Baylee Rae

We have a baby! I went to my doctors appointment on thursday morning and due to high blodd pressure the doctor decided it wasn't safe to let me wait any longer and sent me to labor and delivery to be enduced. I was really really nervous and already had pitocin and contractions when Marcus got there, which was noon. They broke my water at three, my contractions got stronger, I got the epidural around 4:30, which was amazing, I don't know why I waited so long, and then we just sat and waited and waited, finally at about 4:30 the next morning the doctor came in and said I was running a high fever, and was only dilated to a seven! she said to wait about an hour to give me one more chance and then they would do a C section. an hour later I was only an eight. Next thing I know they start making me swallow some nasty pills and gave me a stronger epidural and then wheeled me into the OR. I was so drugged all I remember was hearing her cry and then Marcus was holding Baylee next to me and she was adorable! He was so excited he got to bathe her and pick out her cute bow.

We stayed in the hospital until sunday night. The nurses were all great and Baylee is a good little sleeper! I'm still in some pain around the incision but its getting better! Heres some pictures I know every parent says this but I'm pretty sure I have the cutest little girl ever!

Baby Shower

Im super late getting things posted, but on the 13th my cousins threw me a baby shower. and I-80 got closed down and I was stuck in my car for 5 hours and completely missed my own baby shower!! I was really upset for a couple of days but there wasn't anything i could do about it. I did make it to the shower in time though to see some of my family. I tell you what those thank you cards were kind of awkward to make, it went kind of like, Thank you for comming to my shower! Sorry i didn't see you! ha it's a funny story now but I really was upset!

Zachs Graduation

Today was my little brothers graduation. He was the last one in the family to graduate. Afterwards my family went to Famous Daves for dinner before he took off with his friends.

zach and my grandparents






I had some friends throw me a baby shower this week. It was fun to see everyone! we didn't get everyone in the picture as some came and went but here is what we got!


Here is a picture of me back in April. And I thought I was big then!!yeah right!


Here are some pictures I didn't get to post earlier!

My mom, cousin Emily, and I after a long day of sewing!


Emily, mom, Aunt Becky, Me, Jennifer and Madeline with everything we worked on that day


My nephew Landon and I when he came to visit in December


I know that was kinda long but I was excited to get some pictures up!! More news: I am dilated at a 1 1/2 and 70% effaced... so at least I'm on my way!!

Quick Update

I'm ready for this baby! We bought the travel system finally! It took me a while to decide which brand I wanted and what colors I wanted. My sister sent me a coupon for travel systems at Babies R us so I decided on the Chicco Synergy Red and tan system. Reds not my most favorite color but now that its set up I love it and its super Easy to use!!
As far as school goes I finished the salon work at the beginning of May so I didn't have to be at school anymore, but I had to wait for the Finals at the end of the month. One final is written and one is an actual hands on. The hands on was stressful to get ready for. Everything has to be labeled and you have to remain 100% sanitary at all times, for example, you pick something up off the table and use it, you cant put it back down. Sounds easy but its easy to forget about. My mom was my model, she was a good sport becasue its a 2 1/2 hour test and your model can't talk or look at you. I had to say several times, mom whatever you do, DO NOT talk to me! She did well I was shocked. I passed the hands on, and i had to take the written twice. The first time I took it I failed by 1% I got a B but you have to get an A. The second time was a breeze though! The test was 105 questions and was mostly Anatomy. YES, anatomy. I was proud of myself. So i recieved my Graduation papers yestrerday and can take state boards at any time now!

Marcus still remains really busy with work! Which were thankful for but I do get bored. When your baby can come at any time, and your at home alone with nothing to do and no car(my car is broke) time drags!! Were off to Park City for the weekend my parents rented a condo for two nights. My older brother and his wife are in town for Zachs Graduation so we decided to have a get away. It will be nice to be entertained for a few days!

36 weeks

I am now this week 36 weeks so starting next week I am FULL TERM! wahoo! Here is a picture(courtesy of Emily) of me at my cousin Alyssa's wedding reception. I don't know how much Bigger I can get.


Here is Marcus and I at the reception

Catch up

Ive haven't posted anything in a while because not a whole lot has been going on! But I think I have a few things to talk about now. I'm done with school!! YAY! All i have left is mock practicals, which is a run through of what we do at state boards and then state boards so hopefully iu can get it all done and have my license on the way by the time the baby is here. Marcus has stayed really really busy with work he has been helping my grandparents put tile and paint their house in Lehi that they rent out, and he has also been building walls at his dads warehouse which apparantly has been a big job!So here we are with a month and a half to go till Baylee's here and all I have to do is just sit and wait, and get bigger!
I had an interesting experience my last day of school when i went to the cafeteria to get lunch. To make a long story short the lunch lady cam up to me asked what I was having and when I said A girl she said, I know she showed me. I was like what is this lady talking about!! then she went on to tell me she sees aouras and my baby showed her fuschia and apparantly that means shes going to be artistic. It was one of those ooooooookkkkaaayyyy...... moments and i got a good chuckle out of it but if its legit its kinda cool to think about!
Friday night I dragged Marcus to the dinner theatre at my old high school. I was in it all three years and at first Marcus was like what is this!! but ended up having a lot of fun. It brought back a lot of good memories of high school.

Long weekend

So I went to upload all the pictures on my camera and on my old computer there was a little slot for the memory card but I couldn't find one on my new one and when I got marcus he said, "oh you need the cord." and I said, "well where is it?" and his response was, "I put it in storage." great! So I borrowed Mary's because I HAD to get the pictures of the crib set up. So more pictures to come when I can figure out what to do exactly. So Friday was the first day of my "salon" training, meaning no more bookwork, tests, and maniquen hands. So I had to have a live model for a manicure and pedicure and who better to do than Marcus! and it just so happened he didn't have work that day so he graciously came in not knowing that in order to pass them off before working on the public, I had to paint the nails. The fingernails had to be red because in our state board test we have to use red its harder to keep clean than other colors becasue of th pigment. It was pretty funny when I pulled the polish out at first he was not too happy, but when my instructor Alise told him it was mandatory, he agreed, with the promise of me taking it off right away. Then when we got to the pedicure I thought I was pretty funny by painting them pink with white polka dots. Poor guy, it was torture. but he must not be too embaressed becasue he let me take pictures and he still has the pink toe nails. On saturday, my mom and I went down to Springville to my cousin Emily and Aunt Becky's house to start working on the bumper pads and dust ruffle for the crib. Well we got going on it and ended up finishing the whole thing in a day, and it was a really really long day but well worth it because i LOVE it. and I actually did do some of the sewing and I cut out all the fabric. I was proud of myself I've never done anything like this. And of course if it wasn't for Emily it would have been a mess! My mom and Aunt Becky worked on a cute quilt, they got it all tied, and then started to crochet the edge of another cute blanket. It was a fun day, thanks mom emily and Aunt Becky!