Aja's Progress :)

Aja smiling away at her grandpa!!


She show her personality each and every day :)

This is one of the cutest with her bow and everything

Another smiling one

Mommy and Aja sleeping

I have had a blast with my sweet little girl. She is the best baby anyone could ask for. I have fun with her each and every day. She now two months old and we took her to get her shots the other day and I could not help but tear up because of the way she looked at me when they did it. She looked like I was hurting her on purpose and all I could do was watch. She did really good during the well check up she didn't cry once which is good. She is growing up fast and I need to really start documenting more stuff of hers so I can remember. I started work last week and the first day i left I cried all the way to work, I felt so weird that I did that but I just miss her all the time I am not around her. I think that breast feeding has created such a great bond. I think that she feels close to me and I feel the same because of it. I am not saying that mothers who don't breast feed don't get that closeness I am sure they get it too, I am just saying for me I have always wanted to breast feed my baby and it makes me happy that I have. I have not had a really hard time with it either. I had to talk to the lac nurse once but that was because of the way I was shaped I guess. Anyway... back to Aja and how big she is getting. She has a double chin and I love it she is such a little chunk now and its because she eats so much but I am glad its not the opposite and she gets enough. I know when she starts walking she will thin out so I have nothing to worry about. :) She loves to laugh and smile and talk like crazy which makes it even more fun. I get to see her personality grow each and every day. She also sleeps through the night so well. She gets about 7 hours sometimes which is great for mommy and daddy. :) We are trying to figure out what she will be for Halloween but haven't got the perfect one yet. Whatever it is we will take pics and show it off in another post. I am also excited about Christmas and Thanksgiving, it will be her first and I am excited to see how she does with it. I am also excited for shopping. She will have a lot of cool new toys and outfits. Anyway... that is all I have with this post. More to come when more happens to update. :)

Advice Please!!!

I have had a few weeks with no blog, sorry about that its just been hard now that Aja will not let me put her down at all and she also won't sleep like she use to. I think she is putting herself on a schedule where she is awake during the day and asleep at night. I just have to find times when I can get things done with her awake. Like shower for instance, I have no idea when to get that in with her awake. All you moms can you give me some advice with stuff like that. She is also eating a ton more which has me concerned with going back to work and breatfeeding. I have no stored anything because all the milk I have pumped gets used and she drinks all my milk anyway during the day. So, I have no idea what I am doing there. She is a great baby either way. Those were the things i had questions about. Please give me some advice. Thanks.

Life of a new Mommy

So, now my blog is starting to become about my cute little girl. I hope that you all don't mind. I just love her in everyway possible. She makes my morning when we wake up all the way up to to when we go to bed. She for sure keeps me busy between nursing, changing, and just plain old cuddling she keeps me moving. She is now going to be a month on Monday and I can not believe it. Its going by so fast, I have to go back to work in about 2 weeks and I am dreading it already. I am stressed because I can not find someone to watch her that I trust and all the grandparents either have jobs or are recovering from surgeries and all that. So, yeah I will have to search my heart out for a good one that is flexible also. I hate that I have to leave her goodness I know keep saying that, but its true. With all the good there is bad also, she is a pooping and peeing machine. She does it all the time and most often on me. LOL! So, now on top of all the other stuff that makes my day busy I add laundry to that. EVERYDAY!!!! Its all good because I love her and there is nothing that she can do that would make me mad or love her any less. I will get some more pics on here for sure I just don't have the camera that has them all. :)

Cherish Life

OK, I know this is two in one week but I just wanted to say that I am grateful for what I have. I am grateful for my little girl who was born healthy and perfect in every way. I am also grateful for my husband who is there for me and Aja everyday whether he is home or not. When he is not home he is working and going to school for us so we can have even better lives. When he is home he is willing to help with whatever didn't get done that day. He is great guy and I don't I could have asked for a better husband or father.

I am writing all this because I just found out that one of my best friends aunts went into labor and through all that struggle she ended up losing her baby. That was one of my worst fears was I go through all this pregnancy and in labor and delivery I lose her. I am grateful that didn't but it makes me feel very sad inside that this lady will never get to hold her baby and watch her sleep like I can. It makes me feel like i need to cherish every moment and make sure that I am doing everything in my power to protect and love this little girl and to make sure she knows she is always loved. Here are some words from the mother. I will end with this.

