The Mele Family

Cy's 1!

2010-03-10T10:25:00.001-08:00

I cant believe my baby is already 1. Where has the time gone? I took him out on monday to get a few 1 year pics of him here is a peak:-)

firsts

2010-02-20T19:48:00.001-08:00

so I have neglected to update the world on all the new things Cy is doing... He of course sits up stands crawls rolls over but now he even drinks from cups drinks from straws walks and climbs and gets down off of stuff he just lets hiomself out of bed ( yes we still have a family bed) with assistance he climbs up on the couch he climbed a box the other day to reach for something on the counter. he is very adventurous!! He has discovered there is a space btween teh wall and couch so he goes behind there often.
So as far as his walkign technically he took his first few steps that we seen on january 1st ( tony seen him a couple days prior) but he woudl only take between 2 -7 steps periodicall7 until we got home from vacation January 28 he started walking everywhere I mean Everywhere!!! We used to be able to keep the door open and screen unlocked while carrying in groceries or whatever but now lil Cyrus makes a break for it!!! here is s hot of him in front yard walkign around gathering sticks its a full time job keeping them away from him and i figured better take a pic before i break his heart and take it:-( we wnt to teh mall today and he HAD to walk he woudl yell and hit our hands away when we tried to pick him up. Man are we in trouble!!! sorry for all teh typos i wanted to get this posted before he wakes up otherwise it wont get done!!

2010-02-19T23:53:00.000-08:00

I have been terrible with posting on our family blog. Photography has sort of blinded me to realizing every shot doesn't have to be perfect to be shared with the world. I think most people would understand that Every precious moment can not always be profession quality no matter how good the photographer is. I started realizing since i have learned more about photography i have taken less pics of cy because either the lighting isnt good or the composition wasn't ideal. but i really feel if i continue treating every shot as if it has to be perfect we will miss out on a lot so anyway here are some snap shot of Cy. nothing fancy done but hey he is still cute. He was helping mommy go through boxes of stuff and found daddy's old wrestling gear. im glad ive finally broke myself of the habit of tearing apart every picture i take even when im not meaning it to be pro quality . man i really miss my point and shoot. for moments like this it sure is handy.

2010-02-19T17:31:00.000-08:00

All I want for christmas

2009-12-25T00:09:00.000-08:00

Are my two front teeth!!!
And looky what santa brought!!

Going Private

2009-11-06T10:23:00.000-08:00

I never understood why everyone was going private until today. I love showing off my baby boy so i really didnt want to have to do this but I had the scariest experience today. If i woudlnt have been prompted by the holy ghost i dont know that i woudl be writing this right now or maybe i woudlnt have my son t protect. I really feel that his interest was in me not the boys but I dont know that for sure. So i feel i need to protect myself and my son. I made the mistake of telling him my first name and i dont want him to beable to look me up and im sure he heard me callign cy's name. I have just filed a report so that hopefully If he is a sexual predator he will be stopped before he gets a chance to do anything to anyone. The officer told me this is classic predatory behavior and its good i called but all i can do is protect my family and do whats in my power. i dont want him to have anyway of finding us. I dont ever remember feelign thsi afraid before. even cy seemed to be pullign away from where he was. He was so eerie. I thought for sure the jumper cables he had in his hand were going to be used to strangle me. someone finally showed up so i took advantage of that moment to head to the car. i was afraid to leave that spot becaseu it is teh only spot i know for sure someone woudl be comign through( it was a bike trail) but when the other gentlemen showed up i figured this woudl be the safest time for me to head to teh car. Im proud of myself i didnt panick in a high stress situation if anythign i felt my thought were clearest at that moment than they have ever been. I analyzed different options and teh possible outcome before each move i made. and obviously =I made teh right decisions

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-02T09:55:00.001-08:00

My cute Lil Puppy!!!! we tried to teach him to say Arf but it didnt work out so well. lol he just looked at us and laughed.
we also took him to teh pumpkin patch teh week before halloween we decided which ever pumpkin he goes to first is teh one we will get him but he went to teh biggest one he could see so he coudl stand up to it lol so we picked his out for him. Maybe next year he can pick out his own. tried to get soem really good shots at the pumpkin patch but they werent teh bets it was so hard to find good light where peopel werent already walkign through but hey Cy still looks so cute!! he also got to help us carve them that night... well we let him play in the gunk anyway he didnt liek it at all!!! Pics to come they are on my friends cam.

more recents

2009-11-02T09:10:00.000-08:00

Recents of cy

2009-11-02T08:44:00.000-08:00

My lil man is growing up so fast! Look how big he is getting!
Please do not print from here or copy and save to your comp to print I will start whoever wants one an mpix account so that you can get quality prints of cy at an inexpensive price email me if you want any of these. These are all low resolution for the web so if you try to print they will not turn out well

I cant believe how much he has grown

2009-09-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

I have such a cute baby

2009-09-04T23:05:00.000-07:00

Click on the picture to enlarge look how gorgeous his eyes are!!

