The Schmidt's

Special thanks

2011-08-03T11:58:00.001-07:00

June and July are Birthday months for our little family and this summer it was hard to celebrate, but thanks to our friends and family they made us feel so, very special being so far away! Britlynn and I got a huge package from Nana and Papa. Britlynn got the cutest cards and gifts from all of her cousins. she loved all of them! she kept saying: "wow! look! Wow!". We threw her a little party and she got spoiled by all of her friends out here in Texas. Jeff and Torrie sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers on my Birthday. it was a sweet surprise to come home to flowers on my doorstep. And later that night, Jake had a dozen roses and the girls took me out to lunch at P.F.Changs. i think Jake's birthday was a little rough, but i hope he still felt somewhat special even though he was out until 1:30 am working! Anyway, we felt very loved and grateful to have such amazing, caring, loving family and friends to go out of their way to make us feel so special on our birthdays! Thanks again to all of you:) we love you! Pictures are coming soon:)

SeaWorld!

2011-06-05T21:46:00.000-07:00

Last week we decided we would take a trip to San Antonio, meet up with Emily and take the girls to SeaWorld. Once we got there it was around 12:30 and So HOT! There were a few times walking around, i thought i was going to pass out! We had such a fun time and the girls loved all the fun things there was to do! We got to feed Dolphins( Britlynn did not want to leave the dolphins), Play at the water park, See Shamu, and watch a cute show with Sea Lions! it was a great day! I think we gaine d a greater appreciation for our husbands and what they go through EVERYDAY! i can't imagine walking around in this heat all day long, everyday. I'm so grateful and thankful for Jake. We don't see him very much, but when we do we soak up every minute! He's doing a great job and we're so proud of him!

Picture with Shamu! Britlynn was very hesitant to touch him, but for some reason, she was more than happy to give him a kiss! i wish i would have gotten it on camera!

Feeding the dolphins

These pictures turned out so cute! Britlynn LOVED the dolphins

Coolin' off at the water park!

Britlynn missed most of Shamu, but when she woke up and saw the Giant Whales, she was so excited!

Shamu!

"Cannery Row Caper"
This show was so cute! the girls loved the Sea Lions

Loving the show...

Showing off their Shamu's! Britlynn is obsessed with this little whale! she has to have him in bed with her and loves to take him with her wherever she goes.

Haha! i LOVE Addison's face in this picture!

We're Baaack!

2011-05-18T11:46:00.001-07:00

We are welcoming ourselves back to the blog world! it's been a year and half since i have last updated and it would probably take way too long to go back that far, so we are going to start from now:) A lot has changed and A lot has happened!!! And, we are currently living in Laredo, TX. Jake is working for Vivint Selling alarm systems and is doing great, as of now! Britlynn has become quite the little sassy pants, but we love her anyway! i think we have entered into the "terrible twos!" yikes! We have a little baby BOY on the way and are so excited to welcome him into our crazy little world in October! We have been crazy busy getting things ready to move out here to Texas, it's hard to think about anything else. so far, we are enjoying it , but we feel a little out of place. Britlynn gets quite a few looks and she has even had people come up to her and touch her. i don't think they see alot of fair skinned, blue eyed, blondies around here! We are basically living in Mexico, so it's a quite a change for us. the temperature is very hot and humid. so, there's a little bit of what has been going on with us lately. here's some pictures from our Trip Jake and I took to Mexico before we headed out. also, are pictures from Easter and our first week in Texas:) WE love and miss you all! see ya'll soon!

{Texas}
Britlynn did pretty good on our long trip to Texas.We had 3 layovers! it wasn't too bad and i'm glad i wasn't alone! Annie and Addison flew out with us and made our trip so much better!

Annie got all the Reps a little gift bag and the Wives got something special, too!:)

Play time with Daddy!

We found this delicious fondu place! Britlynn had some chocolate covered gummies and we got chocolate caramel apples! yumm!

Playing at the Mall:)

These two have become quite the little buddies. we're hoping Addison will help Britlynn to talk this summer!

We went to the circus and this was the only pic i got!

Wiped out from a long day!

