Nate and Nick

Kaiya Updates

2012-01-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

(Kaiya, say "cheese")

Kaiya will be 11 months in just a few days! She is so smart. I am amazed everyday at the things she learns. She is a little copy cat. Everything we do, so repeats. She is being stubborn with walking. She has been pulling herself up on things since the first week in October and has been walking with a little sit to stand walker for a month now, but she refuses to stand by herself. She is definitely my child in the way that she does things on her own terms. It drives Nate crazy. She loves to eat and will eat pretty much anything we do. I'm so ready for her to turn one so she doesn't have food restrictions anymore. I'm also SO ready for her to not be on formula anymore!! She loves her sippy cup. Last month we were out at a restaurant and she kept trying to get my drink. We had never given her a straw before so I didn't think she would be able to get anything out. I let her try and she instantly sucked up my Dr Pepper. It was so cute. She is now obsessed with drinking out of a straw. I bought her a new sippy that has a straw. She thinks it is fantastic. She is our little hoover. She loves to find things on the floor and put them in her mouth. We are always pulling things out of her little mouth. She has 8 teeth and she's not afraid to use them. She bites us all the time. Our toes are her favorite thing to attack. She also likes to bite my fingers. Cardboard and paper are her favorite things to eat. Christmas was like heaven to her. wrapping paper and cardboard boxes everywhere! She couldn't have cared less about her new toys. Here is a list of her favorite words to say:
Da-da
Nah-nah (mama)
Doggy
No no no (shaking her head left to right)
Ni Ni (in a high pitched voice) (night night)
baby
bye bye- she won't say it, she'll just wave when you say bye bye
Hi Hi (same as bye bye she just waves)
Uh- oh
That's all I can think of right now. She is such a fun little person to have around. I swear she gets cuter and funnier everyday. I don't remember life without her and I don't want to. She has made us so happy.We were for sure blessed with a happy and good natured baby. We have been so spoiled and eased into parenthood. I'm scared to have anymore. She is such a good baby that I just know our next one will be naughty!!

Yuba Lake

2011-09-12T15:02:00.001-07:00

This year for Labor Day we went to Yuba Lake with Nate's family. It was fun to get out of the house and sleep under the stars. Nate's dad always makes the best food when we go camping. They spend so much time making sure our trips are perfect and they always are. Kaiya had fun too. She loves to be outside and play in the sand and water. She did really well sleeping too even without her bed and bedtime routine.

Nate on the waverunner

Sunday we took a drive to the Manti temple to relax and enjoy the day
Chillin by the campfire
She loves to sit and play with toys
of course stunting was involved in the weekend.
relaxin with daddy
happy happy girl. Don't mind that I'm not wearing make-up in any of these pictures...
I LOVE this picture. She looks like such a big girl!
We were parked waiting to get our campsite and Kaiya had had it with her carseat. So we got her out and put her in the front seat. Nate thought it would be funny to put her in the bumbo in the front seat and seatbelt her in. He then wanted to give her our trip snacks and take a picture to make it look like she "called shot gun" and was ridin in the front eatin snacks. It was cute.
Such a happy girl!!

Utah State Fair 2011

2011-09-12T14:30:00.000-07:00

My dad is one of the directors over Utah's Own. Every year at the state fair my dad heads up the Utah's Own food court where all Utah companies come and set up their booths to sell food. There are some awesome companies there this year so if you go to the fair, make sure you check it out. I had the Ribs from Richard's BBQ booth and it was FANTASTIC. Kaiya loved the fair of course. However, mother of the year right here forgot her stroller so Nate and I had to carry her the whole time. Not fun. She likes to be free to move around and look around and being held was not allowing her to do that. It was still fun though.

I'm pretty sure this is our only family photo...
Kaiya and Bampa
She got sleepy and fell asleep on Nate's shoulder
Man I love these two!
She is such a cheeser!

What we have been up to lately!

2011-07-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

Kaiya is now 5 months old. She is growing up so fast. She is hitting all her milestone and loving every minute of becoming a big girl. She will no longer lay on her back. The second we put her down, she rolls over to her tummy and then gets bored because she can't go anywhere, so she will then roll back over to her back and play with her toys for a minute before the cycle starts over. She's trying to master sitting up by herself, but being the Kaiya we all know and love, she just wants to be standing all the time and gets frustrated with sitting. She started eating solid food and has had squash, sweet potatoes, peas, bananas, and apples. She is not particularly fond of the peas and apples, but loves everything else. She is doing really well with it.
Nate and Kaiya have daddy daughter nights 3 nights a week while I am at work. I hate that I have to work full time, but I love that I have a job that allows me to work at night so Nate can be with her and then I can come home and be with her during the day. We have been super blessed in this department. I always told Nate that we wouldn't have kids until we knew one of us would always be able to be with her when the other person was away. Kaiya loves her daddy and I love that I don't have to worry about her for a minute while I'm at work. I love that they are able to bond and spend that quality time together.
Nate has been so amazing these last couple weeks. I have been working a lot and it has really taken a toll on my body since I come home from working a graveyard and he has to leave shortly after I get home and Kaiya wakes up almost the second I walk in the door. I feel like I am always tired and trying to catch up. Nate has totally stepped up and helped me so much with the house. He is Mr Mom lately. The laundry is always done, he makes dinner when I can't and he cleans up the house all the time. I feel like such a slacker, but he has really helped ease the stress of having to work full time. I was cracking up the other night when I realized what I have turned my husband into... He is the best daddy in the world. He was nervous before Kaiya was born that he wasn't going to know how to interact with a baby. He has been such a natural! He never stops amazing me. I have grown up around babies most of my life. I have developed a language over these years that I use when I talk to babies and it has continued with my own daughter. I have rubbed off on my husband... Words like tubbie, dipe (for diaper) bink, binkers, ba (for bottle) blankie have crept into his vocabulary. I'm sure there are more words that we use regularly that I just can't think of at this time. I think it is so cute. He is such an amazing person. I don't know how I lucked out and got him for my husband and father of my child.
Here are a few pictures and videos of what we have been up to lately!
Kaiya was so tired this night. She never cries in the tubbie and she was screaming the whole time. After her bath Nate was determined to make her smile... The video below was the result... Oh the things we do to make our kids happy!

