2012 {Recap!}

WOOOOO-WEEE!

2012 has been REALLY eventful. Full of fall ins, fall outs, ups, downs, and the event that took the crown.. Mr Baiden being born. So lets recap this roller-coaster year!

Going through all the albums on my computer has been quite the blast to the past, and quite the task trying to pick ONE event in that month, and pick ONE pic. So my only advice is to follow the links and read the whole blog post! (If there is a link)

(Disclaimer: My life is an open book. I post a lot of pics. Key people in my life are in a lot of my pics.The internet world notices when things in the personal life change, even if i didnt officially talk about it on my blog. So out of respect for those involved, ill give a brief statement, but lets not ask too many questions lol)

JANUARY

 January was my fitness/weight loss PEAK after struggling for so long (9 months) with my newly discovered disease (February 2011) hypothyroidism and finding my right dose.

FEBRUARY

:)  (Link to post--> HERE)

 Went to our first MMA fight.. and the fall in of our new best friends began :)

(link)

MARCH

 (link)

APRIL

 April was the month of reunited friendships!

After a full year of not talking to one of my best friends and Braylee's best friend from when they were in the womb.. the past was put behind us. (Preslie, Rylee, & Braylee--best friend babies sense the womb) 

 Also rekindled another best friendship this month. After about 5 months of not seeing some very special people, we reconciled. I was a very happy camper this month

MAY

 BOY! (link)

 Jeff Turned 24 (link)

JUNE

 I turned 23! (link part 1----link part 2)

Braylee turned 3! (link)

 SCARY. Almost lost the baby (LINK)

JULY

EPIC 4th of July Water slide/water fight (--->LINK<---- a="a">)

AUGUST

 Nikki's Bachlorette weekend in Vegas takes the cake this month! (link)

*Also...lost my best friend AGAIN around this time, and ANOTHER (yes 2 best friends)
*Grandpa passed away

SEPTEMBER

 Our best friends tie the knot! (i actually was the photographer for their wedding so head on over to the photography blog for pics! -->LINK<--- a="a">)

 BAIDEN ARRIVES A MONTH EARLY! (--->LINK<---- a="a">)

OCTOBER 

October was very chill, enjoying new baby :)

But here is our Halloween (link)

NOVEMBER

 Jeff and I celebrate FIVE year of marriage on November 10th!! (link to a deep post -->here)

DECEMBER

 Christmas was amazing this year!

(Christmas post --->here)

*Grandma (wife to Grandpa) passed away

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See what i mean! Crazy roller coaster year.
more ups then downs though for sure!

i lost 2 best friends, BUT gained (& rekindled) 2 best friends.

I know my life sounds dramatic in the friend department, but all i will say, is that i wasnt the one who threw the friendships away if you catch my drift. Im not going into detail, and please dont ask questions. But all i have to say, is that life gets the best of us sometimes. We are young, we make mistakes. Its sad to watch, but sometimes you just gotta let your loved ones have their time and know when to not let it bring you down. Ok, enough with that.

Getting pregnant after my miscarriage last year was amazing and i was so stoked for our new baby! My pregnancy was AMAZING! We had SO much fun this year with parks, camping, boating, bbq's, cabins adventures, concerts, carnivals, birthdays, holidays, HOLY CRAP! We met AMAZING friends this year who we have to thank for the rekindling, majority of the fun events, but most importantly, friends we can call family. People who would literally go to battle for us. Support us. Was there for me through hard times, Etc.

This was also the year for my photography business! I started photography the end of March of 2011. 2011 was my learning year, 2012 was my branching out and growth year! If you're interested in my work, head of over to my blog and follow it! :) http://chrissyannphotography.blogspot.com 
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So CHEERS to 2013!
I have a feeling its going to be even better then 2012

2 Months Of Phone Pics!

I knowwww. Its MONDAY! I should be doing my motivation mondays.. but i didint have time to make a video. So ill do it tomorrow :)

I used to see all these moms of new babies leave blogging for a while, and would always say they just dont have time, and id think "how do you not have time?? They sleep all the time!" Well

NOW i get it. HOLY busy! Granted im back to work doing pictures and am getting swamped with that.. but even when im not working.. WOW. HOLY busy!

ANYWAY..... Here is our month in phone pics.
(This is the end of September and all of October, minus Halloween)

Emergency Surgery After Delivery Story..

So we got released from the hospital on 9/25. I had a wedding to shoot that Friday on the 28th. Yes, you MIGHT think im crazy.. BUT i had Baiden 4 weeks early. I wasnt supposed to have a baby yet and i just could NOT bail. ESPECIALLY on a wedding! That is so so stressful to loose your photographer right before your wedding and have to find another one that you like, for the right price. ANYWAY.

So Friday comes, and literally, about an hour and a half before i need to leave.. BAM, most intense pain in the world come in my lower left pelvic region. I was DYING. It was so intense. It came in waves and kept getting more and more intense. I was bawling and couldnt even get up out of bed. I thought maybe my appendix burst but after googling it.. my appendix is not on my left side haha.

