Here's a few more:
I loooove my bathies!!!
and I love to play!!
Always smiling!!
Enough pictures already... :)
Enough pictures already... :)
Friday, April 2, 2010
Smiley Smiley
I just love this picture.. it really shows her personality!! She is such a happy little thing.. she really only cries if she's hungry or tired. Otherwise, she loves to laugh and smile! I'm SO in love!
and I love to play!!
and I love to play!!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Our growing Babygirl!
Every month I take pics of Dakota w/ a onsie on and the number of what month she is.. I've done months 1, 2, and 3 so far and will be doing her 4 month pics this week. I really love how the onsies and the pics have turned out! When she is 12 months, I am going to do a really cool frame w/ all her monthly pictures. Here's what we have so far :)
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Dakota's 1st vacation..
On 03/19 we headed to Burbank, CA to surprise Chadd's dearest friend JR, who had a precious baby girl on 03/18, Halo Grace. We were in touch w/ Mommy, Kadee, the whole time and were just waiting on the phone call that they had gone into labor. We flew into Burbank and headed straight to the hospital. Chadd put on his hospital attire from when Dakota was born and got their nurse in on the surprise! The nurse walked in the room and asked Kadee and JR if they would mind if another nurse followed her around that day.. of course they said they didnt mind and then Chadd walked in the room. D and I waited in the waiting room cause babies werent allowed back, but I was on the phone w/ Kadee the whole time so I could hear the surprise and Kadee captured the whole thing on video. JR's reaction was priceless!!! 2 grown men in complete tears, hugging and JR in just total disbelief, GREATNESS!!
We really enjoyed visiting w/ them and seeing Halo!! We would go visit them in the hospital every morning and then we were able to do some touristy things as well. Thankfully Chadd's other great friend, Nick, also lives in LA and went w/ us 2 of the days to show us around. Here are some pics of our fun times in Cali!
D was amazing in the plane!! She looooves looking around and checking things out! She slept for a lot of it, but when she was awake, she wanted to just look around, smiling and laughing at everyone. She was the little entertainment of the plane ride :)
And here is sweet Baby Halo!!! Dakota's new BFF!!!!
We love you and cant wait to see you guys again real soon!!
We really enjoyed visiting w/ them and seeing Halo!! We would go visit them in the hospital every morning and then we were able to do some touristy things as well. Thankfully Chadd's other great friend, Nick, also lives in LA and went w/ us 2 of the days to show us around. Here are some pics of our fun times in Cali!
D was amazing in the plane!! She looooves looking around and checking things out! She slept for a lot of it, but when she was awake, she wanted to just look around, smiling and laughing at everyone. She was the little entertainment of the plane ride :)
And here is sweet Baby Halo!!! Dakota's new BFF!!!!
We love you and cant wait to see you guys again real soon!!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Dakota Grace is here!
Dakota was born on November 28, 2009 at 1:45pm. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and was 19 in long. She was due Dec 17th so when my water broke it was a huge surprise!! Here's my birthing story..
It was the day after Thanksgiving and I had a full day planned, since I was off work for the holidays. I woke up that morning and went to an AMAZING prenatal massage that my wonderful husband had given me as a surprise. After my massage Chadd and I went car shopping for my Mommy SUV! Luckily we came home w/ one that day!! Thankfully we also took my new car by the firestation that day to have the car seat installed. We joke and say Dakota was just waiting for her new car and car seat to be installed before she arrived! ha! We had a birthday party for one of our friends that night, but I wasnt feeling all that great and decided not to go. Chadd went for a little bit and came home around midnight. I was already asleep in bed.
About 2am I felt a gush of warm water. I got up and went to the bathroom. It wasnt a whole lot of water so I honestly wasnt sure if it was my water breaking or maybe I potty'd myself?! :) I wasnt contracting but I just knew it was my water breaking so I woke up Chadd. He couldnt believe it was time! I took a shower and we finished getting things together for the hospital. We finally got to the hospital around 330am, where they tested me and confirmed that it was my water breaking! YAH!!!! We were soooo excited and thrilled our little girl was arriving that day!
