I have been tagged!

I was tagged about a week ago by my sister Angie but am now just getting around to it....

The Rules are:
A. Each player create a post listing 6 facts/habits about self.
B. At the end of the post the player then tags 6 people and post their names. Then go to each of their blogs and leave a comment letting them know they've been tagged and to read your blog for the rules.

So here are my 6 things....

1. A bad habit of mine is I am a big time interuppter. This drives my husband crazy and whenever we fight he always brings it up. I think growing up in a big crazy talkative family like mine it was the only way to get a word in sometimes. It is a habit many of my family members have also......(sorry guys)

2. I'm not a big fan of cinnamon rolls or apple pie. Most anything containing cinnamon. I like cinnamon flavored things just not actual cinnamon. Also I'm not a huge fan of mexican food. I tend to be kind of a picky eater sometimes. My husband and others think this is absurd and the same as not liking pizza or ice cream (I don't agree). And oddly enough during pregnancy I craved hot dogs and baby dill pickles (not together), I would eat up to 5 or 6 hot dogs a day!

3. I love crazy rides. I have a pretty strong stomach, and usually anything goes in this department. I've ridden the sky coaster at Lagoon and no rollercoaster is too crazy for me! Maybe now that I am a mom I will have to calm down a bit!

4. I love doing hair, it is great to have a job where you just get to chat with so many great people about anything and everything and get paid while doing it! Sometimes I have to stop myself from talking too much so I can concentrate on the job at hand, although I'd like to say I've mastered doing both at the same time! Although now that I have Easton it will be hard to go back to work and be away from him!

5. I really like hip-hop & R&B music (edited versions). I've even had a black guy comment once that he thought it was weird that a white girl from Idaho was into that kind of music.

6. I love being a mom! I am still adjusting to little sleep but really enjoy every minute of it! However, I'm not sure at this moment how people have more than one kid. I think all of you that do it are amazing women!

There it is...I now tag Gwen Anderson, Jaime Mickelsen, Emily Smith, Shamae Lyon, Mandy Kimball, and Michelle Sedgwick.

Tanner gets his mission call!

My brother Tanner got his mission call last week, he is attending school at BYU in Provo so we all drove down to watch him open his call. He got called to be in the .......Detroit, Michigan mission and will enter the MTC January 9, 2008. After the call everyone went to the BYU vs. Eastern Washington game except for me (still nursing) my mom, McKinley, Halle(my neices) and Easton. (We were happy to watch the game on the TV in warmer weather!) There was a big snow storm at the end of the game and BYU won the game! Go BYU! The day ended by going to T.G.I.Friday's for dinner! It was a great weekend and we are so excited for Tanner and know he will be a great missionary, we will miss him alot when he leaves!! Love ya Tanner!

The whole family at T.G.I.Friday's after the BYU game the same day!

Tanner reading his mission call!

Our day in Rexburg

This past Saturday we went up to Rexburg to visit Shannon's family. His dad had surgery on his back and had not seen Easton yet. We also got a chance to see Marc & Hailey and check out the model for their new townhouse they bought that will be ready next month. While there we went out to Craigo's and Shannon made me leave Easton for the first time, although it was only an hour it was really hard for me! I guess if I'm going to go back to work soon I'm going to have to get used to it! Overall, it was alot of fun to get out of the house and take a little trip while I have some Saturday's off! We just found out last week that Shannon's mom has thyroid cancer, please keep her in your prayers. The doctors said it is the best kind of cancer to have if you have cancer because it is the most treatable and has a 90% success rate. Still a hard thing to find out for us, never easy to hear that your mom has cancer. However, we are all staying optimistic! Marc & Hailey with Easton

Shannon, his mom, & Easton

Our neice Ava w/ Easton

Easton in his swing with his pj's on at two weeks old now!

Easton's first week out, technical difficulties

I thought I would share some pictures of Easton at a week old and us getting a chance to get out this week. On Monday we went to the pediatrician to get Easton circumcized, I was so proud they said he didn't cry at all, they invited me to be in the room but I couldn't do it so I waited in the waiting room, it was actually far worse to watch him get his blood drawn he didn't like that at all. Tuesday we went and visited the girls at the salon and Easton turned 1 week old. As a family on Wednesday we went out to Winger's and took a trip to Walmart. I then got a little fever probably from lack of sleep and Shannon told me I need to nap with him and catch up on my sleep instead of going out every day. I learned my lesson and tried to catch up on my sleep! Key word being tried! On another note, I realize the video in my last post is not working, it worked on the preview so I thought it would. I'm going to get Shannon to work on it since he is far more talented in that area than I am and then it should be ready for view.

Father & son bonding time

Shannon loves having a baby and is a really good dad. He misses him all day long after going to work and says he goes through 'Easton withdrawals' during the day. He loves coming home and playing with him. He is only one week old yet we think every little thing he does is funny. Here is a video of Shannon & Easton playing together. Easton thinks his dad's nose must be the food source....

Our baby boy is here!!

Yesterday at 3:45 a.m. I gave birth to Easton Shannon Lucas. He is 7 lbs. 10 oz., 21 1/2 inches, born with a full head of auburn hair, and looks exactly like his daddy! He was born one week early and we think he is adorable (I'm his mom though, so I may be a little biased)! I went in Sunday night and they told me I was in early labor but only dialated to a 1 so I got sent home. I went in again on Monday night at about 6:30 with closer more painful contractions and was dialated to a 2 and they almost sent me home again (I would have been really embarrased if I had two false alarms) but then they checked me again and said I could find my 'bag of waters' and said I had been leaking fluid, they made me walk the halls and it broke right there in the halls of labor and delivery. I quickly went from a 2 to a 4 pretty quickly, then at 2 am was dialated to a 10 and 100% effaced, I pushed for about 2 hours and the rest is history!! We have definitely getting adjusted to being parents to this sweet little boy, but felt for a while like maybe we had to give him back!! Glad we don't! Here are some pictures of little Easton! Easton with his two cousins Halle and McKinley. When my sister Angie told McKinley I was a mom now McKinley replied "your not a real mom, your Jill" I guess she can't think of me as both!

Easton lying with mom, with a very wide-eyed look on his face!