Deak & Emily

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

2010-12-24T17:46:00.000-08:00

Wanted to Wish you all a Merry Christmas from the Deak Baker Family! We Love you all, and hope you have a wonderful Holiday!!!

I'm so behind.....

2010-12-17T14:14:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I know I have slacked for the last few months! Deak and I have both been in school full time, and switching off taking care of Kaed :) But it's finally OVER!! and Now we're getting ready to move next week...haha the craziness never stops! But things are going great for our little family. Like I said we just finished school. I am absolutly LOVING nursing school and have made some great friends that help out along the way, and Deak really seemed to enjoy his classes and he did great! Kaed is growing us so fast! He just turned 9 months on the 15th, and he's been crawling now for almost 2 months now! And he's going to be walking in no time!

We are super excited to be moving!! So once we've gotten everything moved over and settled into our new place, I'll post pictures!!

Great Things are Happening!!!

2010-08-15T11:42:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I know I haven't updated this thing in forever, but we've had a crazy, busy, wonderful summer, and it's sad to see it end next week. We've moved out of Mesaco (the ghetto of mesa, where all the signs are in spanish), I recieved my endowments, we we're sealed as a family and Kaed was blessed. Plus we've just been out having fun. The Temple was the most wonderful experience, and I am so grateful for the knowledge that families are eternal.

Besides the temple, the other great part has been watching Kaed as he grows and developes. I can't even believe he's already 5 months! We're so glad he's joined our family, he just makes life so much more enjoyable. He and Deak are already becoming the best of buddies, and I know Deak can hardly wait to take him out and play some ball.

Kaed's Blessing

Our Sealing

Kaed's 1st feeding (well, the first one he actually ate some of)

The summers gone by too quickly, but Deak and I are both eager to get started with school and get on with our careers. I'll be starting the nursing program at MCC and Deak has decided that he's going to pursue a degree in Special Education, which he will be great at. Wish us Luck!!!!

Poor Daddy....

2010-03-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well, we've been home for the hospital for just over a week now, and I think we're all doing pretty good! I'm starting to get myself in a good routine so waking up in the middle of night doesn't take it out of me like it did right at first. Now we just need to get daddy on a schedule. I feel so bad, he's been so tired latley. But he's been wonderful!! He still gets up every morning and gets off to school, along with helping me with Kaed and of course stopping for a few seconds to give me a hug and make sure I'm feeling ok. He's definatly a great husband, and already a wonderful dad! :)

We got Kaed to his first Doctors appointment on Monday, and everything is good! He's a healthy little boy (although we already knew that). Also, I was having some concerns about my insicion from the C- section, so Dr. Falk had me come in to make sure. Everythings going good, and theres nothing to worry about, thank goodness! I am counting down the days that I will be able to get out of the house and drive again! Not that I don't love being able to take care of my baby, but sitting at home is definatly frustrating!!

The other good thing about me going in to see Dr. Falk is that I completely forgot about getting a picture with him and Kaed at the hospital. So thankfully I remembered to bring my camera, and was able to get a picture of them together at my appointment.

A New Beginning!

2010-03-19T21:39:00.000-07:00

He's Finally Here!! Kaed Curtis Baker has joined our family as of March 15, 2010, and we are just sooo excited! He was born 3:00pm exactly and was 7lbs 14oz 20 1/2 inches long.

So my last post was sunday saying how there was no baby yet, and i think 7 hours later my water broke. We got to the hospital about 6:30, and got admitted right away, and it definatly wasn't a quick process, lol. We were there all through the night and as I was SLOWLY dilating, and finally at 12pm the following day I was to a 10. And since I had been there so long the nurse had me start pushing right away.

Once I started pushing we realized it was going to be an even longer process. When I would push he would come down and then as soon as I stopped he was just go right back up. What was happening was I had a bone that was sticking out keeping him from coming down the entire way. So, I wasn't making any progress. So finally after an hour and a half of pushing, Dr. Falk came in and we decided to take the baby C section.

