5 Days Old

palo is now five days old and we still couldn't be happier. She is amazing to look at and we fall more in love with her everyday. She has been eating and sleeping good but doesn't like to be cold! We always try to make Palo smile, and while she was sleeping she kept grinning so I caught this picture from my phone. It's not the best angle but we sure loved it!

Random Pics of Baby & Fam

This is her first bath!! She cried quite a bit cuz she doesn't like to be cold.

Just being her cute self

her headband poking her ears out--still so dang cute.

I'm the princess look..and good shot of her big hands.


We were having too much fun taking pictures...hard to get enough--and this is just the beginning!

Auntie Mykelle

Uncle Britton

Uncle Kameron

Uncle Kallan

Leaving the hospital for the first time

This is the back of her head. Its a TON of hair to my family and VERY dark, too. We were all surprised.

At the hospital with her daddy for the first time

Uncle Wesley and Aunt Tiff

Papa P

Great Grandma Vicki

Ok everyone (especially our family not here) I hope this was enough pictures and stories! As you can see it's not going to be hard to post about the little princess! Can't wait to see you all!!

5 Generations

One of the neatest things about Palo being born was being able to see the biggest smile on my great-grandpa Landon Frei's face! She is his first great-great-grandchild, making 5 generations. Not only is my grandpa still alive to see her, but my grandma also. It's not every day that you find two 5th generation grandparents. My grandpa just turned 93 two days before Palo was born. They were so excited when we took her down to see them. They said they have been bragging about her ever since they saw her! It is so fun to see them hold her and love her as much as we do!

Palo

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It started Tuesday after my appointment.. I was in a lot of pain from the appointment, and it just never stopped. My contractions were coming consistently every four minutes, so that's when I decided to call Tiffany to see if she wanted to go walking with me. So Tiff and I went walking for about 45 min and while walking, we timed the contractions, and the walking made them come every three minutes. After we got done walking, I went to homemaking with my mom, and during that, I continued to keep track of the contractions, and they were coming every four minutes. The pain from the contractions kept getting worse as the night went on, and it wasnt until I couldn't stand it anymore that we finally decided to go in and have them check me.
(11:30pm)When I got there, I was dialated to a four, and still 70% effaced, but the nurse said I had a very soft cervix. They monitored me for an hour, and when the nurse came back, I was still dialated to a four, but she said some other things had changed, so she went and called the Dr. to see what he thought. (12:30 am)When she came back into the room a few minutes later and said "Are you ready to have a baby?!" So... I was a little shocked, but very excited. So from there she took me in and got me all hooked up, gave me my epidural, and broke my water. Everything just went really fast from there. The whole time I could not stop saying how happy and grateful I was for the epidural! It made everything so much nicer and more comfortable! It was about 3:00am when I was dialated to a 7, then by about 4:00am I was at a 9. They had me start pushing at about 4:20, then when the Dr. got there, I pushed 3 to 4 more times until she finally came out! I ended up having an episiotomy (level 2) because I was too small. After she came out (4:54), they let me hold her, and I just couldn't believe that I had just given birth! I remember looking at her hands and feet and telling Misi how HUGE they were! She didn't cry much. She had a little bit if fluid on her lungs, but overall was very healthy. She weighed 7lbs 3oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. We just think that she is everything we could have asked for and more! She is the best baby and we couldn't be more blessed to have her! I know I might be a little biased, but she is the cutest baby in the world! She is changing more and more every day, and she definitely looks like her daddy!
As for myself, I have been in a lot of pain and haven't been able to get up and walk around. I did something to my tailbone during delivery as well, so it is really sore. Misi has been such an unbelievable help! He does everything for me whether I ask or not. He hasn't complained once and has been such a trooper! He loves his girls! :) My mom and sister have also been helping me out a ton too, since I cant get up and walk around and move as much. Overall, it has been a tough, but very rewarding experience. We couldn't be more blessed to have such a beautiful little baby!

(Look at how BIG her feet are!)

SHE'S HERE!!!

Hey everyone! This is Mykelle. I am just trying to figure this thing out and get it updated for Whit and Misi. Their sweet little girl arrived this morning at 4:54 and is so cute! She was 7lbs 3oz and was 20 1/2 in long! Whit said everything was good, but she is very tired because she only got about 30 min of rest! My mom said Whit did great and it was a good experience. We are so excited for them! The only pictures I have right now are from my phone that I sent to my email, so they aren't very good, but we will get some better ones posted later. It's kind of hard to see, but Whit said she has the cutest black hair! We are all so excited to have little Palo here finally!!!

Baby Update

I had another Doctor's appointment today. I am dialted to a 3 and 70% effaced. The Doctor said it will for sure be this week! He was very positive and sounded quite certain. So now I am doing quite a bit of walking, trying to get things going! It was quite a painful Doctor's appointment,however, and what ever he did has caused the pain to increase dramatically. So, we will see how long I last!

Doctor's Appointment

I had my Doctor's appointment today and I'm dialated to a 2. The Doctor said that I definitely won't make it full term and it could be about a week longer. So, we are getting pretty excited. Misi seemed a little shocked when he said about a week...it kind of put it into perspective that she's gonna be here sooner than later. We are pretty excited. We feel so blessed to have this amazing opportunity to raise a child. I will keep everyone posted!

