Little Bit of The REES' Pieces

15 months.

2011-11-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

She thinks she is so big, and she looks so big but she will always be my baby. I hate that she is growing up so fast! Dear Jane, please hit the slow mo button, I love the stage you are in right now. Love, Your Momma

Halloween.

2011-11-28T17:29:00.000-08:00

Halloween was a hoot! I mean just look at that little owl.

It snowed the night of our ward halloween party so the Adams Family saved the night by letting us come and party at their house and stuff our faces with delicious chilli.

Jane was really into Dean that night, he was playing hard to get.

We took our little owl trick-or-treating and she was in love with the glow sticks... until she saw the candy.

She needed to make sure she didn't drop any of her goods, she is definitely our daughter. We love our candy around here.

We stopped at our friends' house and Jane went to town sorting her chocolate. Once she emptied their candy into her bucket she was good to leave.

Giving her "Goooo" face to her favorite piece she found. Jane loved being with all the kids trick-or-treating. I thought we were being ridiculous for taking a non-walker but it was a success and we loved every minute.

MRI.

2011-11-16T09:13:00.001-08:00

We finally got Jane her MRI! She was a champ and did so good. It was the saddest thing seeing her put to sleep though. The top picture is of her waking up. She was so funny and the medicine made her have no control over her body. It was like having a 20lb newborn because she couldn't even hold her head up, which Jane thought was hilarious. She couldn't stop laughing and smiling, I think I would like some of this medicine at our house for her grumpy moments.

Right before her she went in.

We had to put her in some metal free clothing and she look like a little orphan.

We got the results back and she has Spastic Depligia, a form of Cerebral Palsy. The really good news is the scaring in her brain will only affect her motor skills and NOT her speech. She did however have bleeding in her brain so we had to get blood work to see if it was old or new. Which turned out it was old. SO all in all it was really good news from her MRI. Jane has physical therapy once a week and she is doing so good, we can really see a difference. She is getting braces for her legs this week so I'm sure I will post a picture of them, to show you how cute she makes plastic braces look. We love this little gal she makes us so happy and we feel so blessed by all that has happened. Mike and I are so incredibly lucky to have Jane.

NYC Round Two.

2011-11-16T08:30:00.000-08:00

So annoying I can't put the pictures in order anymore on blogger I need help, so sorry for the out of order version of New York.

Two new obsessions 1. Shake Shack and 2. Central Park. If I could live in Central Park eating shake shack for the rest of my life or a couple of days I would be one happy mamacita.

Can you tell how happy I was to see this little lady. Linda had perfect timing with visiting her sister.

This is what you do on the subway right?! Oh and we thought there wouldn't be any paparazzi on the subway.

Top of the Empire State Building. It was a bit windy up there, if you cant tell by Jane's face.

Apparently Linda had a lot of fun with Mike on the ferry.

Jane's straw trick, she thinks she is way silly when she can hold objects in her mouth.

Love NYC, Love my Parents, Love getting out! So here is an open invitation to anyone to come visit us because we have fun exploring with our visitors.

Philadelphia LOVE.

2011-11-15T18:54:00.000-08:00

We were lucky enough to have this cute little girl and her parents come visit us. Let me tell you I could just cuddle her all day long, she is so squishy, soft, and sweet. Hands down I'm her favorite red-headed aunt!

Once we got over some hair-pulling issues, these little girls loved to play.

Mini Mike and Mini Tyler. (In little girl form)

Noelle was so sweet to put up with Jane wanting to share a stroller with her. Jane was in heaven and couldn't stop laughing. She thought this was the greatest thing ever!

We walked row house row. So pretty! I loved watching the rowers go by and hear their little yell leader hollering at them.

Passing city center to the LOVE statue.

We had so much fun with Tyler, Lindsey, and Noelle. I'm kicking myself we didnt get one group photo, oh well just another reason for them to come again!

14 Months.

2011-11-04T17:19:00.000-07:00

I know I'm still playing catch up. Miss Jane at 14 months.

Amish.

2011-11-04T16:38:00.001-07:00

This was post Amish at the Hershey Factory, gotta love that our last name is the root of a very delightful treat.

Clothes hanging is one of the dead give aways for Amish.

I was being tricky with this photo, because the Amish don't like their pictures taken, but their little scooter bikes are too cool. And if anyone can tell me why they don't believe in peddles for a bike I will buy you a treat.

Amish recess.

We stopped at a little Amish lady's stand, the food not so good but the conversation was two thumbs up. I loved going to Amish country everything is so simple and beautiful. If only we all could live like that... but maybe I would need a TV because Jane is still really into her Sesame street these days.

New York. Round One.

2011-11-04T16:20:00.001-07:00

Mike's smarty pants brother had an interview at Temple and so naturally he brought the whole gang with him. Oddly enough we all had never been to the big city. So here we are in all our tourist glory.
When I was on bed rest I watched a lot of Cake Boss, you could say Buddy and I got pretty close that summer.

Thats us at the bottom of the 2. Jane asked me to wave her up high so she could be in the shot too.

Lady Liberty in the background. If you squint you can see her. Oh and Jane she is pretty cute and not to mention so good all day. She loved NYC so much she decided to sleep through most of the day.

It started to pour in the late afternoon so we didnt have too many pictures, but despite the wet wet weather we had a fun little time.

Philadelphia.

2011-10-17T18:22:00.000-07:00

Many hours later and a very sleepy well behaved baby we finally arrived in Philadelphia. I'll say it again, Jane is an amazing traveller. Not to mention we all had strep that turned into hand foot mouth disease, and Miss J. didn't even complain. Love her.

She made herself right at home watching her shows. She is really into her Sesame street these days, not going to lie I love it! I can eat, clean and go to the bathroom in peace.

Our new home!

ONE.

