Shay's Shouts

Rawlee's Blessing

2011-02-11T21:08:00.000-08:00

My beautiful baby girl!
Our Family and cousin Max!

My mom's family. They all traveled from far distances to be with us on Rawlee's special day

On Jan. 9 we blessed Rawlee. It was such a great day, filled with lots of family. Jarrett gave such a wonderful blessing. We then had brunch out at the Middle School. It was delicious. I though Rawlee's dress was so cute. I searched the state and couldn't really find anything that I liked (I'm told that I'm rather picky). So I found this one on-line and fell in love. The only problem was it had been discontinued and the only size they had left was 6-9 months. At the time she was still wearing newborn. So my mom used her skills and took it all apart and altered it perfectly. It turned out great.

Christmas

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Ryder's favorite things he got for Christmas were a couple of new guns and some chaps

that my dad made hime. He has taken this gun everywhere with him. We had to

fight him to not take it to church!

My kidos in their Christmas PJ's Christmas eve. Ryder looked like where's Waldo,

but he insisted on wearing the hat.

Jarrett's gingerbread (grahm cracker) semi. Talented!

Ryder and Jarrett decorating a gingerbread house.

Ryder and Rawlee with Santa and Mrs. Clause at the Childs' party. Ryder didn't love him at all.

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so nice to be off work and really enjoy the holiday season. Ryder was a little more excited this year than the years past, but still really didn't get it. He opened one present on Christmas (his guns) and then was done. Jarrett and I had to open the rest of his presents, but it was still fun. Jarrett and I got a nice big camera, that does video too. I'm really excited for that. I got Jarrett a new welder that he has been wanting for the past couple of years, so that was fun. Hope everyone had a great Christmas too!

Update!

2010-11-23T11:42:00.000-08:00

Our cute princess!
Ryder is obsessed with this rocking horse my uncle made him! Lately he has wanted Woody to ride with him. So I have to tuck Woody's hands in Ryder's pants to keep him on! Not his atractive outfit with the feather in the hat.

A few pictures of Rawlee's room. There are still a few things that I need to get done, but it is coming together. It is very girly which was fun to do, because my son is ALL BOY! My mom and I made her bedding, cause I search forever to find something I like and never did.

Things are going well with the new baby. She sleeps and eats great and hardly ever cries. I'm starting to get a little board not working, so it's a good thing that the holidays are right around the corner to give me something to. It might be a long 12 weeks, but I know when the time comes, I'm not going to want to go back to work. I got Rawlee's picutres back to day. They turned out so cute! I will try and post them soon.

She's Here and Halloween!

2010-11-02T15:39:00.000-07:00

Ryder was a cute little giraffe for Halloween. I got this from pottery barn. He loved it

Our cute little princess!

Rawlee's costume. I made her a cute little tutu, she had leg warmers and a Halloween onsie on. My mom fashioned a cute tulle bow that just topped things off.

Ryder loves his baby sister!

Her first picture.

Jarrett all geared up to go to the OR. Love how the boots tie the outfit together!

Ralwee Shay Coates arrived Friday Oct. 29, 10 @ 0724. She weighed 6 pounds 8 oz. and was 19 inches long. She has just a little dark fuzz on her head but not much. She looks like a feminine version of Ryder but every time I look at her she changes. She is perfect. She is a really good baby, very mellow. Ryder has adjusted much better than I thought he would. He is very concerned about what Rawlee is doing. He's a little confused about the whole nursing thing and wonders what Rawlee is doing to mom.

I was still in the hospital for Halloween so I made Rawlee a little costume and Ryder came so I could get pictures of my kids together, then Jarrett took Ryder to Aurora to go trick or treating. I was sad that I couldn't do Halloween with Ryder this year, but luckily the weekend before our ward had a Halloween party. It was a lot of fun, we all dressed up, ate, played games and the kids trick-or-treated.
We were able to bring Rawlee home on Sunday. I was amazed at how good I felt. There was a huge difference in the recovery from Ryder's c-section to this one. With Ryder I was almost 2 weeks over due and in labor for like 60 hours before I went back to the OR. This time it was so nice I was only 38 5/7 weeks and no labor. I feel so much better just a little sore but doing great.

