Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Colby - meet your uncle and aunties
This past weekend Kami, Jason, and Francisca finally met Colby. They were all so cute with him! I just love seeing people fall in love with my baby!
Saturday we headed out on an adventure to Cave Falls. It was amazing! Such a beautiful waterfall. We found out when we got home that there is actually a cave there (go figure...cave falls and there's a cave) but there was a rock slide so you aren't allowed to go into the cave anymore, we didn't even know there was a cave, but i was still beautiful.
Saturday we headed out on an adventure to Cave Falls. It was amazing! Such a beautiful waterfall. We found out when we got home that there is actually a cave there (go figure...cave falls and there's a cave) but there was a rock slide so you aren't allowed to go into the cave anymore, we didn't even know there was a cave, but i was still beautiful.
Monday, August 16, 2010
2 wonderful years!
August 15th was our two year anniversary. Unfortunately, i forgot that you actually GIVE something for your anniversary until Friday night. I've been so caught up in Colby that i completely forgot to even think of something to give Andrew. I looked up the gift you should give for 2 years of marriage, and it was cotton...are you kidding me? I was expecting a good idea to pop into my head, i can't for the life of me figure out why nothing came to mind when i saw the word cotton. So instead of giving andrew something for our anniversary, we decided to go to Mesa Falls to celebrate. 
It's so beautiful there! It would have been fun to have a picnic, but Colby was getting hungry so we had to head back, but still had a great time getting out.
Of course Saturday night I found out Andrew got me something for our anniversary. Nothing completely HUGE since i reminded him about our anniversary Friday night as well. He's just much better at thinking of something on the spot that i am. He got me soap for a bubble bath ( i just love baths) and lotion for a massage (carrying colby wears on you!) and the best movie thus far...17 again! I absolutely love that movie, and he remembered that i said a while ago that we just need to buy that movie.
I think it's safe to say that i completely failed in the anniversary department this year... good thing i have an understanding husband! better luck next year! I am so blessed to have Andrew in my life. I love that I married my best friend. He's a wonderful husband and dad, i couldn't ask for more! I love him sooo much! 
It's so beautiful there! It would have been fun to have a picnic, but Colby was getting hungry so we had to head back, but still had a great time getting out.
Of course Saturday night I found out Andrew got me something for our anniversary. Nothing completely HUGE since i reminded him about our anniversary Friday night as well. He's just much better at thinking of something on the spot that i am. He got me soap for a bubble bath ( i just love baths) and lotion for a massage (carrying colby wears on you!) and the best movie thus far...17 again! I absolutely love that movie, and he remembered that i said a while ago that we just need to buy that movie.
I think it's safe to say that i completely failed in the anniversary department this year... good thing i have an understanding husband! better luck next year! I am so blessed to have Andrew in my life. I love that I married my best friend. He's a wonderful husband and dad, i couldn't ask for more! I love him sooo much!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
CHOCOLATE
Nobody warned me about post-pregnancy cravings! oh my goodness i'm out of control! I don't even know if there is such a thing as having post pregnancy cravings, but i swear i have the disease! All i want is chocolate, ALL THE TIME. i've always loved chocolate of course (i am a girl afterall) but i can usually control myself, and at the present time...I have no control! I didn't even have cravings during my pregnancy, which is why i'm completely taken off guard by this realization that i'm in love with chocolate. It makes it very hard to lose the pregnancy weight.But my little Colbster is completely worth it.
Friday, August 6, 2010
All about Colby
I guess I'm becoming one of those moms that only blog about their children, but i have so many cute pictures of colby that i just HAVE to put them up! He's so adorable! I absolutely love him to death and i'm so blessed that i get to stay home and be with him all the time. I get my break when i go work out, but i miss him so much when i'm gone for that short time! I look forward to Andrew coming home from work all day so he can see how cute he is! of course, by the time Andrew gets home he's usually doing his nightly fussing. I must say, i think i have the cutest kid ever!
Thank goodness for daddy! Every night when he comes home from work Colby needs the football hold from daddy to help calm him down.
See what i mean? He loves it though!
Must be a guy thing, but when my parents were here my dad was able to calm him down right away!
His overalls from auntie brittany! He loves them!
cute right? :) I love my little family!
My precious boy!Saturday, July 31, 2010
Yellowstone
My parents have been here since the 17th to be with Colby and to help out around the house. It's been such a blessing! My mom is always doing the laundry, cleaning the house, and most importantly...changing those diapers. She'll do anything just to get some time with the little guy! My dad is a huge help when the evening comes and Colby gets fussy! He has a way of calming him down, I don't know what i'm going to do when they leave!
