When you got a good thing.

When you got a good thing-Lady Antebellum

I ♥ this song.

Everybody keeps telling me I'm such a lucky man,
Lookin' at you standing there, I know I am.
Barefoot beauty with eyes that blue,
Sunshine sure looks good on you, I swear.


Oh I can't believe I finally found ya, baby.
Happy ever after, after all this time.
Oh there's gonna be some up and downs,
But with you to wrap my arms around, I'm fine.


So baby, hold on tight.
Don't let go!
Hold on to the love we're makin',
'Cause baby when the ground starts shakin'
you gotta know, when you got a good thing.


You know you keep bringin' out the best in me,
And I need you now, even more than the air I breathe.


You can make me laugh when I want to cry.
This will last forever, I just know.

I know!

So baby, Hold on tight.
Don't let go!
Hold on to the love we're makin',
'Cause baby when the ground starts shakin'
you gotta know, when you got a good thing.

We got a good thing, baby!
Whoa!

So Hold on tight.
Baby, don't let go!
Hold on to the love we're makin',
'Cause baby when the ground starts shakin'
you gotta know,


oh, You gotta know,
Oh, You gotta know,
You gotta know.

when you got a good thing.
We got a good thing Baby.

Wiggle worm.

This morning I wrapped Harper up after feeding her and put her in her bassinet, She lays there for a little bit and before long she is grunting and wiggling and kicking, and I'm thinking, great shes gunna wake up and be whiny.. but no, she just does this for a good little while and before I know it she has her arms out and is sleeping like this! haha Soo cute.

Sleep.

I guess you never really take it THAT serious when people tell you, you will be up all the time, and lose sleep with a newborn.. I mean I knew I would have to feed and change her quite often, but I guess I didn't realize how much sleep I was actually getting before!!!

I'm literally up every 2 hours, and sometimes that's pushing it! Breastfeeding makes this more exhausting, due to the fact that I have to get the boob out, sit up and hold her all while trying not to nod off. Ten to fifteen minutes on each side seems like 10 hours, because when I'm tired all I wanna do is get it over with so I can lay back down, but when you think shes done eating, shes not, its just an intermission, and shes back to it again!! Then its the diaper changing, and shes REALLY good at pooping and peeing once the diaper is off, and I used to think I was lucky because she cant pee straight up like a boy, but she can master this while pooping, no joke, she can get some distance!! haha. But I cant be mad, because I love my little Harperloo. ♥

Update..before the baby.

On March 20Th My mom and sister had a family baby shower for me! It was nice to have my grandma's, and great aunts, and even family I haven't seen for years there!! I also had some friends come, and Michael's step-mom was able to come which was nice!! We didn't get many pictures, here are a few.

Opening Gifts.

My Sis, me, Mom.

The Lovely table.

Here are some pics of Harper's room, I still have some things I want to do, I need to get a dresser and shelf, and hang pictures, hopefully I can get around to that soon,but I'm happy how my letters turned out, and her bedding matches them so well! She still sleeps in the room with me, so her crib has become storage for all the blankets we have gotten!! She has sooo much stuff!

The crib finally all put together.

Close up view, I hand painted the Thumb tacks purple to match!

The changing table, the baskets and diaper stacker match the bedding.


The awesome diaper genie, it really is a GREAT thing to have, especially in an apartment with one small garbage can!

Hopefully I will get better at updating and posting sooner! Harper got so many cute things, we definitely were spoiled, Michael's step mom even had a baby shower for me on the day Harper was born, She still had everyone come even tho we couldn't make it due to a scheduled induction. It was fun for them because as the shower started, Harper was being born so we e-mailed pictures as the shower was going on. I'm so grateful he has such a wonderful family, we are truly blessed with family support on both sides, Harper definitely will be spoiled by her 6 grandparents!! What's awesome is she has great grandparents too! We are loving having a little girl! :)

♥ quote.

Miles away.

