Hayleigh's Nursery

I have finally finished Hayleigh's Nursery! 

I'm really happy with the way it's turned out. 

I wanted it to be really simple and calming, but to also have some color. 

Thanks to Pinterest I found the perfect one!

Here are pictures:

I also finally took pictures of Kali's toddler bed and her room without the 'nursery' stuff. 

I had the hardest time finding a comforter I liked, that went with her room, that didn't drain my bank account. 

So we settled with this. 

Not sure how much I LOVE it, but it'll do for now :)

/\ those were her toys BEFORE her birthday!

14 Days of Valentines

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! <3

We had such an incredible, unforgettable day.

It was by far the all time best Valentines day yet!

Here is Kalista in her cute little Love Day Attire:

and her doing her modelesque pose.

Yes she did this by herself.

She is at the stage where she refuses to look at the camera no matter what I do!

haha

I woke up on the Morning of Valentines day and came upstairs to this lovely, awesome, incredible suprise:

Roses, Chocolates, the sweetest card ever written, and a 1 hour massage at massage envy!

mmmm...I'm getting that massage tomorrow!

My husband knows EXACTLY what I need.

I love that man SOO very much.

***

When I started trying to decided what to get Tyson for Valentines day, I came across many different 14 days of Valentines day gifts and decided this was the perfect idea.

I found a lot of different ones as I searched the internet.

However,

I didn't want to do just one of them,

so I decided that I was going to work up some ideas in my little head and combine some I found/come up with some of my own.

So here was my Valentines day Gift to Tyson:

Day 1

Tyson and I wrote each other while he was on his mission.

I typed some of my letters to him, because I really can't stand my handwriting and I was also able to write them faster. I was busy and knew I was already slacking as it was...so I just typed his letters.

Come to find out,

He hated when I did that.

He didn't feel it was as personal if it was typed.

So for his first gift,

I wrote him a short and sweet letter about how much I appreciated everything he does for Kali and me.

I hate my handwriting.

(best picture I could get on my phone)

Day 2

For the second day,

I taped a [typed] note to our front door so that Tyson would see it when he got home.

Unfortunately,

I forgot to take a picture of this one,

but it said that once he walked in the door,

he wasn't allowed to do anything but relax.

He couldn't talk or even think about work.

I told him that if it took Kali and I leaving and him having the house to himself in order for him to relax,

we could do that.

Apparantly it's hard for him to relax,

because he kept trying to do things that involved work.

and he wouldn't let us leave.

He decided he wanted to go to a movie with his brother and some friends.

Unfortunately they couldn't do it until the next day,

so we spent that night together and he went out with the guys the next day.

(But I still wouldn't let him do an ounce of work)

Day 3

I made him cupcakes!

Day 4

I gave him a heart attack in our hallway...

along with a bunch of little notes of things I liked about him...

Day 5

[please ignore the block calendar in the corner. I'm aware it needed to be changed]

Day 6

A valentines day themed lunch

Two heart shaped PB&J's

Strawberries

4 heart shaped cakes

Doritos (the pinkest chip I could think of..haha)

and pink Lemonade in a pink thermos :):)

Day 7

I made my Valentine a Homemade Valentine :)

Day 8

He has really needed chapstick lately and he kept mentioning it,

So...

Day 9

Since the day we got our car,

Tyson has made it a goal to make sure he cleans the in and outside of the car every weekend.

A few weeks ago,

he mentioned that he wanted to buy all the supplies needed to clean the outside of the car,

so that he didn't have to go to the carwash every weekend,

PLUS,

it would save us money in the long run.

SO....

Day 15

I found him a movie that I knew he would like,

and made a movie night out of it.

Day #11

We had been planning on taking Kali to the Rec. Center all week. We were going to go on Saturday.

It was going to be her first time and I was SO excited because I knew she was going to love it

(which she did!)

Tyson had mentioned when talking about it earlier in the week that his swimsuit no longer fit him.

I was so glad he mentioned it,

because that's what I got him for day #11

He looked DANG good in this swimsuit too.

If I don't say so myself!

