At The Hospital

We arrived at the hospital about 6:30 am on Friday morning, August 26th. At first they weren't sure if they were going to have me stay because my contractions basically stopped when they went to check them. They were irregular and sometimes hardly there at all. I was frustrated and so happy when they decided to let us stay! I got my epidural shot shortly after getting to our room, and Cameron and I just hung out in the room for the day. Cameron had worked a night shift, came home to get me, and then we headed right back to the hospital. By the end of the day, we were both tired!

She is here!

First family picture. Aubrey didn't like that I was in the bed and didn't want to get too close. I couldn't move my legs for at least 4 hours after I delivered, so I was stuck where I was.

Skyping with my parents from the hospital.


Our view from our room.


We got to come home Sunday afternoon after they made us stay the full 48 hours. We were anxious to get home and start adjusting to our new lives.

Aubrey has been pretty good about having a new little sister. She is getting more and more excited everyday. She still doesn't really want to hold her or have much to do with her, but she does like to watch and help out. Basically, though, she just goes about life as always and accepts that she now has a little sister. And, Cameron gets to spend the whole week at home!

The new arrival

Adalyn Hazel Harvey

8/26/11 3:34 pm

6lbs 10oz

19 inches

Davis County Fair

On Saturday we went and visited the Davis County Fair. Our neighbors had told us about the petting zoo portion of it, and it sounded fun to take Aubrey to. We had to pay $2 to park, and then we enjoyed petting the cows, goats, turtle, bunny, zebra, horses, and camel! We also walked into the fair and saw the bunnies and chickens. Aubrey got strawberry frozen yogurt and after about an hour we decided to head home. It was almost a hundred degrees!

We are still waiting for our next little girl to join our family! We sure hope it is soon. Maybe today? We will keep everyone updated.

The magic of Dora?

One of Aubrey's least favorite things to do is brush her teeth. We literally have to hold her on the ground while she screams and cries the entire time. While we were at the store the other day we decided to splurge on an electric toothbrush for her, in hopes that it would entertain her enough to get in a good brush session. I don't know if it was Dora or the vibrating toothbrush, but she thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Definitely worth the $5!!

Friends and More

Today Aubrey and I went out to Roy again to the Aquatic Center. I love it just as much as the first time! This time we went with friends, Dayna and her little girl Hailey, and Sariah with her boy Joshua. Aubrey had a blast with her 'buddies' and loved going down the green frog slide all by herself over and over. She was much braver this time, and would swim and swim, and run through the spraying water. We had a great morning there. Unfortunately I fried us both-but luckily I did put sunscreen on Aubrey halfway through the day. She isn't too red.

Daddy spoils me! I got to listen to signing times music on our walk! We didn't hear a word from her the whole time- except near the end when she started singing along to a song.


Making juice with daddy. Carrot, apple, grapefruit juice. Yum!

Ducks!

A video of Aubrey and her best friend Taylor! We watched Taylor for a few hours last week, and they had an absolute blast!

Stolen Pictures

We are still waiting for the family pictures and more wedding pictures, so in the meantime...I stole a couple from my sister-in-laws blog. Above is Aubrey playing with James and Matt. She loved pulling them around and laughing and laughing. They were good sports about it.

Harvey cousin time! We were getting family pictures taken-that's why they are all in black/gray.

At the beginning of Kate's wedding reception.

Pineview Canoeing

We are so spoiled to have Cameron home with us during the week so much. Lately, I have been feeling like we need to do everything we can while we are a family of three before our new little girl arrives. We have talked for a couple years about renting a canoe and taking it up to Pineview Resevoir. It always sounded like so much fun. Around 3:30 today we decided to do it. We rented a canoe, headed up to the valley, and launched it into the lake. We are definitely used to row boats, and the canoe was a bit wobbly with Aubrey trying to run around in it. Cameron was left to row by himself, while Aubrey whined, cried, and at times enjoyed the ride. We made it maybe 200 meters to a small beach where there weren't any people. It was nice we had the canoe to get there and have it all to ourselves!

We brought a picnic dinner, and after a quick dip in the lake and some swimming, we ate sandwiches. Aubrey liked all the boats going by, and of course all the motor boats looked like a lot more fun to her than our canoe.

Family picture.

Aubrey and me swimming.

Rope swing!

Heading back to shore. Aubrey did much better on the trip back, and we were able to float around in the boat for awhile.



Grandma and Grandpa Harvey came up to play after we got back to shore. Aubrey had a blast playing with the dirt and canoe paddles. She probably would have stayed there all night except the sun had gone down and we were all shivering!

Bryan and Kathy's neighbor, Rae, made Aubrey this cute hat. She loved wearing it the whole way home, and kept saying, "Cute!" She almost got to wear it to bed tonight too, but we convinced her she could wear it first thing in the morning.

Overall, we had a blast. We will probably try to go without kids the next time we rent a canoe-but I am so glad we finally did it! Before we know it, we will have 2 little girls, and while we will still be able to do a lot of fun things- life is going to change and we might be stuck at home more for at least a couple months. We are excited though! Just a few more weeks at the most!

Icebox Adventure

This morning we headed to check out Icebox canyon. We had gone there earlier this summer but the snow run off was so high that the trail was closed. It was a nice hike and fairly shaded so the heat wasn't too bad.

Aubrey couldn't pass up the chance to throw a few rocks in the water!

She loved the bridges that we crossed, and was very upset when we passed the last one on the way back.


Family pic by the water. A couple more weeks til the new one comes, it was nice to get out and hike a bit before we are stuck indoors with a newborn.

Coolest place in Roy!

The girls woke Daddy up this morning to go swimming. A few things draw us to Roy city. The world famous Burger Bar and ABC Mandarin, but the Roy Aquatic Center is their best invention yet! For a small fee, you have access to an awesome playground in the water.

Aubrey enjoying the shallow water.

Running through the "sprinklers".

Picture after getting soaked.

Aubrey on the frog slide doing two of her favorite things at once. Slides and water.

The girls taking a break after a hard morning of playing!