Randomness from the past couple weeks...

As I've been too lazy to post the past couple weeks and still don't have the energy to do it I'm just going to put on a few pictures!


Reagan opening her present

Reagan making her build a bear

Matt with his build and bear and some of his cousins

Tim and Matt shoveling after the big storm

Reagan out in the snow for the first time.

Since it's taken forever for me to load these pictures on I'll do the rest tomorrow, if I'm not too lazy!

Our Little Human

(Reagan,3 days old and daddy)

So you know how sometimes you'll have a "wow" or "that's amazing" moment? Like for example I'll sometimes look at Reagan and just think wow, I can't believe she's mine.
Well the other day Tim was holding Reagan and I came downstairs and he says to me "wow, she's like a little human."
All I could reply was "yes, Tim she is a little human." I'm still laughing about it because I get was he was trying to say and he said it with sincerity but it just sounded so funny. I'm not trying to make fun of Tim because it was really cute but very funny!

Thank You, Tim...

for letting us get back to normal. I don't really have much to blog about these days: laundry, cleaning, cooking. Obviously the funnest and best part is hanging out with baby Reagan!

I'm not looking forward to Christmas shopping, I hate crowds and long lines and also that Tim is the hardest person to shop for on the planet.

Tim and I did go out and do the whole black friday thing for the first time this year, I haven't decided if I'll do it again next year.

My time is up, Reagan is "calling" for me.

Back To Normal

After turning my family's blog into a BYU fan page it's probably time to change it back. Now Jasmine can start posting about Reagan again.

A letter from Max Hall to the Bawden Family

Dear Bawden's

I can win the big game. One of my fondest memories is of me winning the big game. Let me take you back to 2007. 4th and 18. I cannot say more than that I acknowledge the unsatisfactory play this past week. Your Utes deserve more...

Good luck against either Florida or Alabama come the Sugar Bowl. I will be the first to thank you for the fat check that we here at BYU will cash as soon as we get it. We will use the money wisely.

Please pass my regards to Brian Johnson, who in my mind was the better QB last week. Too bad that you will never make it past Utah. How are you going to make it if Alex Smith could not and he was pick #1.

And to you Kyle W., BYU doesn't want you, doesn't like you, and thinks that you look fat on TV.

Bronco, thanks for keeping the faith. We'll see you next year.

You too Bawden's...

Max

P.S. Tim, I am glad that you are a BYU fan but let's face it, your friends suck!

Good Job Utes...

1 out of 3 seasons is not that bad I guess. See you in 09'

P.S.

Dear Max Hall,

Thanks for a great season. I forgive you for having the worst game of your life last week. Better luck next year.

Sincerely,

Tim Masias

Lest you forget!

Just so everyone knows that in our household we root for the Y. This is rivalry week and it is the same week that my Ute Fan friends become enemies. Just until next week.

Tim vs. The Deer

Last night on his way home from work Tim calls me and informs me that he has just been in a hit and run accident! I was like "Oh my gosh are you ok, what happened?" And he tells me that a deer hit him and ran away. Looking back now it's pretty funny, the "hit and run" thing but at the time I was thinking is he hurt, how's the car and what happened to the deer?!!!

Luckily Tim walked away with a couple minor cuts and the deer ran safely away. Apparently it's hoof nicked his window as it jumped over, it could have been a lot worse. Now Tim only feels his "injuries" when I ask him to do something like change the baby or fold clothes, etc. He will remind me that he was injured and almost died and really can't do anything. Anybody who knows me knows that I just roll my eyes and tell him to do it anyway!

We have to get a new driver's side window and the roof replaced.
Here is the $2000 plus damage that the deer caused:

2 month check up

Yesterday I took in Reagan for her 2 month check up. Tim is out of town so I took her myself, I'm pretty sure he planned it that way so he could get out of seeing her get her shots. He thinks he's sneaky but I'm onto him!

So we get her weight and measurements:

weight: 11 lbs 14 ounces 90 percentile

height: 24.5 inches 97 percentile (she's going to be a tall one!)

So we've got a giant on our hands but she's so cute we'll keep her!

She did pretty well with the shots she only cried for about a minute , until I could get the bottle in her mouth and then when I picked her up she zonked out.

Reagan's Blessing

On Sunday is was Reagan's blessing. It turned out to be a great day with friends and family. We are so grateful to have Reagan in our family.

Tim, Reagan and Grandma Masias


Our little angel

Reagan with mom and dad

4 generations

Halloween

It was a fun Halloween this year...A lot of firsts.

1st # 1. Reagan's first Halloween
1st # 2. Matt's first Halloween with us
1st # 3. Tim and Jasmine's first Halloween since 2007
1st # 4. Tim's first Halloween working at Spillman (story to come)
1st # 5. Tim and Jasmine's first Halloween buying 10 bags of candy for trick-or-treaters


Ok there were only 4 real firsts but they were all really fun.


It was fun to have Reagan this year. There is nothing more cute than a 7 weeker dressed as a bumble bee. This is also Matt's first Halloween at our house. He and I had our fun out on the streets for about 2.5 hours last night. It was really fun to watch Matt carry his little sack from house to house. Especially the houses that were decorated to make them look scary. He got a little nervous at a few of them.







At work earlier in the day they threw a big Halloween party for the employees and their families to come and trick-or-treat. They had some 35 stations that passed out everything from large pixie sticks to little toys and games. We loaded up there. Some of the candy looked so good I had to make sure that I got some for Reagan as well!




