There are days at work that you actually wish you had something to work on... today is one of those days. Well it has been a while since I've written anything anywhere including my journal... I am WAY behind and I use to do daily entries. Well I was thinking recently of something I was taught and thought it would be good to implement it into my life again. Studies show it takes 21 days (consecetive) to form a habit (good or bad). I don't really have any bad habits to get rid of, but I have been lazy in a few areas I would like to improve and a few new habits I would like to improve.
1. Daily Prayer (Morning and Night)
2. Daily Scripture Study
3. Wake up 20 minutes earlier
4. Walk with Evelyn to park or post office (daily)
5. Exercise 3 times a week
I've created a calander to keep track of how I do. I'm hoping my husband will be the good modivator I need him to be. Got to have faith in myself :)
In other news... Evelyn will be ONE in less than a month! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by. I'm planning a little birthday party for her, but I can't decided if I want to make it Halloween themed or not. My dad and grandparents will be coming in to town the weekend before her B-day so that's when I want to do it. I can't wait! Actually October is going to be a very busy month. On the 10th we are going to 6 Flags Discovery Kingdom and then on the weekend of the 23rd my Best friends Jessica and Jaleh are flying in for the weekend! And some where in all this activity I want to plan a trip to Apple Hill. I need some yummy yummy apple cider :) My life is full of adventure!
TTFN
Tabi
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
For My Best Friends
Well I'm not very good at consistantly blogging, but I do try every once in a while. I've been thinking lately of all my friends and wanted to send a note out to them all. Well here it goes!
To my friends:
Amber – I can’t tell you in words how proud I am of you. I saw the struggles you faced and look where you are now… married to a wonderful man and expecting a little boy. What an inspiration you are! I want to let you know how wonderful it was and is to be your friend. The epiphany of high school senior memories was spent with you: Sci Fi class with Mr. Brady, Senior Prom, Graduation. All such great memories! We drifted apart somewhere after that and now we are many states away, but I’m so glad to be in your life and be your friend again. You are truly a wonderful person. I am so excited for your new family and hope to always be your friend!
Jessica and Jaleh – I put you two together because all through elementary school I think we were literally attached at the hip! LOL We all have separate lives now that all seem so different, yet through it all we are still the best of friends. I don’t think a day goes by were a memory of us doesn’t’ pop up in my head. Especially when life starts to get hard: Car breaks down, bills pile up, babies crying, dinner is burning, and I think about how much easier it was being a kid. Our biggest worry was who’s house we where sleeping over at this weekend. I couldn’t imagine my childhood without you two in it, and I couldn’t imagine my life now without you either! You both have shared in my most life changing moments – my wedding and my baby (baby shower 1 week before counts ) I know we will be friends forever! I hope life will allow us to enjoy many more amazing trips and memories together like Fresno, and Yosemite!
Marcus – (I know you’re still on your mission and you won’t read this for a while) Thanks for being a great friends and a truly great guy. I will always remember ice cream at midnight at Carriage Square Park with Mike O. and Rebeka after the movie and Pirates Pizza, and for some reason I remember the chocolate milk conversation on your birthday! You are a great friend!
Aaron – Through time apart and life choices have distanced us; I wanted to let you know what a great friend you are and how important you are to me. First of all I can’t thank you enough for convincing me to “come to the dark side” and join early morning seminary. They truly are some of my best high school memories. Now my head is full of odd memories like staying up all night IMing about random stuff like pixie stix, you using fake blood for the blood typing test in forensics, and getting pulled over on our way to San Francisco when the cop thought you were drunk LOL! After high school you truly were my best friend. The only person I knew I could call at midnight to come with me to walk my dog because yes midnight was the only time I could take her to the dog park and let her run around like a Tasmanian devil. Then you would listen as I ranted and complained about whatever and what a joy when I found out I could be that same person for you and the role could be reversed. That may all be different now, but I’m grateful for everything. You have a truly amazing testimony that has strengthened mine countless times. Thanks for being my friend. I don’t think I’ll ever truly be forgiven for losing that bet (can this count as my public apology? ), but I miss your friendship and hope one day things will change.
Teri – I just have to say thank you for who you are! Half the time I don’t know what you’re saying or who you’re quoting, but you always make me laugh. Thanks for always being the other girl when we went to hang out with our weird ward boys Don’t ever lose your sense of humor, it makes you such and wonderful amazing person. I know this equation to be true YOU + EMILY + GIRLSCAMP = HILARIOUS! Your faith and testimony of the gospel has touched me and I will for always be grateful. Congratulations on your engagement! I wish you all of the very best!
Mike – To have you just as a friend would have been great, but to know I have more that than that is amazing. We share a love that most would freely give up anything for, I know I would. Every one of these people listed before you I have known longer, but we have spent nearly 1000 days together straight! Crazy huh? I know you know me the best. You even know all the buttons to push to make me mad or drive me crazy, but you are truly my best friend. I share with you all my fondest memories. I could not imagine my life without you. I love you more than anything… or I guess ‘I love you like a fish loves water.’
