Well, these are just quick pictures taken so that I can at least post my new little guy! I have had so many calls and emails requesting pictures! My sister has all the "good" pictures taken at the hospital on her camera, and once again, I am having issues getting them from her camera to my computer! ANYWHO... here is the latest addition to the Mitchell family! Born March 3, 2009 weighing in at a whopping 6 pounds 11 ounces, and 19.5 inches long, Makade Joshua Mitchell! It was without a doubt, the greatest delivery ever! My Dr broke my water at 8:45am and I had little Makade at 10:55am after only 1 push! Everything went very smooth and was just great... which is a nice and well earned reward after having such a crappy pregnancy! We are so excited that he is finally here and could not be more proud! He is such a great baby too... although he wakes every 2-3 hours during the night to eat. He is a BOOB man , just like his dad ;) and would hang there all day and night if I let him! So hope you enjoy these sweet pictures and I will post more later! By the way, I dedicate this song to both of my babies... my baby girl Savy and my baby boy Kade... I LOVE YOU BOTH SOOOO MUCH!
Josh and I were talking a couple weeks ago and decided that it was a good time to start doing Family Home Evening with Savanna. She is aware of Jesus and church and temples, but we want her to start to understand what they are and so on... so we did our first little Family Home Evening on Monday night and it was a huge success. Savanna loved it and loved talking about Heavenly Father and Jesus and singing songs and all that fun "stuff". We colored these little head crowns that said "I am a child of God" and she wore hers around all night! Little kids make things so much fun. Love you Savy!
Okay, so Savanna goes in and out of what movie she is "obsessed" with. It has ranged any where from Enchanted to her latest Shrek 2. Oh my heck... she loves this movie and wants to watch it 24-7 (and would if I let her). Today I was doing some laundry and came upstairs to find her in a very unusual position, but still very intently watching her show. I had to share this limber little position with everyone!
Next, Savanna is very into doing hair. She loves to play with mine and she is very opinionated on how I do her hair. The other night, she tried so hard to do her daddy's hair. She kept spraying and combing it, hoping it would do what she wanted it to do... and I have no idea on what her end goal was but I do know she had a lot of fun playing with her daddy's hair!
Okay, I just have to say my favorite thing about this day was Savannas CUTE outfit. I am sorry but she did look dang cute in her velvet red outfit! We had a great day just being together as a family. Josh and I have spent so much time and money on the baby nursery that we really just wanted to hang out and enjoy being with each other! NO COMPLAINTS HERE FROM A VERY PREGNANT AND UNCOMFORTABLE WOMAN!!! He did get me some beautiful flowers which was much appreciated. Thanks babe!
Well I don't have much to say about my birthday other than it was very nice! Josh got me a massage and took me to a movie and dinner (my favorite). We had a very relaxing day with breakfast, lunch and dinner all for me, finished off with an INCREDIBLE ice cream cake! A great day for someone who is getting old... at least I am younger than my hubby ha ha! Thanks to everyone for their phone calls, gifts and love!
We had the great opportunity to go through the Draper Temple this past week and let me tell ya.... it was amazing! Everything was so beautiful and it was just a sweet feeling to be there. Savanna LOVED it! She has been asking to go inside the temple for a while now. We drive up there often to look at the outside and see the progress so she has really been looking forward to being able to go into this "BIG pretty" building. Thank you to my mother in law for getting us tickets and sharing in this experience with us!
I have had so many people ask me about my belly and how big it is and so on... so I thought I would give you all a update at how I am doing and how huge (I feel) my belly is! I now offically have just over 6 weeks left and I am so ready to get this sweet boy OUT! Josh and I both feel he is trying his hardest to break free which is making these last few weeks a little uncomfortable! But very soon we will have the 4th edition to our family and we couldn't be more excited. I feel very unprepared for him but excited none the less! I have put a current picture on here of what I look like today and then I also added a very funny one in!
So for a long time now, I have complained and complained about my very nice (beater) 1996 Honda Accord with almost 200,000 miles. It really has been a great car but I really have wanted a new one. Now with baby #2 almost here, I have been using my powers of persuasion on Josh to see if I could some how get a new vehicle so our "little family would be safe!!!" And guess what... it worked! There was actually not much begging at all, in fact Josh took me to the dealership and said the time has come! SO...... we got a 2008 GMC Acadia and I LOVE IT!!! Oh it is so nice and I feel like I am living in the lap of luxury! And I was able to sell my Honda on KSL.com in less than 10 minutes. Yup... I had it sold that fast so I figured that must have been a sign that we were so meant to get a new car! Anywho, I just thought I would share my excitement with everyone because if I haven't mentioned it yet, I AM SO EXCITED and I LOVE MY NEW CAR!
Okay okay, I know I am WAY behind on this, but it really has been so crazy the last few months that I have not even posted my sweet husbands 30th birthday party! His birthday was in November, but better late than never... I thought I would pay tribute to the most amazing and important man in my life and him reaching the 30 year marker. In thinking about what I could do for him, I knew I had to do something BIG and make a fuss because he is always so private and shy about events such as this. So I decided the best way to do that would be to surprise him with a party where a few of his closest friends and family could share in this special day too! It turned out SOOOOO great and the best part was he never suspected a thing! He was so caught off guard and surprised... it was GREAT! We had a nice dinner and conversation with many important people in his life! I also decided the best way to embarrass him would be to do a "roast" in his honor (and horror) which was not a let down. There were great stories shared and funny memories reminisced on and everyone did great. But I must say, hands down, his friend Chris did the most amazing job. His roast included hand outs with pictures he had created... it was hilarious. Hopefully I can post it and you can all share in the laugh that we had! I think everyone there learned something new about Josh that night. :) All in all it was a very fun night and a great birthday for my sweet hubby! Josh, I love you more than life and I am so grateful to be married to such an amazing husband and father. We have shared A LOT of memories together and I look forward to the many many many more to come! Happy 30th Birthday BABE!
I also included my little Savanna in on the cake... we didn't do a family party for her birthday because I was doing this. She was so proud to have everyone sing to her too and she LOVED the cake!
My family is major University of Utah fans. My dad, my brother- in- law and myself have all graduated from the U and my little sister is currently attending school there... so you can imagine the fun night we had watching the Sugar Bowl. We got all decked out in our U of U outfits and had a great time watching the big game. GO UTES!!!
U of U cheerleaders... Savanna kept screaming "GO UTAH!"
Merry Christmas! We have had an eventful Christmas this year but the best part has been having my sister and her kids here. I have really not enjoyed them living in Tennessee these past 3 years but I am grateful they were able to come here for 3 weeks! Savanna has played and played with her cousins and really enjoyed having playmates here in "her domain!" It was pretty sickening to see how much Santa, parents, and grandparents ,spoiled all the kids... I swear they just kept opening and opening gifts! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!
Their little baker outfits
So for the past year, my parents have been remodeling their 2nd home up in Park City. It is soooo close to being done and we are so excited to be able to go up there and relax and just have fun. We ran up there the other day to check the progress and Savanna and "her boys" went outside in the freezing snow. I snapped this picture real fast and I absolutely love it! Savanna LOVES Jaxon and Dakota and she will miss them very much when they leave!
Every year our family goes to Willow Creek Country Club to have their annual Christmas Sunday Brunch and this year was no different. We had such a good time seeing the Kimball side of the family. It has been SO MUCH FUN having my sister and her family here from Tennessee too. Here are some really fun pictures of them in their cute Sunday/Christmas outfits.
Me, cousin Lexi, cousin Cassidy and Savanna
Savanna and cousin Cassidy