Oopps... heres the blog addres

2009-09-04T21:48:00.001-07:00

http://shanellenicolephotography.blogspot.com/

My photography blog

2009-08-31T23:14:00.001-07:00

I have started a blog for my photography business would love to have you all check it out! Its pretty simple right now just a place to put my sneak peaks. I will be in idaho at the beginnign of October so if anyone in Idaho woudl like to book a shoot with me while im there please eamil or give me a call:-)

playmates

2009-08-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

when goldie brought the ball to me while holding cy one day he reached for it and accidentally pushed it towards her... so now she thinks he can play with the ball with her. while we were outside she kept bringing the ball to us but we werent throwing it so finally she takes the ball and sets it next to cy and waited and waited and waited for him to throw ore push itto her lol. it was so cute i just had to get a picture couldnt get it from a good angle so you coulds see the ball too, but its thewre i promise im not making it up lol

loves water and his sippy cup!

2009-08-29T10:40:00.000-07:00

Cy loves sitting outside!

2009-08-29T10:37:00.001-07:00

He will seriously just sit there playing withthe grass for hours!

scooting?

2009-08-18T00:14:00.000-07:00

Cy is soo mobile now he isnt crawling but one minute hes next to me next minutes he is across the room. getting into something lol. i know he does circles i guess he just keeps doing circles on his belly until he is where he wants to be . i have a video if his circles but cant find the cord to upload it, but hopefully i find it soon so much i want to share

reading with daddy

2009-08-18T00:10:00.000-07:00

cy's first food green beans

2009-08-18T00:08:00.000-07:00

he likes to feed himself.

I am so framing this!!lol

2009-08-06T16:14:00.001-07:00

need help deciding whch to put on our wall

2009-08-04T14:14:00.000-07:00

we had another picture day. tony wouldnt pose for me though. typical man... so its just me and cy... anyway we cant decide whch to get printed and if we like color or black and white better. please help us decide

fun in the lawn

2009-08-02T00:12:00.000-07:00

We are goign to miss them

2009-08-01T01:14:00.001-07:00

The Clawsons Leave On monday. They have completed there mission and are now going to travel for the next year in their motor home but they promised to be back near Cyrus' !st bday

Makes me smile

2009-08-01T01:12:00.000-07:00

Cyrus giggles everytime mitzy licks him and seems to be trying to hug her

getting sick of pics yet???

2009-07-21T00:02:00.000-07:00

Cy's favorite toy

2009-07-20T23:59:00.000-07:00

Its funny to watch him play with his exersaucer. He sings with his lizard, yells at the monkeys because he cant get them to go all the way over to the otherside, throws his alligator parts and this is his favorite part of it... he eats his dragon fly it hilarious to watch

Cy's first trip to the pool

2009-07-13T08:41:00.000-07:00

Nothing new just more pics

2009-07-09T14:07:00.001-07:00

Black and white day

2009-07-07T00:50:00.001-07:00

Didnt really know what to call this post. I wanted to post a few black and white pics of Cy. excuse the background on the first one only did a quick edit since its already 1am

Firsts and what i never want to forget

2009-06-30T12:35:00.001-07:00

Cyrus started laughing at 2 months old but he did a full blown giggle on May 25th at my Dad's house while i was tickling him on teh floor
He started leaning towards me around that time as well But last night he actually reached for me not just lean towards me. I started crying I was so happy
He started rollign from his side to his belly at around 3 months. But rolled over from his belly all the way to his back last night. Ive been very persistant on getting him to roll over by the time he is 4 months old and he beat my deadline. I was laying on teh floor next to him watching ben button while he had tummy time. he wasnt fussing or grunting or anything next thing i know i feel his body up against mine. I totally missed it and i was sitting right next to him. Nut anyway I did the happy dance for him, clapped, hoorayed and brought him to tony to celebrate too.

I never want to forget...

The day he was born The joy we felt
His firsts( what we were doing when it happened etc)
How peaceful he looks when he sleeps
The way he holds on to my finger with one hand and pinches under my arm while eating
How he always stops eating just to give me a smile just before he falls asleep
His giggles in teh morning
His jabber
How he attacks my chin when hes hungry
The way he follows me with his eyes when i have to set him down
this will embarass him when hes older ... how he giggles when i have to clean off his business
The feeling of him sinking into me when he falls asleep
The funny noises he laughs at
His beautiful smile
a ton more but this will do for now.
Every stage of his life has been my favorite so far. When we found out we were pregnant with him i worried that we would never beable to give him as much love as Gabriel But I know now that we can and do

toys and smiles

2009-06-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Another smile

well hes not to big for it quite yet but one of teh straps came undone so after abotu 5 minutes this is how he ended up.

so we made out great at our baby shower and so we went and got Cy a toy with one of teh gift cards that was given to us. He really liekd teh exersaucer that had the springs but he liked this one too. The other only held 25 pounds and since he is almost 18 pounds figured it wouldnt last him long so we went withthis jungle themed exersaucer that holds up to 35 pounds.

