Things have been a little crazy the past few months to say the least, but here is a glance at what has been happening since October 2008.
Oct. 2008
Karlie and Jim picking out a pumkin last year.
Halloween 2008- We got to spend Halloween with Aunt Tasha and Hunter out of town. (Before we rushed down to Utah.)
Nov. 2008
We had Thanksgiving @ my parent's home in Utah and went to the Zoo on the way home.
Dec. 2008
Karlie with Santa @ Jim's Aunt's House.
We found out I was pregnant!!! Karlie and I went to Vancouver, WA & Portland, OR with my Mom, Nicolet, Katrina, and Katrina's boyfriend, Bently. Karlie had a blast @ OMSI in Portland. We celebrated Katrina's b-day while we were on vacation and Karlie's when we got home. She turned 2!!!
April 2009
Karlie in her Easter Dress. (Her teddy bear had a matching one.)
May 2009- Karlie's first fish!!! She loves to go fishing with her Daddy!! She kept tryng to feed the fish grass, it was pretty funny!
June 2009-Jim and I finally took a "real" vacation to Las Vegas while my parents watched Karlie for a few days. We had a good time for the most part although we were exhausted and started really missing Karlie so we cut the trip a day short and went back to my parents to visit with my family. We had an ultrasound done in Utah on the way home to find out that we were having a BOY!
July 2009- Karlie was a little too wild with the sparklers this year. We did fireworks a few days early because Jim got to go fishing in Alaska and wasn't home on the 4th. We had fun hanging out with Jim's family.
August 2009-Karlie loves having her friend Alyvia over to play. They were dressing up and acting so cute this day!
September 2009-This month was very hard for us. Jim's Dad passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack at the age of 59. He will always be in our hearts.
October 2009-My birthday was on the 9th, but I was sick with a sinus infection. It was not one of my best birthdays. Jim left very early on the 14th to go hunting and I started having bad cramps from about one o'clock in the afternoon on. The just kept getting worse so that night I went in to the hospital thinking I was in labor, but I was not dialating at all and the nurse told me to go home and take a sleeping pill... I was not very happy to here this because by this point it was 11 p.m. and I was beyond miserable. My mother in law couldn't believe they were sending me home and I just felt like a baby for going in when I wasn't progressing. I was scheduled for a c-section Nov. 4th and didn't want to bother Jim or his family if it was nothing. Jim's mom stayed with me that night and I started bleeding at 3:00 a.m. and didn't sleep the rest of the night. At 5:00 a.m. I couldn't take it any more and went back to the hospital. Thank goodness Jim got cell phone service for a few minutes and called his brother Dan who told him what was happening. He got back just in time for me to go have and emergency c-section. As soon as they started it they realized I was having an abruption and was bleeding internally. It was a little scarry. Our baby boy was born Oct. 15th, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. He was 5lbs 10oz and 19 inches long. After a little debate... we chose to name him James Everett ********,III.(After Jim and his Dad) He was having a hard time breathing so they took him to the NICU where he had to be hooked up to a ventilator. We were very scared the first few days...we finally got to hold him a week later when he got off the vent and the pda in his heart closed. He was able to get off the blood pressure meds and breathe on his own and then it took him about another week and a half to tolerate the feedings. It was very exhausting going back and forth and trying to divide my attention and time with the pumping and visits to the hospital and taking care of Karlie.
Thank goodness my mom and Grandma N were able to help me out so much. Karlie was able to have a little fun on Halloween... Jim took her to a trunk or treat carnival with her cousins and to the neighbors houses. (Doesn't she look cute in her bee costume with glasses and a mustache?!)
Nov. 1st, 2009- We finally got to bring him home from the hospital!!!!!!! This is the first time Karlie had seen him!
First real bath!!!
We got a suprise visit from Santa Clause and his wife on Dec. 6th (HAPPY B-DAY DAD!!!) They stopped by to check on Karlie and make sure she was behaving and being a good helper(hahaha). She was totally suprised. We got a gingerbread house to build and decorate (I will get pics of that posted once we get it finished). Karlie got a cute baby that counts and sings the ABC's. James got a bunch of clothes and a bouncy seat with a screen cover on it to keep the bugs out. Grandma Gloria and Grandpa Ty were here that day to give Jim and me a much needed break to get some stuff done that we hadn't had a chance to do. (Thanks again!) Karlie also got her first haircut that weekend. I will have to get pics of that on here also... So much to do, so little time.... We got family pics this last weekend and they turned out really cute. Hopefully I will have a chance to post them also... Well I better run...time to feed the baby and get Karlie in bed.
