Matt & Shantel Cole

Merry Christmas

2011-12-30T18:10:00.000-08:00

I loved this Christmas Season!! McKinley was more aware of what Christmas involves. She asked over and over for us to sing Santa Claus is coming to Town. Everytime we would go to the mall she would always point out Santa and would say his name until we took her up there. Each time she would shy away and wouldnt sit on his lap. (Maybe Next Year). Mattie had fun chasing presents around on the floor and trying to rip them open.

We started out the holiday by celebrating Christmas a week early with Matt's dad and step-mom (his dad had to go back to work in ND). Next we celebrated Christmas with the Day and Dahl families. Christmas Eve we celebrated Christmas with Matt's Mom and Step-dad. Christmas morning we opened our Christmas presents and then had my family over for breakfast and finish celebrating the day.Christmas morning McKinley beat us out of our rooms and was on top of the slide by the time we got to the living room.

Matching PJs the girls got to open Christmas Eve. (A tradition that Matt and I decide to continue that my parents started when I was a baby)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!

McKinley's 2nd Birthday and more...

2011-12-10T22:56:00.000-08:00

McKinley's birthday was almost 6 weeks ago, so Im late (yet again) in posting. I can't believe how fast my baby girl is growing up. McKinley had an Elmo Party and invited a couple of her little friends and lots of family. Its was so fun to watch her open all her presents and watch her reactions. She is one very loved and spoiled little girl.

That weekend we also had the famous Norman Halloween Barn Party!!!!Halloween Time!!! McKinley LOVES Sesame Street, so she went as Abby Cadabby! She has even had to wear it a couple times since Halloween. Mattisyn was a little lamb. So cute and cozy.

Mattisyn is growing fast too. About three weeks ago, she started saying DaDa and loves to say it constantly. She has said MaMa twice and just laughs or Goos at me when I try to get her to say it. She is also crawling (army crawl) and is quick to make it from one end of the room to the other. Both girls love playing with each other and their cousins. Im so glad my brother and his family live close enough. McKinley tells me "Friends Play" whenever we are heading to their house or church.

Update w/ New Family Pics

2011-10-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

So I pretty much suck at keeping my blog up to date!! We have lived in our house for over a year now. Yay!!!
McKinley is going to be two at the end of next week so I have pretty much gone crazy with shopping for her. Her word and sentence vocabulary has pretty quadrupled!! Mattisyn is going to be 6 months this week. (Wow time flys. It seems like yesterday I was in the Labor Room having her.) She has started rolling a lot and seems like she will start crawling at anytime now. I have adjusted being a stay at home mom of two very cute girls.

Matt is doing great. He is still working his full time and part-time jobs.

Introducing Mattisyn JoAnn Cole

2011-05-12T12:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Im a little behind. Mattisyn just turn three weeks old yesterday. We went into the doctor on April 20th for a routine check-up. I had been having false contractions for the last couple of weeks and when they checked my blood pressure it was very high. I had also swelled up the last couple of days. Doc came back after checking my blood pressure for the fouth time in 45min period - Toxiemia (PreClamsia) AGAIN. So.. To Labor and Delivery we went. Mattisyn was born on my Aunt Jen's birthday!!

Mattisyn had a hard time breathing on her own. The doctors told us that if they couldnt take her of the oxygen within 6 hours she would be admitted to NICU. This was the long 6 hours for us. Matt and one of the Drs gave her a priesthood blessing and then we had to leave her in transition. I couldnt sleep the rest of the night. Waiting for the phone call to hear what was going on. After 6 1/2 hours passed I made Matt call to see what was going on. The nurse told him they were in the middle of running some more test and they would let us know. After another hour passed, we called again. Good new this time. The nurse informed us that they were bring her to us and that she was now off the oxygen.

McKinley is thrilled with her new little "sissy". She runs up to her every chance she gets and says "Hi Sissy, Hi Sissy". McKinley has enjoyed holding Mattisyn (with help of course) and loves to push her in the baby swing!! (Not momma's favorite thing)

Updates and Dr. Appointments

2011-03-22T18:55:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I posted. (Sorry no pics with this post)

Since I posted last - I have become a Full-time Stay at Home Mommy. I'm loving every minute of it. McKinley is so much fun and very smart! She is growing up fast. We found out that she has a irregular heart beat that the doctors will continue to monitor. We are hoping that it will go away with time and hoping that she wont have to have medication or surgrey to correct it.

