Our Little "Angell"

Well she finally made her appearance! Gracie Mae Angell arrived on July 7, 2010, at 7:00 pm. She weighed in at 7 lbs 15 oz, and was 19 1/2 inches long. I'm pretty sure her lucky number might be "7" :) She came with lots of dark hair. (lots to me, I was a baldy) The moment she arrived she was wide awake and ready for lots of visitors! Our little girl is no doubt a much loved angel...especially by her mom and dad!

Here's the story....

We went in for a doctors appointment at 9 o'clock on Wednesday the 7th. Of course we hear the usual, everything looks good. To this point I hadn't had any contractions or anything. I thought for sure she was going to be stubborn and drag this out as long as possible. So Dr. Ellis went ahead and checked me and I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. He went ahead and stripped my membranes. He then told us he would put money on me going that night or in the morning, but just in case we went ahead and scheduled another appointment, and a date to be induced if she hadn't already come. Then we were on our way back home.

We got home around 11:00, Ty had to go run a few errands, so I went ahead and finished packing our hospital bags, and finished up a few things around the house. Not long after, I was starting to have some contractions. I tried to lay down and take a little cat nap, but the pain was getting more and more intense. I tried eating a little lunch, that wasn't gonna happen. Took a bath, and it only made me more tired. I was definitely miserable. Kristin came over around 3:30 and we started timing contractions, but they were still irregular. I started puking with almost every other contraction. So finally around 5:15 we decided we better head back to Powell. We got almost to Garland, and my water breaks...oh joy! So we haul butt, and get to the hospital, get checked in and into a room. The nurse comes in to get me hooked up, all the while I'm still puking every 5 minutes. She proceeds to check me and I was almost fully dilated. This is awesome, no time for drugs. By this time I honestly thought I wasn't gonna make it much longer. Dr. Ellis still hadn't shown up, and Gracie was ready to come. Finally the dr. comes, just in time for me to start pushing. After what seemed like 5 minutes, Gracie made her debut at exactly 7 o'clock!!! Tyler and I have never been so happy in our lives :) Little miss was perfect!!!

She immediately had family rolling in to see her! I was surprised most of them made it in time :) I'm still amazed at how fast it all went. I guess I am pretty lucky, considering all the stories I've heard of people being in labor for over 30 hours! Gracie was definitely in a hurry to get here, and we are absolutely thrilled she is finally here!!! She has been such a good baby...so far. Since we've brought her home, we've only had one night where we were up the whole night feeding. Other than that she sleeps so good in her bassinet, and usually has to be woken up to eat. Me and Dad are definitely lucky to have such a sweet little girl! It's amazing how you can instantly fall in love with someone you just met! Gracie has her Dad and I wrapped around her little finger :) We love you so much Gracie Mae...and we are so glad you are here and healthy!!!

Baby Update

Well we've been to the doctor twice since my last update! The first one we went in hoping to get an ultrasound. When the doctor wanted to just do a quick check up, we asked what we could do to get an ultrasound. He said I was measuring a little big for how long I was, so he would use that as an excuse to get us one :) So they set us up for an appoitment the next day. Sure enough, they could tell right off the bat that it was definitely a GIRL! Little stinker didn't want to show her face either, so we didn't get a good picture. But everything looked great! We are both so excited to have a little girl!!! I don't think I would know what to do with a boy!
This last appointment was the dreaded glucose test. I think everyone I talked to was trying to scare me. I was dreading it for like a week before! But it really wasn't bad at all! I just wasn't very happy they made me fast for it :) I haven't heard back from the doctor so hopefully I passed! After this appointment I start going in every two weeks. It's gone by so fast! Only a couple more months before we get to meet our baby girl :) It's so fun to feel and even watch her move around! She tends to move around the most when I'm just going to bed!

For other news...we found a place to rent, so we have been living downtown for a couple weeks now! It took us forever to get all moved in, which is sad because we didn't have much to move :) but we finally got. Now we're working on getting everything put up, organized, and stuff hung on the walls! It's a cute, two bedroom apartment, with one and a half bathrooms. Once we get everything situated I will post pictures.

Coming this July...

...Baby Angell!!! My due date is July 9, Grandpa Leithead's birthday :) We have yet to find out the sex, but hopefully we will get another ultrasound when we go back in next week! Judging from the first ultrasound, he/she will probably be a thumbsucker...oh boy :) Ty and myself are both pretty excited...especially since Catherine is due just a couple weeks after me!

Other than that we have been pretty boring. We are looking for a place in Lovell, so if anyone knows of any rentals let us know :)

Slacker...

