I know its about time!

So things in the Searls household have been a little crazy lately. I went back to work full time on June 1st and have been struggling trying to balance the limited time I have with Ethan and trying to keep a semi clean house and not eat mac n cheese everynight for dinner. Ethan is doing great adjusting to our crazy schedule and we are so blessed that we have such a good little boy. Before I went back to work Ethan was struggling with eating without getting fussy if the conditions werent exactly as he wanted them, but ever since I went back to work he has been such a great eater. I am still nursing him and pumping while I am at work, I have a 30 minute lunch and have to run and get Ethan from Aunt Halee, feed him then take him to Jason who is waking up from the few hours of sleep he gets after working night shift, then try and grab a somewhat decent lunch so I can keep up my milk supply, then run back to work and try not to have my boss yell at me for being a couple minutes late. Its an exhausting routine, but as long as Ethan is still happy it is worth all the sacrifice it takes. So needless to say I have struggled to find time to blog, so here is about a month's worth of pictures in one post. I will try to do better next month!

He is our smiley boy, and hes getting so chubby!

He can make the funniest faces

This is how daddy sits with his son..he is very creative

He gives the most angelic looks sometimes

Ethan loves his Bedste
(my mom)

When he sleeps he sleeps through anything. So far he has slept a total of two nights for 8 hours, most other nights its an average of about 5 to 6 hours.

My family came up for Ethan's blessing, I think they get a little bit of culture shock everytime they come to Holbrook.

The whole crowd all there to support us and to be there for Ethans blessing, it was a beautiful day, we had a big BBQ with everyone after church, it was so nice to have everyone there.

I dont know why I love this picture, it just makes me laugh!

Jason and his little boy on his blessing day

You can tell it was a stressful day for me, my hair tells it all. Not only did we have everyone in town for Ethans big day, we also had to speak in church!

Such a proud dad!



Ethan has been such a talker lately, he will sit and talk and oooh and aaaw forever, I love it. He is especially sweet in the mornings when he wakes up, so I brought him into bed with me and took a video of our sweet little man. Ive even been able to get him to laugh a few times, but have yet to get it caught on camera!

He's growing so fast

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...adjusting to motherhood is keeping me a lot more busy than I had ever expected, but it is all so worth it. Ethan is doing really well. He is loving all of his new experiences so far from having his first bath to our daily walks in the stroller and to all his love and ateention he gets from friends and family. He is sleeping pretty good now at night he will sleep for about 4 hours before waking to eat so that has been nice. We are so in love with our little man and I am dreading the day I have to go back to work. But in the meantime I am trying to enjoy him as much as I can! Hope you enjoy these few pictures!





Totally zonked out

Our happy boy

He will take any fingers he can find

My first bath

He loves his daddy

Mustangs Across America

A couple weeks ago there were about 200 Mustangs in Holbrook stopping by and driving on Route 66 for the Mustangs Across America tour. Hundreds of Mustangs travel across the United States and the come from all over the world to participate. Jason was working that morning and stopped by to see all the mustangs and became quite popular. Everyone wanted to take pictures of him by their car, Jason didn't know he could have such a successful career as a cop model! There are probably more pictures on their website but here are a few he took.

Our Little Easter Bunny

Isnt he so cute in this? Jason said I was emasculating him but I dont think so...he didnt seem to mind too much!

We love our little man!

On Saturday my sister in law Addie came up to take pictures of Ethan and did such an amazing job! We love having such a talented photographer in our family to capture such precious moments, plus Addie is pretty cool too ;) Thank you Addie so much for all that you do! I stole these pictures from her blog...check her out she is amazing, her blog website is http://addiewhitephotography.blogspot.com/

He's finally here!

Ethan Zander Searls arrived at 2:47 pm on March 26th...weighing 6 lbs 4 oz and 18 1/2 inches long. For those of you who don't want to hear the full story, you can skip this part and go for the pictures! We went in to the doctor on Tuesday and we decided to finally enduce since I was a week overdue and my blood pressure was getting to high. I went in to the hospital at 5:30 am but was having contractions all night long. I was still dilated to a 2 when we went in that morning, we went through 3 rounds of gels and 2 doses of some oral medication thats supposed to regulate contractions. By about midnight I had been having regular contractions for about 15 hours but still was only dilated to a 5 so they decided to break my water around 2 am. Within an hour I was dilated to a 6 with harder lasting all night. At 6 am I was exhausted and funally decided it was time to start the petosin (something I had wanted to avoid the whole time.) I also decided that after 24 hours of labor I needed to get some sleep if I was ever going to push out our baby so I gave in and had an epidural. Around 10 am that morning I had gotten a few hours of sleep but I still hadn't dilated any more, the doctor said the baby was coming out diagonal so that's why I wasnt dilating and said we were most likely going to have to do a c section. At that point I broke down and started to cry, the whole experience wass just emotionally exhausting and getting a c-section was the last thing I wanted. Jason called his uncle whoe lives in Flag and he came and they gave me a blessing. After that I decided that even though I had an epidural and couldn't feel anything I needed to do something to get our baby in position to I asked the nurses if I could try some yoga poses and they said it was fine as long as I could handle it. My mom and Jason helped lift me up and turn me on my hands and knees and I did some Yoga moves for about 45 minutes until I couldn't take it anymore. When the doctor came in an hour later she was ready to tell me they were going to take me in for a c section but checked to see if I had any progress at all, and was completely shocked that I was dilated to a ten and ready to start pushing. I pushed for about 30 minutes but the babys heart beat was dropping so we had to to and rest for about 20 minutes and try again or we were going to have to use the vacuum or go in for an emergency c section. After trying again and the babys heart beat still dropping too low she decided that we had to use the vacuum to get him out. About two pushed later we had Ethan and a hospital room filled with not a dry eye in the house. It was quite the ordeal to bring our little man into this world, but worth ever second of it. We are so grateful for our son, he is a precious gift from our Heavenly Father and it was such an honor to bring him into our arms and lives. We are all doing very well, trying to adjust to the demands of a new baby but still loving every minute of it! I am so overwhelmed with the love I have for my precious little boy and for my husband who was so sweet and amazing during the whole process, I would not have been able to go through any of it without him.

Baby Update

Well I'm getting closer to my due date, and it couldn't come soon enough! My last doctors visit was Monday, I'm 80% effaced and not quite dilated to a 1. So basically I could have this baby any day...or in two weeks, who knows. Here is a pic of the belly at 9 months....hopefully the last picture you get before the baby comes! Wish us luck!!!

Im not exactly in the mood to be taking pictures of myself at this stage...sorry