Introducing Macey Crosland!

Born December 5, 2008 at 11:11 a.m.
Weight: 6 lbs. 15 oz.
Height: 19 inches

Labor Story:)

We went in at 8 am to the hospital for the induction. We filled out paperwork and I got an IV. It made me feel a little woosy. Then they told me that the two anesthesiologists had surgeries all day so they had to do my epidural right then or I might not get one. I opted to definitely get one and they came and did it. I fainted because it grossed me out, but only for a second and then I was good to go. They could only set it up for a half dose given three times an hour because they wouldn't be there to monitor it, but could be back in 3 to 4 hours to set it up. I was just dialated to a 3 1/2. My nurse started me on Pitocin and the contractions started coming in no time like crazy. I dialated to a 10 so fast - without the help of my epidural - it was SO painful! The anesthesiologist came in about 10 minutes before she was born and pumped me full of medicine and it helped some- probably a ton:) but I still felt a little. Macey was born in 2 1/2 hours. I can't complain about that, it was so nice to be done so soon! She is doing great! We were the only ones in labor and delivery that day so we got spoiled by the nurses. The hospital is SO nice here and we're so excited!

No Baby Yet...but hopefully soon:)

I am going in to be induced today!!! In an hour. I haven't been able to sleep since about 4, which is pretty typical this month for me. I have been having contractions for the last two days, and was already dialated to a 3 before that, so hopefully I will have made some progress.
I went to library time with Cody, his Favorite!, on Wednesday. I sat next to a woman who asked me when I was due. I told her next Wednesday. She told me I looked miserable. (I had actually gotten ready that day so apparently I had the done-with-pregnancy look.) Then she asked me if I minded her saying that I had the strangest shaped belly she had ever seen. No-I don't mind, I'm not self-conscious at this point! In all honesty it wasn't really that offending, but I do think it's funny to hear everyone's stories of how people tell you strange things like asking about twins when you're only having one, or telling you you're huge, etc.
Hopefully we will have a post soon with pictures of a little girl-with a name!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2008!

We are THANKFUL for so many things
The Gospel
Family
Friends
Good Health
Opportunities-school
We have a beautiful life!
Jeff, Bonnie and Jessi have come to visit for Thanksgiving! They were hoping that I would have a baby while they were visiting...but no such luck:(. Hopefully TODAY! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner! I used a turkey roast and it was a seriously good idea. Thanks for your help too Bonnie! Cody even enjoyed eating Thanksgiving dinner - this was really his first since he didn't technically 'eat' Thanksgiving food last year.

After dinner we went to Madagascar 2 - Cody's first movie at a theater!! He didn't take his eyes off the screen the entire movie.

Swimming at the hotel pool - Cody Loves swimming. (Our swim class is almost over and I'm sure he will miss it!)

Baby Shower

My sweet friends threw me a baby shower. I got some adorable outfits, beautiful blankets, a cute bath towel, a handmade knit hat and a bunch more. I have such good friends here, thanks so much for a fun shower!

This is the yummy food! The pumpkin (since it's that time of year!) was a little stroller full of fruit:) We played the game where you guess with ribbon how big around my belly is. I guessed way too much because when you're pregnant you feel like a barge, but it was a lot of fun!

Our Little Halloween Stinker

Every time we read Cody's favorite book "Noah's Big Boat" and Cody sees the skunks he says 'Ew!' He's actually sitting on my lap right now looking at these pictures saying ew!

This is him being an actual little stinker. He wasn't too excited for a picture at this point!

Lilly, Ava and Cody - this is the only picture I could get of the three of them. Amasay and Asay were all decked out as a witch and a flapper girl. So cute!

Girls' Night

Girls' Night Participants L to R: Truly Tempting aka Erica, Red Hot aka Danielle, The Baum aka Erin, Perfectly Preggers aka me, and Sassy Sultry aka Leslie. We went to Mongolian Fire and had some yummy food (with a high waitress) and then went bowling. My bowling game was slightly affected due to my inability to take large steps but it didn't seem to affect my usual low score:) Erica was on a roll and scored about 100 more. So much fun! Next month: Twilight.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

We have gone to library time at our library the last couple of weeks. Cody Loves the rhymes and all the actions that he learns. This is him doing itsy bitsy spider and although it looks sometimes like he's flailing his arms, he's actually doing the little actions they taught them. Enjoy the singing!