Kaiya and daddy doing what they do best. She's so proud of herself!

Kaiya's new toy
Kaiya's first time at the drive in! She loved it!!
Eating squash

Happy baby! Going swimming!
Standing up in her pretty dress.

Kaiya Updates...

2011-05-29T22:45:00.000-07:00

She LOVES her daddy. She thinks he's very funny.

Don't worry--- the burners by her were not hot... and I never left her side. My mom gave me crap for putting her in her bumbo on the counter.

She loves tubby time

Our little baby is growing up so fast! I hate it, but love it at the same time. Each phase is so fun! Few things for documentation. She started giggling on May 14th, which happened to be her three month mark. She giggled out loud for my mom, who thought she had giggled before. I walked into the room and heard her and freaked out calling Nate into the room, scaring Kaiya to death. It was the cutest thing ever! Us being the proud first time parents whipped out our camera and got it documented before she decided she was too tired to giggle anymore. She still has not giggled like that again for Nate and I. Just courtesy giggles. She also rolled over last Tuesday, May 24. Nate was putting lotion on her back and had her on her belly. She rolled over to her tummy and his first reaction was, "you little stinker-- stop wiggling." Then he quickly realized what had just happened and again scared Kaiya by yelling for me to get in the room to see it. Of course she wouldn't do it again for me. She did it twice on Sunday at my parents house proving it really happened. haha. She hates tummy time so as soon as she can get back to her back the better in her eyes. She has always been so alert and aware of her surroundings but everyday she continues to amaze me. She is so smart. Her coordination is amazing. She can see something she wants, reach for it and get it. she loves her toys above her car seat. I swear she gets cuter every day. She has been sitting in her bumbo since she was 2 months old and loves to sit up like a big girl and help mommy do chores around the house. She loves doing laundry with me and cooking dinner with me. She had rice cereal for the first time at 3 and a half months (coming in the next post...) She is such a good baby. She sleeps through the night and takes awesome naps during the day. I find it very hard to put her down because she is so dang cute!!

A graduation and a blessing

2011-04-24T23:02:00.000-07:00

We had a very eventful week this week! Nate graduated from BYU with his bachelors of Science with an emphasis in Exercise and Wellness. It was a great day! We have been waiting for this day for a long time! Now on to grad school in 3 weeks. We move to Ogden in less than a week. We're excited for the change, but not the moving part!

We also blessed Kaiya today. It was beautiful. Nate did such a good job. Kaiya was perfect! She loved looking around at the men in her life that love her so much. She didn't make a peep even though she was awake for the whole prayer! She had a fun party with my side of the family and loved spending time with her cousins!

Kaiya and her friend Brooklyn who is exactly one week younger.

This baby loves the camera. I pulled it out to take a picture and she instantly smiled without any encouragement from me or anyone else. She is such a freaking cute kid!

6 Weeks Old

2011-03-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

Chubbers... This doesn't even look like her but it was so funny and she looks so fat that I had to post it.
daddy teasin baby Kaiya
Sleepy baby
Daddy and his future cheerleader
She started smiling this week. SO CUTE!

Lovin her bath. She has old man hair in the picture!

Hating getting out of her bath

This is the tail end of a cute conversation with mom and dad.

Daddy's little Cheerleader

2011-03-16T22:29:00.000-07:00

I was laughing so hard at this the other night that I had to grab the camera. Daddy is starting her out young!!

One month old... :(

2011-03-16T22:27:00.001-07:00

I can't believe my baby is one month old!!! Time is going by way way too fast!

The Story...

