the last 2 1/2 months wow time is flying by!!!!

ok wow where is the time going i swear im the worst blogger but dont worry ppl i will overload you with pick!!
heres the babes room

heres the babe in action

heres the babe chillin

heres the babe naky

heres the babe in pirate

heres the babe smily

heres me and my baby

heres the babe sleeping

Hes about 11 lbs and 24 inches he starting to smile and it melts our hearts!!! um he loves being held all the time...i mean all the time. He loves getting out of the house and driving, he loves loves loves bath time!!he obsessed with his binky!! hes colicky but were getting through it, work for me and school for jay trading off with the boogie man has been interesting but i think were starting to get into a routine! Thank goodness he really puts us in our place he hates bad music and any movie that isnt bringing the spirit he crys! he loves church and also loves the ladies he already has a girlfriend ashley he totally smiles at her and not me!!! anyway we love him so much and he really brings so much joy to our family hes a very sweet spirit and loved to be loved!!


Other events were me and jays 1 yr. anniversary we celebrated with blink 182 concert! it was so fun and it was good to get out of the house just us ..weird but good!we ate cheescake and went wild at the concert!

on our actual day the 11th we went and had dinner at the roof in slc it was such good food the best part was that we had met a couple and talke with them for about 20 min at the end of our dinner when the waitress came she told us that they had taken care of our whole bill!! what a blessing i 
know the lord 
was watching out for us it was awsome! thanks annie and david:)

another fun thing we did was go to our good friend lindsey wedding we had fun dancing with eachother and hanging with friends and new  family i had never met boogie was so good that day he always puts on a good show for other ppl who think hes an angel.....

when sometimes he acts like this...

YIKES !!!

hopefully i will be better at more recent updates but we love our boogie and cant imagine life with out this perfect lil man oh and one more thing he also inherited this from me...

Rusty is here!!!!!!!!!

 RUSTY'S FINALLY MADE HIS GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD!!!!!


Well are lil rustys man is here and he is the most precious thing ever!! Me and baby are doing very well after a very short very intense labor!! Im still alive I cant believe its already been 5 days ....Don't feel left out I havnt talked to any of you yet  I felt like death till today!!We are so in love and very blessed!! Heavenly Fathers plan is amazing and families really are for forever and this experience has made that even more of a reality of the plan of salvation! We are soooooo stoked on our lil man!!




THE STORY:

