Shower TIme for the Baby!

Last weekend I had my first baby shower.  It was so much fun and everything was absolutely PERFECT! So much work was put into it and I cant thank my aunts, mom, sisters, and cousins enough for everything they did. They did an awesome job on the whole thing and the decorations were the cutest ever! As you can see from the pics they did the shower colors in baby girls nursery colors: Yellow, grey, and coral

Here are my wonderful aunts who put this whole thing together:

Tammy, Sharon, me and Kris

 Some of the cute presents:

 I was lucky enough to have 2 diaper cakes at the shower:

1. cute monkey on motorcycle done by my cousin Amy and her cute kids

2. diaper cake done by my crafty sister Day

Another thing my crafty sister made was this adorable tutu! can't wait to see it on Baby girl

Here are the adorable decorations that made this shower look so great! Couldn't have been any cuter!

I really can't thank my aunts enough.  It was such a beautiful shower and I feel so blessed to have so many people already love this little girl so much! Thanks to everyone that came and for your sweet gifts.  I know she will love them I definitely do!

Belly's getting Big!

Last week I decided kind of last minute to get a few maternity pics done.  I was hesitant at first because lets be honest you don't really feel like getting your picture taken when you plump up:) But I figured I need to document my belly and would want the pics down the road.  Thanks to my sweet sister Daylan for helping me with my wardrobe and my wonderful friends Haylee and Baylee for taking the pics and providing the background. 

 I can't believe she will be here in less than 7 weeks.  Nash and I are getting so excited and I'm getting a little nervous as well. There has been a few nights when we have been home just hanging out and Nash has said, "I really wish our baby girl was here right so I could hold her and snuggle her." He is going to be such a great dad!  Here are a few of the pics from our little photo shoot:

 

Happy News

Nash and I are so excited to announce that we are expecting a little one! I am about 22 weeks right now and feeling much better than I did the first 16 weeks:)

The First 16 weeks:
I was pretty nauseous but never threw up (although sometimes I thought it would make me feel better if I could throw up).  Besides being sick sleep was my new best friend.  I was always tired and poor Nash would get so bored after work because all I would do it sleep.  Sometimes I would fall asleep around 7 or 8 and tell him I was just going to take a nap and before I knew it, it was morning time. 
We told our families we were expecting when I was around 9 weeks pregnant.  We told them on Easter and filled an Easter Egg with a little note that said, "A little one is hatching, coming Nov 2012" Everyone was so excited and it made it feel that much more real.  The first couple weeks we were so excited but still so shocked that we were going to be parents.
Love:
-Sleep
-BBQ Chips
-Otter Pops
-Still fitting into my clothes (that's long gone now:)
 -and of course the sweet baby inside me!

16 Weeks to Current 22 Weeks:
Around 17 weeks is when I started feeling better and like food again.  I wasn't sure if I was ever going to like food or even be able to stand the smell of things but sure enough it changed:)
We found out around 16 weeks that we are having a ...

 Everyone eating their cupcakes to see what Color the filling is... Pink or Blue

PINK!!!

BABY GIRL

From the the very beginning Nash just knew we were having a girl.  I wasn't really sure what I thought the baby was nor did I have a preference I just wanted a healthy baby.  Sure enough though Nash was right.  We are still trying to decide on a name and hopefully we will have one picked out by the time she comes.
Love:
-still Sleep
-Hamburgers
-finally like Chocolate and ice cream again:)
-Feeling our sweet girl kick like crazy
-Listening to Nash talk to our baby girl


We really do feel so blessed that we have been given this opportunity to raise a child.  While we are both very nervous and little scared we are beyond excited to meet our little princess.  I know she will have her daddy wrapped around her little finger and I can't wait to watch it happen:)

Love me some CALI

Back in January we went to Newport Beach and were lucky enough to stay with my cousin Shanielle. She has a house right off the beach and it was absolutely amazing. We had so much fun and it was nice to just get away and relax. We did lots of fun stuff and even got to watch a seal give birth:) Overall it was such a great trip and I am so glad I got to go with my best friend!

Nash's favorite part of the trip: Seaside Donuts

We loved riding the bikes we rode them everywhere!!!

Here is the seal we watched give birth . It was crazy we just were in the right place at the right time.