Craft Projects and D*O*Y

I had been feeling like doing crafts (possibly related to nesting:)) so I made some decorations for the baby room - since I'm not getting new bedding and it's green with Noah's Ark animals. I wanted it to feel more girly so I made curtains and little wall hangings. Cody is moving into the computer rom and I put up some letters for his name. He loved them because they are hung by cars so I taught him that it spelled his name. Lately he has been 'spelling' his name and he says D - O - Y. I stuck in a picture of my belly because I figured I have no pride and Amy requested that I document just how huge I am actually getting since no one will actually see me this Huge pregnant. Cody and I also carved a pumpkin the other day. He was more interested in the sticker on the pumpkin but he was impressed with my carving skills once it had a face:)

This is Cody showing off his spelling skills!

Tag:)

5 Places I have lived:

1. St. Paul, MN - born

2. Fruit Heights, UT - this is home to me

3. Provo, UT - the "promised land" according to Ben and me, even with its quirks

4. Nauvoo, IL - BYU study abroad

5. Logan, UT

6. Pullman, WA (just to get them all)

5 snacks that I love:

I think this one would be easier if I wasn't pregnant because food isn't generally appealing. Not that I am ever sick, it just isn't the same right now...but don't get me wrong, I still love eating!

1. Hot chocolate

2. Hot cider

3. pretzels

4. cereal

5. when it's hot outside (sadly it's not) I Love Jamba Juice, 'citrus squeeze'

5 Jobs I have had:

I have more than five jobs, but here are a few of the more recent ones:

1. CNA at Life Care

2. Front desk agent at Hotel Monaco Salt Lake

3. Secretary in the religion department for ancient studies at BYU

4. legal secretary/paralegal at Olson & Hoggan law firm

5. current: pill delivering:)

If I Had a Million Dollars:

1. Pay off School Debt!

2. Buy a House, with a fireplace, and decorate it

3. Buy a Car

4. Buy a new wardrobe

5. Honestly I would probably save the rest, if there was any left!

5 Things that I Love:

1. Ben and Cody!

2. Cody's BabyBjorn Bib

- if anyone with a toddler doesn't have one, you should get one! Cody seems to drop at least a little, if not all, of what he is putting in his mouth in his lap and this way he just reaches down and picks it up out of the pocket and eats it! Then, when he's done, I wash it out in 2 seconds.

3. Jetboil. We took this camping and it was great for hot chocolate, easy mac, and even baby bottles. What a great invention.

4. The smell of fall, and the smell of Bath and Body Works 'Leaves' scent

5. Going walking or (when I'm not pregnant-I just carry way too low) jogging

Thanks for the tag Erica, that was fun!

October Camping

We just got back from camping today at Kelly Creek with Sam and McCall and their three girls and Craig. It was Cold outside - way below zero during the nights, but we stayed toasty warm in a huge tent with a stove inside. I brought a blow up mattress (that Sam blew up because the inverter blew a fuse in our car and didn't work) because I was not about to sleep on the ground. That with our three mummy bags kept us warm and comfortable at night, although I can't say I slept much at all! Ben and Cody slept like rocks together in their mummy bag. Props to McCall for taking a 2 month old baby - I can't say I will ever do that, but nothing fazes her! Here's a view inside the tent:

Ben's highlight of the trip was fishing. He caught a lot of fish but was pretty upset because he had on the biggest fish he's ever had river fishing, but it broke the line after a good fight. He said it was trying to eat a fish that he caught before he actually hooked it. He fell asleep talking about it, and woke up talking about it...I'm sure he'll be going back to try again before long!

Thanks to everyone who wished me happy birthday! Some of my friends threw me a little surprise party. What sweethearts! Erica got me some beautiful orange roses and Erin got me a cute holiday decoration. Thanks girls.

Ben kept asking me what I wanted for my birthday and I finally decided the thing I wanted more than anything else was to go shopping -by myself (no Cody)- and get whatever I felt like. That was a great idea and I had so much fun! It was a good time to look in the toy isles for Christmas presents for Cody too, so I didn't have him begging for every truck he saw. Thanks for the great present Ben, and also thanks again mom and dad and Bonnie and Jeff:)

