Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there! I have always tried to get a present on mothers day because of my dogs. No one was ever falling for it. But now that I have my sweet baby girl I know the difference for sure!! Being a mother is the best thing I have ever done in my life! I love being a mom! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!

I am so thankful for my wonderful mother!! I have always loved her and appreciated her but now that I understand what it is to be a mom I have so much more love and respect for my own mother! She is so great to me! She is my one of my best friends!! I call her a million times a day just to say nothing and she is always ready to listen.

I am so thankful for my mother in law! She not only let me marry her son, but she has made me apart of the family. She is wonderful! She is always willing to help out whenever we need it! She is my second mom! I love her to death!

And I'm so lucky to be blessed with another mom, my step mom Polly! She is so good to me! I've learned so much from her. She is always willing to drop anything and help when I ask. She is so great for my dad too and I'm so happy they found each other! I am so blessed for my 3 wonderful moms!! They play such an important part in my life!! Love you Mom, Lori, and Polly!

MICHELLE WEEK!

Welcome to MICHELLE WEEK!! Yep I have declared it a holiday week dedicated to me! Now that I am officially a mom I have Mothers Day and my birthday is always the same week as Mothers Day as well. So instead of having 2 days in the week that are mine I have decided that the whole week is just mine! Yeah! So start celebrating! I am!

Skinny Jeans

So I just have to put it out there. Fat people shouldn't wear skinny jeans. I'm not being rude I'm being honest. If your not a smaller size don't do it. It just makes you look bigger than you really are. These people should wear pants that flatter them more. I am including myself in this band of skinny jeans as well. I know I am such a fashion diva and everyone should listen to me... lol

Smile

I was trying to get her to goo at the camera today. She wasn't really cooperative but we got a lot of cute smiles out of her! She loves being talked to! It's so fun that she is responding back now! It's makes life when Jaron gone a lot more fun! I always have someone to hang out with and talk to! She doesn't mind it either, I don't think!

TV

Alexis loves watching TV. She will only watch TV laying on the blanket and looking up. If I move her so she can see it normally she gets mad. It's so funny. She watched the whole episode of Real Housewives of New Jersey with me.

7 weeks

Alexis is 7 weeks old today! Weird how fast it has all gone!! She is getting big! The ways I hold her are starting to change because she getting so long. She has chunked up a little but not a ton. For the most part she is such a happy baby! She doesn't have colic every night anymore which I love. She rolled over on her own the other day! I had been video recording her and as soon as I stopped she did it. I tried to get her to do again but she couldn't. So I'm sure it was just one of those coincidence things.

She is starting to hate the bottle!! I giver her one once a day and she started hating it. But I didn't give in. So most of the time she is ok with it now. But she doesn't like anyone else feeding her besides me. It isn't a good thing sense I'm going to weening her. I feel like such a bad mom for doing it so soon! I was totally against the breast feeding thing until I had her. Sense her heart rate dropped and we weren't sure if she would have any other problems I didn't even think twice about trying it. Then decided it's not weird like I thought it was. And now that I'm thinking about stopping I feel so guilty!! I had thought about quiting so I can diet more but thought that can wait a few months. It's worth it to her. But I am getting such bad migraines all the time with nausea and I can't take my medicine for it until I stop nursing. So I think I'm going to stop. So yes you can call me selfish and bad mom because I feel that way!

I went to my 6 week check up the other day and tried to get a IUD. They wouldn't give it to me because I had a balance. I had already approved it through my insurance and they would pay for it in full. But they wouldn't because I owe money. They were such jerks about it too. Our insurance detectable changed to $2500 more than it was last year (and we hadn't planned on that) and I had to get a C-Section and that's a $1000 more so I have only paid half of it off. So I told them I would just go somewhere else and so I am. As much as I love my little girl I'm not ready for another one yet! Anyways that's my complaint of the week.

I finally tried my first Zumba class. I've been dieing to know what it is. I loved it! It is such a fun class! I suggest everyone try it!!

stuff...

Alexis loves being talked to! She is starting goo back at us! It is so fun!! Whenever I tell her she is a pretty girl she smiles back at me! It's like she's telling us she knows she is!

Alexis loves her binky! Some people say don't let your kids have them. And I am not one of those people! I think it is a life saver, especially on our colic nights! Well last night she had lost her binky and instead of crying about it she found her thumb! Now this is such a bad habit that I don't support. Because it's cute now but not when they get older! And you can't take there thumb away where you can there binky. So I took the picture because it was so cute! Then hurry and replaced it with the binky. I painted Alexis toes yesterday! She woke up while I was doing it so I didn't get to put a second coat on yet. I'm waiting to paint her finger nails because she always is trying to eat her hands.

We got a sling that was recalled and we finally went and exchanged it. Lexi loves it! She loves looking and around so we just walk around with her in and we can get things done. Don't worry she can still breath and is not suffocating. She's just a little short still for. She sucks on it so by the time we get her out it's drooled all over.

Jumper/Walker

We got Lexi a Jumper/Walker. I know it's way to early for it. But we found a great deal on KSL and thought we might as well get it now. We put her in it every once in a while and play with her in it. She loves it!! She can't reach the toys yet so I show her what they do and she just smiles and smiles. She's to freakin cute!!

Shopping Day

Last week I went to the Women's Expo and the mall with my mom and Alexis. It was a ton of fun!! Alexis is such a good shopper! She slept the whole time at the expo. Then at mall we just held her and she loved it. She just wanted to look at everything! I found the best shopping partner! I'm sure she also doesn't mind because I only buy her stuff.