We love our little girl and are so happy to finally have her here. She is so precious!

Growning Up!

2010-09-17T09:49:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Ryder's room with his toddler bed. I wanted to get some pictures of his room while it still looked like a little boy lived there. We had to get him a twin bed so that we could move the crib into Rawlee's room. He just seems like a big boy now with a big bed. He thinks it is so fun to jump on his new bed.

Ryder on his horse Bob!

He has also started to ride the horses by himself in his very own saddle. He thinks that he is so neat! Jarrett bungies's his legs down so he won't fall off. Ryder could stay on the horse all day long. He seems so big riding all by himself. Such a brave boy.
Ryder is such a nerd. He is obsessed with his little 4-wheeler. He rides it everywhere (in the house, outside, everywhere). He makes Jarrett put it in the back of his truck all the time too. He found this basket the other day and said that its helmet. So now he rides his 4-wheeler with his basket helmet.

Summer Happenings

2010-07-29T10:01:00.000-07:00

My little cowboy! He is so cute!

Ryder loves to be with his dad. We had to hurry and brand cows before they went on the mountain. Ryder was so excited to get to see the baby cows. He got to stay with us for a few hours while we gathered them up, but it rained the rest of the day so he had to go with grandma Dana. He was sad.

The last weekend in June we went to Bear Lake with my mom's family. We rented a nice big cabin. We spent time at the lake, playing minute to win it games and of course eating. It was really nice to see my mom's family, we don't all get together very often. I didn't take very many pictures, because my dad took tons, but I did snap a photo of Ryder in his new Woody towel. He loved it, he wouldn't take it off. I thought it was kind of cute!

Here are my boys on the 4th. I had to work the entire weekend of the 4th so we didn't do anything exciting cause I had to sleep. We went to the parade and the park for a little bit, but nothing too great.

Angie and I sporting our camp shirts. I had a small budget this year, so we couldn't get sweatshirts, so I found these shirts for $1.50 and we jazzed them up with homemade fabric flowers. We also made some really cute matching bracelets.

I was girls camp director again this year. It was a really fun year. The stake was in charge this year, so we all went up Fairview Canyon to the same camp that I went to all my years. It brought back lots of memories for Angie and I. It was so fun getting to go to Camp with by best friend Angie and Heather. They both just got put in the young womens a few months ago. I think that the leaders had more fun than the girls. In the picture is the leaders (Angie, Katie, Vikki, Heather and I). Yes I know that I am large!

Zoo Birthday and Memorial Day!

2010-06-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

Jarrett, Ryder and Max at the zoo. The boys loved the giraffe

Lovely family picture. The boys look so thrilled!

Max and Ryder are the best of buds!

Ryder with my dad. He is checking out the monkeys.

He was a little scared of them!

Ryder on his new 4-wheeler. He pushes this everywhere!

Ryder was pumped about his new bike. Here he is on the track.

Testing it out.

Max and Ryder blowing out the candle for like the 30th time!

Mickey cake. Kind of special looking but Ryder loved it!

Uncle Jake enjoying the celebration!

Family picture rocking the Mickey ears!

Cousin Max

My mom and dad

Ready to hit the trail!

I forgot to turn this picture obviously. But it's Jake and Ryder

The group! Colby McClellen, Me, Ryan Frandsen, Jake, Taylor

Bumgardner, Sean Olsen, Jarrett, Ryder, Dad and Mom.

So this is a super long post I know and I did it backwards and not is chronological order but oh well. For Memorial Day we didn't do anything to fabulous, but Monday we kept with tradition and went 4-wheeling up 12 mile to battle the mud. This is always my favorite ride of the year and this year was the snowiest, muddiest one yet. We went with my mom and dad, my little brother Jake, 2 cousins Colby and Taylor and 2 of Jake's friends Ryan and Sean (we refere to them and Aunt Ryan and Aunt Sean at my house, cause they are always with Jake and Ryder loves them!). It was way fun to go riding we had to go through tons of snow drifts and we weren't able to make it up very far. Deep Lake was still frozen solid which was crazy for the last day of May.

