Boogie Nights

My poor baby has a clogged tear duct! As you can see from the picture, these are the boogies that accumulate in her eye through the night, even after wiping her eyes every feeding with a warm wash cloth! The Dr. said it should clear up on it's own by the time she is a few months old, but I hate seeing my little girl struggle to open her eye! I hope it clears up sooner than that!

As I was trying to get a shot of her little crusty eye, I managed to get a picture of her "smiling". So I guess her eye can't be bothering her that much...

...And Kate Makes Three!

Well, as I am sure all of you know by now, Kate Elizabeth made her way into our home and into our hearts on August 6. She came exactly one month early, but luckily was perfectly healthy! She weighed 5lbs 8oz and was 20" long. We could not be more in love with our sweet little girl.

We got home from the hospital late at night on August 8th and my mom flew in soon after, and could not have arrived a minute too soon! What an amazing help and blessing she was while she was here! I don't know what I would have done without her! She kept my house clean, kept us fed, stayed up with Kate so I could sleep, answered ALL of my MANY questions and helped me stay sane! Needless to say I bawled my eyes out when she left! It was so nice to have her here with us, and we are so grateful for her sacrifice to come and help us out! I miss her tons!





The past few weeks have been a whirlwind! Everyone has always told me that having a baby is life changing, but nothing could never have prepared me for this! It is such a rush of emotions, so much work, but so much fun! Lucky for us, Kate seems pretty mild tempered (so far)! She still hasn't really cried, she just whines a little and then calms down pretty quickly. She is starting to sleep better at night and is changing so much every day! I already feel like she is growing up too fast and she is only 3 weeks old!!! I love every single thing about her and she has brought such a sweet spirit to our home. I never could have imagined I could love someone this much!

Ok, now prepare yourself for a picture overload! I am just going to post all my favorite pictures!!!







Here is Kate's first bath






And more of my favorites...







and here she is on a quilt that one of my best friends mother made, she did an amazing job!

The Best Two Years!

On July 22, Jason and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We decided to take a weekend trip to Dallas, only a 3 hour drive. The first order of business when we arrived was a visit to Ikea, I can't visit a town that has one and not go! Even if I don't buy anything, I feel like I am cheating myself if I don't at least go look. We then went and checked in at our hotel and went swimming to beat the heat. We pretty much had the pool to ourselves! It was so nice and relaxing and the weather was perfect for swimming! Next on our agenda was dinner, we decided to go to Olive Garden (I know, we could go to Olive Garden almost anywhere) because it was where Jason took my on our first date, check out the truck we spotted on our way!




It was basically a monster truck! Only in Texas!

The next day we didn't have much planned (due to poor planning on my part!) so we pretty much drove around trying to find something cool to do. We were pretty unsuccessful, and found out that Dallas is pretty much just a big shopping city, but we did find a Denny's and had a yummy breakfast! Since we didn't find anything to do that was picture worthy, we decided to just take a picture of how we spent most of our day...

driving around! Even though we didn't find anything amazingly fun to do, it was still a wonderful weekend, and one I will treasure for a long time! I'm so lucky to be married to such a sweet and wonderful man! It truly has been the best two years! I love you Jay!

Our Visit From Diane!

This last weekend, Jason's Mom came to stay with us for a few days! It was so nice to have some family here! I think Jason and I have both decided that when it is time to settle down somewhere, the first requirement on our list will be that we have some sort of family near by!

There were a few things I have been wanting to check out since we moved here, so it was nice to have an excuse to go and do them. First we went to Bricktown, an area in downtown OKC right off the river with different shops. I had hoped for a unique atmosphere, with a lot of specialty shops, but we discovered it was more of a glorified concessions stand, with most of the shops being restaurants and bars. All in all, it was still a nice area and we enjoyed our lunch and walk along the river.


Next we went to the Oklahoma City National Memorial. I figured it would be a solemn place, but was not prepared for how much of an affect it would have on me. It's just so hard to imagine why or how someone could do something like that. I think the hardest part for me was seeing photographs of the victims, and thinking about all that their families had to go through. Even though it was hard to see it all and take it all in, I am so glad we went. The city truly did an amazing job, and it is a beautiful and peaceful place.