2011-03-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

I couldn't have asked for a better experience... The pregnancy, the delivery, the recovery. I'm not trying to brag with this post, but I'm more just wanting to document everything so I can remember next time I decide to have a baby... :) and to remember what this one was like. First off, we got pregnant way faster than expected. My family has a long history of infertility, so I just figured I would be the same way. I went off birth control and was extremely surprised the next month when I saw 2 lines on the pregnancy test. A few weeks went by and I expected the nausea to set in, like it does for most pregnant people. I waited and waited... It never came. 10 weeks rolls around and I have my first appointment. I weigh in, expecting the number on the scale to slightly scare me, only to find that I have lost 11 pounds... weird... no nausea or vomiting was involved in this drastic drop. 14 weeks we find out that our little baby is a girl. We were both so excited. She was a little stinker though. It took over an hour to make the discovery and we even checked again a few days later to make sure. The rest of the pregnancy goes on perfectly. I worked all the way up to the week before my delivery. Of course, it's kind of hard not to when you work for your OB. No excuses haha. I was working at the hospital as well putting in another 36 hours in a row there in graveyards. My belly stayed pretty little and no one believed I was due any day. In a previous post, you read about our labor scare. After that day I didn't have one single contracting and didn't progress at all. Another weird.... We woke up the morning of the induction, drove to the hospital totally calm, checked in about 5:10 AM and I got into my gown. The anesthesiologist was called. They started my pitocin around 7 and shortly after Dr Taylor came in to insert my epidural. It was perfect. I didn't feel a thing. Even when he said, "K you're going to feel a little pressure and some burning" I didn't feel anything. I was so surprised when he said he was done. It was a prefect epidural. I could still move my legs and feel my toes, but I never felt one contraction. Nate would look at the monitor and get this look of pain on his face and say, "can't you feel that??? That was a big one!" Nope, didn't feel it. Dr Judd came about 8:30 to break my water. Nate thought that was pretty cool. Kaiya panicked a little. Her heart rate showed her distress, so I had to have oxygen on for about 10 hours and constantly lie on one of my sides to keep her relaxed. 3:00 rolls around and I'm completely dilated. Dr Judd "rests and descends" me. He was busy at the office so I told them to tell him to stay until he was done. I was feeling great and could hold on until he could get there. He came about 5:30. Everything was set up at about 5:45. After checking me he realized her head was turned to the side, preventing her from coming down into the birth canal enough for me to get her out by myself. He got the forceps out. I pushed maybe 6 times and she was out by 5:51 PM. (I thanked him for doing all the work later... :) ) She was a little banged up from her head being to the side and from being in the birth canal for so long, but she was still beautiful. It was the weirdest/coolest experience of my life. It still doesn't seem real that she is my baby. Recovery was a little rough for the first 3 days. My dad came down to stay with me and helped a ton with meals and with Kaiya. Nate had to go back to school. 2 and a half weeks after she was born, I went back to work at the hospital. It's been a crazy journey so far, but I couldn't love her anymore. Nate and I stare at her constantly and just keep saying to each other "I love this girl so much! How is she so beautiful! She is so prefect! I can't stop staring at her!" I couldn't be happier with this experience.

BEST Dr. in the WORLD!!!!

Introducing...

2011-03-16T21:48:00.000-07:00

Kaiya Mikaela Blackhurst (KY yuh)
February 14, 2011
6 pounds 10 Ounces
20 inches long
5:51 P.M.

Twas the Night before...

2011-02-13T22:08:00.001-08:00

It's officially the night before our baby girl will be here! We're finishing up packing things and getting everything finalized and ready for our 5 AM start! We should be sleeping right now, but we both feel like we still have so much to do! Here is one last belly picture before her arrival! Our next post will be of her cute face!!

Ready or Not here comes Baby Kaiya...

2011-01-25T08:41:00.001-08:00

Very long story with no pictures. Sorry. I will try to update my baby bump tonight if I remember. We had a little labor scare yesterday. Here is how it went...

So.... After 4 hours of contracting every 4 minutes during the night, I called my sister in a panic/emotional attack trying to find out if I was really in labor, or if I was just crazy. Worst part of the story is that my family had just arrived in Hawaii and they will be there for an entire week. My sister answers the phone with "You better not be in labor." That's when the tears started. I'm the OB/GYN nurse here. I should know what to do. I should know if I'm in labor or not. I had done everything I tell my patients to do when they think they are in labor. Get in the tub, drink plenty of fluids, lay down on your left side. If the contractions stop you're in false labor. Well... They didn't stop. So after getting off the phone with my sister and mom, I fought with myself for 30 minutes to call my boss, who happens to be my OB/GYN. I decided to call Dr Weibell instead because he was on call, and Dr Judd wasn't and I felt really bad waking him up at 3 in the morning. After a long emotional (on my end) conversation with Dr Weibell, we decided I would just stay home and labor for a few hours and then come in to work at 8 and get checked. So I did. And contracted still every 4 minutes for the rest of the night, getting zero minutes of sleep all night. Nate was slightly panicked and didn't want to go to school. I made him, telling him I would call him as soon as Dr Judd got to the office and he could come over for my exam. Both of us were panicking because we didn't even have a hospital bag packed. I threw a couple things togther after taking him to school, having NO idea what I need. Once I got to work, my good friends and co worker, another RN, insisted on calling Dr Judd at the hospital to see if I should just come over there. He wanted me to come there instead of waiting for him to come to the office. Again, I get all emotional, crying saying that I can't be in labor. I still have 4 more weeks. AND my family is gone for a whole week! So my friend takes me to pick up Nate at school so he can drive me to the hospital. Once there, Dr Judd comes in to check things out. After checking me he says "Are you in full blown Labor? No. Are you going to be very soon? Yes." Great. Now what. I can't have this baby right now! He says I'm 100% effaced, dilated to a 1 and a half and my bag of water is buldging. He said he could break it very easily if he wanted. Awesome. Usually I would be ecstatic with this news. The only thoughts that keep running through my head are- She can't come now. I can't have a NICU baby. What if her lungs aren't ready. My family isn't here! What am I going to do! I still have so much to do to get ready. I don't even have her crib! Where is she going to sleep! So Dr Judd gives me the option to be admitted to stop labor, or go home and try to sleep it off stating I'll either wake up in full blown labor or I will wake up feeling great. I chose to go home. So with dr's orders to take some awesome drugs, I go home and knock myself out. Luckily I woke up to decreased contractions that have since stopped completely. One night of "taking it easy" was enough for me. I was going crazy being home all day and all night. I decided to come to work this morning. What better place to go into labor than at your OB office with your OB right there, right? So here we sit and wait. Not knowing when she'll come. Predicting it will be this week. Dr Judd doesn't think I'll make it to Sunday, but I keep hoping she'll stay put for at least 6 more days. I've been banned to my little office by my co workers. I'm not "allowed" to walk around all day. SO everyone please send the "baby Kaiya you need to stay in there" vibes my way because I need them!! We'll keep you updated!