Here in Eagle Mountain half of our population is filled with kids. There are so many kids here that I could hit one with my car and it divides up into two kids. Strange...Anyway, with all of the kids here we have to load up on a ton of candy. I think that we bought about 10 bags this year. We had maybe a bag to a bag .5 left. Thankfully all of the kids stopped coming at around 8:30.

Tim the Photographer

Tim spent a lot of time the other night trying to get the perfect picture! It's hard to get a newborn to smile on cue!
I think he did a pretty good job but it does help to have cute kids to work with!!

Happy Birthday Matt!!

It was Matt's birthday this week. Tim was out of town for work so I took Matt to the movies on Thursday and we met my sister there with her kids.
We officially celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We went to Cottonwood Park(it was very windy!) and met most of his cousins there where they played baseball and ran around the playground for awhile. After we went bowling then to dinner at Red Lobster, one of Matt's favorite restaurants. It was a fun day for the new 7 year old!


Matt and his cakes. Tim did the decorating...no further comment. lol


apparently this was a volcano and the kids were trying not to fall in it!

Matt the bowler!

cake at Red Lobster

Reagan and Asher at the bowling alley

and some more pictures

I promise my next post wont be about Regan but I couldn't resist showing her off some more!!

1st Sunday

posing

this how Reagan and Tim spend most of their time together, napping

cuddling with Aunt Jocelyn

we took her to get her one month pictures taken in this outfit.

4 weeks old!

Can you believe it, it's been 4 weeks since Reagan has joined our family! Here are some more cute pictures of her, we just can't get enough!


with her cousin Mimi


loving life

how cute is she!!!!

hanging out with big brother

a rare moment that she's actually sleeping in her

own bed. (i'm a sucker and usually let her sleep with me!)

we have not posted in a while, it is Jasmines fault. I have been busy with all of my new fatherly duties.

Reagan takes a bath

Well today was bath day for Reagan. She did a wonderful job at getting cleaner even though I did most of the work. I love the way she smells afterward. Way better than what she smelled like before I changed her diaper earlier today. She did pee on the towel that we had her on but don't worry everyone, I used Jasmine's towel.

Speaking of peeing on the towel...

We took her to the doctor and when she was being weighed (for which the baby has to be naked) she started to pee and poop all over the scale. Let's just say she wasn't as heavy afterwards! The doctor said that she is doing really good. She has another appointment in about a week and a half. We will keep you all updated.

In the meantime look at these!

Welcome my new Baby Belle-uga into this world!

Reagan Belle Masias was born on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 10:32 AM. She weighed an astounding 9 lbs 3 oz and measured 21.5 inches long.

We had an induction scheduled on Tuesday at 8 AM and we were told to call the hospital to make sure that they had enough space for us and when we did we were told that we had to wait because they had too many moms in labor. They told us to call back at 10 AM to see if there was any improvements, so we did and they were still full. This continued to happen every couple hours until 4:00 PM when they called us and said that we could come in. The nurse also said that we could not bring anybody that was pregnant and if we saw anyone pregnant in the parking lot of the hospital we needed to run them over. Come to find out on Monday they had 16 moms in labor at the hospital and were over capacity.

So we finally went in on Tuesday at 5 PM and Jasmine got induced around 6. Here is the timeline.

6:00 PM: Jasmine induced

7:00 PM: Tim's dinner time

8:00 PM: We watched Wipe Out on TV

9:00 PM: Matt has a hard time staying awake

10:00 PM: Jasmine begins to really hurt

11:00 PM: Matt and Jasmine's mom go home and Jasmine asks for an epidural

11:45 PM: Jasmine finally gets epidural after being forgotten about

12:15 AM: Tim leaves Jasmine alone in her pain and goes to bed

1:30 AM: Jasmine gets her water broken by nurses and Tim wakes up due to noise

1:35 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a meager 4

2:15 AM: Tim falls back asleep

6:00 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a 9 and Tim wakes up

8:15 AM: Doctor arrives and says that it is go time

8:30 AM: The pushing begins

8:35 AM: The baby crowns and we see brown hair

8:45 AM: The pushing continues

9:00 AM: The pushing continues

9:15 AM: You get the picture

10:15 AM: Pushing has not gone anywhere and Dr. asks Jasmine if she wants help

10:16 AM: Jasmine says heck yes!

10:20 AM: Dr. gets forceps

10:32 AM: Baby is born

It was not an easy time for Jasmine at all but she did it and she did an amazing job. She really taught me a thing or two about what it means to be strong! I cannot believe all of the hard work it took.

It was not an easy labor for the baby either. She was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck 2 times and she also swallowed meconium so the staff immediately had tubes down her throat sucking all the crap out (no pun intended) of her. Poor thing. She was place on Jasmine's chest for only a matter of seconds before we had to take her to the Newborn ICU. She was place under an oxygen helmet for about 12 hours and was given an IV for nurishment. We could not hold her that whole time. She recovered from her breathing problem overnight and another day or so later she was off of her IV. We finally got to have her in our room with us on Friday morning which was also the day that we left the hospital. The first night that we spent with Reagan was on Friday night at home. That story can be saved for another post but I will say that I have never been more worried about something so bad in my life.

I really understand what a blessing this baby is to our little family. I have fallen in love with her and I must admit that she already has me wrapped around her beautiful finger. She is the most precious treasure that I have in my life and I am sure that Jasmine would say the same thing. This last week or so has made me realize how great blessing my family is to me and how much I love my them. I am a dad!