Meet the Pete's

No one likes shots..

2012-02-09T13:08:00.007-07:00

We had Scar's 2 month check up yesterday. Here are her stats; For weight, she is in the 45th percentile weighing in at a whopping 10 Lbs. 13 Oz. For height, she's in the 40th percentile at 22.25 inches long. Her perfectly shaped little head is in the the 25th percentile. All of that was fine and dandy. The shots are what broke mommy's little heart. She was already fussy before it began. Then they poked her 3 times and both she and mommy cried. It was sad.. Next time, daddy is going.

The aftermath :(

After all that crying, she was wiped out! So wiped out that her headband coming down around her eyes didn't even phase her.

Two Antoinettes

2012-02-09T12:17:00.012-07:00

Scott had to do some work in St. George this week, so it was the perfect time to take Scarlett down to meet her name sake. We used Antoinette as Scarlett's middle name because of this awesome woman! My grandma is the best grandma in the world. She makes everyone around her feel so special. I have the best childhood memories of grandma's house.
Grandma loved holding and cuddling her new little great grand baby. It was very sweet watching the two Antoinettes together. My parents were visiting us in SL for Scarlett's blessing, so we brought them as well. It was a fun, short trip!

Such a good little girl on the drive down

Antoinette and Scarlett Antoinette

four generations!

Sleepover at G-ma's!

Time to go. St. Geezy, it's been real!

Meeting Noah

2012-01-31T13:06:00.009-07:00

Last night we had a cousin dinner at my aunt Dodie and uncle David's house. We finally got to meet my Cousin Amy's baby Noah! Scarlett is only 2 weeks older than him. Hopefully they will be great friends.

Meeting cousin Tyler

Aunty and uncle lovin on Scarlett

Calm yourself Scar!

Clark cousins and their babes!

Daddy's girl

2012-01-31T12:59:00.005-07:00

Melts my heart

Nursery

2012-01-31T12:02:00.021-07:00

These pics were taken by my bestie Lauren. I still have a few things I want to do with her room, but here is a little preview. Scarlett was about 1.5 weeks old in these.

2012-01-31T11:50:00.012-07:00

These are the pics we had done with LaBella photography. She was 9 days old. Love how well they turned out. Let me know if you are looking for a good photographer for baby pics. We loved her.

Cousin love

Lips!

Does she not look like her daddy's girl, or what?!

First 2 months...

2012-01-31T10:09:00.026-07:00

In an effort to catch up on Scarlett's first 2 months of life, I picked some of my favorite pics to post. A few stats below:

-She has her daddy's pinched ears (adorable!) and big waved top lip
-Looks like she got mommy's dimples. At least on her right cheek for sure.
-She has long hands and feet. Grandma C says she will be a great piano player ;)
-Baby girl started holding her own head up (a little wobbly) at 4 days old!
-She started pushing up with her feet at 1 week. A strong little thing!
-She has been a very alert baby since day one. When she's awake, eyes wide open!
-She started smiling in her sleep at 1 week
-Started smiling in her sleep at 2 weeks
-Actual awake smiles at 6 weeks. I was so nervous because it seemed like cousin Pasiley and other babies were so smiley before Scarlett. I thought maybe she was a really serious baby, then one day she gave us a big smile! It was when her grandma Peterson was holding her. Since then, we get lots of smiles. This makes mommy and daddy so happy, every time!
-She is not lady like in the tooting department. Loud, long and lots...
-She loves to cuddle! So much so, she can hardly be set down ;). I'm not complaining though. Mommy loves waking up to morning cuddles! Sleeping with us is going to be a hard habit to kick...
-Her favorite music so far is Chopin, Mozart and Seal. Well those artist tend to calm her down!
-Her favorite song that mommy and daddy sing to her is "Bushel and a Peck" by Dorris Day. She smiles when we make fools of ourselves and sing this to her as animated as possible.
-She is a daddy's girl already. Those two are such buddies already. She already has him wrapped around her little finger ;).
-She coo's on and off all day long. It's adorable! The first time I heard it, I couldn't believe that sweet noise came from her. I was so excited.
-She is so loved! And not just by mommy and daddy. Her aunts and Uncles love to smother her with kisses. She has the most loving grandparents on both sides. And at one point there were 13 people in our hospital room just to see her. I wonder if she will be spoiled?
-At first almost everyone told us she looked like her daddy. Now most people says she is a good combo of both of us.

