Craziness...

Audrey has finally grown out of her newborn clothes...it was kinda hard to pack them away... :(

But when they don't fit....what do you do??

And we are so happy for Daddy...today was his first day of work with an income (an actual paycheck!!). Yah!

Visits and Good News!!

We visited my family over Memorial Day weekend...Thanks Grandma, Grandpa, Uncles and Aunt Jen! We had a great time and it was nice to have plenty of hand to hold Audrey!

Jordan holding a baby and eating breakfast...no problems...

Some smiley pictures...I love these pictures!! Maybe Audrey is happy cause her Daddy finally has a JOB!! YAH! We are very excited and VERY BLESSED!!

For sure smiling at us....

And starting to laugh and make happy noises! We miss you Family!

Smiles

I think that I am finally starting to adjust to the crazy mom life...poopy diapers, thousands of loads of laundry, being covered with spit up, waking up at all hours of the night, wondering if I am doing anything right, everything is such a process crazy, crazy crazy...there are days when I think..."WHAT WERE WE THINKING??" And then I get a little smile (she giggled at me the other day) and that makes it all better. Weird. It must be something that God wired into our brains. A whole afternoon of screaming and crying can be made better with one little smile.

Amazing.



So HAPPY!

First time to church....

This was Audrey's first time to church...

She's losing her hair....sad. And from this picture it looks like she has inherited her father's red pic eyes.

One Month

I am posting pics for grandparents...to the rest of the world...I am sorry, you will just have to deal with pictures of my beautiful child!

I am ONE MONTH OLD!! (This outfit is cursed...blowouts and lots of spit up...nice)

Not in love with baths yet...the binky helps stop the screaming.

What have we been doing??

We have been eating....sleeping (or at least trying to sleep)...changing messy diapers...

enjoying some smiles (totally not gas).....

reading some stories....

just hanging out....

and praticing our sweet dance moves (Check out our sprinkler action!)

Visits....

Here are a few of the things we have been doing....

Some of us are still trying to figure out what is going on....poor Dex. We have also been enjoying some visits from family. (These are for you Grandma & Grandpa H. and Uncles.....

Grandma and Audrey

Grandpa and Audrey - First Grandbaby!!

Uncle Jordan and Audrey ( He LOVES Audrey!!)

Audrey Rachel Anne Cranney

We finally made if home from the hospital on Friday, after waiting forever for a stupid wheelchair to take Jessica down to the exit. But we were excited to bring little Audrey home (I was sick of the hospital, hospital food and hospital beds).
As indicated in the title, we have named our baby Audrey Rachel Anne Cranney. Enjoy the pictures, you can rest assured that more will be posted on a regular basis. We are very proud of our little one. - Justin

Its a Girl!

While Jessica is resting at the hospital, I wanted to spread the news. Our baby girl decided to grace us with her presence, two weeks early. While we were surprised and had to cancel several plans we had made (no Empanda Night for example). But I am thrilled that she is now part of our family. We will post a name once we have decided. Here are some pictures for now, I am sure that more will be posted later. - Justin

Serious lack of Brain/Mouth Filtration

Why is it my friends that people don't think before they speak. Not that I am the super sensitive type...these are perfect strangers to me...but really....where is the brain mouth filter that stops the

"WHOA, WHEN ARE YOU DUE...YOU ARE HUGE???"

What do you say to that?

"Thanks??" or maybe "Your hair is beautiful...where do you have it done?" or maybe "I have just been waiting for someone to tell me that all day.....you just made me the happiest girl EVER!!"

Really, what do they expect you to say?? It's a good thing for them that I have a sense of humor...otherwise...they might be getting the smack down.

Just for fun:

• # of people who lack a brain/mouth filter: at least 8 or so (that have said something to me...there are countless others who have accosted pregnant women in my area...don't be fooled by their innocent looking exteriors...they too lack the B/M filter)
  
• # of people who have asked if I am having twins: 2
• # of people who have stared down my belly in the grocery store: 1 creepy little man (Why I ask you?? Why?? Didn't give me the time of day...just stared at my belly the whole time he was approaching and didn't stop until I was around the corner and he couldn't see it anymore...WEIRD! Keep your creepiness away from my baby!!)
  

Baby vs. Ribs

Hi...It's March...this baby is due April 14. Is anyone else a little freaked out?? Probably not huh?

I can tell she's getting bigger...my ribs are apparently in her way...as are my bladder and lungs. How rude of them...they are not winning the space battle. She moves and kicks like a crazy lady (must come from her father's side of the family). She probably already thinks she's hilarious!!

Where does the time go??

I realize this picture is a little frightening...but it is how I feel recently.

Just a LITTLE BIT CRAZY!!

So I am 31 weeks this week...9 weeks-ish and counting. We have been so busy lately and it's making the time go by so fast. Here are some of the things we have been doing:

1. Birthing class - I decided to take a Hypnobirthing class. Some of it is a little bit out there, but the basic premise is cool. Justin really likes the relaxation exercises...he has fallen asleep not once but twice. He also got to wear the empathy belly which was pretty funny. That's what he gets for making sarcastic remarks during class. Our instructor was asking us about pregnancy pains/problems...Justin pipes up and says that he is suffering from a serious lack of bed space. I have to have a pillow in front and behind me...it helps me sleep!! She made him wear the belly the whole class period (not because she is mean, but i think she just forgot to have him take it off - I thought it was fantastic!!).

2. Justin wore shorts for the first time this year (yes it is still February, but according to my polar bear husband...40+ degrees is definitely short and t-shirt weather). Just as a side note it was definitely a beautiful day...then a couple days later it snowed.

