House Pictures!

So It's taken some time to get pictures taken of our new house, but I finally have a picture of ALMOSt every room....I still have a couple to go, but I have to get them really clean so i can take a picture of them first (that way everyone thinks I always have a spotless house!) I still need to do the master bath, the nursery, and the office, but here's what we have so far!

Here's the outside....



Here's the Kitchen, taken from the dining room...



And the Dining Room...



The Living Room!!!



The Front Entry/Hall



How exciting! It's a laundry room!!



This is our guest bathroom...



The Master Bedroom (ignore the furniture because we just bought a new bedroom set that should be here by Christmas...!!!)

We're Back!!

I realize that it has been months since we posted - oh the woes of not having internet! Here's the Readers Digest Condensed Version of what's been going on....

We had to be out of our apartment in Rexburg by August 21, so we moved in with my parents for what we thought would be 1-2 weeks. That one or two weeks turned into 6 weeks, but we were so grateful to them for their hospitality in letting us stay. My grandpa Lambert was there for most of the time, and I loved seeing him and Emmalee interact. She loves her Grandpa Great!! We finally got the clearance to move into our new house on October 2, and we love it! It's so nice to finally be in our home and settled into a permanent place.

Emmalee is growing like a weed and is as adorable as ever. At her 4 month checkup 3 weeks ago she was 16 pounds (96th percentile for her age) and 26 inches (97th percentile) We've had to break out some of our 6-9 month clothes for her to wear. She still loves to laugh and finds silly things funny. She likes to give "kisses" on the cheek, and she tries to get her toes in her mouth but her belly is too big. We've been slowly introducing solid foods to her, and crazy child that she is, she likes peas better than oatmeal, rice and carrots. I think this next week we'll try some squash.... She had been sleeping through the night since we started her on rice several weeks ago, but the last couple have been kinda rough because she hasnt' been feeling well - maybe it's teething? Miss Emm is starting to show a little bit of a temper, but I hope she's blessed with a little more self control than I had as a child.
Here's a few pictures to show how big our baby girl is getting. This is Emmalee on the day she was blessed (August, 2009)


Falling asleep while burping....


Trying to feed Emmalee oatmeal after her peas....



Sweet EmmJay

Our little Camper

We had the opportunity this week to go camping with my family. We were really doubtful that Emmalee would do well, but she's quite the little camper! We camped up in Island Park for 4 days, and she did fantastic. I don't know if it was the fresh mountain air or the smoke, but for some reason Emmalee slept really well. The camping trip was clouded a little by the fact that my mom was really sick (they have been trying to rule out West Nile) and she and dad didn't stay up there with us. They did drive their camp trailer up for William, Emmalee and I to sleep in, though, which was greatly appreciated! We spent time fishing down at the reservoir, sitting around the campfire, and just enjoying everyone's company. Unlike last year, I'm glad to say that we didn't have any bears in camp. The only "eventful" thing that happened was that at 4:30 wednesday morning the carbon monoxide alarm went off in the trailer. We opened the windows, and when it continued to go off, we left the trailer and (for the second year in a row!) went to sleep in the car. It turns out the carbon monoxide alarm goes off when the trailer battery gets low. The battery wouldn't hold a charge, and William ended up hooking it up to our Escape battery 4 times in 24 hours. But all in all, it was a great trip and I already look forward to going next year!
This is Emmalee at 6:30 in the morning when she is the very happiest

Emmalee and Uncle Rex

Our little Care Bear

Smiling....EARLY in the morning

Tayla and William - Swimming Lessons

Island Park Reservoir

Emmalee and Aunt Shanda

Obviously Emmalee wasn't thrilled with the idea of going home!

A little bit of both of us

We get a lot of mixed responses whenever someone sees Emmalee. Sometimes they say "She looks just like Kylie," or "She has her daddy's smile," or things like that. I've actually had several people say she looks like my dad. So yesterday we got baby pictures of William and I to compare with pictures of Emmalee. Now you be the judge - who does she look like?

Here is William at one day old...


Kylie at one day old.....


Emmalee at one day old....

Disowned?