Swim Lessons & Friends

Yesterday Cody had swim lessons. His friends Lilly and Ava (and Erica and Erin!) are in his class too. He was so excited to be there and was a little rowdy during class. He wanted to play in the shallow part of the pool and would try to jump out of my arms to get there. The teacher finally said to just tell him you're going to let go and then let him go and let him sink a little. I did, and the only part that seemed to bug him is that he didn't get to the shallow end fast enough!
I have been getting quite a few contractions lately, but yesterday every time I stood up I was contracting. After I put Cody down for a nap I laid down for an hour but right when I stood up I started contracting again (Braxton Hicks type of contractions, not painful ones). But by then I had started to get nervous. I took Cody to play outside with Ava and Lilly and called my doctor. They told me to go to the hospital to check it out. Everything was fine but they figure I was dehydrated and that's why I was contracting so much. You're supposed to drink 3 to 4 liters of water a day! Anyways, I am so grateful for such good friends. Erin watched Cody and fed him dinner and Erica came with me to the hospital and held my hand while I cried even though I was fine:)! Thanks so much; what would I do without you girls! This is one of the reasons that I love Pullman - good friends.

Blake Larsen

Amy had Blake on Tuesday, September 16! Jeff called me Thursday night and said he found some great tickets if I wanted to fly out the next morning, so we got to see her! She is beautiful and we had so much fun seeing Amy and the rest of our family. They seem to be doing great, although Blake sleeps soundly during the day and stays awake all night. I remember those days...I'm gearing up for them again! Congrats Luke and Amy!
Cody got to see his cousins on the Purdy side too! Micah and Clayton ran to the car saying 'Cody' when we got there and then they all ran around laughing together. It's so much fun to watch them! Micah got her hair ratted right before we took these pictures, so she's looking like a rock star:)!
Notice Cody holding a car in almost all the pictures we took...that's pretty much how he rolls. He loves cars, trucks, tractors, planes, etc!

Lynette's Post

Nette requested more pictures and more updates. I have been terrible lately about taking pictures, but here are a couple!

We went to the rodeo in Colfax and Cody went in style. He would have worn boots, but his little feet are too chubby still to get them on! He Loved the tractors (we spent forever sitting on all of them), animals (especially the llamas because they made funny sounds), and of course the rodeo!

Lately Cody has been very particular about his shoes. He loves his bright red Cars crocs and wouldn't wear anything but those to church yesterday. Really, I don't care, whatever makes him happy. But he was wearing bright red shoes with his sunday clothes. He also used to love these huge yellow and blue water socks, but I managed to hide them. Another funny quirk is that he always wants to wear shoes, but if you do take them off, you absolutely Have to take off his socks too. He's wearing my shoes at this particular moment:)

Ben's second year of school is in full force now. He puts in long hours at school and usually gets up really early to study - I don't even know how early; I am definitely not up at that time. This semester is supposedly one of the more challenging ones!

Congrats Rob and Tasha

Rob and Tasha (finally;)!) got married on August 30 in the Salt Lake temple. We were lucky enough to be there for they're wedding. Tasha, you looked beautiful! You guys are such good friends and we're so happy for you. Thanks for letting us share your day with you!

Lentil Festival

The annual Lentil Festival in Pullman was last weekend, right before school started. We went to the parade and all the booths, but missed the actual huge vat of lentil chili they make and serve to everyone. Apparently it's cooked in a truck sized bowl and tastes pretty good. Cody was much more impressed with the cars that were used to bring things to the festival than the actual festival activities. He was pretty cute during the parade too - he was dancing like crazy when the bands came by! Here he is sitting by Lucy, a friend from our ward:)

August Utah Trip

We DROVE to Utah in August...and made it. Apparently DVD players are a necessity for trips like those, but we made it without one. Maybe for Christmas we'll invest! I took our camera and took NO pictures, so I stole a couple of our boating expedition from Amy's blog (which I'm impressed that you have updated!). We had a ton of fun like always seeing our families. We went four-wheeling with my parents and boating at Pine View with Ben's family, Amy had her baby shower, we had a bbq with some friends, Ben tried out the Flowrider and a bunch of other things!

Amy and I took belly shots. Hers actually looks so cute in this picture because (1) she has a cute belly, and (2) she doesn't carry her baby in her knees like I do:), but it's an update on my growing belly- which while I am writing this I am thinking I am at least twice that size now. Amy is due in less 3 weeks!

Lately I have been working at ChaCha.com answering all the random questions that anyone can think of. If you've never tried it, text any question you can think of to chacha (it's free). I am also giving pills to a woman in a senior citizen living community. A little extra income is always nice! I am quitting ChaCha though and if anyone is thinking about doing it-don't! Some of the questions you get...disturbing and you HAVE to answer them. No thanks! It was fun for a little while.

