Catch up!

Sooo much has happened since my last post, I've been so bad at blogging lately, I'm going to be better this coming year, hopefully! So to catch everyone up on the last two months here it goes....

November was a busy month, on the 9th Chelsea (Skyler's sister) had a birthday she turned 23, the 19th was Seth's Birthday turning 3, on the 23rd was Zane's birthday and Knight Lynn Dance a healthy baby boy was born to Bryan and Krystal and big brother Kash. Then the 24th was my dad's birthday, also a long drive back to Idaho for Skyler, Boden and I. The 25th was obviously Thanksgiving, we ate dinner out to Shellie and Zane's with Darci and Travis, and Sky's Grandma and Grandpa Carlson. After dinner we went to my parents and spent some time there. Later that day Skyler and his family went to Harry Potter. Since Boden was so little and I hadn't seen any of the Harry Potters we just hung out at my parents while they were gone.

Dax and Boden on their 1st Thanksgiving!

Seth watching over them, he is sooo protective of them, especially Dax!

That's how Boden spent most of the day, sleeping :)

Boden's 1st time going to church!

and then to top off the month was my mom's birthday on the 30th! I hope I didn't forget anything, if I did, I'm so so sorry! It was a busy month but such a fun month. We had so much to be thankful for!

December we headed back to Vegas, all the previous trips going back and fourth to Idaho we drove but this time going back we flew so that meant Boden's first plane ride! He did awesome, slept the whole time and didn't even know what was going on!

1st plane ride!

Back in Vegas Skyler worked his week and I had my work Christmas party. For that we went to the Aria Hotel and Casino and went to dinner at Lemon Grass and then saw the Vegas show Viva La Elvis, I wasn't too excited to see it since I wasn't a huge Elvis fan but it ended up being really good and would recommend it to anyone. I also worked on getting all my Christmas decorations up, I put my tree up before Thanksgiving because I knew we would be gone a lot and I wanted more time to enjoy it!

My little helper!

Man its hard work helping put up a tree!

finished project!

After his work week we headed back home to Idaho where we stayed until after Christmas, Skyler came back to Vegas and worked two days but other than that we got to spend another 3 weeks there, it was the best! While in Idaho we were busy getting ready for Christmas, doing all our Christmas shopping and helping my mom decorate her house and baking. The closer Christmas got the busier we got with our families and all the Christmas parties. Finally Christmas eve came, Skyler ended up getting so so sick and spent the day on the couch, he was a trooper though and got up to go to his Dad and Tera's for the Young Christmas party and then we headed out to Janice Hansen's to spend time with his Mom, Zane, and Chick and the Hansen family. That about put him over the limit and when we got back to my parents he ended back up on the couch for the rest of the night. That night Stephanie and Garrick, Bryan and Krystal, Lori and Brandon, us, and all the kids stayed at my parents house. That night the kids acted out the Christmas Nativity and my mom read a story about the real meaning of Christmas to the kids and then they were off to bed on my parents floor. It was a house full but a night and morning we will never forget!The rest of the day we bounced back and forth between our families, it was really busy but we wouldn't have missed being with our families!

Baby boys and their matching jammies Christmas eve - Dax, Knight, Boden

The kids playing the Christmas Nativity

waiting to come down the stairs Christmas morning

all the sisters and matching pj's

Our 1st Christmas as a family!

Alie and Amy Christmas morning on Travis's 4 wheeler

Boden's Christmas outfit!

Alie opening her presents

Skyler helping put together Alie's toys

The day after Christmas was Sunday, we got to have all three babies blessed it was an experience that will never be forgotten, that deserves a post all by itself because it was so special! Here is a picture of the day until I get the rest up....

Finally as the month started to come to an end Skyler and I had to go back to Vegas for Skyler to go back to work. My mom and Stephanie's kids drove us down to the airport. Skyler flew out on Tuesday so he could be to work Wednesday and I stayed the night in Salt Lake with my mom and the kids and went to Temple Square to see the lights and then I flew back to Vegas the next day.

My mom and the kids at Temple Square

Boden all bundled up seeing the lights at Temple Square

 Well that was the last two months in review, a lot to catch up on and a lot of pictures! It was really hard coming back to Vegas after such amazing times and being around family so much, we both love our families so much and love spending time with them.

Trip to IDAHO!

When Boden was a week and a half we got to go home to Idaho for 3 weeks, it was Heaven!! When Boden was born the only family that was able to come down was my mom and dad and Skyler's mom, so it was so much fun to be able to stay for that long, be around all our families, and have everyone get to meet Boden and us meet baby Dax!