Shworts

3. We had a great Valentine's Day...I worked all day and when I got home Justin made me a fantastic dinner! It was really good! Then we spent the evening watching Madagascar 2 and eating ice cream. What more could a girl ask for?? A clean house, a man in the kitchen and some ice cream...I can't think of anything better.

I LOVE THIS MAN!! Especially in an apron!

4. Getting ready for baby...weird. We realized that yesterday is exactly two months from my due date. That's close. My feeling is that she is going to come late. Like a week late...that's my hunch. Here are a few of the things we are in LOVE with...I couldn't post everything because then my post would be about a million miles long. Here are some recent things...

I don't know why this little hoodie is so adorable to me (It's seriously cuter in real life) I almost can't even stand it. You have to love Macy's clearance sales + great coupons!!

Both Justin and I really like this little skull cap...which really surprised me because I didn't think Justin would like it at all...I think it's so stinking cute!

These bibs were made by a certain talented relative that will remain nameless so that no one feels bad...These are a few of my favorite prints...I love them!

This is another one of the things made by the same nameless relative that I just had to post about because the print is so stinking cute!! Little owl guys!

This is a little hat that Justin's mom found and I love it!! So cute!

Sorry, my pics loaded the wrong way...when i was editing them they were the right way. What is going on??


5. Cleaning...I have started into the "nesting phase" and I really just want to organize all of our closets and clean the fridge...and scrub everything. I just really want to... but haven't yet. We have been busy. I am doing a few things at a time.

6. I have been going to the gym every morning with my neighbor downstairs. We have a gym in our apartment complex which is super convenient...if you are committed to going. Which I now really am because I know my friend will be waiting for me...she knows I am coming...so we have been really good and have only missed one day since we started!! It's fantastic and I have been feeling so much better too...one of those DUH things that is kinda hard to do.

7. I have a problem...a grapefruit problem. I have been eating about 2 of them a day...they are just so tasty. In the almost five years we have been married, I have NEVER bought a grapefruit. Actually, even before that....I have never ever bought a grapefruit...ever. They are just really good to me lately. MMMHHH, grapefruit.

8. There have been lots of other things we have been doing, but I can't remember them at the moment. Braincells...you know how it goes.

9. Dexter knows something is up and he is pretty perturbed about not being able to play with any of the new stuff that has come into our house recently. Funny story - Aunt Sara gave the baby a Fur-Real cat. It's basically a little mechanical kitten that moves and purrs and makes noises. It's pretty funny! Dexter freaks out when it moves and makes noise...he doesn't know whether to try to play with it or chew on it. It makes him crazy...so of course Justin uses it to torment him. It's just out of his jumping range here on the counter.

Thanks Aunt Sara!!

27 Weeks

Is it just me or has this month been insane?? This is my view...does anyone see my feet?? I don't think so!

This is for posterity...and my cute sister in law, Angela. Here is my belly at 27 weeks.

So we have been getting a few things for our little one...this beauty is going in her room...maybe we can teach her to save (unlike her Mother...Dad will be doing the teaching). Dexter is checking it out...it's almost as big as he is. I love working in a baby boutique!!

Christmas and New Years

Merry Christmas!! We were able to go down to Utah for Christmas to visit my family. We were supposed to fly out Christmas day because I had to work until 3 on Christmas Eve. We had been planning to drive but were worried about the weather so we got a flight just in case. Anyway it ended up working out that we were able to drive so Justin picked me up right after work and we left. We were blessed to get going ahead of the storm that was coming in and we only hit one patch of pretty nasty road. My family was pretty excited...and my mom had been pretty worried because the weather Christmas day was supposed to be pretty UGLY!! We got to my parents house and they already had about a foot and a half of snow...we got another 6-8 inches that night. Luckily they didn't have to go anywhere for Christmas day! We only got two pictures of Christmas morning?? You don't get to see one of them because I am in it and look like poo.

Dexter under my parent's tree...he jumped in the pile for a
wadded up ball of paper and couldn't get out.

We kept Christmas really simple and inexpensive this year. I hate to say it but I was pretty upset about it at first because Justin and I decided not to get each other anything this year. BUT, we were able to give presents to the rest of our family and that was pretty fun cause we are AWESOME and found some pretty cool stuff (well really Justin is awesome and can find anything online for a ridiculously low price). It's amazing what you can do with a few dollars and a little bit of Christmas love!!

And HAPPY NEW YEAR! Our New Years was fun too, we were able to go to our friend's house for some food, games and movies...we stayed until 2. I am still tired.

Um...when is this baby coming again?

Today...

1. I am feeling huge.
2. I parked in the expectant parents spot at the store and didn't feel the least bit guilty.
3. I realized that this baby is coming whether we are ready or not...and it's not that far off. April isn't just a random month next year...it's right around the corner.
4. I am grateful for after Christmas clearance sales...baby will be too.
5. I have read my scriptures every day this year! I am 100%...wahoo! (I know that it's only the 2nd, but I believe in celebrating the small victories)
6. I am SO GRATEFUL for my HANDSOME husband...not just because he is the love of my life or the funniest guy I know...but because he is a GRILLED CHEESE MASTER. I would have married him just for his grilled cheese skills...he's pretty amazing.

(Yes, I realize that I appear to be a very healthy eater in this picture, but if it counts I did have a salad too...lots of veggies.)
7. We still don't have a name for this baby...why is it so hard?
8. We have found a new way to entertain our dog...a treat ball. It's fabulous!

9. I should probably be in bed sleeping right now, but I am not...I am blogging....

Yes, this is your Christmas Card.

Merry Christmas!!

Love,

Justin & Jess

Monster

Dear Mom and Jen,

This is what our monster looks like...he really is cute!! Our pictures just didn't look very good because our monster has a little bit of jet lag. His ears are all droopy and he needs an eyebrow wax so you can see his cute little eyes.

Love,

Jess