February 5th,  35 Weeks.

 February 12, 36 weeks..



February 19,  37 weeks..
I am getting nervous baby will be here any time. I have been dialated to a 4 and 75-80% effaced for about a week and baby's head is at a -2 so I decided to get my "professional" maternity pics done.


I totally took so really cute family pics, but I look like a freakin' cow, so you may never see them ;) the end. hehe... So the week of February 19 I did everything I could think of to induce labor. She was SO low it hurt to walk. So up and down the stairs I went, I did lounges all the way down the hall way and back. My legs were hurting!! ;) I didn't have any pain with the contractions with Alyvia so I had no idea what I was supposed to be "look" for. Dr. Beguin kept asking if I was having contractions and my responce was " I don't know." I was have a sharp pain randomly down the side of one of my sides, but I paid no attention to it. Next post the Baby Story...

February 14

   Actually Valentines day. Super busy and still very pregnant. ;) I wanted Kristofer to have a great valentines, so I blew up some red, pink, and white balloons and had Alyvia delivery them to her daddy at work. ;)






Then we went and picked up Kinzley from her preschool valentines party and went to visit Evie, G'ma Rose and G'ma Hansen.

 We made a stop at Applebee's for lunch and a quick photo shoot. ;)

Holidays are just so much fun around our house! Since V-day was on a Tuesday we decided to have a huge FHE (family home evening) Monday night dinner. It was all red themed. We had bbq pork ribs, red potatoes, cranberry, strawberry, spinach salad with raspberry vinaigrette.  And to drink we had Cherry 7 up and dessert was cherry cupcakes. It was SO much fun!! I love it!





 It's tradition: We giving valentines cards/gifts to everyone! So fun!!

Mimi gave all the grandkids the Lehi's dream book. :D

(February 7) Danielle wanted Decqlyn's one year pics and Kinzley's 3 yr old pics. So I got some new backdrops and I couldn't wait to use them! I love when I get things for my studio. It is so much fun to allow the kids to take pictures when they want to and not "have" to schedule an appointment that may or may not be on time. ; ) We had so much fun!  Can't have a photo session with those two without Alyvia!! ;)

Sassy, no?

These cousins just LOVE each other!

February.

My Birthday. It is hard getting older these days. But Kristofer made it a great celebration. We went to Branson for the weekend. My mom offered to watch Alyvia so it was just us (+ my very pregnant belly). We stayed in a bed in breakfast in Hollister (right outside of Branson). Ate at this amazing pizza place called Pizza by the Chef. YUMMY! The bed and breakfast had a jacuzzi. Super fun, but a pregnant lady must be careful of the rise of her body temp. It was super nice and quiet. We went to the wax museum, those are always fun. We met so many famous people.

Hugh Hefner

"Beam me up, Scotty"

Oh the fantasies ;)

FUNNY!!!!!

AWWW... BITE ME!!!! (PLEASE)

Then we went mini golfing... I totally beat his trash!!


I totally forgot how much fun mini golf can be. Cannot wait to take Alyvia soon/ some day.

As the year began, we began renovations to our home.
January 22


We decided we needed our amazing walk in pantry usable! So we moved all that it was storing and cleaned it out! Alyvia really liked the cleaning part.


January 28
We began our long journey of renovating our hall bathroom. Has to be done by the end of April because Kristofer's family is coming to visit. ;)


Wish I had "better" horrible before pics, but at least I have these. Our hall bathroom, when we moved in, had carpet! YES carpet, ugly blue carpet! Crazy and super gross. We had to wait for our tax returns to get started on our new and improved bathroom! We haven't have a bath tub the whole time we have been here, just a shower. Alyvia is so done with showers she cannot wait to have a bath tub, me too!! It'll be jetted! SWEET!