Our lil man finally smiled for me on camers

2009-06-30T10:58:00.001-07:00

Our trip to San luis Obispo

2009-06-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

san luis obispo MissionMorro bay

My lil sister is all grown up

2009-06-30T10:25:00.000-07:00

ourtrip to idaho

2009-06-30T09:06:00.001-07:00

caught on camera

2009-06-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

thought this was quite hilarious. its kinda hard to see what im talking about but click on the picture and you will see

terrible blogger

2009-06-13T23:22:00.000-07:00

To make up for my terrible blogging here are more pics from our session with shawn. I have tons of family pics from Idaho and pics from san luis obispo to come as well. Just wanted to give our session the spotlight for a few days. These are all websize so please dont save and try to print. if you would like a full sized copy of any of them please let me know

Cyrus' blessing

2009-05-11T13:23:00.000-07:00

What another great Mothers day gift. My baby boy was blessed!
with the swine flu going around we are to afraid to take him to church. but it was still great! Here are some pics.

the best mothers day gift of all

2009-05-11T13:07:00.000-07:00

So Tony told me i coukd pick anything else I want or want to do on mothers day. i think he4 felt bad cuz he gave me my cam and lens early.. so anyway i asked for a mini photosession with cy at the park and a lil picnic. so we went to this little dog park down the street so that mitzy and goldie could come. We layed out a blanket ate our dinner, then waited for mr man to wake up for our mini session here are the pics! I think tony did awesome

daddy and me

2009-05-09T17:42:00.000-07:00

Mommy and me!!

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Update on our lil man

2009-05-08T15:30:00.001-07:00

So he had his 2 month shots on wednesday... talk about break my heart. I felt like I was torturing him! But as soon as we picked him up after the shots he quit crying. But at about 9 at night he wouldnyt stop crying Poor thing I was in tears I felt so bad that he was in pain we gave him tylonol for the pain and chamomile for irritability the next day it worked wonders!!
Here are his 2 month stats
weight 90% 13lbs 6 oz
height 50% 23 inches
head 25%

last time he was 50, 50 and 25 So his weight definately skyrocketed!!
He has reached all milestones and even some of the 4 month. He will grasp our finger tightly and rattle for a minute or so and he can hold his head up without being a bobble head. he's been doing that since 1 month. Probably cuz his head is smaller in comparison to the rest of his body.

He is smiling and even laughing now. It so fun to watch him grow and develop his little personality!!

snapshots

2009-05-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

outside with mommy

couch commando

the closest pic of a smile i can get he stops as soon as i pick up camera

my poor baby after his two month shots

10 ways life has changed since Cy was born

2009-05-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

1. I have become ambidextrous
2. preschool Noggin on demand is the new theme song being sung around the house
3. What would have used to been an hour trip to and from the gorocery store is now an all day event of stop and go and feed the baby
4. Ive Learned to like cold food
5. instead of a long hot bath to relax, i get a 30 second dip in a luke warm water (if that)
6. Two boys farting away in bed instead of just one
7. I have an audience while i cook and clean
8. 4 hours of sleep in a row feels like 12.
8. I have a handsome little cuddle bug that fits so perfectly in my arms
9.I have a new dance partner!!
10. We have had more joy in our lives in these two months than we have for along time

we love our baby boy so much!I cant believe he is 2 months!! It may seem that there are a lot of downsides to parenthood, but they are so worth it! There is definately more good than bad. In fact I even love the bad well. there is no bad... just the inconvenient!

My new Lens

2009-05-05T15:25:00.001-07:00

I got my mother's day gift early. A new Lens for my cam! I took pics of Kanoa today. I love how the pics look with my new lens.

Annie and Cohlton

2009-04-29T12:36:00.001-07:00

Practicing with my cam. let me know what you think

My first lesson I have learned from these photos is to avoid high contrast areas. Next time I think I will have to choose a location that isnt shaded or pick a different time of day. And I think I will have to have them lose the hat to avoid shadowing on the face. Im gonna try using my flash with hat shots next time to see if that helps. If anyone has any more suggestions please feel free to tell me.

