Memorial Day

We spent our 2nd weekend in a row in St. George

Chad and I did some hiking and biking. This was taken in Snow Canyon on our hike to 3 ponds. Probably wouldn't recommend it. Hiking through deep sand for 3 miles to 3 little mossy puddles isn't my favorite, but for quality time with Chad I guess it was worth it.

My family got in some good baby cuddling.Leighton wore little or no clothes all weekend. It wasn't that warm but compared to Utah County it felt like a heat wave.
We roasted marshmallows in the backyard.
So nice to come to a place where we've got some willing babysitters and warm weather to enjoy!

He's here!

I went to the Doctor on Thursday and he told me that he was on call for the weekend so if I wanted to be induced he'd do it the next day (Friday the 6th). I was all for it because that allowed us a little bit of time to plan things and for my family to come up for the occasion.
The hospital called us at 5:30am that next morning and told us to be there in an hour. I didn't document my growing belly at all this pregnancy so I had Chad take one right before I changed into my hospital garb. I am 39 weeks and 6 days at this point.
By the time they got me all hooked up and ready to go it was just about 8am. Schaeffer was born at 11:46am. He weighed 7.11 and was 21 inches long. Labor went really quickly. All along my Doctor told me that the second baby would be easier to deliver but I didn't really dare believe him because Leighton was such a nightmare to get out. I only had to push through 4 contractions. He was breach to begin with and did end up having the cord wrapped around his neck and arm loosely but all of those things turned out to be pretty non dramatic.

Leighton got there with my parents right before I delivered him so they were able to come in and meet him as soon as he was cleaned up. She has been so excited for her baby brother to join our family and is doing great as a big sister.

I can't believe how good natured this little guy is. He is calm and mellow and likes to sleep.

@ 8 Days Old

Thanks everyone for your nice comments on FB, texts, and phone calls. Special shout out to Christin for staying the night with Leighton and to Ashley for watching Leighton while we were in the hospital.

Easter Weekend

Pretty cousins on Easter Sunday.
Grandma Kay had a little Easter egg hunt at her house and aunt Jan had us over for dinner.Sunday morning with her Easter basket.
Friday Easter egg hunt and bbq with friends. We are missing cute Reagan in this picture. They had a blast and the kids were on a sugar high all night.
The kids hunting eggs. Chad has never been so proud because all week long Leighton obsessed over her upcoming hunt.

Weekend Fun

We spent this past weekend in Park City and enjoyed perfect weather at the Hogle Zoo. Leighton and Kynslie got to try out their new swimsuits in the motel hot tub.Two weekends ago we went to St. George. Leighton and her cute cousin had an early Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's because we won't make it down for Easter this year.

We had all of my mom's siblings and their families in town and were able to take some group pictures. This one was taken at the Pasta Factory where we had a girl's lunch to celebrate a couple of birthdays. This is my sis in law, grandma, and mom.

This is the whole group.

This picture is of Chad and Leighton going on a daddy daughter date. They went to JCW's to get shakes and then to the mall so she could play in the tree house.

Feb/March

It's been awhile since my last post. We don't have internet at home so it's a little tricky. In Feb. we went to St. George for a visit and to go to the Parade of Homes. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures but this is at Brick Oven with Grandma Anita and Aunt Candice.We attended a wedding this past Friday at the Draper Temple. This picture was taken during the luncheon at Tucano's. It was my first visit to the Tucano's at the Gateway and I thought it was WAY better than the one here in Provo.

On St. Patrick's Day we had our annual green dinner at the Ashby's house. It's a fun tradition that his mom hosts for us every year. This is a picture of Chad and Leighton picking on Mccall which is one of their favorite past times.

This is the group shot minus Jason because he had to head back to work for the night. I'm starting to look blimpish..only about a month and a half to go before this baby is here!
I think this pictures is so sweet of these two. I think he was supposed to be rocking her to bed but mostly they were just playing.
I wish she was smiling and didn't have a runny nose but she is getting so big. Her hair is even starting to fill in which is so exciting to me!
I've known these girls forever and it was fun to get together for a few hours last Saturday for a dinner that Krystal and Makayle made for us.

The BIG 2

Leighton's St. George grandma and grandpa came to visit the weekend before her birthday so we had an early celebration. They brought her a brand new princess bike from her grandma Anita and a Tangled 4 wheeler from them. We also spent some time in SLC and went to the LDS Visitors Center.
We had her birthday dinner at Chilies. They brought her a huge ice cream treat. We celebrated Leighton's 2nd birthday party with a great group of friends and family. Leighton is a pretty lucky girl to be surrounded and loved by so many wonderful people. The theme of her party was of course Cinderella. She has been so excited to wear the Cinderella dress we let her pick out at the Disney store and she looked just like the real deal.

MLK Day

Everyone was off work yesterday for Martin Luther King day except Chad so we made a family trip to Midway to see the ice castles so he could join us. We told Leighton they were Cinderella's castles and she was in Heaven.