On June 3 my baby turned 2. Well I guess he doesn't act like a baby anymore so I really shouldn't call him that. We just had a little BBQ for his big day at our house with Jarrett's mom and dad and my mom and dad, cousin Max and uncle Jake. Ryder is in love with Mickey Mouse (well really Minnie and Daisey) lately so I attempted to make a Mickey cake. It was kind of special but it worked. He got tons of great stuff. We got him a little bike. It is so small it is the cutest thing ever. We have this empty lot next to us. All the neighborhood kids love to ride their bikes on it (they call it the track) and Jarrett has make a few jumps for them out their. Ryder loves to watch them ride and always goes and hangs out with them. He thinks he is so big. As soon as he saw his bike he took it over to the track to ride his bike. It was cute.

The Saturday after Ryder's birthday we took him to the zoo. My mom and dad and Jarrett's parents and his nephew Max came with us. It was so fun to see the little boys get so excited about the animals. Max and Ryder are only 6 months apart and love to hang out with each other. It was a great day, topped off with a little shopping for our nameless little girl!

It's A GIRL!

2010-05-26T23:51:00.000-07:00

So on Monday I had an ultrasound at 16 weeks with the soul purpose to find out the gender of our baby (I think I would have died if I had to wait any longer). To all of our surprise we found out that it was a GIRL! I think it still hasn't really set in yet. Both Jarrett and I were sure that it was going to be another boy and we were totally fine with that. I know what to do with boys, I have boy toys, blankets, clothes, my entire house is boy stuff. So we were very shocked when she said it was a girl. Jarrett just sat there and said are you sure? We very excited though. I nervous about a girl though. There are so many cute girl things out there that I'm never going to have money anymore! I could spend my whole paycheck on clothes for this baby. We don't know about names yet. I should have known it would be a girl just for that reason. When I was pregnant with Ryder we knew exactly what the name would be if it was a girl, and now we have boy names, but no girl names. I still have 23 weeks to pick a name so it will be alright. We just can't wait to meet our cute girl!

Very Long Overdo!

2010-05-19T15:43:00.000-07:00

We finally got our extra bathroom redone so I thought maybe we would try our hand at potty training. I bought Ryder this little seat that goes on the normal seat. He loves it and uses it daily, but not the way I wish he would. He thinks it makes a perfect hat. I guess it's a good thing that he hasn't ever used it with its intended purpose.

So Ryder was out side playing and I heard a little knock at the door. When I opened it Ryder was standing there with a bunch of flowers. I was so sad! I planted over 60 bulbs last fall. I now have not one flower to show for it. Some of them just didn't make it, but those that did fell victim to Ryder.

Ryder helping his dad build something. He loves his dad

and has to do everything that his dad does.

Ryder in his cute Easter outfit. He looked so dang handsome.

This is one of the saddles that Jarrett won back in the day and we have to display in our family room. Ryder loves it though. Everyday he climbs up there with his rope and hat and pretends to rope things for hours and yell "yee haw". Its quite entertaining to watch and listen to him. He is a funny boy.

Things for us are pretty much the say. We just seem to stay busy with work, church calling, cows, family and friends. Jarrett spends all of his extra time outside creating and constructing stuff. He has been building horse stalls in our back yard lately. Ryder is busy as ever. Always finding something to get into. He has gotten really good at throwing fits. I guess this is what the terrible two's are all about (love it!) Jarrett, Ryder and I were able to go through the temple May 1 and be sealed as a family. It was a really awesome day! And lastly Jarrett and I are expecting our 2nd child Nov. 7. We are really excited, but even more scared! Most days I wonder what we have gotten ourselves into. It will be fun though and my cousing Morgan and his wife are due 2 days after me. I will have to have another c-section so I will have that Oct 29 so we will have a fun little halloween baby. We go to find out what we are having on Monday the 24. I can't wait to start making and buying things.

