TORBIN

Introducing:
Torbin Jonathan Bay

After all the talk about sharing birthdays and wedding days our little Torbin decided to come on his own time and we are so glad that he did!!! We made it through Kolby and Cami's wedding on Friday, and Tom's birthday on Saturday but as soon as the party was over and the stress was gone, he started his own party on August 22. I started having contractions early Sunday morning... really early. I didn't think it was really labor until Jon convinced me to start timing how far apart the pain was. By the time we started counting the contractions were only 9 minutes apart and getting closer. Since we live in boonie town I called the hospital to see if it was worth coming in; luckily the nurse said yes!! So after a shower we made the trek into town to have a baby at about 5:30 am.
When we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 5 so I got an epidural pretty quick and the rest of the night went very smoothly. Jon was by my side the enitre time and was very helpful. By 9:00 am I was dilated to an 8 and fully efaced and the doctor broke my water. He left to go to church meetings and came back just in time to help Torbin make his grand entrance. I only had to push for like a half hour and our little man was born at 11:58 am. A "textbook delivery" is what the doc said. And after 9 months of a less than enjoyable pregnancy we were all relieved things went so well. We are very blessed. He's perfect! 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 18.5 in. long. Two of his toes on each foot are webbed and it's so cute!!!! We're biased of course, but really think he is a perfect little angel.

It took us almost all of Sunday to decide on his name and it drove our families crazy. We knew what his name wasn't but weren't in a hurry to decide. We had both thought Torbin most of the day, but it wasn't til about 8 pm we actually decided to alert the presses. Torbin is a Danish name and his middle name is after his Daddy and family tradition.

We still can't believe that we are parents but we love it and love our little man!! We laugh a lot (like in this picture) at all his cute faces and changing diapers and cry a little when we think of how much we love him and how blessed we are (and when I'm really tired). We're totally in love with Torbin!! He seems to have that effect on people. His cousins can't stop talking about him. Brynn calls him her little brother, and Michael thinks he is his baby. Brycson still calls him Cowabunga Bay Optimus Prime Bay and is excited to teach him all about Transformers. Emily can't get over his soft hair, and Claire just smiles all the time.
Torbin grows up more and more everyday and gets cuter and cuter by the minute. We really are so blessed to have him in our lives. He's such a good baby. We are all happy and doing well. Yay for Torbin!!!

Count Down

So men have this ability to stretch out their stomach muscles to look pregnant no matter how skinny they may be. My brothers pose like this all the time, and it was finally my turn to join in (this was at like 33 weeks ish). Gotta love the bellies! Even Emily and Brycson wanted to be involved! So cute!

August is finally here and it's the month of countdowns!!!
Baby shower tonight, Tool shower for Kolby tomorrow. Family party Saturday.
Annie starts next week August 12-14. It'll be a great show! Go see it.
The Colsons come home from Jordan and we get to see them!
Cami goes through the temple on the 13th.
Kolby and Cami get married on the 20th!!!! YAY!!
Jon's done with his last class on the 21st!!! Woot Woot!!!
and...
Baby Bay will make his debut sometime soon!! He's due on the 30th and I'm hoping he'll come in August, but if not by Labor Day for sure.

On top of all that we have birthdays like CRAZY!!! So here's a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jimmy, Grandma Loll, Tom, Camron, Nic, and Emily!!!

One more thing to make a busy month even better is that I'm getting things ready to start teaching dance in October! My friend Tammy is opening her basement for business! A preschool in the day with Tylee Hill teaching (leapsandboundspreschool.blogspot.com). And then a dance studio at night with ME teaching! woot. We're not starting til October because of the new baby, but please keep us in mind when you are thinking of dance classes this fall! Jon is also going to help me teach and I'm SO excited! We will be offering jazz, modern, lyrical/ballet, ballroom, and creative movement. Aerobics/yoga twice a week. And monthly ballroom date nights where you can come sway with your sweetie!! We're still working on the website but check it out! Leapsandboundsdance.blogspot.com

Things are a little busy so if we don't blog again til after the baby... love us anyway!

