So this post is way over due....

We now have a wonderful little girl and are now homeowners.

On July 7th I had a doctors appointment and found out that I was going to get induced on July 12th, but was to go into the hospital on the night of the 11th. I was at 38 weeks in my pregnancy. So that weekend I had a few more baby showers and than got ready to go into the hospital. My mom drove here on Monday and I called the hospital Monday night at 9. They told me they weren't ready, but would call me when they had room for me. So we waited and waited. Finally at 12 am they called and said I could come in at 12:30 am. So now its Tuesday and at 3am they started a drug that started with a C and it softened my Cervix. The drug is given every 4 hours for 12 hours. Than they would start the Potassium. So Kyle and I slept for 4 hours, and at 7am they came in to give me the second dose. At that time my water broke and I started having contractions. The first drug caused my contractions to be right on top of each other and I was having back labor. I was determined not to get an epidural and the pain started getting pretty intense, so I got a couple of shots of a drug called Phentonal and it worked for the first few hours. Than the pain just kept getting worse and because the contractions were right on top of each other I was having a hard time trying to manage the pain. Kyle kept trying to talk me into getting an epidural. Usually the woman asks for the drugs, but instead Kyle was. He does not like seeing me in pain or when I feel sick. The nurse told me that I was progressing well and that they were going to start the Potassium early and that when they did the contractions were going to get more intense. So I gave in and got an epidural. At this time I had been awake since Monday morning and had only gotten a 4 hour nap. So as soon as the epidural kicked in it was awesome. I no longer felt my contractions and Kyle and I were both able to sleep. I kept progressing and around 8 pm my Mom and Grandpa came to the Hospital because I was dilated to an 8. And at 10pm I was finally ready to push. And 4 hours and lots of pushing, I still had no baby. Kyle could see her head, but I just could not get her out, her head was too big. So I had Kyle go get my Mom and Grandpa and we told them that they should just go home and try and get some sleep because I had to have a C-section. I cried and cried, I did not want to have a C-section. Kyle and my Grandpa gave me a blessing before they left. Than 2 hours later they started prepping me for the C-section, we had to wait because there were 2 women in front of me. So finally at 4:54 am on July 13th we had our baby. We both cried when we heard her cry. Riley Gleue weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 20 inches long. When they brought her over to Kyle she had her eyes open so wide. Kyle held her close to my head so that I could see and smell her, and we both cried some more. When they finally rolled us back to our room, we only got to be with Riley for a few hours. She ended up having to go to the NICU because of my Diabetes. Her blood sugar was low because she her pancreas needed to learn how to stabilize her blood sugar on its own. When they took her away from me I cried and cried. But luckily she did so well and only had to be in there for 18 hours, which was a really short time. We went and visited her as much as possible. Kyle went more than me because I just could not move. I had done a good job taking care of the both of us during my pregnancy that she was able to stabilize her sugars really fast. We were released from the hospital on July 16th. I have had to recover from both kinds of delivery, it was a little rough. And 2 weeks after having Riley, Kyle and I moved. We finally were able to close on our townhome on July 28th. I got pretty sore and I tried not to do too much. We had lots of help from family, which was wonderful. My sister was able to come with her 4 kids to see Riley and I. She got here on July 25th and we ended up having to stay at my grandparents house for a few days before Kyle and I were able to close on our house. So thank you to them for letting us crash there with 4 adults and 5 kids. Sheena and my Mom stayed with Kyle and I until August 3rd, it was so fun having them here. I cried a lot when they left me.

I had been hooked up to an IV for over 36 hours and so I was so puffy from all the fluids, I finally look normal now.
This is me dressing her right before we got discharged from the Hospital.I could not figure out how to rotate this picture, sorry. But look how cute she is :)

So I couldn't figure out how to rotate this picture, but isn't she cute.
This is our first family picture, and I hate how fat I look.

This is her at 1 month old, and this is one of my favorite outfits

She has the cutest little feet ever :)

I think this face is funny :)

She is such a good sleeper :)

This is one of my favorite pictures of Riley, it makes me giggle everytime I look at it.

So our townhome is in West Jordan right behind the Copperhills High School. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, laundry room, 1 car garage, and the master bedroom has 2 closets.

I will put better pictures up of our place when I get it organized a little better.

Things we have been up to in the last month...

So for a Relief Society Activity we were asked to each donate a service. At the activity we each drew a service out of a hat a got to keep it or trade with someone else. I donated a custom birthday cake. The lady who got my service had me make her husband a cake and she said he likes tools. She didn't give me a whole lot of specifics of what she wanted, she told me to just have fun with it and do what I wanted. So this is what I came up with. The tools are all made out of rice crispy treats and covered in fondant. I had a lot of fun making this cake.

So we were trying to buy a place so that we could move before the baby is born and it does not seem like it will happen. So we decided to set up the baby's crib, changing table, and dresser in our apartment. We had to take our kitchen table and chairs out of the apartment to make room for the baby furniture. So this is what our baby room/corner will look like.

My wonderful sister-in-laws, mother-in-law, and friend threw me a baby shower and this diaper trike was one of the decorations/gifts. I think it is so cute, I don't want to use the diapers :)

So on July 1st, Midvale City Police Department switched to Unified Police Department. The city had a big ceremony where all the Midvale Officers got sworn in as Unified Police Officers and than there was a BBQ afterwards.

With Midvale switching over to Unified, we had to switch all our insurance and benefits. Not

the best time, in my opinion, to have to switch over everything. My OBGYN is a specialist at the University of Utah Hospital and I was planning on delivering our baby there, but our new insurance doesn't cover that Hospital. So now we will be delivering at IMC in Murray. Luckily Dr. Branch delivers at that Hospital, I'm just annoyed at having to move to a different Clinic. But everything will work out fine and all that I really care about is that so far our little girl is doing great.