March for babies pics

2009-04-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

It was so great to beable to do the march for babies this year!! The walk didnt even seem 5.5 miles long. We were one of the last in because we had to keep stopping to feed Cyrus. But thats ok It wasnt a race. I think Goldie and Mitzie were in heaven there were lots of dogs for them to meet and greet and play with. And lots of little kids to play with too. I snapped a few shots of one little boy playing with them mostly cuz I thought his hair was Crazy cute!! He had it Done at ther cool cuts for kids booth.

Blessings in disguise

2009-04-25T08:29:00.000-07:00

My walk was supposed to be this morning but nothing seemed to be working in our favor. Tony couldnt get off work and my friends that were supposed to walk with me couldnt make it. Tony was bummed cuz he had to work and couldnt make it. Despite my team falling apart I was prepared to continue with the walk with just me and my lil man Cyrus. Unfortunately Cyrus had other plans. He was so cranky and hungry. I had to keep feeding him. We had to be thereat 8 and at 750 he was still eating. I finally broke down. I felt i let Gabriel down and all those who sponsored my walk. When i finally got it together. I realized I could just change my event. I found another event at newport beach going on tomorrow. This is only 1 1/2 hours away. Tony Doesnt work tomorrow so we are heading to newport beach at about 430am. We are gonna be tired!! but thats ok it will be worth it. The blessing in it all is that Tony is able to go and we can do this as a family!! I am so glad that Tony will beable to go with me. He was really beating himself up about not being able to go!! Well Hopefully all goes well tomorrow!!! Wish us luck. we will need it traveling that far with Cy. He hates his Car seat!!

LOVE The greatest commandment of all!!

2009-04-22T15:22:00.000-07:00

When the clawsons visited the other day they brought me "True to the faith" a gospel reference Today as I was skimming through it I felt impressed to read and share my feelings on the subject of love.

Mathew 22 35-40
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the prophets

John 13 34-35
34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another

Verse 37 really stood out to me. I know I love our father in heaven but am I loving him with my heart soul and mind? It is easy to love but to do so with heart soul and mind I believe takes on a mucher deeper meaning. I believe in order to live up to this type of love our love for him must show through all of our actions. We must have our father in heaven in mind before we do anything and must put him before everything. Does this mean that when we sin we do not love him? I dont believe this for one second but I do believe we are not showing him our love with our sinful actions. I want all of my actions to show my tremendous love for our Heavenly Father. When we do mess up it shouldnt be so easy to just shake off. We should be ashamed that our actions do not scream I am a believer and I love my kind and gracious God!!! AFter reading and pondering this scripture I know i have alot of work to do to prove to our Fathe rin heaven that I do love him with my heart soul and mind. Me knowing this isnt enough I must always show it through my actions as well.
Heavenly father had another great commandment... To love our neighbor as we love our selves. and to love one another as God has loved us. I think this is a much harder commandment to follow sometimes. Maybe by keeping in mind that we are all brothers and sisters this commandment will seem easier. If we truly loved others as ourselves we would never do anything to hurt them. Again just loving them isnt enough we must show them we love them through all we do. I want the best for myself so I should always want the best for others. I should never wish bad fortune upon others. Our father in heaven sacrificed his only begotten son for us. He simply asks of us to love him and one another. I think this is the least we could do. Through love we can become more like our savior Jesus Christ who loves us all perfectly no matter how imperfect we are. I am so thankful for his great sacrifice for us. I hope that I through daily prayer I am able to love perfectly just as our Father in heaven loves us. I pray for the strength to put all judgement aside and be a great example to my fellow brothers and sisters. And to display my love for our father in all I do. I know that if I am able to do these things the lord will be pleased in me and I will continue to recieve the wonderful blesssings he has for me.

5 week pics

2009-04-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

Papa Clawson

2009-04-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

Elder and Sister Clawson came to visit us on Friday. It was a much needed visit as I was very stressed. Both of our vehicles got broken into that previous night and i was very nervous about living in this neighborhood. It was an overreaction i know but their company was much needed any way.

Our diaper bag that was stole was found at a gas station and turned into my bank. Luckily the thiefs were kind enough to leave my license in my wallet and in the diaper bag. so they only got away with my credit cards (which are now cancelled anyway) and our GPS.

While they visited Elder Clawson held Cyrus almost the whole time. I dont think Cyrus had a problem with that. He was Quite comfortable. I thought this picture was adoreable so I just had to post it.

playtime with daddy

2009-04-20T15:46:00.000-07:00

Kanoa and Cy

2009-04-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

My friend Michelle and I have been trying fo rth past month to get together when both boys are in good moods to take pics. We were finally able to last week but Kanoa wanted to sleep and Cyrus wanted to stay awake and look around. well we did our best and here are a coupl eof the pics

A visit from Friends

2009-04-20T15:29:00.000-07:00

Shawn and Thatcher came to visit us when Cyrus was maybe 2 1/2 weeks old. Im late in posting the pics but i figure its better late than never. We had a great time chatting with shawn and Thatcher seemed pretty interested in Cyrus. He was so funny though... Cyrus started getting fussy so I was feeding him. When Thatcher looked and saw Cyrus Nursing he decided he needed to nurse to. he kept hitting his moms chest to tell her he wanted to eat to. He kept lookin gback to see if Cyrus was still eating. It was the cutest thing.

