i love that he is in love…

that he told me he was ironing his best “blue” shirt the day before we had her so that it would be the first thing she saw him in…

that he wants to learn how to do everything to take care of her…

that i have to stop him from waking her up so that he can hold her…

i just love it…

who would have thunk it.

her name is stella and she is freakin’ amazingly cute…and all on my first try. we just can’t get enough of her…

we are all doing so good…and i can’t wait to start scrap attacking her!

Today is the day! We won’t be posting much other than photos. You’ll be able to find them here when their posted:http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768649@N06/

-Paul

Can you believe it is already June…Holy Hannah!! I personally think it is a great month to have a baby named Stella Lynn. Here is the pages for next week…June 9th & 10th…Plus i finally got the splish splash page from 2 months ago…(printed paper finally came in.) first three are included in the class…and then the last 3 are the extra semi kitted pages. We are doing the new glazed cardstock, embossing/bordering punchers and the distresser. Hope to see you there. Just need your basics.

peace out! heidi lynn

so i was stressing about all the stuff i have to do before our miss stella gets here…lets be honest…freaking out about the unknown…and the boy named paul reminded me how since we got through my jaw surgery…we could get through anything…then i remembered it has been exactly 1 year since i broke my face…so i went through my pictures and my posts…and i can’t believe how far i have come…so here is a little trip through my memory lane. (this is kinda of long…but i really wanted it recorded so that i won’t forget it…it was so challanging but so rewarding at the same time. Heavenly Father seriously knows what’s up for each of us.)

this i me 2.5 years ago…if you look closely you can see my small square teeth, my really gummy smile,and that my teeth are not centered with the rest of my face…in reality my jaw was off balance 1.5 inches combined…giving my the most awful headaches and migraines…(i hadn’t chewed gum in 4 years because it just hurt.) + my doctor said i was going to loose my teeth because the way i was breathing because i couldn’t close my mouth ( i was killing all my gum tissue.)

Here i am after my first surgery, a double gum graph and gum removal on 13 of my teeth. They took about .5″ of length off my front teeth. Look at the difference…believe me i was smiling the exact same way. It was a week of liquids…not too bad…

then came the big one…the morning of the surgery i remember being so scared that they could get an IV in me…they had to give me something to chill out. my boy named paul was with me holding my hand and being my rock,,,man i love that boy. Here i am 2 hours after surgery. i was so out of it…i just remember going in and out…waking up because it felt like my face was on fire, and knowing that my paulie, my parents, paul’s mom were there…trying to talk to me. i learned that dr master took both jaws completely out of my face sawed off 7mm off the top realigned a screwed it back in, then took a total of 1/2″ from the width of my bottom jaw and realigned and then 1/2″ out of my chin so i would look like big chin jay. I was under 5.5 hours for this. the day after he came in and pricked my with a needle all over my face to check if i had lost any of my feeling of face…i had all feeling…though i was numb in spots until about 3 months after my surgery.

i was so excited to go home and not be in that hospital anymore. i had lost so much blood, i couldn’t stand, walk or anything. i lived on a couch for 4 weeks. i hated that i had to have everything done for me…i couldn’t got to the bathroom or shower by myself for 3 weeks. sleeping was impossible. i had to sleep sitting up becuase i couldn’t put pressure on any part of my face…and i would wake up every 2 hours because it hurt so bad…trying to force 5 oz of ensure down so i could take my pain meds. Paulie was amazing…never complaining and telling me i was pretty even though my lips looked like balloon animals and my face looked like a beach ball. I have always known he loved me…but the 3 months after my surgery he def. proved it.

i was so scared the first day when paulie went back to work all day…but he thought of everything…i had my station right next to me that would last the whole day…(i was lucky to get 300 calories down a day) i had so much support it was amazing…my family and friends were there every step…coming just to keep me company so i wouldn’t loose my mind.

everything i ate had to be able to go through this guy…for 19 days…then i got to eat things like pudding and apple sauce…and oh and yummy mashed potatoes. i didn’t have solid food for 5 weeks…i lost 30 lbs through the whole thing.