2011-10-17T17:59:00.000-07:00

She gave her cake a nice massage before digging right in. This little gal sure loves her chocolate.

We had lots of family come and celebrate with us and Jane graced them all with her cute little birthday suit.

Miss Jane Olivia Rees is such a delight and is so good to us. I can't believe our little gal is growing up so fast.

* On a very sad side note, I broke my camera 1 week before Jane's birthday so I have very few pictures of this cute little gal on her special day, Sorry Jane.

Virgin Gorda.

2011-09-12T04:34:00.000-07:00

Or shall I call it a little piece of Heaven. Mike served his mission in Puerto Rico and part of his mission was an island called Virgin Gorda. (Being married to Mike has many perks) So we returned to visit the island for two weeks. My parents, my Uncle Jason and my Aunt Andrea were there for the first week and Mike's parents and brother Steve were there for the last week. We had some good company with us. It was a whole lot of travelling to get to this island. We flew all night to St. Thomas and then hopped on two ferry boats to finally get to the island, but let me tell ya it was well worth it. Mike and I are so lucky to have a little gal who loves travelling, Jane is seriously the champion of travel. And as soon as she got into the humid climate she just became even more of an angel child. I didn't take very good pictures because my aunt was there and I felt like hers turned out way better than mine, so sorry for the poor pictures but you get the idea of how beautiful it is, hopefully.

This was at The Baths, it was so amazing. All these huge boulders and natural formations in the middle of a gorgeous beach. You cut through these rocks to get to another beach. It was a fun little trail. And the water really did feel like bath water!

Mike at the end with his famous arms out pose.

So the condo we stayed at luckily had a car seat but we rented an open truck taxi so Jane got to ride up front with Dad. Let me tell you she thought she was so cool, but it made me a very nervous mom.

One of the nights we went out to see the people on the stilts perform, it was so fun and crazy to see them have such amazing balance.

This picture is really just to remind myself of how Jane would soak all her shirts with drool the entire trip, it was also probably a combination of sweat from the humidity.

We rented a boat to travel to some close islands and Jane loved loved to drive with papa. It was probably my favorite day until the boys dropped us off to so they could go see the Virgin Record's owner, Richard Branson, private island. It didn't ruin my day until we found out that they hit coral and wrecked the boat.... good thing we were in paradise.

Jane's spot on the boat, she pretty much slept the whole day right there. Seriously, ANGEL BABY.

Night swimming at the baths.

Favorite beach, the sand was magical. I have never felt something so soft.

We love our papa. My dad was the best, we could go out in the sun and he would just hang out with baby J. A big thanks to him for being Jane's bud in the shade.

Mike's family snorkeling, they just saw some sea turtles. Way bummed because being a lameo that day I stayed on the beach to finish a book. Which on my defense, I had not been able to read in forever so it felt good until I heard about all the cool things they saw.

Mike and I at the Bitter End Resort, it is at the very end of the island and it was gorgeous!

Kayaking in the ocean, HARD. Still fun, but a lot more effort than expected.

We went fishing with a guy from Mike's mission and we, I mean Mike's friend caught this massive lobster.

Really freaked out, I really had to hype myself up to hold this guy.

We pretty much did this activity everyday.

We stopped at Tortola on our way home, the building behind Mike is where they had church on the second floor. You can see the small black Church of Jesus Christ sign.

8 Months.

2011-09-11T19:19:00.000-07:00

Class of 2011. BYU.

2011-09-11T18:40:00.000-07:00

Graduation. I know that was at the tip top of the summer but get ready for a huge summer catch up, it's for me to justify not keeping a journal and to keep my family feeling like they are apart of Little Miss Jane's life here in Philly. But really I don't need excuses for blogging right? So please just hold tight and don't get too overwhelmed.

My main squeeze GRADUATED from BYU and let me GRADUATE from Provo as well! Whoop Whoop for moving. Even though we are sad to leave some of our best friends behind (and Cafe Rio) it is nice to be out.

Don't you worry I didn't drop our little gal but I just wanted you all to see an inside picture of what kind of parents Mike and I are and how not amused Jane is of us.

Miss Jane and her adorable cousin Noelle.

This was the saddest part of leaving Provo, saying goodbye to this little lady.

Congrats Michael Jameson!

Easter.

2011-04-26T19:59:00.000-07:00

Baby J. woke up ready for Easter Sunday.

Miss Jane was thrilled with her goodies from the Easter Bunny, she especially loved her sparkly pink shoes.

A little Easter snuggle from Grandpa.

We thought Carter wouldn't be too fond of Baby J. but it turns out he likes her just fine.

Mom hid two money eggs in the front for the adults to find. Mike and I did all we could to find both those eggs. Sorry Becky + Cherise for the loving pushes from us.

Jane couldn't decide what was more exciting, finding herself in the window or shoving an egg in her mouth.

Its been five years since I've been able to be home for Easter and boy was it good to be back. Everyone was here too, so it made it double the fun and double the crazy.

Saturday.

2011-04-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

This little gal has been teething (one has cut through and boy is it sharp) hence the masive amount of drool in about every photo, and the traces of drool on anyone that picks her up. But through all of that she is one happy camper especially when she gets to help me with laundry. Baby J. is so fascinated by me doing laundry, but today we spiced things up by changing her location ... the basket. She was in love.

After we got all of our Saturday chores done we were off to the Bijiou Market for the second day in a row.

Here are some of my good finds.

I also got an old desk for Mike's graduation gift that I'm going to spruce up, pictures to come later. But boy am I excited for that project. Besides the fact that Mike left his girls to go snowboarding we had a really great Saturday.

Pioneer.

2011-04-07T22:09:00.001-07:00

So it just might be because I'm Miss Jane's mom but I think she would make for a dang cute pioneer baby. My friend brought this by so we could try it on Jane and it was a hit. Jane couldn't stop smiling while she was in it, she also couldn't stop sweating but that isn't unusual, after all she is my daughter. But seriously it just goes to show she looks cute in anything.

