Hattie Fay Kunz

Hattie Bear was blessed on June 26th. She looked so beautiful.

I am a little sad that I didn't get a pic of her with her hair bow. But she still looks gorgeous.

I am so blessed to have an amazing BIG family!

Congrats again Wray and Cort, you have an adorably awesome family.

Front Room Carpet

We have spent a lot of time at mom and dad Bingham's this week, we had a lot of family there. Drake has learned so much. He actually has learned how to...almost crawl. He is uber close to be all over the place. He can now get on all fours and almost move. Drake can roll anywhere, and when he doesn't want to roll he pulls himself around.

Drake loved his grandma Bingham's clean floors, his mom actually let him down to explore. It helped him progress in his movement. Before he just rolled, and not very much. He is really getting active.

Kade mentioned that he wanted to put some carpet in our home so that Drake had some room to play. Tony our brother-in-law was more than willing to volunteer his time. With the help of Tony, Dad Bingham, Kevo, and my wonderful husband we had carpet installed today.

Kade got some used carpet from a house he cleaned out, it is in pretty good shape. Dad and Tony supplied tools and left over carpet pad and tack strip from when they carpeted their homes. Tony was a pro at laying carpet. This was such an amazing service to our family.

While the boys worked hard making my house infant friendly, the girls went shopping :D

When I got home, Kade had vacuumed and shampooed the carpet for me, I was amazed at how great it turned out.

Now Drake has room to play and grow. Our front room looks wonderful. (As for the rest of our home, it is not as inviting).

Our home wouldn't be livable if it wasn't for all the help we receive from family. We truly are blessed with an awesome family.

Thank you so much, Dad, TONY, Kevo, and Kade. You are the best, Drake and I thank you.

Before

Before

During (tack stripping)

During (carpet pad)

During (laying carpet)

After

After (Kade and Drake Resting)

After (Drake Checking Out The New Carpet)

P.S. Kade has been working on our closet/laundry room. I will post pictures to update you as soon as I remember. :D

4th Month

Today I am starting my 4th month. I am now in my second trimester. Today was my last day of my 3rd month!!!! 13 weeks 6 days. I am proud of myself, I have to admit. I have been eating better, and I feel good. I am hoping that by being more careful I wont retain as much water, and be more comfortable. Plus I am hoping I wont be all puffy when the baby comes, because I hated the pics I have with Drake in the hospital...I am HUGE! Plus, so far I haven't gained any weight, mostly cuz I was so sick. YAY, for being healthy.

So here I am.

Tomorrow I will be 14 weeks, Only 6 more to go before we find out if the baby is a HE or SHE. ( Can you tell I am excited to find out?)

Today

June 17, 2011

It is mom and dad Bingham's anniversary, Happy 34th!

Drake experienced his first four wheeler ride. He was only scared at first when the engine started. He hates loud noises.

Kevin

Yesterday, June 16th, Kade's younger brother returned from his mission in Sacramento California.

We will end up having all of the Bingham siblings down, just not all at the same time. Most of which we haven't seen in a couple years. It has been nice seeing everyone.

Jamie and her two boys lives with mom and dad Bingham, while Adam is busy finnishing up his last year of med school. Adam flew in yesterday night. He will be leaving Sunday afternoon :( It will be sad to see him leave already.

Jay and Jenny who live in Oklahoma came in this morning, they also have two little boys. They will be staying for ten days.

Stephanie and Dan and their two boys and little girl are coming Sunday night. They will miss Kevin's talk and probably will miss seeing Adam. But everyone else is excited to see them.

The other bummer is that Kade is going out of town, AGAIN! This time for a week. He may not get to spend much time with any of his siblings that are coming into town. :(

12 Week Dr Visit

Today I met with a new midwife, this one was at Rosemark in Idaho Falls. I really liked the ladies in Rexburg, but I really wanna have a baby close to home. Her name is Susan Binegar, she is really awesome. At first I thought I was going to have to settle with a delivery I would never be happy with. After meeting with this midwife I am now excited and hoping for SUCCESS. She is pretty much going to do everything my doula did, but be able to actually deliver. I can even have medication if I want. Her motto is, it is your delivery, not mine, YOU choose what you want your experience to be.

I'm excited for how laid back she is. I feel like the visit was just that, a visit. I didn't feel awkward or rushed.

As you can see I am a little bit excited. LOL. I am just hoping to have a good birthing experience.

The babies heartbeat was 160, it is always so fun to be able to hear the heart and know for sure something is there...and that your not just getting fat. Everything went well and things looked normal. The only bummer is that Kade had to work, and he couldn't come to the appointment, now we just have to wait and see if Kade likes the midwife as much as I do :D I go back in a month. In about 8 weeks we will find out the sex. The midwife commented that she guesses the baby is a girl. So we will see.

Things are looking up!

Our water heater is fixed!!!! YAY! It only took like a month to motivate my husband. Lol, we only could take about 2 minute showers. I had to wash my hair, wait a few hours than jump in to wash me. It got obnoxious. When Kade tried to fix it on Saturday night, we ended up getting no hot water at all. He couldn't figure it out. He swapped out a bad element and it should have been working. On Sunday I decided to wash my hair, it was painful. I wasn't however going to try and take a shower in the cold. Kade's dad came and looked at it, I guess both elements were bad, not just one. WE now have hot water! Our heater works better than it ever has in the 2 years we have owned our home.

