Just hanging out

Well Lorin and I have just been enjoying being parents and watching Paisley grow. We love it! I can't believe how much she has changed already. I wish that I could slow it down. Paisley's favorite thing to do(other than eat) is to take a bath. I hear most babies don't enjoy this but she loves it. She just sits there looking around and happy as can be in the water. Today I decided that I would get her in the tub with me and kill two birds with one stone. Well she had a different idea. She loved it but just as I was about to have Lorin get her out of the tub she decided to fill up our bath water with poop. She is a pooping machine but I love her to death. I couldn't help but laugh. This is just a picture of Paisley hanging out on the couch with her daddy today.

Paisley's first photoshoot

Today Paisley had her newborn pictures taken. We had a little bit of a hard time getting her to cooperate sometimes. We stripped her down to get some cute pictures of her in her daddy's hands and she peed in his hands and all over the floor! Then she did her business in a bowl that we had layed her in for some pictures. What a mess! But it was so much fun. I can't wait to see how they all turned out. The girl that took her pictures posted a few of them for previewing on her blog. The web site is katieportraits.blogspot.com if anyone wants to check them out.

Happy Birthday Lorin!

Today is Lorin's 25th birthday so yesterday we had a little party for him with some of our family. Even though Lorin is turning 25 he is still just a kid at heart. At the party yesterday someone told me that the kids were outside and had turned the hose on to play in the water. So I went outside to see what was going on and I found that the kid who had turned the hose on was Lorin. He was soaking all of the other kids with the hose. Will he ever grow up? I hope not!

Baby Paisley has finally arrived!

Paisley Jo Mickelsen

Lorin was holding her up with one hand in this picture and I was sitting next to him freaking out!

Paisley Jo Mickelsen was born on April 1st (no joke) at 12:00 p.m! She weighed 6lb 2oz and was 18.5 inches long. Wow! What an experience. Lorin and I knew that we would love her but I don't think that we fully understood how much until we finally got to hold her in our arms. We have never been so happy in our entire lives and we don't know how we ever lived without her! We could just sit and stare at her all day. Here are some pictures of our little girl. I hope everyone enjoys them as much as we have.

Paisley

Paisley's room

This posting is mostly for my mom. I have been working on getting the baby room finished up and she has just been dying to see what it looks like.

Baby shower!

On Saturday my family did a baby shower for me. They put so much work and effort into it and I really appreciate it! Thank you so much to everyone who came and showered me with all of the awesome gifts!

When I was working at St.Mark's in Salt Lake I took care of a girl that was pregnant with twins. She had to be in the hospital for about two months on bed rest because they kept trying to come too early. I took care of her almost every time that I worked and really grew to love her and her family. The last night I worked she went into labor and we couldn't stop her. She delivered her twins at about 27 weeks along! I will never forget it. They were each only about two pounds! I have always wondered how they were doing and if everything turned out okay. Last week she somehow tracked me down and called me. She wanted to give me some baby cloths that she wasn't able to use. So I got to meet up with her and see the twins. One of them just barely got out of the hospital. They are each around 9 pounds now and finally doing well. That was such a rewarding experience for me and I was so grateful for it. I don't usually get to follow up with my patients. She has been through so much with her twins and I look up to her. What an amazing woman!

Weekend at the cabin

For any of you who didn't know I have been traveling from Utah and working in Idaho as a travel nurse. I go once a week and work for about 3 days then come home for a few days. Well, I finally finished my contract there and I won't be working anymore until after we have the baby! So I am free to just relax and wait for her to come. Last weekend was a perfect weekend for that. We went up to a cabin in Island Park with the Mickelsens (Pete & Jolene, Becca & Justin, and Dora & Vance, and all their kids). We had a fun weekend of playing games, playing in the snow, and just relaxing!

4D ultrasound

I have been so horrible at updating our blog lately! So I decided that I am finally going to just get it done. So much has happened since my last update. I was only 6 months along then and now I only have about a month left! I wasn't sure where to start so here are some 4D pictures of our baby girl. We had these pictures done about 5 weeks ago while I was working in Idaho and I thought they turned out so cool. So I was so excited to get home and show Lorin. I went on and on telling him how awesome I thought they were. So maybe I played it up a little too much but when he looked at them he thought they made her look a little freaky. I think he thought they would be a little more clear. He was also afraid that her ear was really going to look like that. Regardless of our different opinions we were both just so happy to know that she was healthy and normal!