Baby Kaiya in 3D

2010-12-07T09:10:00.001-08:00

We got our baby girl to somewhat cooperate for a 3d photo shoot. We only had to do it 4 TIMES over a 3 week period of time!! This little stinker likes to snuggle (which I really hope lasts when she's here). She always has her little hands over her face and is sucking on her fingers. We got 3 pretty good pictures out of those 4 photo shoots. I still think these pictures are slightly creepy, but they're cute. It will be interesting to see how much she looks like them when she's here!

This was at 26 weeks

29 weeks

29 weeks- Nate says she her eye looks creepy in this picture, but it was the best shot we could get. I love her chubby cheeks. She has had them since 26 weeks.

7 Month Belly

2010-11-28T19:37:00.001-08:00

I can't believe I'm 7 months already! This holiday season is going to make this little one seem to come faster due to our crazy schedule over the next month. I'm excited though. She's getting bigger and bigger everyday. Nate tells me everyday that I look bigger than the day before. Her movements are getting bigger. Sometimes we just sit and watch my belly move around... Sometimes I think she's doing to wave. She's crazy in there. We're getting more and more excited for her arrival and are loving every minute of the preparation for her!!

First this is Nate being so happy to be studying...

Nate wanted me to do the "fingers" to tell how far along I was, and put on the same shirt so he can compare to see the progression.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2010-11-28T19:27:00.000-08:00

I couldn't have been more excited to decorate for Christmas this year. Nate told me 2 weeks before Thanksgiving that I had to wait until at least the day before Thanksgiving to put up Christmas stuff. Due to the unplanned funeral for my Nana, we didn't get our tree until yesterday. We finally decorated it today. I love Christmas and the feeling it brings to our home. This is the first Christmas tree we have had since being married. My mom bought us all of our tree decorations and I was so excited to see how everything would turn out. While I was at it I decided to put up some pictures of our apartment. They're not very good pictures and you can't really tell how it looks in real life, but it gives you a good idea...

Front Room- The furniture has been moved a little due to the Christmas tree location...

Front Room

Our little stockings

Blurry Tree :(
Me being proud of our tree! :)

6 Month Belly

2010-10-28T23:21:00.000-07:00

Here is my 6 month belly update. People are starting to tell me I look pregnant... :)

How I look... :)

How Nate wishes I looked... :(

Halloween Fun

2010-10-28T23:17:00.001-07:00

At work we all dressed up on Thursday to celebrate Halloween since we don't work on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. My good friend Angie let me borrow some of her stuff to make me Elphaba from Wicked. I would have made more of my body green but I was afraid it would get everywhere!

This picture pretty much sums up how these two felt about my costume. Little man just stared at me with that look on his face for like 5 minutes and Sienna didn't know how to feel. She was a little scared of me. It was pretty funny.

Shower Fun!

2010-10-28T22:28:00.001-07:00

I had my first baby shower tonight. It was so much fun. It was so good to see people I don't get to see very often and celebrate our little one. Thanks to everyone who came and supported us! Love you all!

Hooray for my new diaper bag! I was SO excited!!!

Cute onesies from Linds
Baby Kaiya's suckers
Angie, Miriam, Kath
Laurie, Dantzel, baby Emma, Melissa, Mom
Mary Jane, Aunt Nat and Aunt Deborah
Linds and Aunt Stacey

Catching up... This last year in a quick photo review...

2010-10-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

So I finally uploaded all of our pictures from our camera to my computer so it will be a lot easier to update the blog now! And with this little peanut coming I'll have a lot more of a reason to take pictures and update our blog. So here are a few pictures from this last year...

Nate got a "skookie" from my parents last year for Christmas and I learned how easy it is to make pizza in it. This is me being proud of my pizza making skills at our old (nasty) apartment in Midvale.

Laura took us to see Avatar for Nate's birthday. We got cool glasses to wear.
Sienna was so excited to come see Nate cheer and meet Cosmo, only she was a little scared when she actually got close to him...

Nate finished up his last football season cheering for BYU. Now he just gets to stand on the side lines as the coach and yell at people. :)

I finally got rid of the Jetta. This was my first Mazda 3. Yes, the one I totaled. It's okay though because my new one looks exactly the same!

Thriller (last year). I know I look pregnant in this picture, but I swear it was last year. Nate knows this is my favorite thing to do every year for my birthday so we try to go.

Nate and I at my graduation. I think he was as happy as I was on this day!

My diploma! Hooray! Cool cheesy smile!

My girls!!! I wouldn't have survived nursing school without these 4 girls!

