A visit from The Kenney's!!

so last month Mary, Jared and Noah came out to visit! It was so good to see them and to spend so much time with them! They were busy busy out here in Utah building playgrounds and gazebos, recording stuff, catching up, and playing games. I did not get a family picture of them but did get a picture with Mary....arn't we so cute? That is Walter btw

Unfortunately, on the last day mary and jared were here in Utah I told Carol to get a picture of them playing games with the family (because I was busy with Walter) and these were the pictures she took.....

Mary playing games with seth's head in the photo

Mary busy playing games.....

  

Seth posing in a picture with Mary playing games in the background...

 

And finally a picture of them both playing games together!

 Hm...not sure she knew what I was looking for.....almost all of the family was over that night to say goodbye. fortunately for the sainsbury's it looks like we are the only ones who hung out with Mary :)

it has been difficult getting used to a new schedule with Walter and with not always having access to a car but I am getting the hang of things and I am excited to find more things to do.

I'm so tired.......


life has been awesome with our little guy, but I cannot believe how little sleep I get. To be honest it was much worse his first two weeks. Yet after reading a few baby books/web pages/ blogs, I feel like Walter should be sleeping better and longer. When is his schedule supposed to be seven hours of sleep consistently?

sometimes i get so frustrated but who can stay frustrated at a face like this...

Walter is our handsome little man and makes me thank my heavenly father for every second of everyday I get to see his smiling/crying/upset/hungry/ tired face. :)

Baby Walter

The greatest blessing to our family! Walter was 8lbs 11 oz, and today at week two he weighed in at 9 lbs 12 oz. I have a bad feeling that all of my babies will be born toddler sized. :)

We have been greatly blessed to have a lot of family to love and support us! Thank you to everyone who called, visited, and prayed for us! We definitely needed the help.

Here are a few pictures for those who haven't been able to cuddle this handsome boy yet!

we would have posted a picture of us going into the hospital but i was in a lot of pain and probably would have yelled at seth if he would have suggested a photo op.

so here is a picture of us five days before walter was born, this was the day we celebrated Seth's birthday at the Call's Sunday dinner. I made a cake and specifically decided not to focus in on it; however, you will notice that it is present in the picture. it may or may not have looked very similar to the cake that Hagrid made for Harry Potter.

So I never thought I would walk into the hospital when I would be having labor contractions but I did. Seth offered to pull up to the front and get a wheelchair but I was too worried that the nurses were going to check me and I would be dilated to a two like at my doctors apt four days earlier. I was in pain for sure, every 4-5 min lasting 30 seconds but I guess Hollywood makes everything look a lot more dramatic.

This is us, probably an hour before delivery! Look how happy we are, I would have been screaming at this point had it not been for the epidural. I did notice before the epidural that with my contractions I felt a lot better if I just didn't talk, move, or think. Once I got the epidural I could not believe how good I felt! 

I pushed for about twenty minutes and yay! we became parents to a healthy baby boy

post hospital pictures.....

we were trying to get a good picture of him next to this cute rhino we were given by Sherie Dotson and couldn't quite put him next to it so here is our best attempt to measure 1 week old walter

Amanda and Chase came and visited with their two precious children yesterday. We just had to get a picture of the two baby cousins. Baby walter is a few weeks younger than baby logan but I can see him outweighing his cousin very soon.....

Last but not least! Seth is the cutest dad! he is always so willing to help out with the baby even at 3 in the morning when he has class at 8 am! I love him and I am so grateful for a husband that loves hanging out with his baby boy

 

Tis the season!!! (to catch up in the blogosphere) :) so i can never figure out how to get the pictures just right and put words around them so i decided to not worry about it and post them separately! Seth and I have been super busy with work and with school. Seth is in his senior year of his undergraduate and first year masters student. He is doing really well! Seth has chosen an internship in New York City. We are so excited for what the future holds for us!  
As for baby sainsbury we are 33 weeks along and I CANNOT believe how much he is kicking! I could tell from watching all my pregnant sisters that pregnancy was hard but...I did not realize how uncomfortable it is. One example that I constantly deal with every night is waking up and realizing i need to switch sides from left to right and so I gather all of my strength, grab my belly and roll...ten minutes later i do the same thing.
We took some pictures of us and the baby bump hopefully you can see it :)
The other pictures are of Mary coming and visiting over the holiday season. We were sad that Jared couldn't come out too but it was probably better that he studied for his boards. It was so much fun playing with baby Noah! He is such a cutie! and mary is cool too! Love you mary glad we could see you Mary and Noah. 
The last picture is of Christmas morning! We spent christmas with the Sainsbury's this year and it was a blast! I wish I had a picture of the family together but only have one of seth and I and our present pile. Notice my pregnant pjs....seth picked them out, they are soooo comfy. I am so thankful for Seth and for our families. This year has been a crazy one and everyone has made it so wonderful! Happy New Years Everyone!

We are having a baby boy! This isn't our best photo shoot but.....meh I figured if my sister blogged that I am having a baby before I do that she will probably post a better picture of me in the future!

 love you doreenie!

24 weeks along

I'm GRADUATING!!!! YAY!

I am not quite sure what to do for announcements...what information am I supposed to include? Am I supposed to send out announcements like I did in high school?