This is Kaed, right as Dr Falk pulled him out. It was super cool of him, he to get ready for it and everything. It was really exciting!!

This is me during the whole procedure. Can you tell how tired I am? lol

Proud Daddy!

We just love having him around! and even after all that, I defianlty have to say, it's all worth it! He has been such a wonderful baby so far, i think he knows how tired I am since all that and is being extra good for us! Deak and I just love being parents- especially Deak! I think he was just born to be a dad, and I look forward to seeing us both grow, and learn together.

No baby yet.....

2010-03-14T11:04:00.001-07:00

We will keep everyone updated, but at this point, No baby yet....

I went in for my first 1 week appt. on wed and Dr. Falk didn't want to check me, but we had him anyways, and we were very excited to find that I was already dilated to 3cm. But at this point contractions aren't near painful enough or consistant enough to get too excited. We're hoping sometime very VERY soon though (preferrably this week while Deak's on Spring Break)!! But don't worry, we will definatly keep everyone updated and informed.

Wow, I'm really bad at this......

2010-01-21T15:24:00.001-08:00

Well, SOOOO much has happened for us in the past couple months, and I'm sorry the blog is the one thing that's gotten put on the back burner.... But we're back!!

We had a wonderful Christmas! We had spent Thanksgiving up in Woodruff with the Baker's, so we decided we would stay here and celebrate christmas with the Hale's. But on Christmas Eve we were talking and decided to go up on christmas afternoon, after spending the morning with my family, and surprise Mom and Dad Baker. It was really fun because it was my first christmas in the snow, and definatly cold!!! But I'm so glad we went when we did cuz the following monday at my doctors appt, he gave us the halt on our weekend getaways to Woodruff until after the baby......

Well, most people know now, but Deak is no longer working at the University of Phoenix. It was definatly stressful at first, but has actually turned out to be a HUGE blessing for us, and things are working out in more ways then we could have ever imagined! Deak has forever been wanting to go to school full time, and he finally has the chance! We got him signed up at MCC at the beginning of the month, and thanks to grants, don't have to pay for any of it! So he spends his mornings there and he absolutly loves it, he has really enjoyed his classes so far and has great teachers that really set their students up to succeed. He also interviewed with Mesa Public Schools last week, so in a little while should be starting up doing some part-time custodial/ maintenance work in the afternoon/evenings after the kids have gone home each day. In addition to all that, our families have been EXTREMEMLY supportive and helped us out soooo much with little things here and there. AND... just this last week we were finally able to get things approved with AHCCCS for my health insurance and the baby's. That was definatly a process, but once I yelled at the lady on the phone for about 10 minutes, things went quickly after that!! lol and am very grateful that we have plans like that to help us out when we need it!

So since we got the insurance stuff approved, I was finally able to get back in with the doctor for my checkup, and we also did another ultrasound. I LOVE being able to see Kaed, and how much he's been growing, especially in such a short period of time. It was crazy how much he's grown since november when we first found out he was a boy, and he looks like he's just way to cramped up in there. We also found out that he's 4lbs, 9oz!!!!! can you believe that? I have an over 4lb baby inside me??? and I still have 2 months left! my doctor says its normal, but I'm sorry, that just sounds soo huge to me, especially since I'm only 32 weeks on saturday. But o-well, he is a Baker baby, right?? :) We also learned he has a full head of hair! which I am SOOO excited for. I know it's an old wives tale, but I've had horrible heart burn and was hoping so much that it ment he had hair, and not just that I was lucky enough to get heartburn from every single thing my body digested!! :)

Well, I think that's it for now, and I'm sure I've missed something, but life has just been sooo crazy latley! It's times like these you really have to know there's someone up there that loves us and is always looking out for us. I know without a doubt that when we have times of trial and stress in our lives that if we turn to the Lord for guidence and help, we will definatly be blessed, sometimes not in the ways we expect, but defiantly in the way that will benefit us the most in the long run, and help strengthen us!

