Our 4th Of July Madness!!!

Happy 4th

Zoee's first 4th of July was great!! This has always been my fav. holiday and hopefully will be hers too!!! We had a blast! We spent the morning sleeping in, (or trying to sleep in at least) And Zach Made us french toast for breakfast. We had a very relaxing morning eating french toast and watching Jack Bauer kick some butt!! (we love 24) We then headed over to my aunt Joni's house for a 4th of July picnic and also to say good bye to our uncle Mark that is leaving us for a year!We will miss him very much!

 We had a great time eating burgers and expired ketchup!! oh and you can't forget my "Mikes Hard Lemonade" that was actually Jones soda... Thanks for that Ian! and we also took pictures...

WAAAAAAAY

TO

 MANY

PICTURES!!!! 

We enjoyed the relaxing bbq and just hung out and talked. We got news that our cousin Jordan is going good. My aunt Julie heard from him for the first time in nearly 2 months!!! crazy!!!

After the BBQ we went to the Sandy city parade!

we discovered that Zoee LOVES parades! she was so cute and had so much fun!

Everytime the police would come by and she heard the sirens she would get so excited!!!

She enjoyed having candy thrown at her and being squirt with  water guns by the Jordan High Football team!! Having a baby to watch at the parade made it 100 times more enjoyable!

Being a HUGE Jeep fan this was my fav. part of the Parade... I enjoyed it very much and have been dreaming about owning a jeep just like this ever since I saw it... I want.. no, correction.... NEED one soooo bad!!!

 After the parade Zach and I took Zoee home and we had a relaxing night at home with some Panda Express and.... of course... watched Jack Bauer kick some serious butt!!

I just love the 4th of July! It is the one day we can come together, no matter what your views are, and celebrate this country that we all love so much!!!! It is a time of Unity that makes me feel so proud to be an American!!! A day where everyone can come together and enjoy a parade, fireworks, or a bbq, and just have a good time talking and laughing, and celebrating America!!!! I wish everyday could be the 4th of July!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!

The 9 months leading up to the rest of my life!

This post is going to be about my pregnancy. I found out I was pregnant in the bathroom at work, I was working at a beauty suply store called Trade Secret. I was not feeling good that day and had made many trips to the restroom to dispose of my lunch... if you know what I mean. A friend of mine said "do you think your pregnant" my first response was "hahahaha" (look who's laughing now) and I said "no, i'm not pregnant" so my other friend said "well, you should just call (i'll leave the name blank, haha) and have her bring you a pregnancy test, just in case, after all... It would explain why you have been so grumpy lately" on that note, I picked up my phone and called (blank name again) and said "hey could you pick me up a pregnancy test, i'm not pregnant but ya know, just for fun, maybe one from the dollar store" blank name said (this is why i left her name blank, lol!) "Oh I have one in my purse!!" haha that made us laugh. So she get's to work hands me the stick and I go do my thing... Well I leave the stick on the garbage can on a paper towel in the bathroom and totally forgot about it for about 15 min. Blank name goes to the restroom and remembers oh yeah... the pregnancy test! so while in the restroom she looks down at the test... stared at it.. looked closer... and then peeked her head out the door and said "um whit, I think you need to come here for a min" I went in... looked at the test... looked at the box (to confirm what 2 lines meant) and passed out into her arms! seriously! well being 15 min. we thought maybe it was wrong and changed... obviously we are not pregnancy test pro's. We then went to Target and bought two more.. they were both positive. At this point I called Zach and had him pick me up from work... I was crying so hard and couldn't talk so this is how I told him I was prego... I handed him the stick with my pee on it...lol!!! oh goodness! Anyways I was very sick my whole pregnancy, I had a fetal Hemoriage and it was just not fun. However, oddly enough... I now miss being pregnant.
My FAV thing to do when I was pregnant was eat junk food. like most pregnant woman I suposse... now... I am not a junk food person but I just craved Sweets, can't believe i'm going to post this pic but I was prego so I can not be judged... here is proof that I really loved to eat....

This was some kind of strawberry trifle thing my Dad made for the 4th of July. I am nearly 6 months pregnant here. I loved this trifle... And I ate like 4 plates of it then said, screw it, i'm eating it out of the dish! so... I did! there ya go, take that story as you will, you may judge me now but just wait until you are 6 months pregnant! haha

I love my sisters, above. They threw me a great baby shower. It was so much fun, notice the stain on my shirt... When you are pregnant, and eat as much as I ate, your tummy catches it all!!! And plus... i'm just a clutz! I run into things, I trip, I spill food. I say stupid things... I really don't have it all together.