New Year's Eve-six months along

Tag-All about me A to Z

I've been tagged! Here are some obvious and not so obvious facts about me.

Attached or Single: Definitely attached. Couldn't live without him!
Best Friend: I love all of my friends but Lorin is definitely my BEST friend. We are glued at the hip.
Cake or Pie: I love cake! On Thanksgiving I would definitely give up my pie for a piece of chocolate cake.
Day of Choice: I love Sundays (if I'm not working). Lorin and I take an afternoon nap and just lounge around all day.
Essential Item: My computer. I have been doing all of my baby shopping on the Internet. It's so convenient!
Favorite Color: It s a girl so...Pink! Only because that's all I have been looking for lately.
Gummy Bears or Worms: I don't really like either. But I love Cinnamon bears. Especially chocolate covered ones!
Hometown: Rigby!!! My family moved there when I was about 4 and never left.
Indulgences: The twilight series books are definitely at the top of my list. I am so obsessed it's almost scary. I finished reading the first three but I can't get enough of them. So in my spare time I read some of my favorite parts over again. What a nerd! And I love soaking in the tub. I sit in there and relax until my skin is all wrinkled. I also love taking frequent trips to the store Taipan. They just built one down the road. Even if I'm not buying anything (though it's hard not to) it's fun to look.
January or July: July. Even though I grew up in Idaho I'm not a big fan of snow. I would be fine if it was all gone after Christmas. And the 4th of July is one of my favorite Holidays.
Kids: Our first one will be here sometime around April 9th. We have decided to name her Paisley.
Life is incomplete without: My husband and family. They mean everything to me.
Marriage Date: 8/20/2005
Number of Siblings: 3 (Cody, Shane, and Hailey)
Oranges or Apples: Apples. I don't like oranges at all.
Phobias: Not being able to move or breath. I am very claustrophobic.
Quote: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Reasons to Smile: We are going to have our first baby! When baby Paisley kicks, when Lorin can feel her kick, free ultrasounds at work, dessert, warm weather, hanging with my family, quality time with Lorin (he always makes me laugh), a good sale, and a good chick flick. I have been a labor & delivery nurse for 3 years so you'd think that I would be used to it by now. But it still makes me smile every time I see a new baby come into the world. We are in such an exciting time in our lives and we are lucky to have so much to smile about.
Season: Summer
Tag others: BECCA, NICOLE
Unknown fact about me: Well... being around my family and Lorin this is hard to avoid. But crude humor makes me laugh! It shouldn't, but it does.
Vegetarian or Meat eater: Meat. Especially chicken.
Worst Habit: I love getting gift cards but when I go to use them I always end up spending more than what the limit was. This drives Lorin crazy!
X-rays: None! Even with all the years of cheerleading and gymnastics I've never broken a bone or been badly injured. Although I have had quite a few hilarious falls.
Your Favorite Food: I love carbs and Pasta. Lorin and I love to eat at Johnny Carino's. We always get the spicy shrimp & chicken. It's delicious!
Zodiac: Libra.

snow machining

When we were home for Christmas Lorin got to take advantage of all the new snow. Him, his dad, and his brother in law Heath went out on the snow machines all day. Lorin says they had a blast and I was happy to see them come home safe. He is reckless on those things!

Cody & Shane live in Arizona and I don't get to see them that often. So it was so much fun to have them here for Christmas. The day they left we all went out to lunch and said our good bye's. It was so hard to see them leave so I hope they can make it home again soon!

The rubik's cube nerd

Lorin's mom & dad got a rubik's cube for Christmas and Lorin decided he needed to conquer it. So he worked on it all day and you can see from the pictures that his efforts paid off. It's a good thing he finally got it because he wouldn't have put that thing down until he did!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Me, my mom, and my sis

I am so lucky to have a mom and a sister that I love so dang much! I can count on them for anything. They are both so excited about the new baby coming and have already spoiled her plenty!

Christmas Party

Last weekend me & Lorin, Becca & Justin, and Amanda & Eric had a Christmas party and played Christmas games with all the kids. We had a hot chocolate drinking contest and the kids wrapped Lorin & Becca in wrapping paper. The party ended when the kids knocked down the pinata and starting fighting over all the candy.

Our House

Nights on the Cruise Ship

In October we went on a cruise with Greg and Tasha and we had a blast! Our ship stopped in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel Mexico.