It's a Boy!!

2009-11-05T08:08:00.000-08:00

Well, Deak and I went into the doctor yesterday, and are VERY excited to announce, WE'RE HAVING A BOY!! We can't wait until he will be joining our family in March. And the baby is defiantly a Baker, haha, his stomach, arms and legs are in the 90%. So he's probably gonna be a big little boy! But when is having a chunky baby ever bad, right??

We have had names picked out since probably the week we found out I was pregnant, and if it was a boy it was going to be Curtis Thomas Baker, after both our dad's. But the night before we went into the ultrasound we decided to change it. So our little boy's name will be Kaed Curtis Baker. And Kaed, is Deak backwards, so we decided that deak's somewhat name sake should be our first boy. So we'll be using my dad's name for our 2nd boy.

Kaed Curtis Baker, Coming March 2010!!! :)

So little time, so much to do....

2009-10-28T09:55:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been forever since I've taken the time to sit down and update this thing! I can't believe it's already been almost 2 months... CRAZY!

Deak and I have been married for almost 6 months now! It's crazy to think we've only been married for that long, honestly it seems like we've been together forever (in a good way!). And I know it has a lot to do with everything we've gone through and experienced together as a couple, the good and bad! I definatly have grown to love him more and more everyday, and learned to appreciate him more and more for all the little things. Especially for putting up with me and my pregnant self!

Well, I am just about 19 weeks along now! and the nausea doesn't seem to have gotten much better.... I am happy to say I don't wake up feeling sick anymore! But if I don't at least take my nausea pill each day, I'm done for! And luckily we have wonderful insurance that covers them! I have to say it is a crazy feeling trying to prepare for a baby, be it financially, mentally and of course physically. We have definatly come to fully understand when everyone tells us there truly is never a perfect time to start a family, nor are you really ever truly ready for what life has in store for you after that! haha It's definatly been an experience trying to tie up loose ends thus far, and hope things are going to work out. There are just so many unanswered questions that come along with this experience and most of the time I wonder if we're going to have time to get some of it done before the baby actually gets here, but I know we're defiantly growing closer and stronger from everything we're experiencing, and of course we are soo very excited to become parents and start our family. We are especially excited because come next wed, we get to find out the sex of the baby! And I definatly will be posting again after we find out.

Along with the excitement of the baby, I FINALLY heard back on my nursing application I submitted in May of 2008! I was accepted into MCC's nursing school for the Spring semester of 2010. But, the baby is due sometime in mid-March, so luckily I was able to defer my postion until the August of next year. I was so excited just to finally hear back about it, that even though I have to postpone it a little longer, it's no big deal, I definantly think our baby's worth it! It's also kinda nice to be able to have a little more time to prepare for it as well.

So today Deak and I are finally leaving to go on our honeymoon!! We are both soooo excited, because this is a much needed vacation! We're going to be heading up to Laughlin till saturday morning, and then from there we'll be driving into Las Vegas to visit Deak's brother Mickey and his family. We both can't wait to get away, and very excited to spend some time with Mickey's family. So until next week.....

12 weeks down.... :)

2009-09-10T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well, life has definatly been a new experience lately for both Deak and me. I still get blown away everytime the thought of being a mom comes to mind, It's so weird because it's the one thing I've always wanted to do, and now that it's happening I never thought about all the emotions and feelings that are involved with it. It's incredibly scary, exciting, overwhelming, exhausting, nauseating(not that i have any choice in this one) and just plain craziest thing ever!! And Deak is lovingly putting up with all of this....

So today we had our first ultrasound, and we both were totally excited going into it. I was especially excited because I have been sooo sick, I needed something to keep me excited, and to help me realize that there is a point to all this!

