Fall Family Pictures

We found a local photographer that was doing mini-photo shoots and were very excited to get some pictures done in Prescott!

A select few are below and they can all be seen on our Shutterfly site- http://staciaslife.shutterfly.com.

Enjoy!

Ouch!

Last night while talking to Cara on the phone, I got the worst pain in my lower back I had ever had! I tried all of the stretches they gave us in birthing class and nothing helped. After about 20 minutes, I was in tears because it hurt so badly.

Tim told me to call the OB department at the hospital and they told me to come right in. I picked Tim up at work and he drove us to the hospital. They hooked me up to an IV and monitors for Natalie, then took blood and urine to run some tests.

After two hours of horrible pain (a 7 out of 10), they finally gave me some pain meds through the IV and I felt like a new woman.

They received the test results back and there were lots of minor issues. They then diagnosed me with probable kidney stones and sent me home with a urine strainer (gross).

After the pain meds kicked in :)

Sure enough, today, I "passed" a stone. It is gross, but at least we found the culprit!

That is the "stone" in a baggie, in my wedding ring to show size

Not sure I will be able to take the pain of pushing a baby out now after how much this little thing hurt!! UGH!

Natalie's First Email Address

Earlier this week, Julie called from St. Louis to ask if I had seen a new Google commerical about a newborn with her own email address. I hated to admit that I hadn't, so she emailed me the link...

After watching the video and getting tears in our eyes, we decided to set up an email account for Natalie so friends and family can send her messages throughout her life.

I will plan on printing everything out once a year and keeping in a binder for her to enjoy as she gets older.

So... here goes. Please add Natalie to your address books and email her at Natalie.Ehlen@gmail.com with any thoughts, photos or videos you think she would enjoy as she gets older.

The Nursery

It takes every ounce of energy we have to not buy everything at every store that we see for Natalie. However, as you can see below, we have bought plenty!

Her nursery is almost done, as is her closet!

When my mom gets home from her trip, we are going to finish the bumper and crib skirt

I painted the wall paintings to match the decor

Tim's favorite part of the nursery... the closet!! 

Every girl needs hair accessories right? Bows & hats!