Welcome Home Lindsey!!!

Today at 8:08 AM our baby little girl was born. Lindsey Marie Balls weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. She had meconium in her when she was born, but after they got that all out she was doing great. Steph's C-Section went well. She didn't get nauseated at all, so they didn't have to put her under. In recovery she was wide eyed and ready to see her baby! I am so proud of my beautiful wife and the burden that she bore these last 9 months. Motherhood truly is a blessing.

Here are some pictures that were taken throughout the day. There will be more added to this slideshow in the next coming days and different people come to visit, so keep an eye out.

One Week Left!!

So we are down to one week left until Lindsey will be joining our family! We have been trying to get things ready as much as possible so that Taylie could have time to adjust to her new surroundings (minus the actual baby)! We got the swing set up in our room, got all of Lindsey's clothes in her dresser, her bath tub out, and a few other things. Taylie of course, thinks that everything is hers (because it all used to be!)and tries to play with everything. We have been trying to explain to her that they are for baby Lindsey and she keeps asking "where's my prize?" I think she is getting a little jelous already. The first night we got everything out, I had to work and Taylie had gone into our room while Mike was doing his homework and got the bath tub out. Apparently she thought it would make a great little bed! Mike came in to check on her and found her sound a sleep in the tub! She has also gotten the binki's out several times and we will find her watching her movie with a binki in her mouth, which is funny because as a baby she hated the things and never would take one! Last night we were all laying in our bed saying goodnight, and Taylie said "Love you mom, love you dad" then she patted my tummy and said "Love you baby sister!" I think she is finally starting to adjust and we are all anxious to meet this new little girl of ours!

Our Last Romantic Get Away!!

So Mike and I decided that we were going to get a hotel and go out to a nice dinner for valentines/my birthday/last chance before baby comes, type of thing. We were looking around at nice hotels because I really wanted a Jacuzzi but they all costed quite a bit. Then I remembered a place we had went to in Eden UT my senior year in High school, so we looked it up and got a really nice room (well its was actually a townhouse) with a nice jacuzzi tub for a really good price! So we left Taylie with Mikes parents (Thank You so much Grandma and Grandpa Balls! We owe you big time!) and left Logan around 5:00 pm (we wanted to leave alot earlier, but due to problems at the Dr, it took us awhile to get away).


"Mike's lovely 16 oz. steak, some of it mysteriously disappeared. Hmmmm....."

Anyway, we drove down to Layton Ut and went to The Lonestar Steakhouse where they told us it would be about an hour wait but got us back in about 35 min. Mike got a huge 16 oz steak that he claims was by far the best steak he has ever had in his life, and i got a 6 oz steak and a shrimp scampi topped with crab, it was amazing!

Then we headed to Eden UT. We arrived to Wolf Creek Lodge at about 8:30 pm and got checked in. We were enjoying our room and jacuzzi, and then decided to try out our cool fire place. However, when Mike turned the fire place on apparently it tripped a breaker or something and the TV, alarm clock, some lights, and the heater got all screwed up. It got really really hot and Mike and I were dying! So at about 10:30 pm we drove up to the main lodge and told them about it and they were going to have someone come down and try to fix it. Mike and I drove to the Maverik to get us a drink and breakfast for in the morning, when we got back they still hadn't been able to fix it yet, so I decided i was just going to try and go to bed.



"The bedroom and bathroom of our first room."

At 12:00 midnight, someone came knocking on our door and told us that they weren't going to be able to fix it that night and that they would put us up in the Honeymoon Suite in a different lodge! So we had to pack up all our things and drive to a different Logde (the Red Moose Lodge). It was really nice (also had a jacuzzi) and the tv actually worked but by the time we got settle in it was almost 1:00 am and we were both beat! So we basically just got to enjoy the king size bed!! We tried to sleep in but we were both awake by 7:30 am. So we got up and enjoyed there continental breakfast and decided to leave a little early because it had been snowing all night and was still snowing! The drive home wasn't too bad, the canyon's were actually better than the freeway! We had quite the adventure and it felt really good to be able to get away for a night!



"Here is our second room :) "

A Spittin' Image

Steph thought it would be fun to compare photos of all three of us. (Steph, Taylie, and I) So, here are some pics for everyone to compare.

A Name Vote!!

So both Mike and I like the name Lindsey, however, I like it spelled Lindsey and Mike likes it spelled Lindsay. We decided to put it to a vote!! So far Lindsey is winning 5 to 2!! Let us know your preference!

Christmas a little late!

Sorry, I am a little late at posting our christmas blog, but better late than never right!! This year we went up to Wyoming for christmas, it was a lot of fun to spend time with my family. We had plenty of ping pong tournaments and had fun playing the wii. Taylie got a kitchen (which we gave her before we went to wyoming) and she loves it. She got up a little early (for her) on christmas morning but eventually woke up enough to be excited about what santa brought. I woke up christmas morning with the flu and didn't get to enjoy much, but overall the trip was very fun. At home we decided to make some cupcakes and take them to our neighbors. Taylie was a great help and really enjoyed eating them afterwards.

Sledding with Balls Fam!!

So we decided to take the kids sledding at Lundstrom Park with Cami's family, Angie's family and Mel and Kaden. It was Taylie's first time sledding, and I think she liked it! We would stick her on the tube with someone and she would smile (most of the time) while sledding down the hill, and at the bottom she would say "that was fun!" But when we asked her if she wanted to go again, she would scream "NO" until we put her on the tube again then she would smile. I think she had more fun helping dad build a giant snowman, which we didn't get a final picture of because when Mike was trying to punch in the eyes he sort of knocked its head off!! Afterwards we went to Grandma and Grandpa Balls' for Hot Chocolate and Lazagna. It was really fun!