Going into our appointment, from our 1st visit with Dr. Faulk I though I was just over 10 weeks, only come to find that I am 12 weeks!! I was sooo excited to hear that, because hopefully that means the nausea will end sooner! And it also puts my due date to mid March rather then the 1sto f April, which is nice as well! But aside from that, lol, the baby is healthy, and just over 2inches long! It was so fun to hear the little heart beat, and a few times the tech would push really hard and the baby would do a little dance! It was so cute! Words just can't express how amazing it is to see this little baby, and know that it's growing inside me. It truly was an amazing experience, and Deak and I cannot wait to be parents!

Definatly Unexpected.....

2009-08-03T18:24:00.001-07:00

Well, for all you that haven't heard, I'M PREGNANT!! But trust me, I wasn't always excited about it. We were planning to wait about 2-3 years so I could get into nursing school and finish it before we started settling down and starting our family. So I definatly was in shock at first when I saw those 2 little pink lines show up. But Deak on the other hand, was SOOO excited! And seeing him so excited, as the time as passed, has gotten me very excited as well!! We found out July 24th, Deak's Birthday (What a wonderful birthday present eh??), and I'll be due around the first of April 2010.

Deaks Early Birthday

2009-07-15T21:54:00.000-07:00

So I know Deak's birthday isn't until the 24th, but I figured that since he is a Baker aka baseball FREAK, that I would get some tickets to a Diamondbacks game. Since we've been together diamondback games are one thing we really come to enjoy doing together, especially since I've had Deak sitting next to me explaining every detail and rule that comes into play, that and just the fact that he's sitting next to me! :)

So this is the view from our seats. I definatly paid a little more then we normally do when we go to the games, but I figured what the heck since it was his birthday present. The last game we went to I kept noticing all the foul balls kept going up to this one section on the 2nd floor, so I thought it might be fun to sit up here... and I'm so glad we did!!!

So I have to say, probably my favorite part about baseball games aside from yelling out stupid things at the top of my lungs, is the food! And I was so excited this time, because I had made up my mind ahead of time that I was going to get nachos this game, which is a special treat because they are freaking $5.75.... and definatly not worth it! But anyways! So, in the bottom of the 1st inning, I left Deak watching the game, and I decided to make my way to the concessions before the game got too interesting- and of course I picked the totally wrong line, because I was behind the one guy that wanted 1 of everything on the menu! But finally, I got my nachos and headed back to our seats. So as I got up to our seats, I was kinda surprised to see a couple of the people sitting around us noticing me, laughing and looking over at Deak. And let me tell you, I was even more surprised when all of a sudden I saw Deak hold up a ball and smile..... He had caught a foul ball!! and I miss it for really bad, over priced nachos.......

So aside from the dissappointment of missing him catch the ball, it was still exciting because the night we were there, there was only one foul ball in our section, AND DEAK GOT IT!! :) Definatly made me feel good, since it was his birthday n all!!

I do have to say this was by far the most exciting, fun game we've been too yet, and it definatly helped that the Diamondbacks kicked the marlins butts- 5 to 1!! Woop Woop!!

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY DEAK,

I LOVE YOU!!

Finally!!

2009-07-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

Well, I figured that I would finally get this thing up and going like I've told everyone I would! We have been married for 2 months now, TODAY! Can you believe it?? Time has gone by so quickly, but things have never been better!!

So now thing's are going to start slowing down a bit, I hope! We were fortunate enough to have 2 seperate receptions, that turned out beautiful!! We had our first on May 30, in Mom and Dad Hale's backyard in Gilbert, and then we just recently had our 2nd one on June 27th at the Heritage Hall in Snowflake.

We were able to have the majority of our family in town, which was especially nice for Mom Baker, she'll be greatful to finally get the dog off her wall! haha However, we did miss the Jonthan and Christina Hale family from back in Missouri!

We were finally able to get our wedding formals back yesterday, and I am very excited to say that they turned out beautiful! I've been stressing for the past couple weeks that they were going to be hideous, and was so relieved when we got them!! Thank you Brian and Cami, you guys are awesome!!