Day 12

The note says:

"It's day #12 and just so you know...we were mint to be together"

haha I'm good huh?

...kidding.

(Sorry it's not a very good picture. These were all taken with my phone)

Day 13

His Favorite candybar is Snickers,

so I HAD to figure out a way to incorporate that into a day.

Because I'm not the most CREATIVE person in the world,

this was the best I came up with!

"I thought I should let you know on day 13, that sometimes your "Extra" hot body makes me "Snicker" with delight!"

haha!

Day 14

This is obviously the day I spent the most time preparing for.

I was so stressed out that something would go wrong!

But besides a few minor issues that didn't really matter,

It turned out PERFECT!

I brought Kali to my parents house around 3:00 where my sister agreed to Tend her over night.

Then I went home and immediately began preparing.

I SERIOUSLY had to learn some made double tasking skills,

and I gotta say,

I think I did a pretty good job!

I quickly changed in to some Lingerie I bought specifically for this occasion ;)

dressed up for him and got to work.

I made Sweet and Spicy Pork,

a recipe I got out of a magazine,

Black Bean Salad,

Homemade rolls that are supposed to taste like Texas Roadhouse's Rolls,

and Homemade Cinnamon Honey Butter which was also supposed to taste like Texas Roadhouse.

I topped it off with Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice.
(his favorite)

I turned on some romantice love music,

turned down the lights,

lit some candles,

and

WAH LAH!

(lights were on for this picture)

The pork is missing in this picture, because it was still in the oven!

It turned out SOO good!

It was delish! seriously. I really recommend it for a nice dinner.

(I'll post the recipe at the end of this post :))

Tyson got home JUST as the Pork was about done.

Seriously PERFECT timing.

We had such a good dinner,

and spent the rest of the night together,

topping of the evening with a last minute, late night movie "The Vow"

which was SO good I highly recommend it.

It really was such a romantic wonderful day.

It went perfectly. I was so happy with the way everything went.

We actually were able to spend time together. It was heavenly.

If you've never heard of the 14 days of Valentines day,

look up some of them on Google or try something like this one.

You won't be disappointed with the outcome ;)

***

Now for the delish recipe.

(For the texas roadhouse rolls/honey butter, you can find those on my pinterest! )

Sweet and Spicy Pork with Black Bean Salad

(I'm really sorry I don't have any good pictures of it. I took this one from the magazine. (which by the way was from the Womans day Magazine December 2011 issue)!!)

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp ancho or regular chili powder

1 tsp ground cumin

2 Tbsp olive oil

Kosher salt and pepper

1 1/4-pound pork tenderloin

1 15-oz can black beans, rinsed

1 pint grape tomatoes, halved

3 scallions, thinly sliced

1 jalapeno (seeded for less heat), finely chopped

1 Tbsp red wine vinegar

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, chili powder, cumin, 1 Tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.

2. Rub the spice mixture all over the pork, place on the prepared baking sheet, and roast until the pork registers 145 degrees F., 18-22 minutes.  Let rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing.

3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together the beans, tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno, vinegar, remaining Tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper; fold in the cilantro. Serve with the pork.

30 DC #21

21. something you can’t seem to get over.

My dang Heatburn/Acid reflux.

and my recent obsession with Pinterest.

I'm not kidding.
I started my account like two days ago...

and I'm already addicted.

It's so so bad.

Harry Potter Freaks.

 

Today is my older sister BreeAnns Birthday.

Unfortunately,

her and my Brother-in-Law moved to Texas a couple weeks ago.

It's been quite sad.

But because of this,

we celebrated her Birthday with her before they left.

My mom asked her what she wanted to do

well,

let's just say my sister is a freak when it comes to Harry Potter.

I'm not kidding.

So,

She told my mom that she wanted to go see Harry Potter with all of us.

and then my mom decided she would make it a party and made a Harry Potter meal as well!

The night before,

we received a text from BreeAnn saying that she was expecting us to dress for the occasion.

lovely.

We don't really have the harry potter wardrobe stuff so I Just did that best I could with what we have.