On Monday, Andrew had the day off work so we decided to make a trip up to Yellowstone. After living here for 4+ years you'd think Andrew and I would have made it up there already...NOPE. It was crazy crowded so I'm not sure if we'll go again, but it was an awesome experience. Too bad it was so hot Colby probably had a different opinion, but we did our best to keep him cool.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Colby Andrew Leith 7.16.10
I had my baby boy on July 16th! He came almost 3 weeks early, but it was a wonderful surprise! I had thought he might be coming early, but i didn't know how early. I was hoping he would make it until the 22nd of July so that Andrew would be finished with his finals, but instead he came the week of finals...luckily it was the weekend so Andrew was able to go a couple days without sleep.
So here's my story for those of you who might possibly be interested (sorry it might be gross to some). It was about 11:30 Thursday night, I had just crawled into bed and thinking to myself "man i wonder what it'll be like to go into labor" and all of a sudden i felt a gush of water and was beyond confused. I ran to the bathroom and was pretty sure my water broke, but didn't know for sure. Andrew was studying for finals so i didn't want to bug him too much, but i told him i thought my water broke and we were debating whether to go to the hospital or not. i didn't want to go right away because i didn't know if my water really broke, i didn't want to go just for them to tell me i pee'd my pants! After about an hour of debating, we decided to head up to the hospital. After testing me and having me wait there for almost 3 hours, they told me my water didn't break and i might have just pee'd my pants (although they couldn't figure out why i kept leaking either). i didn't want to argue with them because they're doctors after all, even though i knew something was up. so at 3:00 they sent me home and told me to go to see my doctor in the morning to make sure. so we get home and andrew falls fast asleep, as for myself i get another gush of water at 3:30. and then again at 4:00. By this time i'm just counting down the time until i can call the doctor and figure out what is wrong with me. I called the doctor in the morning and talked to a nurse who told me that the litmus paper is so super sensitive so if there was any amniotic fluid they would know, so most likely i just pee'd my pants (apparently over and over). They tell me to come in at 9:50 (yeah that seems like forever on top of a sleepless, leaking night). I head to the doctors by myself because i told andrew the nurse thinks i just pee'd my pants, so he can just go to class at 10:15. I get to the doctors office and i'm struggling with my leaking problem, so there i am sitting on the bed and the doctor is asking me if i've been leaking, he goes to check me and i gush ALL OVER THE FLOOR!! Of course i'm all embarrassed, not only is this uncontrollable water coming out of me, but i didn't know if i was peeing or not! He just calmly tells me "well, i think it's safe to say your water has broken" THANK GOODNESS!! I quickly call andrew and catch him on his way to class and tell him they are sending me to the hospital and expecting me within an hour.
sooo in the hospital i got induced about 12:00 pm. Andrew called his parents right away when we got to the hospital, but my parents volunteer at the temple friday mornings until 12:00 (oregon time) so i couldn't tell him i was having a baby until 1:00, of course i couldn't tell anyone else either until my parents knew, so i had to wait. As soon as i could i called my parents and my mom started freaking out. they quickly went home and packed and headed over here as soon as they could. They got here Saturday about noon, and will be here for a couple weeks to help out. Meanwhile, I didn't even know i was having contractions until they hooked me up to the monitor and told me i was. i've been having braxton hicks contractions since about 6 months so i ignored all the tightening of the stomach. the contractions didn't hurt until a couple hours later, and as soon as they were hurting to the point where i had to concentrate on breathing the pain away (still not too bad, but not pleasant) the anesthesiologist came in and told me that he could give me the epidural within half and hour, or i would have to wait about three hours, so of course i took it then. I had already felt light headed when they gave me the IV so i was worried i would pass out with the epidural, i was so nervous! As i was selfishly thinking of myself and the huge needle that would soon be stuck into my back, i hear Andrew say "i'm not feeling well". Poor guy was about to pass out! Luckily, neither of us passed out, and the epidural was the best thing i've ever had in my life!!
The birth was so amazing, i'm so happy that i didn't feel any pain and that it was a wonderful experience for both Andrew and myself. i really didn't want andrew to have to see me in pain, and i didn't want to hate the whole experience. i spent about an hour and a half pushing, but it went by so fast. I would push during the contractions, and in between Andrew, the nurse, and myself would just talk and joke around. The doctor came in to catch the baby, when the head and arm was out he told me to reach down and hold my baby's hand while he was cleaning his face (ok i know that sounds gross, i was totally against doing this. i had seen people on tv do it and thought it was disgusting, but it was amazing!) so i was holding my little baby's hand, and then when his torso came out he told me to wrap my hand around his torso and pull. i pulled my baby out! it was so awesome! the whole labor and delivery experience was amazing. the most pain i felt was when they took the tape off my arm from the IV! (seriously...WAX JOB!) Colby Andrew Leith was born Friday July 16th 2010 at 9:47 PM weighing 6 lbs 12 oz and was 20 in. long. I'm glad the little guy decided to come early, if not he would have almost been a 9 lb baby! He was completely healthy and was able to come home with us Sunday morning. He's been such a blessing in our lives.
