Hanging around

    Look at this picture.......

 Did you smile?!?!  I knew ya would.  I mean how can you look at this and not smile back?!  :)


   The other morning I came into my room to find this.....

   Dawson sleeping on our bed.  It was so cute, I just had to take a picture.  As you can see I love taking pictures of this little guy.  He is so much fun.  The other day Jesse said, "you are so lucky you get to hang out with Dawson all day long."  I said, "I know."  :)   I am so lucky.

    Since I do get him all day, when Jesse comes home I can hardly hold him cuz Jess wants to.  It's adorable.  He loves his little man.

   Dawson is growing!  He is almost too big for his baby cradle!  We need a crib, and soon.

     I will be sad when he doesn't sleep by my side anymore.  I love being able to wake up and peak over at him.  It was funny, the first couple of nights he slept in this cradle, Jesse noticed something.  One night laying in bed Jesse said listen....."thunk, thunk, thunk."  His arms hit the sides of the wood and make that noise.  I will miss that noise!  But for now.....he is still sleeping by me.  :)

                   
                         

    So Halloween is right around the corner.  I am excited and I have been searching for a cute costume for Dawson.  Found one!  Here is a sneak peak!  Can you guess what he is going to be?!

   The other night Dawson rolled up like a little rolly polly.

   He has also discovered his hands and loves to suck on them.  I'm just waiting for the day he finds his thumb!

      Have a good weekend!   Smile :)

Our Little Guy.....

    So basically I can't get enough of our little Dawson!  He is such a sweet little baby!  We are loving him sooo much that I just have to post some more cute pictures of our handsome little guy.  He is smiling all the time!!!  As you can see.....

     I wrote a little poem for my little man.....
                             I love you more than words can say,
                             I love you more everyday,
                             I loved you than and I love you still,
                             I always will,
                             That will never change,
                             My baby boy Dawson,
                              I love watching you blossom,
                              I love to hold you,
                              I love the feeling when I do.
                              I love your smiles that melt my heart,
                              In my heart you have stolen a huge part.
                              I love you more than words can say,
                              I love you more everyday.
                              I loved you than and I love you still,
                              I always will.
                              That will never change.
                             

      My favorite time of the day is when Jesse comes home and we can all hang out.  Last night we went out to eat for the first time with him.  Cute little man wanted to be held the whole time, which I was ok with!  I am getting good at eating and holding him.  (Yes you can say that he is spoiled!)  We came home and watched a movie and all cuddled.  It was so fun.  I find myself with tears of gratitude almost everyday for all that I have.

     I love this blanket that has his name on it.  The people I nanny for, the dad's mother made it!  It was so nice of her!

   I am having a hard time when I go shopping, I want to buy all the cute clothes for him!  I didn't have this problem before he was born.  I think it's cuz I picture his cute little body in the outfits now.  I love the way he looks in his cute outfits for the day....but my absolute favorite is a good comfy pair of pjs!  I love cuddling him up and snuggling.  Pjs are for sure my fav.

    This is the first picture he smiled in!!!!  Jesse and I were freaking out at how cute it is.  I love it when I see Jesse taking pictures of him with his phone.  (Which is all the time!)  So cute.

                           

Love.....

    Today is our one year anniversary!  Crazy how fast time has flown by.  I love remembering our wonderful day one year ago.  I married the man of my dreams!  Jesse is everything that I ever wanted and more.  Dawson and I love him sooo much!  He is the best husband and dad ever.

 
We are going to eat some of our cake tonight!
      Jesse and I have loved being parents so far!  The other day Jesse gave Dawson a bath all by himself.  I wanted to help, but Jesse said he wanted to do it all by himself.  He said I could supervise a little.  Haha!  I loved listening to Jesse talk to Dawson.  This is what I heard while I was doing my hair in the other room,     "Oh you like baths don't ya buddy!?  Oh, he is peeing!"  Ha ha Jesse did a wonderful job getting him squeaky clean!

    The other day we went for a walk and the whole time we both wanted to push Dawson in the stroller, it was hard taking turns.  :)

 Jesse loves poking at his cheeks already!  He always says to me...."If his cheeks are red, don't blame me."  I just laugh.  :)

 My mom finally held him at 3 weeks old!  She was scared of the oxygen!

 He loves Grandma and Grandpa

 Family pic!

 We all had dinner at my moms, so fun!

 I love my baby

We can't get enough of you little guy!  So cute!!!!!!
     

