Maci is here!

Wow, where do I start. I guess I'll start with the beginning of the last time I posted. Our house is amazing! Mike finally went through and took pictures. Mike has been working really hard to get the yard done. We decided to extend the patio which I'm sure we will love in the summer. Thanks to my brother in law Nick for helping us with that! Our neighbor is in the landscaping business so we were able to finish the yard at a decent price. Grass and all! And thank you to my mom for some helpful decorating tips. :)

Extra Bathroom

Extra bedroom

Maci's room

Kitchen

Dining area

Living Room

Master Bathroom

Extended patio with our furniture under the awning

Unfinished basement

Master bedroom

Now for the really fun stuff! Miss Maci! Maci Lei Seamons arrived right on time. I went into labor on 10/11/11 and she came at 10:34 AM 10/12/11, her due date! I was in labor for almost 20 hours and by the time it came to push, my epidural was almost gone. So I tried my hardest to get her here fast so I didn't have to feel it anymore and only pushed for a half hour. Pretty good for my first baby! :) The reason it took so long for her to get here was we found out she was hung up on her umbilical cord. It was wrapped around her arm and shoulder. She wasn't able to drop low enough into the birth canal. Each contraction was starting to stress her out. Her heart rate would drop into the 60's with each one. Way too low for a baby! We tried giving me more fluid and oxygen to make sure she was getting enough oxygen. Finally after a long time and c-section was mentioned a few times, we changed the position I was laying in. I dilated to a 10 and was ready to push a half hour later! We stayed at the hospital for the 24 hours then we were out of there! Maci weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. She had a minor cone head, but it went down really fast! She had lots of fluid in her stomach and had to be suctioned for quite a while. :( Maci was a binky baby right from the beginning. She loved to suck on the green hospital binky that's the size of her head! I was so grateful for my moms help after! She came home for a few days after and was an angel! Taught me all of her motherly tips and cooked and cleaned and spoiled Maci rotten! Thanks again mom! Here are a few pictures of Maci's first few days of life.

This was what Mike saw as he was speeding through Brigham City to get to the hospital :)

 There's one word for this picture. Swollen!

 Reece loves Maci!

Brand new!

The little hoodie she has on says "Just like Mommy" :)

My mom crocheted the beanie and blanket for her

And gave her this amazing swing that she slept in her first few weeks.

Big stretch!

My aunt Holly took some amazing pictures when Maci was 3 weeks old. I tried to narrow it down to my favorites, but they're so many cute ones! My little Maci is a very alert baby. She has been since the day she was born. We kept trying to get her to fall asleep so we could pose her a little better, but she was not having it! I think they turned out amazing anyway. :) The few pictures that she is smiling are real smiles! I know that everyone will think no way, and it's just gas, but I was able to coax them out of her so I think they're real!

Baby got back!

 4 Generations :)

As you can see there were many cute ones! These next few pictures were taken around 3 weeks of age as well.

 My little bathing beauty posed herself like this all on her own :)

Here are a few more fun pictures of our little one :)

 This one was taken on Thanksgiving 

 She loves to nap in her rocker in front of the fireplace. 

 This was taken the day she had her shots. 12/5/11 :( She actually did really well. Only cried for about 30 seconds then was fine. I think it was cause she was just chillin in her diaper only :) Also at that appointment we got her 2 month stats. Weight 9 pounds 4 ounces 18th percentile (I promise I feed her!) Height 22 and a half inches 63rd percentile and Head I don't remember the exact measurement but was in the 52nd percentile. 

I just took this picture today! I was trying to catch her smiling but it proved to be difficult because every time she smiled, she would wiggle like crazy and the picture was blurry.

Here are a few fun facts about Maci

- Has reflux. :( She was spitting up so much that she would start spitting up clear stomach fluid and would start coughing and screaming her head off. Which I don't blame her! So I called her doctor and explained the situation and he prescribed her Zantac. She takes it twice a day now and is doing sooo much better. She's still a spitty little thing but it's a lot more manageable now. She hates the taste of her medicine though and makes a funny face every time she takes it. :) 

- Loves to smile and coo.

- Can often be heard talking to the angels when she first goes to bed at night.

- Laughs and smiles when you press on her nose and go "beep beep"

-Loves funny noises in general :) Her latest favorites are piggy noises and the sound of the "diesel" that her daddy makes. 

-Is a wiggler! When she is awake she is constantly moving. Kicks and moves her arms all over the place.

-Has blue eyes like her mama.

-People say she looks like me except with Mikes forehead. :) Here is a picture of me when I was about 1 years old. If I had one of me when I was younger I would have posted that, but this will have to do for now. See some similarities?

- Sleeps pretty well through the night. She sleeps in her crib and will usually do a 6-7 hour stretch then another 3-4 hour. Very nice for mommy! 

-Loves to take baths. I think its because of all the splashing that's involved!