We got to do a little "surfing" at the wave in San Diego. So much fun but so sore the next day~

Loved to be able to actual see the SD temple in person absolutely beautiful.

My Cousin's cute house

And if my cousin didn't spoil us already she got us tickets to the Clippers Game so fun!

And to end the trip I have to show this pic. Nash loved that he was feeding the squirrel. There was a group of Asians that gathered around him and took pics of him feeding the squirrel. It was hilarious.

Thanks again Shaneille for the awesome trip. Hope we can come back soon:)

Better Late than Never!

Christmas 2011. I am a little behind but oh well what can ya do. Christmas this year for the Montoya's was great. We had lots of family and friend parties and enjoyed spending the Christmas season with eachother. Here are just a few pics for the month of December!

Temple Square Lights!

Nash, Nick and baby Ryker!

I couldn't forget about my little Finley:)

Our Christmas tree

Saved the best picture for last! This is at our family UGLY sweater Christmas Party. Notice what my sweet grandmas' shirt says... she didn't even know what it meant:) til we told her of course. I sure do love her.
(if you can't read it, it says NICE PACKAGE)

Hope everyone had an great Christmas!

Sister's Birthday Surprise!

Happy Birthday to my lil sis Rilee. I am so lucky to have such a sweet sister like Rilee. She is honestly one of the most compassionate people I know. Even though she is much younger than me I look up to her and have learned so much from her. I hope she knows how much she means to me and our family. She is there to always remind us what's important- to be nice to others and look out for those that need a friend. I will always admire her and her sweet spirit. Hears to Rilee!! I can't wait for the future and all the wonderful things that are in store for her. Hope you had a good day smalls:)

This is the surprise cake me and my Sis-in-law made for Rilee for her birthday party. Time consuming but so worth it!

No More Night Games for Me!!

About a month ago we got together with some of our friends to play some good old fashion night games. I haven't played night games in forever so i was pretty excited!!! We played a game called "Fugative." I had never played it before but once we got started I was lovin it. The basics of the game is for the "cops" to drive around in the car with a spotlight and try and catch you from going to point A to B. I am sure as you are reading this you are thinking to yourself: "Night games? Isn't she a little too old for this?" Well the answer is yes I am too old for night games or just accient prone. Cuz sure enough as I was hiding under some bushes I stood up to go run to the next hiding spot and my foot fell right in a window well and my face hit the metal part of the well on the other side.

When it first happened I was in shock and couldn't believe what I had done. I knew my face was bleeding pretty bad and i could tell it was by my eye. To make matters worse I was by myself and had to walk around the neighborhood for 10 minutes trying to find someone. After I finally found a few of our friends it took another 10 minutes to find Nash, he was still hiding.

To make a long story short, at that time we didn't have insurance and all the instant cares were closed because it was so late at night and it would have been a fortune to go to the ER so one of our friends knew a doctor in the neighborhood and I showed up at his door with a broken face:(. He was so kind and such a blessing to me. He drove us right to his clinic that he works at and stitched up my face. Still to this day I think how lucky and blessed I am that God put him in my path. I know it sounds cheesey but I really don't know what I would have done if it weren't for his kind act of service.

I am not sure if this experience happened to me because I needed to learn something. But I learned two important things:

1. I am too OLD to play night games

2. There are still good people out there doing nice things for others. I have really learned through this experience (once again cheesey i know!) how great service is. I am so grateful that Doctor hlelp me- a complete stranger. I will forever have a greater appreciation for little acts of kindness and service. I hope that one day I can pay it forward and help someone as much as he helped me.

And finally, I know this post is long but I want to be able to remember this expereince because it had taught me a lot and it's also a little humorous that I fell in a window well:) Thanks so much to my family and friends for the all the visits, phone calls, texts, and goodies. You all took such good care of me. I never knew I had so many people that care about me:) Thanks to my friend Malena for assisting the doctor with my stitches I am glad you were there! And one last special thanks to my husband. He was the best nurse I could of asked for. I love him so much and I am grateful he was so patient with me and waited on me hand and foot. Love you hun!

(One of my friends took a pic of me on the Doctors front porch thanks Kasey)

Here are a few Pics of my lovely face:
( I am documenting this for my blog book, don't mind how scary I look.)

All stitched up!


My beautiful black eye.

First Day back to work:


5 days after, starting to heal:

The day I got my stitches out:

2 weeks later: