Sadie's blessing

So, this last Sunday we blessed Sadie at church.  I got her a beautiful dress and we had a great family party at our house afterwards.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures:

Who doesn't love getting all dressed up?  I love the fluffy white dress and headband.  We even got matching bracelets for the occasion.  Thanks Mom!
This is us trying to take a family picture.  It gets increasingly hard to do that as Michael and I are now outnumbered.  AHHH!  That's a scary thought.

We are doing well.  Zander is playing soccer and loves it.  Keagan loves whatever Zander loves.  Sadie is adorable, as you can see.  And she loves her parents as she is now sleeping through the night.  Really she is so good all the time.  She hardly ever cries.  And when she's hungry or tired if we don't get to her fast enough, she just puts her fingers in her mouth and sucks on them until she goes to sleep.  She really is an angel.

I am coming to the end of my semester.  By Thursday (May 7) I'll be done with classes and the 4 tests I have left.  Then I get a whole week off before starting again.  Not the three I've had the last few semesters, but that's okay.

Michael has been home all month and it's been wonderful having him here.  He recently got a promotion at work and I'm very proud of him.  He works very hard at work and at home for our family.  My next post will be of our backyard that he has redone.  It's amazing!  Thanks Babe!

Random pictures

I have some fun things I want to share.
First, I went shopping with my sister a few weeks ago and bought a few new shirts to wear to clinic and then at the last minute we stopped at DSW. I found these beauties in the clearance section:

I've been looking for red shoes for a long time. These aren't the exact shade I wanted but I love the shoe, so I'm not complaining! In fact I feel smokin' hot when I wear them! =)

This was made for us by our friend (and our PA) Todd when Sadie was born:

What a talented man! And it matches her room perfect. It's embroidered, all the flowers and hearts and everything. The white is the frame and the green behind is the wall. Isn't it perfect? I love it.

I took this the other night. I put Sadie in the tub while the boys were in and they loved it!


And this is my new favorite picture of Sadie:

I know, it's something of a miracle to capture a smile with her only being 3 months old! I was lucky, and she loves me!

Okay, that's all. =)

Picnic Saturday

Zander has told me that he is going to make every Saturday a holiday.  It's going to be called "Picnic Saturday"!  We went on a picnic 1 1/2 weeks ago and had a great time.  We walked to a small park near our house and the boys played and we all ate.  It was the first day it was really sunny, but it was still just a bit chilly.  Anyway, we had a great time!  Here's the photos:





As soon as we got there Zander told me he needed to take a "sun rest".   That's him laying out on the blanket eating his sandwich.  And Michael followed his example.  Keagan was too busy playing to even sit while eating.  He's take a bite while running by.  We had a great time.  Sadie slept the whole time in her car seat in the stroller.

New news

Well, it's spring break (!) for me so I have a lot to say!  First of all, it's been so nice to not have to worry about school, getting up early, doing homework, etc.  I'm still up at 7-7:30 everyday because of the kids, but once (or twice) I've gone back to bed after Zander is off to school and Natalie is here to entertain Keagan.  I've gone walking 3 days this week (including last Saturday). My house is getting a little cleaner every day (again, thanks to Natalie) and I get to see my kids most of the day everyday. Here are some fun pictures of my fam:

I know this isn't the best picture, but the boys were watching TV one afternoon and Keagan was laying right on top of Zander and neither was fussing about it until I got the camera out.  It was so cute.  Also, Zander says the funnies things these days.  He's so smart sometimes...and so funny.  The other day after I finished feeding Sadie, she was still hungry, so I made her a bottle of pumped milk and asked Zander if he wanted to feed her.  He looks at me and says, "What?!  I don't have nipples with milk in them!"  And this last weekend we had a birthday party for my dad.  He asked me how old he was, then added, "I hope he's not more than 100."This one is so cute.  Keagan absolutely adores this little girl. He is constantly crawling on top of her to kiss her, and he always wants to hold her.  Oh yeah, and he calls her "My Seedee" and gets mad when we try to say she ours, too.  =)
This is Sadie at 1 month old. I took this picture in our living room and was pretty impressed with myself!

Here is Sadie at 2 months old, and yes, that's a smile on her face...well kind of. They're so hard to capture in pictures, but she's doing it and warming our hearts every time!


Here's Michael (strutting his stuff) and me on a date last night. We went to dinner at Orchid, a Thai restaurant close to us (that I highly recommend), then we went ice skating! It was a great night; we had a lot of fun. =)

Back in the saddle

I've been asked by a few people if I'm back at school. Unfortunately, that came much quicker than I wanted it to. Sadie was born the Thursday the 15th, and I was back in class Monday the 26th, part time and back full time by Thursday of that same week. It's just too hard to try and make up all the time I was missing. The lectures were being recorded, but try finding time to listen to 6 hours of lecture from one day missed. Not easy. And sitting in class wasn't too hard on me. It also helped that the first few days I went back were short days. I've been lucky this semester that we haven't had hardly any days that go until 5. I'm usually home by 3:30, in time to feed Sadie in the afternoon. That has been nice. I hate to leave her, but our new nanny, Natalie, is fantastic. That makes it a little easier. I still haven't found much time to study, and am tired from not sleeping more than 5 hours at a time, and sometimes in a night, but overall things are going well.

A week after Sadie was born, we had our "White Coat Ceremony" (what the picture is from-my small group with our advisor) to officially give us our white coats so we can start "Friday Clinic". It's kind of a preview to our rotations, just to get our feet wet, so to speak. Every Friday, I am with my preceptor, who works at Foothill Family Clinic. The first couple weeks I just basically shadowed her and we talked about the cases. This next week, I'm going to start taking some histories and doing some of the exams on the patients. It's been fun. I love being in the clinic again, and not just in the classroom. My preceptor is really great, too, so we have a good time.
That's my update for now!

More about Sadie

Here are a few more pictures from the hospital of our family, most importantly our little angel.

The boys love her and are always telling me they want to hold her, usually when I'm feeding her.  When she cries Keagan tells her, "Hey Seedee, you o-tay."

And here are some pictures of the bedroom Daddy made his little princess. In case you're wondering, we no longer have an office. =( But it's worth it.

Welcoming...

SADIE ANNE GONZALES

Sadie was born Thursday night at 6:30 pm, by c-section (sad, but oh well).  We are doing good.    Labor just didn't progress fast enough.  After 10 hours, I was still only dilated to a 3, and the one doctor in her practice that wouldn't agree to a VBAC was on call that night, so it was a no go after 6.  I'm up and moving around during the day, evenings are a bit more difficult.  

Sadie was a little thing, 6 lbs. 4 oz. and 19.5".


Having a new baby is great because all your friends and family call and come by just to see how you're doing. Most of my family came by that night, and Michael's sister Christine, too.  Then Michael's parents unexpectedly called, and then stayed up late to video skype with us for about 15 minutes. That was fun.

Okay, so, I'll backtrack just a few minutes. When the last two were born Michael and my mom were both there.  Marinda was there when Zander was born.  This time the doctor had to play our advocate and talk the anesthesiologist into allowing Marielle to be in there. She is up from Phoenix to watch. She's taking a class to become a certified birthing instructor and part of the requirements is that she must watch  births. Here's a fun picture of the three of us going in to surgery.