18 Months Old

2010-01-20T12:43:00.000-08:00

We took Ryder to Kiddie Kandids to get his pictures done for Christmas. Jarrett

had got him a new cowboy hat and rope that he his obsessed with so we thought

we would do cowboy pictures. He was such a good boy and smiled really good.

I thought they turned out pretty good. I am sad that Kiddie Kandids is now gone.

It was nice to just hurry and get some cute quick pictures.

A Few Random Pictures

2010-01-10T22:09:00.000-08:00

This is one of Ryder's favorite outfits. When he wakes up in the morning he will usually

come out of his room carring his boots and hat. This is him around 9am waiting for

his breakfast decked out in his PJ's acsented with his cowboy boots and hat.

My son is all boy. This is him doing one of his favorite things (riding his bull). He spends

hours on this thing, and he really gets after it. He usually has at least 4 ropes tied around

the bull and one in his hand. Also note he is wearing his favorite outfit again.

The middle of Nov. my friend Angie, cousins: Marci, Jessica (7 days before she had her baby), and Cheyenne and I went to Good Things Utah (I'm pretty much addicted to the show). It was way fun! Before we left we were already planning our next trip. After the show we went to lunch and spent the rest of the day shopping. It was a great girls day!

Family Pictures

2010-01-10T21:55:00.000-08:00

Ryder loves playing with the steering wheel. He got so excited when we

stuck him in this old truck.

So I'm playing catch up again, but I'm hoping that now that life is some what back to normal with the holidays over I can stay a little more on top of things. The middle of Nov. I had my dad take some family pictures for me. We just went out west and found a few spots. I think they turned out pretty good. Ryder was way good so that made it a little easier. I haven't got all of them edited yet, but hopefully one day.

Halloween

2009-11-08T21:48:00.000-08:00

The Boys! Don't they look so excited? Ryder, Kyler,

Keaton (Angie's boys) and PJ (Angie's nephew)

I look retarded by I was a witch

I got him a cute little skeleton bag from Pottery Barn with his name on it.

He has been in love with it for weeks.

For halloween Ryder was the cutest little zebra. He didn't so much enjoy the holiday. All day long I tried to get him to take a nap with no sucess. So when it was time to dress up and go out he was so dang tired and ornery. We got a few pictures, then decided to go out to my great grandma's and before we even made it a block he was out. So no trick or treating for Rydie.

We also had a little get together at my friend Angie's house. We had soup bowls and played games. It was fun!

My house

2009-10-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

Before

After

So ever since we bought this house I have wanted to get the ugly thing painted and we finally got it done. I know that we really need to do some landscaping. You would think that since my husband did that for a living this summer I would have a

nice looking yard, but maybe next year. It just nice to have the house painted

at least. It was funny when people would come in the house for the first time.

They were all shocked at the way it looked on the inside compared to the outside.

Well its not perfect, but slowly getting better.

White Coat and Horses

2009-09-07T12:18:00.000-07:00

Jake showing off the white coat

Ryder giving a cheeser smile. He loves his uncle Jake

If you didn't know Jake was accepted into Pharmacy school. It is a 3 year program. He is also in the MBA program, so in 3 years he will have his PhD and his MBA. To start the 3 year journey of Pharmacy school they have a White Coat Ceremony. My mom, Ryder and I went up to watch Jake get his White Coat and become official. It was a neat little ceremony. We are so proud of Jake!

Jarrett, Shayla and sleeping Ryder

Jodi and Chris

A couple of weeks ago, Jarrett and I decided to go on a horse ride. So we invited Jarrett's sister Jodi and her husband Chris and Jarrett's friend Kent and his wife BoWynn. It was really nice. Jarrett was riding a colt so Ryder rode with me. We went about 11 miles and Ryder was so good he loved every minute of it, but about 20 minutes before we made it back to the trailer he fell to sleep. It made it a little tricky trying to ride with a sleeping baby but we made it. It was a nice little family outing!

