36 Weeks

Had my first weekly with the Doc today.

I am dilated to a 3 and 70% effaced.

When I was that point with Levi I had him 8 days later.

So...we'll see what happens.

Spoiled

I was with some friends the other day when some husband bashing started over how messy they could be. They looked to me to join in but instead of putting jord down I said "Actually Jordan is really clean, he even did the dishes this morning before he left for school." My friends were shocked. I went on that he makes breakfast for me and Levi in the mornings so I can get ready by myself. They were amazed. And they should be right? He is pretty cool. After I left my friends house that day I thought of all the other things Jordan does that I don't think a lot of other men do. So here is my ode to Jordan. If you don't want to hear me brag about him then here is your que to tune out. But there are some out there, namely his mother, that will thoroughly enjoy this.

Besides making me and Levi breakfast in the mornings and cleaning up after himself, he also does the dishes after I cook dinner. AND cleans Levi up while I get his bath started. I also have never cleaned the toilet or taken out the trash. Those are tasks that he started religiously as soon as we were married. Seriously how awesome is that?! I'm telling you, I'm spoiled. Most days I try to nap while Levi is napping. If Levi gets up early from his nap and Jordan is around he doesn't wake me up, he lets me take an exta long nap while he plays quietly with Levi. If im not feeling up to it he'll cook dinner, and he is really good at it. Quite a chef. When i start cleaning he is quick to join right in and help. He ALWAYS opens the car door for me. (he actually gets mad if i forget and open it myself.) He does so much for me and levi all while he is a full time law student. I seriously could go on and on and on about how awesome Jordan is and how lucky I am to have him as my husband. I know a lot of you are probably gagging about this post and my bragging (I myself hate it when people display their PDA electronically) but this feels important. I guess it's ok to brag every once in a while, right?

Baby Update & Jade Layne Crafts

Ok friends, if you haven't already seen on facebook, I started a blog to sell crochet hats.

Come to find out, crocheting isn't just for grandmas.

Aren't these hats soooo cute?!

I first decided to try my hand at crocheting about a month ago when my sister had her baby.

I always thought those newborn pics with cute crochet hats were just adorable so I thought I'd try to make a couple.

Well from there it just kinda escalated. Im trying to make a ton of different hats and other items.

Check it out at jadelayne.blogspot.com.

Here is my 29 week pic.

Not long before the babe comes.

Is anyone there?...

Just wondering cause...its been a LONG time since we have updated this thing.

Here is my 20 wk photo. 

We are at 24 wks now and everything is going great.

This little guy is such a mover! 

Levi barely kicked me at all but this guy almost does not stop moving.

 My sister Carly and her Husb Andy had their baby on the 8th.

 Welcome to the world little Conner Westen Rider.

Oh my goodness I love this baby!!

My sister did an at home water birth.

Seriously. That takes guts.

Pictures

All of Levi

First time with Santa was a success!

Lazy

I know, I know.... It's been a while. I bet most of you have stopped checking up on us because I haven't updated in forever. Sorry. (especially to carly because I have no pictures for you.) I feel like I can't do a new post until I get some pictures up, and I can't do that on my iPad. Or I just dont know how to. Blah blah Excuses I know, but here is an update on us.

Jordan is on his second week of finals at unlv law. This means that me and Levi have been kicked out of the apartment and are in stgeorge so he can study all day and night without interruption. He has finished 2 and has 3 more to go this next week.

I am now 13 weeks pregnant. Yay for the first trimester being over. (and if you didn't know I was pregnant then, surprise!) I am getting over being really nauseous and now just don't really like food in general. I'm feeling chunky and bigger now than this stage with Levi. Sometimes I can look really pregnant and others not so much. This is why I hate this stage. I want people to know I'm pregnant and not just gaining weight. I love when I finally got the baby bump, which happened between month 6 and 7 with Levi.

Well I hope you all have a great holiday season and hopefully I'll get some pictures up in a couple weeks...

It's happening again: going private

...So leave your address if you want an invite. If you've given it to me before you wont have to again.

Present for Olive

I recently finished making this pillow for a friend. She is about to have a baby girl and they have decided on the name Olive. Oh how I love that name! But...with our last name that will never work. Olive Gardner. Yum, I love that restaurant.

Anyways. Its suppose to be read {olive} you = i love you.

I am actually pretty proud of this pillow and contemplated keeping it.

The olive is made of felt which I just cut out free hand, and then hand stitched onto the fabric.

