All In One

So lot's of things have happened during December. We moved out of this house:


And into this house :)


We celebrated Christmas with Eric's side of the family this year. It was definitely a BUSY time but filled with lots of fun, food, family and LOVE! I'm so grateful for my family, especially for my 2 little wonders and my wonderful husband Eric. I'm grateful for the Christmas season and for what it represents. I'm so grateful for my savior, Jesus Christ and for the incredible example that he is to me. I'm so grateful for the restored gospel and for the testimony that I have. Here's to 2011! I want it to be the best year yet!






We also had Lakai's Baby Blessing but I'm going to make that a separate posting!

Lots and Lots of Things (to include snow)

I have so much to blog about it's ridiculous: moving, Christmas, Lakai's Blessing, etc!! BUT I want to start with what happened today. It snowed!! Woo hoo, in Mesa. Can you even believe it? Now it wasn't much and it pretty much melted the instant it touched the ground BUT it was snowing nonetheless. I don't think it's snowed here since I was in high school. It was pretty fun. Here are some pictures just to prove that it actually happened (though you really can't see any snow in any of the shots, boo!). I'll post the rest of the last months activities soon :) Oh and PS - Today is Lakai's 3 month birthday. Happy 3 months to my little man! He's the sweetest little boy EVER and just loves being talked to, smiling, cooing and being overall wonderful!




Happy 3 Month's Lakai

Comparisons

Just thought it'd be fun to compare my two little ones : )

Reagan at a month and 1 week old on Halloween.

Lakai at a month old. Wearing the same bunny costume!

Reagan at 2 months.

Lakai at 2 months. Wearing Reagan's hippo hoody. Poor little guy, has to wear hand-me-downs from his sister!! Don't tell him but we also use Reagan's pink blankets, her pink burpers AND lately a pink binky of hers cause we couldn't find any of Lakai's. Shhhhh it's a secret : )

Temple Lights

They were lovely!!

Bathtime/Halloween/Veterans Day & Misc

Not too much to write about. Actually, it's more like not much time to write : ) Just thought I'd update the blog with some pictures of what we have been up to.

Sleeping, of course!

She LOVE LOVE LOVES stickers!


Bathtime


My little Lady Bug



She was OVER having her picture taken. Lakai is my Little Bunny. It was a little too warm to keep him in it though all night.

We went to Papago Park for a picnic and so that the Greenhalgh boys could do some climbing.

Watching Daddy climb


Lounging on Grandpa Scott. This is at the very end of the day, hence the fact that she's actually laying STILL :)

My little guy. He's finally getting chunky (as chunky as my kids get at least)! I love it!

Lakai Epic Greenhalgh

Well everyone, our little mister is finally here! I didn't think it was possible but he came all by himself : ) My water broke at 1:30 am. Although this may be TMI I think it's worth mentioning that it broke while I was on the toilet right after I had gone pee! No mess for me to clean up, PERFECT!! At this point, I decide that taking a shower, doing my hair and putting on makeup is a super idea. Let me tell you I wont be making this mistake again. We get to the hospital at about 3 and are finally admitted into a delivery room at about 330 am. 2 hours have now elapsed since my water broke and contractions have really started coming stronger and faster. I can't get an epidural until they get me on an IV and I have at least a litter of fluid pumped through my veins. Well it took 6 tries, 3 blown veins and 3 rolled veins before they were able to get the IV started. OUCH! I now look like a battered wife, these bruises are gonna take a bit to go away. Anyway, the epidural was FINALLY given and the contractions were starting to ebb away to nothing when the "urge" to push started to over. It was very uncomfortable and was only getting more and more intense with each contraction (at least I couldn't feel those contractions). After complaining about how uncomfortable it was to breath through this "urge" numerous time,s even though the nurse kept telling me it was just the babies head causing pressure and that she had just checked me 20 minutes ago, the nurse rolled her eyes and agreed to check me again. This was just 20 minutes after I'd gotten the epidural and I was a 6 at that point. She then states "Oh! You're ready to go! Let me call the doctor". WELL DUHHHHHH!! Let me tell you it is REALLY hard not to push and to "breath through it" when you get that "urge", in fact I would say it's miserable. So the doctor runs into the run, gloves up and tells me I can push at will. And push I did :) Lakai was born at 5:47 am, just 4 hours and 27 minutes after my water broke! Phew, I feel like we almost didn't make it, how silly of me to take a shower and get all ready. Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure :)

Sharing the cuteness!

I just thought these pictures were too cute not to post. One is an oldie and one is recent. She's my most favorite little Reagan : )

Uncle Devin just took this the other day but I can't stop looking at it. I just think it's too cute!

My mom emailed me this one the other day, she found it with some other old "favorites". I love the face she's making at her Papa Jimmy, so funny!

Benefits of having a Photographer Husband

I get to do fun stuff like THIS!!

Car Seat + Moving Car = Adorable Photo Ops

I'm obsessed with taking pictures of Reagan when she's fallen asleep in the car. I think it is one of the CUTEST things in the world. I've realized that I've collected a few good ones over the last 2 years and I thought it'd be fun to put them up. They are in chronological order but I'm not exactly sure of the dates (remember these are all on my phone).