I went to my baby doctor today and we were able to set a delivery date for Baby Mindi to join our family. Since I had McKinley c-section, we'll go the same route with this little one as well. As long as everything stays good and if she doesn't decide to come early, we'll be able to have her on May 2nd.

Christmas 2010 - A fun Surprise

2011-01-16T16:27:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was tons of FUN!! But, I have to rewind a few days to the Wednesday before Christmas. We went in for the Big ultrasound. I told the tech that I didnt want to know the sex of the baby, but my husband did. We left the office with some nice pics and the tech gave Matt an envelope with the sex of the baby.

Christmas morning Matt surprised my with .....

an outfit for each one of ours girls!!!! Yep, we are having another little girl!! We have picked the name Mindi. (this a name that is special to my hubby) and we also picked the middle name JoAnn (to honor my grandmother).

McKinley was so cute on Christmas morning. She took forever to unwrap any present put in front of her.

Next, we went to my parents to enjoy the day with my sister, her hubby, my brothers family, and of course my parents. My dad got this cute little car that he can actually stick the grandkids in and drive it around by remote controls.

After going home and catching a much needed nap, we went back over to my parents for more fun riding in the car and games.

Finally Matt's mom and step-dad made it home and we were able to spend a little time with them before McKinley decide she was done and wanted to start being a terror. :)

As of today, we still haven't been able to spend time/Christmas with Matt's dad. He is out of town/state working and hasn't been able to make it home.

Heres some pics from that day. Enjoy...

Tag Your It

2010-12-05T19:34:00.000-08:00

My Friend Lindsey Tagged me on her blog. So here it goes.

1. What is your ALL time favorite song and why? My favorite song would have to be, I do (cherish you) by Mark Wills. It was the song that was playing on the radio, when Matt drove me to pick up my ring (before getting engaged). Matt then gave me the CD when he proposed and it was also our wedding song.

2. What was the most memorable part of your wedding day and or first date if you are not married yet? Most memorable.. It all went by so fast that it seems like a blur. I guess I would have to say. The most memorable part was our sealing.

3. What do you want to be when you grow up? A stay at home mommy

4. Why do you blog? Because Amber made me. (my sister-in-law) and now I'm addicted. I dont blog often. But I love it!

5. What is your favorite attribute about yourself and why? Not Sure :(

6. What's on your Christmas list this year? To find out if this second baby is a boy or girl, Wii Fit, and lots of good books.

7. What is your "signature drink"? Diet Pepsi

I tag: Amber C., Mindy S., Jamie L., Julie B., and Holly N.

McKinley's First Year Pictures

2010-11-17T11:45:00.000-08:00

McKinley's One Year Photo Shoot!! I can't believe my baby is one!! She is so smart. She already is a talker. She loves her Da-Da/ Da-Dde, MaMa and Dog-Dog.
Her vocabulary already includes..
Da-da
Da-Dde (Daddy)
MaMa
No Mama
Dog-Dog
Doggie
BaBa
Hi
Bye
Baby
Happy

Halloween and First Birthday!!!

2010-10-31T18:33:00.000-07:00

McKinley turned 1 on Thursday! I can't believe my baby is growing up! It seems like just yesterday that I was at the hospital with her. We can't imagine life without her. She is daddy's little girl, momma's snuggle bug, grandmas and grandpas angel.

We started our fun weekend with a trunk or treat on Friday! I had my brothers kids and we had lots of Fun!!
Saturday my brother kids took McKinley trick or treating!!

Sunday we had our BIG party for McKinley (with a little celebrating on the side for my brother and me, since we all have b-days really close)

First Baby Picture.....

2010-10-07T07:09:00.000-07:00

Well the first Ultrasound.

We had our first Doctors appt. last Friday. I love going to the first appointment and seeing our little baby, even though it looks like a bean. This proves to me that there is actually something there and that I'm just not being sick all the time.

Update with Family Photos

2010-09-17T07:32:00.001-07:00

I'm really bad about blogging so here is the update for the last 10 months.
We sold our house in Roy and decided to move closer to our home town. We now have a beautiful home in Elwood. We lived in Layton, with Matt's grandparents for a short time while we were waiting for our house to be built.

McKinley is growing so fast. She has become a big time daddy's girl. He can't leave the room with out her crying. McKinley started walking/wobbling at 9 1/2 months and now can run at 10 1/2 months.

Matt started a new part-time job at night, so we can hopefully pay off our truck sooner. And then I can stay home with the kids.

Yes, I said kids. (with an s) :) We are expecting our second child in May.

