Hattie Claire Mills

As of April 6th at 3:23 in the afternoon, we added the newest member to our little family.  Hattie Claire Mills was born April 6th, weighing in at 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 20 inches long.  And like both of her parents, she was very stubborn in coming out because after being induced and being in labor for over 24 hours, I ended up having to get a c-section to get her out of there!  She could not be more perfect though and we love her to death! For the first almost two months she had to wear a brace because her right hip was clicking when she moved it, but other than that, she is growing big and strong and is now out of the brace.  Last night (July 14th, 2011 at about 9 pm) we put her on her tummy to play and for some tummy time and she rolled over onto her back! we were very excited! She is growing so fast, the time is flying by and as much as i love all of the different stages she goes through, it is going by way to fast!

Blessings in Disguise

Looking back on the last few weeks it is hard not to notice the blessings that have filled our life even with all of the craziness that is going on.  The main one being the incident with our apartment.  We love the apartment we are in right now.  Of course with an apartment there is always something that you wish was different or bigger, etc., but for the most part we love the apartment we live in right now.  The fact that it is a great price for how big it is really helps.  However, last week, we got a knock on our door and there standing in our doorway was a police officer with a foreclosure notice in hand.  To explain further, our apartment is basically a little house off of our landlords house, separated by a breezeway. However, since we are the same property as the landlords house, as of May, it was up in the air whether we were going to have a house to live in or not.  Of course this may not be that big of a deal for a married couple with no children, but for us, with the baby being only 8 weeks away, we decided that now would be the only good time to move for the next well, quite some time really.  So, we searched frantically for a new apartment and as it would turn out, we found a great 2 bedroom apartment in Rexburg a few blocks from our work and a few blocks from school and a few blocks from a park.  We had been wanting to get rid of stuff and just declutter our lives before the baby comes and it was perfect timing that we would have to move now because it is giving us a great opportunity to clean out pretty much our whole lives and get rid of a bunch of stuff!  Jared's parents are coming down to help us move and we always love visits from family and especially with me being as big as a whale and getting bigger by the day, it will be very helpful in the moving process.  We have plenty of wonderful friends down here too that have already volunteered to help us move as well which is such a blessing because I really don't want to go into labor while moving...not that I will, but who knows, it could happen.  So far this baby is a stubborn and single minded as both of its parents so if it is anything like either Jared or I in that way, who knows when this little baby will come into the world!!  I will be honest though, I really want to be done with this pregnancy...I know that it has been a very easy pregnancy in comparison to most pregnancies, but gaining 25 pounds in 7 1/2 months is not as fun as it looks.  I'm used to being relatively skinny and can't wait to get back into my cute pre-pregnancy jeans and all of the other cute clothes that I have hanging in my closet.  Plus the idea of being able to move around again like I used to makes me want to jump for joy!!  Jared has been so sweet about everything, and he even still thinks I'm beautiful and tells me all the time which makes each day much easier.  He also reminds me that I get a cute little baby out of the whole deal which makes me much happier about sacrificing my body until it is born, then back to being my skinny self shortly there after I hope!