Good bye old ugly bathroom!!!

When we bought our house we knew it was a fixer upper and that we eventually wanted to re-due pretty much everything. But never in our wildest dreams did we think that we would have so much of it done all ready,  and that we would have pretty much had it all done for free!! Last year about this time Travis dad came down and helped Travis re-due the WHOLE basement. (I thought he was just going to do the two bedrooms.)Then this year Travis mom decided to pay to have our bathroom redone i was super excited to just have it done. And Travis was excited to learn how to lay tile. It took alittle longer then expected and we had to pee in a bucket in the garage but it was soooo worth it in the end it turned out so good!! Here are some before and after pics....

The whole bathroom before..

The ugly floor.

Old 1950s sink and faucet.

All stripped and ready for demo :-D

BYE BYE UGLY FLOOR!

 Our new cabinet+sink and a new toilet, Travis mom surprised us with this..... who would have though a new toilet would be so awesome!!?

Measuring out the tile.

FINISHED PRODUCT!!

New pretty floor.

2 years.

I cant believe its all ready been 2 years since i was sitting in the celestial room of the salt lake temple getting ready to marry best friend. He is everything and more then i ever could have asked for in a husband and father for my daughter. He works so hard so that i can stay home with our baby girl and raise her. Yeah money isn't the easiest thing to come by and we have our struggles but we make it work. I also get to spend time with my niece and get to watch her grow up with Erilyn. Travis is the most hard working man i have meant he can fix anything and is good at everything. I look forward to spending the rest of eternity with him and our little family.

One item to check off my bucket list.

I've always wanted to hike the back of Timp ive done the front to the cave countless times. But always heard how pretty and fun the other one was. So we decided that before landis left on his mission we had to do it.

When we planned our hike we didn't think about the fall colors but they were so pretty!

This is the lake and as far as i got once we got there i could no longer feel my leg's. (this is the first physical thing since before i got pregnant.)And sat by the lake while Travis shaless and Landis went about an hour farther on the trail, then back down so i had 2 hours to sit all by self. It was pretty nice to  have not really anything to think or worry about. I wasn't worrying about when the baby was going to wake up, if i would have time to finish my lunch before she did or if i would have time to finish folding the laundry before she woke up and "helped" me.  It was a good time to reflect on my life i came to the conclusion that i love where i am in life now and wouldn't change one thing. :-D

My hands were so swollen!! My wedding ring that is usually kinda loose would not budge!

I built this while letting my legs rest by the lake i really think that was my favorite par tof the hike i needed some time just to my self( i don't think has happened since erilyn was born i don't even get to take a nice quiet bath very often). A great big thank you to my sister Nisha for spending the night and watching Erilyn for us so we cold enjoy our selves. Even though i couldn't walk normal the next day it was way fun and i enjoyed spending some quality time with family.



9 MONTHS ALLREADY?!

I cant believe its all ready been 9 months since i meant my baby girl for the first time! Time flies she is getting so smart and mobile! I swear everyday she can crawl (still the army crawl) faster and faster she loves to make messes and jump in her jumper all though she doesn't really jump she swings! She is still super happy and  makes every ones day.

9 month stats

Weight? :16.5 lbs (10%)
Height? : 29 Inches (90%)
Teeth? : 4!!! and i noticed this morning 2 more on the bottom coming thru!
Hair? : Definitely Alot more then before it sticks straight out and looks blondish now.
Neck strength? : Great no more physical therapy she hasn't gone in almost 2 months ;-D
Sitting? : yes and she love to sit and play on the floor.
Rolling? : Still EVERYWHERE!!
Crawling? Army crawl she is so fast though!
Sleeping? : She is such a good sleeper but the last few days have been kinda rough for her I'm pretty sure its those stupid teeth again!!
Nursing? : Nope ;-( she was a biter and with all these teeth she is getting it hurt bad!! And i kept getting mastitis.
Baby food? : Yes she is up to at least 4 times a day now and still loves carrots and bananas she tried bananas with pineapple for the first time yesterday she was NOT a fan!!
Real Food? : At her doctors apt today she said she can pretty much have anything now.... except honey and milk. She even said that dairy products were ok in moderation. But to have fun with it. :-D
Talking? : She is quite the babbler now she says mom, dad, bob and lalalala she can also whistle, click and screem all of witch she still has no idea she is saying. She also make a fishy face and makes kissing noises its so stinking cute!!
Laughing? : Yes a ton she loves to laugh especially at daddy! We recorded her laugh this week to put in a build a bear for Christmas.
Smiling? : She is still super happy and smiley she has learned to smile when i take a picture but its a cheesy smile hahaha (see pic above)
Walking? : Nope, she does love to stand while you hold her. She also loves to walk around her activity center thing it has a seat with wheels so she can walk around and play with the various toys.
 