It looks like Kade has some work. We don't know how steady it will be or for how long. SO WHAT! It is income and we could use some. :D He is working for a company called United Services. It is the company Brad his friend works for. They refinish gym floors. And they do big floors for the NCAA, some NBA, High schools, but mostly church floors. It is actually really cool to walk into their building and see an entire NCAA basketball floor laid out.

It really is about who you know not what you know, it is nice to see that in action. Brad texted him this morning to come in and work, and it looks like the rest of the crew is impressed with his knowledge and desire to learn. I am happy for him, he seemed to enjoy it today.

YAY for family. Previously we thought that only a few of Kade's siblings were going to be able to come to mom and dad Bingham's when Kevin comes home. But now it looks like we are going to have the whole crew. It will be the first time in 4 years that they have had everyone home at the same time. Kade and Kevin missed each other by like a week, when Kade was coming home from his mission and Kevin was leaving for his. That is very exciting. We will see how it goes. I am just glad no one is staying at my house. :D

I am glad some things have worked out for us. You probably are too, that way you don't have to hear me complain. I was wondering how much patience the Lord was trying to bless me with. I hope I learned the lesson he was trying to teach. I am always glad for the lessons in the long run. It is during the trials that is hard to see what the outcome will be and what is being taught.

I have so many blessings, I am trying to not complain as much and to see all the wonderful things I have.

All I need to say is...Dang we are so blessed.

Making Drake's Big Brother Shirt.

I wanted to do something cute to announce our big news. I looked online for 6 month shirt that had a saying on it. No much luck there. I would have had to get it made special and it would have been over 30 bucks. I decided I would just make one. I got a onesie at the DI for a buck, and had to decide if I wanted to put iron on vinyl or do fabric paint. When it came down to it fabric paint was the cheapest way to go. Plus I didn't care much how long the shirt lasted, or if the wording pealed or looked bad after a while. After all it was just an announcement idea.

So first I used some freezer paper, and cut a saying out on my cricut. Then I ironed on the freezer paper.

Then I applied paint. Like 5 coats.

Then I had to use a blow dryer to take the freezer paper off...it was just easier that way.

I thought it turned out way cute though. It was an easy custom shirt to make.

Small Update

Drake was quite the little man, he rolled off the bed.  He all of the sudden is moving like crazy, and I was getting dressed and bam he hit the dresser.  Yeah, he is looking pretty bad, and I am feeling really bad.

On another note

I switched Drakes formula last week, it seems to settle with him better. So we hope he will stay more regular, and he seems so much more HAPPY!

I have a Dr. appointment for my belly on Wednesday. I am excited to meet with this midwife to see how I like her. We will see how everything goes.

I am now 12 weeks. No longer feeling sick. I am excited to see how this pregnancy is going to treat me. Only 8 more weeks till we find out what we are having!

Kevin, Kade's younger brother will be returning from his mission in CA, on Thursday. I have to work...sorry Kev. I am sure everyone is excited to see him. I for one don't think two years was long enough. I wouldn't mind if he stayed on a mission for another couple of years. I am not one to hold a grudge, but I have a special one against you boyo. Sorry for my honesty.

I think what I will dislike about Kevin being home is change. I hate when things change. but they already have so whatever.

This week seems packed. I am exhausted just thinking about it.

I work all day tomorrow....YAY for working on Saturdays.

On Sunday we will finally get a bishop. We have been without one for over a month. Our former bishop got put in as stake pres. He is a very young guy who just had his 6th kid. Sounds too busy, and not like much fun.

Drake at 6 Months

smile with tongue. 

here is my foot

What time is it?

Sideways 

SO CUTE

He is getting so big and so handsome!

I just got back from the doctor. I am still in shock that Drake is six months old, today. For some reason I don't feel like I have been with him for a half of a year. In another half year some huge changes will be taking place in our little family.

Drake is so smart. He love dancing when he hears music. He rolls over and scoots himself where he wants to go (if he doesn't get frustrated first). He is so smiley and and an amazingly happy baby, he wakes up smiling and doesn't stop. He still doesn't like anything but his bottle, but we are trying. He sits up great, and is getting strong. I love him so much and can't imagine my life without him. He loves everyone, anyone can hold him, he isn't a bit shy. He loves attention, and his puppy. My favorite part of the day is when I get to sing and rock him to sleep. He loves being sung to sleep. It is so fun to get to cuddle with him while he is sleepy. I keep wondering if the next one will be as happy and as easy as Drake. I will keep my fingers crossed

Today he got some immunizations. He didn't love them but he didn't cry very much. I am hoping he wont be to sore from them.

He weighed 16 Lbs exactly, which is in the 23rd percentile for his age in weight. He is 26.5 inches long, which is the 54th percentile for his age. His head measured 17.25 inches, which is in the 52 percentile for his age.

He is close to double his birth weight, I was surprised he was so small, he feels like a ton.

So he is still taller than he is chubby, he looks to chubby to be only in the 23%...but I guess most babies are chunks.

I am so glad you are part of our family Drakeosaurus we love you so much. I would appreciate it if time would slow down a little :D

Jacob & Trecia Butt

At 12:30pm today my sister and her now husband were sealed for time and all eternity. YAY

Well it was a long day to say the least. I am kinda glad it is over. Kade and I are bad, we skipped out as soon as we could :D. But Drake looked so cute in his bow tie. See what I mean.

I'm such a mom bragging about my kid. :D

Anyway, I had a chance to follow the photographer around and I got some shots. It was fun. Even if they weren't looking at the camera lol.

It was fun to see everyone who made it.

I was bummed because Drake and I didn't get a picture together, just the two of us. Someday I will force Kade to take pictures.