He's healthy!

If you all could see me right now you would laugh! I've got Jace in my left arm, Makenna sitting on my right leg, and I'm typing with my right hand! I guess I'm going to have to get used to this... I took Jace to the doctor today for his 2 week check up (2 weeks, 3 days), and the child weighs 9 lbs 6 oz. and is now 22 inches long! I'm so glad to know he is gaining weight cause when you are nursing you never really know for sure how much they are getting. No more worrying about that!! I have to admit it was nice to get out today, even though it was just to the doctor! I am not used to this hermit lifestyle, but at the same time the germ freak side of me wants to shut myself indoors for months! I had a hard enough time going to the doctor; I made Makenna use anti-bacterial every 2 minutes (I'm not kidding). Well enjoy the cute pics I took of my kids yesterday!

Photo Shoot!

Here is our sweet baby Jace. We have really enjoyed the last couple of weeks with him. My mom left on Wednesday so I'm on my own now, but it's not as overwhelming as I thought it would be... It's definitely a lot more work, but manageable. I am so in love with this boy- he's such a good baby. I think I'm really going to enjoy being a mommy of a little boy; I already feel such a bond to him. Well enjoy these pictures we took a couple days ago...

Jace Donavan is here!

Jace Donavan Lee was born on Saturday the 2nd at 12:02 PM. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz and 20 inches long. He was born after a 3-hour induced labor and 3 pushes! I'm not complaining! :) He's got lots of dark hair and the sweetest little cleft chin (that doesn't run in the family!) It has been really fun to see how Makenna would react, and she has been doing great with him. She loves to look at him and stroke his head and gives him lots and lots of kisses! I am happy she is doing well (knock on wood). I'm sure once grandma leaves and she doesn't get as much attention she might notice the change more. He has been such a blessing in our house. It is so special looking at his tiny body and knowing where he just came from. We are so happy he is here!

A Lee update

So I'm still picture-less since we can't find my camera... (Don't worry, if we have the baby we are borrowing my Sister-in-law's camera). BUmmer!! So, the news in our household is that we have been sick with the flu! I had a pretty mild case for most of the week, and Scott got it halfway through the week and has had it pretty bad. Now Makenna has been showing signs of a fever and I'm really nervous! I just hope this baby doesn't come anytime soon as I would hate to spread any germs to him... The latest on my pregnancy is that I am about 37 weeks, and 2-3 cm dilated. So that makes me nervous that he could make his grand entrance before we want him to! My mom will be here the 30th, so I'm really hoping to make it until then. Besides the fact that I'm nearing the end, I'm feeling pretty good still. It will definitely be nice when it's all over and we have a sweet little baby boy. Oh, and the name we decided on is Jayce Donavan. We will be sure to post pics when he arrives!

New Years Week

My family came to visit this week! It was so great. We loved having our first real company at our new house. We took them to Santa Fe which was f-f-freezing, but still awesome! My sisters wondered why all the houses looked like boxes... :) We also took them bowling at Isleta and it was a lot of fun, but I don't recommend bowling when you are 8 months pregnant! I had to give up halfway through the first game... wuss I know. haha. Then last night we took the tram up to the top of the Sandia mountains at sunset which was sooo beautiful! It was a great ending to their stay here in Albuquerque. We are going to miss them a lot!

No Christmas pics.... :(

So somehow I lost my camera at Scott's parent's house Christmas day... I'm so bummed!! Hopefully it will show up soon. So I have no pics of Christmas, but we had a great time! We spent Christmas Eve with the Bentleys and Scott's parents. Makenna was an angel in the nativity story and shouted "Peace on Earth!" hahaha. It was very cute. Christmas morning was very easygoing. We woke Makenna up at 8:30 (she was exhausted) and went out to the Christmas tree. She was amazed that she was actually allowed to open presents! She got spoiled and had a great morning playing with her toys. I will post pictures if I ever find my camera!

Big Bertha

Ok, so there isn't anything new going on here. We've had a pretty unexciting last couple of weeks just enjoying this holiday season. I am getting huge though! Here's a funny pic I took with Makenna last night!

We are leaving for Scott's parent's house today to spend Christmas with them. We hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas!

UPDATE!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have no excuse really. We are really enjoying our new house. We put up Christmas lights on our house which is so fun since it's our first year doing it! I think we were first on our block to put them up! Makenna has been getting sick a lot lately... YUCK. First she had the stomach flu which kept her up the entire night one night throwing up every 10 or so minutes! Then a week later she got Croup, which was also awful. So we are hoping to keep the germs away for a while so we can get back to normal! Here is what our little boy looks like these days...

He's getting so big! I can't believe I just have about 2 months left! We may have decided on a name for him... Jace Vandon. Jace because we like it, and Vandon is our dad's middle names combined. We will see though! We are both extremely undecided when it comes to names!

We bought Makenna a play gym for the backyard so she could actually play back there! All we have back there is a cement porch and dirt... we will be planting grass in the spring, but until then it gets pretty dirty having her play out there. Here she is playing on it...

We took a family drive up to the top of the Sandia mountains here in Albuquerque, and it was SO beautiful! Here are a couple of pics from that...

Yesterday we went up to Jemez national forest to find our Christmas tree! We went back up into this random area and found the most beautiful rocky mountains and waterfall. It was amazing. We ended up finding that there had been a fire pass through at some time so it was very hard to find a tree that wasn't burnt, but we did find one and I love it...

Then of course we decorated our tree. Makenna really liked putting up all the ornaments, and as you can see she is a pro... :) Well I think that pretty much sums up what we have been up to lately! Hopefully I will be better and not have to have a huge post like this again!

Halloween

This year our Halloween Festivities started out on Friday night. We had our ward trunk or treat party. Makenna had a blast saying "Truck or Treat" and receiving a piece of candy in return. Now that's a great trade off! She nibbled on some of the candy as she walked. It was adorable. Then on Halloween day, her friend Aryn had a Halloween party! They played games, decorated cookies, and made cute halloween crafts. That was also a blast. Then last night, we went trick or treating down the street with the Becks. The girls LOVED it! All the neighbors thought they were just the cutest little things... which they are, I'll admit it! One neighbor even wanted to take their picture! Now if Makenna wants some of her candy, she says, "Mom, trick or treat!"

The new Casa

We moved into our house last weekend. Everything's been great. I think we like our house even more now that we are in it! It's a great house for us. We couldn't be happier.

Oh, funny story. I was on the phone with the directTV lady trying to set everything up, and she says, "We have DirectTV in Mexico?!!" and I replied, "Umm no, actually it's New Mexico and we are a state in the US." She says, "Oh. What time zone are you in?!" Like we are in some other part of the world. So, just so you all know, we still live in the United States. :)