Yum....Daddy's finger!!

I really have curley hair but it only shows when my hair is wet

My room!

Look how tiny I am in my big huge crib!

Taking a nap with Grandma
Playing video games with Daddy

Carter Michael Lindquist

He's here! And he made it just in time for Christmas! Sunday night we had gone up to Midway to spend Christmas at my Uncle's cabin. It's about 1/2 hour away from Provo so we figured if something happened we could make it down the mountain in time. I though for sure he would come late so we didn't even pack my hospital bag! Well....monday morning at about 4:30 am I was woken up by my water breaking (not a very pleasant experience). About a half hour later contractions started so we headed down the mountain. Of course this Christmas week has been the snowiest one I have seen in Utah so going down the mountain and into Provo took, what felt like to me, hours! But it really only took 45 min. By the time we got to the hospital I was in a ton of pain and dialated to a 4. They gave me the epidural, a double dose because I was in so much pain! And at 11:22 am little Carter was born. A whopping 10 pounds 2 ounces with chubby cheeks, a double chin and all!! We are so proud of our little chunky monkey! He's been through a lot already! The poor little guy was born with fluid in his lungs so he had to go to the NICU. Once they got the fluid out they found out his glucose levels were really low. So he had to stay longer and have a tub to give him some food. Finally at about 4:30 that day he was allowed to see his Mommy. Mike was able to stay with him the entire time he was in the NICU so Carter was never alone. He also has Jaundice, you probably can tell in the pictures. So for the past 2 nights he has had to sleep on a bed of bright lights. We take him to the doctor every day so he can get checked and his jaundice levels are dropping so hopefully he wont have to be under bright lights for too much longer. But we love him so much...we never knew it was possible to love so quickly and so easily and so much! Here are a few pics of the cutie pie.

This is the face he makes after he eats...can you tell he is satisfied?!!!

my little basketball

I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted! I seriously feel like time is going so slow and that I just posted about my sisters twins yesterday, but obviously I'm wrong. The picture above isn't the greatest but it was taken about a week ago...at week 36.5 for me. I've been having a hard time sleeping so the fact that I'm up and dressed on my day off is a huge accomplishment for me!! And you can't really tell in the picture but my hair is clean! So I was feeling pretty good about myself, hence the picture. Carter is due in about 2 weeks and he seems to be doing pretty good. I'm sure he is all comfy and cozy inside of me with absolutely no plans of coming anytime soon...which believe it or not, I'm ok with. I really don't want him to be born right before Christmas or even on Christmas day. Mostly because I don't want to be in the hospital on Christmas day but also because the poor kid would have to compete with the best holiday of the year! I'm guessing and hoping he will come on December 27th...and it will probably be at night time because that's when he is the most active. Any one else wanna take a shot at guessing? My Dad says that the winner gets to go to McDonalds on him!! How's that for a prize!

TWINS!!!!

No no...not me!! As fun as that would be I think one is enough for me! But...my big news for this week is that my sister Julie is pregnant with TWINS!!! She already has 2 adorable kids and now her family is going to double! Crazy. But she will be such a good Mom and can totally handle it. The crazist part of all of this is that no one on either side of the family has ever had twins!! So you can imagine how surprised she was to find out that the reason her stomach was a bit larger than it should be for how far along she is was because of twins!! I'm so excited for her and can't wait to meet the little twiners.

For those of you who are wondering about baby Carter...he's doing great!! And so am I! This whole pregnancy things is such a new and different experience for me. Carter sleeps all day long while I'm wide awake and as soon as I lay down for a little shut eye, he gets the hiccups and starts practicing his quite impressive gymnastic skills! The little stinker!! But my favorite part are those moments when I'm not trying to sleep that he will stick out his little foot or hand and I can feel it and we have a little moment together! I love it when he reacts to my touch. And that's why is so great to be a Mom! We get to have those early bonding moments with our children that men can't have. Mike has definitely felt the baby move and has at least been able to experience that but it's no where near the same. It probably doesn't help that it creeps him out to feel something living and moving inside of me (even though it's his son!!!). We can't wait for him to get here and we are getting a little anxious! Christmas is still so far away but he will be the best Christmas gift I could ask for!

Halloween Party

Me and my favorite co-workers

It's been a long time since I have actually dressed up for Halloween so I thought this year I would think of something good and dress up. I work for the State of Utah and we had a little Halloween party today and a costume contest. And I won!!! I was a pregnant nun and I was a little hesitant to wear it since it could be a little offensive to someone who is Catholic. But it turned out ok and everyone loved it!

David's Home!!

Time flies and I can't believe David is already home! For those of you who don't know, he served an LDS mission in Mexico City. He got home October 6th and then all of the family, well almost all, were able to go home for his homecoming talk. It was such a nice weekend and David did a great job. It's fun to have him home. At first he sounded like a little Mexican but I think his accent is gone and he is back to the same little David he has always been.

Since David came home on a Monday it was hard for very many of us to be at the airport..sad I know! But, as you can see, my creative Mom drew faces on balloons to represent everyone in our family!!

Me and My Belly

So here it is ladies and gentleman....my baby bump! I still don't understand how I could get any bigger but it seems to happen every day! Carter is getting so big and he is such a busy body!! It makes me nervous for when he is born, I bet he will be such a wiggle worm! We are working on his room so stay tuned for some pics of the little nursery!!!