Baby Indie

Baby Indie is here!! And we are more than excited to have her. We just lovvvvveeeeeee her so much. I can't believe how amazing it is to have such a special little spirit in our family.

My baby story..

So I planned on having a natural birth since I found out I was pregnant. I was really nervous and didn't know what to expect so I didn't know if I could handle it. On July 11, 2011 around midnight I started having contractions. I didn't know if it was really happening or not so I go up and walked around the house for a bit, I couldn't sleep through the contractions so I took a bath. After my bath i made myself something to eat and then I went to wake David up. By this time it was around 3 in the morning. David started timing my contractions and they were all really inconsistent. They were anywhere from 2 to 6 mins apart. So I went and watched some TV. By 6 o'clock I was in more pain. David called his work and told them he wouldn't be coming in. We decided to go on a walk with the dogs and I would have to stop during the contractions to try and relax from the pain. Once we got back in the house I wanted to eat some cereal and that's when the contractions really started hurting. David called our Dr. and he told us to stay home for a bit, but I was in to much pain so he told us to come in. When we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 5 so I was pretty excited. I walked around the hospital and even hung out in the hot tub for a bit. The pain got more and more intense but I just told myself that and epidural wasn't an option for me. I really didn't want one. The Dr. would come check on me and I was finally dilated to a 9.5 and he broke my water; nothing came out until after the babies head was out because she had dropped really low and was blocking it. I pushed for an hour and I can't express the rush and awesomeness that I felt while pushing. At the end it didn't even hurt. I would just push and push and this overwhelmingly feeling of joy rushed through my body. The head was finally sticking out and the Dr. was playing with Indie's hair and asked if I wanted to feel her. At this point I said pull her out! I was so ready to be done and see this beautiful baby. Indie was born at 3:16pm and I was more excited and felt so accomplished that I did it drug free. I feel that Heavenly Father really did bless me with an easy labor. I thank him everyday for my beautiful baby girl. David was also an amazing help and I know that I couldn't have done it with out his support, encouragement, and massages.
I will post more pictures!!

Richard Robins

David was very lucky to have such a wonderful man as a father. He will be greatly missed by a lot of people. We are so happy that he is now reunited with our Heavenly Father and he is free from pain. I am so grateful for the plan of salvation and for the knowledge I have because of the gospel. I know that we will be united again one day and we will be able to spend all eternity together with our families. Until then we will continue to live the gospel daily and share this message with those around us so they too can experience this peace of mind. We miss and love you Richard. Thank you for your generous heart, and for all of your love and support.

January 23, 1946 ~ February 14, 2011

Richard Lee Robins was born January 23, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Thomas and Nellie Robins of Los Angeles, California. Richard went home to be with the Lord on February 14, 2011, Valentine's Day. Richard was deeply loved and will be missed by his family and all who knew him.

Richard is survived by his wife, Joyce, his brother, Bernard, and his children, Matthew, Jeff, Michael Howard, Michael Alan, Becky and David. Richard received his education and practiced as an attorney in the Los Angeles /Southern California area for most of his life. He moved to Atwater, California ten years ago where he lived until his passing. Richard loved the Lord, his family, life and all people. He spent his life helping people, both professionally and personally.

Richard loved being active and excelled in sports. His favorites were golf, tennis and waterskiing. He especially loved taking his children camping, boating and to theme parks. In 2000, Richard was diagnosed with a debilitating condition, spending his last five years in a wheelchair. Even after losing movement of both his arms and legs, Richard never complained, believing that life is made up of tests and this condition was his last.Services will be held on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation to start at 9:00 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 5554 North Winton Way, Atwater, CA. Burial will follow at Winton District Cemetery.

The family is very thankful for the loving care and treatment Richard received from doctors and nurses at Mercy Medical Center during his last days.

The Big News!!!

I am Pregnant!!!(for those of you who don't know yet) And were very excited about it. I am 14.5 weeks a long and the baby is healthy and sooo cute. I love ultrasounds. I have been sooooooooo sick, well I was in the first trimester. But I am feeling so much better and actually have quite a bit of energy back. My belly is getting "fat" I don't look pregnant yet but I look fat. I can't wait until I can feel the baby and see what it looks like. We are hoping for a boy. I want to name him Indy Thomas Robins, but we will see how that goes. David still needs some more talking into for the Indy part but Thomas is Davids middle name so that will stay. But we are super excited and can't wait. His due date is July 15th. Wahoooo. Here is a picture of a 15 week old baby. Since I will be 15 weeks in a day, and a picture of when our little baby was 10 weeks.

I've Really.....

Been missing Hawaii. I want to go back and to do all the fun things that we used to do. I miss laying on the beach, riding my bike to school, skimboarding, surfing, our friends, all of it. I dream about Hawaii all the time. Hmmmm maybe one day we will be able to go back. I think I'm missing it more and more because this terrible weather here in Utah. The snow was cool at first, but I'm OVER it. I want the sun back and the random rain falls. I always said I would never live in Utah and here I am. Booo... So for that I will now say I will never live in Hawaii again! That means I will right? I sure hope so. But for now I will freeeeeeezzzeee, and wait for summer.

Photo's by: Heidi Simmons

In my old ward I won a free photo shoot by Moda Photography. I was really excited to do it and really excited about the results. Heidi did a great job. So if any of you in Utah would like to get your pictures done Heidi is the person to go to. Here are some of my favorite pictures she did.

Town House

David and I purchased our first home a couple of weeks ago and we are loving it. We lived in Salt Lake city for 7 months and enjoyed it, but the people there were quite interesting and scary I guess you could say. We moved to South Jordan and we LOVE it here. The funny thing about our apartment was we moved out and had another couple take over the lease but we had about a week to clean and get our things out before they moved in. Well the day they came to get the keys I had come over earlier to get a few more things and clean the fridge when I noticed our sliding glass door was open. Yes someone broke in. They broke the lock on the door. How scary and thank goodness we moved. To bad there was nothing good inside for them to take.

I can't believe that we have been in Utah for a little over 7 months now. Time has been flying by. Winter is creeping up on us and it is kind of depressing. I thought I wanted it cold but I have changed my mind. I wouldn't mind having the sun out for a little bit longer. Other than the move and us getting another little chihuahua not too much has been going on. Shibby turns 1 this month and Wylee is 9 weeks. Oh the joys of a puppy.

(I will post pictures of the inside when I actually finish decorating)

Baby Bonanners..

David and I stayed the night at Kim and Jeremy's so we could see cute Bonanners and so David and Jeremy could play in a charity golf tournament. I love spending time with Kim. No matter how old we get or the fact that she just had a baby we always have fun and act like weirdo's. Woodruff is such a good place to get away from any worries. (not that I have any worries) Just a place to relax. I bought a new camera so I was practicing on Bowen and some pictures came out really well. I'm definitely not an expert but I hope I can improve. Here are a couple cute pictures. Bowen smiles so much now and it is just adorable.