Nails

Hailey let me paint her nails. It is so cute. I had to change mine so now we match! It is so cute. Every time she sees the nail polish she says " more" to paint them again. I'm so excited. She even did welll sitting still to let them dry. We'll see if that happens again. I hope so cause i love it. I can't wait until i can do her nails. But then she will be getting to old to fast. So i will wait very patiently for that one lol.

The Work and the Glory

What a good series! I just barley finished the last one tonight! Big accomplishment for me. It was so fun to read them. It only took me a year (given i was in school for most of that). So fun! Just wanted to share!

BaseBall

We went to the Rockies game with the Kotters this past weekend. It was so fun. It was a great game. High scoring one too. We were lucky though that it did not go as long as the one last night(monday 14 innings lasted until 12) I really don't think Hailey and elijah wold not have gone for that. But tey did really good.



We went all put, hot dogs and peanuts. lol. Sung the song and everything.

Bike ridding!

So we finally got eveything we need to go on bike rides. We have been having so much fun ridding our bikes. I can't wait to get back in Rexburg and Ride all over the place with Hailey in the Tralier. She loves it! It is so much more fun then pushing the stroller all around.



There is over 600 miles of bike paths around us right now. We went on one the other weekend. It was about 20 all around. There is truely a park like every mile. But following weekend after we tried the path again bu we topped it off with swimming. Along the path were we ended there was a swimming facility that was perfect our Hailey and the Kotters child. It was so fun. I got to try out my new swimsuite(so cute! and totally modest its great no worries about anything)





We have ridden around town trying out differnt parks and such. It really is fo Fun. almost every night is a perfect night. The only time i havn't said t it was raining but then agian that was still perfect. We love the weather here.

Denver Art Museum

It has been so fun. My sister and mom came down to hang out. So we went to the denver Art Museum. It was fasinating. The building it seld is something to see.


Look at all the angles. Amazing.

Places we've gone

There are so many parks, places to go and sculptures around here. It has been so fun! We have go to so many places. Like:



the Library. It's Huge! So many books and it has so many good spots to curl up and read. But with Hailey, not possible but thats okay casue we couldn't get a library card anyways.

Bowling

We bought Hailey a little bowling set. She loves it. It is so fun to play with her.

Merry-Go-Round

Hailey loves the meery-go-round. She loved it, it was the perfect ending to the zoo. There is one in Rexburg that is all horses and she get so excited!

Zoo

It has been so much fun to go aorund and do things. The first week we were here Jason didn't work so we tried to do everything. It was so much fun! We went to the zoo here. It was pretty good.



Never been so close to a tiger before.





We had so much fun here at the zoo. We watch a lot of the shows- the elephants, seals, and the play that they put on there.

This little cat can jump like 10 feet striaght into the air.

Capital

It was really neat to go. It was our first stop when we got here. There was a quilt show while we were there.

The Drive

Hailey was so good driving the 11 hours to cheyenne where we stayed the night to say hello to my parents. We stoped twice on the way. Once to eat and then once to catch up with eachother. We brought both cars. So it was Hailey and I in the 4 runner and Jason in the Mazda. The trip would have been faster but man there are so many hills. Who ever thinks Wyoming is flat---IS SO WRONG! But other wise it was great. So we didnt arrive in denver until that saturday and we have not wasted anytime. I'll have to take a video of where we are living words would just not do it justice. lol...

Denver Colorado

So we are going to Denver Colorado for the break! We are so excited. We just found out Tuesday that Jason got a job for the break. So we will be living in the heart of Denver near some friends.

We are leaving Friday and won't be back until right before school starts.

Have fun while were gone!!

Pregnancy

Things to Pay attention to before you are starting to plan on getting pregnant:

1. Do you have a lack of Folic acid in the diet(at least 3 months before you become pregnant)
2. Stop consuming Alcohol (to avoid fetal alcohol syndrom)
3. Use of certain medicines should be stopped or switched. Like aspirin or medications.
4. Use of Herbal therapies
5. Job-related hazards and stresses
6. Smoking- best if stopped completly but at lest reduce to almost nothing
7. Inadequate intake of vitamins such to little of Iron, Magnesium, zinc
8. Excess vitamin A intake or taking a megadose of other nutrient supplements
9. Heavy caffeine intakes
10. Lack of medical treatment with HIV-positive status or AIDS
11. Poor control of diabetes or hypertension
12. X-Ray exposure even dentist x-rays

These are all things that we can change before we start trying for a baby.

How much more do you truly need to eat while pregnant. Do you need to eat for two now that there is two of you? (no)

Lets take a healthy active 24 women. Generally should would consume 2200 calories a day. So when she gets pregnant she needs to increase her calorie intake to...in her:
First trimester: she just needs to eat that same amount 2200.
Second trimester: needs to increase about 350-450 more calories
Third trimester: 350-450 more calories
So depending on how you look at that that could be just 1 candy bar. Hopefully that's not how you spend that extra needed calories. Hopefully it is in nutrient dense foods. But that is all you are increasing your intake.

So let look at each group and what that could be in.

So before and in the first trimester she should consume(2200):

3 cups of calcium rich foods
6 ounce-equivalents from meats and beans
3 cups vegetables
2 cups fruit
7 ounces from the grains
6 teaspoons oil

In her second and third trimester she should consume: ( so now she is consuming a total of 2600 calories)

3 cups calcium rich foods
6 1/2 ounce-equivalents meat and beans
3 1/2 cups vegetables
2 Cups fruit
8 ounces from the grains
7 teaspoons of oil( hopefully most comes from fish oils)

Now if eating is going properly you should be gaining a pound a week. Healthy weight gain is very important.

If your preprgancy weight is Low and have a BMI that is less the 19.8 you need to gain 28-40 pounds during your pregnancy

If your weight is Normal and you have a BMI that is between 19.8-25.9 you need to gain 25-35 pounds.

If your weight is High and your BMI is between 26-29 you need to gain 15-25 pounds.

If you are classified as Obese so your BMI is greater than 29 you need to gain at elast 15 pounds maybe more.

To find out your BMI you take you weight and hieght.

The weight you are gaining is not all fat you now. It is divided between a couple of things, like:
the fetus, placenta,and the amniotic fluids 11 pounds (fetus itself 8)
Blood 4 pounds
Uterus and breast 6 pounds
Maternal fat stores 4-8 pounds
and thats were you get your 25-30 pounds

Water!

Hailey loves the water. Everything about it. If their is water available i just know to come to expect her to be wet by the time were done. It is so cute to watch her. In and out splashing all around.