Girls Camp and George

2009-08-13T16:56:00.000-07:00

Bad picture of George! But he is so dang cute!

Jarrett and I went to see in concert the man I have the biggest crush on George Strait. I have loved him pretty much since birth. We missed the 2 opening acts, but George made up for it

My dad hiked the Nipple with us. I was very impressed for

being an old man he

was a regular ol' mountian goat!

I was in charge of Girls Camp this year. We spent 2 nights at 12 mile flats. It was so much fun. I went with a great group of girls. For our hike we climbed the Nipple. None of the leaders or girls had ever hiked it and I think that everyone needs to do it at least once. The girls thought that it was awesome! We also went caynoing, played steal the flag, did crafts, went to the swing and had a testimony meeting with a speaker. It was a great couple of days!

Clark Bown came up and spent the night. He brought up with him a dead rattle snake that he had froze all coiled up. Mellissa Judy and I were the last out of bed one morning so he stuck it right out side our tent. It was the first thing I saw when I unzipped the tent. It freaked me out so bad, I swore as loud as I possibly could. I was so pissed I hate snakes!

Green Paint!

2009-07-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago Ryder had been out of control all day and I had had it! I sat down to fold clothes and at that point I really didn't care what Ryder was doing. It was really quiet for a long time, then I could hear Ryde falling down and it sounded like he was slipping. This is what I saw when I turned the corner. I about died! Luckily it came off the floor really well. His onesie went in the garbage and the baseboards will have to be painted. Oh what a kid I have!

Ryder's 1st B-Day

2009-06-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

Ryde going to town on his cake. He was a mess!

My attempt at a pig cake

Ryde and his cow pinata
For Ryder's big day we had a fun little party with some of our family and friends. We got together for a barnyard themed BBQ. It was so fun. Ryder is obsessed with barnyard animals. So we had a cow pinata which he loved. He kept mooing at it. We had cow pattern balloons, and I attempted to make a pig cake. It was great weather and it was a perfect day to celebrate Ryder. He got tons of presents (thanks everyone) and loved all the attention. I can't believe that my baby is 1. He acts like such a big boy. Love you little boy!

Grandpa's 80th

2009-06-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

Ryder and his great-grandpa Chuck

My cute little fam at grandpa's dinner

My Grandpa Chuck turned 80 the end of April. So all my mom's family got together and had a celebration for him and the great influence he is in our life. My mom gathered a ton of pictures of his life and mad a book out of them. It was really fun to see him as a little boy and read some of the stories of his life. It was a fun weekend. Ryder also got a big boy car seat, and loves it. When we first put him in it, he just laughed and laughed.

Rydre's 1 year old Pictures

2009-06-10T16:21:00.000-07:00

It's official that I really suck at blogging, but here is a small attempt to make up for it. These are a few of the pictures that we got taken at Kiddie Kandid's. Ryder did such a good job and smiled so cute! I can't believe my baby is 1!

Easter

2009-04-26T14:49:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to for Easter Sunday so that Ryder could wear his new clothes. I think he looks so dang cute! I love Children's Place. He had just woke up in these pictures, so he's a little ornery and wouldn't smile, but he's cute anyways!

Oh and by the way he is now walking. For the past 4 weeks he will walk like 10-20 steps at a time, but now he walks everywhere all the time!

Ryders' Easter Basket

2009-04-17T15:17:00.000-07:00

My mom made up this really cute Easter Basket for Ryde. It had books and stuffed animals and candy, but he didn't care about any of that. He just wanted the shredded paper in the bottom. He laughed and played with it for hours. He is a funny boy!

Catch Up!

2009-03-02T12:29:00.000-08:00

So I have been a huge slacker lately and haven't updated like I should. So here are some random pictures (cause that's really what people want to see).

For some reason Ryder is obsessed with the dishwasher. Anytime it is open he is right there to help. One day I left it open while I ran to the bathroom and this is what I found when I returned. He just loves to get in it.

