Comparisons

What do you think? Do they look alike?

Tyson Hazlett

Eliza Hazlett

Both Tyson and Eliza had to go to the NICU and we got very similar pictures of them both.

Tyson in the NICU

Eliza in the NICU

Eliza Hazlett

Eliza Hazlett

Born: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 7:48 AM

Weight: 6 pounds 9 ounces

Height: 19 inches

Eliza's Birthday

This was the morning I went in to have our baby girl. I am 39 weeks here.

This is me before the c-section. When I went in I was having contractions every few minutes but not too consistent and I couldn't feel them. Mike wanted to get this picture that showed me having a contraction. You can see if you look closely on the computer screen in the background.

This is baby Eliza just shortly after she was born.

Baby Eliza in the NICU. She was having some respiratory problems. She was taken to the NICU and was put on a CPAP machine.

This was the first time that I got to hold my baby girl. This was after she had been in the NICU for about five hours.

Mike holding his precious baby girl.

Our cute little family

Mom, Ty, and Eliza

Dad, Ty, and Eliza

Ty and his new baby sister. He loves her and does very well with her. Loves to hold her and give her kisses.

All ready to go home after four long days in the hospital.

First night at home.

Ever since we took out the baby swing Tyson has claimed it as his own.

Happy Birthday Mike

November 7th was Mike's birthday which was a Sunday so we celebrated his birthday on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we went to the BYU game with Karli and Garret and then went to dinner with our friends at Tucanos that night.

On Sunday we opened presents in which he got a couple new shirts and some new shoes...

...then we had a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate whipped cream frosting.

Funny little sidenote, I thought we had candles but nope so we lit a match and that is what he got to blow out. Worked out just fine.

BYU Game

A couple of weekends ago on November 6th, Karli called us at about 11:00 am and asked if we would like to go to the BYU football game cause they had two extra tickets. We of course accepted the offer. The game started at 12:00 and we had yet to shower and had to find a babysitter for Ty. Thank goodness for grandparents. We hurried and showered and got ready, dropped Ty off at grandma and grandpa's, grabbed some lunch, and headed to Provo. We ended up not being too late to the game either. We had a lot of fun. Thanks Karli and Garret.

Happy Halloween

Our sweet little Pooh bear. This halloween Mike and I didn't dress up but we dressed Tyson up. We had our ward halloween party on Thursday night with a trunk or treat and then we took Tyson trick or treating down main street on Friday. We had fun taking Tyson around and I think he had fun as well.

Daddy and Ty

Matchy...Matchy

Dad is making us chocolate shakes and Tyson is waiting in anticipation. Whenever we are in the kitchen whether it is making meals or doing dishes Tyson always has a chair or stool right up next to us so he can "help" us. He is a very curious and inquisitive little boy.

Pumpkin Patch

Also during UEA weekend we got together and had a pizza party at Grandma and Grandpa's house and then we went to Santaquin to the Red Barn and took a hayride to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. After we picked out our pumpkins we went back and had ice cream at the red barn.

Tyson protecting his pumpkin find.

Our little Ty-Ty.

Not the cutest family pic but the best out of the ones we did get.

This Is The Place Heritage Park

Over UEA weekend we went with the family to This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City. We had a lot of fun. I think Tyson's favorite part was the animals. He loved the sheep and he tried to sit on them multiple times wanting to catch a ride. He had to settle with petting and feeding them.

He also loved the pony rides so much so that he threw a fit when he could only ride them around twice in the circle. He got grandpa to stand in the long line so he could go on a second ride. Even after that he didn't want to get off.

The kids also participated in a pumpkin race.

We had lots of fun being able to ride on the train that took us around the park.

The kids also panned for gold. Tyson mostly just threw rocks in the stream.

There is also a mini train that goes around a pond that we took. Tyson again of course had to go twice.

The family hanging out watching the kids ride the mini train. This was towards the end of the day when everybody was tired.

All the Grandkids

The whole family -minus dad- he was taking the picture.

We had lots of fun this day. They also had trick-or-treating there and we had a great picnic lunch that grandma prepared. We were also able to stop and see great grandma at the end of the day.

Getting Ready for Baby Girl

So I have had a lot of fun and help getting ready for this baby girl. From re-decorating the room to shopping, but I still have a few things on my to do list to get done before she makes her arrival. Once I found out I was having a girl I knew the room needed to be re-decorated because it was all boy. So I set out to find the perfect bedding set-neutral and fun and this is what I came up with. It didn't come with the mobile and wallpaper but it came with everything else. It was actually a great deal. I was going to pick out some fabric and have my mom help me make everything but it was actually cheaper to go this route.

This is not their room. I don't actually have the bedding set up in the crib quite yet, but I wanted to show the set off. And I didn't use the curtain because it only came with one valance and they have a large window in their room so my mom made some curtains for me.

So once I had the bedding set I was able to use the colors to decorate the room. I re-did Tyson's name and got half of the baby girls done. Just have to put the name on it and glue the bows on. We are between two names Paige and Eliza so I didn't finish hers yet. I think we are leaning more towards Eliza and I asked Mike if he wanted me to just put that on it and he said no. I asked him if it was because he was not sure of the name or what and he said, "its because I am not so sure you are completely set on it." So they are not done yet. But I love how Tyson's turned out.

The next thing I did for the room is make a sign to put above the window. I had my dad cut the board and used my cricut to do the lettering. It turned out really cute. My mom made the curtains for me. I picked out the fabric to match the rest of the bedding and she did all the hard work. They turned out perfect. Thanks mom.

The next thing I did was take the curtains that I did not use from the bedding set and covered an artists canvas mat and put ribbon on it to make a bow board. I only have three bows completed so I have a little work to go in that area.

I also wanted a car seat cover but didn't want to pay the $30-$40 on it so I went and picked out some fabric and had my mom make it for me. It only cost about $10 and my mom said it was pretty easy and that it only took her about 30 min to do. I didn't put it on my car seat to showcase it because the car seat is currently buried in the far corner under a whole pile of stuff in our storage unit. That is on my list of things to do, is unbury the carseat.

Other things I need to do before the baby comes is finish my Christmas shopping. Because I am not going to be able to move after my c-section for the first couple of weeks and then I doubt I will want to go out too much when I am starting to move. I will still be trying to figure out how to handle two kids. Plus it will most likely be cold and snowy.

I also need to sell me single stroller. I have been trying on KSL but no one has wanted it. I need to sell it before I can get the double stroller I want because we don't have room for both. This is the double stroller I want. It is expensive but we have been saving up for it.

So we are almost ready for this baby to arrive. I think we have almost everything ready except those last few things I needed to do.

The room is decorated, her clothes are washed and have found a space in the chest of drawers. I did this the same time I was switching over Tyson's summer clothes to fall/winter clothes. I got diapers, binkies, and a few pink blankets. Now I just have to wait out the last 6 weeks. I can't wait to meet our baby girl.