She was so skinny, but has finally started filling out and chubbing up! We have so much fun watching her do new little things everyday. Seeing how much she has changed and grown in the past two months is both fun and scary! We love our little girl so much and look forward to all the years ahead:).

She loves her binky. 1 week.

Always sticks those fingers in her mouth :). 2 weeks.

Peek a boo! 2 weeks.

Little girls first Christmas! 3 weeks.

Pais and Scar in their Christmas Pj's. 3 weeks.

Scar with grandpa. 3.5 weeks.

Love this Scarlett red dress grandma and grandpa C got her! About 4 weeks.

Happy New Year!!! 4 weeks.

Finally figuring out how to make her like bath time. Wrap her in a towel first, so she can soak in hot water. 4.5 weeks.

Bum up! 5 weeks.

5 generations. In the middle are Scott's great grandparents. Scarlett's great, great grandparents! This was at his great grandpa's 100th birthday up in Grace, ID. 6 weeks.

Long feet! 6.5 weeks.

Scar helping mommy get ready :). Yes, that mirror has lotion all over it.. 6.5 weeks.

This is daddy's favorite picture. So alert! 7 weeks.

Scarlett staring at the animals on Claire's swing. 7.5 weeks.

These cousins love eachother :)

Introducing Scarlett Antoinette Peterson

2012-01-26T13:30:00.018-07:00

December 4th 2011 was the day we received the most beautiful little gift we could have imagined. People always say "love at first sight" when they describe the moment they first saw their baby. I always thought that was so cliche. Turns out every baby cliche I've heard is exactly how I've felt! Scott and I both are beyond obsessed with this little girl.
It was an unusually dry December, almost no snow. My dad was in town (he stayed after Summer and Eldis's wedding the week before) to wait for his newest granddaughter's arrival. We were six days away from my actual due date and I couldn't believe I lasted that long! I'd been dilated at a 3 for over a week. Effaced (yes a lot of detail here) 80% for over 2 weeks. Contracting almost daily for about a month! After Summer's wedding, I did all that I could to get her out. Every suggestion and remedy out there, I tried. Then as we were getting ready for church on the morning of December 4th, I went into labor.
I was standing at the sink in bathroom finishing up my make up. We were going to be late for church, so I was in a hurry when I realized I was dripping.. Like I said, lots of detail. I yelled for Scott across the hall, and he came rushing in excited when he realized my water broke! Interesting fact; Only 20% of labors start with a natural water break. My dad called up to say he was going to start walking to the chapel and we told him to throw our bags in the car, hospital time! He wished us off to get checked in and started while he made the arrangements to get my mom on the next flight from Sacramento to SLC.
We got to the check in desk at the hospital when I went from a leaky faucet, to a small waterfall! I sat in the hospital bed with Scott watching movies for next few hours. We looked outside to see the most beautiful snow fall. After a while, the pain kicked in and my epidural did not.. I was awful! I have so much respect for women who do it natural.. Not my thing! Pretty soon I was screaming in pain and squeezing Scott as hard as I could. The nurses told us it would take a few minutes before it kicked in, but after 30 mins of the worst pain I had ever felt, Scott insisted the get the anesthesiologist back to us. 15 minutes later, I felt great. My mom made it just in time, my sisters were there, my in laws and Lauren in the waiting room (minus Brittany who was in the delivery room with us), and it was time for some trial pushing. I practiced about 2 times and they called the Doc in. With the doctor there, I pushed for about 10 minutes, and she came right out! Yes, it was a fairly easy delivery. I felt very blessed.
She's now almost 8 weeks. I can honestly say it's been the best 8 weeks of our lives. Yes, lots of sleep lost, TONS of poopy diapers, literally every day I end up with dry milk all over my clothes, but I could not be happier about it! Here are a few hospital pics.

