Watch Out! Child on the run...

The day has finally arrived. Paisley started crawling today. She has been 'scooting' for quite a while now and today she made it onto her hands and knees with out falling on her face. As I watched her from the kitchen, she started out really slow but got a little bit (not much) faster. Now it's time to really baby proof our house.

I've been thinking of things that she's accomplished that I'll want to remember later on.
FiRsTs:
Smiled- Around 7 weeks old... Not exactly sure of the day.
Found her hands- Around 8 or 9 weeks.
Laughed out loud- She giggled out loud 2~25~2009
Rolled over- 2~26~2009
Crawled- 7~9~2009
First word- Mama
Second word- Dada

MiLeStOnEs:
Born- 7 lbs 1 oz 20.5 inches long
1 month- 9 lbs 1 oz 22inches
2 months- 11 lbs 5 oz. 23 inches
4 months- 13 lbs 15 oz. 25 inches
6 months- 16 lbs 27 inches

FuN PrEgNaNcY QuIz!!

This is something fun I posted on facebook and decided I would post it in my blog too.

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yes, but sooner than we expected.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
We were shocked, excited and nervous all at the same time.

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
27

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
2 Pregnancy tests. The first one was expired so I thought I better buy a new one to make sure.

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Chase and then his parents because we were going to Disneyland with them and we didn't want them wondering why I was sitting out all the good rides.

7. DUE DATE?
11/3/2008

8. ACTUAL DATE BABY WAS BORN?
10/27/2008

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Um YES!!! The first trimester and some of the second was TERRIBLE!!!

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
I didn't crave anything specific but there were so many things I didn't want because they made me throw up... Like the smell of Roast. So sad!!

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Nobody irritated me, however, having to get up every morning and go to work when I was so sick was very irritating.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Girl

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
At the beginning of my pregnancy I thought it would be fun to have a boy first. But a few days before we actually found out, I knew we were having a girl.

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
45... there was one point where my doctor told me he was going to come take my fridge and make me buy twinkies from our neighbor.

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes, 3 of them.

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew about them.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY?
No, it was a pretty easy pregnancy... other than being sick of course.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Ogden Regional Medical Center

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
Well my water broke so I guess from when they induced me to when she was born was about 12 hours.

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Chase

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Chase, 2 nurses and Dr. Hartman

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural... as natural as it can be with medication.

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Heavens yes!!

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7 lbs 1 oz

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?
1:24 am 10/27/08

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Paisley Josene Mitchell

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
8 months and 11 days

A little more updating...

I'm trying to catch up a little at a time. Here are some pictures of Paisley throughout the past 8 months.

PrOcRaStInAtIoN!!!

It has been nearly a year since I've made a post and I'm feeling pretty guilty. Paisley has been born already and she's now 8 months old. We purchased a home on August 26, 2008 and moved in September 20, 2008. So many things have happened to Chase and I in the past 11 months, so rather than beat myself up over not keeping up to date on this blog and our life, I'll just start updating regularly from today forward. I plan to back track when I think of things I want to remember. Here are a few pictures of things that have happened in the past 11 months.
This is our new house:


We have done sooo much to this house like... painted the entire upstairs, new windows, carpet, fixed some odds n' ends projects, fixed the lights (thanks to Skyler), put in a garden, pulled out the chain link fence in the backyard, fixed the garage doors, pulled out the pine tree in the front yard, fixed the sprinkler leak, redid all the flower beds, brought in top soil, seeded the empty spots in the front and back, put in a dishwasher and microwave and redid the Nursery. Chase did about 90% of all these projects so I can't really take much credit, but I did do a few little things.




Once we got settled into our house and Chase got home from Goose hunting in Canada, it was time to get ready for Paisley to arrive. My water broke on Sunday, October 26, 2008. I wasn't certain if it was my water for sure or not so Tanya advised me to head to the hospital and they would be able to tell me FOR SURE. So off we went. Chase didn't think they would keep me. Sure enough, my water had broke, but... I was only dilated to a 1, so I had a long ways to go. They induced me about 4:00 pm. Dr. Hartman came to see me around 7pm and told us we would be lucky if she were born by morning. We sent all our visitors home and tried to get some sleep. By midnight, I was fully dilated and by 1:24am, Paisley Josene Mitchell was welcomed into the world by Dr. Hartman, Me, Chase and the Nurses.
Here are some pictures from the day of her birth.

I'M PREGNANT???!!

