Newborn Photos

Here we are almost 2 weeks old and getting his newborn photos done by Jill!  I was really really excited for this photo shoot, but Breckin was not a happy camper and so we only got a few good ones!  We will reschedule sometime after the new year when he will be about 9 weeks old!  Here are the ones we did get! 

Good Morning World

4 days old! 

Time to put our craftiness to work!

Enjoyed some girl time with my mom!!!! We were up til almost 1230am last night doing fun stuff!!! Excited for the rest of the weekend when T gets to join us!  Our house is starting to feel like home...a cozy one too!!! Sooooo excited! That and the bug man just came and made my life that much better....no more SPIDERS!!!!

Loving all the craftiness this weekend produced!!!!

Here is the wall art for Breckin's room!!!  I absolutely LOVE it!!! 

Here we changed the color throughout the house...love it too! 

Added some frames, compliments of my Pops (The large ones anyhow)

And here is my custom Headboard!!!  That was a paid getting the knobs on but i love it too! 

And my favorite craft for Breck's room....a nice little mobile! 

 I have the hutch left to redo as well as painting the remainder of the house...but that shouldn't be too bad!!

Welfare....Food Stamps....NOT NEEDED

Amazed by our society! Lady in the store buys baby food, formula, milk, random groceries, alcohol & a pregnancy test. State programs pay for baby needs and groceries while she whips out a wad of cash for the alcohol & PG test. Talks about how she hopes she's not expecting again (oldest 14, youngest 8mo, 5 KIDS TOTAL)....WHY ARE YOU LIVING OFF THE SYSTEM WHILE I BUST MY BUTT TO PAY FOR IT??  NOT ONLY THAT BUT LEAVES IN A BRAND NEW TAHOE WITH THE TEMPORARY PLATES STILL ON!!! I'M JUST SHOCKED!!! I get people need help and that's what the "system" is there for...but don't abuse it and certainly get on BIRTH CONTROL!  i know it's the "way of life" these days...and i'm all for the help when people need it. But when I can't qualify for a brand new vehicle you certainly shouldn't!

Thanks for the venting session! 

Ideas....

So excited!!! I FINALLY found a way to decorate the babes room!!! Its a DIY project so hopefully it turns out! Super excited...no theme and not baby-ish! SCORE!!!

A reason why i love my hubster....

We just had a HS Football player stop by selling discount cards...when I asked Dustin about it he says: "Yeah, i'll buy one...i'll help support sports, you know what i mean"....i just busted up laughing! He really likes being a "grown up" with all these decisions! LOL!!!! He's too funny! Of course he sent the teeny bopper away and said to come back! hahahah....


Gotta love ya babe! 

Maternity Photo Shoot 30 weeks

A co-worker of mine has a friend Jill who does photography!  I was approached by Angie saying her friend does photography and was looking for models!  Sooo....we got in contact and LOVED the photo shoot!  Dustin and I were upset with each other when we got there because we couldn't find her house....she says exit off 115th Avenue, and there is no 115th Avenue off the 10...so here we are at Jack Rabbit Trail and we have gone too far!  Apparently they changed it from 115th Ave to Avondale!  So of course it was a battle in the car and you can't do anything about it! haha. 

We arrive 30 minutes late, but Jill was AMAZING and was excited to photograph us!  She will be doing Breckin's newborn photos as well!  Here are the pictures:

Nice LAZY weekend!

Enjoyed a nice breakfast with Dustin now debating on whether or not we want to go watch a movie but i think since Dustin was a good boy and did his homework he's rewarded with a nice drive to Prescott to watch DJ race!!! Excited to see our friends...if Dustin would EVER hurry up (still not dressed)!  UPDATE: We soooo love hanging out with our friends and the drive was nice! We had fun yesterday and last night was good....DJ didn't win, but he did good! Prescott wasn't as cool as i wished it were...got home about 2am and just woke up! Sleeping in is the best! Gonna make my baby pancakes hit up a movie and meet Steve & Elisha for dinner!!!


Well The Expendables is an AWESOME movie!!! I think we will have to buy it! And of course the love of my life Bruce Willis is in it! Met up with Steve & Elisha and had some amazing food at PF Chang's! Thanks guys! Looking forward to the yummy banana bread that's in the oven right now!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend....I did!!!

7 Month Mark (28 weeks)....Ultrasound and Amemia!

Here we are at 28weeks!!!!

