mobile bloggin??

Well im trying this mobile blogger program we'll see how well it works! I only have internet at work and on my phone, and im always a workin when i be at work! So i thought this might give me a chance to ge on here more! We'll see how it works! Then ill blog a real one!

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remodelin' room number 2!

Well I already put pictures of Livy's room on facebook, but I thought I would blog the transition that ugly room went through. I was so excited to buy this little house because I love the curvy decorative walls and the old fashioned look. I knew it would need a lot of work, but that is the part I was excited about. This summer I am going to concentrate on my zen garden some more so I will blog away as that gets chiseled away at. The two rooms we use as bedrooms have the worst ugliest wallpaper in them....well the entire house has awful wallpaper. But it is laid over plaster, and there are like six layers. So by the time you get to the bottom layer it peels the plaster off with it no matter what technique you use. We learned that with the living room so Jordy figured as we remodeled a room for livy we would do somthing over the wallpaper. So we ripped the carpet out....and ripped off my father-in-law's idea he used for the walls in his master bedroom!


MDF board..... a couple coats of paint....





And....enter mother-in-law........
Yay! 2 rooms down....entire house to go.........oh ya and zen garden 10 year project=)

mommies

I never anticipated this maternal feeling taking over everything about me. It seems that everything I ever was, and ever wanted to be, has led to this. To be a mommy. How can it be that this tiny being that can't speak, and mainly only cries, eats poops, screams and poops some more, and is conscious perhaps 20% of the time, can have my heart so all encompassingly? How is it that I never felt like a woman? Not in this way. I always knew this is what I wanted out of life. I knew fairly clearly that my life was to be a mother. But I never knew. I never imagined, that she would bring to me such a pure feeling of gender identity. I have worked so hard. Trying to be successful in school, and at work, and in this world in general. How could I have known that none of those feelings of satisfaction could compare to even the smallest satisfactions of motherhood. I hear her cry, and something inside of me clouds over anything that may have been in my mind, and the urge to comfort her and hold her is more overwhelming than any urge I have felt in this life so far. Once she is in my arms, the feeling of comforting her, and carressing her, is a greater feeling of accomplishment than anything I have ever felt. How much do I love being a woman!? What a wonderful role to have been blessed with in life. What a wonderful path to the eternities! A road of loving, comforting, nurturing, holding, consoling, and teaching......I'll take it! Men can have their easy path into fatherhood....(.by easy I mean the fun part, and the not having any of the physical pain part!) I'll take it a thousand times over for my livy, for my family, to fulfill part of my role of womanhood. mmmmmmmmmm. I'll say it again. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Livia Jayne in January?!

Wow, well Jordy and I were just getting used to the idea that this pregnancy was going to actually be a real baby and here she is! On Tuesday morning we woke up and decided with the new snow falls it was time to get some snow shoeing in. We normally go on some trails to the north of our house, but we thought it would be fun to find a new place up east canyon. When we got up there though we drove around for 45 minutes looking for somewhere that wasn't private land and couldnt find a place. I told Jordy I wasnt feeling up to it anymore and we went home. we sat down to plan our day and started talking about how weird it was that we were about to be in our 9th month, and that we couldnt believe how fast it was going by. I told him I hoped we had her a little early so that it wouldnt coincide right with opening the new shop! He agreed and I suddenly looked at him startled and said, "I can't believe this but I think my water just broke!" It was definately broken! We threw together a hospital bag and rushed to the hospital and low and behold I was a 4 and ready to begin! 7 hours later we welcomed our adorable tiny Livia Jayne into the world. The delivery went just fine. It got a little scary because she wasn't tolerating the labor very well in the end, her heart rate would drop every time I had a contraction, so as we just hurried to get her out! She was 4 lbs and 15 oz and seemed to be healthy and strong!
The following day livy lost 7 oz, and the next day another 2, bringing her down to 4lbs 6 oz. She had a little Jaundice and she was having a couple wierd breathing episodes and some temperature regulation issues. They didn't know if it was related to a possible problem, or just simply that she was premature and not quite ready for the world=) They put her in an incubator and on the lights and by the next morning her stats were back up and they took her out. Her appetite took off and at this mornings weigh in she has gained 2 oz, and is continueing to steadily gain weight. They have released us for check out in the morning (sunday morning) as long as everything continues along the way she is going now! We are so excited to get her home and have her in her own cradle! We are so thankful for the love and support of our wonderful family and friends and we want you all to know how incredibly blessed we are and thankful to have you each in our lives. We love little livy more than it seems possible after such a short time knowing her. We are so excited to start our life with our new little family member. We are so thankful for everything heavenly father has blessed us with as she has come into the world, it just keeps piling up and we don't seem to have the capacity for such intensifying gratitude in our hearts. We are overwhelmed and amazed at how the lord helps things come together for you when you least expect it, and when all seems lost. I'm so thankful for the gospel and the savior and his love. Everyone of you have added to my testimony everyday, and I am so greatful for your examples and love. We love you all. And thank you for your love and support again.

Love, stephy and Jordy and Livia Jayne