Ryder and his cousin Max mounted on their new steeds they got for Christmas. Max is 6 months older, but you'd never guess by looking at them. They love to play together and I'm sure one day they are going to be trouble!

When I come home in the morning I always find Ryder sleeping in weird positions. It doesn't bother him one bit that he is sleeping on his face.

Ryder loves his baths! He goes crazy and in this tub it is more like swimming for him. Anytime he hears any water running in the bathroom he is right there wanting to take a bath.

So I told you about our puppy. Well he is just growing like crazy! He is a really good dog and is all house trained. Our neighbors (Jarrett's grandparents) have some chickens or I guess I should say had some chickens cause Shooter killed them. The other day we were all outside talking to some people in the ward and their 6 little kids. Shooter came around the corner with something in his mouth. Yep it was a chicken leg with feathers, flesh, meat, blood and bone. I was mortified!

Shooter

2009-02-04T13:19:00.000-08:00

Ryder is so ticked that Shooter is touching him! He hates his puppy!

This is Ryder's new puppy Shooter. Jarrett thinks that every boy needs a puppy, but Ryder hates his! I was really surprised that we got this picture of them sitting so close together and Ryder not freaking out. Anytime Shooter gets anywhere near Ryder starts grunting and yelling. He now is getting to the point that he likes to look at Shooter from a distance, but hates to be anywhere near him! Jarrett really hopes that one day they can be best buds and I'm sure they will be. Shooter is a really good dog. He lives inside and is pretty well behaved for being a puppy! We like to have him at our house.

The Jumper

2009-02-02T18:04:00.000-08:00

Ryder loves his jumper! He will spend hours in it. He doesn't look too excited, but I promise he really does love it.

6 months old!

2008-12-23T00:24:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it but our baby is now 6 months old. We went and got his pictures taken at Kiddy Kandids. I think the ugliest guy on earth took his pictures. He looked like some rapist or something and Ryder hated him! I thought that the pictures were going to be horrible, cause Ryder wouldn't stop crying, then all of a sudden he started to smile. I think either the guy's ugliness grew on him or he thought it was funny. Anyways the pictures turned out good and I am so happy with them.
Ryder is such a good boy! He eats great, he sleeps for 12 hours through the night and he is just content and happy 99% of the time. He has been a challenge however with the Christmas tree and presents. I think he learned how to crawl just so he could destroy my tree. He crawls so stinking fast and can get anywhere. He also is really good at sitting and the other day he went from laying to sitting all by his self. He also can walk along the couch. I don't think its going to be long before we have our hands completely full. He is such a busy body and always on the go! We love our little boy so much! He is the light of my life.

This Cowboys Hat!

2008-12-01T11:35:00.000-08:00

Note the wet shirt from all his drool! He drools non-stop and no he's not teething!

The other day Jarrett was getting Ryder dressed so we could run to Richfield, and Ryder's boots didn't fit. Jarrett was just beside himself, so on the way out we had to stop at Burn's to get new boots. We got cute new boots and Jarrett just had to get this hat. It is so big! But it's cute and it makes Ryder's dad so proud. We love our little cowboy!

Haloween!

2008-12-01T11:25:00.000-08:00

Ashtyn, Ryder, Stockton and Bryndee

My fire breathing Dragon!

I know that Halloween was forever ago, but I figure better late than never. Plus my camera got stolen right after Halloween so I had to wait and get pictures from my mom.

For Halloween Ryder was a dragon, and he hated it. The head part drove him nuts, so it was really hard to get a good picture of him. He was so stinking cute though! We didn't do anything exciting cause I had to work that night so we had just enough time to snap a few shots and visit a few people.

All About Baby!