It's about time!

(I think I will forever struggle trying to get pictures on here, so here's a cluster. *Girl's Camp, the last night, all singing together. *Anniversary Dinner at Texas Roadhouse!
*Baby Shower!!! I like to think this bib is accurate! *Jon and Jimmy putting up our little man's crib!)

Time is a funny thing, sometimes it flies by, and sometimes one day seems like an eternity!!!! I feel like I just posted last week, and yet it's been like 6 weeks. So here we have an update; I know... it's about time! Sheesh. :) The first 7 months of this pregnancy flew by... but now I feel like time has stopped and nothing is progressing anymore. But looking back at all that has happened, progress is there. Thankfully. :)

June was a crazy month full of scouts, YW camp planning, doctor's visits, play practice and family events.
*Brittany came home from her mission!!!! It's fun to have her as a sister! When she left I hadn't even met Jon yet. I went to her farewell as a bitter old-maid, sworn off dating and finding my prince. And went to her homecoming married to her amazing brother, my prince charming, and 7 months pregnant!! Wow- a lot can happen in 18 months!
*Brynn had her first dance recital. She's such a princess and it was fun to see her dance!
*I experienced my first Ween-O-Rama! And it was just that, quite the experience!
*Got to cut back my hours at work to part-time because of doctors orders. :) Hallelujah! I'm glad to work less, but bummed to have to basically be on bed rest when I'm not at work. This baby is having a grand ol' time with my body! Contractions and muscle spasms for 2 months now. Gotta love it! Each day something new happens that makes things more uncomfortable! I hope that means he's ready to come out soon!!!
*Brynn turned 3!
*My dad (Papa Frank) turned 54!

July is turning out to be just as crazy! But I think that's just the way our lives will always be.
*Heather threw me my first baby shower and it was SO fun! It's weird that just last year we were throwing each other bridal showers. I have great friends! Even though I don't see them often, we can get together after months and still have a grand time.
*I got to see fireworks! I love the 4th of July!!! It was so fun to have a nice relaxing weekend full of family stuff!
*Jon and I celebrated our 1 YEAR Anniversary! Woot! Neither of us had to work on the 5th because of the holiday so we boycotted the world and just spent the day together and it was amazing! We are still SO in love, and it just gets worse everyday! ;)
*We went up to the Bay Cabin. It was so fun! We saw a moose, and deer, played games, took a lot of naps, and bonded as a fam! Last time we went Becky was prego, this time it was my turn... it seems we've started a tradition!
*Girl's Camp was a success!! The girls all had fun and no major drama! I was able to go up Wednesday and Friday for some of the festivities and Jon braved it all with me. He's such a trooper to drive all the way up there just to take care of me and make sure I was ok and not doing too much! Have a mentioned lately that I love him!?!!?

The rest of the summer shouldn't be too bad, but we do have a baby and a wedding to get ready for! It should be adventurous.

As of Late...

So it's been awhile, so here's a few highlights of what has been happening as of late with our little family. :) Mostly we just work, but amazingly enough we still find time to play and have fun around the house. We went to Bear Lake with Jon's family and it was, COLD. But we had a lot of fun too. It was an adventure to get there, with a few detours and snow storms but we made it.

Jon graduated from Argosy University with his MBA!! He still has a few things to finish, but he got to walk and it was awesome! I'm so proud of him for working so hard with his job AND school! He's amazing, and I'm so proud that he's my husband!

To get ready for out little bambino we painted his room! It was a nice awkward shade of green that I just couldn't handle anymore, so we painted it this tan and I love it now!! We'll have a white crib in there soon with many cute accessories!! We are finally getting things ready, only took us 6 months of knowing he was coming! Ha ha.