I put this picture in another post,

but this is what I put Kali in:

They're striped Tights right??

haha

Then we bought Tyson some round Harry Potter glasses,

and I just had my hair in pigtails and was going to take them out when we went to the movie, so that it would be curly like Hermoine.

My sister had something else in mind.

When we got to their house, we turned the corner,

and they were all sitting at the table in crazy people costumes!

We sat down to the following for dinner,

Ribs,

mashed potatoes,

Vegetables,

BUTTER BEER

(I don't know why, but this was the only thing I took a picture of)

Black Licorice with the tip dipped in white chocolate

(for our wands)

Homemade chocolate covered frogs

and worms

and Finally,

if any of you are Harry Potter fans,

you'll remember the cake the Hagrid made Harry in I believe it was the first book.

Well,

that was my sisters Cake.

They just Wrote Harry, then put an X through it and wrote BreeAnn underneath it.

It was a pretty cool party if I do say so myself.

Then my sister brought out a purple wig

(so that I could be Tonks)

and brought Tyson out a Tie

(so he could have more of the harry potter look)

and I was given a cape...which was the closest thing to a robe they could find.

Then,

after taking my eyeliner and making a lightning mark on Tyson and my brothers foreheads

(they were both Harry),

I decided to draw one on Kali's as well!

and you have the Harry Potter freak Family

From left to right:

Hermoine Granger (Emilee), Luna Lovegood (Kaitlyn), Lucius Malfoy (Dad), Draco Malfoy (Casey), Bellatrix (Mom), Snape (BreeAnn), Madeye Moody (Blake), Tonks (Me), Harry's Daughter (Kali), Harry Potter (Tyson), Harry Potter (Dallin)

Remind me to NEVER EVER let my hair be that short IRL.

ever.

Although I thought this was all pretty cool and creative,

BreeAnn said we all had to go see the MOVIE like this.

This was 4 days after the midnight showing.

So we had to go to the movie theater,

4 days late,

all dressed up as freaks!

To make matters worse,

no one waited for Tyson and me when we were getting our drinks.

So we were just standing there as a family and then...I SPILLED my drink all over the place!

I ended up taking that wig off and trying to disappear

(where was my invisiblity cloak?)

Anyway,

it was cool.

We went back for the cake afterwards and we decided to put Tysons glasses on Kali...

Pretty sure she played the part!

haha

I am so blessed

Well,

Tomorrow I will be 36 weeks.

Just one more week until I can start TRYING to get her to come.

It's been kinda rough the past few days.

This stage of the pregnancy is the EXTREMELY uncomfortable stage.

Now let me tell you,

I would prefer this over the nausea and vomitting ANY DAY!

I think this trimester is the best so far.

However,

that does not mean that I don't get EXTREMELY irritable at times.

I seriously feel like ripping my hair out someimes because

a- I can't sleep

and

b- It doesn't matter which way I'm sitting/standing/laying, I am ALWAYS uncomfortable.

I'm one of those people that need comfort.

Like, I would prefer to NOT wear heels and be comfortable, then to wear heels and get blisters and have uncomfortable feet.

But when it all comes down to it,

the emotion I've been feeling the most lately is pure EXCITEMENT.

Because of this, my impatient personality is getting the best of me!!

Let me just kinda give you a run down some moments I've had this past week.

I worked a regular 12 hour shift on Friday

(btw, thanks to HR, my boss has [mostly] backed off)

because Tyson doesn't have school on Fridays,

he gets home before me.

When I got home,

The house was clean and when I went into our bedroom I found this on the bed:

I love suprises like this.

My husband works all day and then comes home, cleans the house and gives me THIS!

We went on a date that night with Stefanie and her husband

and then I couldn't WAIT to go to bed because I was so anxious for the next day.

I was having my first baby shower! :):)

When I woke up,

Tyson was already out of bed.

I could smell breakfast cooking and envied my siblings upstairs.

They were getting some yummy breakfast by the smells of it!

I wasn't sure where Tyson was, but I just got out of bed and started getting ready for the baby shower.

When I was about done with my hair,

the bathroom door opens, Tyson is holding a spatula and says

"Breakfast is about ready"

He made me breakfast! That's what I was smelling!

