Voitek Konrad Kalani Stewart

Okay, so I guess I should finally update my blog about our adorable little boy. It all started Tuesday night Dec 21, I started to have contraction, I wasn't sure if they were contractions, but they started to get closer together. I deiced to call my good friend Leia to come pick me up (at 12:30am Dec 22) to go to the hospital, since David was at work till 7:30am. We get to the hospital and yes I was having contractions so they told me to get up and walk around for an hour to see if I would dilate at all, so I did. Well I dilated so they decided to keep me in since I was going to be induced on Thursday Dec 23. Well they hooked me all up to iv and all the monitors and I decided to send Leia home at 3:30am since I knew David would be there in the morning.

Well David showed up at 8:30am and my contractions had stopped, and then they would start again, and then they would stop, it happened a few times, so they put me on some kind of drug to keep them going, well that didn't work. anyways I loved the nurses we had, my favourite was Eliza, as she was leaving her shift at 6pm on Dec 22, she told me to wait until 6am on Dec 23 to have my baby. I told her I would try. Well She came back in at 6am and still no baby. I was dilated to about a 5 or 7 at that time and said they would break my water around 10am. I had my epidural at 8am and the doctor came in around 11:55am to break my water. Well I started to feel my contractions around 2 ish and then after 36 hours Tek arrived at 3:48pm, weighing 7lbs 8oz and measured 20inchs long. He came out not crying, he would just grunt and then he was limp still after 45 minutes, there was no oxygen getting to his limbs. So that is when they decided he needed to get an x-ray. When they took they x-ray they noticed he had oxygen in his chest cavity and he had a hole in his lung or another name would be his lung was collapsed. In our small town of 4000 people we don't have the resources to treat him, so he had to be air vacced to Tucson.

I was able to go in to the nursery and wait for the air ambulance to show up, even though every time I would open my eye and lift up my head I would get sick, so all I could do was touch his foot. They air ambulance show up at 6:30pm and got him all ready to go, they took me back to my room as I waited for them to finish getting him all ready to go. David and I were not able to go with him. They left at around 8:30. I was released the next day, so we could drive up to Tucson to be with Tek. We arrived around 4pm and they said he was doing much better, though out the day he got better and better. I know it was from all the prayers and thoughts that were being said for our little boy. On Sunday Dec 26 we were finally able to go home, his lung was completely better and he was doing great with eating.



We are so excited we are home now, he is a great baby, he sleeps for 3-4 hour stints at night, and eats about every 2-3 hours. He is a really good baby. And he loves his daddy and daddy sure does love him. He will burp really good for David and will fall a sleep really well for him. This morning all he wanted to do was play and I told him No. And then Daddy woke up to get ready for work and David took him burped him and he fell right to sleep. David gave him back to me and he was fine until David walked out of the house and he started to cry. They only way he was finally fall a sleep in laying on my chest. But he did finally go to sleep. I love my little boy, I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present this year. So welcome to our little Family Tek.

Thanks again for all the support, and prayers that were said for our little family over the last week, We know they were answered, and we could feel the love as we were in Tucson. I hope that was a good enough update for you guys. We Love you all and we can't wait for you all to meet our little Tek :D

Love the Stewarts.

33 weeks and counting!!

So the last time we went to see the doctor at 28 weeks, I had gained 9 pounds in 4 weeks and was measuring at 30 weeks. He said that if I gain weight like I did the last four weeks, he would send me to a dietitian, I really didn't want to spend the money to go to one of those, so I went for walks almost everyday eat more fruit, didn't drink the large diet dr.pepper a day like I was, and eating more salad. Today when I went to the doctors I didn't gain a pound and I am measuring at 33 weeks, this made me happy. We will also be induced a week early so we don't have to pay deductible again, and well for tax credits as well. So what does that mean, we are most likely going to have a Christmas eve/Christmas baby. Our poor child, I always said I never wanted a child born in December, and that we would plan our babies, well guess what the Lord had other plans there, but I can't complain, we will have one of god greatest gifts. I still don't feel like I will be ready, but I will have to be, and I know the Lord doesn't give us more then we can handle without his help.

