Happy Anniversary

I'm a little behind on posting, but on June 12th we had our 1 year anniversary! Crazy how the time just flies by! We celebrated the day before, on Saturday, by going to this movie:

and eating at this restaurant:

(with only a brief intermission between the two to run back to my mom's to feed lucy)

The movie was enjoyable (I think I enjoyed it more than Robert) and dinner was delicious. We both got a salad which was followed by a scoop of raspberry sherbet (or sorbet) to cleanse our pallet. Fancy! Then we had our main course which was steak and mini potatoes for me, and meatloaf and mashed potatoes for Robert. They also gave us a bowl of cooked carrots to share. Yum! After dinner we came back home and partook of this:

The top of our wedding cake that had been frozen all year. Which was actually still quite delicious.

I couldn't have asked for a more amazing year, I am so grateful for Robert and the wonderful man that he is. I'm also loving this little family that we have started, and am looking forward to another great year!

Father's Day

I just wanted to take a minute and express my love and appreciation for my wonderful husband. He is always so loving and supportive. He helps out a ton with Lucy, and doesn't complain when (occasionally) he comes home from work and the thought of dinner hasn't even crossed my mind. He is such an amazing daddy, and me and Lucy wish him a happy father's day!

Baby Blessing

Robert was able to give Lucy her first blessing on Sunday June 5th, 2011. We are glad that so many family members were able to come support and celebrate with us at the blessing as well as that night at our home. We are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives!

Mother's Day

While I was pregnant with Lucy I jokingly told Robert that it wasn't fair that he would get to celebrate Father's Day, but that I wouldn't be a mom yet on Mother's Day. Well I think Lucy must have felt bad for me, so she decided to come early enough for me to know the joy of being a mom by the time mother's day came around.

The women on my mom's side of the family get together every year the day before mother's day for a celebratory breakfast. This was my first year going, and I had a lot of fun eating and catching up with everyone.

On Mother's Day we were able to go to two different wards and listen to amazing talks on women and mothers - one given by Robert's sister and another by one of his brothers. After that we had a delicious bbq at my sisters' house. All in all I'd say it was a very successful Mother's Day.

(4 generations)

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the wonderful women out there!

this makes me smile

She looks like a little baby sumo wrestler in this position, with those rolls. But I just love that smile!

Lucy is 5 weeks old now - crazy how fast it seems to go by. She is eating about every 2-3 hours still - even at night (which I hope changes soon), and she is awake more often now, which is a lot of fun unless she is crying and then...not so much. She loves going outside and she loves being held. Here are some pictures from birth to 5 weeks:

One of her very first photos. The scale shows 5 lbs. 11.3 oz

Sleeping at the hospital.

Too cute to not take a picture of

We like to play with her while she sleeps. She loves us!

First time wearing this cute outfit. About to go to church - spit up all over it right after the pic was taken.

She loves tummy time!

In one of her Sunday dresses

Welcome Lucille!

I have been meaning to post about different things for awhile now, projects we have been working on, baby shower pics etc. I may still get around to those topics, but I wanted to write about the biggest news in my life right now which is the birth of Lucille Valeta Jarman!

Lucy was 5 pounds, 11 ounces, and 19 inches long

When it happened:
I woke up from a not very restful sleep on Wednesday, April 27th and started having painful back contractions. (although we weren't sure at the time that that is what they were) Since I was only 35 weeks pregnant I tried to just ignore them and Robert went off to work in Phoenix as usual. At about 11:00 I started timing the pains and found them to be about 5 minutes apart and lasting for about 30 seconds or so. When the contractions started to get more painful I finally decided to call the doctor and ask him about it. Unfortunately, I called while he was at lunch and so left a message for his nurse to call me back. When she still didn't call me back for an hour I called again only to be told that she was just checking her messages and would get back to me soon. I waited another half hour and after talking to Robert (who thought that they would probably tell me nothing was wrong) I called the Drs. office again. I was finally able to talk to the nurse (after 2 hours of trying) and she said that the Dr. advised that I go down to the hospital and get hooked up to the monitor to see what was going on. I called my mom to take me cause there is no way I would have driven safely through one of those contractions (which were now more frequent than every 5 minutes). I called Robert to let him know I was going to the hospital to get checked out and that I would keep him updated. We got to the hospital and after some very confused old men at the front desk told us where we were supposed to go I went in and signed some papers etc. all the while this lady was saying, "when you come in to actually deliver you won't have to do this again". Finally I go in to the room and get hooked up to the monitors, the nurse checks and finds out that I am already dilated to an 8. Needless to say things picked up a little bit from there. I called Robert again and told him to come, they put an IV in, and took me to the delivery room. Luckily Robert got there before the Dr. did (the nurse told me I was at 9 1/2 cm when I asked her to check again, but I think she just didn't want to tell me I was at 10 till the Dr got there.) When the Dr. got there about 10 minutes later, he broke my water and after maybe 20 minutes of pushing Lucy was born at 5:22 pm! I would say that it was the hardest and best thing I have ever done.

The beautiful Girl:





We sure love our beautiful baby girl!