We celebrated my graduation by going to California and Disneyland. First stop was Long Beach to meet up with some of Nate's college friends.

We went trick or treating in California Adventures with Kati and Mat and the kids. It was so much fun!

We had a little too much fun... But how could you not when you're in Disneyland, on your birthday, and you find out that you passed the NCLEX. Best. Day. Ever.

After Disneyland, we took the long trip (thanks to cousin Aaron) up to the Kent's house to go to six flags. It was an awesome way to end our California adventure.

December 19, 2009 our little man was born. (Well not OUR little man, but my sister Staci's and bro in law Steve's) Seth Ethan Sargent. We just love this chub. He is so much fun. Sienna (his older sister) decided that she is going to give us baby boy in exchange for our baby girl. She wants a little sister so bad. She calls our little one "Kaiya Kaiya" or "Kaiya Maya" She calls me all the time to ask "Is yous baby ready yet??" I have to keep reminding her that she will come to her birthday party in February.

I was able to go to cheer nationals this year with Nate. It was so much fun. I had never been to Florida before. Our hotel was right on the beach. I loved every second of it and wish I could go back this next year with them, but we decided that wouldn't be a good idea with a newborn... :(

We decided even before we went to Nationals in April that we were ready to start our little family. My hubby is all about documenting so this is a picture proving we planned it. ha ha

Because of my obsession with Twilight I wouldn't have it any other way than to go to opening night. Luckily, we got hook ups a few hours before the midnight showing so we didn't have to stay up too late. The boys said they would only go if we bought them "Team Alice" shirts, since that's the only reason the watch the movies anyway. So we agreed. Everyone at the theater loved them and thought they were so cool in their shirts. The best part is that none of us girls wore team shirts. I did tell my family that night about us being pregnant. We went to Texas Roadhouse and I wore a shirt that said "little nudger" on the belly. It took them a few minutes to get it, but they finally did.

Nate surprised me with Stadium of Fire featuring Carrie Underwood tickets for our 2 year anniversary. It was on our actual anniversary. We both LOVE her. I cried when he gave them to me because I was so excited. I blame it on the pregnancy hormones. I took him to sushi because it is his favorite and we enjoyed a night of good music and fireworks!

20 Week Ultrasound

2010-10-05T06:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had our 20 week ultrasound. It went really well! Everything looked great and she is measuring perfectly. We saw everything from her heart to her diaphragm. Everything was perfect. We got a couple really cute profile pictures. This one is my favorite because it looks like she is smiling and about to suck on her fingers.

Baby Bump Update

2010-10-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

So Nate and I have been slackers on taking pictures of my belly, but to be honest, we have been waiting for a belly to appear. We decided that since I'm now 5 months we better start even though there is not much to look at. Sorry for all of you who wanted to see a little baby belly... I promise I am pregnant. She is just staying nice and hidden I guess. A few facts I should document so I don't forget..I started feeling her pretty early. On September 9th I officially was able to distinguish her movements. I had felt her before that but I convinced myself there was no way it was her. Nate felt her just about a week or two after that. She moves like crazy. She loves music and will always start having a dance party whenever music is being played loud. I'm currently in Harmony Senior with Clayton Productions and whenever Kim plays the piano really loud she goes nuts. She also really likes Nate's voice. She will move a lot when he talks to her but then when he pushes on my belly to feel it, she stops. He gets so mad. It's so amazing to me how much I love her already. It makes me smile every time I feel her little movements. It's becoming a reality. Staci and Kath decided to have my first baby shower on October 28th, which happens to be my birthday. I can't think of a better way to celebrate! It's been so weird registering for baby stuff. It's a lot harder than I thought. I have NO idea what I'm going to need. Thank goodness for people around me who have been there and can tell me what I should get and what I shouldn't waste my money on. Well there you have it. We have our 20 week ultrasound tomorrow so I will get some pictures of her then. I'm really anxious to see how big she is. Our last ultrasound was at 14 weeks to find out the gender so it will be amazing to see how much she has grown. I will post some of her cute photo shoot tomorrow!

Please please forgive my sick face. I just got out of the shower and Nate insisted that he get a full body shot... Gross.

I guess the secret is out... :)

2010-07-11T20:41:00.000-07:00

So after a year of not blogging... my bad... I decided it's time to update. We just celebrated our 2 year anniversary. So much has changed in this last year. If someone would have told me a year ago that things would be the way they are today I would have said No way and laughed in their face. A few updates of important things from the last year... (Pictures to come)

1. I graduated from nursing school October 2009. Best day ever. So glad it's over. After applying everywhere and getting rejected time after time, Dr Judd took mercy on me and hired me! I've been with him since November and can't complain. I love my job and my co-workers. How can you complain about a Monday- Thursday 8-5 job. My bosses are so good to us.

2. Nate finished his last year of cheering at BYU. We went to Florida for Nationals. So much fun. This next year he will be the assistant coach for the cheer squad. He's excited to still be involved with the program, minus the stress on his body. I like it because I still get tickets to games and it pays for his school.

3. We moved to Provo. Something I never thought would happen. Nate was very anti for the longest time. But we LOVE our new place. I'll get some pictures up as soon as we finish decorating... (MOM hint hint)

4. I wrecked my new car. (don't worry. I got a new one that's exactly the same as the one I wrecked.) After 8 months I got in a stupid accident and totaled my little baby. It was a sad day, but in the end was a total blessing believe it or not. So many weird things (good things) happened because of it. You'll have to ask us the details if you haven't already heard.