Mexico.

2011-03-24T22:27:00.000-07:00

Cute baby J. and 5 seconds later in the car passed out. She loved Mexico so she was on her best behavior.

Jane's first experience with sand and cold ocean water.She loved it until the cold water hit those cute little chubby legs of hers.

Thanks to these lovely folks this trip was all possible. If it weren't for sweet baby j. Mike and I wouldn't have been welcomed across the border.

First thing Mike did when we hit the beach was set up a time for us to go deep sea fishing. Beautiful day, not to rocky, and surprisingly we all caught a fish. This pictures don't do the size of our fishes justice, I think the camera dropped 10lbs. instead of adding. Oh well, we were there to remember the massive fishes we caught.

That's me in awe at the big catches of the day, not to be confused with a life jacket.

Such a lady that baby Jane, she seriously loves to cross her legs. Especially when she is naked, it's pretty cute.
Mike para sailing, he had never gone so he just had to go. Plus we wanted to see him do it from the beach, he was pro at it. I guarantee that I would have crashed.

Random picture but it is rather entertaining in my mind. Love these two.
This is just to show how good i look in candid pictures, I just really love smelling my surroundings. ha. Note to self I will be in charge of the camera next time.

This was pretty much Jane's life, chewing or sucking on an object while lounging around. Seriously best baby ever, didn't ever really cry, went with the flow with anything and loved loved loved the attention of all her Mexican admirers. We seriously lucked out with this little gal.

Socks.

2011-01-23T18:53:00.000-08:00

So maybe Mike isn't quite used to giving Jane a bath... but Jane sure loves her socks in the bath.

Rewind.

2011-01-20T14:06:00.000-08:00

Maybe I'll start off at Christmas. This year we were with Mike's family, Jane loved the hustle and bustle of her cousins it gave her a lot to look at, the whole time she just sat on my lap and stared at them.

Jane was also thrilled with her Christmas Eve jammies.

The boys woke up rather early and Jane is used to sleeping in until 9am so here is her sleepy face, she was a trooper though. No crabs from this girl she just continued sitting and staring at her cousins. Mike and I had a really really great Christmas, he got the fishing pole of his dreams and Mike's parents got me..... a Kinect for the xbox. I'm obsessed. Every night before going to bed I have to do a dance from the dancing game. It leaves me sweaty and sore, since this is the only exercise I have done in over 1yr. I love the kinect!

Now on to 2011, Jane and I went to Spokane for 2 wks and let me tell you it was fun! Jane loved her cousins on the other side too. The last weekend we drove over to Seattle to see my brother and his family and Mike flew into Seattle so he could join us for the festivities. We went to the Harry Potter exhibit, which was magical. The best part was my nephew Lucas halfway through having a deep realization that Harry Potter must be real because he was looking at his actual wand. We all went with it.

Baby J. loved the butterfly room at the Seattle science center, I however was sweating a ton because they have to have the room's temp at 80 degrees and very humid.

Naturally it was raining in Seattle so Cherise got creative and came up with this cute look. Personally I think she should wear her scarfs like this on sunny days too.

Jane's attempt at rice cereal. Not much stayed in but she did a good job.

Baby J. at the YMCA, she loves loves the water. Her whole body just relaxes when she hits the water. Afterwords, she got to take her first shower, I thought I would have a scared little baby but she loved it.
Oh, Carter put some big boy panties on his head and this is what we got... a little thug. He came over to show me his moves and he just bounced his hip and snapped. We were dying, he's obviously seen Nate do this before!

SWAGGER WAGON

2011-01-10T15:12:00.000-08:00

um... yeah I want a mini van now.

Congrats to my main Man.

2010-12-18T14:27:00.000-08:00

Mike would really hate that I'm blogging about this but I'm too excited. My love got an acceptance to dental school to a little place called Temple in Philadelphia. So so so stinking far away, I would have preferred Washington but on the other hand I have never been to the east coast so it will be and adventure one that I'm ready to take with my little family. Congrats to my Husband to taking us somewhere in life. Because we all know I'm just going to stay home to pop out the little babes!

Dear Santa.

2010-12-15T22:00:00.000-08:00

Mike has been a very good boy until he found me playing on Jane's Webkin page... let's just say he took over and won't let me play anymore. So please do me a favor and bring him one of these. So he can get his own Webkin code and play his own games thanks! P.s. I like the little Penguin, or something cute and fluffy for Baby J. to slobber all over.

4 Months.

2010-12-13T21:55:00.001-08:00

Enjoy.

Gooble Gobble.

2010-12-07T10:14:00.001-08:00

Baby J. loved her first Thanksgiving mostly because she got to be with all her favorite peeps. I can tell that her and her cousin Bentley will be good friends...

Bentley will make sure her bows are just so,

He'll be her bodyguard,

And he'll pick the lint off her adorable outfits provided by their wonderful G.G.

Here's Maverick being the stud that he is. Below are Mike and I taking what was going to be the perfect picture but leave it to Mav to chuck a huge snowball at us in perfect timing of the picture being taken.
Maverick also made us these way cool feather headbands for Turkey day, such a crafty kid.

Tia & I of course making a very serious totem pole.

The only things missing on this day was my sister Cherise and her two cute boys, but besides their absence Turkey day was an A+.

11.13.2010

2010-11-18T17:06:00.000-08:00

Jane's 3 Month Stats.

12.5 Lbs. & 23.5 Inches Long

Jane rolled over for her first time on October 31st when her GG & Papa came to visit her. I guess she just wanted to do a trick for them. She has rolled over about 8 times since.

She talks a lot now, she mainly just says Gooo. It makes me giggle every time because she makes it look so hard to get out and she puts her mouth like a little duck when she gooos.