Also I mentioned earlier we bought a house right before having Zoee and in one of the rooms we had a scooby doo painted on the wall... they must have been insane, i dont know!! Here is a photo of me and my sisters cleaning the walls 8 months pregnant... (scooby is now gone, i have painted over him)

Thank you to my sisters for all the help they gave us with cleaning up this trashy house when we moved in. They were the best ! my nephew cole was also great help!!!

And my final moment of being prego below... My fav. photo! 3 hrs. before my water broke... trick or treating.... 

This was so great! Halloween night, or I guess, the night before, when everyone was actually celebrating, Zach decided to paint our kitchen. Being nearly 9 months pregnant I decided to leave the house while he did it to stay away from the fumes and such. So I decided to go trick or treating with my sisters and there children. It was so much fun! I felt great! Carried my niece around even and she is 2 yrs. old! It was a blast!! after trick or treating was over we went back to my brother in laws house and I packed up some baby stuff that they had for there kids that I was borrowing, like the basinet, and some clothes, toys, etc. And then headed home. on my way home I stoped at Mcdonalds for a redbox and a mcflury! Went home and Zach and I laid in bed and watched the movie, it was a terible zombie movie, I dont remember it much seeing as I watched the WHOLE movie in labor, but Zach said it was terrible! haha So we start the movie, not 5 min. later I have my first contraction... Zach watched the movie as I held onto his arm, squeezing it, and trying to breath through the pain... 50 seconds goes by... pain is gone... good! just a false alarm!!! 6 minutes passes... and it happens again... little longer contraction this time, and they started getting closer together. By the end of the movie They were a minute and a half long and about 3 min. apart from beginning to beginning of contractions. OUCH! I watched the entire movie like this... eating my butterfinger Mcflury in-between contractions (when we decided it was time to go to the hospital I said "i have to finish this first, they wont let me eat it at the hospital) it was really yummy! haha So anyways... movie is over, credits time!! And finally I said "well my midwife said to come in when I can not stand the pain anymore, think it is almost time. So Zach calls her and told her my wifes contractions are 3 min. apart she is in a lot of pain. should we come in yet? my midwife said "wait until they are about 2 min. or until your water breaks apart and then come in, have her sit in the bath until then to ease the pain" So I get out of bed and Zach is helping me to the tub and as soon as I stand up... my water breaks! so Zach said ok, lets go. and I said "no, I want to take a shower first" So, I did... then we got in the car, took about 10 min. I had to sit down after every 3 steps I walked down. haha! got to the hospital and within 30 min. I had my epidural and was in heaven! Why do people do drugs? I don't understand.. they should be doing Epidurals! It was the best thing ever. However.... I did not like not being able to move my legs. got a small case of claustraphobia there for a minute!

Here we are right after I got my epidural! waiting for miss Zoee!

Poor Zach was SO tired... but he was a trooper!!!

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Our Kind of Perfect!

So... evidently I suck at blogging! I get way behind even after I JUST started my blog. oh well! So our car was stolen.... story to be continued... NOW! That night, we spent a good part of the night in the hotel lobby speaking with officers and hotel management. Our car was stolen and all we got were complimentary waters (my mother later called and made them reimburse us for our room because there security was low causing our car to be stolen. The Security guard was on break and left the front unattended)
We finally made it up to our room and lay ed in bed the whole night tossing and turning. neither of us could sleep. I was sick to my stomach and so worried we would not be able to go on our cruise, because Zach's passport was in the car. at about 3:30 in the morning we went down to the lobby of the hotel and got online and found as long as Zach had his birth certificate we would still be able to go on the cruise! yay! we were supposed to leave the hotel at 8 in order to make it to the airport to catch our flight. But we had to leave a little earlier because we had to make a Wal Mart trip to buy Zach a whole new wardrobe for the trip! yikes!!! it was a nightmare!
We were both so worried that this would ruin our honeymoon but we ended up making a game of it. The whole cruise we were betting on when our Car would actually show up, or IF our car would actually show up!! (showed up on day 5 of cruise, i totally won the bet)
Our honeymoon... We went on a Royal Caribbean Cruise. It was amazing!! We left out of Miami, visited Haiti, Jamaica, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman. It was beautiful, romantic, relaxing!! everything a honeymoon should be. Free room service, lay out on the beach, spas, 5 star dinners every night! Best trip ever!

