Let me introduce you to... Ruby!

sisters

Ruby Rose was born May 19th at 2:46 a.m. Labor began at 9:00 p.m. We left for the hospital at 12:30 a.m. Worst ride ever! Finally arrived at the hospital and at this point I cannot even talk I am in so much pain. Obviously, I ask for my epidural as soon as I can say something but soon find out the only anesthesiologist on call just went in for a c-section and won't be available for an hour. I'm a 4/5 when I arrive and then an 8 a half an hour later. I ask the nurses, "do you think I'll make the the epidural." They say, "no." I think that I'm going to die the pain is unbearable. I feel Ruby moving down ready to make her entrance but I am determined to get that epidural. Finally, it's been an hour , I'm now a 9 plus, and the anesthesiologist arrives just in time to give me my epidural and ten minutes later Ruby is born. I know people are saying you should of just done it natural. You were so close. But honestly, the pain was so bad and my contractions were on top of each other. I could not take another second. I'm thinking Ruby better love me extra because what I went through for her.

Thankfully, all is good. She's a great baby. We are so pleased to have her in our life. Being a mom of two feels like a lot of kids! I'm excited to see Naomi and Ruby down the road. I hope they are good friends and enjoy each other.

Skiing

Look how cute those little ski's and boots are!

Skiing down the hill.

As you can see I didn't put alot of thought into her ski clothes this year. Red and lilac go together, right?

Chris took Naomi skiing this year for the first time. I was curious whether she would like it or not but she did. At first, Chris used this little leash thing that was like a backpack on her. But, by the end she didn't want it. She wanted to ski down by herself. Either her would catch her or I would. When they were connected she would tell him to go faster. So he did and one of her ski's caught and down she went. Hard. But, she got over it and continued to ski. I'm so glad she liked it because I want my kids to be open minded in lot's of activities. And, Chris is such a huge skier that I think he would hate it if his kids didn't like to ski. I don't know if Chris will have a chance to take her again this year but next year I'll join them since Naomi and I will be on the same level of skiing.

For those we don't see often I have yet to mention that I'm pregnant. I am currently 31 weeks. Due the end of May with another girl. We're really excited and nervous. This is actually my fourth pregnancy. In February of last year I went in for my 12 week appt. and there was no heartbeat. So, after a few ultrasounds it was determined that there was no embryo in the sac which they call a blighted ovum. Two days later I had a D&C and was told to wait three months before trying again. But, for some crazy reason I became pregnant about a month and a half later and because my body wasn't completely healed from the D&C I miscarried again. Luckily, this one miscarried on it's own. To make a long story short I made a very conscience effort not to get pregnant for another four months as recommended by my doctor. Plus, I had taken the first miscarriage pretty hard and having the D&C didn't help much so I needed the time to get my thoughts in order again. Lucky for me when the four months were up I felt great and what do you know, I'm prego! I'll have to admit that I am nervous about having another baby. Not only am I nervous about having a newborn again but having two kids is a little frightening. Hopefully, I'll get the hang of things quick. But, I am really excited and I'll try to kept an update until then but I wouldn't count on it.

Love, love, love this girl

I had her hair done for pictures we were taking that and I wanted a pic of her hair before it faded.

Sportin' the snow boots.

Since this is pretty much my scrapbook for Naomi I thought I would do a little catch up on what she's been up to. As of December, she's been potty trained. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I think I just did it at the perfect time. We went to the store and she picked out her underwear. She's been really good so far. It's nice to not do diapers anymore.

She seems so grown up. She says the most random things. It cracks us up! She has an amazing memory. I have tons of stories of how great her memory is but it would take forever! She's great with her basic colors and counting to 10. Sometimes 15 skipping a few numbers. I'm excited for her to start preschool this fall. I think she will be too. It will be so fun to see everything she's learning.

She loves to talk to people. Even people she doesn't know. She usually talks to that person about what was the highlight of her day. Sometimes she fixates on something specific from that week. She loves talking on the phone. I should install the phone she got from Christmas.

She still loves animals. Sometimes she reads books to Mia or she'll tell Mia something from that day or show her something she just got. She loves going to Grandpa's cabin in Oakley to see the horses. Of course she loves going to the Zoo.

She loves being with other people. She always wants to go see her cousins or go to Grandma and Grandpa's. She loves nursery now. Thank goodness! She loves to have books read to her over and over. She still loves Diego and then Dora. She even wears Diego underwear from the boys department.

She pretty much eats whatever I give her. I know, I'm lucky. I really don't want her to be a picky eater like myself so I try to feed her a wide variety of foods. I'm a vegetarian but I make sure to fix her meat or fish whenever I find a good recipe. I wonder if one day she'll notice that I'm not eating meat and ask why. I don't want to discourage her. I need to think of something. Even though she's a great eater she also LOVES candy, treats, whatever. She definitely got that from me. It's probably all the treats she consumed in the womb! I am addicted to treats. Since we always have some sort of treat in the house I now have to put them up high otherwise she'll just get into the pantry and help herself.

I can go on and on but I won't. I always tell my self that I need to write down, at that very moment. when something happens so I won't forget. She's awesome! I love having her around. I love her personality and hope it grows even more. I love her so much and I couldn't ask for a more perfect little girl.

crazy!

So, whenever I leave Naomi in Chris's hands he seems to come up with these crazy things to do with her. The other day they showed me what they've been up to while I've been gone. Naomi LOVES to walk Mia around the house with her leash on. Mia hates it. So, Chris decided one day to hook the end of Mia's leash to Naomi's scooter and then entice Mia with a slice of ham to get her to pull Naomi, very fast mind you, across the kitchen. Obviously, Naomi loves it! There were a few accidents of course but after a few minutes of crying she wanted to go again. It was pretty funny to watch. I should of videotape it.

