pierced ears

So I've been wanting to get Oaklee's ears pierced for a while now, but was too scared to take her because....ouch! Well Derek and I finally took her when she was 4 months old (yes, yes I know I'm a little behind on my blogging) and it wasn't bad at all! She did so good and only cried for a few seconds. And I have to say, her new pierced ears look stinkin' cute! She doesn't bother with them at all, they doesn't even know they are there!

 such a happy girl. Derek held her while the girl pierced her ears.

Oaklee being such a brave girl! :)

One little tear on her cheek :(

Cute baby ears!

love the cute earrings

Oaklee taking a post ear piercing nap on the ride home.

catch up time!!

SO much has happened since the last time I posted, so I'm going to try to catch you all up to speed...we'll see if I can. There is just so much to tell!

Well Oaklee is now 4 month old (almost-she will be Sept. 12) I can't believe she is already that big! I don't know where all the time has gone. She started rolling over at 3 months, and she's a little rolling pin now! Changing diapers is starting to become quite the task! Now I see why my sister-in-law often changes my little nephew standing up! lol

We have had such a busy and fun summer with Oaklee. She has been to Lake Powell, Grandma Bev's in Montecello, swimming many times, seen the 4th of July fireworks(and loved them), shopping(a lot), camping, and even 4-wheeling with Derek!

We blessed Oaklee on July 17, 2011. It was such a good day, and Derek did a great job :) It was lots of fun to get everyone together!

Oaklee loves playing with her boy cousins Easton and Lincoln- they are crazy boys! Lincoln loves to hold Oaklee and give her her binky. Easton is always trying to entertain her and make her smile or laugh. Just the other day he was jumping over top of her while she was laying on the ground- probably not the smartest idea to let him- but Oaklee thought Easton was SO silly! She giggled and giggled! She has the cutest little laugh I've ever heard! The fun ended when Easton accidentally landed on Oaklee's head... :( She didn't quite like that, and Easton felt bad that he hurt her.

Oaklee has also visited her other cousins Lily, Jet, and Jax quite a few times. The boys loved to look at the baby, and Lily loved playing peak-a-boo with her and Grandma SheRie, she giggled and giggled at silly Lily!

I've posted a bunch of pictures that I have taken over the past few months- there are quite a few, hope you like them!!

 Oaklee loves her bumbo! hanging out in Grandpa Dave's camping trailer

 4-wheeler ride with daddy! she Loved it!

 hangin out in West Canyon camping

 Grandpa Dave and Oaklee having a baba by the camp fire! :)

 cute baby girl in her tutu!

 Cute little swimmer girl! 8 weeks old

 Oaklee's all ready to go boating for the first time at Lake Powell! Linc is being very helpful and giving Oaklee her binky :)

 Grandpa Curt and Oaklee having a Lake Powell snooze at the trailer

 Daddy and Oaklee just swingin at Grandma and Grandpa Adairs house in Montecello

Lincoln LOVES to hold "baby O" 

 cousin Easton, Grandma Bev, Oaklee, and cousin Linc having story time together

 she loooves her tubby time

 smily baby girl! Oaklee first started smiling when she was 5 weeks old :)

 Pretty bow to go with her blessing dress, and a VERY pretty girl! :)

 Oaklee being a big girl!

nap time at mommy's work, I'm so glad I get to take her with me:)

Having a baba all by herself

Just talking and talking. 3 months old

Every girl needs their toes painted! Oaklee's very first pedicure :)

 Modeling one of the cute flowers I made for her. 6 weeks old

silly girl! don't you know socks go on your feet?! not your hands :)

Oaklee loves her swing! Belle was not quite sure what to think of Oaklee when we brought her home. She mostly just hung out upstairs with Grandma and Grandpa Wagner. This is as close to Oaklee and she dared to get! lol

 Getting ready to go night-night

 At my sister Sheriece's house celebrate the twins first birthday!

