Halloween is almost here!

I can't believe how quickly time is going by! Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! I have had so much fun with pumpkins this last month. I think I ended up with 13 pumpkins this year.. Most of which are just for decorating our front porch! I even put stocks of corn up! Those I stopped at some random ladies home and asked if I could take her left overs from her garden. She probably thinks I'm a weirdo! Oh well they were like $4 for 3 stocks at walmart! I think I like free better!

 Anyways, the last few days I have been sick so I have been dragging myself from my bed to the couch and back. I woke up this morning feeling a bit better so I decided to be adventurous and do some baking. Last Saturday I pureed a pie pumpkin and had it in my fridge to make a pie with.. I however am kinda sick of pie since I have already made some this year. I decided to try something new with my extra delicious pumpkin pie recipe! I made pumpkin muffins! and I still have enough pie filling for a pie! Kinda neat! I also begged Jordon to go get me some apples last night and like the amazing husband that he is, he went to the grocery store just for my apples :) I'm so blessed to have such a great hubby! Back to the apples-- I made homemade applesauce! It is to die for! 

Austin and I- Baking cookies! ( LOVE my new apron! & not sure why austin has fingernail clippers ha)

Tonight we are taking little Austin to Boo at the Zoo and then we are going to carve our pumpkins :) It should be fun! Pictures to follow! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy!

Happy first birthday Austin! We love you so much!

BIG update!

It has been so long since I have been on my blog! What can I say.. Life got hectic and busy! Things are finally getting into a steady routine! I never thought I would say this but I LOVE routine! I guess I'll do a little update. Since I was on here last we had A LOT happen! 

Austin Dean Jay

Austin Dean Jay blessed us with his presence on October 24th 2011 at 3:47 PM. He was immediately rushed to the NICU where he stayed for 7 days. Talk about heart break!! I'm so glad we made it through! 

Our first time seeing the house!

Just as we were starting to get use to our new life with a baby we had another whirl wind come at us! Jordon decided to quit his job at the elk ranch which meant we would have to find a new place to live. We had been looking for a house since I found out I was pregnant. Let me tell you there was NOTHING out there! Well nothing up to our standards and in our price range. Jordon was planning to quit at the beginning of February and we still hadn't found what we wanted! It was stressful. So one day I was scrolling through a price range WAY above ours I found a beautiful home in Rigby. I saw the pictures and thought to myself  "Awhhh why not take a look!", So I scheduled a meeting with out realtor.  When we went in the house we immediately saw that the people were hoarders. It was weird. I couldn't even see the carpet since there was so much stuff everywhere! We used that to our advantage and offered the bank $80,000 under their asking price, they responded with $30,000 under asking price! We did this a few times back and forth and ended up getting the house for $45,000 under asking price! We were shocked to say the least! We quickly cleaned the house, painted, bought all new appliances, and moved in!
 

Our family August 2012

Such a big boy. 10 months old. Aug 2012

Jordon then quit his job and started our new "adventure" at  the family company Jay Transport. Meanwhile our little Austin has grown into a little boy! It seems as if it happened over night! It makes me sad but also very happy to have a healthy active little boy! We also had our 2nd anniversary this year. Crazy how time flies!

Belly cast!

35 weeks and 6 days!! (Oct.15th 2011)

 Today I got sooo much done! I am really proud of myself! I went to the grocery store, put away all my groceries, picked up the kitchen, visited Jordon at work, visited the In-laws, and last... me and Jordon did a cast of my belly!  We weren't going to do the cast at first but then we were just sitting here watching TV so I told him we had to get it done. I mean how hard could it be right? Well just so everyone knows casting is extremely messy, time consuming, and I was just about ready to pass out by the time I got it off of me. haha! It is really neat to look at though. The reason we wanted to do a cast is so we can show Austin how big my belly was when he was inside it. I would like to do this for everyone of our children. It is just so neat!!

4D ultrasound & a trip to labor and delivery!

Austin Dean Jay!

This last month we had a 4D ultrasound done and here is some of the pictures of our little man! 

Saturday I had been having cramps all day and that night around midnight I noticed that I was having contractions every 1-3 minutes so we decided it was time to go to the hospital. We were so unsure of everything that we forgot to grab my hospital bag! Jordon did grab the baby's car seat and his bag so we were partially ready to go. When we arrived at the hospital they put us into a labor room and hooked me up to all the monitors. After about 30 minutes of monitoring my contractions and the baby's heart rate  they nurse decided to check me. I was dilated to a 1 and 80% effaced! I was super shocked and very glad we decided to go in. I was then given a series of three shots to stop my labor.

 

After three hours of waiting to see if they worked, they checked me again and I was a loose 2 and still 80%. My doctor then admitted me and treated me for pre term labor. Needless to say we were starting to get nervous!! They put in an IV of fluids and penicillin. After about 4 hours of waiting they checked me again. I was still at a 2 and 80 %. They followed my contractions and seen that they were beginning to slow. They then released us to go home! What an adventure!!!