Halloween 2009

I know it's late, but here are the pics we had taken for Halloween. I have to post them because then everyone can see how stinkin' cute Bell was in her costume!!

Annabella's Baby Announcement

I know it's a bit late, but with moving and hosting Thanksgiving.... well.... better late than never!



Also, more to come with a big ol' update soon!

Halloween 2009

Another year has passed and everybody is wondering what we were for Halloween this year. Having taken a number of parties by storm as the sexy Roman Goddess and Soldier. We decided to take things in a different direction this year. Aimee had a fantastic idea to be the Addams family. I was to be...not Fester but Gomez. Fester was to obvious. Aimee was Morticia and Annabella was Wednesday Addams. Clever. we even won best couple at a costume party! Fantastic.

Baby Blessing 10-10-09

So we are a little late with this post and everything else lately. QLTM Having a new baby takes some additional time getting out the door on time. Anyways enjoy the photos of Annabella Capri McDaniel's baby blessing. My mom made the dress. It has 130 flowers hand stitched on and 5 yards of Satin alone.

New Photos of Annabella

So we just got our latest photos of Annabella today. They look amazing!! We are so excited to share them. Our friend PattyAnne took them - and did a fantastic job!! Take a look - here are just a few of them:









We totally forgot to post the images that we had taken a couple days before. These were taken by JC Penney:

Our Soon to be Home

Ok so for about 6 months Aimee and I have been following the developement process of our new home from scratch. It has been a very educational experience and we have learned alot. Seeing as though our new home will be done within the next 2 weeks and there isn't much more to be done on it other than fix the things we tell them need fixing I have put together a slide show of the land, the house, the people. This is Aimee and Jason's house.. behind the scene. Enjoy..

First Two Weeks home

So its been very nice to have so much time off from work to enjoy with the newest member of the family. Annabella has been such a perfect little girl. She hardly ever cries, and is generally content with how Aimee and I are doing. Thank goodness. :) Other than the sleeping schedule being a bit weird its been so easy. Not to much has changed. I don't know exactly what I expected, I guess I was fully prepared to have a baby that was a real challenge. Well I'm hoping that it just gets better from here. So the the day after we got out of the hospital we had to get Ellie's (this is a nickname we gave her because of the "ella" in Annabella) Biliruben test because her amounts were high. When they proved to be even higher the next day the doctor ordered Lights for the home and had them delivered. We had to keep her in it anytime she was not feeding for two days. It was kinda sad but we were glad she was going to be getting rid of her jaundice. I'll tell you the little light box was like the night light from hell!! It lit up the whole room with a bright blue glow.

Annabella Suntanning in the light box.

Anyways, Aimee and I had a bit of a scare with Annabella, when she was 7 days old we had to take her to the emergency room because she was becoming really lathargic and wouldn't even take a bottle. She was dehydrated and they said it was good that we came in when we did because babies don't have a reserve like everybody else. When babies start to go they go fast they said. It was very scary.

Her poor little hand. They gave her an IV and 60 CC's of fluids. After 2 hours or so at the ER in the middle of the night she crashed and so did we

Spending time at home with Aimee and little Annabella has been so much fun. I love it! Here is a picture of her right before her first sponge bath at home.

She is soo adorable. She has a cute tush and big bright eyes.

Another activity that we have enjoyed doing is being on her schedule for a few days. Sleeping every 3 hours and then eating.

Here are my two beautiful girls!

Nap time... again! I know, I know, I'm hairy! But so is she. She has this fine premie down all over her. They said that the white little hairs are common with premies and will go away.

One thing that is always fun to watch and never gets old is when we unswaddle Ellie she loves to stretch. not just once, not just twice, but over and over again in different ways. One is what we call the starfish. We havn't been able to get a picture of it but its just as it sounds. All stretched out in ever direction. The other is called the Super man with both legs stretched our and either one arm or both straight above her head. She loves to arch her back as well in between and then one of my favorites is that she likes to do what I call the Rag Doll. For this one she stretches out all the way and then goes completely limp. Its soooo funny.

The Rag Doll.

I also like to think that Annabella already has a great sense of humor. She makes us laugh all the time. Just check her our below.

What is that face about? LOL

Smiles. She thought it was funny too.

We just had her two week check-up today and she is doing really well. Aside from not gaining anything her first week home she has since put on an entire pound in one week. The doctor said this is common for premies, sometimes they "catch-up" quickly. She also grew 3/4 of an inch as well. Aimee and I were both bummed we were like, "I don't want her to grow up that fast." We are enjoying every minute that we can with her and love her to death.

Please Welcome Annabella Capri McDaniel into the world

Yesterday, August 29, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Annabella Capri McDaniel was born at Jordan Valley Medical Center in West Jordan, Utah. She was 6 lbs and 3 oz. and 19 inches long. She has blond hair and an adorable squeak. I still can't believe that she is here. She is nearly 4 weeks early but perfect. I never thought that someone could steal my heart so quickly.