She sleeps for 6-7 hours at night and then eats and goes right back down for 4 more hours. This makes a happy mom, although she is still in her bassinet in our room. I have tried putting her in her room but I start to miss her and I don't sleep as well.

When Jane sees herself in the mirror she usually giggles at the sight. She also giggles when I tell her her bum stinks. Probably because she knows it and laughs at whoever has to change her poopy diapers.
& on her 3 month birthday she got to go swimming! She loved it, basically she just relaxed and occasionally kicked her legs. She was like an old man kicking back & enjoying his bath.

Happy 2 years to Me.

2010-11-14T21:35:00.000-08:00

Today is our 2 year anniversary and I came home from visiting teaching to is this little scene, my two loves watching football. Life couldn't get any better. More to come on our little weekend get away not too exciting but Baby J. did get to go swimming for her first time.

10.30.10

2010-11-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

We Started the day off with these two cute kids getting hitched. I'm pretty sure Linda was the most beautiful bride I've seen. Congrats to the Robison Family!

Baby J. was a trooper she was so good the whole day, sleeping through most of the festivities.

Except when it was her time to shine in her Little Mermaid costume. I put it on her and she immediately started coo-ing. I think she felt really cool and pretty dressing up.

After the wedding we headed up to Park City for our tradition of Halloween in P.C. It was a lot of fun we had some friends up for a little bit of costumes, games, & food. All in all it was a pretty good day shared with some great people!

Bug Eyed.

2010-10-26T19:54:00.000-07:00

So Jane has this thing about getting a little too excited for pictures, I think she got it from me. I say that because Mike is always telling me to relax right before we take a picture. So here she is in action getting those bug eyes and cheesing out! Enjoy.

Two Months.

2010-10-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

My baby is a chunk! Jane doesn't have her check up till Friday so I don't know her little stats but let me tell you some things about her. She loves to be swaddle. She loves when you do things with her legs, like make her pretend swim or run. She loves to toot really loud and then make a surprised face after like did I do that? She is starting to smile a lot when you talk to her. She wakes up at night on the dot at 12:00, 3:00, & 6:00. And she loves being patted on the bum.

Oh Justin...

2010-10-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

I forgot about my love for Justin Timberlake (aka JT) until mike & I were watching Jimmy Fallon the other night, you know during the late night breast feeding, & this little number may have re-lit the flame. Some may remember the NSYNC poster on my wall and how Justin's lips were a little rubbed away because I had to kiss him good night, obviously. NSYNC was probably one of the highlights of my childhood. Oh, by the way, Jimmy isn't too shabby himself.

So Blessed.

2010-10-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a very special and sweet experience for out little family. Our little Jane Olivia was blessed. Right before the blessing Mike and I were getting her ready and she was so smiley and happy, we started laughing at one of her cute smiles and she start belly laughing with us, it went on for a couple of minutes. I'm sure it was just gas but Mike & I like to think it was us. I think she knew that a lot of people who love her were coming just to see her and she was on her very best behavior by keeping her eyes open for an hour, which is extremely rare. Once pictures were done she passed right out. We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl in our lives, and to have had her receive such a sweet blessing from her father in heaven. This little gal makes us so happy. oh and Sorry for the overload of pictures.

The Alpine Loop

2010-09-26T16:21:00.001-07:00

Mike and I had never gone on the Alpine Loop so it was extra exciting. Fall is our favorite time of the year and lately it hasn't been feeling at all like fall until we took this drive. It made me crave anything pumpkin lucky for me my mother in-law had costco pumpkin pie for us! Jane was a little trooper getting in and out of the car and taking those sharp turns like a champ without spitting up.

Also Jane went to the doctors on Friday and she is 9.5 lbs. and 21 inches long. She is definitely chunking out. We couldn't believe how she put on the weight so fast, it makes me so sad she is changing so fast but she is is a good snuggler and let's just hope that's the one thing that doesn't change.

Sunday Afternoon with Baby Jane

2010-09-19T16:55:00.000-07:00

This one was Jane before she went to her first football game to see her dad referee. I hate to admit it but whenever football is on the T.V. Jane gives her attention to the game... she didn't get her love for football from her mom.

I'm a little late but... Happy Birthday

2010-09-11T09:30:00.000-07:00

The big 25! Happy birthday to this handsome man! He got a shot gun for his birthday, apparently he needed something to protect his little girl. I love this guy, he is my best friend, and a pretty darn good dad.

Jane dressed up for her Daddy's birthday...her dress is actually a shirt but whatever works right?
These are just random but pretty cute. Grandma put Jane is her bassinet with this book and she just sat and starred at it for ten minutes. We thought it was so funny her little studious oh really expression.

Nap Time

2010-08-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

Baby J. seems to always be sleeping it's her #1 thing to do these days besides getting lots and lots of kisses from mommy & daddy. Today she was especially exhausted after a good poop & pee session. I'm having a hard time knowing she isn't going to stay this little forever. I just love everything about this girl, thank goodness for pictures.

Jane Olivia Rees

2010-08-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

Our little Jane came to us August 13, 2010 and we couldn't be more in love with this little girl.

Pregnancy = Long

Labor = A Breeze

Motherhood = The best thing in the whole world!

Life with our little Jane just keeps getting better and better!

It was a bust.

2010-07-20T11:12:00.001-07:00

So my change of scenery lasted oh about 4 days and then back to the hospital we go. We at least made it to the fireworks. I was so excited to share that with Mike because it is one of my favorite childhood memories. Going out on the boat and the fireworks going off right above our heads and feeling like they are going to fall right on you, I love it! So I guess it wasn't a complete bust but, the weather was awfully nice the day we went in and that made me not go so willingly. I do have good news I get to go to the first hour of church, and I can start getting up a little more. That means I get to take the sacrament, walk to the pool, get my own water, and shower more. At 35 weeks Doc says I get to be a normal pregnant lady... two more weeks! I cannot wait, my ribs are bruised and my legs turn purple when I walk, two weeks have never sounded so short and glorious to me!