They got me into a room and hooked me up to all the monitors. They turned down the lights and I got a little sleep since I hadn't had much. I still wasnt contracting so they wanted to see if I would start laboring on my own, or if they needed to start me on some pitocin. At 730am I still hadnt had many contractions so they started me on pitocin. About 10 min later, my water fully broke. Pretty much immediately after the pitocin and my water breaking, I started having pretty hard contractions. So, I'm pretty much a wuss, haaaaa!!! The nurse had come in prior to my contractions and told me I could get the epidural whenever I was ready. I told her I would hold off until I started actually having contractions. So I started having my very FIRST contraction,,, yes my first one... The nurse happened to be in there when I was contracting. After it was over, I told the nurse if thats how they were going to feel I wanted the epidural right away! haaaa!! Keep in mind I was still at a 1! ha!
So around 830am, I had my epidural. Thankfully I chose to go ahead and have it that early, cause my labor went extremely fast. Around 10am, I called the nurse in my room cause I could feel the contractions.. not too painful, but I could still feel them. I was worried the epidural was starting to wear off. The nurse checked me and I was at a 9!!!! No wonder why I was feeling the contractions. She came back 30 min later and I was ready to push! We started pushing around 11am. So, basically I labored from 730am-11am... I pretty much had an AMAZING labor!!
I only wish the pushing part was as wonderful as the labor, sigh. I pushed for over 2 hours with absolutely NO progress what so ever. Dakota didnt even move an inch. At that time, the Dr said we would need to have a c-section. They wheeled me into the surgery room and while they prepped me, Chadd changed into his surgery gear. They brought Chadd in to sit by my side. He was absolutely WONDERFUL through every part of my labor, pushing, and during my c-section. It wasnt long before I heard the huge cry from my little baby girl! At 145pm she made her appearance into the world and we both cried and cried with tears of joy. Her cry was the most amazing sound I have ever heard!
She got a 9.5 on her apgar, which is a rating they give babies on how well they are after birth. The highest is a 10 so she was doing SO great! Chadd was able to watch them clean her off and swaddle her and brought her over so I could see her beautiful face and kiss her chubby little cheeks. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life!!! I'm sooooo in love!!!!
Overall, I had a pretty great experience. The recovery has been quite hard, but its all going away day to day. We want to thank everyone who came to the hospital to support the most amazing day of our life.. we had soooo many of our family and friends who were there for the arrival of Dakota and sooo many visitors at the hopital and when we got home. We are so thankful for each and everyone of our family and friends and couldnt be happier to spend and share our lives and new family with you guys!!! We love ya'll very much!
Just born! Look how beautiful I am!
Such a proud Dadda!!
Dakota's hospital pic.. she was 2 days old here!
It was the day after Thanksgiving and I had a full day planned, since I was off work for the holidays. I woke up that morning and went to an AMAZING prenatal massage that my wonderful husband had given me as a surprise. After my massage Chadd and I went car shopping for my Mommy SUV! Luckily we came home w/ one that day!! Thankfully we also took my new car by the firestation that day to have the car seat installed. We joke and say Dakota was just waiting for her new car and car seat to be installed before she arrived! ha! We had a birthday party for one of our friends that night, but I wasnt feeling all that great and decided not to go. Chadd went for a little bit and came home around midnight. I was already asleep in bed.
About 2am I felt a gush of warm water. I got up and went to the bathroom. It wasnt a whole lot of water so I honestly wasnt sure if it was my water breaking or maybe I potty'd myself?! :) I wasnt contracting but I just knew it was my water breaking so I woke up Chadd. He couldnt believe it was time! I took a shower and we finished getting things together for the hospital. We finally got to the hospital around 330am, where they tested me and confirmed that it was my water breaking! YAH!!!! We were soooo excited and thrilled our little girl was arriving that day!
They got me into a room and hooked me up to all the monitors. They turned down the lights and I got a little sleep since I hadn't had much. I still wasnt contracting so they wanted to see if I would start laboring on my own, or if they needed to start me on some pitocin. At 730am I still hadnt had many contractions so they started me on pitocin. About 10 min later, my water fully broke. Pretty much immediately after the pitocin and my water breaking, I started having pretty hard contractions. So, I'm pretty much a wuss, haaaaa!!! The nurse had come in prior to my contractions and told me I could get the epidural whenever I was ready. I told her I would hold off until I started actually having contractions. So I started having my very FIRST contraction,,, yes my first one... The nurse happened to be in there when I was contracting. After it was over, I told the nurse if thats how they were going to feel I wanted the epidural right away! haaaa!! Keep in mind I was still at a 1! ha!
