Oops

Oops. Sorry blogging community. I have been seriously lacking in the communication department. Updates:
Alysha is growing so fast! I am having a hard time keeping up with all the changes :(. She's got almost 3 teeth now and is crawling so good. Today she started actually crawling on her knees and not just army crawling and she is getting stronger and stronger. She's eating constantly and loves graham crackers and strawberries. Also applesauce and watermelon. And today we introduced honey nut cheerios to her diet. A new favorite for sure :). She loves anything with bells and balls and her stuffed animals. And luckily right now she's taking a nap :D.
I started a new job about a month ago at a daycare and I love it. I'm tired everyday and I am finding a new hate for everything 6 years old, but it's worth it :). Also I am getting my wisdom teeth out cuz they're growing in and it's the most painful thing ever! When your mouth hurts everything hurts. Now I totally understand what Aly goes through getting these new teeth. I also quit my hospice job and last weekend was my first weekend off in forever and Loren and I enjoyed it so much!! We walked around a few farmer's markets in town and a beautiful little water way. We also walked through a couple brand new houses.
Loren and I are looking forward to going camping with some family next week and then his sister Hannah is getting married next Saturday. We're very excited to get to spend 5 days together without any work and to get to see our families.
I don't know if I posted about my trip to DC. Alysha and I had an awesome time with my family! We spent 2 weeks playing tourist. It was a fabulous vacation and I can't wait to take Loren back there sometime soon!

Aly's 6 month stats

Ok went to the dr today. Aly's large for her age. Surprise surprise :). She's 17 1/2 lbs and 27 1/2 inch long. He says she's developing on schedule. Now she's teething. Today's been so hard! She cried all night and anytime I put her down today she screams. I can't do anything! Plus, for some reason I am really clumsy. I spilled a Jamba all over my car. The dr says that everyone has good and bad days and that includes babies. I just wish that Aly and I didn't both have bad days on the same day!!

New Skirt!

Ok I'm in love with this website...(Thanks a lot Candace!) And I found this pattern for a skirt and I made it and I'm definitely in love! I'll post pix of my finished skirt later, hopefully I'm actually getting a camera this week so I'll be able to take a nicer picture. But here's the pattern to check out!
http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2011/03/3-way-skirtdress-tutorial.html

Happy Crafting!

A rough March

So this month has been a little crazy, but Loren and I are SO blessed!

At the beginning of February Loren and I found out that tho I was on birth control, I was pregnant again. At first we were very very shocked and thrown aback, but we got used to the idea and were getting very excited to have another baby. At my appointment in March we found out that something had gone wrong. I had a blighted ovum. It was a genetic disorder doomed to fail from the beginning. The embryo had been reabsorbed into my uterus and left the placenta and egg sac behind. It can continue to grow for 3 months without realizing that there's no baby and just giving my body false pregnancy symptoms. But when my doctor couldn't find a heartbeat, she knew that this had happened. We were very devastated. The first day was extremely hard, but it got better. I started to be more grateful that I was not going to have 2 kids a year apart. We decided to get out of town for a few days and be with family. So the next day we loaded Alysha and all her stuff into the car and drove to Logan for 3 days. As soon as we walked into Loren's parent's house Alysha started coughing and sneezing. We assumed that Aly was allergic to animals like Loren is (his parent's have 3 cats and a dog). She was miserable all weekend. And we were too cuz we had to spend all night walking her around and trying to get her to calm down enough to sleep. But she kept coughing and choking and crying. We hoped that as soon as we got home she would get better as we have no animals! And Sunday night she seemed to be a little bit better. But while I was at the gym on Monday I got a desperate call from Loren to come back home. Alysha was throwing up everything all over. She had mucus all over her face and was crying and choking again. So we put her in the van and we to the ER. After about 2 1/2 hours we got the diagnosis of RSV. They gave her a breathing treatment and sent her home. We let her sleep in her car seat to keep her up a little higher and we had to feed her PediaLite because the formula was giving her too much mucus. Luckily by Friday she was doing a lot better!! We were very very grateful not to have had to admit her to the hospital.
Since she's been better she's definitely found her upper range! I spent most of Sunday in the hallway because Aly was shouting. She thinks it's the funniest thing ever. And it is! While we're at home. Not church. One older woman in our ward told me, we spend so much energy getting them to talk, then we trying our hardest getting them to stop!! But we love AlyRae and we love that she's starting to communicate better with us!! :D
Hope your month was better than ours!! Aly and I are looking forward to April when we get to go visit my parents and family in Virginia for 2 weeks. Look forward for our DC post and pictures! :D

Valentine's Day

I just had to post how much I love my husband!! I am so lucky to have someone who will stand beside me and take such good care of our family. He is a wonderful dad and husband and I love him so much!!!

Musical Crazy

So I've always loved music and movies and particularly musicals! I spent many hours watching musicals while I was pregnant with Alysha, mostly my favorite, The Music Man with Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth. Since Alysha was born we've been very aware that she LOVES music! She will calm down immediately whenever I play it and she screams in the car until the radio gets turned up. The funny thing is that the music that works the best still is from The Music Man. She turns towards the TV and stops everything she's concentrating on when she hears Kristin start to sing! Hopefully this means that she will grow up to be a huge Broadway star :D.

3 month birthday

I just can't believe how fast little Aly is growing up! Everyday is wonderful. Some days are better than others, but she always can find a way to put a smile on my face...even when I'm so frustrated!
We just got her a bouncer and she ADORES it!! It has a couple elephants that hang down and she yells at it all day and just loves it when she hits it and it swings back! See the bouncer here...
We have so much fun everyday and it just gets better and better! We love you so much Alysha Renae!!