Look who the Easter bunny visited

2009-04-20T15:25:00.001-07:00

Cyrus first Holiday was Easter. There wasnt much we could do but we at least had to get him some goodies and a basket from the Easter bunny. He was kinda grumpy though. I dont think he liked the outfit. LOL. we wanted to get pics with the easter bunny but decided it was best we didnt to protect him from catching a cold. so he took pics with his goodies instead.

Smiling

2009-04-10T09:58:00.000-07:00

Cyrus is 5 weeks today!!! About a week ago i looked down at him and he had a huge grin on his face. It definately wasnt a gas smile. But Tony said he thought it was involuntary muscle movements. So I didnt get my hopes up. This morning Cyrus was full of smiles!! two big grins and several little smiles. He would watch my face as i made exagerated smiles at him and stuck my tongue out at him and he would smile after each. but then i guess hegot bored. I could watch him smile all day!! It was so special!!! but i guess he only has about a 2 min attention span.

Sponsor Me at March for Babies!

2009-04-01T23:18:00.001-07:00

Thank you Grams, Doris, Melissa, Adrianne, Aunt Ruth, Mom, Tiffany, Holly, and Alaina for sponsoring my walk!! Your generosity is greatly appreciated!!

Gabriel's Bday present

2009-04-01T22:46:00.000-07:00

For his bday and In Honor of Gabriel I am walking in the march of dimes march for babies. my plan is to do this every year for his bday. Please help support by joining my team or making a donation. Visit my webite to see details or to make a contribution. www.marchforbabies.com/gabrielsmama

I will also be walking with my friend Melissa on june 13th for her son Braden who was born prematurely.To sponsor this walk as well visit her website at www.marchforbabies.com/bradensmama2008

Gabriel's bday

2009-04-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

As many of you know today would have been Gabriel's first bday.One of The hardest part about today was remembering all the plans we had for him and knowing we couldnt fullfill them. But then i remembered what kind of life he would have had if he were still here and i am thankful that our gracious father in heaven spared him of that misery. He was a perfect spirit in a broken body and now he is free. He can do all the things a little boy should beable to do. the hardest part about today was not being able to do anything for him. but then i was inspired by my friend melissa.
So in honor of Gabriel I have decided to do the march of dimes march for babies every year for Gabriel. I think this is one of the greatest gift we can do for him. please check out my website http://www.marchforbabies.org/Gabrielsmama. we could really use your support. I also plan on walking for my friends son braden On june 13th with her. check out her website as well. www.marchforbabies.com/bradensmama2008.

We miss Gabriel tremendously but we know he is in a better place. Today was hard for us but also a reminder of the great love of our father in heaven that he did not allow our son to suffer anymore

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

3 weeks

2009-03-30T16:07:00.000-07:00

well he was 3 weeks on friday but it wasnt sunny enough to get good light through the window so We did his 3 week photos today.

1st bath

2009-03-30T00:53:00.000-07:00

Since it was taking so dang long for his umbilical chord to dry up he just barely got his first bath today. He has had sponge baths which he hates but never a full bath. as soon as we put him in the water he was calm. he really seemed to like it and was way relaxed.

More pics of Cyrus

2009-03-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

Camera happy mama decided to do her own photo shoot with Cyrus. Im not as good as shawn but I thought they turned out pretty good considering my lack of experience. Plus he is so darn cute he looks cute in any photo . He was actually 2 weeks and 3 days in these. Im hoping to do more pics tomorrow. which would be 1 week from this He has changed a ton it seems like since last m0nday. I know theres alot of pics here but scroll through them all cuz theres some funnies at the end. let us know what you think!!