5. And the most exciting news of all... We're expecting our first child in February 2011. We couldn't be more excited! We were worried with all my family issues of getting pregnant that it would be difficult, but apparently this baby really wanted to be here because after one month of trying, it was a success. The perks of working for an OB include ultrasounds whenever I want one. We heard the heartbeat for the first time a few weeks ago. It was so surreal. I mean I listen to baby heartbeats all day long just not ones coming from my own belly. We're excited to find out what it is, and should be able to in just a few short weeks.

Next post will include pictures and I promise to not wait an entire year to post again. So many fun and exciting things have happened this last year so I guess I better get documenting. More to come soon... :)

One Year!

2009-07-06T19:16:00.000-07:00

I'm wayyyyyy behind on blogging. Sorry everyone. But I don't have the internet at our new apartment because we're too cheap to pay for it, so I have to do things like this at my in laws... So here it is. Our One Year Anniversary! I can't believe it's been a year! Time has flown by. I'm done with nursing school in 10 weeks and everything is just going so fast! We had a hard time deciding what to do to celebrate because my schooling has kind of broken the bank account to put things lightly. We were ready to give up and say fine I guess dinner and a movie it is, when my best friend Dantzel's mom Laurie offered their house in Zions for the weekend. It was amazing. We went hiking, drove into St. George for dinner and fireworks and just relxed and enjoyed a nice break from our stressful lives! Thanks so much Marsh family for all you do for us!!! We love you guys... And to my amazing hubby...
Wow. This year has been insane! Thank you so much for putting up with me! Nursing school is almost over and the craziness will end soon. Thanks for working so hard. 3 jobs and so many hours a week. It will be weird to actually see you for more than 3 hours a day. Thank you for always making the gospel our number one priority. You are always there to catch me when I fall. Everything we've been through--- it has been so much easier with you there by my side. Thanks for sticking around all that time before we got married when I was being so stupid! I don't know what I would do with out you in my life. Nobody else could have married me. I swear. You truly are my soul mate... I look forward to so many more amazing anniversaries with you!!! I love you babe! Happy one year Anniversary!!!!
Hiking up Angel's Landing

Hiking up the Emerald Pools
At the top of Angel's Landing
On our actual anniversary we went into St George to go to our favorite restaurant to eat. Texas Roadhouse! Our waiter thought we were crazy for how much food we got, but we were so hungry from hiking all day!

Lava Hot Springs!

2009-04-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

So the weekend of Valentines Day also happened to be Nate's 24th birthday and president's day, so we decided to take advantage of the situation and head up to Idaho for a relaxing weekend at Lava. It was quite an adventure as some of you have heard our hilarious stories that happened while we were there!
At the hot pools one day we were there...

At our second hotel.. HAHA I told Nate he didn't have another option. We WERE switching hotels...
Beds before. The only room they had left has 2 twin beds haha!!
Beds after. You know I was the likely candidate to fall through the middle...Our hotel has hot pots of their own!
I broke the window curtains at both hotels. It was hilarious.Nate eating his birthday steak at Texas Roadhouse

so happy to be in Lava!
So I'm too lazy to turn this picture so it's the right way, but as you can see... Our bathroom was separated by a shower curtain! It was so gross in there that we didn't dare take a shower.
Nate let me have first dibs on which bed I wanted! HAHA there were 3 beds in this room! And none of the sheets or comforters matched. They were so GROSS!
Our awesome furniture... Patio as so you can see. Not matching...

It turned out great and we will for sure never forget this year's Valentines Day! Nate bought me a really cute pair of pajama pants from Victoria's Secret and I got him a new CD, game and mini guitar hero for his birthday. We went to Texas Roadhouse in Pocatello for his actual birthday and it was amazing. Thanks for an awesome weekend babe! Love you!

A Night In The ER

2009-02-23T14:36:00.000-08:00

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! If you have a weak stomach do not scroll down... These pictures are very gruesome!!

So Nate works at a gymnastics gym and we decided it would be really fun to rent it out for a Saturday night and invite all our friends to come play. We got pizza for everyone and were really excited to just play around and have a good time with friends. (well nate would have fun and I would study... Story of my life) So people started showing up surprisingly on time. They all sighed waivers and we were headed to play. Well... 5 minutes after we started playing, a friend (who is a very skilled diver) decided to do a double back off the vault. Unfortunately the difference between diving and flipping off a vault is that under a diving board there is just water and the board extends out so there is no way to hit anything on your way down except the water... The vault is placed on wood and there is about two or three inches that exist between the end of the vault and the start of the pit. In diving you are trained to dive straight up and straight down because if you travel at all you lose points on your dive. So he was just doing what he was trained.... SOOOO he ended up hitting the top of his head with great force right on the corner of the wood... He wasn't really sure what had just happened so he started rubbing his head in a "ouch that kind of hurt" way only to look at his hands and see blood on them. He leaps out of the pit and bends over, blood pouring out of his head. The nursing instincts kicked in. My cute husband was already running toward the bathroom before I could tell any one to go get something to cover it with and was back in less than a minute. We got the bleeding to stop and threw him in our car and headed to Timp Hospital. Below are pictures of him in the ER and the damage that was done... Again BEWARE!!!
First Picture... After they had cleaned him up a lot.. He actually looks A LOT better than he did.
Second picture... Top view of his head (33 CM across)
Third picture... So yes it was 13 inches across and it went all the way through to his skull... There was only a thick layer of skin holding his scalp in place. The doctor said it was the worst head injury he has ever seen.
Fourth picture... The next day... 50 stitches and 11 staples later. You can kind of see the staples. POOR KID!!!