6 Lbs. 8 Oz. 20 inches long

I know this one is a little graphic, but it is my fav. Daddies little girl:)

Baby Paisley

2011-11-30T15:27:00.008-07:00

Have you met this chubby ball of adorableness?? This is my beautiful niece, Paisley Aleta Smith. She is probably the sweetest baby there ever was! Seriously, such a good babe. She is a great little eater (explains the luscious thighs!), a terrific little sleeper, and an AWESOME snuggle buddy. She makes me so excited (and anxious) for my little girl to come :), who by the way, is such a tease. Totally thought I wasn't going to make it to Summer's wedding because of all the contractions, and now that the wedding is over... Nothing! Anyways, just wanted to share a couple pics of the newest family babe.

Pisley has already claimed top bunck ;)

Snuggling her unborn cousin!

2011-11-22T13:14:00.002-07:00

Sunday night was awesome. We decided that since our baby will be here soon, we had better get the Christmas stuff out. In reality, I always want to jump the gun for Christmas! But it sounded like a legitimate excuse, right? Anyways, we put on good old fashioned Christmas tunes, made pizza, opened up a bottle of sparkling cider and put up our few decorations :). It was fun, cozy and romantic. We won't be getting much alone time for a while, it felt perfect. After decorating we cuddled up to the fire and started a Christmas movie. The animated "Christmas Carol" is scary! Seriously, such a dark Disney movie. I made Scott change it, because it didn't feel Christmasy at all. So we watched last year's Glee Christmas episode. Good music, dumb show. Anyways, it was a perfect night. I love that husband of mine so much. Nothing is more fun than just hanging out, just the two of us. We have such a fun and goofy time. Couldn't pick a better best friend :)

37.5 Weeks... Almost there!

2011-11-22T10:02:00.005-07:00

Super embarrassed about how messy our room is. But I thought this could be one of the last pics I take before she comes. My doc thinks she will be here early (80% effaced, dilated 1.5 cm... Sorry, gross.), so I snapped this last night. Super glam, right? Just trying to make sure she stays in through this weekend. Summer and Eldis get married on Sat! So excited for them :).

Cutest nephews in the world :)

2011-10-31T14:28:00.009-06:00

Yes, I know, I'm biased. I think my nephews are the most loveable little guys out there.

Both are 16 months. Scott and I adore them.

Karma, be kind!

2011-10-05T12:31:00.010-06:00

Can I get an angelic little guy just like this, please??

Ummm.....

I was going through a bunch of old pics last night. What a little angel on top, right?! I hope someday we get a little boy just like Scott. I love hearing family stories about his childhood. One of these days I need to document them. He sounds like the perfect little guy. I can only pray that his loving nature/well behaved-ness pays off, and we get one just like that. Heaven knows, if all of our kids turn out the way I was (as a child;))... Well, we'll have our hands full! I can just hear the words my mom used to frequently say to me, "I hope you have seven kids that are just like you!". Well mom, I hope we have a couple less kids, that are just like Scott, with one or two little Oakley's in there to keep us on our toes ;). Can't hardly wait to see our little girls personality develop! I kind of feel like there's a sassy side in there. A sweet side too :).

P.S. Don't let this post fool you. Scott turned out to be one heck of a tease for a brother!

Next thing you know....

2011-09-27T13:03:00.005-06:00

Between two weddings (Summer and Eldis, my cousin Erica and Robby), a new niece (Christiana's baby paisley:)), Halloween, Thanksgiving, my parents coming to town twice, Brooke and Graham (Scott's sister and our nephew) coming out from DC, my baby showers, Mercedes and baby Vera visiting from CA, and finishing up the nursery, (all while working full time) I feel like these last 11 weeks will fly by! So many exciting things packed into these last couple of months. I love that it will keep my mind off of how uncomfortable I'm getting, and pass the time quickly. Next thing you know, she'll be here :)

