welcome home connly

first time in his car seat:)Proud daddy carrying his boy out of the hospital:)We headed home from the hospital the morning after Connly was born. We were very ready to be home(heather I got my second turkey sandwich to go!Yum! I would love one right now the hospital had really good food!:)I got a little nervous when were packing up to leave I couldn't believe they were going to let us go they trusted us with this tiny little baby? Well that tiny baby is ours so I guess they had to trust us. My parents were home waiting for us. I couldn't wait to get home to show my dad Connly. He only got to see him for just a minute after I had him(him and mckel were sneaky and followed some guy through the doors) because of the hospital rules only Paul and my mom could be in the room.

I'll never forget that ride home. I've never been so nervous about Paul's driving. We had been working on his driving for 9 months(he's a crazy driver) I was having a heart attack in the back with the baby. We stopped by Paul's mom's house on the way home she wanted to take a peek at him through the window because she was sick. For some reason Paul thought he needed to back in to her drive way and as we were leaving he drives off her curb! He is getting better at being a safer driver! Practice Practice Practice!;) When we pulled up to our home this is what we saw... Thanks mom and dad we LOVED it!

It felt good to be home and to sleep in our own bed. Connly and me had an all nighter his first night but he's done real well with sleeping at night ever since.

Sneak Peek

If you wanna see a few of our sweet Connly's newborn pictures go to

Tiffanyjanephotography.blogspot.com

We LOVE them!

Labor Story

Here is a quick update!

Us before Connly made it here.Trini and Me Thanks for your help Trini I think walking around in the bathroom helped!:) My mom and me I was so happy to see her!!!

Trini made his cute little name! We loved it! Thanks!

Our first family picture. Yes we look tired it was a long 20 hours but SO worth it!

Connly and Grandma Lori!

My Sister and Dad snuck in haha Mandee tried but they caught her!

Fat feet












So tired!

Thanks for being there mom! She is a trooper she stayed awake with me the whole time! Not to mention she is a great pushing coach!:)

On January 22nd we went to the doctor's around 8:45 I was still at a three. He striped my membranes again. He said wow this little boy has a lot of hair! I couldn't believe he could actually feel his head. He then goes on to tell us he was leaving town tomorrow and we needed to get this baby here today haha We laughed because we both knew I'd been trying anything and everything to get him to come out for weeks. He says go home have sex(sorry but that's what he said) and then go for a long walk and if you feel anything go in. I tried not to get my hopes up but I couldn't help but be so excited. So we went for a run down the all too famous hill I went hopping, skipping and running down everyday. Then went and walked around the temple for about an hour I started to feel a few contractions nothing too big but he said if I felt anything go in. We walked over to the hospital at one and I've never pretended to be so brave and I thought for sure they were going to send me home. They got me all hooked up to the machines the nurse checked me I was still at a three and I was having contractions just not too close together the they called Doctor Thompson he was there delivering another baby so he came in and checked me almost a four so they told me they were going to watch me for an hour and then go from there. My contractions got really close about three minutes apart! A miracle happened!!;) The nurse had me walk around the halls for an hour it was so hard to walk but we did it and they decided to keep me at four o clock. I called my mom told her they were keeping me so her, my dad and sisters headed down. The nurse put my i.v. in I was so nervous I hate getting them! They had to poke me twice:( They broke my water at 5 I went as long as I could go without getting the epidural. I finally decided I couldn't take it anymore and asked for the epidural. My mom made it around eight I can't tell you how happy I was to see her!! They told us he'd be a midnight baby so knowing just a few more hours our sweet baby boy be there made me so happy! Well three different nurses later, epidural machine batteries going dead, feeling everything again, 20 hours of being in labor, only twenty minutes of pushing our baby Connly made his way into this world!!! BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD! I love being a mom! We love Connly more than anything and love that we get to be his parents! Life couldn't be better!

Our Micracle is here!

Connly Paul Hogue

made it into this world

January 23rd at 9:36 a.m.

8lbs 10 ozs. 22 inches long

We love him so much!!!

(more pictures to come)

Have that baby already!!!

That's probably what your thinking...I'm thinking the same thing!

I'm patiently waiting to go into labor:) I'm doing good just so excited to finally meet our little miracle. Two more days until our due date! Went to the Doctor on Tuesday and I was at a three. He striped my membranes again. He also told me I have a little hernia to the side of my belly button. It should go away after I have the baby. I didn't notice it because my belly button has been poking out for quite some time now so I didn't realize it until he pointed it out. He also said if Connly's not here by Thursday night(tonight) to come in Friday morning and he's going to stripe my membranes again and check things out. So we'll see where we are again tomorrow morning.

Something happened the other day on the way to the Doctor I sneezed and I wasn't sure if my water broke or if I peed my pants so I text Mckel to see what she thought.
Me: Hey I just sneezed and I think my water broke or I just peed my pants?
Mckel: Really? Is it still leaking out?
Me: Nope so I guess I just peed my pants! Awesome.
Mckel: lol Great!
It wasn't funny to me at the time because I just peed my pants but now I can laugh about it:)

Crazy things your body goes through when your pregnant!

I've come to the realization that Mr. Connly will come when he wants and when he's ready to come. You can't make them come...believe me I've tried everything you can think of. And I'm okay with it he will come soon enough!
39 weeks & 5 days

One more thing the other night I was getting ready for bed said my prayers had a little talk with heavenly father about when Connly will make his way here. I then decided to read a few verses before i went to sleep this time I decided to just open up my scriptures and read the first high lighted scripture i see and this is the scripture that was high lighted!

D&C 39:21

For the time is at hand; the day of the hour no man knoweth; but it surely shall come.

You may take it differently but I took it as No man knows when Connly will come but he surely shall come.

Kinda funny how Heavenly Father answers our prayers!

39 weeks!

Today we're a week away from our due date!!

We're almost there little guy!!

That means...

We'll be holding him in our arms this week!!!

The Griswold's came to St. George:)

MOM'S CARMEL POPCORN

My mom makes thee best Carmel popcorn...Saturday while we were patiently waiting for the Stowell family to make it down to St. George we decided to make some...best decision of the weekend;) Her and Mandee were having a competition of who could get the best picture and I can't remember who took this picture but I think it won. It makes me want some right now!

Dad's Birthday Dinner

Olive Garden
We couldn't go home for my dad's birthday so we had a little birthday party for him down here in St. George.

Jayden boy just lovin his dinner:)

Madix with his red beard saying cheese:)

Paul and Avia are cute little buddies:)

Sunday We all got up and went to Elder Stevenson's Homecoming he served with my brother two times and Paul and him also served together and went to the same high school. He did a very good job and it was nice to meet him. After church we got our Sunday naps in then went and played Tennis and played at the playground with the kids.

I'm not really sure what Dad, Paul and Mckel are doing in this picture...no one told them to pose lol

A is for AVIA

Dad showing us how the pros do it lol

It was so nice to have our family in town and spend time with them. Its been awhile since they've all been able to come down. Paul and me love them so much and are sad when they have to go home. We're very blessed with great family. Family is EVERYTHING. We have this quote in our house that I love it says FAMILY those who put your heart at ease. They do put our hearts at ease and we can just relax and have a good time. We love it! and We love them!:)

KUI and TINKER

My mom sent me these pictures of the newest members of our family.My parents gave the grand kids Kui for Christmas. Jordan named him and its a Hawaiian name. Tinker is Jayden, Jaren and Mandee's new puppy!

I think they are so cute!!!