To paint the "YOU" on I found a font I liked on the computer, printed it out the size I wanted it to be and then traced it onto wax paper. I then used a blade to cut out the letters from the wax paper so that I had my very own personal stencil. Then I just painted the words on. In total the present cost me nothing {but time of course} because I already had all the supplies! Sweet!

Another project I finished last week was revamping this cardigan. Call me old, but I love lace. This too cost me nothing because I got the lace from Jordan's grandma. All I did on this one is sew the lace in place.

Shark Reef Aquarium

Saturday we ventured to the strip and went to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.

Me and Jordan loved it; levi, not so much. All he really wanted to do was push the stroller around. He was interested in the fish for like 2 seconds. Its a little pricey to get in ($18 per person -kids free, $15 for locals) so I'm not quite sure how much I would recommend people going or if we'll go again, but it is really cool. I am glad we went, it was fun to see and it was another item we could knock off our Vegas bucket list.

Here is a picture of our happy boy!

Coming Back

WE ARE BACK! Not only back to blogging, but back to Henderson. Oh how I have missed you Henderson.We had a fantastic time in St. George. We were able to spend some quality time with family, attend many great weddings, camp, family reunions, cattle drives, plays and see a lot of our dear friends.
Here are a couple pictures from our summer:

Levi's first birthday (milk and cookies) was a complete success!

We went to the county fair

Celebrated Jord's (and meg and janece's) birthday in Pine Valley

Camping with the McDonalds. Me Cherri and the kids decided to "camp" in the cabin...

4th of July fireworks with the family 

Jord's bday again

Play dates with great friends

Surprise! Carly and Andy told us they are pregnant!!

Our cutie niece Sophie

We are fully back into the swing of things here in Henderson. Jordan is really enjoying his second year of law school. So far it has been a lot more relaxed and easier. Me and Levi have gotten back to our play groups with full force (we have one every day of the week!). I have loved coming back and getting together with a lot of our friends. We have had a couple great get togethers with our law school friends which included another pool party and intense pool basketball game. Levi is a full time walker these days and is a little bit of a trouble maker. His new fun thing to do is hide everything. I have found a couple pairs of my shoes in the trash, and the laundry basket and other things like lids and magnets in our clothes drawers and jordan's backpack. It is pretty funny, i'll admit. He is great at signing which has been awesome for us because I think it helps with him not throwing tantrums because he can't communicate. He also now folds his arms when we say our night time prayer. It is probably the cutest thing you have ever seen.

Levi: 10 Months, and STG

{10 Months}

This post is just a tad late..

-Levi can point to what or who he wants

-Says "dod"for dog,"nana" for banana and "mom" and "da" or "dada" 

-Doesn't like to eat baby food anymore. He only wants to eat what we eat. He especially likes Gramma Neece's garlic and onion black beans. 

-Cruises all over the place

-Can walk while only holding one hand

-Is down to 2 naps a day. It was hard work but is great because the naps last from 1.5 - 2 hours

-Wears clothes sized 6-12 months

-Loves to laugh

-Still no teeth!

-Isn't too interested in his bottle or formula anymore

-Can drink from a cup {assisted}

Boxes to Ishinomaki Update

I am so excited and happy to report that our box made it to Japan! and look, we even have proof! Mr. Oikawa from Be 1 Project in Sendai, Japan is holding a picture of our family and our box!

{I kinda feel famous for having him hold our picture, I won't lie...}

We loved this opportunity to serve. We helped someone somewhere. Someone we don't even know will benefit by this and that just feels good.

Want to do something for Japan?: my cousin created a website for people who want to help the relief efforts in Japan. Go to this website and just click "support." You can click once everyday for about 84 more days. Every time you click 1 yen {which equals roughly .o1 US dollars} will be donated by a company sponsor. Sooo...all you have to do to help is to click a button on your computer. How sweet is that?

Check out this link for the complete post on The Sleepy Time Gal's blog that included the pictures of our family.

Mustache Pool Party

Jordan and his law school friends decided to grow mustaches the last month of finals. Here are the results:

 {Eric Carson, James Clissold, John Peck, Jordan and Alan Miller}

{next pics add Joe Bowen,  Kevin Day and Michael Lum}

Here is our law school family. We have had many great parties and get togethers over the past year. We are so grateful to have such great friends!

And hooray for Jordan being done with his first year of law! This summer he got an internship with Gallian Wilcox Welker Olson & Beckstrom in St. George.

