Time flies

It's crazy that our little Carly is already 2 weeks old. It has gone by way fast, but at the same time it seems like its been the longest 2 weeks of my life! I NEVER would have imagined that having a new baby would be such an emotional roller coaster. Every day brings a new challenge and a new worry. Although it's been by far the hardest 2 weeks of my life they have also been the best 2 weeks of my life. My mom kept telling me that things would seem a lot better once 2 weeks came around and she was right! I finally feel less like a zombie, my body feels semi-normal again, and I've mastered breastfeeding and diaper changes. Everyday Carly amazes me by how smart, sweet and alert she is. We are so blessed to have her in our lives!

Here are some recent pictures. My mom, dad and little brother came to visit and help out last Tuesday. They stayed until Saturday and it was great to have them here during Thanksgiving. It was so sad to say bye to them! I'm so grateful that we're going back to Utah for Christmas in 2 weeks!

Carly loves to spit up

My brother Jacob is already Carly's favorite uncle

My amazing mom

Carly wanted to eat when everything was finally ready to eat, and then she threw up all over me!

More pictures

We're parents!

Our beautiful Carly Gwen Green was born yesterday at 6:41 p.m.! She was 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches long. After a long night of strong contractions starting at 4 minutes apart at 6 p.m. and Lindsey wanting to labor as much as she could at home she was ready to go the hospital when the contractions became a lot stronger in the morning. We went into the hospital at 12:30 p.m. and Lindsey was dilated to a 4 and 90% effaced. She made quick progress and was fully dilated and ready to push at 5:00. We are so blessed to have such a perfect, healthy baby! More pics to come!

 

 

Going private, again

Our blog is going private again. We thought right before our little babe comes would be the best time. We wanted to make it public for a couple of weeks so we could make sure we don't leave anyone out! I think I have almost everyone's email addresses from when we went private before who wants to read our blog, but if I didn't have your email address before then please email me or leave a comment.

Baby update #1,000

I'm due in less than one week! I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. Today I went to the doctor and just like the last 2 weeks she said "any day now!" I've heard that 80% of first pregnancies go past the due date so I've been counting on being a week late, but because of my doctor's reassurance that I'll have the baby any day I've been getting extremely anxious. The last 3 days I've been having a lot of contractions, and with every contraction I hope that I'll be able to find some regularity, but not yet! At least I know that I only have 2 weeks at the longest until my doctor will at least induce me. We'll let everyone know when she finally decides to come, but it could be a while longer...

Hello again

I've had some people say they've had trouble reading our blog since it has been private, so we're making our blog public again. Hopefully it will be easy reading now, and people can add us on Google Reader again!

Twins!

My sister Kristen just found out last week that she's having twins, a boy and a girl! I am so excited. I can't imagine ever being able to handle twins, but I know Kristen will be awesome. The babies are due in March!

Baby update

Yesterday I went to the doctor. It's so weird to me that I go every week now. My doctor told me that the baby's head is down (I definitely came to that conclusion on my own this past week), I'm 50% effaced, and I'm already dilated 1 cm. She said I'm already making great progress. I asked her if she could tell how big the baby is and she told me the baby's a little over 6 lbs right now. I was so excited to hear all this information because it means we're going to have a baby soon!

P.S. Here's a website that I've liked checking: www.babysteals.com. It's a Utah company that a friend told me about. They put a new, popular, usually boutiqueish baby item up every morning that's at least 50% or more off, and they keep it up until it sells out that day. They sometimes have weird stuff that's over priced, but I keep checking to see if there will ever be something that's a really good deal.

Decorating

For the longest time I had been trying to find cute stuff to decorate the baby's room with. I didn't want to just go for the wooden block letters that spell a name and call it good. At the same time I didn't want to spend a lot of money. So Whitney gave me the great idea of making things to decorate the room with. I made these cute wall hangings and I think they turned out really well considering they are really easy and cheap to make.

 

We love fall

I realized that that haven't posted any pictures for a long time. Casey is great to remind me to take my camera places but then I always forget to actually take pictures. Here are some recent pictures.

We got a glider chair after finally selling our futon! Casey loves it so much that is was hard for him to move it from our family room into the baby's room. It took a couple of weeks.

 

Our beautifully carved pumpkins.

 

A Cereal Treasure

There are some foods that I like a lot and then there are some foods that I adore. Muffin Tops is one of those that I adore. It is the best cereal in the world. I had never tried it until Casey let me in on the secret when we went shopping for the first time together. Now I am hooked FOREVER. If you haven't tried it you must! It tastes just like you're eating a blueberry muffin top, except it's better. The only place that sells it in Wisconsin is Walmart in the bagged cereal section.

Final Countdown

I'm due in one month exactly! I thought this day would never come. We've been to all the baby classes, read all the books, the room is 80% ready (I'll post pictures once it's at least 95%), and I'm starting to get a little anxious. It's so hard for me to not know exactly what is going to happen! I'm not a laid-back person at all. It's crazy to think that the baby can just come at anytime now. Casey and I are so incredibly excited. It's all seeming much more real now that we're in the final 4 weeks. Now we just need to find a name we like!