To my friends:
Amber – I can’t tell you in words how proud I am of you. I saw the struggles you faced and look where you are now… married to a wonderful man and expecting a little boy. What an inspiration you are! I want to let you know how wonderful it was and is to be your friend. The epiphany of high school senior memories was spent with you: Sci Fi class with Mr. Brady, Senior Prom, Graduation. All such great memories! We drifted apart somewhere after that and now we are many states away, but I’m so glad to be in your life and be your friend again. You are truly a wonderful person. I am so excited for your new family and hope to always be your friend!
Jessica and Jaleh – I put you two together because all through elementary school I think we were literally attached at the hip! LOL We all have separate lives now that all seem so different, yet through it all we are still the best of friends. I don’t think a day goes by were a memory of us doesn’t’ pop up in my head. Especially when life starts to get hard: Car breaks down, bills pile up, babies crying, dinner is burning, and I think about how much easier it was being a kid. Our biggest worry was who’s house we where sleeping over at this weekend. I couldn’t imagine my childhood without you two in it, and I couldn’t imagine my life now without you either! You both have shared in my most life changing moments – my wedding and my baby (baby shower 1 week before counts ) I know we will be friends forever! I hope life will allow us to enjoy many more amazing trips and memories together like Fresno, and Yosemite!
Marcus – (I know you’re still on your mission and you won’t read this for a while) Thanks for being a great friends and a truly great guy. I will always remember ice cream at midnight at Carriage Square Park with Mike O. and Rebeka after the movie and Pirates Pizza, and for some reason I remember the chocolate milk conversation on your birthday! You are a great friend!
Aaron – Through time apart and life choices have distanced us; I wanted to let you know what a great friend you are and how important you are to me. First of all I can’t thank you enough for convincing me to “come to the dark side” and join early morning seminary. They truly are some of my best high school memories. Now my head is full of odd memories like staying up all night IMing about random stuff like pixie stix, you using fake blood for the blood typing test in forensics, and getting pulled over on our way to San Francisco when the cop thought you were drunk LOL! After high school you truly were my best friend. The only person I knew I could call at midnight to come with me to walk my dog because yes midnight was the only time I could take her to the dog park and let her run around like a Tasmanian devil. Then you would listen as I ranted and complained about whatever and what a joy when I found out I could be that same person for you and the role could be reversed. That may all be different now, but I’m grateful for everything. You have a truly amazing testimony that has strengthened mine countless times. Thanks for being my friend. I don’t think I’ll ever truly be forgiven for losing that bet (can this count as my public apology? ), but I miss your friendship and hope one day things will change.
Teri – I just have to say thank you for who you are! Half the time I don’t know what you’re saying or who you’re quoting, but you always make me laugh. Thanks for always being the other girl when we went to hang out with our weird ward boys Don’t ever lose your sense of humor, it makes you such and wonderful amazing person. I know this equation to be true YOU + EMILY + GIRLSCAMP = HILARIOUS! Your faith and testimony of the gospel has touched me and I will for always be grateful. Congratulations on your engagement! I wish you all of the very best!
Mike – To have you just as a friend would have been great, but to know I have more that than that is amazing. We share a love that most would freely give up anything for, I know I would. Every one of these people listed before you I have known longer, but we have spent nearly 1000 days together straight! Crazy huh? I know you know me the best. You even know all the buttons to push to make me mad or drive me crazy, but you are truly my best friend. I share with you all my fondest memories. I could not imagine my life without you. I love you more than anything… or I guess ‘I love you like a fish loves water.’
Monday, January 26, 2009
Evelyn Rae Coughlin
Evelyn
Evelyn Rae Coughlin was born Sunday October 19th at 7:23 in the morning at 6 lbs. 11 1/2 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.
Because some of you have been curious, and who's to blame, I decided I would tell about the experience of bring Evelyn into the world. On the night of Thursday, October 16th I started having contractions that I knew were not Braxton Hicks contractions. They weren't painful, just uncomfortable. They were coming about every 15 minutes and I was able to sleep inbetween them, but I didn't get the most restful nights sleep, I knew the baby would be coming pretty soon. Friday morning, October 17th... the contractions stopped. Friday was a normal uneventful day and I thought that the previous night was just a false alarm, my body preping me for what was ahead... my due date was still 5 days away. However, Friday night having dinner at Chili's with the family the contractions started again. Now they were almost a steady 10 minutes apart and it lasted all night long! The doctor said not to come in until contractions were 5 minutes apart, so I waited. Needless to say I did not get much sleep. Saturday morning, October 18th contractions stopped for about 3 hours and I was able to take a much needed nap. So Mom said to go shopping to help progress the labor... that's what I did all Saturday with the family; needing to stop about every 8 minutes because of a contraction. At about 5 o'clock I was very tired and ready to go... but I decided not to go home to Silver Springs 45 minutes from the Hospital. I had a feeling it would be soon so I went to my parents house 5 minutes from the hospital. Mike and my little brother had to finish up some shopping and go home to put some food we had away, my parents had plans to go to a party they were invited to. So that left me home with just my little sister. Around 7 o'clock the evening of October 18th, about 10 minutes after my parents left... my water broke. I called my parents and they came home to take me to the hospital. I called Mike and when I told him my water broke he was like "Really?"... he meet us at the hospital shortly after we got there.
