVE her carseat, yet.. she LOVES to be in the ergo or in the moby wrap and she is always just as cute as ever. we love her SO much. She is such a blessing in our lives! some nicknames we call her: Hazey-pop, princess, hazey-poo, hazey-pazey..

Remember when..

Remember when I had this crazy obsession with my BFF pine sol... Well we broke up and are not friends anymore! I cleaned my kitchen with it this morning and opened windows because I was getting a headache from how strong it was! Yikes! Good thing I didn't buy more bottles like I wanted to... Til next pregnancy pine sol.. (we shall see)

Auntie Erin meets Hazel

Auntie Erin came to meet Hazel this weekend and it was so much fun!! Jason and Hazel picked her up from the airport in Friday morning while I was busy with school stuff- when she got here we wasted no time.. She ventured with me to target and then to yummy cafe rio! We came home and did her hair and watched lots of tv oh and she snuggled Hazel a lot! Saturday she took me for pedicures and to get our eyebrows done! Thanks!!! We watched the 9ers win!!! And then That night for dinner we had Costa Vida! Which one did she like better- that was the test!? We watched movies and played with Hazel and then on Sunday she watched my little muffin while I got some sleep and then we were able to go to church without hazel - auntie Erin to the rescue!! But let me tell you- there were enough crying babies to make my milk let down for the whole day! Haha- I thought that was a myth but no way! Sunday was relaxing and and we just hung out and even gave Hazey a biffy bath! Early Monday morning we dropped Erin off at the airport.. We were so sad to see her leave!!! Thank you Erin for everything for coming to meet your newest niece and loving her so much and holding her and kissing her and playing with her!! And thank you for helping me and for dealing with my moods and my pain- thank you for being such an amazing sissy and auntie! We love you and we will see you in feb!

Big Yawn

Happy 3 weeks my little Hazey - here is the progression of a cute big yawn!

Back to Utah back to school

We got back to Utah last night and were welcomed by a beautifully decorated front door!! Thank you Young family and Nielsen family!!!! It made coming back much more fun!!! Today is my first day back to school and so far so good- it is my last semester of nursing school!! I am also feeling very ambitious and want to try to go to the gym today! Oh and Hazel did amazing on her first plane ride!!

2 weeks

I am so proud of my little miss Hazel! She had her two week well baby check up today and weighed 8 lbs 3 oz! She was born at 7 lbs 5 oz and dropped to 6 lbs 12 oz and they like babies to at least be back at their birth weight.. And of course for the past two weeks I've been worried at whether or not she was getting enough milk & growing right... You know the usual moms worries or I hope they are normal worries!!! I'm glad my milk is working so far and my girl is doing so great

2011 Recap

From what i can remember here is our 2011 RECAP:
January- I started my 2nd semester of nursing school- My best friend HEATHER came out to UTAH for a visit!!
February- spent valentines day with my amazing valentine!
March- got hired at UVRMC and worked as a CNA for a few minutes... the month we tried to get pregnant :)
April- we found out we were EXPECTING! I took a trip to Arizona to visit my cute nieces and sissy!
may- had our 1st doctors apt! started my 3rd semester of nursing school and jason studied and studied for the DAT
June- Jason took the DAT (dental admissions test) and did exceptionally well and applied to a few dental schools! Drove to Napa for a DR apt.
July- found out we were having a GIRL!! took a trip to Arizona to visit my sister- went to 4H camp for my 13th and last year for a while
August-Jason turned 25! took a trip to CA for a dr. apt. Celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. went on the Napa Valley Wine train- Jason started his last semester of college and i started my 4th semester of nursing school. I took my NCLEX-PN and became a Licensed Practical Nurse.
September- I turned 23! Jason got an interview at Creighton Dental school. Trip home for dr. apt.
October- Jason went and interviewed at Creighton. I took a trip home over halloween for a dr. apt.
November- Thanksgiving in CA!
December-Jason got accepted to CREIGHTON dental school. He graduated from BYU with his Bachelors in Biology. We put a down payment on a town home in Omaha Nebraska. celebrated a SPECIAL birth-day and welcomed our sweet baby girl delivered by her grandpa!!! That was our year highlight!!!! We have been SO blessed this year and couldn't have asked for a more exciting 2011- especially december of 2011! we are SO excited to welcome 2012 for an exciting new chapter in our lives!!
things we are looking forward to in 2012: having a sweet girl to take care of and watch grow up, graduating nursing school in May (passing my NCLEX-RN, Starting Dental school in the fall!!