So I had 3 dreams last night about our sweet baby girl. In all 3 dreams she had dark hair. These dreams have somewhat made me step back and think about the big change that will be taking place here in about 2.5 months. In one of the dreams, I dreamt that I had just come home from the hospital and now it was time to start taking care of her on my own. I had so many questions about when to feed her, what type of schedule should she be on, etc. I woke up very overwhelmed wondering if I'm really ready for this big change. Thankfully I have the best husband to help me. Then, on Monday night I dreamt that she was born at 29 weeks. But the odd thing about this dream was, I didn't deliver her, she climbed out. And, the most scary part of all... she did not like me at all, she only wanted Chase.
The pregnancy has actually been going really well the past few months. I've started to have some pain in my low back, but that was to be expected due to my back injury on my mission. As long as I eat 24/7 I fine. I am always hungry! Last night we made an ice cream run @ 10 pm. I told Chase that doesn't count as one of his craving runs because I went with him... we'll see about that he says.
On another note, we've found a house. We actually close on Chase's birthday... August 26th. The house is in Riverdale. It's a split entry. It needs some work, but not too much that we're getting ripped off. It will be a good starter house for us. Chase has already been packing. We won't move in until the 20th of September because we want to paint and clean the carpets and that will give us plenty of time. We are really excited to get into a place of our own and make it ours. After we close I'll take some pictures of the house and add to the blog for all to see.

Riding the train a.k.a Front Runner

A couple weeks ago we decided to ride the train down to Salt Lake and eat at the gateway with Cathy and Garrett. When we arrived at the station, the ticket machine was broke. Mr. Shaw, the security guard told us to get on and buy a ticket in Salt Lake. So we boarded. It was a nice smooth, quiet ride. Not very many people inside... it was fun.


Once we arrived in Salt Lake we had no idea how far away the station was from the Gateway. It was quite a ways. So we put on our hiking boots and walked over to the Gateway and finally came to an agreement on a restaurant. We ate at Tucan's. It's a Brazilian restaurant and they come around with a whole bunch of meat to choose from. They also have grilled pineapple... that's my favorite.
After we ate and walked around for a little while, we were ready to head for home. The train was a lot more crowded than before. After we had been riding for a while we started to smell something really awful. Well come to find out, some kid had puked all over the floor. It was so gross!! We got up and moved down to the 2nd level. Luckily we were almost to our stop. Oh and we never ended up buying a ticket so we ended up riding for free. I still feel guilty about that, so we probably won't do it again.

Lori's Birthday at the cabin

Lori's birthday is on July 25th so we usually do a cookout up at the cabin. The 25th was on a Friday this year so some of us decided to stay over night... Braden and Colby's families, and us. We went up pretty early which allowed time for us to relax... if you consider running from all the hornet's relaxing. The hornet's were so bad for some reason this year. It doesn't help when that's the only thing on the planet that you're afraid of.

This is Chase relaxing in the shade, away from all the hornet's.

Getting ready for the big cucumber race!

On your mark, get set, GO!

The kids decided they wanted to go tubing before we went home. It just happened to be the perfect day for it.
Time for a shower!!

Camping in the Uintah's

Every Year Mindy and Rich go camping in the Uintah's over the 4th of July. We decided we wanted to go this year. We left on Saturday morning. One we found them and set up our tent, we were ready to relax. We went on a little hike up to a ravine which made us realize why we live in Utah... it was really pretty!

Back at camp we played Bocci with Mindy and Rich. For dinner we had dutch oven ribs and chicken. After dinner we went fishing but were unsuccessful. We went for a drive to look for deer. Then headed back to camp for a fire and treats. I had a dream a few nights prior about a bear, so I was really scared to sleep in our tent. Thankfully Rich brought his gun which he so kindly let us sleep with. Chase wouldn't let me keep a granola bar in our tent for me to eat in the middle of the night... he wouldn't even let me eat a berry flavored tums... "Don't you know what bears eat?!! Berries!!" But the morning came fast so I guess we made it through the night alive.

Sunday morning after breakfast we went for another drive up above our camp to some meadows full of wild flowers. It was beautiful!!

Back at camp on Sunday morning we played more games and ate lots of food. After dinner we played Phase 10 and decided we are sissy's and couldn't handle sleeping another night in the tent so we headed for home. It was a very fun camping trip.

***The picture at the top of this entry is a picture we took on the way home. It's a picture of the sunset on Rockport Reservoir... I don't know how to move it to the bottom.

4th of July

There has always been a tradition in the Mitchell family to watch the Riverdale parade on the 4th of July. Since we live on the road where the parade runs we never have to worry about not getting a seat. We're always guaranteed a seat in the shade. The past 2 years Braden has been in charge of the baby contest so he drives in the parade to give the winners a ride... good excuse to show off his "flippin' bad A" truck. Other than that, there isn't really anyone we know in the parade.

After the parade we went down to Lagoon. We did that last year too. Last year was fun because I got to ride the rides. This year I walked around with my camelback taking pictures of everyone. Here are just a few.

Waiting at the entrance for Drew and Lori.

That's Drew and Lori if you can't tell.

This is my "afraid of heights" face.

Very rarely do you see the Mitchell fam without food!

I was very happy to sit this one out with Becky and watch the 2 babies.

So after our long hot day at Lagoon... 3 hours of which I slept on a blanket in the shade... we were ready for some fireworks. Everyone came to Grandma Mitchell's and we had ice cream sundaes and watched the fireworks going off at Riverdale park. Why they have never tried to watch them from her front yard I will never know. We had perfect seats and we didn't even have to fight the crowds. Chase picked up some fireworks in Wyoming when he went last month. Besides trying to catch Porter's shirt on fire by fire works, it turned out to be a very fun and safe 4th of July.