I'm so excited!!!

The main picture is in honor of my favorite 4th of July tradition.... THE CORVETTE SHOW! Every year the corvette club of Utah has a show at the West Jordan Park (except for last year and we don't want to talk about how they ruined my 4th of July.) I'm so excited!! There's nothing better in my opinion than a snow cone in one hand and a multitude of bright, shiny, beautiful corvettes in front of me. But there's a chance we might not be able to bring ours to the show like we do every year because she's not really equipped for car seats. Oh well, we'll see what happens.


I'M SO EXCITED!

P.S. This picture is from when we visited the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY.

Strawberries, anyone?

Does anyone know anything about growing strawberries? I obviously don't. They started out so pretty, and I even got a picture of my very first berry, but sadly they've taken a turn for the worse since then. Am I watering too much? Too little? Too much sun, maybe? I have no idea. But just as a side note, this is the planter box that Jason and I made for Mother's Day. I think they came out quite nice!


P.S. I thought this was a cute picture I got the other day of Jack. He always has his hands up in his face, even when he sleeps. Myabe the lights were too bright. Cute little guy!

Makin' a break for it....

Apparently Jack thought he could escape. Or maybe he was just going for the binky he dropped.

Two months old!

My baby is two months old today and MAN has time flown by! I guess that's what happens when you run on a consistent lack of sleep. :) Jack's doing really well. He just started smiling at us and that is sooo much fun. I think he smiles more at dad though. Not fair. He's growing like a weed. He just broke the 10 lb mark so he's almost double his birth weight. He's such a sweet little boy with a very good temperment, unless he's hungry and then he thinks the world is coming to an end! I know I've been a slacker when it comes to posting about Jack, so in honor of his two month birthday, here are some of his Easter pictures.

My handsome little devil in his church clothes. This was the first week he got to wear them and I was way more excited about it than I should have been.

Jack found his basket! He doesn't look to excited, however.

All the kids with their baskets.

Showing off what the Easter bunny brought him!

And while I'm posting pictures, here's one of his room. It's almost done, I need a few more things on the walls and a valance on the window and then it's complete!

Jack's first photo shoot

My brother in law, Chris, did Jack's first photo shoot and I think he did such a good job!! Jack is 10 days old in these pictures. Here's a few of my favorites....

Jack Rawson Buhler

Little Jack is here! He was born Thursday morning at 3:33 am. He's just a little guy, weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long. He was about a week and a half early - and I was planning on him being a week and a half late - but I guess he just didn't want to wait any longer.

Here is a brief (ok, not so brief) rundown of his birth - I started having some contractions towards the end of work on Wednesday, and as the night went on they started to get more and more frequent, and more and more painful. I called my mom just to let her know and she insisted that she and my dad come down and be with me just in case, because Jason was at the fire dept that night. I didn't think it was the real thing, but thought it would be nice to have them anyway. My dr had told me numerous times to wait until the contractions were 5 minutes apart for at least an hour. Well I didn't want to be an overreactor, and my contractions were all over the place, anywhere from 3 to 8 minutes apart, but by 12:30 in the morning the pain was getting really bad so we decided to go in. That morning I had a dr's appointment and he had told me I was dilated to a one, but when I got to the hospital I was a 3 1/2. The nurse told me I was really in labor so I hurried and called Jason to come home from work and they started hooking me up to IVs to get me ready for the epidural, which I was really needing at this point. It was about an hour later that I actually got the epidural, and I'm sure glad my mom and dad were there to tough it out with me because the contractions were REALLY frequent and REALLY painful. I just need to say right now that I love modern medicine! The person would invented anesthesia is my hero.

So Jason got to the hospital right as I got the epidural and they checked me again and I was dilated to a 9. They told me to wait for the dr before pushing because I was so close, so when he got there about an hour later he noticed that the baby's heart rate would drop every time I had a contraction. I guess it made him really nervous because he laid it all out on the table for me and told me that most new moms push for at least two hours but that Jack would only last through about 20 min of pushing, and then he'd have to do a c-section. I really didn't want a c-section so I pushed with all my might through 3 more contractions and he was here! They discovered his dropping heart rate was due to the cord being wrapped around his neck and body 3 times! He hardly cried at all when he came out, so the respiratory team came and gave him oxygen and all of that but they soon decided he just wasn't crying because he had a good attitude so they took him off all the machines and Jason got to help with his first bath.

Well that was supposed to be the quick version but it definitely turned into the long! I'm so happy that little Jack is here. I've never seen anything so precious in my entire life. He is such a little angel and its true what everyone tells you about love at first sight. I still can't believe Jason and I are parents but it sure is a blessing to have a healthy little boy. We just got home from the hospital tonight and I really like having Jack home. Here are some pictures of the little guy. You can also go to hospitalportraits.com and see the picture the hospital took of him, it turned out really good.

Baby Showers

Baby showers are so much fun!! I get so excited for tiny, little baby clothes and things because it just makes me want to put them on a tiny little body! I've had some really great showers over the last few weeks with my family and friends so I thought I'd post some pictures for memories. The first one was with my mom's side of the family. Here are all the cute girls in my family!

I also had a shower with my dad's side of the family but I forgot to bring my camera! I'm not surprised though, I forget a lot of things these days. :)



And here are some pictures from the Buhler family shower! This is little Bucket, which happens to be Jason's baby name of choice.

And all the ladies from Jason's family. I married into a really great family, I'm a lucky girl!

I think this is the cutest thing ever. Ahh, the creativity!! Thanks again to all who came to my showers and brought me such adorable gifts. I finally feel like I'm ready to have this baby. I even packed my hospital back tonight....