More Christmas

Yay!!! for the bumbo. We put him in and he smiled right away! He loves it!

Nixon is getting better at holding up his head

Stretchin those hammies

Lang loves Auntie's (Jenn's) new running shoes:)

Jenn and Nixon ready to open all of Nixon's gifts. Nixon looks preturbed.:)

Pretty Lang. She loved the singing puppy(Dallas' white elephant present)

Everyone is waiting for Uncle Joey

After the opening. Theres the mess.

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas!

HAppY CHriStMas EveRyOne

And that it was for us Clonts. Though I think Christmas went by WAY too fast. This Christmas we spent enjoy Nixon and all parents do. I even sacrificed my Christmas money gladly to buy Nixon some fun toys:) We spent the days leading up to Christmas enjoying some fun. Nixon got a stocking which he will pass on to his sisters and brothers (should we be so lucky:)), we watched A Charlie Brown Christmas and just spent good quality time as a family.  Christmas morning was so fun and Christmas eve too:) Nixon got so many things. He is definitely a spoiled boy and its so much fun to spoil him. The smile he gets is worth more than every penny I have ever spent:) He is the best present I could ever receive.

life in pictures

Filling out blessing papers. Nixon has a name:)
Sleeping before church
 Our first Thanksgiving
We were sick:(

Pirates don't need kisses!

Happy Halloween! Arrrg!

Halloween came and went so fast I feel. But we didnt let it slide by with out dressing Nixon up for his first Halloween:) I have been excited to dress him up since he was born. I decided that a pirate would be fitting and fun:) Since birth Nixon messes around and will always have one eye more closed than the other, The first weekend in the hospital we called him a drunken sailor b/c along with the eye he had high pitch mouse hiccups. 

So a pirate it was...it was more scary. The outfit turned out great:) I am impressed with my creative thinking. He also never fussed with  the patch not even when Daddy wanted him to wear it for pictures. He did great and looked so cute/funny:) Great first Halloween as a little family:)

6 weeks and more;)

So Nixon is now 6 weeks and makin his way to 7. Its crazy! And going by so fast. He is getting so big. As of 4 weeks Nixon was already 10lbs so I'm sure he is at least 11lbs now. He is such a good baby. He cries when he want food has a wet or way messy diaper or when he just wants to be held.(this is a lot:)) He is a very cuddley baby and he knows when he is alone and doesnt like it. I chalk it up to him being so tight in my belly. He was really packed in bc he was normal sized and I always measure small. He is just used to nuzzlin his mama. 

At 6 weeks he is now cooing and makin all kinds of other noises. He likes to yell a lot. Not a cry, a yell. He will just sit there and yell at things. His cries however are changing everday. He now has tears when he cries...heartbreaking! He can also hold his pretty well and likes to scoot everywhere when he is on his belly. He works out with his daddy and spits up on mommy. I am so amused how daddy always gets the fun and mom gets the mess. 

He is just a cute amazing little man. Enjoy the pics above:) There are so many more!

Nixon Trenton Clonts

Here He Is!

Sorry to anyone checkin this thing for news. Hopefully you all have heard by now bc tomorrow is 4 weeks!!!! And Sunday is a month!!! Our sweet baby boy is here!!! He made his grand entrance at 6:44pm Sept. 11, 2009(could he choose any other day!). 