Anyways on an other note, I pick up my sister Kimmie from the airport on Sunday and we will hang out in the Phoenix Valley till Thursday when she will fly back home. Then it will be Thanksgiving, which will be weird since we will not be going anywhere for it this year, and the same with Christmas since baby boy will most likely be here. And then in January we will see if my family will be coming, found out last night my dad is not sure how much time he can get off. So might not see family until February time! I will survive my sister did it I'm sure I can too!! Anyways I should finish washing the dishes and clean up the house a little. I hope you all have a great week, and I will most likely post about my visit with my sister next Friday, until then have a safe and enjoyable Veterans/Remembrance Day.

The only picture we have taken is off my Halloween costume which you most likely have all seen, but here it is again.

Keeping myself occupied!

Today was just one of those days. If there was a day where everything could go wrong today was that day!!! David keeps telling me the Lord wouldn't give us these hardship if he didn't think we could handle them. Lately I have just felt lost, I don't know if I am coming or going, if I am up or down. We have also been very blessed this week, and I don't feel worthy enough for the many blessing we have received. Most days I just want my mom, or to sit on my dads lap in his chair, as he hugs me and tells me everything will be fine. I don't understand how my oldest sister Chrissy has lived away from my parents for so long, and 6 of those years she lived in Germany, 2 in Utah, and 2 in Oklahoma. She has to be a strong person to be able to do that, because I don't feel very strong right now. The only thing that could make me smile today, was the movement of our little soccer/foot ball player, and that even made me cry, because I don't feel like I am ready for him to come.

So after a lot of crying today and talking to my husband (David works nights for the next couple of days) and dad on the phone, I realized I needed to get my mind off of the stress I am putting on my body and our little soccer/foot ball player. First I really needed to do the dishes, so I did the dishes, then I cleaned up our bedroom area, I then set up little boys cradle That really wasn't relaxing, but it needed to get done. So what I did next is the only thing that some what relaxes me, I went to sewing/crafting. The reason I set up the cradle was so I could make a pad for the bottom of it, I made it out of a box, batting, garbage bag, and a hot glue gun. first I measured the bottom of the cradle so I could cut the box to the right size, then I cut the batting to fit the box then I glued the batting to the box, then I wrapped a garbage bag around it and glued it on to the box as well, I did this just in case there is a blow out of a diaper I don't have to remake the padding again. I then just wrapped fabric around the pad and safety pined it on. And this is what I came up with.




I had some left over batting and I made this little goat because I could, I think it turned out pretty cute.



Now it is 2 am and I should be in bed since I have to wake up at 7 to pick up David from work. I'm sorry for the ranting, I just homesick. I hope my sister will not make me so homesick when she comes down next month. This will be her first time in Arizona, I'm not sure what we will do since I will be a lot bigger and a lot more round and feeling like I am ready to pop, but I really hope we can make some good memories. I hope you all have a great day/week.

Time for another post!!

Well lets see what has been happening in our simple little lives. Not a whole lot, little boy gave mom a scare for a couple of day, he didn't move his 5 to 10 times in an hour like they say he should, so I went and talked to a friend and got some advice. Well the next day he just wouldn't stop moving, it made me so happy! I realized I had been stressing out over some important thing and well unimportant things, which was not helping him at all. I needed to relax and guess what, he has been an active little soccer/football player for the last couple of days now, which also helped me not be so stressed out either.

We have also been very blessed this week! Our Ward family and friends have been pretty awesome. This week we were given a crib, some toys, and another friend offered us a stroller!! So we pretty much have everything now!! Except for the important things like diapers, whips, bottles, and the little things like that. My sister has given me all her little boy cloths, maternity clothes, car seat, and baby swing, my dad made our cradle, I've made blankets up the wahzoo, my mom has made some change pads, blankets, and burp rags. I am going to say we have been blessed more then I feel like we deserve some days. My family has been great with helping us out, like I already said our ward family has been great, and our friends have been too.