I distinctly heard William tell his family yesterday that he would disown them if the picture of him bathing in the cooler in Yellowstone showed up on anyone's blog. Do you really think he would disown his own wife?



Isn't he cute? We love you William!

Introducing.....

Hello! My name is Emmalee, but you can call me Emmalee, Emma, Pumpkin, Sweet Pea, or Sweet Potata. I love to sleep during the day and play all night, except last night I tried sleeping during the night for once. It's amazing how my momma doesn't look nearly as tired when i let her sleep. i heard her tell Daddy something about it being an answer to prayers.
My mom and dad were pretty worried about me last Saturday because I hadn't had any wet or messy diapers in more than 24 hours, and the lactation consultant said i wasn't getting enough to eat. Although I weighed 7 pounds when i was born, by Friday I was down to 6 lbs 10 ounces, fussy, and throwing up everything mom and dad tried to feed me. The pediatrician recommended pedialyte for 12 hours, and that, combined with a blessing from Daddy had me much much better by Sunday morning. In fact, at my appointment Monday I had put on half a pound!!! Daddy says it all went to my cheeks and chin and that i'm even cuter today than I was yesterday.
Anyway, I just thought I'd introduce myself and give a shout out "hello" to friends and family!






This last picture is especially for my Aunt Jill... Mom calls it "suffering for fashion...." Do you think it's as fashionable now as it was in the early 90's? Wait...headbands on the forehead weren't fashionable then either!

Emmalee Jean Mobley

Emmalee Jean Mobley born June 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm. 20-1/2" long and 7lbs even. I must say that she is the most beautiful little girl ever to enter this world.

The Countdown Begins

I decided this morning that the official countdown to Emmalee needed to begin, so before our bundle of joy arrives (if she were to arrive at this time, 12:48 on her due date)I have.....

SIX shifts of work (which is 72 hours)
THREE Weeks and TWO days
TWENTY THREE days
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO hours
THIRTY THREE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY minutes
ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED seconds....

Not that we're keeping track or anything. I made the comment to William yesterday that I think we're as ready as we're going to ever be for her arrival. Somedays I'm anxious for her to get here sooner, other days I want to add a couple more months. I guess it just depends on if I'm thinking with my heart or my brain. I'm anxious for her arrival and already love her, but the nurse side of me is afraid of all the things that could go wrong. I'm used to seeing sick babies and hearing about the bad things that happen. I rarely see or remember all the good things (like having a normal, healthy child) so I tend to expect something bad to happen or go wrong. Sometimes I have to remind myself that MOST babies are healthy and MOST pregnancies and labors are uncomplicated. I have to admit that I love being pregnant and have been extremely blessed with an easy pregnancy. There is something magical about feeling life moving inside of you and knowing that it is your own flesh and blood being nurtured and protected. William and I are taking predictions as to what she will look like (hair or no hair, color if she has hair, eye color, length, weight, etc.) so if you'd like to guess, feel free to let us know what you think!

Nursery time!

Our project over the last couple of weeks has been to clean out our spare room which has been acting as our storage room since we moved in. It's been quite a job, but it's now relatively empty, except for some very exciting additions - nursery stuff!
In addition to our computer which has to stay there because it's where our internet connection is, we now have a dresser, bookcase, crib, carseat, and my almost finished rocking chair that William made me. He made it for me for Christmas a few years ago, but we haven't ever put the runners on it because we haven't had room. (the seat isn't finished either, but we at least have the foam for it!) We're going to stain it to match our crib, which we assembled last night for FHE. I absolutely love the crib set with it's baby farm animals. You can't really tell from the picture, but each piece is made from a different kind of material....the sheep is fleece, the horse is corduroy, the cow is suede, etc. I'm getting anxious for Emmalee to arrive, but I don't want her here too early....and I'm still pretty nervous to. But at least she'll have an adorable nursery to come home to!

Time's Fun When You're Having Flies

The older I get, the more I understand the truthfulness of the statement that "time flies when you're having fun." I can't believe it was the first week of February when we posted last, and here it is the end of April. It's been a busy couple of months with little time for diversion, but here's a brief update on what we've been up to lately.....school, work, planning for Emmalee, and working on our house!