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and now for the funnies

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A love so perfect

2009-03-26T02:45:00.000-07:00

Its 330 am and I am up feeding Cyrus again. he was up about 1 hours ago as well and two hours before that. and 1 before that... not our best night so far. needless to say i havent slept yet. You would thi nk at this point i would be so exhausted that i wouldnt be on my blog writing this but i just had to put words to my feelings and share with you all the intense love a child brings into your life. I dont know that words can accurately describe the joy and love a child brings into ones life.
As i look at Cyrus sleeping so peacefully on my chest I cant help but smile. he looks so peaceful... so innocent... I have butterflies and love running through my body and i dont want to take my eyes off of him. every little noise, movement or face he makes just brings me so much joy. He is perfect... A gift from God. The love for your child is such a perfect love.. although he cant give much back we still give all of ourselves. just looking at him and holding him is gratification enough.
I love how he will fall asleep so easily in my arms. it tells me he feels safe.
I love how when he is awake he studies my face. seeming to be reading me.
i love the noises he makes( even though they keep me up at night lol).
I love how he pushes himself up closer to me heart if i have him laying to low on my belly or how he likes to snuggle just under my chin.
I love his cry becasue i know he trusts that i will listen.
i love how peaceful he looks.
and i love snuggling with him when daddy gets up for work.
He is my world... my everything.I feel i have accomplished many great things in life, but my two sons are by far what I am most proud of.

just a few pics

2009-03-20T14:06:00.001-07:00

2 weeks old already??? Growing up so fast!!

Mama says its time for bed but im not tired!!!

so handsome in green

Didnt want his feet covered i guess

Hugs for daddy

Cyrus' with his welcome to the world gift .. Tigger and Tigger outfit

Cyrus' first photoshoot

2009-03-14T22:10:00.000-07:00

We met many amazing people during the time we had Gabriel with us, one of these people being Shawn Houllis . For those of you who have been following our blog from the beginning you may remember her name. She took the beautiful professional photos we have of Gabriel. We were privileged to meet with her again Friday for Cyrus' first photo shoot!! It brought back a lot of memories of Gabriel while creating new ones of our precious baby Cyrus. It was so nice to catch up with her and watch her do her magic with the camera!! If you are looking for a photographer in San Diego I strongly recommend Shawn (life shadows photography). She is so amazing and wonderful company as well!! Thanks Again Shawn for all you have done for us!!!!
Here is a peek at a few of the pics we have so far.

Check out our slide show of Cyrus

2009-03-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

http://www.slide.com/r/dsDttmHZ4j_65DGCW_o4DBW-mXiy2UoR?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Cyrus with family

2009-03-10T20:06:00.001-07:00

We were fortunate to have family here to meet Mr. Cyrus. It was great to see everyone!! I will be posting a slide show within the next couple days with lots more pics

First family photo

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Cyrus with visitors, and doctor.

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Dr Dainer. He is the best!! I hope we are still here for our next baby so he can deliver.

Tracy Amy

Kelley

Elder and sister Clawson. We adopted the clawson's as honorary Grandparents

He's Here!!!

2009-03-10T19:30:00.000-07:00

Cyrus Anthony Mele Was born March 6th 2009 at 0830 am at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. He weighed in at a whopping 8lbs and 4 oz. and 21 inches long!!! He is absolutely perfect!!! Here is his first clothed picture.

Guess how big he will be

2009-03-05T15:04:00.000-08:00

So this will be my last posted belly picture. I am 38 weeks and 4 days. We are taking a poll on how big everyone thinks he will be. Send your guesses to my email or you can just leave it as a comment. Theres no prize but i thought it would be fun anyway. We will announce the closest guess on the blog when i get home on sunday or monday. Wish us luck!!!

problem with comments fixed

2009-03-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

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living room

2009-03-04T11:06:00.000-08:00

Ive been meaning to post the pics of Cyrus' room and my rearranged living room for awhile but needless to say thing shave been hectic and im just now getting to it.

Cyrus' room

2009-03-04T10:41:00.000-08:00

I still need to paint his name on the wall and Im going to paint some sayings on the wall as well. But this is His room so far!!

C-section. Please pray for us.

2009-03-03T21:00:00.001-08:00

It started as the 9th Then changed to 7th and now the official date is March 6th!! I cant believe how close it is!! I am so nervous excited and scared all at once!! Please say a prayer for us. I feel everything will turn out ok this time. but a few extra prayers certainly wouldnt hurt any. If anything just for peace of mind on our end. Im so afraid of losing another son. I dont feel anything bad will happen but its hard for the thought to not cross my mind. Thank you all for your support and encouragement through this pregnancy.

Patriarchal Blessing

2009-03-03T20:52:00.000-08:00

So I finally recieved my patriarchal blessing on sunday. It was an amazing experience!! But its so weird because I feel like im forgetting more and more of what it said as everyday that passes. I guess cuz it covered so much. But I cant wait to recieve it in the mail so I can sit down and read it again!! I know it will be a constant help in life. and that I will be looking at it for guidance often!!

I am now Considered full Term!!!

2009-02-22T14:03:00.001-08:00

So I am 37 weeks today. Only 13 days till I get to hold my baby boy. and only 12 days till our family arrives here to join us in welcoming Cyrus. I am so excited!!

