2012 Year in Review

well i think Facebook does a pretty good job of highlighting my 2012 year in review.... but here is my version!

January: brought hazel back to Utah on her first plane ride at 2 weeks old. begun my last semester of nursing school!!
February: went to CA and miss Hazel was given a baby blessing by her daddy.
March: Spent spring break in CA.
April: Jason officially 'walked' and graduated BYU!!
May: I graduated nursing school and took and passed my NCLEX and became an official RN. We moved to California for summer
June: Jason and I ran in the TEAM WAGNER relay around Lake Tahoe. we each ran 10.5 miles!
July: We had a Wagner family reunion at ASPEN GROVE. we moved to NEBRASKA
August: Jason started his FIRST semester of DENTAL school. and we painted and worked on the house a lot. Jason turned 26. Hazel and I took a trip to Arizona
September: Hazel and I took a trip to Chicago. I turned 24!
October: Hazel and I took a trip to CA for JARED and CAITLIN'S nuptials! I finally got my first real RN job. Night pediatric home nurse.
November: Happy Thanksgiving! we celebrated turkey day in Kansas City, MO with The Pickett and Donahoe families.
December: we found out Jason was accepted for the Air Force scholarship!! Jason passed all his classes and finished his first semester of Dental school. We visited CA for 2 weeks and HAZEL turned ONE!

What a blessed year we have had and it is crazy to think hazel has been with us for the entire 2012!!!! Hope everyone is having a happy and safe New Years and maybe ill make some New Years resolutions and post em up here!!

The Big FIRST Birthday party

first off- I have always felt this societal pressure to throw a HUGE first birthday party for my child, (of course i wanted to, but she will never remember right?!) well i'm the mom who does not have it all together, I sent EVITES, some more last minute than others, i made the treats, was a stressed mess, yelled at my husband (poor jason always feels my stress!!) but i was able to creates a last minute decent first birthday party on a tight budget (at least i think so and if you feel otherwise you can keep it to yourself ;)) thanks to pinterest i had a million Pinned ideas, yet none of which i got to. someday i will have more time?? I don't know how all you moms out there have everything so together! well here is a picture overload of Hazel's First Birthday party! and special thanks to my sisters, mom and jason for helping SO much with all the food, decorations... and the outfits and photographer!!!

 She ate every bit of frosting she could, she had little interest in the actual cake part ;)

All photographs copyright Joanna Waechtler Timeless Moments

Happy birthday Hazel

Dear hazel,
Today you turned one years old. Today you had your first maple bar, first egg, first cupcake and first swig of cows milk. We threw you a pink birthday bash which included your family and closest friends. You loved the balloons the most, and enjoyed running around with all the kids playing. You were gifted some amazing things and are very spoiled and loved!
I absolutely love being your mom and have loved watching you grow an change every single day! It amazes me the smart little girl you are growing into. I love you with all my heart and can't wait to see you grow up even more! Love your biggest fan!! Xoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxo
(Tomorrow I will post sticky bellies with 12 month milestones!!)

One year ago

It may and probably does only mean so much to me (and I know my family is sick of me talking about it!) but a year ago today my water broke at 930 pm. And after that I was at the hospital waiting for labor to start and waiting to meet my pretty little baby girl. I have cried a few times already today while thinking about the past year. It makes me sad to see the time slip away. I love being a mom to my Hazel pop and am excited for a day filled of celebration for her first birthday!!!! Get ready for post overload after the celebrations!!

One week.

It's hard to believe that my little love bug baby girl will be O N E in one week. It is bittersweet watching them grow but more sweet. I have learned so much from this tiny daughter of God and her sweet spirit in a year than possibly my entire life-time. Who knew?! watching her grow up makes me more and more excited to have another ity bity baby someday (no NOT a pregnancy announcement although wouldn't that be fun!!) but i already miss HER as a newborn, thats the bitter part.

On another note- we tried to get family pictures done yesterday but 5 minutes into them Hazel was NOT having it.. not matter what we did.. sounds about right for picture day... so we shall try again later today.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and go do something nice for someone!
Oh and here are some pictures so you can reminisce on this past year with me. this week last year i looked like this:

and my feet looked like this: (embarrassing... but more UGLY and UNCOMFORTABLE....)

i can breathe...