Levi 9 Months

Our little one is 9 months!

Yay!

Here are his stats for our record:

Stands holding onto things

Claps his hands by himself and when he sees others clapping

Can still fit into some of his 3-6 month clothes

Wears size 3 diapers

Will "walk" when you hold his hands

Waves "Hi" and "Bye"

Gives kisses

Sleeps 7pm to 6am

Still no teeth

Loves prunes!

Shakes his head "No" (although I think it is more of his way of dancing)

Will give high fives

Such a momma's boy

Still takes about 3 naps a day - first 2 about 1.5 hours; the last half an hour

(We tried just going for 2 naps but he was sooo cranky. I do love his 3 naps!)

Loves when we sing "The Wheels on the Bus" - he'll stop crying and laugh

Most of his favorite toys can be found in the kitchen like: pots, pans and silicone basting brush

Boxes to Ishinomaki

(photo Here)

Me and Jo were devestated to hear about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan this past March. We have wanted to do something to help but I wanted to do something more personal than just sending money. Then I found this website. I stumbled upon it looking for a tutorial on making a mat for Levi's highchair.If you have time check it out.

They started out sending boxes to the children of Ishinomaki. They have been able to send so many boxes (over 600) that the boxes have been going to other sites to help those in need.

Me and Jo finishd our box and sent it out Monday night.

It included:

Candy for the kids

A quilted baby blanket

Paper and Pencils

Hello Kitty bubbles

Hello Kitty socks/ Toy Story Socks

HK bracelets and neclace

Stuffed animal

Basketball

6 mini handsanitizers

Bottle of lotion

Hand and face antibactrial wipes

Pads

Tampons

Ramen

For the past couple months I have been trying to get back into studying Japanese from my old text books (and now from my awesome Ipad2). So, I added some post-it notes in Japanese to some of the items we sent. I also wrote out a card in Japanese to the recipient of the box (with help from my dad). It feels so good helping others. This was just the project I was looking for that made it seem personal.

If anyone else wants to send out a box let me know and I can send you the address (you will ship it right to Japan)!

Or you can go here and email Nicole and she will give you the address.

My Birthday

I got this movie:

(Did I tell you me and Jo are planning on taking Jiu Jitsu this summer?)

& we went to see this:
Wow! KA was amazing!!

Me & Jo decided that living in Nevada, about 15 min. away from the strip, is pretty awesome.
(I know STG isn't THAT far away from Vegas, but there is just something about being so close -and residents- that makes everything seem cooler).
You can bet we will see all the Cirque De Soleil shows before we move.

Levi did really good with his first time paid babysitter
(a YW who I got to know through basketball).
He went right to bed and didn't give her any problems.
He is such a good child.

Easter

Bunny Bunting

{A post for Janece}

Here is a picture of the bunny bunting I made last week.

I got the idea from this blog.

They're suppose to look like the peeps bunnies.

8 Months

Our little guy is already 8 months!

• Still not crawling but he tries. He does what we call "swimming." He frantically moves his arms and legs, only problem: they are in the air. No contact with the ground.
• Loves eating whatever we eat. He'll get mad if you don't share.
• Is starting to wave
• Love Love Loves to bang things together.
• Can stand up with our help. Can stand up by himself holding onto the coffee table.
• Loves animals, especially dogs. He'll scream all day at them.
• Is great at car rides now.
• SOOOOO happy. Honestly the happiest baby I have ever seen.
• Sleeps 7:30pm to 6am
• Just got over a sinus infection :(
• Will look for airplanes when he hears them. He can find them when we point them out too.
• A great jumper in the jumper.
• STILL no teeth. The doctor said it should be coming within the next couple weeks.
• Likes to feed himself finger foods.
• Can say "mmmMom" now too.
• Rolls around to get places.
• Likes to wrestle with his daddy.

We love our little puppy. Ahh I wish he was awake cause I wanna squish him!

ABC

FINALLY! It only took me..uh..7 months to finish.

Probably cause it took more than 12 cans of frozen apple juice to go through.

But im really happy with it.

I don't really remember what blog this ABC Tin craft came from but Levi seems to like it. Given he won't be learning his ABCs for a while but he likes to clap the letters together, pull the letters out of the bucket, pour them out and suck on them.

I saved out extra "L" "E" "V" "I" tin letters that Im going to put magnents on to use for the fridge.