We've been trying to bank up a plethora of extra hours on our house so that I don't have to go work on the house for a while after we have our baby. This month alone we banked up an additional 18 hours in addition to our required 30 per week. There has been great progress on our house since we posted last. We now have windows, doors, siding, plumbing, furnace vents, a roof, and (hopefully) the mason was supposed to be out today to start brick on our house. It's so wonderful to see the progress and feel like we're getting a little bit closer every week.






I've been learning lots of new skills, and I've decided that I like doing siding, and I like hanging soffit under the eaves of the roof. I can't do any heavy lifting anymore, nor am I supposed to get up high on ladders or scaffolding, so I'm a little limited in what I can do, but I appreciate the opportunities i do get to learn new skills.

We ran out of metal to finish the eaves of our roof and had to leave some open areas at the corners.....the perfect place for a nest. It only took 24 hours for the birds to try to move in and build a nest inside the soffit....we had to remove several pieces of metal to pull out the sticks and weeds that were packed in there. I took a picture because it was a pretty impressive sight.

I realize this is only a small representation of the last several months, but William and I have a crib to set up for Family Home Evening tonight, so the rest will have to wait for another day!

Best, worst, learned, and laughed

William and I have a tradition that every night after we go to bed we tell each other the best part of the day, the worst part of the day, something we learned, and something that made us laugh. We also started the tradition that on our anniversary, we talk about the best, worst, learned, and laughed for the last year (anniversary to anniversary.) Since yesterday was our 3rd anniversary, I thought I'd share our year with you.

William's Best - finding out about Emmalee
William's worst - the miscarriage in April
William learned - how fun it is to keep Emmalee a secret and then tell family
William laughed - at the CD I made him that only had one song on it - he thought i was just computer illiterate.

Kylie's Best - Seeing Emmalee on the 2nd ultrasound and knowing she was "ok."
Kylie's worst - the miscarriage in April, and the bear that shredded our tent.
Kylie learned - William and I are tough and can get through anything. And listen to the Spirit when it tells you that it would be better to put the gun in the tent, not the car.
Kylie laughed - at the "Incident Command Center" pictures taken at Star Hope.

Shopping!!

So usually I hate shopping. But today was such a fantastic day full of great finds for not a lot of money, and I HAD to share what we bought.
William and I have finally decided that it's bout time we started buying a few things for "Miss Emmalee" (as my mom refers to her.) There have been some great clearance sales going on lately, so we have yet to pay full price for anything. Today Will and I went to Shopko for their "baby sale." I turned William loose and told him to start looking for things that are cute. He came back a few minutes later with an adorable cold-month outfit for Emmalee that is so adorable I had to include a picture.
My other greatest purchase for the day is one that I have wanted for many, many years. I have been looking for a copy of Arnold Freeburg's painting "Prayer and Valley Forge" in my price range and never found one I really liked. But today, we happened to go to Seagull Book, where they were having their "annual framed art sale." We got a beautiful framed and matted "Prayer at Valley Forge" for 50% off, and I absolutely love it. I think I've been smiling since we found it. The entire drive back to Rexburg from Idaho Falls was spent discussing (among other things, like Emmalee) where we were going to hang it. So I had to include a picture of it, too, so that everyone else could ooh and aah appropriately about how wonderful and patriotic the print is also. I love being an American, and I'm very grateful for those who fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy. I'm grateful to finally have a picture that portrays the need for God in our country.

Emmalee?

I get asked alot where we came up with "Emmalee Jean" for a name for our baby. We had originally wanted to name her Emma Jean - Emma (after Emma Smith) and Jean (after William's grandma Mobley.) We discovered, however, that Emma is a very popular name right now, and we didn't want our little girl to be one of a dozen Emma's in her class. We wanted her to feel unique. One day at the temple, I noticed the name tag of one of the sister's there - her name was Emmalee. I thought it was beautiful and told Will about it. We decided that we would name her Emmalee Jean and call her Emma or Emma Jean, or Emmalee if she preferred. So anyway, that's why we chose Emmalee Jean!

