Day 5 of Gratitude!

I know I'm about an hour late but I'm posting anyways!

I'm so thankful for my current job! It's the best job ever! I never thought I would be blessed to be a stay at home mom but I am! Raising my two beautiful children and having the opportunity to watch them learn and grow is such a beautiful blessing...even on the rough days! I get to be a part of their lives every minute and I almost never miss a thing.

I went back to work as a pediatric/NICU nurse for 2 weeks after I had Berkley and, as much as I loved it, I hated missing out on spending time with my sweet, young baby.

I am so grateful that Aaron works so hard so I can stay home with our babies! I love it! Being a mom totally rocks!

Day 4 of Gratitude!

Today, and every day, I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, so grateful! I am thankful that I was raised with the gospel in my life and that I am sealed to my family for eternity. I am thankful to know that I am a daughter of God and that He loves me as an individual and that even the small things that are important to me are important to Him.

I feel blessed to go to church each week and learn more about His gospel and take the sacrament and think of what Christ has done for me and all of us. I can't express my gratitude enough to have the gospel in my life and to have the blessings I have because I do my best to live it.

I am also thankful that Heavenly Father knows that I am imperfect but loves me anyways...true unconditional love. Not only that, but I am thankful that he loves all of us unconditionally and knows each of us better than we even know ourselves.

His guidance is such a blessing to me and I am grateful to Him for EVERYTHING that I have. I hope that those who are searching for Him will be able to find Him and feel His love in their lives as I do in mine.

Day 3 of Gratitude!

I'm so thankful for technology! I love having a smart phone that allows me to get on Facebook, read blogs, check my email, play games, and anything else I could want to do...even write this post! As frustrating as it can be sometimes I can't believe how much easier it makes life to have the technology we have! :)

P.S. I absolutely love my Samsung Galaxy S3! Best phone ever!

Day 2 of Gratitude!

I can't help but appreciate the fact that I have a warm, safe shelter that my family is blessed to live in. It breaks my heart that there are people suffering out east because their homes have been damaged by Hurricane Sandy...especially with the weather getting colder.

I wish that nobody had to be homeless. I hate seeing vacant properties that could be providing shelter to the homeless...seems like such a waste of space to me.

Although I get frustrated from time to time that my closet isn't as big as I wish it was, I'm truly grateful to have a home to have a closet in. I really shouldn't complain about something as stupid as a tiny closet and tiny garage when I could just remember how blessed I am to have a warm, safe place for my family. :)

Way behind but very thankful! Day 1 of Gratitude!

I'm not going to update my blog just yet thanks to my laptop having trojans recently but I do want to take a moment to express my gratitude for one of many things I'm grateful for today.

Day 1: I'm thankful to have such an incredible little family that I get to be sealed to for eternity. Aaron, Berkley, and Nixon are so special to me and I love them so much! I couldn't ask for a better husband and children. I feel so blessed to be their wife and mommy! :)

Stay tuned for more things I'm grateful for this month...my goal is to share one new thing each day!

Nitasha

Learning About Life With 2 Kiddos!

I absolutely love my life right now!  (minus the financial side of it obviously!)  I have such a wonderful, hard-working husband and two of the most beautiful, perfect, loving children ever!  I often find myself in awe when I think about how lucky and blessed I am to have the life that I have.  I try to savor every snuggle and every sweet, slobbery kiss that comes my way because I know that one day these two wonderful children will have to grow up. :(  Since I have been MAJORLY slacking at updating my blog and posting pictures I have a TON of work to do so hopefully I don't leave anything out!

 

Nixon sleeping in his bassinet for the first time!  Lets be honest though...this didn't last long!  I absolutely LOVE having my babies in my bed with me!

 

Nixon in his adorable football beanie!

 

Berkley loving on brother!  It almost always makes her feel better to hold and kiss Nixon when she's sad!  SO DANG SWEET!

Nixon's first outing!  We went to Smith's to get mommy's pain pills!  He was just 2 days old!

 





Nixon getting his nails clipped for the first time!

 

Berkley is such a GREAT big sister!  She is always rushing to Nixon to give him his binky if he fusses (which thankfully isn't too often!) and she loves to stick her finger in the middle part of it!

 

That gets us through June, finally!  Now, on to July!

 

Nixon getting his first sponge bath at home!

 

All clean!

 

 

Berkley loves going outside to the backyard and coloring with chalk or blowing bubbles!

Berkley tackling the BYU fans!  HAHA!  Go Utes!  So cute!

 

 

Nixon's first doctor's appointment!  4 days old!

 

Just for fun...Me at 39 weeks and then 5 days after I had Nixon!  CRAZY!!!

 

 

Watching fireworks together on the 3rd!  Ryan and Ashley got to come too!

 

 

Nixon's umbilical cord fell off during the night sometime and I woke up on the 4th and noticed that it was gone!  It was in my bedding!!!  Kind of gross but I was glad it fell off because it was infected!

 

The 4th of July was when Nixon was only 6 days old and you'd better believe that we still celebrated it like normal!  Here are the pictures to prove it!

 

 

Our patriotic kiddos before the parade!

