Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Engaged!!!

It's been forever since I've written anything... or posted pictures for that matter... and boy do I have alot!! LOL... Claraissa Jean is now 1! So very hard to believe! And as of today... I'm an engaged woman!! Gary Wheeler asked me to marry him tonight on our walk to Olson's ice cream! It was the best birthday present ever!! Right after Gary popped the question! I started to cry as soon as he started to kneel down... Our beautiful daughter was with us on this wonderful occasion! The ring with Duncan Creek in the background :) picture from the web... easier to see ;) Second view! I love it!!!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

February pictures... growing so much!

Claraissa Jean will be 6 months old tomorrow!! So hard to believe... she's changed so much and she's getting so big. She's learning a lot too. I'm so proud to be a mother as I'm sure her Daddy is proud too. We are so very blessed to have such a wonderful little girl! Anyhow... these are a few of the pictures taken trhoughout the month... This is what we wake up to every morning! Such a happy girl!
Likes to play in her exersaucer...
Sleeping in my arms... love holding my little girl!
trying on her hat... she's so cute in it!! :)
Our sleeping beauty :)
Being a frog... she's going to kill me when she's older for this picture... but it's so darn cute... yes she peed on the bed right after this LOL... that's what you get mom!
Don't bother me, I'm sleeping!
Our John Deer Baby for the day! ;)
Lookin at herself during tummy time... so adorable!!
She loves her tiger... or at least his tail... LOL...
Hanging with Daddy
Helping Mommy sort clothes
Visting Great Grandpa Halama :)
Now visiting with Great Grandma Halama
Eating solids for the first time... banana's
Playing in her jumper from our friends...
Hanging with Mommy in the hospital after her back surgery. She was such a good little girl. She spend the night with me so I could continue to nurse her... considering I was checked every two hours and then she was awake to nurse she was fabulous! Such a trooper.
Getting ready to leave the hospital... so happy!! :)
It was a wonderful month. I can't believe it's almost over... eek... next thing I know I'll be getting my diploma!!! Till next time... take care!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

3 month pictures:
Christmas 2009 Pictures:
Our Beautiful Family!!
Such a happy girl! :)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

First few weeks...

Here are a few pictures... LOL... from the first weeks. She's so wonderful!!! Gary and I are so lucky to have a daughter!!!! :) one of Claraissa's first pictures... and I didn't even take it!! :) Saturday (Aug, 29th) morning... I had just got done feeding her. :) A family picture before she was admitted to the Special Care Nursery for an infection In the SCN... holding my hand and I was probably crying... it was hard to see her in here and all hooked up to machines... :(
But she was a trooper and did reall well!!
First "official" photo just before going home September 5th!!!
Home!! No more bands for me...
pst... I have something to say!... "I'm in charge around here!"
LOVE this picture!!!!!!!!!! She's so very adorable!
Mom couldn't help it... she had to take a picture of me in a watermelon... and let me tell you!! I was not very happy...
Picture taken for Dad!! Go Brew Crew!!
Great Great Grandma Amy :)
Cousin Bravo checking me out and giving me kisses :) September 11th
Lost her belly button scab Saturday morning September 19. I wanted to cry. LOL
That's right... you can read correctly... LOL

Friday, September 18, 2009

Claraissa Jean

August 28, 2009 @ 1:08 pm our little girl, Claraissa Jean, entered our world... finally. :) She was exactly 41 weeks... she weighed in at 7 lbs 15 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She's absolutely perfect!!! The following are pictures from the labor to a few hours after... I'll be posting more pictures later. It's amazing how much time the wee one requires. But I love her to peices!!! Shortly after getting to the hospital... Thursday the 27th around 11:30 pm... I had probably been in labor all day and didn't realize it. At 6:20pm I felt a contraction that I thought was worth noting the time... and I progressed from there. As you can tell this is before the contractions started to get too strong... LOL... I'm still smiling.
This is during a contraction... I couldn't sit still. I was on the "birthing ball" most of the night and into the morning. I also used the tub 3 different times but the third time was really short as I felt I needed to start pushing... it was crazy!! I can't believe how fast the time went by.
First picture of Daddy, Gary, and his little girl!! So very very adorable!!
Our first family picture!! :) So very perfect!
OH... did I tell you I did this completely medication free!! Holy Cow!!! LOL... in the end she is definately worth it but we're adopting the next ones... hee hee... (I can't think about pushing out another baby at this point in time... give me awhile and maybe I'll come around... the pain is still too fresh in my memory to even think about it... OUCH!! hee hee)
Daddy admiring his little girl!! He was such a trooper through the whole thing. I'm one lucky lady to have found such a wonderful man!! A huge thank you also needs to be said for my sister Becky who was there and helped me through this wonderful event as well as my really good friend Kelly! They were all amazing during my labor and delivery and post... To the nurses and midwives who were there to assist me... they were AWESOME!!!