New Pictures and a Confession!

I love my little girl!!

Hey everybody, this is Tyson writing. It is Sunday the 3rd of February. Okay, I'm only going to make this confession becasue I know that probably the only people who will read this blog are a bunch of ladies.

Okay, here it goes.... On friday night, Kim and I watched We are Marshall, it's a true story about a college football team in the 70s that lost most of it's coaching staff, most of its players, and some boosters and fans in a plane crash. They were on their way back from an away game and crashed about a mile from the runway where they were supposed to land. One of the assistant coaches who was supposed to have flown with the team decided to drive home instead. I think that he had to do some recruiting or something. He was unable to reach his wife to let her know that he wouldn't be on the plane, so he called a neigbor and asked her to give his wife the message, but she didn't get it. So, when the plane crashed, everybody in the town heard about it and this coaches wife thought that her husband had been killed. Anyways, it showed her lying (lying or laying?? which is proper grammer) in bed that night alone weeping and then she heard a car pull up in the driveway so she ran outside and it was him, he was still alive and she thought that she had lost him.... I cried!!! It made me think of what it would be like to lose Kim and I just lost it. It was a true story okay, it wasn't fiction like You've Got Mail or Sleepless In Seattle or Return To Me, this actually happened, so give me a break. Just becasue I'm a guy doesn't mean I am void of emotion.

Kim and I watched the funeral of President Hinckley on Saturday. I'll miss seeing him at General Conference. He always reminded me of my Grandpa Higham who passed away a couple years ago. I was touched to see Mitt Romney(R) in attendence. Only three days before Super Tuesday he took the time to pay his respects when he sorely needed to be campaigning. Harry Reid(D) also attended. For those of you who don't know, he is the Senate Majority Leader.

This Picture is just for fun. I hope everyone likes my tan:) I wish that I had a picture to include with Kim but unfortunately, we don't seem to have any recent ones.

P.S. For any of you english majors out there, please inform me of any grammatical or punctuation errors.

Emily's eyes!

I just saw that my mom got some pictures at the hospital with Emily's eyes open- yay! I love her eyes! They are so sweet.

Picture crazy!

Here are a bunch of random pictures I've been meaning to post over the last several weeks, but never got around to it! Jeffrey absolutely loves to swing! As you can see from the look of exhilaration on his face :) He got so good at holding on to the swing all by himself while I pushed him- what a big boy!

I'm ready for my close up... :) Doesn't he look like a model here? These were taken at our family reunion on the 29th. Funny story...while at the reunion my sister and I were talking to my aunt, and she asked if I had ever had a c-section. We told her that none of the girls in our family had ever had one, and I expressed my desire to never go through that! Well...2 days later, what else should happen but I have an emergency c-section! Ironic, isn't it?

This is our cute little Christmas tree! We absolutely loved it- it was the perfect one for us. You'll notice the lack of ornaments. Well, they were up at one point (as you'll see in the next picture) but keeping them up with an 18 month old is practically impossible! So we decided it w ould be much easier to just not have any than to keep re-decorating the tree after Jeffrey would take them off...again and again and again!Even though he's not wearing any pants, I just thought this picture was so cute! I love how fascinated he was with the ornaments, I just wish he could have enjoyed them without removing them! lol

This was my tummy at 8 months

Jeffrey wanted to help clean up after our ward Christmas party. He is so strong! He pushed that cart across the gym with no help! One of his absolute favorite things in the world is to push things. Anything he can find! Including the bottom rack of our dishwasher! He pulls that out at least 3 or 4 times a day and pushes it around the house!

This was a really special moment because Jeffrey does not cuddle for very long. But one day I was resting on the couch and he just climbed up right next to me and fell asleep with me! He had never done that before! It was so cute.

This is the little terror after eating raviolis one day. I love how the sauce made a perfect goatee around his mouth! And look at those eyes! What a stud!

Here's another of baby Emily. One of these days we'll get some pictures with her eyes open!

Finally, baby and mommy in the hospital. I wore my new pink jammies in celebration of the sweet little girl!

Shoutout

Wow, can I just say...Thank goodness for nurses! The nurses that helped me at the hospital were all so awesome. They do everything! Including all the gross, awkward things that we wont talk about here. :)They see a lot and deal with a lot every day- and I am just so grateful! really admire all my friends who are going through nursing school right now, because its not a glamorous job! But definitely a worthwhile and appreciated one. I was talking to one of my nurses after I got out of recovery, and she was telling me the sometimes on her 12 hour shifts, she doesnt get to eat or go to the bathroom the whole time, but then she gets to do things like take care of my little baby in the nursery and its all worth it.
Thank you nurses!!

Baby and Daddy

Tyson loves this girl to death- he cant get enough! What an awesome daddy!

Emily Rose Higham

December 31st, 2007

5 lbs 12 oz, 18 1/2 in

Update

As Tyson said, we have a healthy happy baby at home with us now! Kind of a scary/exciting experience, but we're all home safe and sound. Being home is actually kind of frustrating for me because I'm not allowed to do anything! Usually I'd be ecstatic if Tyson told me I couldn't do the dishes, but I just feel so useless. I feel bad for Jeffrey too, I think he misses having me play with him and stuff. I'm just going to have to let go of the reins and let Tyson take over- which is really hard for me to do!
Jeffrey is going to be such a good big brother! He loves Emily- we've been teaching him how to be "soft" the last couple months, so now his favorite thing to do is pet her little head softly. He also loves giving her knuckles since her hands are always balled up in fists! He's even kissed her a couple times, and hasn't tried to kill her... yet!
I forgot how little sleep you get with a newborn. We've been pretty spoiled, Jeffrey sleeps for 12 hours at night so we dont usually wake up till 9 or 10 every morning. She woke me up 3 times last night! And I feel asleep with my head back on the couch each time. :)
She is such a darling little girl, it's hard not to be in love with her!
I had all these ideas of what to write, but now I cant think of any of them! So I guess thats all for now. Enjoy the pictures!