McKinley Rae Cole

2009-11-09T19:49:00.000-08:00

On October 28th.
4:30 pm - I went to the Dr. for a regular check up. I had a ton of swelling in my body for the last couple of weeks and high blood pressure for a week. The Dr. said that I had all the signs of preclamsyia (toxiemia). He gave us a couple of options -- wait to see if my labor progressed, but warned us that there could be possiblity of seizures or he could start my labor and possibly a long labor, or I could have a c-section and have the baby that night. Matt and I both trust my Dr. completely so, we told him we would do what he thought was best.

8:06 - McKinley Rae Cole was born. She is such an angel. That night I became Matt's number 2 girl. McKinley is now his number 1!! (and that's okay with me)

We have had a blast with her. She is the most snuggley baby. She loves to sleep during the day and keep her mommy awake at night.

The One Month Mark

2009-10-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

One month left til baby Rae is here. (give or take a few days) We are so excited!!!! I'm hoping to have the baby's room done this weekend. The crib should be here on Saturday. And my mom is putting up the finally touch ups soon.

I knew I was getting big, but I did not realize how BIG my stomach has grown, until Matt took this picture.

Funny, But Not so Funny

2009-10-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

I just had to share this story. I feel bad, but its kinda funny.
I woke up Sunday with one of the worst headaches I've had in months and felt nauesaed. I took some tyenol and laid on the couch until it was time to get ready for church. After getting ready I thought okay I can make it through the meetings. Matt and I got to church and before the opening song was finished my headache was back. I sat for a little bit thinking that I could make it through at least sacrament meeting. But after the sacrament was passed my head was pounding. I turned to Matt and asked him to take me home. Our Bishop was up bearing his testimony and I didn't want to leave in the middle of it, so we wait until he was done.
Monday, while I was at work, Matt got a call from my Relief Socitey president. She was calling to see if I was okay. The Bishop seen us leave and they all thought that I had gone into Labor!

2009-08-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

7/29/09 - We had another ultrasound! Baby girl is growing a week ahead schedule. So she'll either be big or early. (I hope neither) I'm really hoping she comes on 11/15 since that is my Grandpa Day's birthday. We decide her middle name is going to be Rae (just like grandpa). We are still trying to decide on her first name and probably won't decide until she gets her.

This is our little girl sucking her thumb.

Showing us how flexible she is.

Tickled Pink!!!!!

2009-07-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is long over due! June 30th I had my big ultrasound!!! It's going to be a girl!!! Matt and my Dad guessed right! We couldn't be more excited (unless it showed twins w/ a girl and a boy).

I had a hard time not calling everyone right then. We spent the evening going to all the parents and my grandparent houses with "it's a girl" balloons!!!

Father's Day

2009-06-23T21:02:00.000-07:00

We started Father's day weekend off by taking Matt's dad and my dad fishing at East Canyon. We had a blast!!!!!! We didn't get to fish long due to the rain storm, but we all caught a fish before heading back into shore. I forgot my camera so I don't have pictures.

Matt got a new riding lawn mower for Father's day! Due to his allergies, we thought it might be easier for him to do yard work.

Sunday, we spent most of the afternoon at my parents house. We enjoyed a nice BBQ.

18 weeks and Lovin it!!!!

2009-06-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I hit my 18th week of being pregnant. Today Matt and I went to the Doctors. My Dr. did an ultrasound on me and the umbilical cord was in the way, so we still don't know what we are having. Matt thinks we are having a girl. I think its a boy. I don't really care what it is I just want to know the sex!!!

Update

2009-05-18T16:35:00.001-07:00

Here's the update.

November Matt and I went to Chicago to see the Bears take on the Tenn. Titans. We lost!! We also got to see Chicago Bulls slaughter the Phoenix Suns. We seen lost of cool sights including Navy Pier, Sears tower, and many others. We had a blast even though we froze to death.

December Matt and I started to try for a baby. March we got the good news. WE ARE PREGNANT (or at least I am)

May 8th My baby sister got married!!

This one is for Julie

2009-05-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I suck at keeping up with my blog. My friend Julie is giving me a bad time about updating my blog! So, Julie this one is for you! :)

Finally I have pictures to post

2008-09-29T17:55:00.000-07:00

Matt and I were married on Feb 1, 2008, in the Salt Lake City Temple, for time and all eternity.

I'm the luckiest girl!!!!! :)

It has almost been 8 months!!!!

I'm New!!

2008-09-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

We are just getting started!!