29 Weeks

Prepping

2011-09-20T11:21:00.016-06:00

Getting ready for our baby girl has been such a fun/time consuming process. If you know me, you know I am a last minute kind of girl. Ask about my wedding, ask about my record of showering, drying my hair, and getting ready for church in 17 minutes (impressive, right?), ask about my 30 page paper that was due the next day (I knew about it for over a month), ask about that talk I gave when I was 16 where I played a church song (the entire song), on a boom box from the stand because I forgot to prepare my talk... yes, my parents were glaring at me. Point is, I ALWAYS wait until the last second to prepare. Not this time! You might find it shocking that I am so on the ball with prepping for her. I've had people tell me "don't worry too much about getting a nursery put together, or having everything. All she is going to need when she comes out is you!". Sweet? Yes. Realistic? Not for me. Maybe what they're saying is true, but lets face it, getting everything ready is way too much fun. It just gets me more excited to have her here. Picking a stroller was like picking out my wedding dress... Weird, I know. But that's how excited I get over everything. And surprisingly, Scott has been way into it too. He painted her room without my help at all! He even did a better job than I would have. I am obsessed with everything baby. Not because I'm in a hot panic about having a baby, no, it's just so fun. This baby is going to be spoiled, I swore I would never be one of those moms... Can't wait for her arrival:)

Thanks Mama Donna for the swing! Like Scott in the basketball shorts with the black church socks? Yeah, we keep it classy.

Daddy and uncle Justin bringing up the crib. Yeah we probably should have just put it together in the actual room... It was a beast getting through the door.

Found this little puppy on KSL for $30! This is the ad. I wanted to take that sweet TV too;)

What a good mommy :)

Waalaa, changing tabel!

28 Weeks and counting...

2011-09-20T09:37:00.006-06:00

Getting bigger by the minute. This little girl is growing fast! She now weighs 2.2 lbs, and is about 14.8 inches long. This is all according to babycenter.com:) She's a mover and a shaker! Feeling her toss around in there is absolutely amazing. Even when it wakes me up at 3am, I get excited. The coolest/freakiest thing is seeing my stomach move. All of the sudden she'll either kick or punch me and I see a little ball on the side of my belly! Violent, I know. It's the coolest thing seeing her move:) Can't wait to meet this feisty little girl!

It's a girl!

2011-09-12T12:18:00.004-06:00

So back 9 weeks ago, this is how we told our family "it's" actually a "she"! We had all the cupcakes filled with pink frosting so that when they bit into them, they knew it was a girl. I copied my friend Brittney Winder. It was a fun idea. Turned out really cute :)

Finding out it was a girl was really cool. I was so sure it was a boy! I just really felt like I had a little guy in there. Don't know why, but I was sure of it. Scott thinks I believed that silly ring test... Which I kind of did. It worked for Christiana! Or maybe it's because I always wished I had an older brother so I thought maybe I could/would have a boy first. Anyways, I was way off base! So Madeleine came with us to the ultra sound. They said no cameras allowed, but she snuck some footage with the video camera on my phone. Sly little thing! When the tech told us it was a girl, I was shocked. I asked her to check again, and again! When she could see my doubt, she put the little scanner thing (whatever it's called!) on her belly. She (the tech) is having a boy so she was able to show me the difference. There was quite a difference ;). It was cute seeing Scott so excited. I think he secretly wanted a girl. On our way home, he said "do you think she'll be a daddy's girl?". Adorable :). So there you have it, bring on the ribbons and bows!

Preggers :)

2011-09-12T11:55:00.003-06:00

Pretty much everyone knows this by now. I am 27 weeeks along! We are having a blast getting ready for our baby. It's been really fun to see Scott so excited for his little girl. He's really going to be an amazing daddy. December could not come soon enough!

I am going to start actually documenting from here on out. I like the idea of using my blog as sort of a journal. Not an incredibly personal journal, but a good way to keep track of our families events. So here a few pics. These are pretty old. The last one is me at 21 weeks. I need to take more!

Blog-tarted

2011-03-03T12:22:00.005-07:00

Trying to be a better blogger. Seriously, I really do want to! I am going to get my camera fixed this week (which is the main reason I haven't blogged in forever). Lets be honest, who wants to read a blog without pictures?? I need help figuring out a few things. Don't know why blogspot is so complicated (or maybe I'm just retarted). How the heck do I change the color of my font on my friend list? Call me if you know!