Today we had our 7 month visit to the OB!  It was a family affair in the ultrasound like the last 3 have been!  Brinley, Mom and Gracyn came to see the baby while K, T and Uncle waited in the lobby!  Everything is right on track!  The ultrasound tech says he's got my nose...but who can really tell? lol.  Dustin says during the ultrasound:  "wow...I think he has my BIG ears".  Brinley says:  "yeah, I noticed that too"! hahaha...  He's in the 78% for his weight and looks great!  He weighed in at 3lbs. 4oz.  Growth, organs and everything else looks great for delivery in a few short months!  I have attached a few photos!  He's so cute and I can't wait to meet him!  The first view we got on the ultrasound was Breckin hanging on to his little foot with his hand...but unfortunately the tech didn't keep it for us!  It was really cute!

My blood work came back with low Hemoglobin and Hematocrit levels so i've got to change my vitamins and also add an iron supplement to my day as well!  I am RH Negative so I also got the Rhogam shot and i'll get another one after Breckin is born!  Aside from that...things are getting close...more and more exciting!!!  

Oh yes, thank you to Christa for getting me in touch with Tiff about a bassinet!  Thanks Tiffany for allowing Dustin and I to borrow it for a few months!!!  It's all put together thanks to Uncle Matt...washed and ready to go!  

HOLY COW...

Thursday I will be 7 months and starting the 3^rd and final Trimester!!!  Time has seriously flown by, but yet has taken soooo long to get here!  I’m sooo excited!  This Friday we go for our 28week ultrasound and hopefully this will be the last.  They are doing one to check growth and fluids, etc.  I’m excited to see what our baby will look like from the last ultrasound at 18 weeks to now!  I’m soooo excited to meet our son, it’s so insane to think I will be a mom in less than 3 months!!!  Breckin is so spoiled already and I love it! haha.  I’ve been trying to get things in order with the house as a whole and also his bedroom!  We got the crib and I, with my handy wood working skills, put it together!  If I may say so myself, it’s turned out quite adorable! 

We have gotten a lot of stuff from Katrina and Brinley and I’m soooo thankful for all of it!  I can’t wait!!!  The baby shower is set for September 18^th and my mom was awesome enough to put everything together!  I think I’m more excited to see everyone than the actual shower! Haha.  I’m also super stoked for the baby cake Shellie is making us!  She does an AMAZING job at cakes (she’s the one who made our wedding cake and a few of Brin’s bday cakes!) 

Anyhow, I have been able to head to Show Low a few weekends in a row now and I have been LOVING it!  Dustin hasn’t been able to come for one reason or another, but I’m glad I get to spend some time with the family before I can’t travel anymore.  Dustin has been working SOOO much.  I am proud of the man, father, provider he has become and appreciate all his VERY hard work!  He put in over 100 hours in one paycheck not too long ago!  This week looks like it will be another one of those weeks.  He went to work at 6am yesterday and didn’t get off til almost 10pm!  Nice for the paycheck, but stinks when you have to get up at the same time the next day and do it all again.  He does love his job, which is always a plus (hopefully he still loves it)! haha. 

Our home is coming along nicely!  Dustin has been working hard on the grass patch (small) in the back yard!  It’s green!  Yay!  Uncle Matt was nice enough to notice a smokin’ deal on some outdoor pots so we picked up three of those…just need to fill them!  My mom was kind enough to make some valances for the house now I just need to put them up!  I’m also waiting on some custom picture frames from “You’ve Been Framed” (my dad’s shop)….to hang on our GINORMOUS wall!  I have some painting to do as well.  I want to get all this done before the baby shower, so wish me luck!  The biggest part will be the painting…our house has VERY tall ceilings so my mom said she will help as much as she can.  Right now the house has about 3-4 different brown colors on the walls…I want everything one color….a neutral color.  NO FLAT PAINT EITHER!  Why do people do that? Lol.

Well, I will stop boring you guys and get back to work!  Just found out we are having Thanksgiving at our house this year and family from California will be joining us!!!  Sooo excited!!! 

I’ll post pictures from the ultrasound on Friday!!!!  

Dustin's Harley V Rod

Tonight, Dustin bought himself a Harley-Davidson V Rod!  2008 105th Anniversary Edition...he loves it!!!  

26 Weeks!!!

Here is Breckin & I at 26 weeks!!!
(Totally just saw I wear BLACK pants a lot....must be the only ones that fit! haha)

24 Weeks...WOW...6 Months Already!

I can't believe i'm 6 months already!!! 

23 Weeks.....

I will post more later...but here I am at 23 weeks!!!  This baby is growing growing growing!!!  

Time Flies...