I quickly finished my hair and went into the kitchen.

He had made the most DELICIOUS breakfast I've had in a long time...and he cleaned it up too!

I love my husband.

He's so good to me and treats me so dang well!

My baby shower went so great!

Thanks to my incredible visiting teachers,

it turned out so cute!

The decorations were so cute and creative.

The refreshement table was my favorite:

Isn't that the cutest cupcake idea ever??

We got so many gifts there!

It was so fun.

I was texting Tyson through the whole thing,

telling him the gifts we were getting and sending him pictures of the ones he wanted to see.

After I sent him one of the last pictures

(which was a picture of a swimsuit for Kali),

He said this

"That is WAY CUTE! All of is stuff is making me excited. I can't wait Andee :) I'm feeling really funny inside.."

haha I laughed forever after reading that last part.

I LOVE how excited he is.

I then showed my mom the text and she took the liberty of reading it out loud to everyone

(SHH don't tell Tyson...he doesn't know I've been sharing it with people. haha)

Anyway,

the rest of that day pretty much involved us organizing Kali's stuff.

It's getting quite crowded in this room!!

On Sunday,

I had to work :(

I only had to work 8 hours this time though and was off at 3pm.

Tyson and I decided to go visit my Oma that day and drove out to Farmington.

I had been having contractions all day,

but they weren't really consistent or close together.

However,

while we were visiting with my Aunt,

They got really bad.

To the point where I wanted to cry.

We ended up leaving and going to the hospital on the way home.

I was trying to decide whether or not we should.

I kept going back and forth on my decision, but decided that I'd rather be safe than sorry!

We got there, they admit me to a room and sure enough, for the second time, I was contracting.

(I don't remember if I posted about this, but I was in the hospital at the beginning of April too...the day after my Opa died. I was contracting then as well.)

They wanted to give me the shot they gave me at the beginning of April..But I kinda refused.

I HATED the way that shot made me feel last time and I really didn't want to get it again.

They said that was fine and they understood and they would give me a morphine and phenegren shot instead.

I said okay...but at the same time was disappointed that they had to stop it.

like I said, my impatient personality is getting the best of me!!

After that, the contractions got worse for about a half hour,

and then after that they completely left and I fell asleep....

That morphine totally wiped me out.

I was completely out of it after that, but the contractions were gone and they sent me home.

We got home around midnight..and I had to wake up at 5:30 for work.

I cannot tell you how miserable of a day of work was!

I have NEVER been so tired during work in my LIFE.

I really don't know how I made it through.

A lady I work with that I love,

threw me a baby shower yesterday as well.

We got some more gifts and I hope she knew how grateful I was!!

When I got home,

(which I'm not sure how i was able to drive home without falling asleep)

I went to bed.

I got home around nine and I slept until 8:30 this morning.

I can't believe how long I slept!

I've hardly seen Tyson though.

He had school yesterday until 10 pm and had to wake up this morning at 3 am!!

He's such a busy hard workin man!

Good thing I don't work today and I get to see him tonight when he gets off work..cause he only has school twice a week!

Day 19

Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.

This is me at 24 weeks.

(almost 25)

*****

I figure that since this is going to be going on for another 11 days,

I'm going to go ahead and update what's been happening in life lately!

I'll start with the wonderful Valentines day.

This was our first Valentines together ever.

Which is kinda strange since we dated before his mission,

in high school.

We did go to sweethearts together,

but we weren't 'Official' or anything then.

I'll kinda do a run down of how the day went.

I had to wake up before him for work so when I was leaving,

I left a box of chocolates and a note on his car pretty much telling him how much I love him.

For lunch,

I sent him Chinese Food

(his favorite food).

Now,

Tys works in commercial refrigeration and he goes somewhere different everyday.

Unfortunately,

he was working in Spanish Fork on this particular day...which is about an hour away.

I was bummed because it was going to make it that much harder for me to figure out how to get the food to him!

I had to call the person that got him hired there,

but in order to do that,

I had to call that persons wife...

who then called me back with the number for Tyson's co-worker

After attempting to call his co-worker like 10 times,

I FINALLY got ahold of him and was able to get the exact address of the place he was working.