Dance class

Doing ballerina turns.

Jumping up and down.

Naomi had her first day of dance class this week. I thought she did better than I expected. She really had a good time. I would of taken more pictures but I forgot about my camera because I was so caught up in watching her. She has a super cute dance teacher, Miss Sarah. They made pizza's during warm up. They stepped on spiders with their tap shoes. They leaped over "animals" which were really cones. They did all sorts of fun things! I thought Naomi might not be ready quite yet but I think she is so we're excited to go again.

Christmas 2008

Naomi's trampoline from Grandma and Grandpa Jacobsen

This is what I ended up with from the white elephant exchange at our friend Christmas party. Naomi uses it as dress up.

Taking a ride with Grandpa up in Oakley.

Enjoying the ride with dad.

Doll house from Grandma and Grandpa Neeley.

Testing out her new real telephone. She wants it plugged into her room but can you imagine!

Unwrapping gifts

Zoo lights.

Getting a present from Santa.

She was so excited. Cutest thing ever!

Whenever she was at my parents house she wanted to wear this apron.

Oh my goodness. It has been forever since I blogged! Well, let me catch you all up on what's been going since I know you're dying to know. Since my last blog was in October I'll start with Thanksgiving since I can't think of anything that went on in between. Oh, except I did turn 31! Blah! Anyway, as always we went to S.G. for Thanksgiving. This year was my family's year but we did visit Chris's parents a few times. We swam and ate out alot. The usual. My sisters, mom, niece and I went and saw Twilght for the first time while we were there. I really liked it. I've seen it three times now and each time gets cheesier. Usually we drive to Primm Nevada on Friday morning but I haven't done that since I had Naomi. I would rather shop for her than me. If you looked in her closet and then mine you would agree. The nursery ladies ask me a couple of weeks ago if I had a shoe fetish.. I tried to explain to them that there are too many cute things out there for little girls. Anyway, the only shopping I did was at Gymboree at eleven o'clock on Thanksgiving night. I waited in line for an hour for ONE pair of shoes. Crazy, I know. But, I seriously had to have them. Chris and I were able to go out just the two of us a couple of times which was awesome! Nothings better than a little one on one with the hubby after having a child.

As for the Christmas season, I tried to make the most of it. We saw Santa three times and it was the cutest think I have ever seen. The first time I thought for sure she would freak out like last year but she didn't. When is was our turn I put her on his lap and she said, "Hi Santa." And when he asked her what she wanted for Christmas she said presents. The look on her face when she first met him was priceless.

She loved looking at all the houses with lights on them. We took her to this house in Murray where he has the music with the lights and totally decorated and she loved that! She loved playing in the snow. She always wanted to go outside and play in the snow. One day Chris made her a snowman and she asked him to make her a Dora.

On Christmas Eve we were at my parents and had just finished dinner and my dad dressed up in his Santa suit and passed by the window a couple of times. Obviously, the kids were giddy. Naomi was for sure. On Christmas morning we asked her if Santa came and when she say her presents she said, "YES". This year a purposely scaled back knowing that she was going to get plenty from the grandparents so her "big" gift from "Santa" was an easel. I figured since she is always drawing on Chris's dry erase board in his office she would like her own. It was a great gift except that not only does she use the marker on the board but also the windows, the carpet, her body and Mia. All of her presents were wrapped in Dora paper so when people asked her if Santa came she would tell them she got Dora presents. We also gave her a few little things as well but it was simple for sure. Then we went down to my parents and did Christmas there too. Present overload! Her big gift from them was a super cute doll house. It's funny to watch her play with it because she's putting the kids in time out and playing similar to how life is around our house.

The next day we headed to S.G. to spend time with Chris's family. All of his siblings were there so that was really nice. We had Christmas there as well and it was also present overload. Naomi's big gift from them was a trampoline. Not the big one that goes in your backyard. It's a perfect sized trampoline for little kids. Right now it's crammed in the playroom but when it gets warmer we'll put it outside. We had a really good time there. I just wish the weather was warmer. I always enjoy spending time with all my in laws. The sis in laws went out few times together and Chris spent time with his brothers.

Last but not least, we spent New Year's Eve up at my parents cabin in Oakley. We had the snowmobiles pull us with tubes and some tried to snowboard behind it but the snow was too deep. Naomi loved being pulled on the tube. We had soup and hot chocolate and played Rock Band and laid by the fire. We had alot of fun! It was a great holiday season! Now into this year of 2009. It's going to be a fun and busy year.

Halloween Festivities

My little Minnie Mouse

Cornbelly's with Ben

Neeley Halloween party.

Happy b-day babe!

Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddies

Could Chris look more unattractive right there?



It was such a fun Halloween this year. Naomi was excited with all the Halloween decorations that were around. She loved seeing the spiders and skeletons and ghosts on people's homes. We had ghosts hanging in our trees and she loved that. She still wouldn't sit with the witches at Gardner Village. Maybe next year. Chris took her trick or treating while I stayed home to hand out candy. They only made it about 15 minutes and then she wanted to come home. I really wanted to take her myself so I finally convinced her to go out trick or treating again. We only went to a few houses of the people we know best. By the second or third home she thought that once the candy bowl came out it was grab all she can. I had to tell her that we just take one candy. But, she loved it! And so did I. We actually ran out of candy this year. I thought sixty candy bars was enough but we had around ninety! Luckily, I had some little candies around. It's weird to think that next Halloween she'll be in preschool!