Politics

I was reading my sister Kari's blog and after reading one of her posts I realized that I, like her, am very lucky to have a family that is very into politics. Growing up my family would always have interesting conversations about politics probably because my mom is a republican and my dad is a democrat. I learned from them how important it is to be an educated voter.

I was talking to my dad on the phone today about Provo politics. My parents are supporting a lady running for state senate. She's running against a man who has been in office for a long time. Recently a "controversy" came out about him and how he treated a pizza delivery girl. She blogged about what happened and now it's received a lot of attention on the news all over in Utah, and even as far as Texas. You can read her blog entry here:

http://cartoonbrickwall.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-run-in-with-majority-leader-in-utah.html.

I thought it was really interesting.Sadly I don't think the lady running against him will win the election because he continues to be reelected election after election! I hope people in Provo will not just vote for someone because they're the incumbent and a Mormon - it doesn't always mean that they are a good, honest person!

Baby classes!

Last night Casey and I went to our first of 3 classes. Casey was dreading last night's class because it was all about breastfeeding. While I am really glad that I took the class I think Casey had nightmares about boobs last night. Overall the class was really good for me because I had no idea how to breastfeed. I learned a lot of important and helpful hints. Next is a childbirth class this weekend.

Last weekend we made our last large baby purchase! We got a pack n' play/bassinet. We've tried to space out purchases so that it doesn't seem like we're spending as much. It's been nice because now we only have small things that we need to get. I was so excited to buy the pack n' play because it was one of the first things that I knew I wanted. It's so nice! It has a noise maker, night light, changing table, mobile, bassinet and more. We're planning to put it in our room so the baby can sleep with us the first few months. I think it will perfect!

Reality check

A few days ago at work I had to deposit some checks for a co-worker who was opening up an account for a couple. She said I would probably have to verify the checks because the couple just moved from out of state. I looked at one of the checks and it was from Utah! I got so excited that there might be some normal people in the credit union. I told my co-worker to point out the couple to me after she was finished with them so I could go talk to them. They ended up coming to me to withdraw some money and I knew it was them because they looked like a young Mormon couple from Utah here for medical school. I immediately asked if they were from Utah and I probably sounded a little too excited while I was asking them. They said yes, and nothing else. They were not nice. They were not friendly. They made me sad. They made me feel so dumb for being excited that I actually apologized to them for my excitement in seeing people from Utah at my work. To this they only looked at me more unfriendly-like. My dreams of being able to small talk with them about how ghetto my work is while laughing at some Mormon inside jokes were crashed, and instead they just stared at me and only said something to correct me when I gave them 20's and they wanted 10's. I was so disappointed; why can't all people from Utah be friendly and normal like I naively expect them to be?

September 15

Before we knew each other:


Then we started dating:


Then we got engaged:


Next came marriage!









I can't believe we've been married for two years! Time has gone by so fast. They have been the best years of my life. Happy Anniversary Casey!! 당신을 사랑합니다 !

Wicked!

To celebrate our anniversary, which is tomorrow, Casey took me to see Wicked in Chicago last night! It was so much fun. Casey was so sweet to take me when I'm sure he wasn't way excited about it. It was tons of fun to walk around Chicago and then go see the show. Today I've had all the songs stuck in my head!

Black and blue

I now have something else to add to my previous statements about Casey always getting hurt. Casey got injured while playing frisbee with the missionaries. He got a black eye from the frisbee. His eye ended up getting some pretty cool colors in it the next morning.

I ♥ The Count

Over the weekend we watched The Count Of Monte Cristo with some friends. I've probably seen it 20+ times and it never gets old! I love it! Jim Caviezel is amazing. If anyone hasn't seen the movie you must see it. I've heard the book is amesome too.

Hooray!

We just got our stroller today! I love it. It works perfectly with our car seat. I'm really glad that we found a car seat and a stroller that meet all of our random, picky requirements. I'm so relieved!

Here's our new stroller. It folds up like an umbrella stroller and has a lot of space in the basket underneath. It's exactly like the Maclaren strollers except a lot less expensive! Casey and I didn't want a stroller with a tray in the front and this one only has a bar in the front for the car seat to attach to (and it comes off). The main things that we wanted were a stroller that is light-weight, folds up small, and can be used through the toddler years - and we heard this one is perfect for those things. Hopefully we'll still like it once we actually use it!

Graduation

Graduation was a lot of fun. Although I didn't see anyone I knew that graduated in my major it was a lot of fun to be back in Provo and feel the nostalgia of BYU. Here are some pictures of the University graduation. The pictures of my college's graduation are on my mom's camera so I'll put those up soon.

 

My little but a lot taller 16-year-old brother Jacob.

 

 

My amazing mom and dad!