We blessed Oaklee on July 17, 2011. It was such a good day,and we were glad that our friends and family came to celebrate this day with us and with Oaklee. 

Oaklee and Mommy getting ready

 Just a little pre-blessing nap!

Oaklee and daddy

Oaklee's pretty dress! Grandma SheRie made the headband for her, so cute!

Grandma SheRie also bought Oaklee the cute bracelet she is wearing :) love it!

Well I am all out of time for now, but I will post more again soon!! <3

Our sweet baby girl is finally here!!

After 9 long months of waiting, our baby girl is FINALLY here!

Oaklee Jade Doel

Born May 12, 2011

at 11:21 am

7 pounds 5 ounces

18 inches long

She couldn't be more perfect, we love her sooo much! She has lots of dark hair, and looks a lot like me (Dano) when I was a baby. Oaklee is a really good baby, and is really noisy! She grunts and makes all sorts of noises that sound like a little lamb, it's really funny. :) She loves her swing, laying on daddy's chest, and is definitely a binky baby.

The nursery is done! (I think..) :)

So I have been cleaning out the extra bedroom we're using and trying to turn it into the baby's bedroom. It's been taking me quite some time but I think its finally done....but who knows, because I change my mind about it like every other day! Derek's been so good to help me and be the handy man that hangs everything up too. :)

I made these letter blocks a few months ago.. not too long after we found out we were having a girl actually. They were super easy and turned out so cute I love them. I also painted and sanded the self, which I bought at Hobby Lobby of course!

The crib bedding is being borrowed to me from my sister. Its SUPER cute, and has little flowers and birdies on it. Our search for a comfy glider ended up being a lot more difficult than I would have wanted. After buying a less expensive one from Walmart(thinking we were so clever for saving the extra money of buying one from babies r us....) but it was SO uncomfortable!! We ended up returing that one, ordered one online which was on back order and the order got cancelled...and ordered from another website and finally got the chair 3 weeks later! Derek wasn't super excited because it wasn't the color he wanted. BUT I think its just fine and most importantly its comfy! whew that was exhausting!!

Didn't make this one, but I did get it at Hobby Lobby. ( that store is my addiction) It's a little towel hook thing :) and the things hanging on it are binky clips that I made.. I should have taken a better pic but wasn't thinking about that. They are made out of ribbon, a snap, a flower or button, and of course a binky!

I painted this shelf also to match the bigger one on the other wall. The picture frames I "hodge podged" as Derek likes to call it, using some birdy scrap book paper some pink and black paint and sand paper. :) making them was easy...it was getting them hung up evenly that Derek and I had a hard time with! haha and the decorations are from Hobby Lobby (ok everything I bought for the room is from there I think).

So we didn't have a changing table and I really did not want to spend the money to get one, because I think they are way overpriced, so we just made the dresser into one :) I think it will work just as well! We just anchored the pad down to it and tada! its a changing table!

I made this cute little bow holder with a little help from my mom. I used scrapbook paper and "hodge podge", hot glued the ribbons onto the back, embossed a cute design onto the front, and put the white hook on. I have a bunch of bows already and got more from my baby shower so hopefully I made enough room for them all!!

                                                   

We had my baby shower yesterday, and it went great. I got a lot of cut clothes and TONS of diaper and wipes!!! my sister said I prob wont need more wiped for like 2 years, thats how many I got. and WELL over 1,000 diapers too, which are all newborn and size ones...crazy! I think its safe to say that we are ready for baby Oaklee to make her arrival! She has more clothes than I know what to do with! I think she'll grow too fast to even get to be able to wear them all. I will be 36 weeks this week, so we're getting really close! yay for that, because I'm about dying with the swollen hands, feet, and face..and all the other glorious things that come along with being prego. :) ( like not being able to go up a flight of stairs without getting winded and needing to take a breather at the top!) But anyways, we're really excited  to meet her, and probably spoil her rotten! :)