Carter shared my same love for the fireworks, he obviously shares my same love for chocolate, hence his chocolate mustache.

33 wks... I didn't think I would make it this long to get this large, and to think I only get larger from here on out.

Something to CeLeBrAtE

2010-06-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

The weather has been really nice so my Dad finally opened the pool and this little boy couldn't be happier. Most of the time he somehow gets out wearing his swimmer, but nobody is complaining about seeing these cute buns!

Mike is apparently really talented, he can launch a child in the air and give the thumbs up to the camera at the same time.
The other thing we celebrated this week is making it to 30 weeks! I love going to the Doctors because I get to get out of the house and feel normal for a few hours. Also today I realized Mike and I have gained about the same amount of weight throughout this pregnancy... his isn't as noticeable but it makes me feel good that I will have an exercise buddy once this little gal comes out my belly.
The doctor said I can change the location of my bed resting to our lake cabin next week. I'm so so so excited, even though I will be doing the exact same thing and I won't be able to tube, wakeboard, or really any of the usual lake activities. However, I will be able to watch my family from afar and that is pretty exciting to a girl who gets up to pee every twenty minutes and then returns to the same old bed to watch TV or Read. So wish me luck in my new location!

5 things that have kept me sane so far.

2010-06-17T16:08:00.000-07:00

1. These cute boys coming to see me and just flat out entertain me.

2. My new little nephew Bentley. I was so happy they blessed him at our house so I could be there for that special little day for him.

3. I love that is has been really rainy lately because a. I'm stuck in a bed and b. it makes the view from my bed quite enjoyable.

4. My Mom and sister Tia share the same birthday and that makes for grand party. We played some games, got party favors, and had some really delicious food. Mike helped Lucas act out his cards and to our surprise Lucas got really into it and helped his team win the game.

5. My cubby little Carter. We were going through some baby girl clothes and this little boy insisted on putting on zebra leggings, and then once he saw the tutu he needed that on too. Of course we didn't object. It's probably really good that i'm having a girl just for my sister's boys sake.

Oh and this is just a side note but after being in the hospital and being pumped full of Magnesium Sulfate, I love my life in bed at home! 4weeks down and who knows how many more to go, but thanks to my Mom and Mike they have made my stay in their little "hospital" pretty darn nice.

Grateful

2010-05-25T18:32:00.000-07:00

I feel so grateful and loved. Mike and I just can't believe how lucky we are to have such wonderful family and friends, we really felt their love and support on sunday as they fasted for our little girl. Thank you to all of you. Heavenly Father is really looking over our little family and we are so blessed each day that our little girl stays in my tummy. He has let us know that when we put our complete trust and faith in him he WILL take care of us. No matter what happens next in this pregnacy, he will bless our family in a way that will be best for us. I had another doctors appointment today, my cervix is still way too short and we are still at a very high risk of delivering too early. Doc said nothing new or encouraging, in fact I displayed the usual bout of tears. We are in fact grateful, though because each day is so important for her to grow and develop and we are lucky to have her at this point in our lives. This is definitely our hardest trial yet, but Heavenly Father is making it a peaceful experience by allowing angels to be in our lives... and when I say angels I mean our friends and family. Sorry I am just blabbing away but I just thought I should vocalize my gratitude for this trial in our life and thank my Heavenly Father for what he has given me and my family.

Bed Sores...

2010-05-22T15:36:00.001-07:00

It's only day two of my bed rest life and I think I am already getting BED SORES. I thought that only old people get those, apparently I need to hire a maid to flip me over more often. I'm only allowed to get up to use the restroom so I take full advantage of that potty time to give my body a breather from the sheets. See this lady has the right idea... I will browse the internet today in my spare time and see if I can get me one of these medical robots on sale!

Introducing...

2010-05-19T20:34:00.001-07:00

Mr. & Mrs. Rees! Lindley & Steve got married right before we left for Spokane, we couldn't be more happy for them. The little Rees family is now complete... except for the little ones, which I'm sure they will just start popping out. No rush Steve & Lindley... but our little girl would like to a friend to play with.

Love.

2010-05-16T15:27:00.001-07:00

19 Wks + A new addition!

2010-04-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

This is mainly just for my records, thinking it would be a fun little thing to look back on. This week Mike finally felt our little girl kick, she is very polite about it. She usually kicks right before we go to bed just to say nighty night and of course that she is excited to meet us ( hopefully that is really true, I just think happy thoughts. We are kind of crazy people and I wouldn't be surprised if she liked my belly better than being with us.) It's been almost four weeks since we last saw her on an ultra sound and can't wait till we move to Spokane and see how much she has grown at my next appointment! I love her so so much and the past couple of weeks I have been so happy and grateful for what Heavenly Father has blessed our little family with.

Also..... Bentley Mark Hainsworth has ARRIVED!!!

I can't wait to hold this little bundle of joy. For being a week over due he was way tiny, just barely 6lbs.! I'm so happy for Becky and Nathan, it seemed like he was never going to come out, but he's here and has made our family very very happy!

It's a ...

2010-03-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

GIRL!

The DSi

2010-03-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

Warning this gadget can waste a lot of your time! So Mike got me a new game for Christmas and I never really got into it because I have been giving my DSi a break because it can become very addictive at times. However Mike got the game out Monday night and we started to trade off passing these mini games, hours later we had to force ourselves to go to bed. I felt like we were two five year old best friends that were in heaven because our mom let us play the Nintendo. So the next day I thought we would put the DSi away and get to work.... oh no Mike got home from school at noon and we played it all day long until we practically passed the game! Just one more mini game left and it is out of my life! (Mike will probably pass it when he gets home today) I feel really pathetic knowing how much time I have wasted but the only thing that helps me justify the large amount of wasted time was that I had a lot of fun time with Mike and for a day he took a break from his studies and just played with his two best friends ( Me and the DSi).

