Gilbert Temple Groundbreaking

On Saturday Dallan Navy and I headed over to the Gilbert temple groundbreaking ceremony. I thought it would be good experience and I especially wanted Navy to be a part of it. Even though she's too young to know or remember she'll be able to say she was there at the beginning and maybe someday she'll be sealed in the Gilbert temple. The program and music were beautiful and I can't wait for the temple to be finished. What a a blessing to have a temple so close to our home. It's going to be beautiful!

Navy's Blessing Day

Dallan blessed Navy on November 7, 2010. It was a wonderful day. Dallan gave her a very sweet and beautiful blessing, it was followed by a wonderful testimony meeting. We are so grateful for family support and all those that came to be with us on Navy's day. I'm also grateful to be married to Dallan and that he is worthy to hold the priesthood it is such a blessing in our home. After the meeting we went to my parents house with both sides of the family for a nacho bar it was tasty! After the blessing on the food Dallan said he didn't get to show Navy off like he wanted to, he proceeded to lift her in the air and I belted out "The Circle of Life" everybody died laughing! We had practiced that earlier in the morning. (good idea Dallan) it was pretty funny. Here are some pictures from her special day.

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Navy Baby

Life with Navy has been amazing. She has changed our lives (for the better of course!) We absolutely love her! My little 6lb 13oz newborn is now 13lbs and 9 1/2 weeks old!!! She is growing way too fast. Since the last update here's what she's been up to:

• She had her first real bath and LOVES them
• She smiles
• She's trying to like tummy time (She's working really hard to roll over so she doesn't have to stay on her tummy Ha!)
• She talks to me and Dallan all the time
• She has sit up on her own for about 6 seconds.
• She's steady on her feet and she loves standing on us
• She had her first road trip to Utah (She cried twice for 30 seconds each on the way there and once for 30 seconds on the way back. She's a very happy chill baby 99% of the time. 
• She sleeping really well about 6-8hrs through the night then eats then sleeps again for 3-4 hours. 
• She had her first haircut (her hair is out of control!)
• She had her first Halloween
• She met her cousin Ellie
• She had her first camping trip
• She was blessed
• She helped uncle Brandon with his truck

We love our Navy May and we cant get enough of her!

Navy May Schmidt

We like a girl that's prompt. Navy was scheduled to arrive September 3rd but on September 1st I came down with a headache and decided to check my blood pressure which was high so I called my doctor and scheduled an appointment for later that afternoon. My mom came over to keep me company and take me to my appointment (just in case) when she got to my house she had me lay down and after a bit of rest wanted me to take my bp again it was 152/112. I called the triage at my doctors office and they said just got to the hospital. I called Dallan to  let him know the change of plans but told him he should stay at work until we knew more. I got to the hospital and set up in a room they started monitoring my blood pressure and Navy she looked great the whole time. Of course the Labor and Delivery was crazy busy so my doctor was trying to do what she could to get my priority level bumped up. I was in a room being induced with in a couple of hours. My plan for natural childbirth was changing fast. I had to be on magnesium which means I was bed ridden and the Japanese soaking tub was out of the question. They also were encouraging an epidural because that lowers your blood pressure as well. They got me hooked up to that and it dropped my bp a little. Apparently my body metabolizes epidurals quickly because I would have a pain free experience for 2 hours my epidural would almost completely wear off then I'd have to wait an hour for the anaesthesiologist and that pattern continued 7 times!!! I got all the way to a 9 but with a swollen cervix and broken water the doctor didn't think vaginal delivery was going to happen. So prep for a a c-section began. As I was laying on the operating table and they informed me that they were starting I opened my eyes and looked up at the lights not being used above me and realized I could see the entire surgery. I watched until Navy came out then I was too groggy to keep my eyes open.  She was born at 3:06pm on September 2nd weighing in at 6lbs 13oz and she was 19.75 in long. Dallan got some great pictures of our girl and once they let him he brought her over to me and kissed her cheek and welcomed her to the world! She was beautiful!!! We love her so much! Dallan is so cute with her he talks to her all the time (like he is right now) So far she's been a great baby! We have to wake her up in the middle of the night to eat, we'll see how long that last! We are happy to all be home. My c section recovery has been decent I feel better everyday. I can't wait until I feel 100%. Here are some pics of our Navy!!!

36 Weeks

Oops! It's been 10 weeks since my last post! I'm 36 weeks today. Because I have gestational diabetes I have the pleasure of seeing our baby twice a week on ultra sound, it's wonderful! She's growing perfectly! The doctors want to induce at 39 weeks because of the gest dia. I'm totally excited about that and I get to set up the induction date next week! Woohoo!