Sunday was a nice, relaxing day. I don't think any visit from Diane would be complete without a game of GOLF! Ever since we learned it earlier this year, it has become a staple every time we see the family. It has definitely become one of my favorite games, probably because it doesn't take much skill!


We also made a yummy, EASY ice cream cake. I saw the recipe on Kraftfoods.com and couldn't justify making it for just Jason and myself, so I figured that company was the perfect reason to make it!


Jason had school on Monday, so Diane and I went baby shopping. It was nice to have her there with me since I am clueless as to what I need and what I don't! After all the shopping our feet were tired so we went and pampered ourselves and got pedicures. It was so fun to have her here with us and we miss her tons! Thanks for everything Diane! We can't wait to see you again in October!

Catching Up!

OK, let's go way back to the 4th of July! I must admit I was pretty disappointed with the lack of patriotism there was around here! I figured the mid-west would be one of the most patriotic places to be on the 4th, boy was I wrong. I am hoping that I just didn't have enough time to research all the festivities and next year will be more exciting!

We started out the day by going to the Moore's annual Art in the Park. I had a few booths with vendors selling their homemade handicrafts and various foods and also some crafting booths for young kids. The real reason I wanted to go was because they were having a classic car show, something that has become a staple for me on the 4th thanks to my car crazy Dad! We got there just before the judging, and as they were reading off the winners, an old woman passed out due to the heat! The announcer stopped for a while as someone called an ambulance and then said, "Well, while we wait for the ambulance, let's continue". I felt SO bad for the old lady! I can't believe they didn't just wait 10 minutes to make sure she was ok! Anyway, Jay and I picked out our favorite cars. Mine was a '56 Chevy, black and white with cherry red on the inside! Jason chose a classic Corvette, although we are not sure what year it was. And yes, the old lady turned out to be alright.




After going home for a little while to cool down, we went over to the Dulgarian's family friend's house, the Petersons. They invited us and a couple from their ward who is also just starting dental school. We had a delicious bbq, and were forced inside mid-meal when it started to poor down rain. Luckily the rain didn't last long and we were able to go and watch some fireworks. Nothing too spectacular, but at least we got to see some. Here is an amazing shot I got of the grand finale! I think my new calling in life is to be a photographer, what do you think?


I think the small white spot in the photo is actually a street light!!! :)

School Begins For J-Bird

To kick off dental school for the first year students, OU held a white coat ceremony. It felt sort of like a graduation, just 4 years too early!!! It began with the students walking in, single file, up to the stage as they played an elevator version of Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge", something everyone is still a little confused about! :) They had a few speakers talk about the symbolism of the white coat and how important it is to be a "professional". Then each of the students crossed the stage and received their first white coat, embroidered name included! I was in awe as I looked up at all the students on stage and thought about how much work they had done to get to this point. I think this is the most proud I have been of Jason, he has worked so hard for this, and I am so grateful for his dedication.


Jason just finished his second week of school. There is just one class during the summer semester, but it is pretty intense. It is a human dissection class. Jason was worried about he would handle it at first, but he has been able to take it like a champ. He comes home excited everyday with a new story of what part of the body his group got to dissect. I don't know how he does it, just the stories are enough to make me nauseous! Here is a picture of Jay on his first official day of school. They require the students to wear scrubs everyday.

The Saga Begins...

So we have been in our new place for a few weeks now, and things are starting to come together nicely. We had a few unpleasant suprises upon arrival. First was the suprise that our house was already occupied by other tenants, a large family cockroaches!!! Then we ran into some plumbing and electrical problems, but two weeks and some bug spray later and things are really starting to look up! We are really enjoying Oklahoma and the town we are living in. It's beautiful and green here, most likely from all the crazy thunder storms we've been having every few days, and there are a lot of fun little creatures around. The other day, Jason and I helped the cutest turtle cross the road and later that same day, we found these little froggies in our backyard while Jason was mowing the lawn.

And here is another example of one of the many pleasant suprises we've found in our backyard. This plant looked like a plane old leafy bush a few weeks ago but look at how pretty the flowers it produces are:

Jason starts school officially tomorrow, but is gone all day today at orientation, so here's what I'm up to while he is gone:

Loungin in my new La-Z-Boy! Thanks Mom and Dad!!! Just kidding, I'll be keeping busy getting our house nice and clean and getting things ready for our sweet little baby!