Wow, well that's the long story, and here's our little boy! 
So here's my story for those of you who might possibly be interested (sorry it might be gross to some). It was about 11:30 Thursday night, I had just crawled into bed and thinking to myself "man i wonder what it'll be like to go into labor" and all of a sudden i felt a gush of water and was beyond confused. I ran to the bathroom and was pretty sure my water broke, but didn't know for sure. Andrew was studying for finals so i didn't want to bug him too much, but i told him i thought my water broke and we were debating whether to go to the hospital or not. i didn't want to go right away because i didn't know if my water really broke, i didn't want to go just for them to tell me i pee'd my pants! After about an hour of debating, we decided to head up to the hospital. After testing me and having me wait there for almost 3 hours, they told me my water didn't break and i might have just pee'd my pants (although they couldn't figure out why i kept leaking either). i didn't want to argue with them because they're doctors after all, even though i knew something was up. so at 3:00 they sent me home and told me to go to see my doctor in the morning to make sure. so we get home and andrew falls fast asleep, as for myself i get another gush of water at 3:30. and then again at 4:00. By this time i'm just counting down the time until i can call the doctor and figure out what is wrong with me. I called the doctor in the morning and talked to a nurse who told me that the litmus paper is so super sensitive so if there was any amniotic fluid they would know, so most likely i just pee'd my pants (apparently over and over). They tell me to come in at 9:50 (yeah that seems like forever on top of a sleepless, leaking night). I head to the doctors by myself because i told andrew the nurse thinks i just pee'd my pants, so he can just go to class at 10:15. I get to the doctors office and i'm struggling with my leaking problem, so there i am sitting on the bed and the doctor is asking me if i've been leaking, he goes to check me and i gush ALL OVER THE FLOOR!! Of course i'm all embarrassed, not only is this uncontrollable water coming out of me, but i didn't know if i was peeing or not! He just calmly tells me "well, i think it's safe to say your water has broken" THANK GOODNESS!! I quickly call andrew and catch him on his way to class and tell him they are sending me to the hospital and expecting me within an hour.
sooo in the hospital i got induced about 12:00 pm. Andrew called his parents right away when we got to the hospital, but my parents volunteer at the temple friday mornings until 12:00 (oregon time) so i couldn't tell him i was having a baby until 1:00, of course i couldn't tell anyone else either until my parents knew, so i had to wait. As soon as i could i called my parents and my mom started freaking out. they quickly went home and packed and headed over here as soon as they could. They got here Saturday about noon, and will be here for a couple weeks to help out. Meanwhile, I didn't even know i was having contractions until they hooked me up to the monitor and told me i was. i've been having braxton hicks contractions since about 6 months so i ignored all the tightening of the stomach. the contractions didn't hurt until a couple hours later, and as soon as they were hurting to the point where i had to concentrate on breathing the pain away (still not too bad, but not pleasant) the anesthesiologist came in and told me that he could give me the epidural within half and hour, or i would have to wait about three hours, so of course i took it then. I had already felt light headed when they gave me the IV so i was worried i would pass out with the epidural, i was so nervous! As i was selfishly thinking of myself and the huge needle that would soon be stuck into my back, i hear Andrew say "i'm not feeling well". Poor guy was about to pass out! Luckily, neither of us passed out, and the epidural was the best thing i've ever had in my life!!
The birth was so amazing, i'm so happy that i didn't feel any pain and that it was a wonderful experience for both Andrew and myself. i really didn't want andrew to have to see me in pain, and i didn't want to hate the whole experience. i spent about an hour and a half pushing, but it went by so fast. I would push during the contractions, and in between Andrew, the nurse, and myself would just talk and joke around. The doctor came in to catch the baby, when the head and arm was out he told me to reach down and hold my baby's hand while he was cleaning his face (ok i know that sounds gross, i was totally against doing this. i had seen people on tv do it and thought it was disgusting, but it was amazing!) so i was holding my little baby's hand, and then when his torso came out he told me to wrap my hand around his torso and pull. i pulled my baby out! it was so awesome! the whole labor and delivery experience was amazing. the most pain i felt was when they took the tape off my arm from the IV! (seriously...WAX JOB!) Colby Andrew Leith was born Friday July 16th 2010 at 9:47 PM weighing 6 lbs 12 oz and was 20 in. long. I'm glad the little guy decided to come early, if not he would have almost been a 9 lb baby! He was completely healthy and was able to come home with us Sunday morning. He's been such a blessing in our lives.
Wow, well that's the long story, and here's our little boy!
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