Whitney Butler Hawkins: Today our sweet baby boy, Maximus Kyle Hawkins was delivered after 3 days of laboring and finally came after an emergency c-section. 9 lbs 10 oz, 20 inches long. Our precious Max was too perfect for this world and returned to his Heavenly Father. We love and miss him dearly but know he is in a better place watching over us as our angel. We love you, Maximus! You will be in our hearts always...

New little one!!!

The pics got uploaded first so I just decided to keep them that way so here ya go and then you can read the blog.

Mommy and Daddy with Aja for the first time together.


Aja getting cleaned up



Her first car seat ride from the hospital




Aja laughing in her sleep. Love this one!!!

Just taking a little snooze with mommy I just love the arm wrapped behind the head. :)

OK, I know that I have not been on in a while. I am sorry for that but I do have a very cute excuse. Andrew and I had our new little girl on 08/16/2010 at 1:50am. She was 8lbs 9oz's and 20 in's long. She has full head of hair which I love and she has a dimple in the middle of her chin which is her dad all the way. She is adorable and we just can not get enough of her. I look at her day after day and think how we made such a beautiful little girl and that she is all ours. I am sorry I did not say her name its Aja(pronounced like the country Asia) Gabriela Bitter. Like I said she is our pride and joy and we could have not asked for a better blessing in our lives. She already is showing her personality in her looks she gives daily and we love it. Right now we have been having some trouble sleeping because she is like a normal newborn wakes up every 2 to 3 hours sometimes when we are lucky its 4 hours. Its fine though because its a new experience and I love the challenge. I think that Andrew and I have learned a lot in the past 2 weeks and it has only made us stronger, which makes me happy. I am so happy to be a parent and excited to spend the rest of our lives getting to know our new little one as she grows and develops and also get to know future kids as well. I know that Andrew and I have learned a lot about each other which only makes our marriage better. I think that more life brings the more exciting it gets and I would not trade my life for anyone elses. I love you Andrew and Aja, thanks for making my life wonderful. :)

FallsofUtah

This is my Utah Waterfalls blog that I am doing. Please follow it and let me know what you think. It is fallsofutah.blogspot.com
Thanks again!

Fourth of July Weekend

We had a pretty good Fourth of July, we went Sunday to the nature park close to our house and had a picnic. We had a great time with the family just enjoying the nice weather and visiting. We came home that night and had a fire and Sarah my cousin showed us these treat you put on the fire, pretty good. Overall a nice night.

The next day everyone got up early and went on there fun activities for the day and then that night we all got together and went to the Layton Park for some good chicken and fireworks. It was nice to just sit and visit there as well. All my extended family decided not to come for some reason or another, but that was fine we had just as much fun with out them LOL! :) Love you guys. That firework show was great I think it was the best night that we have had in a while. Andrew took pictures and recorded the finale. It was great!! I am putting some picture's up and a video of our night and day. The Video is only part of what we saw but I can put up the rest. It was fun. Hope you enjoy.

This is us at Rainbow Falls in Ogden Canyon

This is the waterfall it self. Pretty nice always love this one.

This was the finale at the Layton Park but only part of it because he was trying to save power

Goals and Accomplisments

Life is going pretty well for us right now. We are focused on the things that make us happy and also our goals in life. We have this baby coming and we want to make life easy and fun for her while she is going up. So, we have set goals and just made it so that things don't bother us as much. We are grabbing life by the horns and having fun doing it. Andrew has now switched his schedule so that he only works four days a week but they are ten hour days maybe more. It sucks on those day but it rocks on the days he has off when I am home. I on the other hand am still with Target and getting the OK hours that I have been getting all along. I hope that after this baby is born I can find a better job that will help us get to the goals that we are aiming for. In the mean time I am doing what I can to get the hours I want and need. I think that if you have a mind set and you sit down and chat about things that are important and make goals you can accomplish anything you want. While we are trying to get these things accomplished we have moved in with my family. It makes me so happy that I have great parents that help me when i need it the most. I am glad that i can turn to any of my family member whether it is in-laws or my family I can get the help for the situation. I would like to take this time and just say that I love all of them and I hope that one day Andrew and I can give the same kindness that we were given back. I know it will happen we just have to have patience and that really is the only thing is keeping us up and out of drowning in water.

That brings me to my second note... I love my husband and he is a great guy, we have had our troubles but what couple doesn't. He is has been there through this whole pregnancy and I am looking forward to when she is born he will be a great dad. He is looking for to that time also he lets me know all the time. Last night we were in the store and he kept looking at all the little girls that would walk by and say she is so cute I can't wait for ours. It makes me happy to know that he is as happy as i am. We can be apart a lot but i am confident that we can get through anything.

