Lately

It has been awhile since update so I thought I would.  I ran a half marathon on Nov 8.  When I signed up for it I knew it was a backcountry marathon but I really didn't know what that would entail.  It was hard, very hard!!!  The first three miles were up hill.  I thought, I don't know how I am going to finish but I did and I was so glad to be done.  But it was a good experience, and now I know not to sign up for a race that says backcountry (they really mean lots and lots of hills)

Lilly has been taking swim lessons she loves it.  She wants to do that instead of doing dance so I'm ok with that.  She will defiantly need to be able to swim in life.

This is halloween, Elsa, and Anna and Olaf.  Nate and I were super man and lois lane.  We forgot to take a picture, darn it!

We had a snow day ( it was to cold to go outside so we stayed home) we made a tent and watched movies and had lots of fun!

My mom made my girls these adorable dresses!

For the month of November I did a health challenge, it was a challenge. But  I did loose the rest of my baby weight, wahoo!! But I was glad when it was over.  I had to follow a lot of rules!

For thanksgiving we went to Estes park and had a grew time.  We were trying to get a cute family picture, that was very difficult!

Just last week I took Lilly to see Disney on Ice.  She loved it!! This is before we left!

Newborn pics

I really like Newborn pics but since I'm kind of a cheapskate, I never want the to spend the money on it.  But I thought I would give it a go myself.  I got a new camera for xmas so I took a lot of pictures but these were the decent few that looked good.

Katelyn Lucy

I was trying some special effects with this lower one.

Katelyn Lucy

This is Lilly wearing my dress that I had when I was her age.  She loved it and kept saying she looked like Sleeping Beauty.  I did not like this dress so I'm glad she did.

Some people may know that I'm a huge olympics fan.  I always have a party for the opening ceremonies.  We will make food from the host nation.  So this year we made Blinis (russian crepes) and cabbage rolls.  My sister Brooke's cello teacher is from Russia so we asked her for some help on some recipes.  I also made a cake.  

I also usually dress up for the event, I didn't this year b/c I was pregnant.  But Lilly had fun dressing up as an ice skater.  She loved watching them.

So with this pregnancy Nathan told me I could pick the name of this child.  I do not make big decisions like that very well.  I have a hard time.  So with this one I was unsure pretty much until she was born.  I had a few names I had been thinking about.  Katelyn was actually not a serious contender.  I just thought about the name the day before and thought how much I really liked the name.  So I just put in the back of my mind and I thought I would wait to see her.  It turned out that my nurse that I had, her name was Katelyn and I really liked her a lot.  She made me feel so at ease.  So I told Nathan I think her name is supposed to be Katelyn.  I knew Lucy was supposed to be her middle name.  The name is on both my side and Nate's side of the family.  I always pick middle names that are family so I looked at both of our family history to find it.

For the most part everything went very well.  I told the nurses that once you put me on pitocin I will go fast.  I don't know if they believed me or not.  But once I was dilated to a 6 she was there within 20 mins.  The same thing happened with Caroline.  I decided to get an epidural b/c with Caroline I didn't (it was a surprise, she came to quickly). So I got an epidural when I was dilated to a 5.  Good thing b/c she would have come to quickly again and I would have missed my chance.  It wasn't terrible with Caroline but I really didn't want to do it again.  I had been saying I didn't want to have an epidural but my nerves got the best of me and I got it.  I was actually really grateful I did in the end.  My contractions were 1 min apart at the end. 

Nate's parents were able to make the trip down for a few days.  It was fun to see them and my girls had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Smith!  They are always asking to go to Montana to see everyone.

I was so grateful to come home.  I really wanted to come home b/c I do not like staying in Hospitals.  I couldn't wait to stay in my own bed and I missed my girls.  So grateful to have Katelyn here!!!