Styler Family: January 2013

This little beauty is almost a year! How can this be? So basically she will be moving out and getting married tomorrow...:(....that's how fast time seems to be going anyway:)
With how busy life is, and how much my human nature of sometimes wishing time away, (wishing for the weekend, new this or that, vacation, etc.) I have recently been consciously trying to live in the moment more. To really soak it all up, to just enjoy life and breathe....you can't breathe for yesterday, you can't breathe for tomorrow, you can only breathe right now. And man it makes a difference!! I am just so in love with my little family. How can I make every moment count!? My goal for this year is to live in the now. A lot less TV and time wasting distractions and doing something every day to improve myself and/or my family.

Enough with my little thought for the day rant:)

My little girl has Tom and I wrapped around her little finger! And she knows it:) She is getting so dang smart, strong, and hilarious!! I love and savor her rare cuddles when she just lets me snuggle her and she lays her head on my shoulder
On Tuesday she got her very FIRST TOOTH!!!!!!! One day shy of 10 months!

She finally has some hair that I can do something with

She is pretty good at copy catting us at saying "whoa, oh, oh wow, mama, dada, yaya, uh oh"
She also will whip her head back and forth like she is saying no after she sees anyone do it...love her

I love her raspy, exhaling til she's wheezing laugh! And when she is laughing her jaw always goes to the side:)

She knows when she is being mischevious! She is starting to get into everything and when she is right in the middle of it she will look at you, raise an eyebrow and smirk! The ~~funniest~~ is when she stands up in the tub and says "uh oh" and then laughs!

She is still a really good sleeper (Once she turned 5.5 months, she just figured it out! Thankfully!) She still does a morning and afternoon nap and sleeps from about 9:00pm-8:30am. We have quite the night time routine, its kind of silly but she absolutely loves it. I won't go into detail, but it includes: singing, letting her pick her glow in the dark binkies off the lamp, lots of kisses, and Tom may or may not hiss while he chases us up the stairs til she laughs so hard she can't keep her binky in. She does this new thing where she sleeps with her legs tucked up under with her butt the air...you can kind of see it in the top picture.

This picture was taken because some man at Macey's came up to us and tickled her...she cried...then as he was walking away he asked if she was a boy or girl!? Really buddy? Not enough pink? He was older, but still...people are weird

Jade and I went up Monday morning to visit Sharice, Gregg, Luke and my Mom. And she was being pretty cute so of course I had to snap some pics!

Luke is soo dang cute and is just the best little baby!! It was nice to spend some time with them!

It is so good to see Sharice at home now and with her little man!! She is slowly but surely getting better and we are all counting our blessings everyday for that.

10 month photo shoot:)

This was so funny! She thought her shadow was so funny

Can't forget some photos of our little Marley and Jovi

I don't even know where to start with this post...so many emotions!! First of all I'm so thankful for our Lord and Savior and all his tender mercies, and for family!
My sister Sharice had her beautiful, perfect, healthy baby boy Luke on Dec. 30. She went in for a scheduled induction because she was 8 days over due and things were progressing great. She was only dilated to an 8 when Luke's heart rate dropped. They did an emergency C-section and had him out in 2-3 minutes!!! Incredible!
It turns out Sharice had a very rare occurrence called an amniotic fluid embolism (google it...it's crazy). Basically, amniotic fluid enters the blood stream and triggers an allergic reaction that usually results in heart and lung collapse. The fatality rate is incredibly high. They caught it right away and she was life flighted to IMC in Murray and later had another surgery to remove blood from her abdomen and spent several days in the ICU. It was definitely a close call and a horrible few days, but thankfully, Sharice has miraculously survived and is expected to make a full recovery!!. It is truly a miracle, blessing, an answer to a lot of people's prayers. She is so strong and is taking everything in stride. It has now been a week and slowly but surely, she is making improvements and hoping to be released from the hospital to meet her little baby and be home sometime this week?.?.
Sharice, I love you sooo much and am so proud of the fighter you are. I can't explain the life lessons you have taught me this week. You are such a beautiful and amazing woman and mother. I can't wait for you to be able to hold and be home with your sweet Luke. And Gregg is an amazing example of love and support as a husband. And it has been awesome to see the love, support and charity of both my parents and Gregg's parents to help take care of Sharice and Luke.
Congratulations on your baby boy~