Its been an interesting weekend. Aimee and I were able to just barely finish everything we needed to do to be ready for Annabella to come. We both had a feeling and to be honest really wanted her to come early. This has happened about 2 weeks before our new house closes. They are just now starting to put some of the finishing touches on it. We are going to head out there in the next few days to take some pictures and see how the progress is coming.

ok ok so the story.. Friday night we got together with some great friends (Jeremy and Alisha Sorensen) and got some really spicy Hooters wings. Man those things are soooo good! :) The next morning at 1:30 am Aimee went to the bathroom and her water broke! I coulnd't have asked for a better place for it to go. LOL. So we got all our bags together and let Aimee's parents know we were going. The drive there was effortless. We didn't have to speed or run any lights. Aimee was doing great, her contractions started as soon as her water broke. When we got to the hospital they confirmed that it was time and they gave Aimee the Epidural. Worked like a charm, At this point it was abt 4:30 am Saturday August 29, 2009. We were both really tired so now being numb and out of pain Aimee fell asleep and so did I. Man that was the worst Chair ever! It was like the Chair from hell! Anyways, we woke up and her contractions started to get stronger. We started pushing around 9:30ish for 20 minutes. Then waited for the doctor to get there. I could already see Annabella's head! The nurse was like, "There is her head" and I'm thinking to myself, "that does not look like any head I've ever seen!" It was all scrunched up (apparently normal) so after waiting for 20 minutes for the doctor to get there he did. We started pushing again and after like 2 sets of pushes she was out. It was amazing!! I couldn't believe it. The next two days we were in the hospital was great although the days all seemed to mesh together. But it was soo nice to finally get to see her face and spend time with my little family.



Annabella even took her carseat and the ride home very well! We expected her to cry or something I guess.



We are home now after 3 days in the hospital. I rearranged the basement to accomodate Annabella and us better. It stressed Aimee a bit but she is glad I did it. We should only be with Aimee's parents in their basement for the next week and a half. Then when our house is done, I will call in all my favors and get everyone to move us. Its so nice to have things keep moving. Love you all, thanks for all your support. I'm sure Aimee will want to post something soon.

-Jason

33 Weeks

So, I am starting to feel really big and moving is becoming pretty challenging. I try to walk regularly, but even that is getting tough. I know it will be worth it in the end, though! :)

33 Weeks

So, we didn't go out to the house this past weekend because we had been out there so much we decided to save on gas! But, we were told that they have started sheet rock this week, so I am excited to go out this weekend!

We did, however, do stuff for the baby room this weekend. I chose a font that I liked, we found some wood and dusted off my mom's old scroll saw. Jason is quite the natural!! Check out what he did:
Hard at work...

Ta Da!!! He's pretty good, huh?

I'm impressed! Now we have them almost done being painted. Sweet! I also bought the rest of the fabric for my crib bumper set, but haven't had time to start that just yet. :) I will get to it this week, hopefully! It will be cute... I am sure of that!

4 Weeks to go... and 8 Weeks to go

Time is moving so fast! ... but also so slow! We found out this past week from the foreman of our house that they are expecting it to be completed in 30 days - HOLY MOLY!!! Here are some new pics:
Windows in the Main Room

Our Garden Tub in the Grand Master Suite (sounds bigger than it is!!)

Us, just hanging out at our future home. :D

Also, being pregnant is starting to be a little uncomfortable, but feeling her move makes it all worth it! Now that I only have 8 weeks left of being pregnant I am afraid of getting impatient. Since we don't have much more than a car seat to bring her home in, I am getting a bit nervous. But, it helps to know that I have more time to get stuff.
31 Weeks

32 Weeks

The last picture was taken yesterday - so I promise that I am now fully up-to-date! BTW, thank you for all your comments! It makes blogging more meaningful and more fun! Also, let me know when you update your blogs 'cause I am really bad at remembering to check them out!

July is HOT!!!

So, I am now 31 weeks pregnant!! Hooray! The time has been going by quickly enough - especially with our house being built as quickly as this baby! I didn't get a chance to post anything last week, so here are the past two preggo pics:

29 weeks (...blurry 'cause Jason was making fun of me while trying to take it.)

30 weeks (like my dress?!? It's the greatest, lightest dress ever!)

This coming weeks photo will be posted soon... I have to take it first! :)

So, here's our house a week and a half ago:


And now.... you can realize our shock when we went to look at it this past weekend, when....

We have a roof!!! Holy moly!! It's coming along SUPER QUICK! They made a few mistakes in the initial building, but it has proven to be to our benefit: a 9 foot ceiling in the basement, which has given us an 8' garage door. They also gave us a bunch more windows than everyone else will get, but I LOVE IT!!!


This is our sweet garage! 12' ceiling, baby!


Jason's pretty excited about the 8' garage door. :)

Well, I think that's it for these past couple of weeks. Just a house and a tummy growing!