So around 830am, I had my epidural. Thankfully I chose to go ahead and have it that early, cause my labor went extremely fast. Around 10am, I called the nurse in my room cause I could feel the contractions.. not too painful, but I could still feel them. I was worried the epidural was starting to wear off. The nurse checked me and I was at a 9!!!! No wonder why I was feeling the contractions. She came back 30 min later and I was ready to push! We started pushing around 11am. So, basically I labored from 730am-11am... I pretty much had an AMAZING labor!!
I only wish the pushing part was as wonderful as the labor, sigh. I pushed for over 2 hours with absolutely NO progress what so ever. Dakota didnt even move an inch. At that time, the Dr said we would need to have a c-section. They wheeled me into the surgery room and while they prepped me, Chadd changed into his surgery gear. They brought Chadd in to sit by my side. He was absolutely WONDERFUL through every part of my labor, pushing, and during my c-section. It wasnt long before I heard the huge cry from my little baby girl! At 145pm she made her appearance into the world and we both cried and cried with tears of joy. Her cry was the most amazing sound I have ever heard!
She got a 9.5 on her apgar, which is a rating they give babies on how well they are after birth. The highest is a 10 so she was doing SO great! Chadd was able to watch them clean her off and swaddle her and brought her over so I could see her beautiful face and kiss her chubby little cheeks. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life!!! I'm sooooo in love!!!!
Overall, I had a pretty great experience. The recovery has been quite hard, but its all going away day to day. We want to thank everyone who came to the hospital to support the most amazing day of our life.. we had soooo many of our family and friends who were there for the arrival of Dakota and sooo many visitors at the hopital and when we got home. We are so thankful for each and everyone of our family and friends and couldnt be happier to spend and share our lives and new family with you guys!!! We love ya'll very much!
Here's pictures from our day!
We're having a baby today!!! YEAH!!!
Daddy's all ready for the c-section
Our 1st family photo!
Our 1st family photo!
Just born! Look how beautiful I am!
Such a proud Dadda!!
Dakota's hospital pic.. she was 2 days old here!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Our 1st Couples Baby Shower!
My girlfriends put on such a beautiful baby shower for us this past weekend :) We had about 25 of our closest friends and had an AMAZING time!!! Here are some pics from the shower:
Chadd & I.. course Piper had to be a part of the pic :)
Look at the GREAT gifts we got from our friends!!! We are truely blessed with AMAZING friends!!! 
The cupcakes were DELICIOUS and I LUV the cupcake stand Neal made for us!! :) We're gonna use it in her room and for her 1st bday party!!
Next to the diaper "guest book" which ended up having some pretty funny stuff written on these little diapers by the end of the night. Alcohol + sharpies= no good!
Table w/ yummo food, beautiful flowers (thx Melissa), and hanging onsies across the windows
Momma (Nana) and I
Steffanie, Muah, and Andrea - I got hot in my sweater and had to change :)
Chadd & I.. course Piper had to be a part of the pic :)
Look at the GREAT gifts we got from our friends!!! We are truely blessed with AMAZING friends!!!
Thank you so much to the girls for putting together such a beautiful shower: Steffanie, Andrea, Staci, Jennifer, Shelly, and Ashlie... thanks again girls.. We love you SO much and appreciate more than we could ever express!!!!
33 weeks!
Holy cow.. I cant believe I only have 7 wks to go before my due date!!! Its sooo crazy how time has flown by. I absolutely cannot wait for Dakota to get here.. I cant wait to hold her in my arms and kiss her little cheeks... but I know that I'm also going to miss her moving around in my belly. She is rolling around like a little gymnast as I type now! I LOVE that feeling and LOVE to sit at night and watch my belly roll around. Its honestly one of mine and Chadd's favorite things to do!! And everytime she is moving around like crazy... I tell Chadd and he rushes over to feel. She likes to play games w/ her Daddy... its kinda funny! She'll be kicking and moving around like crazy and as soon as he puts his hand on my belly, she'll stop. Then he'll take his hand off, and she'll move around again. He likes to try and fake her out too.. I cant til she's here and I get to see Daddy and Dakota play together!! Chadd is going to be such an amazing father!!
So, alot has been going on since I've posted last.. we have been working on the nursery like crazy and had a muralist come in to paint on one of the walls.. someone my Mom knows and does an AMAZING job!! Here's some pics of the room.. the painting was finished this past Tues, but I haven't made it back upstairs to take some more pics of it.
We are SOOOOOOOO in love w/ her room!!!! It is exactly how I pictured it to be!!
We still have a lot to do.. I'm getting a wall decal to go on the other side of the room and still need to get some things set up on the shelves, etc. I'll definately get some more pics posted as soon as its more done :)
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