THEN,

because I was at work,

I had to go down to the library,

where I could receive internet access,

and look up a good chinese restaurant near him.

It was a lot of work,

but worth it because he was so excited to get it!

About 2 hours after he called me to thank him for his lunch,

I got a call from the main lobby of the hospital's receptionist.

I had a BEAUTIFUL flower delivery with the sweetest note waiting for me.

:)

(this picture doesn't do them justice.

and I apologize for the mess behind it. My sister was having a birthday party when this picture was taken..)

I got off work before Tyson so I was getting ready for our date that night when he came home...

with a box of Chocolates and a card.

It was a sweet card.

I want to write it here...I'm hoping he doesn't mind. :)

To my Wife.

In all my life,

I've never been so in love.

Now that we're married,

it means that I'm yours, you're mine,

and we're finally we.

I love to think about the future --

building a home with you,

welcoming children into our lives,

and exploring the world together.

I can't wait to see where our life takes us next,

because I'm so excited to be sharing it all with you.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Andee, I don't know what to really say other than I feel like the luckiest man in the whole world to have someone like you to be in my life forever.  I want you to know that I love you so much and that you mean everything to me.

Love,

Your Husband

I personally though it was so sweet and I kinda got teary eyed reading it.

ANYWAY!

for dinner, he took me to the Mayan.

The wait was only 15 minutes!

ON VALENTINES DAY!

Amazing right?

We took pictures in a photobooth during the wait...

but I don't have a scanner so I can't put them on here :(

I thought they were cute though!

The show that was going on when we were eating was really cool.

This was my favorite:

You can't really see it cause my camera isn't high tech or anything,

but this girl was doing amazing stunts on a piece of fabric.

 I couldn't stop watching!

Tyson sad that the Salsa is gone..

The smoothies we got.

Tyson got Strawberry Pina Colada

and I got Strawberry Banana.

MMMMmm, Just looking it makes me want another one.

He really enjoyed his as well!

It was an amazing Valentines Day and I just love my sexy husband!

**

So after stressing way too much,

we have finally just decided to stay with my parents until After Kali is born.

A lot of stuff went on,

and we came to the conclusion that we didn't want to pay for a place that is not permanent when we are getting free rent here.

and the bank wouldn't wait until May 16th for the house we made an offer on :(

SO,

we're back to square one and I decided that we won't stress or rush to be in there by the time the baby is born.

It isn't worth stressing about...

and at least we have a place to live while we slowly,

nonstressfully (at least as much as possible),

find our own place

So I've decided to just put that on hold until about April when we can start looking again,

and focus on getting organized and ready for our baby!!

Which is way too fun for my own good...and bank account!

haha.

But,

I'm pretty proud of myself because I've discovered some very inexpensive ways to get the things I want for her!

The day we got our carseat and stroller I made a car seat cover.

I thought it would help make time move quicker...but I finished it THAT DAY!

Thanks to Tysons great grandma!

She is amazing.

So here it is...

What'dya think??

They range from about $40-$50 to buy.

Cost to make this? $20

(usually it's about $15..I just got more expensive fabric cause I liked it. haha)

SO,

after finishing that project super quickly,

I decided to move on to another one.

Her Nursery is going to be Pink and Green

(princess and the frog).

I wanted a little holder to hang all of her bows on,

but I thought they were sort of ridiculously priced when I shopped for them.

Which,

made me decide to make one!

and because my husband is so incredible,

he helped me

(I swear...If I didn't have him, these would be crap. HE has such good ideas! haha)

The holders I found were about $15-$20

Cost to make this? $6

I ordered some other bows online to match most of the outfits I've bought already ;) so that black and white one won't be lonely for long! There's a green bow on there too, you just can't see it cause it's smaller and blends in!

On to the next project!

I work at the hospital right?

So I know pretty much what to expect when I go.

There is a company there called Bella Baby.

They do the newborn picures when you're there.

It's a free photoshoot right in your room!

So,

I got to thinking about what I want her to wear during this.

and I decided that I want her to wear a TuTu!

If you've tried to buy one of those,

they aren't cheap either!