Well It all began about the 11th I had braxton hicks and cramps for about a day and the next day I lost my plug I knew it was coming close ...but every one and there mother told me" in your dreams every one on there first baby goes late" But I knew my body and also knew that my mom and sister also had fast labors so that day I ended up sleeping all day long(GOOD THING). That night at about 4 o Clock I was having a dream ..the dream was me my mom, dad ,my brother and sister and Jay were all playing at the beach we were all in the water playing in the waves, I was walking the edge of the water and told everybody they needed to get out!! My mom said she was having to much fun then a huge tsunami wave came and my mom told every one to run back in the water to duck dive the tsunami wave haha so we did and all got plastered we all came up and then all of a sudden I woke up and my water broke instantly! I don't mean just a lil bit of water It was like the whole thing so i tried to stay calm ......jay took some sleeping pills that night and had ear plugs in and was so out of it....so I Gently rubbed his arm and said honey my water broke ...He said what..I said my water broke He popped up and yelled"what theres water in the bed!" I said no my water broke! so he jumped out of bed I called my midwife she sounded half asleep she told me i should stay home because first time labors last for hours she said i could come in but expect to go back home...Well I knew my body and I told her we were coming in to be safe ..so we took showers jay gave me a blessing and we got are bags and left its a 45 min drive to salt lake and my contractions were starting to become very intense!! We got there and I was admitted they were asking me all sorts of questions and trying to give me Iv because i had an infections so i needed pencillin so rusty wouldnt get it they kept telling us our midwife was on her way it felt like an eternity my contractions were getting even stronger and right on top of each other. She finally came and clarified my water did break well DUHHHHHH and so they said we could go into our room. From the start we had decided I wouldn't have an epidural so we had learned some techniques at our class we went to. I instantly Got into a hot tub...I pretty much moaned through my contractions to get through them I maybe had 30 seconds to 45 second break in between my contractions jay was a great coach he would rub my back through them I couldn't look or talk to anyone I started to  moan extremely loud and they were starting to get unbearable ..so my midwife said she would check to see where I was at after an hour in the tub she checked me and I was at a 9!!! thank goodness I still was getting no breaks and felt a strong urge to push!! she said why don't we get you on the bed..and that it was a good thing we came in ....UH YEAH HELLO ......so I got onto the bed and she said I could start pushing through my contractions .I really cant describe the feeling of pushing...ITS JUST KNARLY!! through the contractions all i can say is that I don't think you can say your a women until you have given birth !!!!!!!!! through each contraction I would push I was pushing as hard as I could there was a lil piece of cervix around his head so she massaged it till his head was completely uncovered I pushed and pushed I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere ...I pushed so hard that I popped blood vessels in my eyes and broke a capillary in my nose one of my pushes blood just shot out from my nose all over my stomach.When they say the savior bled from every poor ...I now know it can truly happen I was pushing so hard that every poor in my face broke open so if you can notice in my picture my face is a lil purple thats why I have all these purple dots all over my face ...I really cant understand these chicks who have the pictures looking so pretty with there babies in the hospital...ahah that def not me! anyway, my contractions would stop and i would have to push after through no contractions they finally said his head was coming!!!!!! jay was so encouraging and i just kept on apologizing to the nurses for sounding like a wounded cow that was dying...thats really what i sounded like, I was so in the zone that there was just one thing on my mind GET HIM OUT..I started to cry a lil bit, I had been pushing so hard that my eyes were swelling shut......finally after an hour he was on my chest!!!!!!! It was the most surreal feeling ever I felt so much releif it was finally over and it was still only 8:20 in the morning!!! praise to all you women who are in labors for 20 hours barffffff ! I could barley see him cuz my eyes were so swollen but I felt like the luckiest girl in the world!!....Lil rusty man is such a lil mumchkin head he def looks like daddy(lots of dark hair) but has my lips and my fat cheeks and I think my eyes there BLUE now and hopefully they wont change!!! OUr family has been awesome I have had so much help I don't know what il do without them or how ppl have a newborn with multiple children its a full time job....breast feeding is an interesting thing I feel like I instantly got a double D boob job I walk around all day with no shirt on cuz i literally cant have anything touch them ouch this hurts but I love that im giving my baby the nutrients he needs.....its a really cool feeling and its so instinctive for them It was so crazy that rusty could feed only 15 min after he cam out!!All I can say is womens bodies are truly amazing and I wouldn't want it any other way ...I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!!!

this picture was us so bored waiting to be checkout out of the hospital we rapped up in jay in a burrito too...well maybe you had to be there we were laughing so hard.

Time to go home!!!!!


I will try to keep you posted......My blog might just turn into rustys blog...I never thought i would be one of those moms who takes and posts so many pictures of there baby....hahaha But I completely understand now every picture looks different to you but the same for everyone else! you just want to capyure each moment!!!

TO: MY RUSTY BOY

So I have been working on this painting for about a week now and I finally got it finished!! Its for rusty. As you all know I love Pirate ships and I actually saw this picture in urban outfitters and I reinacted it lexy style;) I hope you like it Rusty! I love you.
(Rusty's room is whale and pirate theme..I will put Pictures up when his room is all finished.)

(it says Rusty)

 (the whole thing)

our life is crazy....and about to get crazier!!!