2010-05-24T10:31:00.024-06:00

Just when you decided you needed to spice your office life up... Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you, the great office prank! It only takes 30 seconeds a day, lasts for months, and provides you with a little daily laughter. Tools needed; LOTS of air fresheners (preferably all different scents), some duct tape, and a good sport like Jim. As you know, I worked in Senator Bennett's election office until May 8th, when he got ousted (by people making a big mistake). He has been a great Senator and I feel bad for Utah because they are losing such an awesome leader. Anyways, while I worked there, Jim Bennett (the Senator's son) was huge entertainment to the whole office! He might be the funniest person I know. Though maybe not the most observant because we pulled off the awesome prank for about 2 months without him noticing. This is a great office prank, feel free to steal my idea if you wish ;)

Exhibit A: Jim Bennett

So this all started when my friend/co-worker Shelly and I were given a free air freshener at a political event. The next day at work we decided to tape it under Jim's desk. The scent was "fresh". It was very pungent. Everyone in the office noticed the smell.. Except for Jim.

So we decided to continue adding one every day..

We switched up the scents. One day watermelon, the next day mango, then a chocolate (yes they really sell that at select seven elevens) It was HORRIBLE. He did notice after a few, but we convinced him his office was directly under a bathroom. I walked in a couple times to him standing on chair sniffing the vents for signs of the bathroom. He bought it. I even pretended to call maintenance to complain about the smell a few times.

But it didn't bother him enough to actually seek out the smell. So day by day we continued to add the little smell bombs. These babies are strong!

Shelly was good at making sure they dangled right above his knees, but not too low where he might see them. Good job Shells ;)

Morning prep. Jim was most likely down the hall, or in the rest room at this moment. We had to be quick!

I believe by the time Jim discovered our trick, we had a total of 43 under the desk, or hidden elsewhere in his office. Prank accomplished.

Reunited

2010-03-21T13:12:00.007-06:00

Brittney and I have been friends for years. We had so much fun in high school and our first year of college, but she moved down to Southern Utah and we didn't see each other for a couple years. Lame excuse not to stay in touch. It was weird because we used to be together all the time! We worked our first couple jobs together at a pizza parlor and at Red Robin (not even ashamed)! Anyways, we recently reunited and have been hanging out again. Its so much fun, our hubbys hit it off and we all four have a blast together. So happy to have her back:)

No, this was not a posed picture. Everytime we get together these two love jamming on the guitars... They could for hours at a time if we left them alone.

Happy Birthday girls!

2010-03-21T13:01:00.007-06:00

Happy birthday to Britt and Jen! Love both of these ladies. Ashley and Macy put together the cutest Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party. It was adorable. I wish I got more pictures. There were tea cups and cards perfectly placed everywhere. It was so fun.

Happy Birthday Girlies!

And shout out to Aubs! You made the blog. Love you!

Campaign Craziness

2010-03-21T12:38:00.007-06:00

Most of my friends know, I work full time on Senator Bennett's re-election campaign. Got the job last October, working towards his election this November. I LOVE campaigning, BUT you have to be passionate about it and willing to put in the hours. And by hours I mean weeks where you work like 13, 14 hour days. Poor Scotty. He has been amazing these past few weeks of madness. We are getting ready for neighborhood caucus meetings (every neighborhood in the State will have their caucus meeting March 23rd which is Tuesday). This will determine how many delegates we (Senator Bennett) gets. Very important. So in preparing for March 23rd we have been doing debates with the other candidates, packet stuffing, phone calls, event after event (Including one with Mitt Romney last weekend!), fundraising, etc.. Lots of work and lots of people volunteering. Scott has become a pro volunteer. He is so supportive, I love it.

Shells and I sorting..

Some of the boys watching March Madness while stuffing :)

Awesome volunteers everywhere!

Bennett 2010!

2010-03-04T09:27:00.007-07:00

Oh the things spouses do that drive us nuts... For those of you who know my sweet hubby, know that he does a lot of those things! Scott is the worlds biggest tease. Thats what happens when you are the only boy and have the duty of teasing 4 sisters day in and day out.

That boy loves music, and that is one of the things I love most about him. I adore his guitar playing (except when I am trying to watch the bachelor, and I can't hear). But there is something about the recorder that drives me insane! A recorder is like a plastic flute.. Scott found an old one in his parents basement last week. It was funny to watch him try to make up songs at first.. then not so much! He just sits there while he watches TV blowing and making high pitch sounds. So I had to hide it from him. He thinks its too funny to get a rise out of me. In my defense, I did warn him.

It looks darling and innocent. Give it 20 minutes..

Those baskets on top of the cabinets looked like a good idea :)

What an evil wifey!