Now the pregnancy... I have been doing OK most days. I am still sick in the mornings and I have been having more pain now that I am farther along. She is getting bigger which causes pain in areas. When we went to the doctor last he warned me of all these things because I am in my third trimester now. So, I guess i expected it. I have another appointment at the end of this month and then i am moving to two weeks appointments. That will be fun right? I hope so, that just means I am getting closer. Yay!! I can hold her in my arms soon which will be great!!! Anyway... That is all for now just a few updates in hour lives. :)

Farmington Canyon Upper Waterfall

Angel and I went on a hike into Farmington Canyon and in the sunset campground we went on the Farmington Canyon Creek Trailhead. The hike down into the falls was a steady descent but the way back up will make you sweat. The Very careful climb down on the rock face and hill got myself to the base of the falls. Angel was able to see the falls from the top after I had done all this. The drive up the narrow and rocky road into the canyon requires special attention. However, the waterfall was beautiful and the scenery added more to the pictures we took. The water flow was pretty strong too.

Transition

So, I had an appointment two days ago and the baby and I are still going strong. She has a great heartbeat and is active more than ever. I however found out that I have to take iron pills and I was close to the cut off for the stupid three hour test for the diabetes thing. My Dr. said that didn't have to do it though and past me off so thank goodness. We have moved out and in with some family and that is fun I guess. It will be worth it though. We can get things accomplished and be where we want in life since we have this baby coming. Andrew and I are just so excited about this baby. We want her here now and it just isn't coming fast enough. I do love that I have family that is here for me so when she gets here I can get the help I will need. Plus my in-laws will be help to knowing that it is our first. I am just happy right now because we have a plan and goal and will keep to it till its accomplished. Plus it will help in the long run and make us happier people. Thanks so much to all of your who read and comment. It really helps when i need the advice. Love you all. :)

Milky Falls

This is Andrew or Drew or Andy lol. Well...... Here is one full pic of the falls. Milky Falls. I do like this one but I would wait till mid June to take your car here and if you really want to go now then be prepared to use a truck or jeep. More waterfall pics to come and I have 65 Utah Waterfall pics in my archives so go look for my name on facebook and become a fan of Utah Waterfalls. You can see all them there and videos too! The Utah Waterfalls has an image on there not a blank image. FYI

Unexpected

So, yesterday Andrew and I had the day off together which is great!! We decided that we wanted to go hike. Andrew has to pick easy ones because I am too far along to do hard ones, so he looked through his "Utah Waterfalls" book and found this one in Manti that you can just drive to the trail and then its like an easy 3 min walk down to the waterfall. Well, ya the drive to Manti was fine but when we got into the canyon it was a dirt road which was fine still we started getting to pot hole valley, so we were dogging all these holes probably looking like we can't drive straight on the road. It was a good thing that no cars where coming up or down. After about a 2 miles we ran into a muddy road Andrew insisted that we could make it and that we didn't drive all this way for nothing so we kept going, well.... we got to the point where we could not go anymore there were so many muddy puddles that were deep, our car would have never mad it up. We were close I guess so Andrew decided to go see the waterfall while I stayed in the car. The funny thing of this whole story is, is that Andrew decided we didn't need hiking shoes before we left because of what the waterfall book said that we drive to the trail and walk down to the waterfall. Well, we learned our lesson the book is not always right at certain times of the year. So we had flip flops and Andrew decided to go barefoot to the waterfall which was harder and took longer to get to. I did not have the need or hunger to walk in that so I stayed in the car. He said he would be back in few mins, which turned into and hour no joke. He was all muddy from his knees down when he got back to the car. I was mad and laughing at the same time. Needless to say we had a good day and bad day, but they make the best adventures. We ended up going home and cuddling that night and watching a movie. It was great!! ;) I will post the pictures we got later Andrew took it to work to show friends LOL!

This is my first time doing this in such a long time. lol. I am such a slacker in some cases. However, I am so stocked that we are having a baby girl in mid Aug. I decided to take a day off from work and work the rest of the week and do a hike with my lovely, prego wife Angel. I tell ya... it was a bitch overall. Mainly myself wanting more adventure and bush-wacking my way to the base of the falls, which included going down hills, getting scratched all over by the trees and branches, and cut up. I did have to climb up the mountain and getting stuck in snow. It took a bit and it was worth it. I wouldn't recommend it for most. It is very dangerous. But the waterfall we saw was spectacular and it is called Dry Creek Falls(Horsetail Falls by the locals). Take a look!!

