The Love in my life.

Little bit or my butter ball is learning how to lift her head up and move around.


Bamboo cloth diaper, one size. I love cloth diapers. I love how the look feel and smell.



This is what happens when you don't blog for a while. You have a build up of stuff that doesn't make sence and is hard to put in order. Well I don't know how many people read my blog but I doubt its very many not that it matters anyway because I blog for myself mostly anyway. But for those of you who do sorry for the long vacation. Here I thought I would have more time quiting my job but that didn't happen.



This picture is my life now. I love it. Cloth diapers on the line every other day. Nice, soft, clean diapers that smell so good. I don't mind taking off the wet ones or the dirty ones. Infact tonight while I was writing this blog there was a big blow out that I couldn't take pictures of because it happened in my hands and lap. Well I just took her upstairs and dumped her clothes and all in the tub. Well not quite dumped but sat her in her chair and hosed her down. The little stinker (literally) laughed at me. I love this life.





Small fuzzi Bunz pocket diaper

bum genius, one size pocket diaper. This kind velcro closed at the top and have rows of snaps that on this one are just about hid under the velcro strip to make it bigger or smaller. I don't like the velcro as well as it doesn't seem to hold fit around her waist and legs as well as the snap ones do.

My favorite the rum p a rooz or transformer diaper as Floyd calls it. It will fit from newborn to toddler.

I love having a daughter. I love having a baby. and I love that she has a cousin the same age as her. I hope the grow up to be a good as friends as some of the cousins in the older group are.

Kyrie and Trey love Lyrah. I love how they are with her. I am so glad we are in the same town and I hope the grow up to be great friends.

I know we didn't get the best grandparents pictures but I love the pictures I have of my parents with Lyrah.

Time with Grandpa Ogden. She is the first grandchild for them and they both love her very much.

My little Valentine.

She is starting to react to peoples voices. She is such a beautiful happy baby. I hold onto these moments when she wakes me up at 4:30.

She is growing so fast. Its hard to believe that soon she will be 5 months old.

Valentine's Day with my two loves.

My happy little Valentine.

I love how my husband is with our daughter. When I tried to quit my job they begged me to stay even just one day a week. So as it helps me keep my education credits up I did. Floyd watches Lyrah while I work as he doesn't go to work that day. They have their own little routine and are starting to have fun father daughter time.

Almost 2 months.

Nov has been an interesting month so far. Lyrah is weighing in at 10lbs and that was when we were in Kearney the first part of the month. She is sleeping pretty well at night only getting up two times and sometimes only once. She likes to be held the best but will settle for her swing or laying on the floor sometimes though not if daddy is around. We are trying to get her used to a pacifier but she really has no use for it. My Dr appt in Denver went okay and I will go back in Jan for them to run tests. I had some tearing in muscle when I had little bit but they can't fix it until I quit nursing so it will be awhile. My bottom is becoming bearable and I will start work again the middle of Dec. I am looking forward to getting back to the people I take care of but not looking forward to leaving little bit at home. At least we will have a auntie here so she will be in good hands. Floyd is busy at work and has been asked to stay over and help on the docks after he is done each night so that means that he has plenty of hours. We are looking forward to finishing up our month with Thanksgiving at mom and dads and hopefully news of a new little one in ND.

Humm I think I actually like this swing.


A funny picture of me.

Auntie Kaela figuring out if she holds me and walks I won't cry.



Grammie Cine spending time with me.

This is my mommy (Jeanne) with her dad (my papa Leon) and his mom Grandma J.

Mommy and I went to Kearney for the weekend. While there we took some generation pictures. This is mommy great grandpa Arthur Herndon and Grandma Jane.

While in Kearney we got to meet some of the workers. Mommy didn't get a picture of Aunt Jana and I on her camera though.

I think uncle Morgen likes to hold me.

Me with Grandma and Grandpa Ogden. It was NE football day so I got them all to wear red! I had on my overalls to match grandpa.

The first smile mommy caught on camera. I was happy the Huskers won.

Watching the game with grandpa.

I am growing into my overalls but mommy still has to roll them up.


My first bath in the tub by myself. Usually I crawl in with mommy. I love my bath and always try to get my face wet but for some reason mommy doesn't let me very often.

At our house we like to play find the baby. My little baby booties uncle Doug got me,

Uncle Doug made me some moccasins. Soon they should fit.

My favorite way to sleep is in mommys arms.

Prefold diaper.Mommy didn't get my face cause
I was crying.

Great Grandma J and aunt Elaine got me this outfit. I just about grew out of it before mommy got it out of the closet.

Sleeping on the floor while Grammie and mommy clean my room and go through my clothes. I have outgrown some of my clothes already.

Almost a month.

Cousin Kyrie like to keep me close every chance she gets and I like to be snuggled.


I am starting to keep my eyes open more to observe this crazy world that I live in.




My longies from Auntie Layna. These are so nice and warm.

Look how big I'm getting. These are some of my favorite sleepers. So nice and cuddly and warm. When she is wearing these I don't have to worry about her kicking the blanket off which she likes to do.

Two and a half weeks.Well now its 3weeks.

It has been a very busy 3 weeks since little bit was born. We got our cloth diaper soap last week so started using the cloth diapers. We are still learning how to get them on well and which ones need a cover so right now I am washing lots of clothes and diapers but we are making progress. Little bit is growing but my scale wont weight her so I don't know how big she's gotten just that she is filling out her clothes better. Both setts of grandparents and most all the aunts and uncles have been to visit and now we are enjoying a nice quite house (well not really today because daddy is sick downstairs and little bit is fussy today so mommy hasn't gotten much done except for building up a headache) for the most part. Little bit likes going on walks wrapped in the moby wrap auntie Nisha loaned us and is beginning to stay awake longer at a time. All for now as it is feeding time again.

Lyrah Renee

Well I don't really know where to start. This last 7 days have been busy ones. Last Thur was my last day of work. Friday we had our Dr appt to go to and not much had changed. I was dilated to 2 or 3 I don't remember and 70% effaced. Dr said anytime now so I went back home. When we got home I packed to go home with mom and we left that evening for Kearney. Sat am I got up feeling kinda crampy and ready to get the show on the road. Around noon I started having heavy contractions the kind that you have to focus through and Floyd had just got to Kearney so that was good. I had an absolutely wonderful labor team and every move or need was anticipated. I tried all sorts of positions and found several comfortable ones but couldn't stay any one way for long. As far as having pushing contractions well I can't say that I had many and she wasn't crowning or didn't seem to me to even be moving down. I would start a pushing contraction and it would just disappear into a regular one or I would start a regular one and then end up pushing but a contraction start to finish with pushing involved I don't think happened until the last one and then little bit came flying out into grandpas arms. No she didn't come a little bit at a time either she came all at once.
I ended up tearing really bad so have that to deal with but when I look at her it is totally all worth it and would do it all again. When I got back home we went to the Dr for an exam and I have a 4th degree tear with swelling so they can't do anything about it right now. For the time being I am on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory until the inflammation goes down and they can have a colo/rectal surgeon examine me and see what they can do. So I am looking forward to a long road to bottom recovery but then nothing in this pregnancy was normal so I am quite used to the abnormal popping up to deal with and it may give me more time off work to spend with little bit which I am all for.