Ladies and gentlemen, the perfect hiding spot. He'll never know it's missing!

Life without sweets can still be sweet..

2010-03-02T10:37:00.020-07:00

Going without sugar could easily be the worst thing ever. Or so you'd think! It's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. These are some of my favorite non-sugar items.

Clementines

Sugar free Stover's. (I try to only have two pieces a day)

Sauteed mushrooms.. Weird I know. I crave them almost every day. I sautee them in "I can't believe it's not butter" and a little water, then add some sea salt. They are delicious.

I usually cook the zukini the same way I cook the mushrooms, except I add some pepper.

I am completely obsessed with this place. It's called "yogurt stop". We have gone here almost everyday this last week. They have great sugar free yogurt, and it's pretty cheap.

I am slowly starting to feel more energetic. Bring on week two!

Goodnight song

2010-02-26T23:09:00.009-07:00

Tonight was a good night. We went out with some of our favorite friends to a fun restaurant, got (sugar free) frozen yogurt from my new favorite yogurt place, then this...

Scott plays/sings almost every night, but I especially liked it tonight. He was singing the song he wrote when he proposed :) Sweet dreams..
-Oak

The Honeymoon (8 months ago!)

2010-02-24T09:32:00.000-07:00

Good news! I found my camera, which means I am going to be a better blogger :) I was going through the lost device and found all the pics from our honeymoon. So exciting, since I thought that we had lost those memorable photos forever! Here are a few.

The beautiful island St. Maarten (Best beaches in the caribbean)

This one was actually taken at the end of our trip. I got really sick the last 2 days from what we think was an ulcer. It's funny looking back now, but at the time it was totally embarrassing! So I started getting really achey and uncomfortable especially at nights (perfect for a honeymoon...) towards the end of our trip. I kept thinking it would go away, but it just got worse and worse.. Poor Scott spent a lot of time running down to the hotel club and restaurant to buy my $4.00 sprites, put up with my whining (those who know me well, know how much I HATE being sick!), hour long back and tummy rubs, and on the last day my $100 doctor visit to get a shot in my rear end... Yes, I got a shot in my bum on my honeymoon... Not ideal, but it really was the best honeymoon ever. P.S. Not my ugly flip flops

Don't you love relaxing on the beach with your feet covered in sand? I do!

Half the Island is French settled, the other half is Dutch. We found this cute little restaurant on the French side that made delicious paninis. I think over all though, we liked the Dutch side better.

Thought this sign was funny. Its on the beach next to the air port. The planes really do fly super low on the beach!

We loved playing shuffle board at night. One night while we were playing, it started pouring out of no where and we got soaked! We had to run to this little tiki hut off the beach and wait for the rain to stop. It was so fun.

Scott relaxing on the beach :)

Funnest excursion ever! These things (I can't remember what they're called) go super fast! And of course Scott had to be the fastest in the group ;) He is nuts. We hit huge waves, going so fast, I thought for sure I was going to fly off. But we took these out to this great snorkeling area. It was beautiful.

Tell me this isn't the cutest boy in the world?!?! Yes, I am the luckiest :)

2009-11-20T09:09:00.003-07:00

Now that we have been married for almost five months, I decided to start blogging! Its a little tricky to figure out at first, but I think we've got it now.

Scott and I were in the serious dating stage this time last year. He proposed to me March 19th (he argues that it was the 18th, but I am pretty sure it was the 19th) and we were married in the Sacramento temple on June 27th. It has been smooth sailing since! Scott graduated (from the Mechanical Engineering program at BYU) this past summer. With this not so great economy, finding a job that he can use his degree has been tricky. He's been working for a company called Meter Solutions, but it looks like he might land a more permanent pretty soon here. Scott is a such a hard worker, I can't wait for him to start a job that he really enjoys! I recently started working in Senator Bennett's election office. I love it! Campaigning is so exciting to me. This will be the fourth campaign that I have worked on, but the first one I get paid to work on! If you are in Utah, make sure you vote for him next November;)

We recently moved to Draper, so far we really like it! Still haven't made very many friends up here. We end up driving down to Provo/Orem every weekend to see friends! But we really like where we live. Married life has been awesome, there is nothing like living with your best friend!