Boden and Dax meeting for the first time, Boden wasn't to sure about things....

Krystal and  Kash holding Boden

Skyler holding Dax for the 1st time

Seth holding both his new cousin and little brother. Don't try and mess with Dax, Seth is quite the protective big brother!!

While we were there it was also Halloween:

Carving pumpkins

Skyler's pumpkins he carved, pretty impressive he did both just free handing them

First Halloween as a family!

Our little "Superman"

The boys in their Skeleton pajamas Grandma Dance bought them

The crew Trick or Treating

Stephanie and the kids got to come over for the Halloween weekend and to meet both the babies, so Boden got lots of  cousin time!

Kindra loved holding him and wanted to help us out any way she could.

We spent time out to Skyler's parents, Chelsea and Allie weren't to sure about him at first, they both liked to look but neither one was getting too close. By the end of our three weeks there they both warmed up to him, Allie even held him for a while. She still isn't wanting to share Grandma Shellie with him and get kinda jealous when she is holding him.

Some other fun pictures while we were home:

Congrats to Lori & Brandon!

Lori and Brandon had their baby almost two weeks ago! I know I'm kinda slow but I had another little guy to keep up with :) Dax Blake McNeel was born October 20th weighing 7lb 8oz and 19 in long with lots and lots of dark hair!! He's sooo cute and Seth is so excited to have his little brother here! We have one more nephew on the way, Krystal is scheduled to have her's, baby Knight on November 23rd! It's going to be so fun to have them all grow up together!

Congratulations Lori, Brandon and Seth, we are soo happy for you!!

Boden's Story

Boden is 3 weeks old today, crazy how fast it is already going, I want it to slow down and keep him small forever but I don't think it's going to happen! Now things are startring to slowdown and we are getting into some what of a routine (best we can being in Idaho going from family to family) I have time to sit down and write about the day he came into our lives!

Boden was due on October 22nd. On the the 12th of October I was scheduled for a regular weekly check. Dr Torres came in and did is normal check, once he was done he asked us if we wanted to have a baby that weekend instead of waiting till the 22nd. Of course we said YES! He said that if I didn't start on my own that he would start me on that saturday night. He told us that where I was and with the changes that i've made in just the last week that he was almost positive I would start on my own before then! We left the office with a time scheduled for the hospital on saturday and ran to our car and started making calls to all our families!

My mom and Skyler's mom Shellie flew into Vegas on that friday. By then I was ready to have him and was trying anything to make it happen. That night we went to dinner and walked around the mall and then just went back to our house and got settled in for the night. About 10:00 we were just getting into bed and my water broke. I didn't know that's what it was, it wasn't like all the stories you hear and what I expected so I didn't say anything but holy cow were my contractions so much stronger after that! My contractions were stronger but they were never consistant so that was another reason I didn't say anything to Skyler. Finally at about 11:00 I couldn't stand it anymore and got up and told Skyler that I think we needed to go to the Hospital. We woke our mom's up and got ready and headed to hospital. At this point I think I was more scared that they were going to tell me that it wasn't my water and to go home after we had woke our moms up in the middle of the night.

We arrived at the Hospital and went up to Labor and Delivery, once a nurse FINALLY got around to checking me they told me my water had really broke and they moved me into a labor and delivery room and got me all checked in around midnight. They put all the monitors on me to check my contractions and noticed that I wasn't contracting enough were I was dialated to a 3 and 50% effaced. They decided I needed to be put on pitocin but before they would start me on that I needed to have a round of antiobiotics because I tested positive for the strep B viruse. They got that going and then at four the nurse started my pit. When we were first checked in I told the nurse then that the Dr told us to have them start me on my epidural as soon as I got checked in, the Dr also told the nurse himself when she called and told him I was there to start me on it. Well the nice nurse decided that I wasn't in enough pain so she didn't think I needed it just get, sweet lady I know! So without the Epidural she started the pit at 4:00 a.m., laying there 4 hours threw contractions on pit was not how I thought my night was going to go! I asked again about it around 6:00 and she told me she would check on it, she then came back an hour later and said the Anesthesiologist was going into surgery and it would be at least another hour before I could get it. Finally at 8:00 the Anesthesiologist was rolling his cart in to give it to me, HEAVEN!