After returning home We lived with my mom, in her laundry room, while we looked for a house! We bought a really cute (run down, disgusting) house!! it smelled terrible, had extremely nasty carpet, painting of scooby doo and stain glass windows on the walls! it was horrible, after MUCH hard work, a little bit of money, and 5 million sponges, we have turned it into our dream home. We still have a little work to do (redo the floor in the kitchen/dining room, finish the trim, etc) but we have made a lot of progress. It is so fun having my own home. I have always wanted a fire place and a window seat, I got both! It is beautiful and the neighborhood is perfect. We moved in 24 days before Zoee was born!! We were so lucky to get this house and get in before she came to us! Zoee Danielle Orr (named after her uncle Jake Daniel Neilson) was born on Oct. 31st 2010. Our Halloween baby! I went into labor a few hours after trick or treating on Sat night with my niece and nephews (since Halloween was on a Sunday last year) She was perfect! 7 pounds 8 ounces.. 20 inches long! Love of my life! I could not take my eyes off of her and still can't! I love the family that Zach and I have created! We just celebrated our 1year anniversary. Our life is simple, we both work, We don't get to shop like we used to or buy big toys like boats and bikes, etc. and Zach has to fix his x box every time it stops working instead of buying a new one, but it's our life! and we love it!! We have a very good marriage and love our family! ZWZ! Just the three of us for now... It's our kind of perfect :)

Where have I been??

So I understand blogging is the new thing! So where have I been? I have been trapped in a little bubble known as Newlywed and New mother! No time to blog!!!
So I guess i'll just catch everyone up on the last year of my life! As of May 21st.... (17 days away) Zach and Ii will have been married one year! and we have a beautiful baby that is now 6 months old! (no need to do the math, we know!)
I guess we will start with the wedding today, tomorrow i'll cath you all up on everything after that!
Like I said, we were hitched on May 21st at Millenial Falls in Draper Utah. It was a beautiful wedding! Yummy desserts, lot's of dancing, my amazing friends and family... and.... the morning sickness... I was 4 months pregnant when we got married (we were totally engaged before I found out we were pregnant, she was not the cause of our marriage.... haha!) I was sick the whole day and very grumpy, none the less, it was an AMAZING day!!! My dress fit... barely... but it did, prior to the wedding I would make my sisters help me get into it every day and I would cry because every day it was a little bit smaller!!! It was traumatizing.... luckily I made it!!! And my tummy popped out during the honey moon... must have been all the delicious food!!! So .... wedding is over!! We drove into the night in our carriage drawn by white  horses (our dirty eclipse that noone bothered to decorate) and into the Wendy's drive way! we pulled up, Zach in his tux, me in my big poofy white dress, and ordered 2 double stacks, a jr. bacon cheeseburger, and a spicy chicken go wrap with extra honey mustard, and a large diet coke, with extra ice... our usual! then we went to my mothers house. (where we would be living in her laundry room for the next 5 months) We changed and I packed, yes, I waited till after the wedding to pack for the honeymoon, we then drove to WalMart and got batteries for our camera! we went to our hotel and pulled up in the valet parking thing in front of the hotel... being past midnight noone was there to take our car, we were just pulling up to unload the luggage and check in. So Zach, being the gentlman he is, took all my luggage out, wheeled it onto the curb and handed me his wallett and asked me to go check us in, he was going to go park the car and get his luggage and the rest of our things and meet me inside. I start walking into the hotel and I hear Zach screaming at someone, I turn around and see my husband running down the street, I soon notice he is chasing our car!!! Some guy jumped in our car and took off with it while we were ten feet away from it, news flash DO NOT LEAVE YOUR KEYS IN THE IGNITION NO MATTER WHAT!!! We had gifts from the wedding in our car, all the envelopes with money in them, Zach's luggage...etc!!! It may have been the worst night ever, my stomach felt like it was on a permanent roller coaster and I couldn't get off!! There we were... on our wedding night... standing in front of our sub par hotel staring blindly down the street in which we just watched our car drive down....