My husband Jeff was so concerned and got me heating pads etc. About 45 minutes before i had to leave, i finally i caved to my pain meds given to me from delivering Baiden. 30 minutes before i needed to leave i could finally get out of bed, and 20 minutes after that i was ready to go! THANK HEAVENS for my best friend Nikki who came to the wedding with me to help shoot and also drove me there sense im not supposed to drive with my pain meds. I felt fine but ya know, better safe then sorry. And thank HEAVENS for an amazing bride who was so understanding to my situation and me being 20 minutes late!

We shot the wedding, it was BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL couple, and i was completely pain free and had a great time shooting this amazing wedding.

The next morning (Saturday) i woke up and the pain was BACK, but on my right side this time. Jeff got the pain meds.. the pain went away for the entire day, didnt even think about it.

At about 7:30 that evening, the pain came back AGAIN and it was even worse then it had been. I called the on call O.B and he told me to go to the ER immediately because what i was experiencing was not normal. I kinda panicked. I didnt know what to do with my kids, and i ESPECIALLY didnt know what to do with my newborn who didnt sleep through the night and that i was trying to breast feed and was only a week old and had MAJOR separation anxiety over.

So i called my sister who lives like 5 minutes away, and she was fine taking the kids. I have amazing people in my life.

We got to the ER at about 8:30 or 9:00, and HOLY CRAP! It was PACKED. It was a full moon and EVERYONE in Utah decided to go the ER i guess. They were doing I.V's and Blood draws right there in the waiting area. Finally around 11:00pm i got my I.V, and at 11:30pm i got taken back for an ultrasound. During the ultrasound it was pretty obvious that the tech lady found something but she wasnt allowed to tell us.We went BACK to the waiting room, and around midnight, FINALLY  got taken back to be seen.

After the doc checked me and reviewed the ultrasound, it was decided that i had some placenta that didnt deliver after i had Baiden, and that i was going to need to be put under for an emergency D&C before it started to get infected. I was nervous to be put under but it had to be done.

If you dont know what a D&C is, basically they go up into your uterus, and scrape it all out. Lovely i know.

Anyway, the surgery went fast. I woke up, was moved to recovery, slept a little bit, went to go get the kids, and was home around 2:30am i think.

Doc said id INSTANTLY feel better and he was right. My recovery time was instant pretty much. Just had to take it easy and not lift over 19lbs for a few weeks.

And dont even worry! I definitely went and did another photo session that evening! Hahaha! Ill blame my craziness on my pain meds ;) But really, i felt fine, and again, wasnt bailing :) 

Day 2 &3 In Hospital!

This is more of a photo dump post haha!

So on Monday, the 24th, was day 2 in the hospital! Everything was continuing to go smooth! Baiden's sugar levels were low but i was trying to breast feed. So we had to start supplementing with formula. But where i was wanting to breast feed we had to feed him in a really complicated way. If you've done this before, you'll know what im talking about but basically i had to use a syringe that had a tube attached to it. I'd fill the syringe with formula, let Baiden latch on to the boob, and stick the tube in his mouth. So as he sucked the boobie, he was sucking down the formula too. It worked really well, but if he wouldn't latch good, we would just have to finger feed him. (Let him suck our finger with the tube.. etc etc).

 My sister Jessica. She was with me almost the entire time at the hospital :) The company was very nice. I sure do love her.

 Sister brought brother a toy doggy :)

 She is so sweet with him

 My other sister Becky. She is my sister that took care of Braylee while we were in the hospital. Yes, i have amazing sisters :)

 I love being a mommy of 2 kids!

Jeff's mom :)

 cute Rylee (Nikki's daughter) and Kyndsi (Nikki;s niece)

 Kage meets Baiden! Kage is Baiden's trainer in how to be a perfect baby :)

 Kage was soooo cute! He wanted to MAUL Baiden. True best friends already ;)

 Now THATS what i call a SANDWICH! I love hospital food :)

 Isnt he so precious??

 Bestie Ashley came to visit!

 :) good night little man

Please check out how swollen my foot/ankle got lol

Day 3!

Jeff's cute ;ittle air mattress. So much better then that chair bed they have.

My boys :) Melts my heart :)

 She seriously loves her brother so much

Due to Baiden's sugar levels being low.. there was a possibility that he would have to stay another day. I did NOT want to go home with out my baby! But we lucked out.. He was going to be released on the 3rd day (9/25) but not until the evening.

I on the other hand, was released in the morning by my O.B (Baiden has a separate doctor). But the hospital i stayed at was SOO sweet and even though i was released, let me stay in my room to be with Baiden. They brought me tons of formula sense i had Baiden early, was planning on breastfeeding anyway, and was totally unprepared for needing formula. I didnt even ask. SWEETEST nurses EVER!! They even sent me cards and all my nurses signed it :) OMG i cried..

Anyway, so the evening of the 25th, we were released from the hospital! September 25th is my dad's bday and my Niece Sam's bday. So we went straight to my moms to hang out for a minute and say happy birthday. There were SO many people, i was exhausted, and i just got anxious with the new baby, so we didnt stay long. And then we finally headed home!

Home life blog post will be coming soon :)