(this was at the tabernacle last week where we were able to hear the choir..it was amazing)


Well where  do I even Begin??? If I was better at updating I wouldn't have to fit so much in in one blog!! So Im going on my 34th week and me and jay are definatley feeling are nerves.....for so long It didn't seem like lil rusty was really coming, But my doctor informed me that from working so much Im starting to dilate and thin out already I was supposed to take more time to rest but are lives have been so crazy that I havnt had time to relax and let rusty grow ....My last doctors apt rusty didn't get bigger and I had lost some weight so with preterm labor signs are anxiety has shot out the roof! We moved to a new apt in draper it has two bedrooms and rusty has his own room now are apt is a lot bigger and in a great neighborhood! We have an awesome trail which we have only gotten to walk once together and are ward is full of great members who are eager to love and serve us we feel really blessed. Jay started school two weeks ago and is trying to get back in the swing of things from having a two month break. All my clients have seem to come all at once so I have been working a lot. Trying to get are new place set up hanging with friends for birthday dinners, and date nights while being in a new environment. The stress of the baby that could really come at any time and the other ordinary everyday life has made life interesting and stressful! I understand why we always have general conference talks on slowing are life down so we have time to hear and feel the spirit to help us! My grandma hannah honey passed away this week and my parents will be driving up to have a burrial in logan ut where she will get to be next to the love of her life bill!! Im so excited for her she will be missed but much happier on the other side being able to watch out for us and help our family through lifes trials. She was a really faithful women and she wanted me to have her ctr ring which she wore everyday on her pinky finger...It made me feel special and I hope I will be able to carry some of her faith with me as we bring a new baby into our family and add a whole new feel of stress of learning how to take care of our lil spirit and the pressure to teach him faith in the gospel!I have been thankful for prayer in the last couple of weeks ,It has given are family faith to press forward in faith not fear.Im sure me and Jay will be ok just like other new newlyweds that have babies in the mix of school and work we will figure it out with the lord! Hopefully Rusty will say in a lil longer so he can get real chunky!!


There was one day last week were we were able to blow steam and finally have a pool day with friends and food!!heres some pics of the day

Friends

Laying out essentials

Fun

Girl talk

My sexy babys daddy

Food

And cant forget philly!
Till next time love lexy and baby rus rus!

Baby MOOOOOOOON

So me and jay finally got to go home to california!!!! It was the best week of our lifessssss!!! It was are baby moon! It was so nice to get away from work and school and cold......Since we never got a honey moon and baby rusty will be here in 10 weeks we needed to have a lil get away something that probably wont happen just the two of us till were in our 40's ...hopefully not that long but you never know..and we got to FLY. When the flight attendant got on and said we were descending I was like are you serious that was soooo short we would have barely been outside Nephi if driving. We were clearly loving life we got off the plane in long beach....sunny  Praise the lord ahhhh it felt so good !! Jays grandparents who are amazing ppl picked us up and took us to a hardy breakfast we had many of those that week!! we spent the week at his aunts and uncles house in whittier they have a sick house with a pool.....even with a lil bit of a burn still you know I was laying out every chance I got!! The sun Gods really shined on us that week every time we went to the beach It was warm sunny and beautiful the water didn't feel that bad either!!!

We miss the ocean sooooo much one day we will live here again till then we have to be grateful for these short moments by the seashore:)

We ate a lot of food including our favorite spots in soca mosuns sushi and padros mexican food  ..yummmmmm we spent time just being lazy and watching TV. I did hair and saw some of my favorite ppl. I had a baby shower and seriously got HOOKED up Rusty is one lucky boy i felt so loved a lot of my favorite family and friends were able to come we had to take a whole suitcase just of clothes for him ...he's so spoiled already!

He is gonna be one cute lil Pirate Thank You everyone who got us stuff your all awesome!!!
Heres some other pics from my pirate baby shower bely and all

 Gosh I miss my mom we def didn't get enough time with each other I only saw her during the weekend she such an inspiration to me. Right now she is taking care of my grandma who had dimentia and its hard ..Im glad she got a break and that she was able to spend it with me

Jay is such an amazing husband he has really taken care of me through my pregnancy ......he is gonna be the best daddy to rusty he was is so excited to be a dad and that helps calm my nerves cuz i know he will help out as much as he can ...I love you J and I loved our baby moon!!