Jump on it!

2010-03-08T16:18:00.001-08:00

Last week my sister and her boys were in town. I told Lucas that one of the days we could go to MC Donald's ( It was a good excuse to go and satisfy my cravings) but Lucas told me he would rather go to a bounce place and he made it clear that Mike needed to be there too! It was lots of fun. Lucas and Mike managed to "jump without their legs", in adult language that means bouncing on your bum, it was so funny to watch.

I already miss these boys! Even though they made it very clear that Mike was their favorite, not me.

Baby Baby Baby!

2010-02-17T17:32:00.000-08:00

My dreams have come true! Mike and I are finally getting a little nugget of our own! Our babe is due September 5th! It was our Christmas miracle and I say that because that is when we found out. I got strep Christmas Eve and the Dr. said I couldn't take my meds until I took a pregnancy test. Not expecting anything really I was in complete shock when the result was positive, I took another one the next day because Mike was a little doubtful and thought I might of pulled some sort of trick. Today it finally felt real, I had my fourth ultra sound ( a lot of trips to the hospital, I have hemoraging that is almost gone! yahoo) and I saw our little babe kicking it's feet so fast and doing the backwards stroke with it's arms. I have been so giddy today knowing our babe is enjoying it's stay in my belly. I'm already obsessed with it and love it so much. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to meet YOU!

Our First Thanksgiving Together.... in the USA

2009-12-06T13:31:00.000-08:00

Last Year Mike and I were in Paris for Thanksgiving, it was very exciting but it just wasn't the same as having all your family around and stuffing your face. We we flew into Seattle to visit Becky and Nathan and then drove over to Spokane with them.

While Mike & I were in Seattle we took a fairy. Mike had never been on one before so it was really fun & the Island we went over to was so pretty.

Our first day in Spokane we went to Chuck e Cheese and then we went Nascart racing. Those are Mike's top two activities. We love going to Spokane because we know my Mom will take us to Chuck e cheese with the little boys and we absolutely love that place! Here are the boys before they raced it was so entertaining watching them. My Dad can be quite the competitor!

The day after Thanksgiving we went out to Couer d'Alene to see the lights get lite up! We had no idea it was such a big event. So many people were there and come to find out it is one of the biggest light ceremonies in the US! It was really cold but the fireworks made up for the freezing weather.

One my favorite parts of the trip was how much my little nephew Carter loved Mike. When he would see Mike he would lean forward to press heads together. Those boys are just too cute!

P.S. We are very grateful for the Families we have. Mike & I are very lucky to both have families we get along with and love very much!

1 Year & 4 Days Ago.....

2009-11-18T17:32:00.000-08:00

One year down and many many wonderful years to come. I can't believe it has been one yr already! On November 14, 2008 I didn't think I could Love the man in front of me any more than I did at that moment but a yr later I can honestly say I'm even more madly in Love with him! He has surprised me so much, I thought he would be a really great partner but he has shown me so much more. He is so helpful, kind, smart, loving, and well he makes me humble and want to become a better person. I know that sounds a bit cliche but it's true and I know a yr isn't very long but we made through and I can't wait to see what challenges and joy this next year will bring us.

To celebrate our anniversary we went to the temple ( I thought it was only appropriate). By the time we got out it was dark so the picture didn't turn out well but, the draper temple was beautiful and it was such a great experience going back exactly one year from being sealed to each other.

Mike also got me these books I've been dreaming about for awhile... Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Erye.

TRICK OR TREAT

2009-11-01T20:12:00.000-08:00

For the weekend we rented a condo up in Park City. Everything was going really well the boys let us go shopping and we ate where we wanted to until .... We were going to go to the store and get treats to munch on while playing games and our husbands got a great idea. They dressed us up in Brad & Caitie's Banana costumes and wanted us to pretend we were in jr high and trick or treat. I have no idea how we got talked into that but off Caitie and I went while our husbands drove behind us. We were having a great time at the beging laughing, running inbetween houses, and not to mention people loved our costumes! But A little later after we had gathered quite the stash we caught on to our husbands using us so we put this little trick to an end. But we were quite satisfied while playing games that we had some good FREE candy right at our finger tips. Never again will we listen to our husbands again though... we felt a bit used and a little stupid that were sometimes older than the people giving us candy!

It was very dark so people couldn't really see our faces and didn't question our ages!

Greg Mortenson

2009-10-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

Three Cups of Tea is our favorite book, it also brings us back because it was the book we read on the train rides in Europe on our honeymoon! Weird memory but the book just holds a special place in our heart. Anyways the author of this book Greg Mortenson spoke at the BYU devotional and he is just an inspiring man. I always imagined him to be a very kind and respectful man. When I watched him sing the hymns with us confirmed my imagination and made me really happy to see him respect our religion by joining in. Mike and I are just so impressed with dedication to bring education to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the affect of an education on girls means having strong mothers in the home that won't allow their sons to join the talabans. The peace he has promoted by doing these acts of service is unreal and we were so thrilled to see Greg speak. He didn't disapoint us and if you haven't had a chance to read this book I recommend you do so!

Thanks for the wild weekend!

2009-10-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

Our friends Brad & Caitie really know how to show us a good time. We went up to Blackfoot, ID to visit them since we haven't been up there since their wedding, oh and it was Brad's birthday. We stayed up late and ate lots of sugar! We also went to a haunted house, and I wish I could have captured Caitie's face when the sound of chain saw begun. It was classic her face was filled with pure horror and panic, this is awful but I could stop laughing. We can't wait for another wild weekend.