Update on Life

If you haven't noticed I'm pretty obsessed with my baby!! She is the best thing in the world! I love being a mom!! Her colic is getting a little better! Thank you for all the helpful advice. She loves Gripe Water, and we're starting to do the massages to release the gas that really work. While Jaron is a way for work I send him about a million pictures of her. We never get sick of taking them so that is why we share them with everyone we don't care if you get sick of them. lol Alexis is growing a ton! She is getting longer and feeling out just a little bit more. She is starting to turn into a Mommy's girl and just wants me. I can't complain about that to much. She is responding back to us now and following us. It is so fun to have her smile back at us! She is barely starting to try and talk to us. She gets a few noises out here and there. They are so fun! Jaron isn't work as much as he was while I was pregnant, which is so nice! He hates leaving his little potato bug! It's very hard on us all. I'm attempting to get off the baby weight. It's coming but slower than I would like. Me and Alexis have enjoyed this great weather and love walk/jogs. Other than being a mommy I don't do much! Some crazy things that have happened in my family is my step dad had a heart attack on Saturday. My mom kept worrying he would. It was a very scary thing!! He had to get 3 stents put in. He is doing better now and is back home and we're happy for that. Alexis was worried about her Poppa Robb I'm sure! We're glad he's doing better! He's to young at 53 to have these kind of health problems! That is about all that is happening here!

1 week old Pictures

Last week I got Alexis's 1 week old pictures back. They turned out great!! My cousin's wife, Stephanie, took them and did a great job!! Alexis was not wanting her picture taken that day!! She cried for hours. We were finally able to get her to go to sleep. I'm so happy Stephanie was so patient with her!

Colic

Colic... Blah! Yep I think my little Miss Alexis has colic. She is such a great fun baby, but then 6pm rolls around and she starts getting fussy. You think she is out and then she gets all tense and starts crying hard. It takes her a few minutes to calm down then she's fine for a while and does it again. I've been reading into to see the best way to go about it. Gas drops help but doesn't take it away. The swing calms her a little but not fully. If you have any suggestions on what works that would be great! I would like to go to bed before midnight again.

Alexis's photo shoot

My sister Melissa came and stayed with me and Alexis when Jaron went back to a full week of work. It was great to have her here to help out and keep me company. She took some great pictures of Alexis as well!! I am in love with them. There were so many I just made a slide show of them instead. Alexis was 2 1/2 weeks old in them! I have some great ones of when she was a week old coming soon!

One Month

Alexis is a month old today! It's crazy! This past month has flown by! It is so fun to watch Alexis grow up! She has changed a lot! She still fits in her newborn clothes surprisingly. I thought she would be huge and wouldn't fit in them long. They are starting to get tight. She is starting to get into her 0-3 outfits which is so fun because I have so many cute outfits. I'm more excited for the cute shoes to fit too! She is a very strong baby! She loves to hold her head up and look around! Her favorite thing is talking to her. She will just smile and smile at us! We are so lucky to have a good baby!! She gets fussy but what baby doesn't. We get a ton of sleep! She'll go to bed around 11-1 and sleep 4 to 6 hours before waking up to eat again. So I only have to usually get up with her once a night. We love our Potato Bug and couldn't live with out her!!

Healing from a c-section isn't near as bad as I thought it would be!! Because I never pushed and had the emergency c-section I wasn't sore or worn out. The first week was a little painful but after that it hasn't been a big deal. The scar sucks but it is pretty low so I should be able to where most bikini's still... That is if I laser all my stretch marks. I have a million. It sucks!! I'm hating the weight issue but I'm trying and working on it. It is harder to loose than I thought it would be. Someday I will get my body back!! I can not wait!! If you have any great suggestions on great ways to loose weight while nursing I'd love to hear them!

Vegas Vaca

We took Alexis on her first mini vacation. It was a lot of fun to get out of the house! Alexis did great in the car! We stopped in St. George and hung out with Jaron's family and went to dinner. Then we went to Las Vegas for my step brothers wedding. It was really great to see all my step family down there because we rarely see each other anymore! The wedding was beautiful. They got married in the Las Vegas temple. We were there when they came out and took pictures. Alexis didn't love the pictures because of the wind and cried the whole time. We were those parents that couldn't there baby to stop crying. It was great. There lunch in had great food! And the reception was gorgeous! They decorated great!! I'm so happy to get my new sister in law Kim!! We love her so much!! My step brother has been dating her for around 5ish years. So we have got to know her very well and are excited she is officially part of the family! We stayed just a few blocks off the strip so we could avoid the smokey casino's for Alexis. We were still able to go walking on the strip. Alexis loved it.., She slept in her stroller the whole time. There isn't a ton to do in Vegas when you have a baby. It's not like you can go to the casino and ask for a car seat holder to put next to you. lol We still had a blast!! We ordered a lot of room service and relaxed a ton. On the way home we stopped back in St. George to have lunch with Jaron's family. It was great to be able to spend so much time with family and with my cute little family! We really enjoyed getting away!!

Happy Easter

Alexis was spoiled for Easter!! Between me and Jaron and all her grandparents she got a ton of stuff!! I had to go shopping a ton for the perfect Easter basket! But I found it and loved it! She got from us a new outfit, bubbles, a book, a Easter bunny blanket with a rattle, a lady bug toy, tights and her dress. My mom made her dress and got her a soft stuff lamb. My dad and Polly got her a stuffed bear with bunny ears. Her Great Grandma and Grandpa Van gave her money. And Lori and Gary got her a outfit with shoes, her first cabbage patch doll, bunny ears, and candy. So see she got spoiled! It was like Christmas for her!! Jaron got home in the morning and was able to spend the holiday his girls. We were also able to eat a great meal at his parents house and spend time with his family. Jaron and I got a new pair of sandals and candy. It's way more fun buying our potato bug stuff then us now! Hope everyone else had a great Easter!!