 

 

All of us at the parade!  It was seriously SCORCHING hot!  I couldn't stop sweating!!!  We ended up with tons of candy though and we got to go with Ryan and Ashley so it was still pretty dang awesome!

 

After the parade we went to my parents' house for a small BBQ and Nixon got to meet his great-grandma for the first time!  Berkley found the Sun Chips and kept sneaking into the kitchen to eat more and I caught my dad asleep with the little man!  We had a great 4th of July!

 

 

Watching TV together!  I love how Berkley was sitting!

It's true!  He is "Handsome Like Daddy"!  I love these two wonderful boys!

 

Nixon's cute little birth mark!

 

Berkley a little too close to the TV!  Haha!  We had a sleepover at Ryan and Ashley's house on the 5th and Berkley is just the right height to stand right in front of the TV and make herself blind!

 

On the night of the 6th we had planned to have Aaron's parents bring us dinner.  Little did we know that they were also bringing his sisters who were sneaky and planned a visit from out of state without us knowing!  It was a great surprise!  They sent us a picture of them by our SUV and said "Wish we were here!" and we were SO confused at first!  Once I realized what was going on I jumped up and ran outside and there they were!  It was so much fun to see Cherie and Dani so unexpectedly!

 

Berkley holding hands with Uncle Paxton!

 

Nixon's first big spit-up!  All over grandma!  :)

Grandma snuggling with both kiddos!

Berkley playing with her cousin, Kaylie!

 

All ready for church!  Daddy was singing with the men's choir in the ward so we went for Sacrament Meeting only because Nixon was only 10 days old!

 

Later Sunday night we went to cousin Boston's baby blessing!  Aren't these two just adorable in their Sunday best?!

 

When Nixon was 11 days old my friend from my ward, Sarah Miller (https://www.facebook.com/#!/sarahmillerphotos), came over and took some beautiful pictures of my two angels for me!  I love how they turned out!  Here are some of my favorites!

 

Aren't these two children just so perfect?!

 

Snuggling with both of my babies!  We took a nap this way that day!

 

Berkley wiping off Nixon's head after she kissed him!  We must wipe off her kisses a lot because now she always wipes them off for us!

 

Family snuggle time!  It's the best!

 

Berkley loves to sit in Nixon's bouncer and watch TV.  A few times she's even fallen asleep in it!

 

Too dang handsome!

 

Nixon's first time in the bouncer!  15 days old!  He was not too much of a fan but it's definitely grown on him!

 

 

While Cherie, Aaron's sister, was here from Washington she took some pictures for us on the 15th!  I love this one of Aaron and Nixon!

 

And here's a great family picture from that day too!

 

That gets us through the middle of July!  Yay!  I'm making progress!  The little dude just did a nasty #2 in his diaper and my princess is tearing my house apart so it's time to take a break and hope that I will get back to catching up soon!  It wouldn't be so hard if I didn't have so many pictures of 2 of the cutest kids ever!

Nixon's First Full Day on Earth!

The hospital stay really wasn't too bad.  My nurses were Cathi, Melissa, and Wendy.  I LOVE Ogden Regional!  Nixon had to be taken for his bath and shots at 11:30 PM.  I don't think he liked it too much!

 

The nurse brought him back to the room around 1 AM.  I was SO excited to have him back!

He sure was a sleepy little dude that first night.  Nothing could wake him up!  He really only woke up when they came to check his temperature at 6:20 AM.  P.S. Aren't these PJ's so dang cute on him?!  We bought them before we even got pregnant with Berkley because we loved them SO much!  I'm so glad we got to have an adorable little man to put in them!

I LOVE his bright blonde hair!  I couldn't get enough of it in the hospital!  You can't really see it here but Nixon has a cute little birth mark on the back of his head!

Daddy's first time changing Nixon's bum!

Nixon's first outfit!

 

"Little Brother"

He's seriously so dang HANDSOME!!!

"Big Sister" and "Little Brother"

 

These two really did have a bond right from the start despite how disinterested she looks here!

 

Berkley was very curious about the hospital room.  She couldn't get enough of the drawers and cupboards!

Berkley kept rubbing his head and saying "WOW!" and she kept giving him lots of kisses!  So perfect!

"EYES!"  (She was going through a phase of being obsessed with eyes!)

At 4 PM the nurse checked Nixon's bilirubin level and it was 4.9 so they said we would be able to go home that day for sure.  Yay!

It sure was difficult having Berkley at the hospital the whole day but she eventually wore herself out and took a little nap!

 

Daddy with our perfect little angels!

 

At 7:15 PM they checked Nixon's weight and did his PKU.  He weighed 6 lb 14 oz (he was 7 lb 2 oz at birth) and they said he looked good still so we got to get ready to go home!

 

Getting in the car seat for the very first time...ready to go HOME!!!

 

Our little family of 4 ready to venture off on our own!  We left at 7:50 PM (Nixon was exactly 23 hours old) which was lucky because they're supposed to keep you for a minimum of 24 hours!

 

By the time we got home (at 8:25 PM) both kids were totally ZONKED!  Needless to say staying at the hospital is very EXHAUSTING for everyone there!  :)

 

It was GREAT to be home and enjoy our two perfect children together!