I asked David if he wanted to write anything and this is what he said "Hi", and there you have it folk my husband of very few words. Thanks again for commenting last week and we love you all!!!

Our little Boy!!

Well, We had a doctors appointment on Thursday October 7, we were able to hear his little heart beat again!!! I always love our doctors appointment, it either mean and ultrasound or just hearing the heart beat, which is just as cool!!

We had 78 more days to go until our due date, I'm not sure if I will be ready to for him to come. David can't wait for him to come, he even asks him to come out and play, so he has a friend to play with. I tell David, no he will stay in there a little longer thank you.

So we also had a goal this weekend to pick out our little boys name, so guess what we have a name!!! Our little boy has a name, but you will not know his name until he come out, so it will be a surprise for all of you :D Love you all!!! And Thanks all that read this, I really can't believe how many there are! So leave a message anytime, it makes me feel good when you do :D

Last week with a good friend!

So last Sunday, David and I drove to Mesa to pick up on of my friends from Canada. I felt somewhat bad since she had to sleep on our couch since we don't have a spare room, like we had the first time she came to visit last year. But she said she was okay with our couch.



Monday we walked around our Downtown, which consists of two blocks! Then that night I found a YSA Family Home Evening to go to. Let's just say it is a little awkward to go to a YSA activity with a nice round tummy! But it is lots of fun! I would do it again just for her.

Tuesday we just kind of did nothing until the evening. I found another YSA thing for her to go to, but this time I stayed home and she went with one of our YSA friends. Then when she got home from that we went to a girl's night at one of the lady's in our wards house, it was nice to get to know the new people in our ward and some of the old ones too.



Wednesday we went and got a pedicure and manicure, we then drove around and looked at some of the building in our area, like the house that Pres. Spencer W. Kimball grow up in, it is about two blocks from our house. We then drove to the Gila Valley Temple and walked around there. Then that night we went out for something to eat.






Thursday David didn't have to work, and it happened to be a payday Thursday too, so that meant grocery shopping for our house. After that we came home and hung out and watched a movie and I made pizza! Then David had an appointment to go to so he left. and her and I just hung out until he go home.

Friday we watched Ironman 2, since she had not seen it and David loves it. Then her and I went to one of my friends house so she could put a face to who I talk about, it was nice. Then we all went out for dinner with another set of friends to all of our favourite restaurant, it tasted so good, but so greasy and fattening. We all came home and went to bed since Conference was at 9 am the next morning. But this night I wake up with our little boy trashing around in my tummy, and me not feeling to well. So me and baby boy had a date with Mr. Toilet and the Bathroom floor!!



Saturday I wake up not feeling so hot still, but I woke up at 8:45 got showered and ready and we were sitting in the church by 9:10 to listen to conference. Then we came home and I took a nap and the other two watched a movie, then we went back to church to finish off conference for Saturday. That night David went to priesthood and we went and got Sonic and talked, we then picked up David and had dinner. We all went to bed early again since David had to be up at 3 for work. and my friend had her flight back home, so I drove her back to Mesa to catch her flight, and I got home about an hour before David got off work, just in time for me to make dinner then go pick him up.



That was our week in a nut shell!!! I will say I am not uses to having someone around all the time, I have become accustom to being by myself a lot of the time, but it was good to have some of home around.

Today I bought the stuff to make my temple clothes since I can't fit into my old temple clothes because of our little soccer player, lol, here to hoping it looks good!! Anyways until next time.

For my sister!!