Nixon Trenton came 5 days before his due date and surprised a sad mommy. (I was hoping he would come Sept 9th bc it would be an awesome bday and bc I had a feeling that he would come. ) On the 9th I had my 39wk appt and nothing had changed from the week before. So she scrapped membranes and said she was at the hospital delivering the next day and to come see her. Well the 10th came and went with no baby. Some contractions but no regularity or pain. Needless to say I was depressed, so I stayed at work and just distracted myself. I got everything done. Little did I know this was my nesting surge. That night was like any other. Took a shower, ate dinner, watched some tv, dreaded finding something to wear the next day (bc I was so big), read some and fell asleep. THEN at around 4:55 I woke up with some pain. Then it went away. 3 mins later it came back. I got up and drank 2 full glasses of H20 and walked around. Pain was still coming 3 mins apart. There was no way this was real is what kept rolling through my head. I googled contractions and I seemed to be having them. So I called the sister who is a nurse. She said to go to triage. It was now 6:30 still 3mins apart. So I finally woke up Dallas who had to get up for work anyway and said that I think we are having a baby. I called into work and then Dallas and I debated him going to work. ( I still didnt think it was real). As we were talking I cried through one painful contraction and he said k im staying home. He then sat and timed my contractions while I did my make up ( i know very vain and very funny, what else was i going to do?). After an hour of contractions 2 to 3 mins apart he said ok i think we need to go. It was now 8am. So I called triage described my symptoms and they said uh yeah you need to come in. So I ate some cereal, packed up and we headed to the hospital(still 2 mins apart. for those who dont know thats pretty bad). They checked us in at triage at 9:30 and monitored me and let me sit there forever!!! I was hot and hurting by then. But they did have plans to admit me, my doc was just in emergency surgery. So at about 11am I was admitted. I continued to contract until 3pm. (ugh) Then after a walk and an exercise ball(bad choice, made it worse) I decided to finally get the epidural. Oh my I love love love epidurals!!!! It was the best thing EVER! I was so warm and toasty and couldnt feel a thing!!!  After the epi I progressed fast and painlessly and at 6:15pm we started pushing. (It was so weird bc I felt great!) We pushed for 30 mins and tada!! He was out!! Amazing! He was 7lbs 5oz, 20 3/4in, long and skinny with big hands and feet.(basketball player:)) It was funny how easy it was, I was very lucky:)

Afterwards Mr. grunty Nixon visited the NICU with Daddy and Auntie Jess(who was working up there that day) to get his lungs cleared. Meanwhile I visited with the fam. Nixon had to be monitored for a bit so I had some dinner got cleaned up and to my big room(I had an awesome hook up) and in wheeled my baby boy with Daddy and Auntie!!! It was precious to say the least!

We spent the next 2 days at the hospital and on sunday took home a perfect baby boy. Over this past month life has changed drastically (partly due to my hormones:)) My little man is getting big and is very strong!!! He has his days and nights flip flopped(so mom tired some dark eyes)  but besides that he is perfect.  We are learning a lot. Can't wait for everyone to meet him!! 

Still Blonde

So thanks for the opinions on my locks. I am pretty foxy with brown hair...but I stayed blonde. 

Its a lighter blonde with a dark peek a boo underneath. Looks pretty good and I have a little of both blonde and brown. 

As much as I love the brown:( I think I cant beat the blonde. (take a look at my arm hair!) anywhos it looks good. But I think I will always struggle with the decision.

No Fun in the Sun

So obviously this is not me, but uh doesnt it look so wonderful! 

I wish I was in that very spot every day (looking that good too wouldn't hurt),

Well being that relaxed was the idea I had a couple of days ago. So I live in AZ its hot right, duh. Its the middle of summer and I finally found a pool to spend a few minutes in and lay by. My goodness it felt so good. So relaxing. I could almost imagine my self on the beach in Oahu again. Mmmmmm.

Until....I got home.  

I had only been out for about 45 minutes and in the water most of the time. Of course I would get out and lay by the pool to get a little sun. I got maybe 15 minutes of direct sunlight. 

Now normally this amount of time would only enhance the freckles on my face and shoulders. But apparently when you're preggers hormone increase and the lack of time in the sun takes its toll. I am so red! and so mad! 

I usually wouldnt get this red unless I was laying out directly for an hour, no water trips. But unfortunately I underestimated the whiteness of my skin. As some of you know my mom is hispanic, however I got non of it really. I have the german coloring from her side and the english whiteness from my dad. Which equals...really really white. 

Needless to say I am taking it easy, No gym:( no anything really. Just lots of time being a pregnant lobster. 

And no worries no harm done to Mr. Nixon. He is still rollin around and kickin up a storm. Though he does really like it when daddy puts ice cold hands on my belly.