These pictures were from a different weekend but I forgot to get pictures last weekend so here are some oldies but goodies.

Tis' the Season!

2009-10-21T15:10:00.001-07:00

Ignore me in this photo, it was very late and I look pretty scary. But i guess it's okay to look scary because it is Halloween time! Anyways I made this pumpkin cake and i was so thrilled it actually turned out. To my surprise the person that was most excited that I made such a cool cake was mike... he was so happy for me! He's very sweet and supportive of my crazy baking kicks. Lately I have really been loving the magazine family circle, it has provided me with some really great recipes and ideas. So a big thank you goes out to Family Circle Magazine for this little delightful treat!

I'm Obsessed!

2009-10-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

Oh the joys of cycling class. The moment the teacher said remove your seat I fell in love with this class. It is the total body workout and our teacher is crazy! She has us do push-ups, pull-ups, squats, and abs while cycling. And I'm convinced all can do it, the momentum of the peddling just keeps you going. So Go find a cycling class and join in on the fun. Oh and a special thanks to Becca for being by my side to keep me going as well!

Happy Birthday Cherise Lynn!

2009-09-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my dear sister Cherise. We love you so much and you have been a great older sister, you are one of my favorite sisters. ( That is quite the accomplishment since I only have two and both are so cool that they both are my favorites) We are sad we are not there to celebrate with you and party it up. But know that Mike and I did go out to celebrate your birthday by seeing the movie FAME! We enjoyed it and we were very thankful for you being born on the day of the opening so we could see such an inspiring flick. If you were here we would have taken you with us but instead we took you in our hearts. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERISE! WE LOVE YOU!

Baby Shower

2009-09-22T21:24:00.001-07:00

So our little Glo had a very brilliant idea to get all of us girls together, get hours for her internship, and to give back to the community.... A BABY SHOWER. No she is not pregnant but she is gathering baby items for mother's who can't afford necessities for their baby. I thought it was so fun and and she provided such great food as well! All in all it was a success and it was so good to be with all the girls. Good Job Gloria for hosting a great baby shower.... I hope you throw me one just like that one someday.

Peaches

2009-09-21T19:21:00.001-07:00

My wonderful Mother in-law was so sweet to invite me up to help with canning her peaches. It was my very first time canning peaches and I loved every minute of it. The colors, smells, and the taste of the peaches made me so happy. I love fall and this was just a great welcoming to my favorite season. I have to say Mom and I were a really good team too, we canned 35 cans of peaches in only a couple of hours! We both felt pretty good with our accomplishment.

Happy Birthday Michael Jameson!

2009-09-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday was Mike's birthday... the big 24! I think he scored big, he finally got the bike of his dreams and all the cool accessories to go with it. He has wanted a bike since before his mission so I thought it was about time he got one. (Plus I think he is pretty cool and I must love him a whole lot to spoil him.) We went over to his parents house for dinner, cake, presents, and good fun. Then Friday morning we left for Moab to continue his birthday celebration. Neither of us had be to Moab so we were pretty excited and didn't really know what we were in for. That night we camped at the Arches National Park and it was an amazing camping spot! And somehow we got it for free... Mike is really good at getting the best deal. Saturday we woke up very early and did a hike, all of the arches and rocks we saw were so amazing. After our hike we went south of Moab into to Lasal Mts. and it was a completely different world, tons of trees and wildlife. We went up to lake and camped right by it. I was seriously loving my life because we saw so many wild animals, such as, cows ( i know they aren't really wild but they were roaming everywhere) beavers, deer, goats, lizards and the list goes on and on. Our little trip was perfect and to make things even better we only spent nine dollars! So it's safe to say that the Rees Family Loves MOAB!

Maybe I shouldn't have given him a bike.... now I'm # 2 in his life.

This picture just makes me laugh but I wanted to capture our little home for the night. I'm actually surprised Mike is smiling because he didn't think this was one of my best picture ideas.

This was one of the "wild" cows. I was a little scared that the cow was going to pop into my window while taking this picture.

Back to the Blogging World

2009-08-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

After a long summer of no internet.... I'm back! The summer what some what uneventful. I know summer sales can be quite the thrill. Lucky for us we have families with fun agendas! Here a some of the things that kept us going through out the summer.

Rockies Games at Coors field was one of our favorite things to do on the weekends. We got to go to the the 4th of July game and the fireworks were amazing!

I got to go to San Fransisco for My cousin's wedding and it was gorgeous and perfect weather. Not to mention the best wedding cake I have ever tasted!

We gained another sister on the Rees side! We are trying to catch up to the number of boys in the family... and we gained a good one!

Oh the Lake. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect week with perfect food and everyone was there to enjoy it all!

Baby Carter is just practicing to be just like papa. He was so good the entire week, I don't think he cried once.
Here's the cute little couple that made this all possible. They are the best parents ever and they really know how to throw a good week long party! We love you and thanks for all you do for us.

Some people aren't cut out for stick shift

2009-05-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

So Mike taught me how to drive stick shift before we left for Portland so we would only have to take one car. He told me I did surprisingly well! And I felt pretty good about this whole driving stick shift. Two days after getting to Portland and being stuck in the apartment all day I decided to take the car and explore. On the way to the store I was just fine and I only stalled once in the parking lot.... I was feeling great but, on the way home not so much. It took my three times as long to get home and at one point I had to put my emergency lights on so people would just go around me! The worst part was that we have a gate to get into our apartment parking and the gate comes down fast! so I panicked and I kept stalling and the gate kept coming down. Finally the man who had be watching me for five minutes make a fool of myself decided to help me by holding the gate open, thanks! I finally rolled into my parking spot and got out of the car and when I got out of my car my groceries went everywhere! Luckily one of my neighbors was out with his daughter and helped me to my door. I shut the door and the tears began to flow! I quit stick!... At least for a while. I'm fine walking places or maybe if Mike does well I can invest in a bike! Till then a little fresh air and exercise will do me good.