Talking to my sister on the phone today, she said "I think it is time for a belly shot!" So I took out my camera and took a photo. Well all the photos made me look fat and really big, so guess what you don't get a belly shot! I'm starting to not feel cute anymore, I'm just starting to feel like a big fat whale, but I know me feeling like a big fat whale is for a good cause! I love our little soccer/football player! I love how he moves around and has hiccups! I even love this little soccer/football player when he gives me killer heart burn, acid reflex, back pain, and lack of sleep! but I still can't fathom how I can have a baby growing inside of me, and how the lord created us to do so!!

So I think you are not going to get anymore belly shots because I just feel big, and I am afraid people are going to say "Wow, she is way bigger then she should be" or "Wow, that lady put on a lot of weight with this baby!" So there you have it folks, the only way you are getting pictures is if my husband hacks in to the blog and puts them up and I really don't see that happening so there. So, the big pregnant lady and spoken!

Our trip!!

Okay so I have become really bad at taking pictures, I use to take picture all the time! There was always a camera in my purse at all times, Now a days I never have my camera in my purse and if I do I forget to take pictures. So I am sorry for the lack of pictures everyone!

Our trip started on Thursday morning at 5am our flight left at 11 am, but we live 3 hours away from the Airport in Phoenix and we had to be there an hour and a half before our flight left. So we flew from Phoenix to Chicago (which was late we were to leave at 6pm but didn't leave till about 8:30pm) Chicago to Milwaukee. We arrived in Milwaukee around 9:30pm picked up our rental car which happened to be one of these beauties, lol!!



We arrived at our hotel just before 11pm, which happened to be one of these hotels it wasn't the greatest but hey, all we really needed it for was to sleep and shower!!



Friday we had half the day to do whatever before the conference started, well we were exhausted so we slept till 11 got up and ready for the day, so in all reality we had 2 hours to do something. Well down town Milwaukee doesn't have very much parking, and well none of it is free!!! So we drove around for a hour looking for parking and a place to eat. finally found one for $6 a day for parking and a mall to eat at
both which were only a block and a half away from the Arena the conference was in.



So the conference started at 7 and went till midnight, made it back to the hotel around midnight thirty. That night there was a thunder storm, and I was laying a wake watching the lighting and listening to the thunder, where all of a sudden there was a bright flash and not a second later a big crash of thunder, which made David and our little soccer/football player jump. It was quite humorous.

The next morning was up at 6 to eat breakfast and then off to the Arena at 8 to find a seat. Conference started a 10:30 am went till 4. Then had a break till 7. So a group of us from Arizona got together and had pizza and chatted about the conference so far, which had been really good! We then went back at 7pm and it went till 2am. This Leadership conference was quite amazing, I think we are on information overload. I loved how everyone there was so nice and friendly and positive, it really was a great conference.



Anyways we returned back to the hotel to get ready for our early morning flight. We had a 2 hour nap then got up to make it back to the airport to drop off the rental car and make our 6:40 am flight. We flew from Milwaukee to Minneapolis, then Minneapolis to Phoenix. We got back to Phoenix at 10:30 am. We then made it back home at around 2pm.

That was our weekend, Like I said sorry for the lack of photos, And thanks everyone that read our blog!

Ultrasound #4 is good :D

Since we found out we were expecting our little soccer player we have had four ultrasounds. First one at 7 weeks to make sure there was a heart beat. Second one at 10 weeks to make sure everything was going good with this pregnancy since we had miscarried at 8 weeks in our first pregnancy. Third was to see what we were having and to do the make sure everything is going good. Like I said in the last post they has found a shadow on his little left heart ventricle, so we should go and get another ultrasound. Fourth one was to make sure everything with the shadow was okay. Everything seems to be good the heart is beating strong and GREAT,the shadow is disappearing, there is no leg shorter then the other, or any other deformities. Even the main Head ultrasound guy came in to make sure everything was good. The only sad thing about this ultra sound is our little soccer player was playing shy and didn't want to show us his face. My tummy hurts from David and ultrasound tech poking it, but he didn't want to move, and when he finally did he just moved his hands in front of his face, she tried for 20 mins but of course no luck. Well as soon as we drove away from the ultrasound place our little soccer player did a somersault in my tummy, David wanted to turn around and go back!

