Things I am Grateful For

Rob's dedication to school.
Even though it means less time at home with me and the Babe... It has definitely paid off with his acceptance to the Master of Architecture program at the University of Utah! YAY for saving on in-state tuition!!

A sense of humor and a washing machine.
While venturing out with the little one and attempting to nurse her for the first time away from home, she decided to leave this pleasant surprise on my lap last night. See picture below.

(Background information: I was sitting in the car nursing her while everyone had gone into the restaurant, and when I was almost done, and feeling really proud that I was able to nurse her in this tight space with my cover successfully over me, I sat her up to burp her and put everything out of sight, when I felt a warm wet sensation. New moms know that this could very well be the source of the food for the little one, so wanting to hurry and curb the leakage, I looked down, only to be surprised that the wetness was in my lap. Not just a small spot, but a rather large spot right on my crotch, making it look as if I had wet my own pants. And of course, I had to go into the PUBLIC restaurant right after this to wash my hands and eat my food. It made me want to make a public announcement that it was my baby who had peed my pants for me, but I resisted and just let everyone have their little chuckle at my expense instead.)

Gracious family, friends, ward members and co-workers.
Everyone has been incredibly generous as we have welcomed our little girl and I don't even know how to begin to express our appreciation! Your kindness has been overwhelming. We have been absolutely spoiled, and this girl is set for life! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

You Know You're a New Mom if...

1. Getting dressed just sounds way too hard.

2. You use every single burp cloth you have in a single day

3. You have nightly hallucinations that you are feeding or burping or rolling over your baby when really she isn't even in the same room as you. (I think Rob really enjoys these cause I always wake up freaking out and saying, "I'm so confused...")

4. A quick trip to the doctor makes you want to be a recluse for weeks.

5. Your normal hour-long routine it takes to shower and get ready suddenly takes no more than five minutes.

6. It literally takes your entire day to just feed, burp, and change the little one. Over and over again.

7. You can suddenly do everything one-handed.

8. You're so chronically exhausted, that you honestly couldn't figure out what number fit in the equation: 4 x __ = 40. Seriously. I gave up trying because it hurt my head.

9. You have a new-found appreciation for people who live "normal" lives with MULTIPLE children. You feel guilty you hadn't given these moms proper sympathy or help before.

10. All the cliche sayings you hear before you have kids are suddenly NOT cliche. Like when people told you, "You just don't understand how your love can grow until you have a baby." or "You are in for an adventure of a lifetime!" or "Suddenly you would do anything for this new baby," you really thought they were just saying that. But it is all true!

11. You look at your husband with so much more love because he is a father. And your baby (I swear this is always true with the first) looks JUST like him!

12. You are totally content to just sit and stare at and kiss this beautiful bundle of joy that you made... ALL DAY LONG!

Welcoming Reagan Jean Tranter to our family. She was born on 3.24.11 at 6:26am, weighing 7lb 7oz and 19 inches long. She is the new highlight of our lives! We love her so much!!!

Right when Reagan came out, she had some meconium that needed suctioning, so she visited the pediatricians briefly.

Her first bath. Showin off her skullet.

Drying off.

After laboring all night, we were both exhausted and needed a morning nap.

Dressed in her first outfit. About 12 hours old :)

We are in love.

Smiling is one of my favorite things to do!!

One proud mommy :)

Still here!

So, I am still here and very pregnant, despite all my best efforts. Oh well, I guess I'd better get used to this girl having a mind of her own! Here are the latest pregnancy pics:






















sometime between weeks 36 and 37, can't remember






















39 weeks!

I am 3 days away from my due date and just praying that I don't need an induction! Want something extra to pray for today??

I'm sure the next post will be BIG NEWS!

I need to add one more...

8. you feel that annoying little tickle between your toes like a piece of lint from your socks got stuck, so you reach down to yank it out, and what do you find? it was only the immense swelling between your toes that was bugging you. no lint to be found.

true story. just happened.

You know you're pretty darn pregnant if...

1. you can't remember what your ankles used to look like. all you know is that you're pretty sure there were bones on either side


2. it's exciting when you only have to get up once during the night to pee


3. you don’t realize until the end of the day that your shirt looks like it has a footprint on it and that you have no idea how it got there


4. sleep is no longer a restful solace, instead you wake up more achey than you were before


5. you start using your belly as an appendage, namely to shut the microwave when your arms are full


6. your husband is worried you might actually be overdosing on Tums


7. And my personal favorite... people actually tell you that they can see your hips widening

30 weeks

34 weeks

We're Old

Numerical age apparently has nothing to do with how "old" you are. How do I know? Because after our date this weekend, Rob and I got home at 9:30 and were excited to watch a movie we rented, but before we could even get it in the machine, we both fell asleep! Talk about OLD fogies! But I was grateful for the sleep :)

p.s. I promise to post more pics soon, I swear.

So Much to Say

Ok, so in the months I haven't posted it sure hasn't been cause I have nothing to say. In fact, I've had a lot on my mind! I can't believe our BEAUTIFUL fall has come to an end. We had such great weather and for so long! It was only 2 weeks ago that we had daylight savings and snow started falling. Now instead of driving home after work and seeing the bright colorful leaves, it is already dark! But we have thoroughly enjoyed all that fall brought with it, including football games, Halloween, my birthday :) and a good excuse to drink hot chocolate (even though I still drink it all summer long).

Here are some pics



We were lucky enough to go spend a weekend in Bear Lake with friends, and this was my favorite patch of trees! Also, I'd been craving a LaBeau's shake all season, and we got there the last 10 minutes they were open before closing for the winter! I was so grateful! Nothing tastes better than a Bear Lake raspberry shake.












Homemade, from scratch, chicken pot pies! This was so fun to experiment and spend time in the kitchen with my mom.














For Halloween, we co-hosted a party with Rob's friends from school, and did a Murder Mystery party. The fun part for me was decorating and making these cute chocolates. Draculas and spiders :)




And one of the best parts of a fall is a good excuse to buy new boots!








Also, some exciting news that most of you already know about! We are having a girl!! I couldn't be happier!










6 weeks















12 weeks



















18 weeks
















And watch out, this is 23 weeks, and I have POPPED! Don't get confused that I happen to be wearing very similar outfits in the last two pictures...