Wait for it...

I only have so much time to post so this is going to be in two parts. First, I'm going to post some of the pictures from the last 5 weeks and then whenever i have time i'll explain better what's going on in them. Click on them to enlarge.

Mackenzie is here!

Long time no blog. A LOT has happened.

Our beautiful baby girl, Mackenzie Taylor, was born July 26, 2009, three weeks early. We had planned to induce her while Jason was here for his two weeks of leave, but Mackenzie had other plans. A few nights before she was born I had a dream that she came early and that I wasn't ready (and in reality I wasn't ready for her to come. My baby shower was set for July 25th) for her and all the clothes i tried to put on her were too big and kept falling off. And so i couldn't take her home. I was horrified and got up the next morning determined to go buy everything I needed just in case. I didn't though because my family convinced me that I should wait for the baby shower.

At about three in the morning on July 25th, I woke up to make my nightly trip to the bathroom and felt my water break. But I didn't think it was enough water in my sleepy haze and decided the baby wasn't on its way and went back to bed. I woke up a few hours later and built a list of what i needed, packed what I had of what i needed for the hospital and researched labor on the internet (yes that's how i am). When 7 or 8 a.m. finally rolled around, I decided it was time to let my parents know that my water had broken (though i still wasn't totally convinced that it had). I walked into my parents' room and asked my dad what it was like when my water broke. I've never seen him move so fast. Knowing my dad as i do, I realized he was going to take me to the hospital whether i was ready or not so i hurried to get dressed.


The whole way to the hospital I tried to convince myself that I wasn't going to have this baby and that Jason wasn't going to miss it. The idea of doing it without Jason had me in tears. We went right into delivery and they told me exactly what i was dreading; I was having this baby today. My family started a mad dash to get the things the baby and I would need and get in touch with Jason. I got to put on a hospital gown and have them start my labor.

We finally got a hold of Jason and set up the webcam so that he could help me get through labor. It took all day for me to dilate. Jason talked to me the whole day. And let me say the epidural is FABULOUS! I highly recommend it.

Finally at 10 p.m. we were ready to go. I only had two hours of pushing ahead of me because Mackenzie had decided to turn toward the webcam where Jason's voice was coming from. She is such a daddy's girl. Jason cheered me on the entire time and my parents' coached me. And at 12:18 a.m. on July 26, 2009 Mackenzie was born. She was 5 lbs. 10 0z. and 18 inches long. She was so beautiful. I kissed her fingers over and over.

She is such a good baby. She only cries when she has a reason and she is such a cuddle bug. She loves to be held. I love her so much and I am sooo grateful that she is here. I love my little family!!

Jason made it a few weeks after Mackenzie was born and we've been enjoying two weeks of being a family. It's so wonderful!

25 Weeks

Just a reminder of where I was at 17 weeks.

Here I am at 25 weeks...and I thought I was fat before!

25 weeks down

She's not even born yet and it's already true!

Another cute outfit I bought for her.

It's a Girl!!

We had our ultrasound today and found out that we're having a baby GIRL!!

Here's her cute little face.

Her cute little foot and arm. She's soo lucky she got Jason's perfect toes instead of my crazy ones. She'll have pretty feet.

Here comes the Fatness

Me and Sara on her 18th birthday. I thought you'd like a cute picture of me along with the profiles.

Here I am, exactly 17 weeks pregnant. I wasn't sure when my dad was going to take the picture.

Here's the fatness, what do you think?

Baby's First Ultrasound

Hey babe!! Today was the first ultrasound. I was so excited last night I couldn't sleep. You would have thought I was a kid on Christmas Eve. I really wish that you could have been there. I was sooo nervous. I was wishing you were there to hold my hand. Both my Mom and Dad showed up and it was fun. My dad video taped the whole ultrasound and you could see it really well, but i'm having a hard time getting it uploaded. I'm still trying though. But here are the pictures from it.
You can see the baby in the top middle. It's cute little head, belly, arms and legs. During the ultrasound the baby had the hiccups and you could see it just bouncing like crazy. And it kept kicking and swinging it's arms. It was sooo cute. I'll upload the video as soon as I can. This picture isn't as good as the top one. but you can still see the baby. Congratulations Daddy!! That's your baby!!

I LOVE YOU!!!
Ash

P.S. Still to early to tell the sex. Maybe the next ultrasound. The doctor says the baby measures at 12 weeks and four days.

Oy, kind of a boring day!

Ya, it was kind of a boring day. Uh...what happened? Oh ya! I remember. The Relief Society Presidency came over to visit me and get a better idea of our situation. It was nice, but funny. Cause one of the ladies was the mother of a guy I dated in high school (it's a good thing I only dated him like a month or it would be super awkward). It's going to be super interesting living in this ward of so much history. While they were over I let June run around in the back yard, but she just doesn't seem to know what to do with herself when she's alone. She'll run around the yard and then come to the door to see what I'm doing. It's pretty cute.
After that, I went to the store and got to work on my blogs. I didn't do much to AAB. I'm just letting it hang for now. I'm going to make a bunch of changes and then introduce them in January. Plus, I'm seriously going to make just one layout and leave it for a few months because this changing every month is getting to be WAY TOO MUCH! you know? Any way, I got a lot of designing done and even got my new site set up for the most part. There is still a lot to do, but i haven't gotten everything worked out yet. I'm aiming for January as my official launch.
Any way, it was just a lot of hanging at the store. My dad kind of had a bad day and so I took him home and made him lunch. Then more hanging at the store.
I don't know I didn't do very much. June is feeling much better. We haven't had an eruption since yesterday (knock on wood). And we're just hanging. You know that's what I do.
How are you? Are you surviving ok? I feel like I haven't heard from you in so long!! And I just talked to you this morning!! UGH! I love you!! I'm missing you so much!!
I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!