Here is our little soccer player's spine, and knee! He is weighing in at 1lbs 10oz. This was the best picture we got of our little soccer player today!!



I don't remember if I told this story but I love it. So Sunday after church we come home and are getting out of our Sunday clothes.
David walks to the closet and sigh.
Dian - "what is wrong?"
David - "I just want him to come out to play, so I have a friend to play with!"
Dian - "I'm sorry, he is not coming out for a while."
David - "I know but I just want him too."
There was more to the conversation but that is it in a nut shell.

Here I am at 25 weeks, I'm getting pretty big if you ask me!!!



Anyways that is all for this week, we leave for a little vacation tomorrow until Sunday, so see you all next week!!!

Life is Grand!

Last week we had our 24 week appointment at the doctors. Our little soccer player is playing a little higher on the field then he should be, but that is okay! His heart beat is strong and i'm measuring 25 weeks! I feel huge but everyone always tells me how cute and I and wishes she has as many maternity clothes as I have!! The funny thing is when every they say that I am wearing my normal clothes I would wear before my little soccer player started playing the field! They just happened to be empire style shirts and baby doll dresses. And I also have been very blesses to receive my sisters hand-me-downs :D Enough of everyone making me feel good, but please don't stop it really does make my day, even my weeks! At our appointment last week, our doctor told us we needed to go have another ultrasound next week (so this week Wednesday), they found a shadow on the left heart ventricle of our little soccer player, he said it could be nothing, but better safe then sorry! I am really not worried, I'm more excited because we get to see our little soccer player again!! I also know that the Lord has a plan and loves us especially my little soccer player! So all we can do is pray and leave it in the Lords hands!

Life really is great right now, I personally couldn't be happier! I have a great family, friends, and ward family that loves me so much! This week we also get to fly to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a leadership conference, David is very excited about it! I'm excited because I have never been there, so another states to mark off the map :D I really do love my life right now and really don't think I could be happier, but every time I say that I am proven wrong! But I am really okay with that!

And if you are not happy with your life, you are the one that has control over your thoughts to change that, no one else does! You can find good in any situation!

We Love you all, and we will see you all back here later this week with our little soccer players update.



Sorry I don't have any photos on my computer and I don't have my camera right now to take pictures!

Interesting fact!!

Every week I go to babycenter.com can look at the week by week on my baby. At week 24 I thought it was pretty sweet that my little soccer player is in a "soccer ball" my uterus is the size of a soccer ball right now, pretty sweet if you ask me!!!

Anyways I had my first encounter with a belly rub, lol!!! I had a church activity last night and everyone kept saying they loved my cute little baby bump. It doesn't feel little but it felt good for people to say I look cute :D well my baby bump looked cute.

Another point that is some what sad for me and the things I do for love, lol!! I can't wear my heals anymore :( my feet have swollen to the point I can't wear any of my heals, this is a very sad day for me since, I love my shoes, but I can say I love my little soccer player a little more, so I can put my heals up on the shelve for a couple of months. I also can't wear my rings, so they have been put away in a safe place until I can wear them again.

I have also started making/altering clothes for myself, since I can't do up my pants or they are very uncomforted to wear. I am also, so thankful for my sister who has given me all her old maternity clothes, baby clothes, and baby stuff so that will save us a heck of a lot of money. This is one good point in being the youngest I get all the hand-me-downs :D I hated them when I was little but am loving them now, since money doesn't grow on tree I have learned!!!

I know I say this every post since I found out we were expecting, but I LOVE this little soccer player and his daddy. His Daddy is going to be a great daddy, I can tell by the way he interacts with my nieces and nephews and how much he loves them and they love him. I am so grateful for this wonderful husband that I was led to, he is my best friend and I am so happy he is mine for eternity. Life is GREAT and I love you all, I couldn't be more happy with life right now!!!

