last week in one post

Well hello!! It's been a little while since I last wrote a post, sorry we've been busy and loving it. Let's see... where do I begin? Last Wednesday the ladies of my church threw us a beautiful baby shower for Jayden and Josh tagged along, it was so much fun! Our good family friend Sarah (I was actually one of the flower girls in her wedding!) hosted the shower at her gorgeous home on the south end of the island. I am always in awe of the waterfront view from her living room and love watching the ferries cross in front of her house, it is so breathtaking. We played really fun and original games that I have never played before, I was cracking up... and Josh got a sneak peak into what a "shower" is like. Here is a picture of the cake, look at those frosting babies...

The diaper cake Sarah made us (SO cute)

...you can kind of see the view I'm talking about here, I should have taken a better picture of it

The yummy brunch

Claire, mom and I

Sarah did such an awesome job throwing a great shower, her house was decorated in blue's and yellow polka-dots and rubber duckies... so cute!! It was fun catching up with people that I pretty much only see on Sunday and was fun having Josh there to experience a shower. He thought it was quite a mysterious thing, I had a few bridal and baby showers and he always wanted to know what went on at one, haha!

So this post is basically a catch up on last week since I didn't blog at all and it's kind of random but here are some cute pictures of Jay baby.

The other night he was super fussy. I nursed him, changed him, burped him, sang to him, did the mommy walk around the house over and over, put him in his vibrating chair... nothing would do it... and then I had an idea, I put him in his bouncy chair and turned on The Little Mermaid and no joke by the time they showed Ariel's face he had stopped crying!! Josh thinks that Jay may have a thing for redheads!

I love that Josh is always up to work out with me and I love working out with him, we always push each other and end up doing more than we would alone (well, at least I do more than I would alone... mostly because he is such better shape than I am, I try to push myself not to look like a wimp next to him) Yesterday my brother, Brenton, had the day off of school and went for a walk with us. Jay loves going on walks or I should say that Jay loves riding along during our walks... I can't blame him, it looks cozy! Jay's stroller is a jogger and it is awesome... Josh calls it the Phantom, which makes it sound so luxurious, haha! It's pretty funny because when we were picking it out he just started calling it "The Phantom" and I thought that he just randomly made that nickname up but it turns out that on box it said phantom which is the color... we're dorks... we know...but we love it and the nickname is here to stay!

Here we are with my mom's naughty little puppy, Sadie

Look at my sweet little bear!

We made a stop downtown and visited mom at the candy shop and she took a break with us.

Look at all of those yummy treats at my mom's candy store!

I wouldn't let myself be tempted... I've gotta work off that baby weight/badonkadonk, haha!

mom, brenton, Jay and Josh

we also went to Subway on our walk... I'm pretty much addicted to Subway

...a baby and a puppy... is there anything cuter?!

(maybe if the baby wasn't starting to cry in this picture:)

I love when Josh has the day off and we can just hang out as a family! Last night we tried some new kinds of sushi and were pleasantly surprised...

our little family

*poor Josh looks like he has a black eye :( He has a clogged tear duct

He is such a goof ball, I LOVE it!

And last but not least my lovely sister... ClaireBear

Super Bowl Sunday

Well, it's Super Bowl Sunday and we had a blast! Josh picked the Saints to win in his work's Super Bowl pool so you know who we were rooting for. We got all decked out for the big game and had some yummy snacks. Here are a few pictures from our night:

I made this little "Go Saints" onesie for Jay

and here he is wearing it

Mommy and Jay

Our little family

I love this picture, Josh is so good at getting Jay to look at the camera for pictures!

Did anyone else get teary eyed watching Drew Brees and his little boy after the game? I thought it was so precious watching Drew talk to his son and soak it all in with him during the post game celebration (even though the little guy probably had no idea what was going on). I mean look at this picture...

How cute is that?! I love the earmuffs... very smart!

And... I think it's so cool when athletes give the glory to God and remind people that they didn't make those huge achievements on their own. Good work Drew and Go Saints!

Britt's Beauty Picks

It was “Show Us Your Life” this last Friday at Kelly’s Korner. The "Show Us Your Life" topic this last week was Beauty Tips-favorite hair and makeup products, I know I’m a little late but better late than never right?! Here are some of my favorite products that I can’t live without…

I love lip sauce (also known as lip gloss or lip balm for those of you that are new to the term :) I'm a lip sauce junkie and always have it on hand, these are a few of my favorites:

C.O. Bigelow's mentha lip shine in Pink Mint (sold at Bath and Body Works)
Rosebud/Strawberry Lip Salve (sold at Sephora and Urban Outfitters)

I also LOVE BareMinerals Buxom line and have loved every color I've tried so far

I love BareMinerals, it is the best foundation and makeup line that I have ever used.

RareMinerals facial mist by BareMinerals is a misting spray that you spritz on your face after you've applied your makeup, it really sets your makeup and is super refreshing... I love it!

I used to be addicted to DiorShow mascara but I was surprised at how easy it was for me to switch over to Cover Girl's lastblast mascara. Lashblast is such a high quality mascara for such a low price and for around $8.00 you just can't beat it!

I can't believe that I bought this but it was TOTALLY worth every penny. I love this face brush from Clarisonic, I got a gift certificate for a facial last Christmas and they used this on my face and I was totally sold... it left my face feeling so clean and exfoliated. Plus, it's one of Oprah's favorite things!!

And for Hair this is my #1 must have:

I love Brocato but I really LOVE LOVE LOVE this Cloud9 Blowout Serum, it is a heat activated styling serum and protects hair from breakage. The Serum is super lightweight and doesn't weigh the hair down, plus it smells awesome!!

...and that's all I got!!