2008-11-27T03:07:00.000-08:00

Such a fun tag!!
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? At my house.
2- Who was with you? I had just got home from work early one morning.
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy Test.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? I freaking crapped my pants, but I knew it already.
5- Who was the first person you told? I called Jarrett and woke him up bright and early at 5 am
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? No!
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Ya Jarrett told everyone he knew that day.
8-Was everybody happy for you? Not at first. It was a major shock
9- Did you go out and celebrate? No Jarrett had to take a load of cows to California that night and I went with his mom and sister to the Taste of Homes Cooking Show.
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Of course. I had to have everything prefectly prepared.
11- What was the sex? BOY!! Jarrett was so excited he couldn't stand it!
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? yes
13- If yes, who? My mom and Aunt Anne. My aunts also had a shower for me during a family party.
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? No, they were all way cute.
15- How much weight did you gain? about 40lbs (Rude question!) Tons of water weight after 40 weeks
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yea, but I'm still flabby around the mid-section
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Tons of them!
18- What did you crave the most? I ate so much icecream. Gallons and gallons of Mint Chocolate Chip Icream!
19- Did you crave anything crazy? No not really.
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Well just when people would say "Your not very big" I felt huge!
21- Were you married at the time? No
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not really. Around 34-36 weeks they thought that I had really bad IUGR and had to go to Provo to see a speacialist, but she said everything looked ok and it was!
23- Where were you when you went into labor?I never really went into labor!
24- Did your water break? Not by myself!
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Jarrett and I actually walked over the day I was induced
26- Did you go early or late? LATE! I was exactly 41 weeks!
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Jarrett, RN, scrub nurse, Respiratory Therapy and 3 Doctors!
28- How long were you in labor for? Forever! I was started on Sunday and didn't have him until Tuesday Night!
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Ya I had 3 different epidurals!
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? C- Section
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? I just wanted to know if he had blond hair and who he looked like. I could hear him cry so I knew he was ok. I could see anything cause my eyes were pretty much swollen shut!
32- How big was the baby(s)? 6lb 12oz. 21 inches long.
33- Did your Husband cry? Ya he did! He started crying the when we headed back to the OR. He was so nervous I kept telling him it was going to be ok instead of the other way around.
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Ryder D. Coates
35- Does his name have any significant meaning? Jarrett was dead set on the name from the minute we found out he was a boy and D. is Jarrett's middle name. Nothing else really went with Ryder.
36- Did you have any visitors? Yep, lots of family, friends and all my co-workers dropped in!
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? No, thank goodness!
38- How old is your baby today? 5 months and 24 days.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Who knows... Not for quite awhile though!
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes, of course. I had the easiest pregnancy ever. No morning sickness ( I didn't throw up once), No compilcations and I could work up to the day I had him. And he is so worth it!
41- tag 5: Marci, Jodi, Cheryl, Andy, Wendy

Jarrett's wardrobe choices!

2008-11-08T03:28:00.000-08:00

The other night I had to work and Jarrett got off work early, but had to go get some cows in or something so Cheryl said that she would watch Ryder for a little bit (she is always so great to help me out!). I was running behind like usual and I wanted to hurry and vote before going to work, so Jarrett stopped by the house to help me get things ready. I had him change Ryder's clothes. He came out with a onesie that he had bought that says, "My Pee Pee's Bigger Than Yours." I told him that Ryder could not wear that and to get a different one, but Jarrett assured me that it was alright cause he would have his sweatshirt over the top. I didn't have time to argue so away we went.
Well Cheryl had to take Ryder with to a viewing and like always Ryder spit up on himself. When he did this his sweatshirt had to come off, exposing his graphic onesie for all to see! Not the most appropriate outfit for a viewing. I'm so embarrassed I can't believe I'm repeating this story! Cheryl probably is too! Never the less Jarrett is in trouble for that one and will no longer get to choose what Ryder wears out in public.

I'd post a picture of the pretty onesie, but my camera has come up missing!

Finally!