Once that was placed and a new nurse things were good, for the most part...besides throwing up several times before Boden was delivered and having a fever, I was able to sleep and relax. At 3:30 the nurse said I was ready to start pushing, so the moms were cleared out of the room and all the delivery stuff was wheeled in. The nurse warned us both that with this being my first I should expect to be pushing for an hour to two. So we started pushing and after only 20 minutes she made me stop because he was so close and the Dr wasn't there yet. She called the Dr telling him how close I was. He was at another hospital so he said to stop pushing and would be there as soon as possible...just my luck today! The Dr. arrived at 4:15 and we started pushing again and at 4:28 p.m. our sweet little baby was born!! So October 16th at 4:28 pm he was born weighing 7lb 1oz  and 20 in long!

We spent the next two days in the Hospital. My dad drove down that afternon and got there sunday morning to be with us as well. We went home from the hospital on Monday morning and life hasn't been the same and we LOVE it! My mom and dad went home Tuesday morning so they could be home for when Lori had her baby Wednesday morning and Shellie stayed to help us with things until Friday. I was so glad that they got to be there with us! That was the one thing that made me the most nervous and sad was that they might miss it and we were going to be in the hospital alone. I wish we were closer to home though, it was hard not to have the rest of our families there with us and meet Boden. I work with some amazing girls and once Shellie had to go home they stepped in and helped with meals and kept Boden and I company while Skyler had to go back to work in the afternoons. Thanks to our parents and Kelsey, Barbara, and Stephanie (the girls I work with) for helping us out and being there for us and all their love and support!!

Here are some pictures:

1st family picture, just minutes after he was born

Proud daddy, 1st time he really got to hold him

Getting ready to leave

Little small for his car seat!

Just arriving home! Ours moms decorated the outside for us.

Proud Grandma Dance

Proud Grandma Shellie

1st night home as a family!!

Boden Shay Young

Boden Shay is here!!! Boden was born Saturday October 16th at 4:28 pm, he was 7lb 1oz and 20 in long. We were able to come home today and everyone is doing awesome, i'll post more pictures when we get settled in a little better but until then here is one of my favorites!!

Fall Crafts, Decorations, and some house

These last two weeks in between getting baby's room ready, getting all his laundry washed and working I've had a couple free Saturdays to be able to do some Fall crafts and decorate the house. This year has been really fun to decorate because we are in our own house instead of an apartment. It's been good for me to keep busy so i'm not thinking about not being able to be home and waiting for baby to come. Hopefully he comes any day but at my last Dr's appointment it didn't look like it would be anytime soon! Sooo this is what  I've been up to to keep busy:

I found this idea at eighteen25.blogspot.com so when I went home last Lori and I made a set. I left the one I did there for my mom cause the glitter was to big of a mess to put in my bag so last Saturday I did a set for me!

I did this wreath this morning while Skyler was at work. Super easy but messy. I got this idea off the same blog as the "EEK" frames, they have way fun ideas!

I brought these wood blocks from home that we're unfinished and when I took them out of my bag Skyler asked why I brought "Fire wood" home. Last saturday while he was working I worked on these and when he got home he asked where I went and bought these from...Fire Wood what???

Here are also some pictures of our house that some people have been asking to see. We moved in brand new in June, with some hot summer days painting and decorating this is what we're proud to say is ours!

 Half the Kitchen....

 Other half of the Kitchen.

 Little Dinning area...doesn't get used very often, other than when Lori and Seth came and they had Breakfast on it, oh and our lap top is on it :) But fun to decorate and make look good!!!

 Obviously the Living room...

 Looking from the Kitchen.

 Guest bedroom...always ready for when people wanna come see us (hint hint)!

 Baby's room, it's not done yet so this is all you can see until it's finished, then I'll post more pictures and better details. Maybe by then we will have decided on a name, maybe...

 Our bedroom, crazy big, neither one of us have figured out why such a big Master bedroom, but we won't complain!

 Their is a whole other nook area that I didn't take a picture of because Skyler has all stuff he got from his Mister Olympia weekend last weekend spread out all over. I should post a picture though cause he is pretty proud of it, they did make out really well I'll admit!

Master bathroom, it was hard to get a good picture of the whole thing without getting me in the mirror so this is all I could get.

Can't forget the HUGE backyard! It is a little bigger than what it looks like because when I took the picture and was standing quite a ways from the wall.

Their is another bathroom upstairs and one downstairs and a nook area upstairs that we put my craft stuff in. We love our house and have loved turning it into a Home!