Pray for Jay

Please keep our sweet son, Jay, in your prayers. Monday night we were giving Jay a bath when I noticed that his groin area was very swollen, when I touched the area poor Jayden started crying and screaming. That night Jay didn't hardly sleep at all and cried the whole night, I knew that something was definitely wrong. Josh and I took Jay to the pediatrician as soon as they opened the next day to see his doctor. Our doctor took a look at Jay’s groin and told us that she was fairly sure that he had bilateral hernias and after feeling around she felt the hernias and tried to relieve them by pushing his intestines out of his scrotum. After the hernias were relieved Jay went straight to sleep. The doctor told us that we needed to go in to Seattle that day to have him looked at by the pediatric surgeon at Swedish hospital. Thankfully we were already going over to Seattle for my 6 week postpartum appointment at Swedish and then Jay had an ultrasound to check his hips (a standard procedure for all breech babies) and kidneys (they had noticed some warning signs when I had my last ultrasound). Well, needless to say the day way INSAINE! My appointment went well and Jayden’s ultrasound went wonderfully. I told the ultrasound tech that he had two hernias but she was so rough with him :( Jay was so good though, he didn’t even cry!! Next we met with the pediatric surgeon at the hospital and he was awesome! The surgeon was sure that he had hernias as well but wished that our pediatrician hadn’t relieved them so that he could see how bad they had been. Jay was so hungry but the doctor made us take Jay’s clothes off and wouldn’t let me feed him. The doctor was trying to make Jay cry and see if the crying would cause the intestines to protrude again, it was so hard to just stand there and watch my baby cry!! The surgeon said that he needed to call our pediatrician to go over what she saw that morning when she relieved the hernias. The doctor went over the ins and outs of the surgery and I told him how nervous the thought of having my baby be put under was to me (I mean he isn’t even old enough for baby Tylenol) and he assured me that they don’t like to do surgery until babies are at 12 weeks unless it's 100% necessary. We tentatively scheduled the surgery for 6-7 weeks from now but if the hernias continue to protrude we will go ahead with the surgery right away. I’m really praying that Jay’s body will just heal itself and that surgery won’t be needed but if it is I would much rather he be at the hospital’s desired age for the surgery. Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers!!

double coffee date

Today we had a nice relaxed Sunday. Josh and I met with our friend's Megan and Brian for coffee this afternoon, they are going through pre-marital counseling and as an assignment had to interview a couple that had been married for about a year. Megan and I met in 5th grade and have been friends through a lot, she was even a bridesmaid in my wedding!! It was so nice to catch up with them and to hear about all of their wedding plans, it was also a lot of fun to be interviewed by them. Talking about the last year and a half of married life with Josh really made me realize and appreciate what an amazing man I married. I am so thankful for Josh, he has been there for me through so much in the short time we've been married. It was nice to relax and catch up with good friends and really fun to take a look back at the past year and a half.

Here we are at coffee today

Megan and I at my wedding

Megan and Brian at our wedding

my favorite picture of Megan and Brian @ our wedding

It is such a cool thing to see Megan with Brian. I couldn't have picked anyone as a better match for Megan, Brian is such a good guy and is so fun. I can't wait to see how their wedding turns out!

Friday Night Basketball

GO Uncle Richie!!

Tonight we went to Richie's high school basketball game. Jayden was such a good baby (as always) and was held by many of his fans! Tonight Jay wore jeans for the first time and wore his Jordans for the first time out of the house. If you at this point are saying, "what the heck are Jordans?!" we're talking about Air Jordans, you know... the shoes... and this tells me that you don't know my husband very well. Because, if you knew my husband then you would know about Jordans and you would know how much he LOVES them... I think he has over 80 pairs that he has collected over the years!! Josh loves Jordans so much that at our wedding all of our groomsmen each brought a pair (or borrowed from Josh's huge collection) and posed for pictures in them...

much to Josh's dismay, the guys didn't wear these shoes during wedding

So as you can see it was only natural for Jay's first pair of shoes to be... you guessed it, Jordans.

Anyways, enough about Josh's shoe fetish, let's get back to our outing tonight... here are some pictures from the game:

Jay and daddy

Jay watching the game (or was it the cheerleaders?! uh-oh)

Jay and mommy

Hanging out during half time

Cheering on Uncle Richie

Jayden and Uncle Richie after the game!

It was a lot of fun to get out of the house and good to see friends. Plus, Josh and I (of course) love basketball and are always up for cheering on our siblings any chance that we get! It was a great game, especially since Kingston won, Northwest Sports Tonight was there taping the game and it was a good one!! Next week hopefully we'll make it out for Auntie Elle's game.

Family

This week we made a trip to Josh's family's home in Kingston, it was Jay's first trip there. We had a good time visiting with everyone and of course everyone had fun seeing and holding Jay.

Jay with Great Grandma Barb

Great Grandpa Don holding Jay

Great Grandma Barb, me, Uncle Richie, Grandma Patsy, Jay and Great Grandpa Don.

Me, Uncle Richie, Jay and Josh

Our little family

Josh's sister Elle had pulled an all-nighter studying the night before so she headed off to bed before we had brought out the camera. I need to get a good picture of her with Jay to put on here but until then here are a few pictures of her:

Brenton and Elle

Brenton and Elle again

Josh and I feel very blessed that our families get along so well together. The pictures above are of Elle and Brenton before homecoming this year, it was so much fun to take pictures of them before they left with their group. This is the second year that Brenton and Elle had gone to each other's homecomings. I think it is so great that they are such good friends; they chose to go with each other and have a blast instead of going with an awkward date! We're so glad that all of our siblings get along, it's so fun when we all get a chance to get together.

Here we all are at our wedding

Mackenzie, Elle, Claire, me, Josh, Richie, Tyler and Brenton