I guess the first thing the hospital wants to do is check that I'm actually in labor and that my water did actually break. So tests done... Confirmed - Water did break and I was 5cm dialated. To the hospital room! My Mom and Mike were my labor coaches :) I was dialating perfectly about 1cm an hour... until about 12 o' clock. I was 9cm... needing to make it to 10; at that time the nurses explained to me that my water had broke at the top and so as the baby moved down it created a 'bubble' and that bubble was making it hard for my cervix to dialate all the way. They gave me pitocin to increase the strength and frequency of my contractions to try to get me fully dialated. Pitocin obviously makes contractions a bit more painful. 2 hours later and I'm still only at 9 1/2cm....2 hours later still the same... 1 hour later around 5 o'clock they finally say the are calling the doctor in to come break the 'bubble' and that she should be here at 6. At this point contractions are strong and coming almost every 30-60 seconds. They are pushing contractions and your body wants to push with them, but the nurses are telling me not to push because I'm not fully dialted and I can tear my cervix. One thing I would like to say here... pushing contractions don't hurt when you are pushing, but not pushing they are the worst ever! At this point I'm watching the clock...6:00 comes, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45... and all this time Mike is doing a great job getting me through, but now I'm struggling with the whole breathing exercise thing and they have given me oxygen.Around 7 the doctor finally arrived she pops the bag and 20 minutes later Evelyn is here. The actual delivery I found very easy. Hard work, but it felt great to feel like I was actually doing something rather than just laying there through the contractions. So about 12 hours in the hospital before she was born... not to bad :) A perfect healthy little girl with 10 fingers and 10 toes.
Evelyn Rae Coughlin was born Sunday October 19th at 7:23 in the morning at 6 lbs. 11 1/2 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.
Because some of you have been curious, and who's to blame, I decided I would tell about the experience of bring Evelyn into the world. On the night of Thursday, October 16th I started having contractions that I knew were not Braxton Hicks contractions. They weren't painful, just uncomfortable. They were coming about every 15 minutes and I was able to sleep inbetween them, but I didn't get the most restful nights sleep, I knew the baby would be coming pretty soon. Friday morning, October 17th... the contractions stopped. Friday was a normal uneventful day and I thought that the previous night was just a false alarm, my body preping me for what was ahead... my due date was still 5 days away. However, Friday night having dinner at Chili's with the family the contractions started again. Now they were almost a steady 10 minutes apart and it lasted all night long! The doctor said not to come in until contractions were 5 minutes apart, so I waited. Needless to say I did not get much sleep. Saturday morning, October 18th contractions stopped for about 3 hours and I was able to take a much needed nap. So Mom said to go shopping to help progress the labor... that's what I did all Saturday with the family; needing to stop about every 8 minutes because of a contraction. At about 5 o'clock I was very tired and ready to go... but I decided not to go home to Silver Springs 45 minutes from the Hospital. I had a feeling it would be soon so I went to my parents house 5 minutes from the hospital. Mike and my little brother had to finish up some shopping and go home to put some food we had away, my parents had plans to go to a party they were invited to. So that left me home with just my little sister. Around 7 o'clock the evening of October 18th, about 10 minutes after my parents left... my water broke. I called my parents and they came home to take me to the hospital. I called Mike and when I told him my water broke he was like "Really?"... he meet us at the hospital shortly after we got there.
I guess the first thing the hospital wants to do is check that I'm actually in labor and that my water did actually break. So tests done... Confirmed - Water did break and I was 5cm dialated. To the hospital room! My Mom and Mike were my labor coaches :) I was dialating perfectly about 1cm an hour... until about 12 o' clock. I was 9cm... needing to make it to 10; at that time the nurses explained to me that my water had broke at the top and so as the baby moved down it created a 'bubble' and that bubble was making it hard for my cervix to dialate all the way. They gave me pitocin to increase the strength and frequency of my contractions to try to get me fully dialated. Pitocin obviously makes contractions a bit more painful. 2 hours later and I'm still only at 9 1/2cm....2 hours later still the same... 1 hour later around 5 o'clock they finally say the are calling the doctor in to come break the 'bubble' and that she should be here at 6. At this point contractions are strong and coming almost every 30-60 seconds. They are pushing contractions and your body wants to push with them, but the nurses are telling me not to push because I'm not fully dialted and I can tear my cervix. One thing I would like to say here... pushing contractions don't hurt when you are pushing, but not pushing they are the worst ever! At this point I'm watching the clock...6:00 comes, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45... and all this time Mike is doing a great job getting me through, but now I'm struggling with the whole breathing exercise thing and they have given me oxygen.Around 7 the doctor finally arrived she pops the bag and 20 minutes later Evelyn is here. The actual delivery I found very easy. Hard work, but it felt great to feel like I was actually doing something rather than just laying there through the contractions. So about 12 hours in the hospital before she was born... not to bad :) A perfect healthy little girl with 10 fingers and 10 toes.
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