Our Special Delivery

 We have been fortunate to have family visiting us all the way back to the night I went into labor!  That night we had gone to see the Mesa temple lights with Matt's Mom, brother, aunts and other family.  My stomach had been really tight all that day even to the point where I couldn't tell if I was hungry or not.  (That didn't stop me from eating a couple baskets of bottomless fries at Red Robin for lunch!)  

Every night that week Matt would ask me, "Is this going to be the night?" I'd reply back to him each time saying, "No, I don't think so."  As we were walking around the temple I told Matt that I thought that night would be the night.  I had made too many trips to the bathroom for it not to be!

After we left the temple we went to Bill Johnson's BBQ for dinner.  We didn't even get our food before my water broke right at the table!  Frazzled, I jumped up and dragged Matt out the door with me without saying anything to his family.  If you could imagine, it's a pretty uncomfortable feeling to be leaking uncontrollable and a bit embarrassing!  At least for me 

We made the drive back to phoenix where we ate some frozen chinese food we had before heading to the hospital.  Matt's family were very supportive of the whole ordeal:) They even brought us a ham dinner that night!

The waitress joked around when we got there saying she hoped my water would break at the restaurant.  Little did she know her wish would come true!  Luckily for her I got out of there quick enough to not leave a mess for them to clean up!

 Matt's family were the first family members to meet Wes!  Matt's Mom was able to stay with us a few extra days to help us out.  She was more than thrilled to stay with us longer.  After all, we blame her for putting me into labor that night after all the speed bumps she made us drive over :) 

She helped clean and cook and kept exclaiming. "I just love to clean!" and "I just love to cook!"  And we just loved to let her!

Wes with his Uncle Brent and Aunt Maddie

 Then my Mom was able to come and stay with us a couple weeks and continued to help us out.  It was nice to have someone here to calm every single anxiety and fear I had about infants and my Mom did just that! 

My Dad came and joined in the fun the last week my Mom was here.  Him and Wally (as my Dad calls Wes.. he has nick names for all the grandkids) got along great!

Wes is fortunate to have such a big fan club between our 2 families:)

fun sized matt

Matt shares a special bond with Wes.  He gets the most smiles out of him, he can calm him down quicker than I can, and then there's no questioning that Wes is his son.. he is a miniature version of him!  We are both so glad when he comes home at the end of the day 

The Nursery

It was fun putting together a baby nursery although in reality I knew Wes would probably not be able to claim it as his own for a few months.  Once he was born his crib was moved into our room and his nursery became our guest bedroom and now is a nursery/music/study room.  I had to take a picture to prove I did put something together:)

 My favorite face he makes. . furrowed forehead

Wes at 1 week old

Tomorrow he will already be 1 month old.  I can hardly believe how fast this past month has gone!

he came

He came and we couldn't be happier

Wes Mathew Cline

12-29-12

8 lbs 7 oz  - -21 1/4 in

 The 3D ultrasound didn't lie!  He is just as we imagined him to look like

17 hours of labor

2 hours of pushing

medications a plenty

a catheter 

an episiotomy

a few stitches

the worst pain ever experienced (that was with an epidural too)

and I am ready to pop out another one!  We are so in love with our new little addition

It was a Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!  We hunkered down this year in our little home with anticipation of our new arrival who should be coming any day now..

Our Christmas day was a day full of present opening, family phone calls, pac-man playing, banjo dueling, chocolate eating fun!  Even though we are far from family we were able to catch up and talk to many of them.  I love how Christmas brings family together where ever you are 

We keep it festive up in here!  It reminds me of the movie Better Off Dead where the Mom makes her husband wear these festive holiday coats.  Unfortunately I only found antlers

Matt, we need to add this to our Christmas movie collection!

Our Christmas Family Tree

One day I went with Matt for a run.  While Matt did the running, I took a walk through a deserty field across from his campus to collect sticks.  Because it was getting late my main fear was scorpions and the fact I was wearing flip flops didn't help.  Luckily I walked away with no stings and plenty of sticks all which I ended up throwing out except this one.  

This lucky stick has served as a fall decoration to now a Christmas decoration.  We printed off some of our old family pictures taken around Christmas time to display on our stick friend.   
  

Fun, easy, Christmas decoration using what I love most.. old pictures :)  

We love our family!

Our Advent Christmas/Baby Countdown

 I found this display shadow box about 3 years ago with my Dad at a junk meet with the sole purpose of turning it into an advent calendar.  I was inspired by my sister n law Ismari's advent calendar that she put together around that time.  Last year I finally finished my long awaited project!

Each day has a slip of paper that has us read something about Christ's life, or to make cookies for neighbors, or to learn to play a new Christmas song.. typical advent schtuff 

        

 

And then on days with no slips, we get to indulge in some fancy belgium chocolates! ooh la la! 

Merry 7th day of the Christmas season!