BYU Vs UNLV

2009-01-24T10:25:00.000-08:00

This week BYU played UNLV in boys basketball. They started out really well leading going into half time, but in the second half choked and ended up losing... (stupid 3 pointers that they think they can make...) Anyway... Susan has become my basketball buddy since Nate is always cheering so we took some pictures this week!

Sunday night chat with Uncle Nate at Grammy's...

2009-01-20T18:31:00.000-08:00

Luke was being so cute this past Sunday night! Nate and I just adore this baby. He has changed so much in the last month. He is such a happy baby! We love playing with him. He loves to chat so Nate was having a nice Sunday night chat with him and I couldn't resist pulling out the camera! It's kind of a long clip but I couldn't stop. He was being so cute!

UPDATE OVERLOAD!!!

2009-01-13T12:24:00.001-08:00

So I'm really bad at updating my blog and when I do it's like 10 new posts all in one. But at least I do it... So there are 7 new posts below, so enjoy seeing what's been going on in our lives the last month!

BYU Basketball

2009-01-13T12:16:00.000-08:00

So as you have probably caught on to by now, I am a big cougar fan. I love going to the football and basketball games. This game, however, was a sad one because the cougars lost their first home game after a really long winning streak. It was still a fun game though even though it got really intense!I only take pictures of Nate at the games...

Last day of finals!

2009-01-13T12:13:00.000-08:00

My nursing school friends and I decided that we needed to celebrate finals being over. It was a blizzard when we walked out of our last final but we were determined to celebrate so we went to Chilies and had a good time relaxing and not worrying about having to go home and do homework or study for another test!

Christmas Ugly Sweater Contest WINNERS!

2009-01-13T12:09:00.000-08:00

So Nate and I totally won the ugly sweater contest at his cheer party this year. There were a couple other winners but ours were pretty hot. The best part is that his sweater is his dad's and he still wears it... It had leather diamonds sewn in across the middle of it. We were laughing pretty hard. It was a fun night and it was fun to hang out with his byu cheer friends.

Farewell Beezer!

2009-01-13T11:48:00.000-08:00

Zach left on his mission at the beginning of December. He is doing awesome! He is going to Sweden and the language is coming along great! He loves the MTC and we are so proud of him! Here are some pictures of him the day he went into the MTC.

Vegas Bowl

2009-01-13T11:42:00.000-08:00

I didn't get to go to the Vegas Bowl this year, due to finals and a few other lame details, but my hubby went to cheer them on. He's as good at taking pictures as I am (not very good) but here a a few that he did take. He had fun, but got really sick on the way down and came home with strep... (that I somehow did not get!)

New Years Eve!

2009-01-13T11:33:00.001-08:00

We hung out with some good friends on New Years Eve. We went to dinner at Trio and then went back to our friend's Tiffany and Ryan's house to hang out. The boys played ping pong and the girls made dessert (Cake waffles-- AMAZING!) Then the boys decided to play video games until 5 minutes after midnight so we didn't even see the ball drop! Oh well we had fun anyway!

Snowed out!

2009-01-13T10:52:00.000-08:00

Courtney and Paul came home for Christmas so we were able to play with them one night. Nate and I went up to Bountiful. We went out for Chinese food and then went back to their house to watch the Utah bowl game.. (Even though I really didn't want to... I don't care if BYU lost this year I still say GO COUGS!) Anyway... It started snowing so bad during dinner that we couldn't get up the hill to the Woolston's house and we had to park the car and walk up the hill!! It was more of a hike than a little walk especially in big boots! Anyway it was fun! When we went to leave after walking back down the snowy hill to our car, we realized that the snow plow trapped us in! We didn't think we were getting out but we did and got home safely!

It was cold...
After we dried off!

WICKED!!!!

2008-12-15T21:23:00.001-08:00

Guess who's going to Wicked!!! Yep! ME and NATE! My amazing in laws went down to the capitol theater at 4 AM to get tickets to surprise us as Christmas presents. We got them early because Bum and Ai will be with Ai's family this year, and Ty and Erin will be in Washington with her family so we have had Christmas early twice this year.. (Long Story) It was a VERY good surprise when we opened it up and saw tickets to the most amazing musical EVER! I'm so excited for my hubby to see it. I saw it is San Francisco a couple years ago with my family and have been raving about it ever since. I can't wait for him to see it! I'm SOOOOOO excited!!!

Jazz Game!

2008-11-26T21:19:00.000-08:00

So Laura got us tickets to the Jazz game for 15 bucks! Since we are out of school for the rest of the week and we don't have to get up early because tomorrow is Thanksgiving (Yay!!) We decided to go! It was so much fun, plus we got to spend quality time with Zach. He leaves for the MTC in A week!! WAAA!!! (Thats me crying)

I am SOOOO Team Edward!!