My Daddy said I needed too!!!

Anyways, my Daddy said I needed to up date my blog so here I am updating. So I think I am around 23 weeks now, I lost count, I don't even know what day of the weeks it is most days. David starts nights today, so he is sleeping away :( But at least he has a job that pays are bill :D Thank the lord for that one!!!

Well up date on our little soccer player (David says football player, I like soccer player better). He is GREAT kicking and moving around his playing field with all kinds of moves, His Auntie Nic would be so proud of him,lol!!!! He doesn't like pizza, when ever I eat it he gives me really bad heart burn and acid reflex, not to fun!!! But so far that is the only thing he doesn't like. He will kick, kick, and kick some more, so I will tell David to put his hand on my tummy, and then our little soccer player gets taken off the field or calls a time out, as soon as David takes his hand off he get back on the field and kicks some more. David doesn't find it to funny, but I do.

Another funny story the other day David was laying in bed, (he was working night so sleeping during the day) so I went and laid next to him, David rolled over and but his elbow on my tummy, well our little soccer player decided he did like that or want to play with Daddy's elbow, so he kicked, kicked, and kicked it some more, (right where David Elbow was it was funny) and didn't stop till David moved his elbow, I couldn't stop laughing, it was pretty cute.

Here is another one, I was playing with David's phone and put some music on and put it on my tummy, as soon as I put it on my tummy our little soccer player must have scored a goal because he started to dance up a storm to the music. It was humorous because David phone was doing a dance on my tummy too!!! I think David got jealous because he then took the phone away from my tummy because our soccer player would dance for David's phone but not for David. As soon as David took the phone off my tummy our little soccer player stopped Dancing. I think he was sad, and I told David that so David put the phone back on my tummy and guess what he must have scored another goal because he started to dance again.

He also love when I read out loud to him, he kicks and moves around until I am done reading, awwww I love this little boy!!! I could go on and on about him, and he is just living the high life in my tummy!!!

David and I are so excited for our little soccer player, we love him already, I can't believe how much you can love someone without even meeting them yet!! I also can't believe how much he already has a personality, it is crazy. David really can't wait for our little soccer player to come out to play, he has asked him a couple of times to come out and play, I keep telling him "NO", I'm not ready yet, he can stay in there a little longer, thank you very much :D Anyways I hope you liked our little tails of our soccer player, who is doing great and growing strong.



Not the best of pictures, but there is my baby bump!!! Our little soccer player :D

The long a waited post!!

It all started in April, we were driving up to Great Fall, MT to visit my family! As we were driving I wasn't feeling to good, but I was stocking it up to PMSing!!! Well we got home and I was starting to wonder where my favourite friend that come to visit every month was! So I went and got a pregancy test, and guess what there it was the two lines saying I'm having a baby. I started to cry, I couldn't stop, I had decided that we were not having kids for a while, I had just come to realization I was okay with not having a baby yet, lol the Lord had different plans for us :D David came in to the bathroom is see what all the commotion was all about. I showed David and he burst in to laughter, I said "What so funny, and what do I do now?" he replied "The Lord has a sense of humor, and well say thank you!". So that is where the story starts the rumors are true we are expecting out first little one!!!



I am now 20 weeks along, and we were excited we got to go and see our Stewart Little today, we were able to find out our Stewart Littles gender, I am not going to lie I prayed for the last couple of days that our Stewart Little didn't have it legs crossed, well guess what??



We are very excited, to welcome this little angle in to our lives and to see how our lives will change with Our Stewart Little in it!!!

It has been a while!!!

Okay sorry about the long time no type! We have been supper busy with moving, traveling, moving some more, family, being emotional, being hot, and just really not knowing what to blog about.

I Dian promise I will blog after we get settled in to the new place, which will probably be in just over a week, I hope that is all okay with you, if not to bad and deal with it!!!!