{Easter} Britlynn dyed her first Easter eggs (i think her hand got more than the egg), but it was fun to watch her:)

{Mexico} Jake and I took off to Mexico for a 6 day Vacation and left Britlynn with my parents. We all had a blast!! Britlynn got spoiled rotten and so did we!

Say "Cheese!"

i had to throw this one in...haha

{Baby Boy}
As of now, Our little boy looks great! Jake got to feel him kick around for the first time a couple nights ago. it's so fun to feel him move around. we feel very lucky and grateful to have this little baby and can't wait to meet him. This pregnancy is a little bit more exhausting, but i think it's obvious why that is:) I swear Britlynn knows there's a baby on the way. i'll ask her: "where's the baby?" and she'll point to my tummy and say: "There it is". she's going to be an awesome big sister to her little bro.

The last 6 months!

2010-01-29T23:27:00.000-08:00

First of all, let me just say sorry for being so awful at updating my blog!! Our life has been so crazy the last little while, but filled with so much joy since Britlynn came. A little update on what we're doing:) I got a new job at a salon in Draper called I'm Beautiful! i love it there, it's been so much fun getting to do everything i LOVE! They are opening two more salons in February. one in draper, and one in downtown Salt Lake. And who's the contractor? JAKE of course! It's been pretty exciting. Britlynn is getting SO BIG! She's such a little cutie, and a very active little one! Here's a a few updates on our little Britter:
Britlynn...
Loves chewing on everything and anything she gets her hands on!
She can sit up all by herself. it makes her seem so big
She loves her baby food
She's quite the little babbler
She goes to bed on her own and sleeps 10-12 hours a night! SO AMAZING!
she's a very happy, easy baby and she giggles at everything!
We are so blessed to have her in our lives. I'm so grateful for her everyday of my life. She is such a joy to be around. we can't wait to have more! :)
now for the pictures...

2010-01-29T23:05:00.000-08:00

The last 6 months!!!

2010-01-29T22:51:00.000-08:00

Britlynn Kay Schmidt

2009-08-12T16:58:00.000-07:00

Britlynn Kay Schmidt Arrived on July 20th at 5:40 P.m. After about 26 hours of being in the hospital we were thrilled when she finally came! and here's a shorter version of how it all went down: at about 2 am on Sunday morning i woke up and thought maybe my water had broken, but didn't think much of it since i was sent to the hospital that previous Friday thinking maybe it had broken. At about 1o a.m. i really wasn't feeling well, but still didn't think much until my stomach really started to hurt. i called my doctor and waited for the on call doctor to call me, luckily it was MY doctor, Dr. Larsen! i was so happy. he told me to go in even though they would probably just send me home. i really did NOT want to go in, but i did and I'm pretty sure i complained the whole way there telling Jake that it was pointless because they were just going to send me home. so, i get to the hospital at about 4:00 Pm and they check to see if my water broke and sure enough...NOTHING! The nurse told me that they were going to monitor the baby and watch things for an hour and they would me home. She told me if i felt any sudden "gush" or "leak" that i should call her in. About 15 minutes later i called her in, and sure enough i was ruptured. i was so excited to hear her say: "Yep, you're ruptured! it looks like you're having a baby today!" i hurry and called my family and sent Jake on his way to go get our things! At this point i hadn't dilated at all! They told me that they were going to wait until 5 a.m(12 hours) to see if i would dilate on my own, if not, then they would start pitocin. well, 5 am rolled around, and NOTHING! They started the pitocin and my contractions got really bad, but i was still not dilating, so around 7:30 they gave me my epidural, which was sooo amazing! By then, i still wasn't dilating at all! Around 3:30 i was at a 3 1/2...the doctor told us that we shouldn't expect anything until late that night, maybe even early morning. i wanted to cry! at about 5 i sat up and told Jake that i was pretty sure she was coming out!!! he told me not to worry and that the pressure was normal...haha. i was pretty sure it was not "normal" pressure, it was the baby ready to come out!! so i called the nurse and she checked me and i was a 9 1/2! she came in about a half our later and i told her that i needed to push and so i did. they doctor came in about 5 minutes later and after about 15 minutes of intense pushing SHE WAS HERE!!! My labor honestly wasn't so bad and i hope all of them go this well. I had such a good experience at Alta View hospital! The nurses and doctors were so amazing, i felt like the only patient they had there! I guess i was VIP since my father-in-law is a pediatrician there and every nurse that came in knew Jake or someone in the Schmidt family. it was a great experience and I'm so grateful for Britlynn. She has been such a blessing in our lives and had given our lives and our marriage so much more meaning. we love her so much and could not have asked for better. i feel so blessed to have Jake as my husband, and father of Britlynn...WE ARE SO LUCKY! She has brought so much joy into our lives and we're so excited to watch her and our family grow! i would like to thank Both of our families for all of the love and support throughout this whole experience! Thanks to my mom for staying with us for almost 2 weeks! what a HUGE help and relief it was to have her here. i felt so lost for the first few days when she left. WE LOVE YOU ALL, THANKS AGAIN! sorry this post was so long, but it is my little journal :)