2008-11-22T20:05:00.000-08:00

So my nursing friends and I decided we needed a night off. We all got into the Twilight series, (even when we should have been studying) so we decided it would be a blast to go to the midnight showing of Twilight the movie! It was so much fun! Even though I have been so tired the rest of the weekend because of it, it was so worth it!! Thanks girls for an amazing night!

The theater we went to hired models to pose as the characters for pictures.
My Girls! Emily, Cynthia, Rachael, and Heather- on top me and sus
Me and sus

Go Cougars!

2008-11-08T17:47:00.000-08:00

So one of the amazing perks to having my husband be a BYU Cheerleader is that I get a ticket to every game. We have been to every game but one and today was the last one. I'm sure this is not hard to believe, but today is the first time we have taken any pictures and it's only because Susan brought her camera because of course I forgot mine! We saw you Aunt Nat and Uncle Wilf!! I was like "Hey I know them!" Very exciting! Here are so pics at the last home BYU game!

Two peas in a pod!! Love this girl!

Sus, Nicki, Nate

Priceless Impresions

2008-10-07T22:16:00.000-07:00

Check out my sister's photography blog. She is amazing at everything she does! Check out her amazing pictures, great tips and whatever random stuff she posts!
http://pricelessimpressions.blogspot.com/

Our first "Pad"!!!

2008-09-28T19:32:00.001-07:00

So our first place is probably the tiniest little apartment you've ever seen! It's just right for us though. We don't need a lot of space. These are a few pictures from the day we moved in!!

It's just like CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-09-28T19:03:00.001-07:00

Opening wedding presents was so much fun! It was seriously better than Christmas... (In the present sense, not the spiritual sense) Nate and I wanted to go straight to the Blackhurst's from Jackson. We calculated it to be around 5 or 6 when we got home, but unfortunately due to construction we took a wrong turn somewhere and got a nice view of bear lake on our way home! We stopped for a bear lake shake so it was totally worth the extra hour! Once we arrived at the fam's house we had a BBQ before and peach ice cream after!
Here are a few pictures of our present opening extravaganza!

I was so excited to get these sheets!!! Thank you Marsh family!!!

Honeymoon Jackson Hole Style

2008-09-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

We went to Jackson Hole for our Honeymoon!! It was so much fun! There was always something fun to do and such good food and great shopping!! We had a blast! We want to go back every year!

The famous arch of antlers at Jackson Hole
Being weird on our way to go river rafting
Finally arriving at the Mad River Boat Trips place
I love this picture

So we went river rafting which was a total blast... I've never been before so I was kind of nervous but it was really fun!! We stopped half way down and had a picnic with burgers and potato salad. After we got of the boat my eyes started to get itchy..... See next picture for the outcome...After we got off the bus from what seemed like a 15 hour drive back to our car, we bolted to the car and raced to the grocery store to get some allergy meds... Seriously this picture doesn't even do the situation justice...

After the allergy attack was over we got ready and went out for sushi... My husbands favorite... I couldn't put eye make up on because my eyes were burning so I look kind of nasty, but Nate looks good!!

Kati and Mat, the most amazing people I know, called ahead before we even got to Jackson Hole and set up a reservation for us to go to the Bar J Wranglers. The show was hilarious and we loved every minute of it... Especially the steak dinner!!! We love you Kati and Mat and don't know how we'll ever re-pay you!!! Thanks for making our honeymoon that much more amazing!!
So I know you're not supposed to talk to anyone on the phone when you're on your honeymoon... But... I broke the rules. Kati called me and insisted that we go to this particular restaurant. She transfered money into our account and also insisted we get appetizers specialty drinks expensive entrees and dessert... We were stuffed!!! Nate had a buffalo steak and I had ribs. They were both delicious... Once again... THANK YOU Kati and Mat for being so amazing!
We had our waitress take this one... It's a little blurry... oh well. Kati don't judge.
This was our ghetto Hotel... It was the last room in Jackson because we waited until like 2 weeks before our wedding to book it... Good job Nick... We checked in on the 4th OF JULY!!! Of course everything was sold out!! It was way fun though even though the hotel was kind of crappy.
Down town Jackson. We got really good at asking people to take our picture!
Headed home :( We stopped to take pictures of the river on our way out!

More Wedding...

2008-09-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

SO....Enough of the nasty comments... I have found a cord that works with my camera and will be doing so many new posts you will all be so sick of reading about what's been going on in our lives!!! We'll start with a couple wedding pictures, venture to Jackson Hole, open some wedding gifts, move into a new apartment and maybe add a few random things along the way...

Two of the most important men in my life... Kim Clayton and Richard Marsh!!

Hooray for coming out i\of the temple to ten thousand people and ten thousand flashes!
Family Pictures
My cute cake!!!
Getting ready to cut the cute cake...

New Post Coming.. I Promise!

2008-09-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

So I don't have the cord to upload pictures from my camera to my computer so I haven't been able to upload any new pictures.. I promise I'm in the process of getting it back and will have a new post soon... Be patient. Don't leave me nasty comments! I promise I'm workin on it!!

The wedding...

2008-09-06T23:44:00.000-07:00

I (Kati, Nick's sister) got sick of looking at Nicki's old blog. So, I made her a new one. I have tons of pictures and so little time...I will try to get more up soon. Then, it will be up to Nick to keep this thing updated...So, leave lots of comments telling her to NEVER go months again without an update. Geeeeesh.