Welp Its back to the realworld doc appts, work,school, and moving on sat, its gonna be crazy busy till rusty gets here ...YAY for baby moons till next time see ya soon
Love levy and Rusty

THE BEST DAY EVER TURNED INTO MY WORST NIGHTMARE

HELLO
 So I have a pretty funny/sad story those who all know me know I love the sun and I can be a lil tanerxic. Although I now live in utah ....my skin has gotten disgustingly white (yuck), apparently I have been in denial and thought I was a little tanner than what I was.The only sunny day that has really come aound here it was probe 70 degrees and I wasn't gonna pass this opportunity up!!!! so i took me and my pregnant belly down to our pool without sunscreen who needs it right I mean I tan so well and have olive skin "who needs it I thought".  Gosh it was soooooo nice the warm sun touching my body I laid out read magazines dozed off I was in Heaven I could clearly see a Tan line so  I was stoked!!! It felt like the best day of my life!  Jay picked me up and i came home I took off my romper ......Jaw drops "babe you are soooo red" no way I thought maybe a lil pink .Oh NO I was RED, RED as in  REEDDDD! omg the burn instantly came all over the front of my body obviously I couldn't turn over the whole time just the front of me . As the hours passed my red got redder and my skin felt like it was literally on fire . All the years this skin has seem some damage but never like this my friend brought over some can of burn spray it helped a lil i was soo restless that night we put an ice pak on my belly luckily my back side was completely normal ha. After 3 home remedies of a vinegar oatmeal bath, a call in panic to my midwife thinking i was frying lil rusty inside ,days of being so uncomftorable.and a week of peeling im fine:)

.......But this clearly tells me sunscreen can never hurt you

Belly and Boogers

Ok these are sorta awkward pictures...but lets be honest who likes taking these fat belly picture anyways??? I know I don't! But I have had many complaints about how I have not posted any yet...So heres a couple Im waiting for jay to get home Im trying really hard not to eat the dinner I made..Im trying to wait for him to get home but I feel like gnawing at this table Im so hungary!! So im trying to keep myself occupied by blogging, or else I would have had him take the pictures!. So Im 26 weeks already YAY one more week and I will be in my 3rd trimester already yesssssssssss! I will not lie this last trimester.... semester...quarter whatever you want to call it..the last 12 weeks have went by pretty slow..barf but I feel time kicking in high gear now thank goodness!! Were so excited for rusty to come he's been doing lots of summersaults lately...I try to tell him to take it easy but Jay keeps telling me how I shouldn't encourage him to be lazy and that he needs to train in his liquid gym! If this kid has half the energy that jay does I fear im  in big big trouble!!! Any ways besides all his movements I feel great ! Just working , and trying to work out. I've resorted to doing p90x leg workouts because something funky is going on with my thighs.......fat!!!!! yuck so im trying to work it off! the elliptical was just not cutting it. I know it does seem a lil extreme but Im quite paranoid I feel like my legs were my one good feature .......I think rusty likes it when I do p90x he really gets a move on in there!!!

Here's one more shot

I also have one more exciting announcement .......I got a new car and its a very classy G ride ..It even has cromed out wheels!!! and it also was for FREE.99!!!! yup thats right jays awesome amazing grandparents who we love so much even drove it all the way hear from arizona... bless there sweet spirits!! while they were here took us on a nice fish dinner to the market place grill and gave me money so I could buy my first pair of maternity pants haulelulyaaaa!!!!!!!There grrrrreat I think I wanna get some for even after I have rusty!! Also forever 21 has a maternity line now and it is awesome I got my closet all stocked up!!!   Anyway back to my car it's even got a beep beep button that locks the car automatically!!!! Its green so we call it the boogie!! I love it!!!! and theres even a cd player "holler back son ooooooh ohhhhhhhhh" Don't worry I know your all wondering what it looks like ...I got   a picture for you right here.........

Nothing like a mercury sable!!! I know our lives have been richly blessed....seriously!!!   whelp until next time thanks for reading!
Love lex and lil rus russ