Britlynn Kay Schmidt
7lbs 9oz 20 inches

Proud Mommy and Daddy

Proud Nana
Proud Papa!

The day she came home!(Happy Birthday to me!!)
The best birthday present EVER!

MORE PICTURES TO COME!!

A few Pictures!

2009-06-02T15:01:00.000-07:00

Well, here are a few picture from our trip to Florida. i really hate putting these pictures up, because i really didn't like them very much! haha. anyway, i decided to put a picture of my Big Buddha Belly...i can now say I'm having our baby NEXT MONTH!!! yay!!
Almost 33 WEEKS!

2009-06-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

We're kinda dorky

Forest Gump

Jake and his GIANT burger at Planet Hollywood

2009-06-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

A Bug's life 3D show. Karly and my mom
Turkey Legs!!!!
My mom and I

Quick little update!

2009-05-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

I guess it's time to give everyone a quick update!! i will have some pictures to follow. I'm so awful at this blog! So much has happened in the last couple of months, i have no idea where to start! Jake and I celebrated our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY on April 11. it's so crazy how fast time flies by!!! I'm 32 WEEKS PREGNANT now, and i couldn't be more HaPpY, ScArEd, AnXiOuS, ExCiTeD, and IMPATIENT! i'm so excited for our little GIRL to be here, i can't wait! We have started her cute pink room. it's going to be Pink, White, and Brown with Lady Bugs and polka dots...it's super cute! Life has been crazy and hectic with so much going on and so much to do before the baby comes! I just want to say a huge thank you to my HUSBAND, Jake. He has been such a sweetheart through this whole pregnancy...anything i need, he will get me. He has been working so hard and I'm so thankful for all of his hard work and the support he has given me. i honestly couldn't ask for a better husband...i feel so lucky. He is going to be such a good DADDY to Britlynn and she is going to be so spoiled by him! I love him so much and I'm so thankful i have him in my life. Okay, what's next??? We went to Florida At the end of April. It was such a fun trip! Jake went to DISNEY WORLD for the first time...how special! we have a few pictures, but I'm not so sure how i feel about them! ha ha. i discovered "CANKLES" for the first time! i was so swollen almost the whole time we were there. The trip home was awful, I'm not gonna lie! I had some complications, and let me just tell you,i don't wish those feelings that i felt on anyone! I'm much better now and just waiting the long 8 week stretch until our baby comes now! WElP, that about sums everything up...i guess! I'm sorry I'm so awful at blogging...i will try to be better! and excuse the Grammatical errors:) thanks! i will post some pics when i can get them all together!

Baby Britlynn

2009-03-06T21:14:00.000-08:00

A little scary, but so cute!

2009-03-06T21:09:00.000-08:00

Here's a few ultrasounds pictures...it's a little difficult to tell what's going on in some of them, but i think they are pretty cool! She's due July 24th and I'm so excited. so far this pregnancy has been great, i feel super blessed. Everytime we go to the doctor it's nothing but good news and that makes me really happy. we're super excited for her to come!

BOY OR GIRL?

2009-02-12T18:19:00.000-08:00

it's A GIRL!!! well, at least we're pretty sure! ha. We went to fetal photo and got an early ultrasound. Honestly, i didn't see ANYTHING that looked like it could be a boy, but ya never know! anyway, the ultrasound tech was pretty positive it was a girl! It was such a cool experience. She was moving like crazy. We saw her yawn a couple of times, hiccup, kick and it was just so cute. Now i just want to go out and buy everything...yikes. Hopefully i can get a picture up on here in the next couple of days so you can see our cute little baby!