WOW…time flies by sooo fast!  I’m 21 weeks and 5 days today and it seriously seems like just yesterday we found out we were expecting!  Lisa, Dustin’s baby sister had her little one last Thursday by cesarean and he’s soooo adorable!  After he was born (8lbs 5oz), Dustin and I got soooo excited to welcome baby Breckin into our world!  Meet Jonathan David Tranel…our 1^st NEPHEW (so excited our boys will be so close in age). 

I talked about how my mom and I making some blankets for Breckin so I’ve attached a picture.  I love them!

  I’ve been going overboard on clothes shopping and really have to STOP!  We got the bedding set for his room and the picture below is it!  I love that it’s simple and not too busy!  

We have some paint colors hanging in his room to choose from, looking at getting something really subtle and calm that will pull in the light, since his room is on the side of the house and the window (only one) faces the North, so not much light is let in.  My mom bought us a crib so that should be here by the 9^th of July!  So exciting! Haha.  Its funny how your life changes so fast, isn’t it?  This is me at 20 weeks…crazy how fast the belly just pops out there!  

I’ll try and keep posting more frequent for my readers (Amber) hahahaha.

I just realized I update Facebook more than I do on here!  I haven’t shown pictures of our new house!  We moved to Maricopa on May 22^nd and absolutely love it.  While it’s a ways out there it’s a nice quiet little small town without all the small town gossip/talk like Show Low! Haha.  We are pretty much settled in, just have some things left to unpack and still need to finish decorating.  We have this HUGE house and not sure what to do with it! Haha.  It’s got this funky formal entry-way with formal living and dining room and it’s just EMPTY right now…not sure what to do! Lol.  Dustin is thinking a pool table with the old nostalgic signs and then on the other side do couches and the TV for the PS3 and Wii…I think that’s a good idea…because quite frankly I have NO idea what to do and I’m usually good at decorating! Lol.  The dogs have become adjusted to the move, it was touch and go there for a while!  Thor HATED it and didn’t eat for days.  I think he thought we were going home at some point! Chowski just whined and whined but all is good now! 

Last week we hit an estate sale across the street from our house!  It was a BIG score on our part!  We picked up fairly new washer and dryer, new refrigerator, fake plants (gotta love those for $3), 3 stools for the island (really cute), a desk for the office, a 4 chair patio table set, 2 floor lamps and a complete bathroom set for the guest bath!  We really got a smokin’ deal for all this and couldn’t be happier with our purchases! Haha.  Dustin was excited we purchased our 1^st washer and dryer and refrigerator as a married couple!  I laugh at the stuff that amuses us these days….conversations are definitely not like they were when we were 24-25 years old, but I like it!  I know life is going to change so much and I’m so excited for those changes, but really sad right now because I want nothing more than to go to Sycamore Creek this weekend and ride my dirtbike! Haha.

Next weekend is our 1^st ANNIVERSARY and I’m sooo excited for it!  I can't believe a whole year has passed by!!!  Dustin and I have known each other exactly 3 years now as of the 20th of July!  We thought of a million things to do celebration wise, but it was all stuff I couldn’t enjoy, like cruise….Disney Land, Oklahoma (driving…not so good with a pregnant lady!), you know the FUN stuff! Haha…just kidding.  We decided to take it easy this year and relax in the nice town of GREER, Arizona!  We both love the relaxing feeling and the quietness it brings!  Since it’s 4^th of July weekend there will be plenty going on up there and I’m really looking forward to it!  Shellie Vallery, who made our wedding cake, is graciously going to replicate the top tier of the cake for our anniversary!  I’m soooo excited about this…she did an amazing job!  So if anyone needs an awesome cake for any occasion please give her a call @ 928.537.7565!  I was thinking of doing a picnic lunch with cake in tow to our wedding ceremony site, Pico’s Nursery!  I think Dustin would really enjoy that!  We can reminisce how the past year has gone and look forward to the next 50+ years! I’ll post pictures after the 4^th!!!!  

I.....Can't.....Breathe.....

So lately, this little man inside me has been moving non-stop and growing a lot, I’m assuming!  He’s getting big enough now to where it’s getting harder and harder to breathe!  I feel amazing, and the mornings are the best!  My stomach is empty and there is more room in there for him to jump around!  But come lunch, my biggest meal of the day, I’m soooo uncomfortable cause there simple isn’t enough room in there for all this! Haha.  Apparently, which I did not know, digestion slows down so thus the feeling of being full or bloated ALL THE TIME! Haha.  Small meals and snacks are what I’m doing and helps a lot!

I’m loving pregnancy now that the kidney issues are resolved!  Getting lots of stuff from family and friends for our little Breckin!  Everyone has been very nice!  Thanks to Beth for the AMAZING collection of boy clothes ranging from 0-2 years!!!  We love love love them!!  We recently got the bedding set for his room, and over the weekend my Mom and I finished 5 blankets for him!  I love being crafty and knowing how to sew, his blankets are unique and nobody else has them! Haha.