Sea world

2009-02-22T13:26:00.001-08:00

Sea world has a program called salute our heroes. Basically every active duty service member and his family ( with military ID) get in free once a year. so we chose to go yesterday. It was a lot of fun. but very tireing. we were there till about 6 in the evening. here are some pics.

Tony's pimp mobile at sea world. "Its not a wheelchair its my pimp mobile scooter" he says

The shamu show

Clyde and seamore's risky rescue

The dolphin show

Kira and Tayvan's Visit

2009-02-15T20:11:00.000-08:00

My friend Kira who I had not seen in 6 years came to visit from friday until today (Sunday). It was so great to see her. You would think after not seeing someone for that long it would be awkward at first but it wasnt at all it was as if we had last seen each other the day before. Well besides the fact that Tayvan is now 6 instead of 6 months. LOL

Tayvan loved playing with the dogs and they loved playing with him I didnt get any pics of them playing but we did catch tayvan putting his build a bear glasses on Goldie so we had to take a picture!! They arrived on friday night and left sunday. On saturday they went to the zoo with us. It was really nice to have their company. we are hoping to see them again soon. They want to come back to see lego land and sea world.

Valentines day at the zoo

2009-02-15T19:40:00.000-08:00

Tony started my valentines day 5 days prior to valentines day. He said each day until V day i would either receive a gift or something telling me why he is in love with me. The first day I received a bouquet of roses 2ND day i received my massage along with a note telling me how much he appreciates me and all I do and for reminding him whats really important in life. The third day he took me to dinner and recreated how he proposed to me. The fourth day I received a bouquet of tulips. with a note that said You stand by me when you should leave. You love me when you should hate me. You take care of me when I should be alone. You will never understand how much that means to me and nothing in this world coul dever show you how much i love youbut floweres are a good start.I thought this was such a beautiful note it made me cry.

and for the last gift on V day we went to the zoo with a friend. The zoo was very special to me because even with all we were going through emotionally with Gabriel being sick in the hospital we took time out to take a short trip together to the zoo while Gabriel was in the Nicu. Although it wasn't a long trip It is evidence that even while going through the hardest thing we could ever imagine we still took time for each other and we kept each other strong.
I cant remember which night it was but one of the things he said made him fall in love with me was my occasional ditziness ( kinda embarrassing for me huh) He quoted my famous ditsy moment. "Is France in Paris??" any way he loves that about me so i guess my brain fart moments aren't that bad of a thing!!
Here are a few pics from the zoo and my beautiful flowers

only 22 days left

2009-02-12T23:34:00.000-08:00

35 week pic

2009-02-12T23:10:00.000-08:00

Im a lil behind but here is my 35 week pic. Its getting so close. I cant believe Cyrus will be here in 22 days!!! Im gonna miss being pregnant!!

My baby shower

2009-02-07T17:07:00.000-08:00

My friend kelly threw me a baby shower today. It was a lot of fun. here is a picture of my beautiful hostess and some decorations.

Guess how big my belly is

2009-02-07T17:01:00.000-08:00

My friends guessing how big they think my belly is. Kay won. My belly is 11 toilet paper squares around.

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This was the guess the poop game. We were laughing at Michelle cuz she looked like she was eating it.

The cakes

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My friend Kay made these cakes for the shower. The small one was made specifically for Tony so that he didnt feel left out. I thought that was sweet.

ohhh my aching back!!! i should have knocked on wood

2009-02-02T00:03:00.000-08:00

I have either over done it or pregnancy is just catching up to me. everyone always asks how im feeling and I have always been able to say great!!! This surprised me considering how much bigger Cyrus is growing. I was just telling Tony's Dad the other night. "I dont know how my back isnt hurting yet." I should have knocked on wood because it is killing me tonight!! Im hoping it is just from all the work i have done today moving stuff around and what not. but if not im going to sit down and have a serious talk with my son about his weight!! Just kidding im glad he is growing big and healthy and my backache is just a reminder of how healthy he is!!

I believe nesting has official begun!!!

2009-02-01T23:46:00.000-08:00

I have become increasingly more preoccupied with cleaning and getting things ready for Cyrus' arrival. but yesterday was ridiculous. the sister missionaries came and helped me clean the garage. It was extremely bad so it took most the day. we still had boxes in there from the move that we hadn't been through. I had wanted to rearrange the furniture that evening but unfortunately Lisa my neighbor couldn't come and help me with moving stuff until today so all night all I could do was go over in my head was what i wanted to do with furniture to make more room and how I wanted to rearrange Cyrus' room, and what else needed to be organized. I just couldn't get out of preparation mode. So needless to say I didn't get much sleep. I have to say though now that his room and the living room are arranged how I would like I am very happy. now I just have organizing to do. My friend Kira will be here on the 13Th and staying for a couple days so My goal is to have my house Cyrus ready so that I can just sit back and relax for the rest of my pregnancy.

