April

I haven't been very good about blogging lately. Which is kind of sad because I haven't been working the last 3 months. We are doing well and have had some fun times this last month. We took the kids to the living planet aquarium in SLC. It wasn't as fun as we would have hoped. As my sister said, we could have gone to Cabela's and seen the fish tanks there for free (and had just as much fun.) Rian really enjoyed the frogs anyway. We had a great Easter as well, filled with The Princess and the Frog and Toy Story themed baskets. I'll have to post pictures of those events later. Here are some cute cute pictures of our kiddos. Rian loves to hold baby brother Gunnar. She has her own "baby talk" (if you will) consisting of Luv you baby! and Oh, So cute! She is so adorable and I hear those phrases about 100 times a day. We sure love them both so much and had a great April. Enjoy the pictures!

Holding Baby Gunnar

Our Handsome Man!

Best Buddies. Rian wants me to take their picture together almost everyday.

I love my Bouncer! (so does big sister)

Our very own "Shirley Temple"

Gunnar just started using his Bumbo and he loves it! He looks so big in these pictures! He can also hold onto this rattle, but it's still to heavy that he can't really pick it up.

2 Months Old

Gunnar

My Baby is two months old today. Two months that have gone by way too fast. I guess the loss of sleep is what makes it seem like just yesterday we were in the hospital welcoming our baby boy to this world. The sleeping is getting better now that Gunnar has nearly doubled his birth weight (9 lbs 13 oz last Wednesday.) Which I think is quite amazing since he was born at 36 weeks and only weighed 5 lbs 2 oz. He is sleeping close to 3 to 4 hours at night. Hooray! He has outgrown that newborn look already. He has those cute baby fat rolls on his thighs that are only adorable on infants. He smiles all the time which makes my heart melt. He almost never cries for no reason-only when he wants to be held (which is all the time), needs a diaper or is hungry. Otherwise he is so happy. His big sister Rian loves him so much I have to remind her that he is a baby and that he needs space too. She is coping very well for the most part. (Only a few tantrums a day which is to be expected for a 2 yr old.) All in all it has been a great 2 months. We love our new addition Gunnar. Happy 2 Months!

Tiny Feet

Gunnar with blanket made by Great Grandma Millett

Tiny Fingers

Gunnar's Pictures

Gunnar John Pace

Announcing Our Baby Boy-Gunnar John Pace! Born on Feb. 18, 2010 at 7:33 p.m. 5 lbs 2 oz and 17 1/2 inches. After just 7 hours of Labor he is here!! I was pretty sure my water had broke in the morning, so when I went to my doctor's appointment I packed the car (just in case). Sure enough, the Dr. said to walk across the hall to labor and delivery. I was worried because they were going to give me pitocin and I wanted a natural childbirth. John met me there around 12:30 p.m. I was having regular contractions so the nurse talked to our Dr. and they decided to wait on the pitocin. Hooray! By dinner time I was ready to have the baby. I even choose not to have an epidural and was so glad I did! Gunnar was born at 36 weeks. Although he was small he is a healthy baby boy! We got to come home from the hospital when he was 2 days old. We are all doing really good. It feels nice to be home. Rian is staying with my parents this week and is having a blast with Koda their dog. Here are a few pictures of our wonderful journey!

First Photo Together, many thanks to the nurse!

I weighed 5 lbs, 2 ounces

Getting ready to go Home. 2 days old

Gunnar and Big Sister Rian

Gunnar and Rian (she didn't want us taking her picture)

In the Carseat. I almost had to come home in a car bed because of my size. Mommy convinced the nurse my carseat went down to 4 lbs. So we did a 90 min. car seat check instead (where they watch the oxygen level of the baby. It has to stay above 90 %. I was at 95% the whole time)

Gunnar John Pace

Look at My Blue Eyes

Already love the Binky!

I have the tiniest hands and feet.

Gunnar and Mommy. Look how small I am!

Classical Guitar

I have the most amazing classical guitar cd that John bought me a few years back for Valentines or for our Wedding Anniversary. I seriously listen to it every night for relaxation. I have been wanting to find some more music like this for when I have the baby (I have volume 1 of this Sounds of Excellence series). For Christmas this year we looked for the other volumes to this collection. We only had the disk, not the case, and couldn't find anything from the information on the cd. So John bought me a whole slew of classical guitar music cd's hoping that I could find something similar to listen to. The Cd's we got are alright but just not the same feel even though they say "Classical Guitar" on them. Some are a little too upbeat to be relaxing!

So amidst the cleaning (nesting) I have been doing, I found a box of old cd cases the other day and found the cd case to this disk. I now know that the music on the cd I have is performed by a musician named Matteo Campanella. So of coarse I googled his name and found the cd I already have. On ebay right now you can buy it for just $93.40!! Yikes!

I have since found Volumes 2 and 3 on Amazon both for under $10.00. So I snatched them up and I am the happiest person in the world right now!