Exciting news!

2009-01-05T09:58:00.001-08:00

Well, the word is out! Jake and I are going to have a BABY!!! I'm almost 12 weeks pregnant, due JULY 23RD, and We're super excited! Were we trying? Yes, but it came right away!! ha ha. How am i feeling?? i feel pretty good, i haven't really been that sick just a little nauseous all the time. And certain smells just make me really sick. do we want a boy or a girl? Either would be fine with me, both would be fine too! ha ha. but,honestly i really don't care as long as the baby is healthy, I'm happy! we find out what were having either the end of February or beginning of march! We went to our first appointment when i was only 9 weeks and i was so scared for some reason. the doctor told us we probably wouldn't hear a heartbeat and if we don't they will just do an ultrasound. so, he starts moving that little Doppler thing around and we don't hear anything....and all of a sudden....we heard it! it was the coolest thing. we heard it super early too! anyway, there it is! maybe it's a little soon to tell, but I've known since i was 3 weeks and I'm excited!

Long OVERDUE honeymoon pics!!!

2009-01-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

I'm so bad at posting!!! Here's some pictures from our honeymoon! it's kinda weird that was almost a year ago. We went on a cruise western Caribbean. It was so amazing! the weather looks so awesome...i want to be there now! We were on a newer ship, so, it had some pretty sweet stuff. we had a wave simulator that jake spent a little too much time on, we had a rock climbing wall, an ice rink, and tons of other fun things! we went swimming with the sting rays( kinda scary, but really awesome) they were huge! We had so much fun on this trip it was hard to come back to reality. anyway, 9 months later......

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Karly's engagements

2008-11-10T22:21:00.001-08:00

I thought maybe it was time to update! here's a few pictures i took for Karly's engagements...i thought they turned out great! I'm getting really excited for the wedding November 22nd! All of my family will be here and that's super exciting since i haven't seen them since MY wedding! anyways, enjoy!!

Food Networks BIGGEST fan!

2008-09-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, so, i'm pretty much the biggest nerd ever! About a year ago i started watching random shows on food network because there was nothing else on Tv, then i became a little obsessed! i must say that throwdown with Bobby Flay is my FAVORITE show ever! he's the best. I love to cook and it's fun to watch all these amazing chefs cook. once again, i'm a huge nerd :) But, i suggest watching it. there are other great shows.....check 'em out!

Burnin' the calories, droppin' some pounds!...i hope

2008-09-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ladies...and Gents, this is probably my favorite thing ever!!! this tracks my calories for the week, gives me a weekly workout, gives me a fit test, all through my heart rate monitor! i'm in love with it. its makes me work so much harder to lose weight! it even gives me a trophy at the end if i reached my goals!!! I now go to the gym everyday trying to reach my goals to get into better shape. i see my cousins that run marathons and it drives me absolutely crazy! i know i'll never get to that point...i love to run, i just don't think i can run that far! haha. so, i've put myself up to the challenge of losing weight and looking great by next year! i'll leave a sweet short description of my watch below, just in case you might want one of your own! check out their website!

http://www.polarusa.com/us-en/products/fitness_crosstraining/F11#indianred

For personal guidance

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See how many calories you have burned

Just us!

2008-08-29T00:18:00.000-07:00

I'm not very good at this whole "blogspot" stuff, so, bear with me!

Jake's second love ( yes, that's him)

The top two pictures were done by my cousin, sharstin. she's pretty much amazing!
Check her out at~ Sharstinmillerphotography.blogspot.com

These are a few of my favorites!

Facial Anyone?

2008-08-28T23:48:00.000-07:00

Yippee for me! I'm back at school doing Aesthetics and loving it so far! so, if anyone wants a facial, wax, pedi/mani, chemical peel or anything else, let me know! I've been wanting to do this since i got out of Hair school, but just never did. Anyway, that's what's new in our lives. maybe i should start posting some pictures and not be so boring?

I love you!

2008-06-17T22:53:00.000-07:00

April 11, 2008
Jake and Kimra Schmidt!!!