Cell phone pics

So i had so many pics on my phone that it was starting to do stupid stuff,so i had to go thru and delete some these are some of the ones i could not delete cuz they are so funny or cute!!

Watching cartoons on Hammas phone!

I was folding clothes and looked over this is what i saw so i put her to bed and when i came out this is what i found.....

Apparently it was nap time!! hahaha

Showing off her new 12 MONTH Jamie's Hamma got her!

I watched Travis co-workers kids for a day (2 boys 6 and 8) they had fun "trapping Erilyn in their "castle".

when i layed her down for her nap her stuffed animals were spread all around her crib when i checked on her this is what i found!

This is one of my all time favorite pics! This was taken right after they told us we could take her home the next day!!!!

In with the new out with the old.

Ever since we bought our house Travis' mom gave us a couch. It is the ugliest most uncomfortable couch I've ever sat on in my whole life. When we redid our basement i didn't want that stupid thing back in my house but we didn't have enough money to get a new one. Then Erilyn came along with some bills so again no money. But now that all her bills are paid off and Travis is donating plasma again we have a little extra money. So we saved up enough to buy a new couch i cant tell you haw excited this made me!!

The old ugly couch



Erilyn playing in the cushions while daddy uncle Landis and uncle Connor put the new couch together.



New clean comfy couch! :-D

An emotional roller coster.

Ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to nurse my babies and as long as possible. But never in a million years did i think it would be so hard and hurt so bad!! Since Erilyn spent 11 days in the nicu all i did was pump 24-7 to make sure my milk was coming in. I was so excited when they told me i was going to be able to take her home cuz then i wouldn't have to pump any more..... Well it didn't work out that way and for another couple weeks i would pump and feed her my milk supplemented with formula during the day and nursed at night. It was both mentally and physically draining!!! I felt like all i did during the day was pump, feed, change diaper, clean up the pump, feed,change diaper, pump, clean up. I was so excited when i was told i could just nurse and wouldn't have to pump any more. When we took Erilyn in for a fallow up apt i felt extra cold and my boob hurt i toughed it out till we were driving home. I couldn't eat my hamburger, my body was starting to ache and i felt like throwing up. When we got home i decided to take bath to to see if it would make me feel better. When i took off my shirt off i noticed welts on boob and decided to take a bath to see if it would relieve some of the pain it just made it worse!!! I started to ball my eyes out and got out , told Travis to call my doc asap and showed him the welts. He called the doc and explained to him what was going on i was crying to hard to even talk, he told him is an infected milk duct or more commonly known as mastitis. I spent the rest of the day in bed pumping( i was in so much pain that i physically couldn't turn on my pump my self) and nursing as much as possible and the next 10 on anti- biotics. I almost quit nursing then it was the worst thing i had ever experienced and i didn't want to go through it again! Over the next few months i got  few clogged ducts that were super painful but never as bad as the first time and was able to get them to go away before they turned into mastitis. Well last week it got really bad i had mastitis again this time it was way worse my fever got to 104!!! My fever got so high i actually ended up with blisters in my mouth! My whole body ached so bad i would just lay there and cry my eyes out till my medicine kicked in enough i could function alittle bit. . Everytime it was time fore Erilyn to eat i would just cry! She now has 4 teeth 2 on top and 2 on bottom and she liked to bite me hard!! So not only did it hurt from the mastitis but it hurt cuz she would bite me. Once it started to feel better i decided i couldn't do it any more not only was she biting me but i kept getting clogged milk ducts and i just wasn't producing much any more. So i decided that while i was on anti-biotics i woulds ween her off. Today marks one week of not being able to nurse my baby. :-( and I'm not going to lie i miss it SO MUCH! and i think she does to! It breaks my heart when i hold her close to me and she turns head mouth wide open and tries to nurse. But she is taking to the formula alot better then i ever thought she would. And I'm starting to get baby hugry!!! No this is not an announcement of any sort it will still be awhile but I'm just really missing that nursing bond.;-( and hope that next time it will go alot btter.