Halloweenies!

This was Tatum's first Halloween and it went great! She was a Denver Bronco Cheerleader. I didn't want to buy a costume and she had the outfit from grandma Heather for all the games and so I thought it would be a good time to be a cheerleader. We had pumpkin stew that Sarah and Elisa made, with spider bread. Then we went to Great grandma and papa Tatton's house. Then we hung out at my mom's house while the other cousins went trick-or-treating. They were all so cute! Jared had to work so that was a bummer. I love Halloween but I didn't have enough energy this year to get all dressed up or anything. Next year I will.

I love Hand-me-down clothes!

So, I love that all my sisters and sister-in-law have girls and they have good tastes in clothes. Today I put Tatum in an outfit that use to be Clair's, Tatum is 2 weeks old and I wonder how many months Clair was when she wore it. (let me know Kelly) I think it's so cute, plus it's Gymboree and I didn't spend a dime! Thanks again Kelly!! So here are some pictures of the cutest 'lil luv bug and a darling outfit, my favorite part of it is the puppy faces on the socks!

Amanda made Tatum a bunch of cute head bands. So even if she doesn't ever have hair I can still doll her up a bit.

Here are some pictures of family holding Tatum

This is Great-Papa Fred and Great-Grandma Rea ( Jared's grandparents)

This is Shark Boy, I think he might eat her! ( Marcus in one of Halloween costumes)

Grandma, she loves to tickle her and wake her up!

Papa, he on the other hand can have any baby, kid or anyone asleep in no time, he's so calming and makes you instantly relax.

Advice Please!!

Anyone Know how to get poopy stains out of Tatum's cute clothes?? There has only been a couple of blowouts, but I know there will be more!! So any adive for this first time mom would be appreciated!! Tatum is doing well and her arm is healing fast! She now reaches it straight up over her head when she streaches. We've had it wrapped up all the time so I wouldn't be suprised if she is left handed, Jared would like that. He says it's better to be a left handed pitcher and batter. We'll see what she actually does, I just want her to play the piano, like her aunt Sarah and uncle Erik. Well if you have any tips I'd love to hear them!!

Another on Bites the Dust!

And so one more tree bites the dust! The beloved Apple Tree!! No more apples, so sad! But there will always be grapes! I know your wondering what we're doing with this place, but it has to be done. Next summer we have to fix the wiring to the house, hopefully it won't start on fire this winter. The wires are scary and they were running right through the apple tree branches. Once again I don't have a before picture, I didn't know they were cutting it down but here are the sad pictures of Jared doing it.

SO SAD!

So Long, Farewell!

So, if you've read Sarah's blog then you know about the picture of my grandma's house and the question is...what's missing? The huge old Pine Tree!! SO SAD! Did you know that Jared's dad planted that tree and did all the landscaping for my grandma and grandpa? Yup, he worked for Mr. Frandsen. Well, the tree was dead and we had to take it down, Helan Matthis was afraid that it would land on her house, but it didn't. Here are the pictures of them cutting it down, I don't have a before so sorry.

We also have an awesome Halloween decoration! A BAT! Jared found it while he was tilling the garden. They are kinda cute, but GROSS!

My Beautiful Love Bug

I just wanted to do a quick post to say thank you to my wonderful family for being so supportive and amazing the last 3 days. Thank you Sarah for the great pics and posts, they have been so fun to read and really make me feel loved, and thanks for cleaning. Thank you to Elisa for all the calls and advice on everything baby, It's so nice to get "thinking of you" calls. Thanks to Kelly and my mom for the food and thanks to all who came and visited me at the hospital. And thanks for all who commented Sarah and Elisa's blogs. And a special thank you to My Mom for being so wonderful everyday. Things would be a lot harder without her. She was so great at the hospital, made sure everything was done right. She helped me feel so comfortable and taken care of. I love her so much and hope to be able to be half the mom to Tatum as she to me. Now it's time to tell you all about my wonderful hubby.
Jared has been more than I could have ever needed. He has been so great to take care for me and Tatum. You'd think he'd be this tuff guy and be a rough around the edges but he is a push over! I love him! He Did everything a husband should do in the the delivery room. But I do feel bad that he couldn't do all the breathing exercises and focusing techniques. My labor was really fast and I must have a high tolerance for pain because even before the epidural, the contractions were not that bad. Every once in awhile he would rub my ear or had just to give him something to do, I love it! He has stayed awake at night, slept on a crappy cot in the hospital and changed way more stinky gross diapers than I have. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband! I don't know what I'll do when he goes back to work. I can't believe how much I love my Little Love Bug! She is so sweet and I hate to see her cry! She doesn't like having her diaper changed and the other night her cry made me so sad I cried with her. I know that there will be many more! I am so happy she is healthy and healing well. We love our little Love Bug and I can't wait for all the exciting things she will bring into out lives. Thank you all for your love and support!!
I can't believe I'm a MOM!!

So now I'm having trouble uploading my pics and formatting them so you get the idea, Sarah has good ones on her blog, I need to go to bed so maybe I'll fix this later!

The Pics of my busy summer!

So, I finally have everything hooked up to the computer and can now blog about all that I've been working on. It's been a busy summer which has made this pregnancy go really fast! I think I'll miss being pregnant and I'll definitely miss trying to figure out if that's a foot or a knee or her bum poking out of my belly. It's been so great! But I can't wait for her to be in the cute little swing in my front room instead of it just sitting there. I can't wait for her to actually wear all the close sitting in her closet. I'm so excited for her to come!

Well, here are the Pics of the studio. I still do not have mirrors but I'll get them in soon. It was hard work and I couldn't really help in the hard stuff. Thanks to my Mom Dad and Jared I finally got what I've been wishing for my whole life! My own Studio!! Sing Edge made the signs, The one on the top is temporary until I can make enough money for a light up marquee. There expensive so I have just a banner right now and then I can use the banner for parades and things. Hopefully we can stucco the outside and fix that up

over the next couple of years also. I Love my studio!
The Nursery has been fun to put together. I still have some last minute things to put together but I love how it turned out. Can you believe that we use to eat in that room? I use to think it was a lot bigger when I was little. I decided decorate the baby's room with this set only because I love ladybugs and I just fell in love with it! I thought about pink and chocolate and lots of other colors, but she is just my little love bug so this is it.