I got this fan for my birthday and Jon and Mark put it up last weekend and I LOVE IT!! They are so good to me! We haven't had to use it much with the recent snow, but I'm sure it'll come in handy in the dead of summer and even more pregnant! Most people probably aren't excited about a ceiling fan, but I love it!!

And yep, here I am, big and pregnant!! This was at like 24 weeks and I'm even bigger now. :) Our little man is quite the mover and I love feeling him almost all day long. He's growing on schedule and all is well. Hopefully he'll stay on schedule now that my little brother is getting married August 20!! Ah! The wedding shouldn't interfere with the babe, but you never know, it could be a very adventurous day.
To add to the craziness I'm helping choreograph for "Annie" in Bluffdale, I'm still in the midst of planning girl's camp, and we teach the Bear Scouts. We're finishing part of our basement, and trying to maintain our yard. We go to soccer games and family events and if we are lucky we have a night at home alone! I guess our craziness now is just getting us ready for the baby craziness in less than 3 months!!!! Life is good! We're happy! And all is well. :)

IT'S A BOY

His cute clothes, my favorite is the one that says Mommy's new Man, and the shark hat!! YAY for cute baby clothes.

IT'S A BOY!

We finally found out that we'll be having a baby boy and we are SO excited. Jon and I didn't have a preference between boy or girl, we just wanted a baby, but now that we know that we'll have a little man- we can't wait. He's so cute from what we can tell and wow is he active!!!! He's always moving and I can feel him all day! We don't have a name picked out yet, we're very indecisive people. But we have a few that we like. If you have any suggestions, let us know. :)
I'm half way to the due date, Woot! I really hope the next 20 weeks go as fast as the last 20 have. And I hope that my morning sickness will go away soon! Yep, I'm still sick! It's getting better-ish, but still, I'm done. I do have more energy lately, so that's a good thing. :)
No really weird cravings yet, but this baby sure loves Arby's, Root Beer, and slurpees. I'm getting used to having a belly, it's really weird sometimes. But it's fun most of the time. Shopping for maternity clothes has been an adventure. I feel like the pants are like 80's-rrific genie pants, but once they're on their not as bad, as long as you have a shirt to cover the stretchyness.
Jon's still giddy with excitement and he's very patient with me.
All is well at the Bay house!
Woot for baby boys.

Baby Bay on the way!

Well, I guess since people are finding out, and my belly is coming out I can't keep it a secret anymore. We're having a BABY and we are so excited!! Baby Bay is on the way!! We found out the good news on Christmas morning and it was the best present ever! We are so blessed! 2009 turned out to be the most eventful year of our lives! We met on New Year's, got engaged in April, Married in July, bought a house in September, and made a baby in December! Now I know things are going to get more exciting, but I don't know if we'll have a year to top that one, though 2010 is putting up a good fight. We went to Jordan, and we'll have our baby! We'll see.
For those who like to know, I'm due the end of August, the 30th to be exact. I'm 15 weeks along, and we'll find out what color of clothes to by in April. We are excited for either a boy or a girl, we have no preference. I was very sick, hate morning sickness, and am barely starting to get over it. But thanks to Zofran I don't throw up anymore. :) We have not picked names yet, we have some favorites but won't decide til the little tike is born. I think that covers most of the common questions, but feel free to ask if you have any more!

Adventure is out there!!!

We're going on an adventure, the biggest adventure of my life so far! Jon's had a lot of adventures- but I'm going to guess that this is one of the biggest adventures for him as well. We leave tomorrow for JORDAN! Woot Woot! For the next two weeks we will be riding camels, camping with the Bedouins, wading in the Dead Sea, hanging out with amazing Muslim families, doing humanitarian work, seeing the Holy Land, and so much more! Expect a full report when we return.
Thanks again to all those who helped with making baby hats! A full list of those who helped will be posted in a few weeks. But as of today, with a few more hats rolling in we have a grand total of...

1,056!

Amazing! That is seriously a miracle to me and it makes my heart happy to think of how many babies we'll be able to help because of your amazing donations! Thanks for your service!