I give props to anyone that is or has been in a long distant relationship, because they suck!! All you have to rely on is a phone call, a text message, an email, an instant message, a picture, technology pretty much runs your relationship! The worst part about this is you sit there and wonder what they are doing when they don't answer or return your calls right away, text messages are sometimes taken the wrong way, and suddenly your arguing or feeling unappreciated. Now I can handle the long distance after sometime, but spending weeks, or even days with your significant other just to see them leave, or leave them to go back to weeks, or months without seeing them again is torture!

I was used to the idea of being alone, being on my own, and probably used the phrase "I don't need a man to make me happy" don't get me wrong, I still believe I don't NEED this to make me happy, but any woman who has or has had a GOOD man knows that it does help ;) Being pregnant and lonely was horrible, but now I'm lonely and have a little girl to take care of, and going from having her dad around the first few weeks, to not having him here sucks. Its only the second night, and I'm feeling the loneliness set in more than ever. Ill blame it on the "baby blues" because I have a mild case of this, and the first few days I just wanted to cry and didn't feel like myself! Of course having Harper in my life makes it a little less lonely, I have to feed and change her, and have her to keep me occupied, but when she cries for no reason, I want to cry! I wish I just had my other half here, its like she knows something is different, she honestly wasn't this fussy before he left, but it could just be a coincidence.

Its amazing how things have changed, and how through my whole pregnancy and having a baby has changed my outlook on life,love,and relationships. Despite what people think, and how different Mike might be from anyone Ive dated, I believe that everything has happened for a reason. I don't have to hesitate for one second that hes going to be there for me and his little girl, I just wish he could be here 24/7.

I just cant get enough.

My cute little girl in her cute little watermelon outfit!! This was one of the first days we both dressed up, and got out, visited the family. I'm having so much fun putting her in her cute bows! Cant wait to get some professional pictures of her done!

Harper Monroe Sletten.

Born April 10th, 2010. ♥

39 weeks.. and then baby!

Fast update..

Wed April 7Th was my last doctors apt! I was Dilated to a 3 and 80 % effaced. Our options were to wait it out or have a scheduled induction. Because my doctor happen to be at the hospital for the weekend, he gave us the option to be induced early sat, so we went with that! We had 2 days to get our last few things together, grocery shopping, stroller/car seat and a few little baby items!

Sat morning we got a call to come in between 6-630 am! So we woke up, finished packing and headed to the hospital!

We checked in and got settled into the birthing room, a few minutes later my mom and sister showed up. They started me on my IV and got some general information, other that feeling a little nauseated my nerves were not as bad as I thought they would be! At 7:30 am They started my petocin, which pretty much kick starts your labor! Then they broke my water a while later and then the fun begin! By now my contractions were coming on strong and wow were they painful!! Then the best part came... the epidural! Its really not as bad as it seems, I didn't ever see the actual needle, and by the time I was ready to get it I was in pain so it didn't hurt half as bad as my contractions! Once it kicks in your legs go numb and tingly and the pain is gone! My labor was going so fast that I immediately started feeling tons of pressure, and all I kept saying was how my butt hurt! haha Before I knew it I was dilated to a 6, then a 9, and then 10! right then I got sick and felt the sudden urge to throw up, and I did! That was probably the worst, honestly, I hate throwing up!!

Before all this my dad and grandma had came, and stayed through the whole delivery!

My mom and mike helped hold my legs and coach me on, my mom got a little camera happy and went crazy taking pictures! During pushing the heart rate would drop so they gave me oxygen, but everything went fine.. at one point they tried showing me the mirror, but after one glance I was good! haha Mike didn't want to watch either, but my mom was right there watching the whole thing, dad was hiding in the corner, kenzie took a few glances, and right at the end my grandma took a look, and she didn't see any of us born!! Then I could see her head, and she was born!! Mike burst into tears, but it was soo cute and was the best moment ever!! It was a relief that it was over. Then they took her over and cleaned her off, weighed her, and measured her. She was born at 12:31 pm( 5 hours of labor!!) 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long!!

After that, it was none stop visitors!!! Harper has sooo many people that love her, family and friends! We are so happy that she is here!

Sorry, that wasn't really a "fast" update!