- Is a morning person. She is the happiest first thing when she wakes up in the morning.

-Is loved by all who are around her!!

We are so grateful for this beautiful addition to our family! She is such a joy and we can't imagine our lives without her! :) 

We're buying a house!

Yes, we're buying a house! We are so excited! We can't wait to move in! The house is in Clinton. Mike works in SLC so he has a little bit of a commute but we love the area and the house is worth the drive. It coudn't have happened at a better time. I am due in 6 weeks, but have started to feel my body get ready for this little one to arrive! We will hopefully be closing by the 15th of September. So if things go well that gives us a good week to live in the house before she comes! This is such an exciting time in our lives and we are so happy and blessed!

Pregnancy Pic

For those of you who like the belly shots, here I am at 28 weeks. Will post another belly pic shortly. :)

Summer....oh how it flies!

Yet again, I have found no time to blog. But I thought I better post about our eventful summer. We found out that we needed to move for Mikes job in June. How much notice did we have? A WEEK! Yes, we had to move in one week. My poor hubby ended up doing most of it himself since I was obviously no help. Luckily enough my aunt said we could stay with her in Syracuse for a little bit while we figure out a more permanent place. We are currently in the process of getting pre-approved, and are still not sure where we're going to live! It has been pretty stressful on the both of us, but we still manage. :) We've been traveling to Logan almost every weekend to spend time with family and friends. We are so close to our families and love spending time with them. I unfortunately am horrible at taking pictures, so I don't have too many to share. One event we just got back from was a 4 day cabin trip in Bear Lake with Mikes family. We had a really good time! We were able to spend the days on the beach and the boat, and the nights watching movies, laughing, and playing Phase 10. Mike even went wake boarding! He hasn't been for 5 years and he was able to stand up his first try. :) The boys (Seamons Bros) loved tubing! They would tube for hours at a time even after some pretty nasty wrecks. I just sat on the boat and enjoyed the sun. Didn't think the baby would enjoy all that bouncing! :) Speaking of baby, she is doing really well. Growing just as she should be. :) I feel her roll and kick all the time. I love it! It is the best feeling! I'm 30 weeks now and am getting kind of nervous about being prepared for when she comes. Living situation being my main concern. But I have bought a few of the essentials like the car seat and crib bedding, but that's about it! Both Mike and I are so excited and can't wait to meet our little girl!

It was so much fun watching these guys tube! They're facial expressions were hilarious!

Showing they all survived they're tubing experience.

Mike did so well on the wake board!

Mike's the one in the middle with the white shorts bouncing like a rag doll.

Surgery and some exciting news!

Mike went under the knife on May 11th to fix his deviated septum. I was really nervous for him because we had heard from other people that this surgery was really painful and hard to recover from. But he did really well! Of course he had some pain and a little bit of swelling, but overall the results were great. He now still breaths through his mouth a little at night due to swelling, but it's already amazing how much better he can breathe. I don't have to worry about his breathing stopping in the middle of the night anymore!

As for the exciting news, we found out we're having a GIRL! We could not be more excited! That was an amazing day for us. Mike and I were joined by my mom, my grandma, and my mother in-law. My mom is so excited for this baby and she was hoping it was a girl. The ultrasound tech asked us if we had any guesses. I told her I was guessing it was a boy. Then Mike said he thought he could see his "package." The tech let us think it was a boy for a minute or two then she got a really good shot of the "package" which wasn't a package at all. Mike was looking at our little girls umbilical cord! :) It is so amazing and I wanted to sit and stare and our baby all day long. It really hit me that I was having a g

irl once I was in the car after the appointment. It made this pregnancy even more real to me. I couldn't help but cry with this huge smile on my face! :) It's really cool that my grandma's first grandchild (me) was a girl and now her first great is a girl too! We need more girls in our families and are so happy! It seemed like the day after we found out it was a she, she decided to make her presence known. My belly has popped out so much within the last week! I finally feel like I look pregnant. I have also felt her move several times and love every time she does! :) We are so blessed!

Not a very good picture, but you get the idea. :)

What's new with us

Life is flying by so fast, but it still seems so far away for us to meet our little one! We are still in limbo with Mike's job. We decided not to put life on hold though. I got a new job at Terrace Grove and I'm loving it! I didn't realize how much I liked working in geriatrics until I wasn't anymore. They make me laugh and smile every single day I'm there and they make me feel like I'm really helping them. That brings me so much joy and makes me so happy I decided to go into nursing! The job is actually a perfect schedule for me. Just part time and no grave shifts. I'm covering for a lady who is on maternity leave which is perfect because they don't have to worry about my maternity leave when it finally gets here! Mike has been doing very well in his job too. I see his confidence grow everyday and he feels like he's found the job that he'll retire in.

We are so blessed in so many different ways. We are both amazed with how much we see the blessings and will of our Heavenly Father being done everyday. We hope that everyone has a wonderful Easter!