Hope to see you all back here next week, either Thursday or Friday!! and I will then update you on the last two months of business!!!!

Great Falls and David Graduation

Sorry it has been a bit since I update the blog a bit has happened since the last time I typed.

David and I made a road trip up to Great Falls which started on Last Thursday April 22, 2010 to drop off my car to my parents. We arrived in Great Falls early Saturday morning. We then spend the 24 hours with my parents and my sister Kimmie, then flew back to Arizona so David could get back to school on Monday. It was good to see my parents and sister yet again, I sure do miss my family!!





David is now a graduate of EAC as of May 14, 2010. David Graduated with High Honors and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa - Honor Society. I could not be more proud of my husband I sure do love him. The Day before graduation (which happened to be our Anniversary) david spend from 1pm till 9:30 pm and the next day from 10:30am till 5:30pm, in our friends garage polishing his car so the next day we could go in to phoenix to get a clear bra put on his baby. Which would take about 3 to 4 hours to do. I was not looking forward to that, but David surprised me for our Anniversary with a 90 minute massage man was it great, but it sure wasn't long enough. We then went to Red Robin for dinner, then Costco, and then on the way back home we dropped by David's Parents house.





The next week we moved in to a small but cheaper place to live. really can't complain other then we had to switch wards :( I sure will miss our old ward.

David has also been put on a crew up at the mine and started shift work today:( really not looking forward to that, but at least he has a job that is all we can ask for. The Lord has blessed us so much over the past two years, and I know he will continue over the next many many years to come. And we are very grateful for the love the Lord has shown us, sometime he has more then we have deserved, but we are very grateful for his love and we sure do love the Lord.

I hope you all are having a Great summer so far I know I am and can't wait to see family and friend as the summer unfolds more.

Wow One Year Already

Today will be our one year anniversary, Wow is all I have to say!! The time just flew by. But May 13th, 2009 was a spiritual, emotional, and also just a great day, it was the day I knelt across the alter from my Amazing Eternal Companion, in the Bountiful Utah temple.

Dian's side of the story I'm not going to say that our first year of Marriage was a walk in the park, it was more like a hike up and down some really big Mountains, but the hike sure did have some great views and all in all has been worth it. Worth all the tears and pains we have shared together. I'm so grateful for the love and respect my husband gives me, he does a lot for our little family and I have been blesses be on belief to have him as my Husband and Eternal Companion.



When I asked what he thought about our first year of marriage this is what he said.David's side of our first year of marriage. I doesn't think it was a hike up and down a mountians, but I do say on those up hill hike look at that pretty waterfalls. It fast, it was fun, there was sun, there were clouds, it was interesting, and now it is time for round two!!!



I sure do love my husband, He is so positive about everything, nothing is rarely negative. I sure hope I can be more like him when I grow up :D This has been a great year even with all its ups and downs. We have learn a lot about each other and we have learn to grow with the challenges we have been given and there has been a few of those. With every Challenge we had we had so many blessings come from them. I couldn't ask for a better person to share eternity with. I love you David and I can't believe how much more I love you now then when we were married. Here is to all time and eternity.

There is also a link to the wedding video my sister did for us. She did a good job and I love to watch it every once in a while. Enjoy!!! click here

There is just something about a real bed :D

Wednesday night I told David I was going to go look at beds on Thursday. Well I went and looked at beds on Thursday, and well I bought one!!! I didn't care, I wanted a real bed, a blow up mattress is not a real bed. So we now have a lovely queen pillow top. I would also say it makes our room look so much nicer too. Lets just tell you my muscles are not use to sleeping on a real bed either, but it was so nice to sleep in a real bed. David was a little mad at me for getting a bed without him knowing, but he will get over it!!! So here is to now having a real bed after just under a year of having an air mattress. I don't understand how David has slept on one for the last two and a half years, so here is to better nights sleep, hopefully...