Girls' Trip St. George

When I was pregnant we went to San Francisco, and now that Amy's pregnant and getting closer to being due ! we went to St. George! We saw Les Mis and The Sound of Music at Tuacahn Theater. We also went shopping, scrapbooked, swam and hung out! I never thought I liked scrapbooking, but I decided if every tool you could ever want to scrapbook is sitting in front of you, it's actually pretty fun...maybe in 20 years I'll buy all the supplies, but thanks to Jessi (Bonnie) for letting me use theirs. My mom watched Cody while we were gone. While it was so nice to come back to him, I did enjoy a little break!

As soon as Jessi and Amy post pictures I'll steal theirs, but for now I could only steal Carly's picture of our trip-I am so bad at taking pictures. Thanks guys:)

It's a Girl!

We just found out today at our ultrasound that we're having a girl! The ultrasound technician pointed out that she was very active and when I said I was hoping for a calm little baby she said sorry not this time! Either way, we are so excited and glad that she is a healthy baby. Hopefully I'll be able to get ultrasound pics up, but for now this is my expanding belly:)
To see a cute little video of Cody laughing nonstop check out the Crosland's blog.

Wii Champions

This is the Wii Olympics where you have to shake the paddles back and forth to run. They're doing the 100 meter dash. Ben kept on losing until he had Cody join his team. Then, they not only won, they SMOKED their competition. In this video though, Cody is so excited that he stops running!

We're Back!

We just got the internet this morning...and 11 channels of tv. I told Ben last night that it had been fun talking to him after work and I would miss it now that we'll have tv-joking of course:) Actually I'm really looking forward to watching So You Think You Can Dance tonight. Updates for June are below and July-we had such a fun 4th. I love the 4th! It was actually a little bit cooler than any 4th I remember, but it was still a nice day. We went to the Barnes for a pancake breakfast and then went to Boyer Park for the day. There's a little cove area in the river that is fairly shallow and a little warmer that we played in. After Boyer Park, we went to the Christensen's for a barbeque and watched the fireworks in their backyard, they looked like they were being shot right next door they were really close!

We are finally in our new apartment! There is so much space! My mom basically single handedly moved us in, I don't know how she does it. On Saturday when we moved the furniture it just took the guys 2 hours to completely move it and all the rest of our stuff was already over and put away.

Me and Cody went with Ben to work last week. The bottom left picture is of Ben doing an ultrasound on a horse. All I can say is I am SO grateful that we do not have to get ultrasounds done like that! It was pretty cool to see everything they can do. There are quite a few horses, around 80, that they are working with. Cody absolutely loved it but was disappointed that he couldn't ride them:)

Purdy Week

This was a fun, busy week! Monday we went to Jungle Jim's Playland. Cody loved every ride so much he would cry when we would take him off to go to the next one. He especially loved the Jeeps since he is now Obsessed with anything big with wheels.



Tuesday- Cherry Hill!!! This is Cody, my mom and Micah, Steph and Clayton, and me and Cody (in the lazy river where he fell asleep soon after).
Wednesday - Hogle Zoo! I think the kids loved the animals, but Cody honestly thought the construction equipment was pretty cool. He loved the elephants!

On Thursday my talented cousin Michelle took pictures of Clayton and Cody at Thanksgiving Point in the gardens. She is starting a business called Little Dreamer Photo (more pictures to come).

Thanks mom, we had such a fun week!!! It was so good to see everyone!!

We can't wait to see you all again soon:)!

Lake Powell

Lake Powell was so relaxing and so much fun! The water was still a little cold so we didn't get in as much (I got in once because I fell in) but the temperature outside was perfect. The pictures above are Ben wakeboarding and tube wars. Me and Cody went tubing twice, once we were pulled under the water (the once I got in the water-it wasn't that bad!). He liked it! Every time we got on the boat Cody went to sleep within 5 minutes.

Cody loved driving the boats!
Sleeping...I wish it was always this easy for him to fall asleep!

This is the whole group minus Jeff taking the picture. Our theme this year was "We Believe"
This is The Island. Perfect place to get a tan.
Cody and the captain:) He had so much fun with his grandpa.

I had one of the most relaxing weeks ever. Cody had about 15 of the best babysitters at any time of the day! These were some of his favorites:) in our matching cover ups from Amy!