And the winner is.....

Today was our ultrasound to find out what we are having in June. I was really nervous (i'm a worrier by nature) and I was afraid there would be something wrong with our baby. But everything looked wonderful - 10 little toes, 10 little fingers (including the thumb that was being sucked) and measuring in the 37th percentile for size. And here's the best part - Kylie gets to choose the ice cream flavor because we're having a girl! We're both thrilled - William was grinning from ear to ear. The ultrasound tech said we have a very wiggly baby - she kept squirming around, kicking, and moving. Must be related to her mother! Anyway, we were pretty excited and wanted to let you know you can expect to meet Emmalee Jean Mobley around June 7th!!

Catching Up

I apologize that it has been so long since I posted last. You know how it is....Christmas, New Years, etc. Then add to it, of course, the fact that our computer had a "fatal error" two weeks ago and we had to wipe and then reinstall the whole operating system, thus wiping out everything we had on our computer. But excuses aside....here's what's been happening.

The Sunday before Christmas we had a Mobley family dinner with William's family. We were able to reinact the christmas story. My favorite part, though, was that Catherine wanted William to be the donkey.....William says he was "type cast" for the role.

Christmas Eve we went to my parent's house and had a fantastic dinner of Garlic Lover's Chicken. I don't know why, but I've always loved a fancy set table - china, napkins, silverware in the proper place, etc ....and I wasn't disapointed christmas eve. A fine meal always brings out the fun of a holiday. We also reinacted the nativity, each playing the part that my nieces had decided we should play. I had the blessing of being a sheep.....Ewe know how much William laughed about that. William got to be a wise man. Ashtyn and Tayla played Mary and Joseph, and they had to make a "bed" for the baby Jesus and then rock the baby all through the reinactment.
Our christmas was wonderful. We had originally planned to spend the morning at our apartment opening our gifts to each other, then head to Osgood to see both sides of the family. Unfortunatly, our parents were all snowed in, so we had the unique opportunity to spend the entire day alone. I have to admit it was really nice to not have a hectic Christmas and I really enjoyed staying home.

The day after chrismas found my mom and dad, Shanda and Jade, William and I in Rigby, shoveling snow out of our house. We had three to four foot drifts throughout several areas of the house (oh the joy of not having sheeting on our trusses yet!) and at least a foot of snow throughout the rest of it. It took the six of us a combined 16 hours of labor to get all the snow out. The work went by fast, though, and I enjoyed the time spent with family.

That evening we all went to my mom and dad's for our family gift exchange. Shanda and Jade bought Will and I a karaoke machine and the whole family seemed to enjoy sharing their talents. My favorite gift, however, was a minature black dinosaur that my mom sewed for "baby Mobley." Growing up, I had a big black dinosaur named Harvey My Love (mostly just Harvey) whom I slept with every night and even took to college with me. Ok, so I slept with Harvey until I married William....Harvey still hasn't gotten over it yet. I heard somewhere that time heals all wounds, however, so hopefully Harvey will get over it someday. Then we went to William's mom and dad's house for an after christmas party and lots of good visiting.

New Year's Eve found us once again in Osgood, playing games with my family. I laughed so hard, especially during Cranium. I'd have to agree with Jill.....ask Aunt Chris to show you how an Egyptian swims!! I had to try to act out "hormone." Needless to say, my whole team just looked at me.

The holidays were productive for our house, though. We were able to sheet the roof of our house last week, so that should keep the drifts out a little bit better....hopefully, anyway.

I must be looking pregnant this week....i was asked by 4 different people when my baby was due...I haven't had that until this week. The first time was on Sunday, and a nurse and one of my patients asked me...I went home and told Will it must be the scrubs I was wearing. Yesterday, though, I was wearing some of my "loose" scrubs, and I had two more people ask me. I'm hoping to keep it "secret" from my co workers until after next Wednesday, because i think it would be hillarious when they ask to say, "yes, i'm having a _________. (although i'm still thinking it's a girl!) Our ultrasound is next Wednesday.....hope our baby isn't too shy!