Dawson

    Dawson is here!  After 20 hours of labor and than a c-section, he arrived!  Jesse and I are very happy that he is finally home.  After Dawson was born he started to breathe shallow and had to be put in the nicu.  He had to be in there for a week.  That was the hardest week ever!  It was emotionally draining.  They said he had fluid in his lungs and the long labor had put stress on him.  He was on oxygen as well and we had to bring him home on oxygen.  We went to the doctor today, and we are so happy that he doesn't need oxygen anymore!  Yeah!  We love having him home, he is such a blessing in our lives.  We love holding him and often times Jesse and I have a hard time deciding who gets to change and feed him.  ha!  We love him!

                                          Daddy and Dawson's first picture!  Mommy was out!

                              My favorite pictures are of these two together!  I can't get enough!

                                    This is the cradle that I used when I was little.  He loves it.

                                                                    Going home!

                                                                No more oxygen!

40 weeks!

     Well I am 40 weeks and one day!  I wonder when this little guy will show up!  My doctor said no later than the 12th.  I am hoping I don't have to wait that long though!  We will see.  I took some cute photos of the baby room.  I love it, it turned out so cute.  Jesse hung the pictures last night.  We are getting a crib a little later and the room will be done.  The blanket on the rocking chair is what Jesse's mom made and it is amazing!  

     Last night Jesse and I went to a dollar movie and than to California Pizza Kitchen after.  It was fun to just hang out with the hubby.  :)  Might have been the last date night before little boy gets here.  We are excited!   

Mother

   Today I was sitting there thinking.....I am almost a mother.  What does that mean to me?  It means a lot.  When I think of a mother I think of wiping tears away, changing diapers, rocking baby to sleep, singing lullabys, sharing everything, tickling toes, reading the same book over and over again, playing peek a boo, chasing naked bums around the house, and so much more.  All of these things are important.  Over all though I hope I can be a loving, sharing, caring, good mother.  I hope I can love him and give him everything he needs.  Teach him to love the Lord and be a good person.  I already love this little boy so much.  Jesse and I are very excited for this little spirit to enter into our lives.  We feel so blessed that the Lord trusts us with this little spirit.  I pray we can raise him the way the Lord needs us to.  
    This precious baby has already taught me so much just being inside of me.  Whenever I feel a little kick I remember what is important in life.  It isn't about how pretty your hair is, how big your house is or how much money you make.  It's so much more and this little boy reminds me of that.  Jesse has taught me so much too, he is such a wonderful man.  He has taught me to not stress the small stuff, learn to laugh at yourself, don't take everything so serious, never raise your voice, do your best always and just enjoy life  :)  I love this man.  I'm so grateful he picked me to his wife.    

I love Jesse  

Summer Sun

    The Fourth of July was a lot of fun.  We went to Laura's house on the 3rd and had a little camp out in the backyard.  Steve set up the tv outside and all the kids huddled around to watch a movie while others were inside coloring a huge pioneer poster that Laura bought.  I will admit the poster was my favorite part.  When Kayla colored a boy with a green face I quickly said, "she ruined our masterpiece!"  Someone said that pioneers got sick all the time though and this kid was definitively sick.  Ha ha we all laughed.  The poster looked great!
     Jesse and I even set up our little tent and slept outside.  It was fun to sleep outside and hard at the same time, being 8 months pregnant.  I woke up about ten times, but it was worth it.  In the morning Laura had a yummy breakfast.  Including; pancakes, bacon, fruit, egg mcmuffins and eggs.  Jesse I think had ten pancakes  :)  His favorite.
       On the fourth Jesse and I went with Chuck, Jacob, Melanie, Jake and Ethan to a little lake in Honeyville.  They all skiied as I watched, they all did great!  We liked the paddle boat and the ramp.  The ramp was fun to slide down on.  We did that over and over again.  Fun fun day at the lake!  When we got back Lori had made a delicious meal.  We ate under the fireworks, which was so cool!  Then to top off the night Jacob did a great firework show for us out front.  Fun day!

     I also went to Lagoon this past week.  It was fun to watch the kids on the rides.  Jade was funny.  She hated the rides and would cry on them, then she would want to go again!  Ha!  I got to ride the merry go round.  Whooo hoo.   Ha.  It was fun.

  
    Also
...... Big news!  Jesse and I bought a home!  :)  We love it so far.  

One more pic....me at 36 weeks!  We get to meet him soon!