Here's a little update on life! We are living in Caldwell, Idaho now. For those of you who don't know - that's right near Boise. Kirk is working to take over his Dad's business selling insurance. I'm going to be doing some substitute teaching. The goal is to have me stay home full time though. We are having a great time. Emalee is growing everyday!!! Here are some of the latest photos

Loving her carrots!!

She always looks so cute wrapped up in her towel after bath time!

She has to chew on EVERYTHING!! When will those teeth just come in??

Snuggling with Dad just before bed time.

Here she is in her stroller. She loves being outside!

Her new favorite place - the bouncer!! She gets that thing going crazy!!

Emalee had her six month check up yesterday. She was 26 inches long and weighs 16 lbs 6 oz. That puts her 50% for weight and 51% for height. Pretty average! She had to get some more shots as well. It was pretty traumatic!! She was so tired that I put her down for a "short" snooze as 6 pm last night, and she didn't end up waking up to 9:45 the next morning! Needless to say, she's a lot happier today :) Here are some pictures that my friend Lacey took of her on Sunday night. So cute!

Emalee at 6 months

So, I know that I've been horrible at posting recently. I can't say that I'm going to get better though. But, here are some pictures that my sister in law recently took of Emalee. They are so beautiful!

Bath Time

So, my new favorite time of day is when Emalee takes a bath. She is adorable! I had to take a video of her. This video is so cute - except for the part at the end where I drop the camera. And she is wiggling so much that it's hard for me to keep her covered up - sorry about that. Not much I could do. But, I think this is the cutest video you will ever see! ;)

Video of Emalee

Sorry about never posting any more!! Here is a cute video of Emalee. It's nothing special, I just think she's pretty cute. I got a new camera for my birthday yesterday, so I thought I would take a video of her.

More Pictures of Emalee

I am so lucky to have a sister-in-law who is an AMAZING photographer! Lindsey came up to my house yesterday and took a billion photos of our little Emalee, and here are just a few. I'm so excited to see all of them! You should check out her photo blog!

Pictures of Emalee

We certainly love our little girl. She is doing so good and gaining weight everyday :) She's been here for a week already, and it's amazing the changes she's made. She's already growing up so much! We will definetly post a bunch of pictures!

Emalee Karen Tingey is Here!!

After 19 hours of labor, our little one finally arrived!! My water broke on the 13th at 10:30 pm and we went straight to the hospital. I wasn't in much pain for most of it. Before the epidural I thought that I might die! But, I received the epi at 7:30 this morning, and it seemed to be smooth (but slow) sailing from there. Finally, about 4:45 they told me that I was dilated enough to start pushing. And then it was really quick! She came out at 5:14 pm, she weighed 6 lbs 9 oz, and was 19 1/2 inches long. And she's perfect!! What a cutie! I immediately crashed after she was born and took an hour nap. But, we've been chillin' with her ever since. She's already making the funniest faces, and we love her so much! Pictures will be coming soon!

Cute Video

I thought this was pretty funny! If you are a fan of the old school video games you'll love it :)

Thanksgiving Break

We had a great Thanksgiving break. We decided to go down to Vegas to visit my Dad and brother. It was great! The coolest thing we did was go to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay on the strip. I had never seen a shark before, and it was so cool. Here are few pictures from the Shark Reef.

On the way home from Vegas, I started having a lot of pain in my left side and it went all the way across my stomach. By the time we stopped in Kaysville to see my mom, I thought I was going to die - literally. So I had to go to the emergency room at Davis Hospital. They were running tests all night, and finally found out that I have hydronephrosis - which means that my kidneys are abnormally swollen and have fluid built up around them. They also found out that I have kidney stones in both of my kidneys. It was a miserable night - but things are getting better, and I'm not in so much pain anymore. Here is a picture of me right before they started doing all of their tests.

Pregnancy Update

I know that some of you have requested a pregnancy update, so here it is!!! I'm 29 weeks along today, and I feel like things have started to get better. Instead of dropping weight like crazy, I'm finally starting to put a little on. I think I'm only down about 33 lbs now, and that's coming back up from 38 lbs lost. The barf count is slowing down too (which I'm thrilled about!!). I've thrown up a total of 105 times now, and hoping that I'm completely done. But, everytime I say that I end up throwing up the next day :( I've been having some problems with my kidney on the right side. I've been having a lot of cramping, and the doctors finally found out the I've got a bunch of fluid building up around my right kidney. It's been causing me a lot of pain, but I have some pain meds to deal with it and it seems to be getting better. Other than that its just been the usual aches and pains that come with pregnancy - achy back, crampy legs, being tired all of the time, etc. Our little baby is moving a ton though!!! She's so cute. However, I think she is finding her way to my ribs - she's kicked them a few times and it's hurt a lot, but I'm more worried about when she starts using my ribs as a foot rest!

Here's a picture of me today - 29 weeks along.

And here is Kirk at 29 weeks. No explanation needed. Sympathy accepted. Oh how I love him!!!

Fall Concert 2008

Here's some pictures of a Band Concert that my Junior High and High School kids recently did. They played great! I just wish that we had bigger numbers. We'll get there though!