Becoming a parent gets more and more scary each day!  But I can honestly say, I’m so excited for the day he is born and can only imagine the feeling that we will experience when we meet him for the first time!  It’s amazing how much love you have for someone you haven’t even met yet!  I will admit, I’m scared to have a baby! Haha.  I’ve been around them my entire life, however, I guess it’s different when it’s YOURS and you carry the sole responsibility to this human being.  It’s not Dustin & I anymore; it’s Dustin, Breckin and I now…it’s just crazy to think we will be PARENTS soon!

Time has flown by soooo fast since we found out we were expecting!  On June 9^th I had my 20 week follow up with Dr. Allen, our OB and everything is moving right on schedule!  I’m measuring on track and Breckin’s heartbeat was 148!  I keep track of everything, which I think Dustin must assume I’m a nut, but it’s nice to know from month to month how our baby is doing.  Last month there was some concern for kidney issues since my UA came back with trace of Protein, which means infection.  I got me some cranberry pills, lemons and lots of water!  Thankfully, this appointment everything was PERFECT!

We have had 3 ultrasounds so far and have still one more to schedule.  Dustin and I opted to get the genetic testing done for Cystic Fibrosis since this runs in my family, everything was good here!  Next was the Ultra Screen; this is the test they do for Down’s and other Neural Tube Defects, but again everything was well!  My blood results came in at 1 in 10,000 chance of it and our ultrasound with this came in good!  The beginning of this month we did the Anatomy scan which just checks for various anatomy parts to make sure he’s growing on track.  He’s healthy!  We were notified of the Echogenic Intracardiac Foci, which is explained below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echogenic_intracardiac_focus

While this is no harm to our baby, it was nice for Dr. Wolfson to tell us some history on this.  Breckin does NOT have a heart condition and from what I’ve been told by our OB, they are finding this little EIF more and more and they believe it’s because the ultrasound technology is getting better and better!  While some state this is a marker for Down ’s syndrome, our baby is in no harm.  The 3 things they look for are the result of the blood test, which mine again, were 1 in 10,000…then comes the presence of a nasal bone…which Breckin has.  And lastly, the neucal fold (the thickness of skin on the back of his neck), which again is normal.  While this is interesting to know, it was still scary as an expecting mother to hear!  Thank goodness Breckin is good to go!

I also found out when I was just 8 weeks pregnant that I am RH Negative, which means my blood type is O Negative so therefore my blood doesn’t mix well with other types.  Since this is not a problem with Breckin, it could be for any siblings he may get!  With that said, around 28 weeks I will have more blood drawn to double check the blood type and antibodies my body has built up.  What happens is my body “could” attack any little ones I get pregnant with and thing of them as a foreign body, since the blood type could be different.  So it’s a simple shot of Rhogam about 28-30 weeks to prevent this from happening in future pregnancies.  Antibodies take a long time to build up, thus, the reason why Breckin is safe.

Anyhow, after that I’ll have another ultrasound to make sure growth is going well and that will be again around 28-30 weeks…then I’m on my own! Haha…the waiting game will begin!  I’m still hoping he makes his debut before or after Halloween but on his own special day since we have a lot of October birthdays!  Either way, things are getting pretty exciting around my neck of the woods!!!  Can’t wait!!!! 

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Today we had out 19 week ultrasound and anatomy scan, we all (except Dustin) went into the ultrasound room thinking for SURE it's a girl!  To our surprise, HE was NOT a GIRL!  Dustin was so excited!  My mom asked the ultrasound tech if she could double check! haha.  I'm soooo happy, more happy that he's healthy!  His heart, lungs, kidneys, brain....limbs, etc looks AMAZING!  He's healthy and growing like a weed!  He was all over the place and was cooperative for the ultrasound tech, but the minute Dr. Wolfson came in, he wasn't having it!  He's a very active baby, we are thinking JUST like Dustin!  Haha.  He was moving so much!  It will be amazing to feel and watch him grow!  I started feeling him move around a few weeks ago but thought it was just muscle spasms...until it started happening every night around 6:00pm! 

Our baby is due October 28th!  I'm REALLY hoping he arrives before or after Halloween!  I'm sooo not a Halloween fan!  There are a lot of October birthdays both in my family and Dusitns!  So hopefully he gets his own special day!  It's crazy to think I'm going to have a SON!  Well I'll keep you posted on the progress!  Enjoy the pictures, they are incredible!