One Lucky Gal

2009-04-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

First off I would like say how magical my Birthday was. It was basically perfect except one thing some of my Best friends were not there.... Mother dear, Daddy, Nate, Cherise, Tia, Dave, Lucas, Carter, and Maverick. I got everything I ever wanted and more. My mother in-law is the absolute best mother in-law ever, she should win some kind of an award she surprised me with a sewing machine, I've been wanting one so bad. I have the BEST in-laws!

My Dear parents were also very gracious by giving me clothes to cover my body... not to mention very cute ones and a painting to dress my walls! And last but not the least my outstanding and attractive ( well atleast to me and i'm sure his mother)husband gave me........ A NINTENDO DSI! I can play games, take pictures, surf the web, and much more. Mike and I have had a few arguments on whose turn is next, we are a bit obsessed!I'm a very lucky gal to have such wonderful people in my lifes to spoil me and to love me. Thank you all!

A Quest to Kilimanjaro

2009-03-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

So Mike has wanted to climb Mt Kilimanjaro for quite a bit and so the planning begins! We plan to climb this beautiful Mt next year, and while we are there we will get to fulfill one of my dreams.... an African Safari! So far my mom and aunt are going to join us, we all have quite the job cut out for us. It's a four to six day hike, so it's pretty long but not very technical so we are good on that! We are so excited, let the countdown begin.

What a Wicked Weekend

2009-03-16T14:11:00.000-07:00

Mike & I arrived a day earlier than my family so we decided to go over to the oregon coast! It was such a perfect day! We rented these little sand bikes, and they were actually quite the work out. It was really entertaining to smash already broken shells with them, so we made it a contest to see who could smash the most.... Mike got really into it and headed full speed towards a big pile, and smashed them all! As he looks back he realizes it was a little boys collection! He felt awful and that but a big end to our entertainment. The Coast was so pretty but I was really excite to get back to see Wicked the broadway musical!

The Musical was so good! I told Mike that if I could do my life all over he would see me up there on the stage. Everyone love it including Mike, it was really cleaver and funny so it appealed to all ages and genders.
The next day the ladies go to go shopping and if the little boys ( including mike) stayed on their best behavior they got to go on the train to down town and ride the carousel and go swimming!

Mike loves to look good on trains, it's just a really natural thing for him.

I wish I was in Her Place Spending all that Dough!

2009-03-08T18:07:00.000-07:00

6.000 dollars later I was done helping Beautiful women buy all the clothes I wanted. I love Nordstroms but it doesn't always fit into my budget these days. I worked at the Nordstrom grand opening. The store is absolutely gorgeous! Working there basically consumed my entire weekend. We went to the jazz game when I got off and it was an intense game and I fell asleep, out cold! Shoppers at Nordstrom can be a little demanding, but I guess if I was going to spend that much money too I might want someone to wait on me. The only thing that got me through was knowing I was making money to spend in Portland! 5 days until I get to see the magical musical WICKED. Don't worry I have the soundtrack in my car preparing me for the joy I'm about to experience! One thing besides making money for wicked I walked away with and is no use to me but maybe in a few years when it's out of style is a baby bag! Mike even things it's pretty rad.

So overall working at Nordstrom is good but I really have to admit helping a beautiful, fit, rich woman buy all the things you had your eye one kills!

Pre- Valentines Day

2009-02-08T14:32:00.000-08:00

I know it is such a ridiculous picture but I was truly so excited! So yesterday Mike and I went snowboarding and I was just expecting it to be just Mike and I.... but it ended up being oh just about every boy he knew. So in my single days this was heaven being the only girl, now in my married life it's not my ideal day to be with ten boys. To say the least I was out of place and was forced to go places and do things i wouldn't normally try. When we got home there was a little making up to do, and to be quite honest Mike couldn't wait to give me his Valentines gift. So here it is a big green sleeping bag. I know most people would be like that's it? Ya my husband is a romantic. I was so excited because it just adds to our camping collection. Since my husband wants to be granola, not really but kinda, there will be lots of camping and hiking ahead! Right before bed Mike says to me, you don't really love your gift, and i just gave him the look like really? He continued with, if you loved it so much you would sleep in it, so I did. He was completely teasing me and trying to be difficult but I just took it and ran with it! I LOVE LOVE MY HUSBAND! It was the best Valentines gift ever, it's acutally practical.

Surprise Party for Papa

2009-02-03T19:37:00.001-08:00

So i got a call from Maverick about a week ago and he told me I needed to come to his house in Seattle to surprise Papa for his birthday, he really gave me no choice. So Mike and I packed our bags thursday and made the 13 hr drive, quality time! Actually Mike and I love road trips so we were way excited. We got there before my parents so Mike decided to go snowboarding, and I obviously hit the mall. We got back in time for to surprise my dad, when he walked into the house he stood there in shock, It took a sec to figure out what was going on and then he hurried and hug us with tears in his eyes. There's one thing I love the most making my daddy happy! Right before we left for dinner he was just saying how fun it would to be to have nathan and becky there too, and sure enough they come walking through the door, the tears start to flow once again. The family was all there.... well almost, Nate wasn't but he was there in heart.

2009-02-03T19:19:00.000-08:00

These are the people that made it happen! We love them so much for all they have done for us. Let's give these love birds a round of applause.

Mike was everyone's hero this weekend. He kept the boys very entertained and it made everyone else's weekend very relaxing. One of the many reasons why I had to take him off the market and make him mine.

This is one of our favorite places on earth!

And as you can see Mike was thrilled with this picture but my Dad paid a pretty price for the family to go to the aquarium so the least we could do is get a souvenir out of it. I love it!