Patriarchal blessing interview

2009-02-01T23:41:00.000-08:00

I finally had my patriarchal blessing interview today. I could feel the spirit so strongly as he asked me the questions. It was wonderful. so anyway I now have my patriarchal blessing recommend. Now I just have to contact the patriarch to set up an appointment to see him. Im so excited!!

33 weeks

2009-01-27T19:11:00.001-08:00

2009-01-19T20:24:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of tony's new and improved knee! well... its not so improved yet. but once he recovers from surgery we are hoping he does much better. He was discharged late this afternoon. He is happy to be home and to my cooking!! but he is having a hard time letting me help him. It aggravates me because I dont want him to hurt himself more. but he doesnt listen very well (typical man). well hopefully he lets go of some of his pride soon. I told him he has to recover quickly so he is well enough to help me after my c-section. and so that he can hold his son without crutches!

Tony's surgery

2009-01-16T21:52:00.001-08:00

Tony's Surgery went well. They didn't have to do the micro fracture so he should be off of crutches within 6 weeks as long as all goes well. I think he is required to use cane after that. but I'm not sure. So anyway he should be off of crutches by the time Cyrus arrives. Thank goodness!!! Unfortunately He will be in the hospital until at least Monday. The Dr said he would not consider discharging him until at least then. I don't like being alone so times like this make me very grateful for my dogs!! He is in a lot of pain but that's to be expected when they peel your leg open like a banana. His Dr. gave me a diagram of what they did. I will post it probably tomorrow or so. for now I'm exhausted and am going to hit the rack.

2009-01-15T12:36:00.000-08:00

Tony found this pic online and put it as our screen saver. it makes me laugh everytime i sit down at the computer. Hope it brings a smile to your face too.

Patriarchal blessing

2009-01-12T13:47:00.000-08:00

I am preparing to get my patriarchal blessing. I have my interview February 1st. Im very excited. My interview was supposed to be yesterday. but with Tony's surgery and everything else on my mind I need more time to prepare for it so we moved the interview to february 1st. I am very excited and very grateful for this wonderful blessing.

"Dang woman how big do you want your belly to get?"

2009-01-12T13:06:00.000-08:00

28 weeks

With being sick and all I kinda slacked on the growing belly pics. when I don't look at the pics I don't realize how much I'm growing. yesterday I told TonyI dont think Cyrus is growing anymore because I don't think I'm getting bigger. Of course my smart butt husband says "Dang woman how big do you want your belly to get?" That small screen on our camera can really be deceiving! I really thought I hadn't been growing. But When I uploaded the pics onto my computer I realized he is growing just fine and I have the belly to prove it! Here are my 28 30 and 31 week pics. I'm really surprised I don't have back pain yet. So I'm really not obsessed with pics of myself I just love showing how much my baby is growing and unfortunately for all of you he is in my belly!! I didn't take pics of my belly with Gabriel between 28-32 weeks and my last pic was 35 weeks I really regret it now. I think I'm worst than Alaina with taking pictures I take pictures of everything!!! Gabriel has more pics than most babies do after 6 months!!!

30 weeks

31 weeks

2009-01-12T12:49:00.000-08:00

last week was really exciting well... not really it was actually pretty miserable. On Sunday night i got really sick plus ever since Christmas I have had a hard time keeping hydrated. well i started contraction they were mild but I knew I shouldn't be contracting as much as I was plus I needed to get some iv fluids so I went to labor and delivery. they gave me an iv and and Zofran and confirmed that i was indeed contracting. They said they would only have to give me meds to stop the contracting if it was causing me to dilate so they monitored me for a few hours to make sure i was dilating. Thank goodness I wasn't because I think the dang exam table (we don't get beds unless we are in labor) was more uncomfortable than the stomach cramps, nausea and contractions. so i was released and told that if my contractions become more regular to come back in. I was sick until about Tuesday ... then my lucky hubby got sick only he got it much worst he was throwing up every 5-10 minutes for several hours. they were having a hard time getting his vomiting under control in the ER. he was pretty miserable. we went in around 330 and he wasn't released until 1130 the next day. I was so tired and he was sleeping like a baby with all the drugs they gave him, Lucky guy. well we are both better now but Tony's surgery has been moved to Jan 16Th. This is a good thing because the recovery time is quite lengthy for this procedure. No weight bearing for 6 weeks and no driving for 4-6 weeks. He will be in the hospital for 3-5 days and on convalescent leave for 30 days. My c-section will be around the 9Th so tony will just be getting close to being able to put weight on his leg. hopefully I don't go into labor earlier because I will be hunting for someone to drive us to the hospital unless he is cleared to drive at that point. well at least things stay interesting.