Baby Shower

I just wanted to thank my mom and sister & Tiffany for throwing me a baby shower, and thank everyone who came and supported me either in person or spirit ;) I feel so blessed to have such great family and friends who support me and do so much for me! We got a lot of great new things and I was able to cross a lot off of my list of needed items. We are getting very anxious and excited as the time gets closer and closer. I am currently 36 weeks along and have another Doctors appointment on Monday-which they will tell me how things are going. We also will be moving into an apartment next week which is pretty exciting. We are definitely putting all our Faith in the Lord and know everything is going to work out. We are still looking for many furniture items: washer/dryer, couch, bed, etc. since we didn't have any when we moved from Texas! haha kinda funny....but if anyone has or knows of anything we would love to know!!

Christmas!

We had a really great Christmas...we didn't get much, but had more fun just being around family. We started at my parents house and let my brothers open all of their gifts from Santa, then we headed to Grandma Vicki's, to Grandma & Grandpa Frei's, and back to my parents house to eat breakfast. It was fun to see the kids unwrap their presents and fun to play around all day long. It was pretty exhausting for me...I had to take nap in the middle of the day just to regain some energy. Later in the day Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Fred came over to visit as well and the rest of the day we played the Wii and Rock Band which ended up being pretty hilarious! The best part of Christmas was the day after Christmas! Grandma Vicki's present to everyone was a ticket to the Jazz game! we left around noon, drove through a bit of snow but made it safely into Salt Lake just in time for the game. We had a blast watching the Jazz, especially since they won. The following day we woke up and did a little shopping and then my parents too us to see "Savior of the World." It was incredible and the spirit was so strong. It was another great reminder of why we really celebrate Christmas, as well as, how tender and gracious our Savior is. It's going to be a remarkable day when we get to see Him again and how humbled I am that we are so fortunate to have Christ in our lives. What an amazing season it is to reflect on what life is really all about!
A big thanks to my family for making this Christmas one of the best!

Christmas Eve

This Christmas our family was in charge of the annual Christmas Eve program held here in Santa Clara. It was a lot of work but ended up being a lot of fun. Mykelle and I were in charge of the 10 year olds group and we taught them the song "Light up the Tree." They did a great job but I'm glad we don't have to practice anymore. I also got scammed into being Mary for the nativity part...and poor Dalton was the Joseph. All the kids had a blast getting their presents from Santa couldn't wait to go to sleep!

After the Christmas Eve program we went and ate at Grandma and Grandpa Frei's, then headed back home where we opened our pajama's. All 7 of us kids and 2 spouses slept in my parents theater room..how we all fit I don't know because we had 4 mattress' in the room. The kids woke up after 6 o'clock and we didn't go down stairs until about 6:40 the next morning!

this is Kameron's group singing the Marshmellow song...

Jadon had a solo. He sang "Mary Did You Know"

Me and Dalton the incredible Mary and Joseph

At my parents house opening the pajama's!

Jadon's Play & Thanksgiving

Monday the 24th of November we got to go and watch Jadon's play Beauty and the Beast...it was so much fun. They did such a great job, and of course Jadon was amazing. Britton also did a super job at being Chip...it was fun to see him sing and play a fun part!

What a crazy Thanksgiving!! The Whipples came to our house this year--which meant we had a house full! I think they counted about 35-40 people including the kids. Early Thanksgiving morning the boys had there annual Turkey Bowl. It was quite hilarious to say the least. Me, Mykelle, and my Mom went and watched for a little bit...it was a cold morning but that didn't stop anyone from playing!

We ended up eating dinner around 130, and had TONS of food. This pic /\ is part of the fam eating dinner. There was also a table full and all the kids at the bar. There was so much food that we pretty much made ourselves sick!

Later that evening, after everyone had rested, there was a crazy game of basketball across the street from our house at the church. Our family is so competivtive, and I was a little upset I couldn't play, but it was lots of fun to sit around and watch!!

How lucky we are to have such an awesome family. Everyday we feel more and more blessed! We missed Misi's family this year and wish we could have seen them!!

Long Trip Home

We left Texas November 21 around 930 in the morning and headed for Utah. Misi and I both had to drive cars, I drove mine and Misi drove a rental car. We did it that way because we had too much stuff that our one car wasn't going to hold everything. We drove all the way to Albuquerque that night and made it around 1130pm. It was a very long and tiring day; we both thought we were going to die by the time we made it to Albuquerque. We stopped and stayed the night at a Hampton, and then got up the next morning to finish our trip home. We met Sue and Randy (my aunt and uncle) in Flagstaff, which was really nice because I got to ride with my aunt, and poor misi still had to drive but had Callum to ride with him which kept him awake. We were very happy to make it home and extrememly tired, but at the same time felt very blessed to have arrived safely.

IMPORTANT! CHECK THIS OUT!

This is exciting!!! I just had to share what is going on since we've been home. My mom and dad just got us started in this great new business. My parents have been in for one week and in two days have already made $720. This business plan is amazing, easy, and it works! If you are in need of some additional income, call me and I will take you to lunch--seriously. You really have to see this! Send me a message or leave a comment and I will get with you.

3D Photos

Yesterday we went and tried to get a good 3D picture. The very first try was the best picture that he could get. The others were very hard because the cord was in the way. I was pretty pleased with the one good one though. We are still kind of trying to figure out who she looks like...I think that she looks like Misi just by looking at the nose. So, you guys can decide what you think! A big thanks to Dr. Meduna who kept trying and trying. He is an awesome doctor and we are so thankful that he did this for us! Sorry about the glare! We don't have a scanner so we had to take them with the camera. I tried really hard to get them to turn out but these will have to do for now.