2008-11-03T01:46:00.000-08:00

On Friday Jarrett and I finally closed on our house. It has been the longest process in the world. We started working on buying this house in June, but quickly found out that we were dealing with a very dishonest guy.
We closed on it once in August. It needed a lot of work so we started frantically working on it to have it all done before the wedding. We got the master bedroom painted and the new carpet laid and Ryder's room painted. The day before the wedding we moved our bed in and a few clothes, then later that night we found out that the title company had screwed up and the guy owed more than we bought it for and he wasn't going to pay the difference.
We had no where else to go so we have been half way living there (we sleep there, but spend most of our time at my parents house). We had to go about buying it a different way. We have run into problem after problem, but on Friday it finally became ours (hopefully!). I'm still a little nervous that they are going to say there are more problems. I can't wait until it is all done and we have more furniture than our bed and a few lawn chairs and when we can watch something besides a DVD and I can cook, clean and do laundry at my own house! I can't wait!

Halloween Party!

2008-10-29T10:55:00.001-07:00

Jarrett and I went to a couples Halloween party. A lot of the couples in our ward were there. We ate and played games. We went as Bret Micheals and Cyndi Lauper. This picture isn't the best but Jarrett looked really 80's! You also can't see my killer leg warmers! We had really good time! It was really fun to get dressed up!

Honeymoon!

2008-10-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

For our honeymoon, Jarrett planned a nice little trip up to Jackson Hole. We stayed at the Four Seasons Resort. It was so stinking nice and wonderful. We rode up through Grand Teatons and Yellow Stone.

One evening we went up to Mammoth Hot Springs to watch the elk rut. We were eating dinner and noticed a bunch of cows come down the hill, then a big bull came down. He walked about three feet in front of Ryder and I (it was a little scarey!). Then he started bugeling and all of a sudden another big bull came down the hill. It was really neat to watch these two big bulls fight over the cows and bugle at each other. They never physically fought but it was really neat to see.

On our way back that night all of a sudden I could see hundreds of eyes. We had drove right in the middle of a huge herd of buffalo. It was crazy! They were everywhere. They are such huge animals and could careless that we were there.

We had a nice little trip. It was a much needed vacation!

Ryder's Blessing

2008-10-29T10:06:00.000-07:00

Ryder was blessed Spetember 7th. He was blessed in Gunnison then we went to the park to eat. Most of the family was all still here from the wedding so there was a nice crowd. It was really nice to see all the love and support that this little boy has. One really neat thing is that Ryder is a 5 generation. So we took the opportunity to get a picture with his great, great grandma Sorenson. Ryder is such a sweet little boy. We love him so much and I am truly blessed to have him in my life!

Wedding

2008-10-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

I've had a hard time finding time to update my blog, but I've had a few days off so I decided that today was the day to catch up. I still haven't got my wedding pictures back yet, and I can't figure out how to get them to work by pulling them off web so if you want to check them out I have a link to them.
The wedding was wonderful and so much fun. Jarrett and I got married Sept. 6th. We got married in my parents yard. It turned out really cute. My colors were pink and black polka-dots. My bridesmaids were Angie Jensen (friends since 3rd grade), Amber Mowers (friend from nursing school) and Kami Coates (now my little sis). I had four little flower girls Kodi and Jacie (Jarrett's neices) and Ashtyn and Bryndee (my little cousins). They looked so cute in their pink poka- dot dresses.
We found about 25 old doors and used those and old windows as the back drop and behind lots of things. My aunt Caroline did my cake and she did such a great job. The tables were decorated with black table clothes and old milk buckets with a pillar candle in the middle. We had a candy buffet and served hamburgers, watermelon, chips and brownies. My uncles were on the spot flipping burgers. We also had a live band and danced the night away. They weren't your typical wedding band, they played a lot of Lynard Skynard and ACDC. It was a lot of fun! Everything went well and it was a wonderful day!

Bridals

2008-10-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

It was such a busy summer trying to plan a wedding (and all the many preparations that involves), get the yard ready, help remodel my parents house, buy and remodel a house for Jarrett and I, working on getting rid of my baby weight, going back to work at the end of the summer and being a mom, I kind of forgot about my bridal, plus I was worried about fitting into my dress cause I bought it last fall. So about 10 days before my wedding, my mom and I went out to Becks Mini Golf Course and took some pics. I was happy with the way they turned out and I had tons to choose from. My mom worked some magic with them on the computer and they were as great as ever. Here's a few for your viewing pleasure!