With this semester coming to a close, I can finally breathe and relax. I still have some assignments to finish up by this weekend, but I took my hardest final today and i PASSED! haha. thats all that matters right. I mean pathophysiology completely online was not the easiest course but it's done and JASON finishes up finals TODAY!!! Today at 1 pm is his hardest and last final of his first semester or freshman year of Dental school. I don't think i've really talked with him for like a week or two now- he has just been in his own little studying world (and he has a bad cold on top of that!!) well maybe we will celebrate tonight. Yes, yes we should! and we will both get to spend more time with this little princess and back to CA on SUNDAY!

blondie

well this one time I had an ombre (which i did enjoy..) but i missed my blonde the entire time so one month after I got my Ombre... it was gone. i feel like i'm meant to be blonde...it's good to be back.

The Gingerbread house

Hazel, Livi, Diana and I decided to decorate our gingerbread house while the men studied for finals.  

Hazel went for the cookies as soon as we opened the kit

Messy frosting hands

mmm.. im loving this gingerbread cookie (what age can babies eat cookies?? haha, she didn't eat that much..)

She wanted to pick off every piece of candy!

Livi was the best decorater.. interior designer in her future??

Ear infection

Yes the dreaded ear infection. Well miss hazel had her first one a couple weeks ago like said in my previous post- anyways- took her to the drs this AM and her ear infection is either still there or has returned. Poor baby- so we started on some stronger antibiotics. Here is the pic I just received while at work I'm sorry Jason that you are up all night with her..


And another pic same exact place I took earlier today. The only way she stops screaming :(
notice no one looks too happy in these pics...

sick baby

how awful to be a mom with a sick baby. Why didn't anyone ever warn me that I would be this constantly worried about my tiny human love bug!? oh wait they all probably did, just like everyone warns you about everything and adds their two cents but you can't understand until it's happening to you  About two weeks ago she was super fussy.. like WOULD not sleep not just wake up every couple hours like would scream bloody murder, but then was happy as can be in the day time. she had no fever no pulling at her ears.. anyways finally after a couple days we took her in, and I felt so embarrassed because i thought nothing would be wrong, it was probably just teeth... anyways she had an ear infection, then i felt awful because i should have known... so here we are 10 days later after all her antibiotics and we have a screaming baby again... she was happy happy girl for a good week in there.. she has had a fever on and off for the past three days, the highest it ever was was 101.5, well it's gone today and this time i am really thinking it is teeth.. i think all 4 top ones are coming in at the same time i don't blame her for screaming! if we do have another bad night i will take her in, i just don't want to be the paranoid mom who takes her kid in at a little cough or drip of the nose! so i couldn't do my #DKC yesterday, unless i can count all the things i did for Jason (make his lunch, cook him dinner, clean up...) but today, i was leaving target parking lot and there was a guy with a sign. You know, the ones you see on every corner these day and you are hesitant because they may be faking it but you want to believe the best in people, well he was talking to himself, so i really believed him, and i handed him all the cash i had which was only $2. but it still made me happy- and he said 'thank you sweet angel.' go out and do something! Merry Christmas!

December Kindness Challenge

Getting in the holiday spirit, starting off December right, watching ELF, and blogging about my day 1 of  #DKC

Linking up with My {Not so} Glamorous life and  ALL MY LOVE for ALL MY DAYS for #DKC  december kindness challenge. Everyday i will challenge myself to do something kind for someone around me, not just the Hubs- but strangers ;)

Successful Day 1: Drove through mcdonalds to get my beloved diet coke, and paid for the person behind me :) i tried to drive away really fast before she knew but they didn't give me my drink quick enough and then she yelled out her window 'THANK YOU' it's the little things that make your day that much better. So i am challenging all of you to take this challenge or do one of your own!! xoxo MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Month of Thanks

While this month is coming to an end... Here is the wrap of of my Thankfuls... And these are not all but only my 30 for the month ;)
Thankful day 23: diet coke and popcorn to keep me awake while on my night shift
Thankful day 24: prayer- lately I have been saying my prayers in the car, talking out loud -other drivers probably think I am nuts, or I have blue tooth, anyways I have never said more sincere prayers while saying them out loud- I recommend it to everyone!
Thankful day 25: temples- the work that is done there is so amazing and sacred and it's heaven on earth, a timeout from the world!
Thankful day 26: sleep... Enough said.. Especially from a mom who works night shift
Thankful day 27: flash cards- how do you study without them
Thankful day 28: water bottles- I love water and water bottles... Even if I constantly misplace them. Sorry jas
Thankful day 29: spin class- kicked my butt this morning- such a great feeling after working out
Thankful day 30: last but not least my trials, every single one of them! They have helped me become who I am and constantly teach me new things! I saw this super cool quote on Pinterest and I hope to someday think just like this: