And then there was four!

Little Miss Rylie Dianne has arrived! She is soo sweet and precious, we love her to pieces. She is a very good baby, which makes me think maybe I can have more than 2 kids. Not to say we are planning number 3 right now. Ezra is adjusting... that's about all i can say about that, more post to come on that i'm sure.
I went in Sat. night to be induced, they started me at 9pm after 6 hrs i was dilated to a 3 and hadn't felt any real bad contractions and my cervix still was really high and not doing anything. After another 6 hrs or so my cervix was descending and i was at a 4 so my doctor broke my water and they gave me patosen(sp?). Contractions were pretty light for about 2 hrs then they started to hurt so i asked for my epidural. Right at that same time Rylie's heart rate dropped down to the 50s scaring everyone so all of a sudden there was like 4 nurses in my room and at the same moment my mom came in. I'm not going to lie i was starting to get scared myself. They started asking me if i had jewelry on or dental work that could fall out, luckily though we were able to find a position that she liked and her heart rate went back up. However because of that after i got the epidural i could only lie on my left side causing the epidural to only work on my left side (again!) so by this point i'm starting to feel a little better and calmed but then the contractions really came on hard (on my right side anyway). At 3pm Sunday my mom texted some people to let them know i was still at a 4 and only at 90%... at 4:16 our beautiful baby girl was born. 8lbs 5oz and 20 1/4 inches..we make big babies!
I feel so blessed to be a mom and hope that I can be as good of a mom as mine is to me. I feel so lucky to live closer to her and to have had her here for a week. She sure made adjusting easier. I miss her already!

3 years and counting!

So i seriously debated if i would do this post or not, in the end i decided to do it because i like to look back on my own post for journal reasons.

Today is mine and Devin's anniversary!! 3 years baby! Here is how it all began....(my version of the story anyway)

As soon as I returned home from my mission my cousin had left for Iraq which left his wife and 2 kids in cold, dark Alaska for 18 months.. so I being the awkward RM that had no idea what i was going to do with my life decided to go live with Tori and the kids for a couple months and figure things out. Mind you, I do not tolerate cold weather at all, so I was only going to be there until it got cold and I was not going to date anyone because i did not want to trap myself in a state that i did not want to live in. That being said, here is the story.

Tori was the first to introduce me to this new thing I had never heard of, Myspace. So we searched around in the Fairbanks area for young single LDS guys and I think a total of 5 guys came up. I saw Devin's profile picture with a his cute cowboy hat on and jokingly said to Tori.. 'hey hes kinda cute lets write him.' Apparently it was not taken like a joke. Devin then received an email in his myspace account saying " hey I'm new in town, what to show me around?" Those of you that know me, know that I would never be that forward with a guy especially after only being home for 2 weeks. Devin liked what he saw though and wrote back, so i of course ignored him. A week later I was at FHE for the singles branch and low and behold there was Mr. Baker staring me down. He casually and very suavely asked me to play pool after the lesson. What was i to do?.. i wanted to run, i was so embarrassed. After the game of pool i quickly said my good byes. Devin continued to email me and i finally gave in and emailed him back. We had a great Internet relationship, but i was still the awkward RM and didn't want anyone to know that i had a crush on this guy. Finally after a month of emailing each other and avoiding each other at institute he asked me out on a real date. He made me dinner, portabella steak fajitas. Devin loves to cook and they were really good. Then we hung out and played games. I wont even go into the details for the good bye -AWKWARD! I really did like him at this point and loved getting an email everyday from him. The next week was the branch temple trip to Anchorage, we didn't drive down together but we left at the same time because there were 2 cars. It was a great trip but on the way back Devin's car he was riding in hit a patch of ice and rolled a couple times. It was the first accident i had ever eye witnessed and it FREAKED me out. Everyone was OK except Devin had a slight concussion so I opted to go to the hospital with him in the ambulance. While in the hospital and waiting for results he asked me to be his girlfriend. How do you say no to a boy that just got beat up from a car wreck. In my head I knew that I did not want to get serious with him because if I did I knew I could love him and that would mean having to stay in Alaska. So my plan was this. I said yes in the hospital but the next day i would take him cookies to make sure he was OK and let him know i could not be his girlfriend because i was moving down to the Lower 48 again. The next day came and I couldn't tell him that.. instead we held hands. I knew I loved him right away and that i wanted to be with him. We dated a very short time, then after Stake conference while sitting in the parking lot on my cousins house we started making future plans together and that's when he asked me to marry him. I said YES.

We were married in the Mesa Temple, it was beautiful. Devin had to leave almost immediately for basic training, that was really hard. We were separated a total of 5 months. Then in Jan. of 07 we found out we were pregnant with Ezra. We had Ezra then moved to Arizona. Here we are still in Arizona but now expecting baby number 2 (any day now might i add)

I love you Devin!

Ezra

Daddy's little helper!

Ezra puts a huge smile on my face these days. We just love him to pieces. Lately he has been giving the biggest hugs and he will pat your back while he does it too and humm, i love it! As a baby he never cuddled or stayed still(which made nursing very frustrating at times) and even today he does not like to be held at all. But during the day i get about 3 big hugs and it melts my heart. The other day he ran up to me and said "mama" and hugged me and hummed in my ear. so cute. The other new thing he does which i find hilarious is when we tell him 'no' like to climbing on table, he gets so frustrated he runs like 5 steps then its like he looses all body function and just falls to the floor to whine/cry whatever it is..at first i was like "what are theses tantrums" but i find them really cute and funny now. I can't believe he is going to be a big brother in about 3 weeks now.. lets hope its 3 and not longer :) I know he will be a great big brother and I think he needs a little friend around the house.

I would post Christmas pictures but I am terrible and did not get any-ahh! my mom has one of him on santa's lap if you click on her blog. Also we pretty much let him open all his presents before Christmas, and ours...oops. They were under the tree and they were just too tempting for him and I just didn't stop him. Next year we will probably have to do a lot better at that for him b/c he should know the difference. As far as New Years went Devin's younger brothers JT and Macky came down from Alaska and we played games but I'm not going to lie, we were all in bed by 10:30 except for Devin. Poor guy stays up every year without me, he even poored himself his own cup of sparkling cider! One year he might get a new years kiss!

to stress or not to stress

So those of you that know me pretty well know that I tend to stress and freak out about unnecessary things.. of course in my mind they are necessary. Yes I stress and think of every possible situation and scenario and try to figure them out..and of course I have to do it by myself. I may go to you for help but really I hardly listen because I am too stressed to hear what is being suggested and just stress out more.
This morning when Ezra woke up I found him lying in a bed of poop! It was everywhere-his hair, his back, his sheets, his arms..everywhere! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So I gave him a bath and cleaned his bedding, then the stressing began. What am I going to do in less than 2 months when I have 2 babies that poop everywhere? Seriously how do people handle having more than one child. How do I go to the store, and where do I put them both in the grocery cart? What am I going to do at church when Devin has drill and is not there to help me? Do I bathe them together? How do I get them on the same sleeping schedule(this is important to me) or is it possible? What do I do when Ezra has a bad dream at night and can't relax and wakes Rylie up and all she will want to do is nurse? Assuming Devin is still working nights at this time, that is a scary thought for me. And when I am nursing and bonding with my new baby how do I continue to bond with Ezra?
AHHH! So I am asking all you fabulous moms out there that have more than one child for advice because I'm starting to wig out. I promise to listen too. Devin and I were certain Ezra would be at least 2 before we even tried having another child.. that obviously didn't work out. So what do I do, and is it nesisarry for me to stress?

Family Pics

here is a collage of some of the Family pictures we took with my mom. We were in New Mexico for Thanksgiving and thought we should take advantage of some of the fun places to take pictures here. I still need to edit a lot of them, but here are some of my favorites. My mom did a great job! Thanks mom!

I love to see the Temple

I love living by a temple again. It takes us only about 35 minutes to go to the Mesa Temple. Soon we will be going to the Gilbert Temple. They already have some Christmas lights up, I'm so excited.. if only I could make it snow here for the Holiday's too.

We are Family..

My hermana and her husband where here this weekend and we had a great time..for the couple of hours we saw each other. They both adore Ezra, which is really nice because I take advantage of that and let them do everything! We went to stake conference, from the bits that I heard(while i wasn't chasing Ezra around the church building) it was a great conference. Even when I don't get much out of church because Ezra is a busy boy, I'm always so glad I went because there is always a spirit that is felt there and it helps me start my week off better.

Tannis also insisted that i take a profile shot of my growing belly... lovely isn't it? 3 more months!

Speaking of which, we are stumped on names...any suggestions?...... maybe your name will be the lucky winner, the prize, TBD. (remember we are having a girl)