So I made one of them too!

It was WAY easier than I imagined and I finished both this AND the Bow holder in one day, on the same day!

I bought a onsie to match it.

This will be her photoshoot outfit,

along with a big pink bow I ordered!

Cost to buy these?

The places I looked were about $25-$60

Cost to make this?

about $10..at the MOST!

I've been having so much fun with this!

I am also going to glue Rhinestones on her pacifiers.

But I haven't been able to find some that don't look fake and are the colors I want...for the price I want.

So I'm still looking!

I have bought way too many outfits for her for my own good and keep trying to make a rule where I don't buy anymore until after my baby shower...but then I see something else I love.

haha.

I would just lock myself in the house and not go to the store,

but then I have the computer to do online shopping :S

oh man!

**

Okay,

so...

I just have story to tell and then I'm done with this long post!

Yesterday I had work.

the day didn't start off great and I was in a pretty bad mood by the time I actually began working.

like REALLY bad mood.

which didn't help my stress levels...

plus I didn't get to sleep until probably about 1:30am that morning and I had to wake up at 5:30

so I was going off hardly any sleep.

After I finished my rounding which I'm gonna say I finished at about 8:45,

I went to the one person restroom.

I was sitting down doing my business,

when next thing I know,

I'm waking up on the ground...with my pants also around my ankles.

I stood up and grabbed the sink to look in the mirror..and I was SO white.

I don't think I've ever seen my face so white in my life.

and I was So nauseas and lightheaded.

After trying to figure out what happened..

which I didn't ever really figure out,

I walked back on to the unit,

when the Lactation Specialist walked up to me and asked me if I was okay.

She said that I literally look green.

ha.

So I said "I think I just passed out".

I swear within 5 minutes,

the charge nurse was up there,

I had a cup of Sprite to sip on and they were calling my Dr.

I called Tyson to come get me and started crying when he asked me why...

I think it was just because I wan't sure what happened and I was feeling crappy.

After I got off the phone with him they ended up telling me that I needed to go down to Labor and Delivery to make sure everything was okay.

I think normally I would have refused because all that comes to my mind is $$$,

but I wasn't in the mood to argue plus I wanted to make sure everything was okay anyway!

Then I started dry heaving while the nurse got me a wheelchair.

Yes,

I had to be WHEELED down to L&D.

Embarrassing.

When we got down to the lobby,

Tyson was sitting there waiting for me,

thinking he was just coming to pick me up and take me home.

But NO!

Surprise babe!

You have to miss work to take care of your crazy wife!

haha.

So I was taken into a room and hooked up to a monitor for contractions and Kali's little heartbeat.

I already knew I wasn't contracting but they just do it for precautions.

I was put on an IV,

they took my blood...and did an exam.

man I hate those.

I went through two bags of Saline and didn't have to pee.

First reason for passing out:

DEHYDRATION.

Which shocks me because I swear I am ALWAYS drinking water!

We sat there for about 2 1/2 hours.

I really enjoyed the time I had with Tyson though.

It's rare that we get to just spend that much time together.

While we were sitting there waiting,

Kalista decided she wanted to be more involved and she started kicking SO MUCH!

Tyson just stared at my belly watching her for like 10 minutes.

She was moving around so much it was crazy!

When the nurse got results she said that I have low Iron.

She said I'm very anemic.

I was anemic with Avery...but nothing like this!

I NEVER passed out with her!

Second Reason for Passing out:

Low Iron

By about 12:30,

we were finally told we could go home.

She said that it seems I haven't had much sleep.

which was true,

especially that day.

But I don't sleep well and I haven't slept well since I was about 12 weeks.

Third reason for Passing out:

Not enough Sleep

Gee.

haha.

All day that day people told me I looked really tired.

Well I was!

but I was too scared to take too long of a nap because I had to work the next day and wanted to sleep well.

(Which I didn't...and ended up feeling worse this morning so I had to call in. which I was not happy about. seriously. we need the $$ to save up!)

So anyway,

that is that!

My husbands version of the story is better because he makes the focus of the story on the fact that my pants were off when I woke up.

haha.