Dad loves it too:)

   

Blonde vs. Brunette

So my dilemma of all dilemmas, blonde or brunette?? Last year I went to the dark side. At first it was not good. It was dark. And by dark we're talking black. It had to be that way I guess because of the drastic change from blonde to brown. Buuut after a while it looked good! Really good. I loved it! Buuut after a month maybe longer my roots came in and what do you know, the dark roots that came in when I was a blonde were now coming in blonde as a brunette. I cant win. Still I kept it dark. Then after a while I went back to blonde only because everyone said my blonde roots looked to funny and b/c I had been a blonde my whole life and people were having separation issues. 

Soooo here is my issue, what do I do? Stay blonde or go dark again? What looks better? Please give me your opinion!!! Dallas says either but he likes me blonde...for the most part. How do I make a decision based off of that? So opinions please!

Exercising and Pregnancy

Ok. For any of you who really know me know that I have separation issues with the gym. So when contemplating pregnancy, I always thought that I would appreciate the "break" from the gym. Well now that there is a bun in the oven its a negative on my appreciation of a break. I have found that I miss the gym and long for my hard core runs and sweat sessions. Don't get me wrong I am still there about 4 times a week. But even those days that I take off are not great. I just don't feel as good on the days I don't go, as the days I do.  

Well, as much as I love it, working out is getting harder. (you can imagine right) As Nixon gets bigger, I get more tired and not to mention sore. (Thanks relaxin). I truly admire those women who do triathlons while carrying a bundle of joy in their uterus. Im just hopin my gym addiction and good intentions will help me bounce back quick. (Dang you Ashlee Simpson) Cause this big belly thing is fun but, uncomfortable.

 Oh I love you gym!

As you can see, pregnancy to post baby, Ashlee looks amazing and I kinda love her look. I know she is Ashlee Simpson, not the coolest, but I love the hair and the effortless look. Oh if only I could pull of the hair and had a hollywood life:).

All New Stuff!!

It is now June and I have not updated this thing in quite sometime. Not that you all are just dying! But I don't know maybe some of you are. We will go with that. Since I last entered something A lot has changed, especially in the belly region. I have gotten pretty big. Not huge, but huge by my standards. I am not used to having a belly get in my way when I have to stand up, exercise, and basically in anything I do through out the day and night. Nixon is a big healthy boy. He is moving so much now and has found several ways to cause me pain. (the bladder punches, pushing my liver into my rib cage, and shoving himself in the bottom of my tummy, which he is currently doing now). He likes his daddy the most though and kick anytime he is near, But will stop the second Dallas puts his hand on my belly. I tell Dallas he is on his best behavior when dad is near. 

I am now 25 weeks and 4 days. So I'm getting there. I have tried to really start preparing for the actual birthing process, but I have found I cry at anything to do with labor. I know everything will be fine, it is just all so unreal and impossible to me. Dallas and I have registered  at Babies R Us and Pottery Barn Kids(for the nursery set, so cute. Plan to use it with all the kids). Dallas has spent countless hours researching car seats and strollers and I think we have decided on the Britax Chaperone.  Its brand new. We have been given several little outfits and books, But we are looking forward to our showers and any help we can get. 

In the middle of all this baby growing stuff Dallas and I are also moving in with his parents (Wayne and Jill) Yay! This is an attempt to pay off big ticket items we have and put more money away for a house. It is the best for the future:) (just repeat that to me anytime I have a melt down k). So needless to say we are busy folks. But very happy! Now if only I had a pool or an ocean.

Some of our favorite little things for Nixon so far.

(it would not turn horizontally sorry)

Mom's very pretty bag!(thanks Dallas:))

Daddy's Bag

Soooo I have decided to be brave and take pics of my belly just so ya'll can oogle at how big I am. Honestly, I feel huge and I think I look huge. But after taking these pics I looked at them and thought that I don' t look that big. But I put these pics in succession so its does look like I am getting bigger by the minute! Enjoy and don't make fun too much!