Its a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have much to say, I know I need to write more but its hard when nothing comes to mind and your life is boring. LOL! Well, there is one thing that happened yesterday... We are having a baby girl and are super excited about it. We were hoping that is what it was and it came true for us. We could not be more happier. Andrew and I went to lunch to celebrate. We just keeping looking at our ultrasounds and smiling and googling. Its awesome. Some have made comments on facebook that girls have there daddies wrapped around there finger, well I believe it. She not not even born yet and she has Andrew super wrapped. ;) We have a name picked out too Aja(prononced Asia) Gabriela. She is a shinning star in our lifes still in the womb, she will be even more special when she is finally here. She has been kicking alot and that is pretty exciting she, just started this week, well that I could feel. Andrew loves feeling when he can. Seems like she stops when he tries. Our lives are the same old same old other than that. We work and Andrew is still at school. He is hopping that maybe he can go back to SLCC to finish up his math and physics. I guess a friend of his said that its easier there and cheaper than the "U". So, we will see. I just want him to get what he wants accomplished when he wants it accomplished. If anyone knows of a tutor that knows Calc and above let me know. I think he just needs a personal tutor to get him staying on track. He works so hard and I don't want him to quit. Other than that life is good, I mean we have our trials but who doesn't. I would show you the ultrasound pics but I don't have a scanner. So, ya sorry. :)

Zion's and Baby stuff

Andrew and I are planning on going to Zion's for Spring Break, we are leaving this Friday morning and will be back on Wednesday night. I know that spring break it during the week but Andrew wanted to use little PTO as possible because he has other trips and we have a big one at the end of this year. So, ya that is the reasoning behind that little trip. I am excited and scared at the same time. I have to keep my heart rate under 150 so that will be challenging, but I am up for it. The boys will just have to deal with what I bring to the table. I haven't been back to Zion's since I was like 10 so I am excited to go and revisit all the sites and maybe some new ones. I am just glad I am going now before I get to far along and I can't do this stuff. I forgot to mention that we are staying on Saint George with Andrew's cousin Aaron and driving up each day. Crazy I know but that is what I can handle no camping for anything. Plus we are trying to make this a cheap trip. LOL! I am excited and so is Andrew!! He is already there in his mind but he needs to stay focused for school. He makes me laugh when we talk about it though, he has been once and he didn't even touch the surface of Zion's the people he went with only hiked the narrows which is only a small part of the park. I will for sure put some of our pics up when we get back. We will hike to waterfalls and I am excited for that because the run off is suppose to be great!!

Now, I will move on to me and the baby. Well I have been really sick lately and I hate it. I have medicine but I feel that it doesn't work. I was doing good for a couple for weeks and now starting yesterday I was really sick. I could not keep anything down which sucks big time because I am always hungry. All I could eat, well drink was liquids kinda sucks. I have been doing better today but I still feel a little icky which I am tried of because I always feel a little icky. I need to just get over this stage in the pregnancy and move on to bigger and better stuff. Goodness the crap you go through before your kids are even born. LOL! I think it will be worth it though, so I am not complaining in a bad way. I am excited that we are pregnant and it will be a while but I will be happier when he/she is here. Andrew is the most excited I think he wants a little girl to protect it makes me giggle. I love him and all he does for me and the baby. He is cute when he talk about it and what names we should have. He even talks about dreams that he has had and our baby was a girl, so he thinks for sure we are having a girl. I just laugh and say you want a girl so bad that your dreams make it a reality for you. Its great though and we are excited. There is one thing though no matter what the sex is we want a unique name. So if anyone has suggestions that would be great!! And to all of you that have been on me to blog.... Here you go!! I will do it more often ;)

Pregnant

OK, well I know that I have not been on in a while. So, here goes.... Andrew and I have been really good. We found out a little while ago that we are pregnant and we could not be happier. I have had about two appointments so far and they both have went great. We have so far been able to see the baby and hear the heartbeat, it is truly amazing to me to have this precious thing growing in me. I just pray everyday that everything goes well from now until Aug. That is when my due date is by the way Aug 25Th. Now, we have two more appointments that they have planned out for us the next one is on 30Th of this month and the 15Th of April and that is the day we find out the sex among other things. Andrew can not wait, we are both wanting a girl so I guess we will find out. Of course no matter what it is we will be happy because it will be ours and loved more than ever. I have not been a good blogger and I will try to be better, so you guys know what is going on with us. We haven't had a lot going on so I don't have much to say. All that matters is that we are happy and are looking forward to the rest of our lives together. :)