I have finished making the crib bedding and i love it! Pictures to come.

Other than that if on my feet most of the day my feet ankles and knees swell like crazy! It's so cute! NOT!!!! Oh well worth it for a happy healthy babe!

Also we have yet to pick a name and we'll probably end up going in with three and choose when we see her and see what we think fits! Ahh can't wait to meet her!

Until next time!

26 Weeks

26 weeks today! Baby girl is growing right on track and I'm feeling great. We have yet to name this babe but are constantly brainstorming. I have a feeling a name isn't going to be decided on until D-day but we'll see. 

I have the nursery fabrics order and I can't wait to get started on the bedding! My sister Amy knew my color scheme and found the BEST fabrics. The nursery is going to be SO cute. Thanks Aim! 

The pic above is me this morning exactly 26 weeks.

Craving

Tuesday night I was beyond craving an Apple Pie after Dallan's dad made him a lemon meringue pie (I don't like that kind) it was way too late to bake one so I satisfied my craving last night by making this gorgeous and in the word's of my niece Eliza dewicious pie! I had a piece for desert, and a piece as an in bed snack! haha I woke up to late this morning though to have some for breakfast. I can't wait to go home and have some! (After the gym of course)

How cute is she?!

Results Are In.....

And it's a...............................................................GIRL!!!!
We are thrilled! Baby looked good and healthy. No Complaints here!

A Couple New Posts

Cross Country Skiing

On Tuesday during Dallan's spring break we went with my brother Brig and his family up past Payson to play in the snow and do some cross country skiing. We had a blast! The weather was perfect and there was plenty of snow to enjoy. It was our first time cross country skiing and we loved it! I reccomend it to all. And it's only like $10 bucks to rent boots poles and skiis and you can do it anywhere there open snow. Its a fun fairly cheap activity. Check it out!
FYI: Wear sunscreen!

New vacuum...twice?

We were fortunate to be gifted our first vacuum for our first married Christmas from Dallan's generous parents, as you all know I'm pregnant and that vacuum is HEAVY to push around it always leaves me with back pain and back cramps. So I boycotted vacuuming until Dallan would get me a new one. And we have dog who sheds more than I would like (don't ever getting a shedding dog!) so waiting too long to get a vacuum was out of the question! And expecting Dallan to do it consistently with full time work and school wasn't going to happen. So off toTarget we went checking out all of our options and we saw an "all floors" vacuum that was light weight easy to use and very reliable. It was on the pricey side but Dallan being the nice guy that he is let us splurge and get it! It only weighs 11lbs people! Me likey! (In the grossest smackiest voice you can think of) We got home I ripped at of the box and immediately went to work and it worked like a charm! So why the need to buy two vacuums if the one just purchased works so nicely? I'll tell you why! As I was making my way up to the second portion of the stairs I left the vacuum on the big platform in between to two sections of stairs, and as I was walking the cord up Jack decided to he wanted to come up too, I looked back at him and realized he was straddling the cord so I started to lower the cord down to his feet so he'd step out of it. Bad Idea! The brush of the cord down his leg sent him into panic mode and before I could react the cord was whipping through my fingers. (cord burns hurt!) I've never seen Jack run down those stairs so fast I've never seen a vacuum fall down the stairs that fast! They were neck and neck the whole way down. Jack beat it. I screamed JACK!!!!!! And Dallan came running out of the bedroom he could of course hear the commotion and then he saw our brand new quite pricey vacuum on its side at the bottom of the stairs. Thanks to pregnancy I couldn't even explain the what happened because lets be honest I was crying. Dallan just hugged me and said it was no big deal and we could just return it if it seemed broken.  After about a week of use Dallan was sure the suction was a little weak so he took it back to Target and without any hassle we exchanged it. And that is the story of getting two new vacuums!

We're Having a....

BABY! That's right I'm due September 10th and we couldn't be more excited! I will be 12 weeks this Friday. Time has really started to fly by. I've been feeling pretty good for the most part, tired but very little morning sickness. For those of you that know my love for Dr. Pepper you'll be shocked to know I couldn't stand the sight of it for the first 10 weeks, but don't worry the love has come back and I drink responsibly!

It's the year of babies in my family! On my dad's side my cousin Liza had a girl in January, my cousin Christi is due in March with a boy we grew up playing house together and hanging out it'll fun to have babies close in age! On my Mom's side it's starts with Beth in April with a girl, my sister Emily with a girl in August, me obivously September 10th and my cousin Elizabeth September 16th we both don't know yet what we'll be blessed with. I will be happy either way boy or girl!