I am now 37 weeks and 1 day along in my pregnancy. I am defiantly getting uncomfortable. I feel huge and have been having contractions. This Thursday I have a doctor's appointment and will probably set a date to get induced. Of coarse it all depends on how everything is looking, but Dr. Branch made it sound like I could be having her next week. I will let you know what ends up happeing.

The last few days have been pretty hot and my feet and ankles are huge and fat. I can't where some of my shoes anymore, because my feet are too fat to fit in them :)

Things are going well for Kyle and I, we are still waiting to hear back about the offer we put in on a townhouse in Saratoga Springs. So I'll keep you posted on that deal.

So Kyle and I decided to go on a hike the other day, it was up the Mill Creek Canyon on a hike called Pipeline. The hike was about 2 miles long and it took us almost 2 hours. Poor Kyle had to go at a very slow pace and take lots of brakes because I made him take me with him :)
The hike felt so good and I loved being outside in the wonderful weather. I have been staying pretty active during my pregnancy and have felt pretty good through my whole pregnancy. I do however have random days where I get nauseous at random times. The other morning, driving to work I got sick and threw up right when I got to work. I threw up so hard that I popped blood vessels all over my face, eyes, and neck. It was the worst throw up I've ever had. I felt so pretty after words :) But I did feel better right after words :)
So I am 33 weeks and 3 days into my pregnancy. At 32 weeks my doctor started having me do Non Stress Tests on the baby twice a week. So I go in on Mondays and Thursdays and they hook a monitor up to my tummy for about 30 minutes and they measure her heart rate and how often she moves. So far she is doing excellent :) And I having been doing pretty good with keeping my blood sugars where they need to be. I am getting pretty tired of eating the same thing every day. But I do mix it up a little bit by eating lots of popsicles, I love them so much right now:)

So we ended up not getting the townhome is Saratogo Springs. We were going through HUD Homes to buy the place. It turned out that HUD did not own the title to the property and the bank that owned the title would not release the title to HUD. So everything fell through. We were not very happy about the whole process. But we're moving on trying to find another home to purchase. We would really like to move before our little girl gets here.

So I am doing a study that is called NuMom2Be, and with this study I have gotten some free ultrasounds done. On the last one I did for the study the lady gave me a free 3-D ultrasound picture:) I think its a pretty cute picture, but I am her mother. Its crazy how clear of a picture this is. I am so anxious to see her when she gets here and compare her to this picture. I think I was about 28 weeks when I got this picture taken.

I'm so sorry that I have not updated our blog for over a year now. We have been very busy this year and have a lot of new things happening for us. I am now only working one job. I work at the Cheesecake Factory in Salt Lake City as a Baker/Cashier/Curbside. We got to go to Wyoming for the 4th of July and went camping with Kyle's family. Wyoming is beautiful in the summer. We got to go back for the 24th of July also and went to a rodeo. I had so much fun at the rodeo. Kyle graduated from the Police Academy in the end of August.

After Kyle graduated he looked awhile for a job as a Police Officer but couldn't find one right away. He ended up working for Target for about 6 weeks and than got offered a position in Midvale City. He got sworn in as a Police Officer on December 6th 2010. I am so proud of him and his hard work and determination.

A few days after Christmas we decided to trade in Kyle's car and buy this one. Its a 2007 Jeep Grand Cheeroke. Its a V8 and I love love love it.We decided to buy a new car because the end of November right after Kyle found out he got the job with Midvale City, I found out that I was pregnant!!!! My due date is July 24th and we are having a Girl. My pregnancy has gone really well so far. I was only sick for the first 3 months. I was really nervous to get pregnant because of my diabetes, but I have been doing pretty well so far. The risks that come with pregnancy when you are a Diabetic are not that bad. You tend to have larger babies, so you end up having to have a C-section. I have been going to a lot of doctor appointments to try and keep my blood sugar levels down so that the baby will not be big. It has been going pretty well so far, but lately it has started changing and getting a little harder. My doctor told me that I need to be consistant in what I eat and when I wake up and what time I eat and the things I do. So I wake up now at 7:30 everyday and go to the gym and than get ready for the day. I try really hard to eat the same thing everyday and at the same time, but it's kinda hard with my work schedule, but im trying my hardest. I have had a few ultrasounds and everything is going great so far. The baby is measuring right where she needs to be and I'm doing good as well. My tummy is starting to poke out a lot and I definatly can't hide the fact that I'm pregnant anymore. I am now 23 weeks and have started feeling her move, which makes me giggle everytime.

For my niece Abby's 2 year old birthday party I made her an Elmo cake. I had a lot of fun making it. And she loved it.

That same weekend that we had Abby's birthday party, Austin and Amy also had Hayley's baby blessing. My dad was able to come that weekend and it was so fun to have him stay with us. He is such a wonderful grandpa and father.

The newest thing for Kyle and I is that we are trying to buy a new home. We are in the process of purchasing this town home in Saratogo Springs. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a 2 car garage, laundry room with a washer and dryer, and an unfinished basement. We don't have an offical closing date yet, but we are hoping to be in there before the end of April.

Well I think thats all the main things that have taken place over this last year. Lots of new things for us. We are doing well and loving life. We are both busy and its hard to spend a lot of time together because of our work schedules, but we are happy. Kyle is done with his training and is now driving around on his own. He loves his job which makes me very happy. He also gets to drive his Police car home now so we have 3 cars parked in our driveway. I have started packing up our apartment so that when moving time comes I won't be to overwhelmed. I will try and do better with updating our blog from now on.