7 weeks later this is as big has my smile could get…i had to retrain my face muscles to do everything. i was feeling way better then…

here i am 4 months later and feeling amazing…i can eat…i can sleep…doctors said i healed so fast. wow look how long my hair was…

a year later…i haven’t had headache since, i feel so good, and blessed…and i can honestly say that it was so worth it. i still have people think i am my sister or not even know who i am…i can’t wait to hear what my children will say when they are old enough to realize that i don’t look the same as i did.

what a crazy year…hopefully this next year won’t be as insane..but have just as many blessings…thanks to all who supported me this past year…you are amazing! peace friends! heidi lynn

so i have started a little side business for making custom big pages to hang up as home decor. I make them  so all you need to do is add pictures…i can make them to match your house, kids bedroom’s, or as a gift. you can provide the frame or i can get you one…i think it adds a personal touch to your house. i also have some premade ones for sale at Scrapbooks Etc. here is some that i have made so far….

it is a 16×20 and you just add 4×6 photos of each one of your kids…

20×20’s to put in your baby’s room

here is one a cute friend ordered for her daughter’s room…

so super fun…

oh and here is a photo of my 87 year old grandad and nixon. grandad has a way with babies he sings and rocks them to sleep…so cute. i love this picture.

peace friends heidi lynn

1 i am totally stoked to say…the boy named paul got some games accepted by Apple to be sold on itunes. one is up now called swatter…a fly swatting game…you know kill the flies…anywho…if you have an ipod touch or the iphone you can go to the app store and buy his game for $.99…every time somebody buys it we get $.70. so you know spread the word.

2 totally t is next week (may 12th & 13th,) here are the layouts. we are learning the invisible chipboard/stickers, tiny attacher, & giant masks…sounds fabulous…you should probably sign up. 1st 3 1st page is included in class….the others are extras…please bring your basics + stitchez stuff.

3 aren’t these so cute…grandma susie got them for stella (among other fabulous things) and i can’t stop looking at them.

peace friends…heidi lynn

so yesterday i went and registered and baby’s r us and target…soooo fun…i love picking out the cuteness for miss stella. my mom and haley lou went with me and together we had a blast scanning and looking at all the way cool things they have for babies these days. baby’s r us had way more of a selection and cooler stuff, they even have a benefit program for registering with them. i get a little store credit for everything people buy off my registry…smart business in my humble opinion. though return policies are getting stricter and stricter…to return anything at both places people have to had scanned it on my registry or given a gift receipt. seems kinda strict when you are dealing with other people buying you stuff. now i know i will give gift receipts for all showers i attend.

also the boy named paul and i went and did a 3D ultrasound…it was amazing!! we can already tell that she has chunky cheeks and paulie’s bow shaped lips…love it!! here is one of my fave shots.

it was also nice that she confirmed for second time that she is a chick…just don’t want to have to take anything back…whew! we also have her little movies of her on a dvd..it has her rubbing her face, squirming and even opening and closing her eyes..(kinda creepy, but still cool.) don’t worry 2 more months and our stella bella will be here. peace friends heidi lynn

so my friend theresa makes this amazing bracelets and necklaces…look what she just made in time to match easter dresses…so so cute!! she has finished ones for sale at Scrapbooks Etc….don’t worry i already ordered stella a bracelet.

remember scrapbooks Etc. is having a YARD SALE tomorrow (april 4th.) Great stuff for a great price!

peace friends heidi lynn

every time i go to my doctor appointments i get even more excited to get miss stella lynn…can’t wait…can’t wait!! and even more fun…the boy named paul can’t wait. he went shopping by himself and bought these for our girl on one of his geeky websites. i love that he is so into her already.

kinda funny…but still way cute. it is so hard not to buy everything in the world for her…so far this is one of my faves…so so cute..now i just have to make sure i have matching bow and such for her.

i am doing good…getting more and more large and in charge everyday…stella is already a good dancer kicking me in the gut and all.

just 12 more weeks…peace friends heidi lynn