Anyways other then our new bed, I have been keeping myself busy, I made some new friends which I am really excited about :D Only a year of living here and I finally made some friends of my own :D I have been busy making things for ladies in our ward who are having babies, I wish I was making all these cute things for my babies, but my time will come. Here are a few things I have made over the last week!!





The blue star burp cloth has a blanket to match it like the pink one, but I have not finished it yet, almost!!! and the Pink one is my favourite but, I thought I would be nice and give it away. I still have a while before I have any so I will let other people have some cute stuff too!!! the grey and blueish dragon colour one is my husbands favourite so I will keep that one. But the Pink one I already gave away to the only lady in our ward having a girl. The other burp cloth will go with the matching blanket to another lady in our ward who is having a baby shower next weekend. Which I will be out of town for, but this out of town I will be okay with :D






This tote bag I made one night because one of the ladies in our ward asked if i make tote bags and I said I have never really made one but it can't be that hard, well this is what I came up with. she really liked it and has asked me to tell her how to make one. you can reverse this one too. Didn't think about it until she was like wow it is ever reversible. I was like yes, yes it is :D And the rag blanket I did one day because I was bored!!! But I love the flower material I have been wanting to steal it from my neighbour ever since I saw it... Well we were over at their house for family home evening one night and I asked if i could have half of it, he said why not. I was so excited. The funny thing is he stole it from his drug dealer room mate he had when he was going to school in Cali, so if i stole it, it would have been okay is what his brother said. lol but I didn't have to steal it I got about 3 yards of it so i was pretty excited.

Anyways I am most likely boring you to death now. But I guess I will write to you in a week or two :D

Dian

Easter weekend!!!

This has been a great first Easter together!!! I enjoyed being just the two of us without any family. We also decided that we would not answer our phones all weekend long, so our phone didn't come with us any where, it was so nice :D But it was just fun to be able to go to conference go home and relax then go back, or just sit in our own house and listen to it, it was nice not having to worry about traveling or pleasing other people, just ourselves:D We also got a lot done this weekend, more then I thought we would.

So my dear husband has been working very hard on his big boy toy, our car! between sessions and after sessions he worked on putting all the pretty LED on the car, around the car, in the car, just everywhere, he is very excited about this, he has also painted the break calipers, engine cover blue, and put blue tubing around the wires in the engine area.




Sorry it was so bright out when i took these photos, but he is every excited about his big boy toy and loves working on it, and it makes him happy, so i guess what is all that matters :D

I even got my garden planted, it is not very big but at least i am trying :D



I have planted a tomato, two squash, and a cucumber plant!! Here to hoping they grow :D

This weekend I also cooked my very first ham!!! David wanted a honey brown sugar ham, so that is what i made him, he said it was pretty good for my first time, and was just grateful I did it. But it was fun to make an Easter dinner even if it was just for the two of us, he is excited to eat ham sandwiches for left overs, how can you tell I don't make ham ever :D





I also did a Easter egg hunt for David, lol I know I am lame!! I thought it would be fun even though we don't have kids. I think I had more fun putting everything together then David did find them all :D I think he was happy to have lots of candy any ways. Here is all the stuff he got, the eggs have candy in them too!



Here is him searching for his Easter stuff.



Today I also had the opportunity to hang out with one of my friends and make freezer jam, it was fun to hang out with her today, since we have not hung out in a long time!! Thanks Jaime for inviting me over to make some yummy strawberry jam :D



Well David and I were in Utah last month we stopped by the family history centre and asked for copies of my GG Simmons and Grandma Tyssen's patriarchal blessings I got them in the mail last weeks and it was so up lifting to read them and to see the blessing enfold over there lives either good or bad, it really helped my testimony grow!! I hope that my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren will read mine and feel that the same feelings as I did and to help their testimonies grown as I had reading their blessing.

Anyways I hope you all had a great Easter weekend, and I am also sorry this blog entry is so long. But April has started off Great and I am sure it will continue to get great as the month continues:D