So I figured it was about time to update this thing. Even though we've been pretty boring here lately :] I'm still working for Fitch in Powell (the "2 month" job is now going on 6 months) I'm so ready to be done with all the filing and archiving!!! I have until the end of the year to finish all the files...and I still have a lot more to go. They are actually going to hire someone else to help finish them all. So if anyone is interested let me know :] Ty is keeping busy with school and Northwest. He is really enjoying his CAD classes! And of course hunting occupies a lot of his time as well lol! He got his deer a few weeks ago and was pretty pumped about it! Although he wasn't too excited about having to drag it down a "hell hole" as he put it lol! Both him and Kyle got there deer in the same spot the same day, and they spent a good part of the day getting them to the truck, even with Dad and Kaleb's help! Dad got his deer a few days after, and was pretty excited too! Now we are working on getting Kaleb and Eli their deer :](Ty's is on the left, and Kyle's is the right one)

It seems like we're always busy with something going on, but as I'm sitting here trying to think of what it is we're so busy with, nothing comes to mind lol. Ty and I were both sick a couple weeks ago with the "Swine Flu"! I'm not real sure if we really had it, but that's what the doctors we're calling it :] Some meds, a few days home from school and work, and we we're both good to go. It's crazy how it's going around so fast. The day Ty called the school to let them know, they said they already had 84 cases at Northwest...Yikes! But we're glad to have that over with...guess we won't be needing our flu shots this year.

We are all waiting patiently for tomorrow :] Kristin and Eli will have a new addition to the family! She is going in tomorrow to have little Ava! We are all excited for another little girl! So be waiting for a post tomorrow welcoming baby Ava :]

Tickets, Work, etc...

I've given yet another contribution to the state of Wyoming...and I'm not very happy about it. I was in quite a hurry to get to Powell on Tuesday, so I could get to the bank before it closed. So I'm cruising right along, just listening to Kaleb go on about how many girls are chasing him (yes he thinks he's pretty hot stuff lol) and all the sudden I see a car hit the skids and flip around. CRAP!!! Okay that's not really what I said, but you get the idea. I look down at my speedometer and saw I was going over 75...YIKES! And I'm hoping like heck it's not a certain officer who gave me a $150 ticket a couple years ago...and sure enough it is. I was screwed. I didn't even try batting my eyelashes or giving him an excuse! Luckily he clocked me going 75...and the ticket was only $60. But I'm still pretty mad! I blame my lead foot on both my parents :) Too bad my piece of junk car doesn't have cruise control!

Next Wednesday I start work again. I'm pretty excited! I'm working for Fitch Ratings in Powell. I worked there last summer and loved it. It's just girls working there, and I got along great with all of them! Too bad half of them are gone, and another one will be leaving the day I start. Tyler finished school last week. He's soo happy to be done at Rocky! He started working this week. He is flagging for S&L in Cowley. After this week he gets to move up to the maintainer position!

Other than that, nothing too exciting has been going on! Just enjoying the weather...nice weather means GOLFING!!! We got to go the other day before the wind came...ughh. I hate wind!

We will be busy for the next couple months! With all the graduations, a few weddings, and work, I might have more to blog about :) But don't hold your breath!

The Big 2-0!!!

Seems how its been about three months since a last posted...I figured this would be a good time to update! Tuesday was my birthday. Sadly, I'm not a teenager anymore. But I had a great day! Luckily Tyler had the day off from school, so we just kinda relaxed and sat around most of the day. He brought me some maple bar doughnuts for breakfast :) We had some yummy Hot Stuff pizza for lunch...it's my FAVORITE, and I had been craving it for a while! We went to Powell to my mom's for some birthday dinner with Grandpa and Grandma, Dad, Mom, Kbob, Kyle, Cat and the girls! Of course the girls provided us with the entertainment for the night :) We ate, had cake, and opened gifts! Nothing better than getting money for your birthday...who wants to go SHOPPING?!?! I also got a cute necklace from Kyle, Catherine and the girls (thanks again...I love it :)) Tyler brought me a beautiful bouquet of roses, and the rest of my gifts haven't made it here yet (shoes and a new straightener!!!) Thank you everyone for spoiling me!!! I had a great birthday!

My pretty roses...thanks babe...LOVE YOU!!!

Christmas, New Years, etc...

The holidays have come and gone once again! Can you believe it's already 2009? Now it's back to school, work, and all that exciting stuff! It was great to have all the family home this year, but we did miss Cole! We all had a great time playing games, eating, watching movies, and eating some more :D We took the little girls to Powell and ate Topolos, then went to watch The Tales of Despereaux...which was pretty cute. We also watched Bedtime stories, which was a little better the Despereax! But here are a few pics (I didn't take very many pictures, and I'm waiting on pictures from Kristin :D)

Now it's back to school and work! Tyler starts school on Monday at Rocky. Our break has been too long...now it's time to go apartment/job hunting in Billings!

Well I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!