Newborn pics

We got back Liz's newborn pictures and we absolutely love them! Here are some of our favorites.

Should I do it?

For ever now I have wanted to do a fohawk but I didn't feel that it was professional while I was working so now that I am no longer working I am seriously considering it. Also, the last time I went in to get my hair cut out of the blue my hairstylist mentioned that I should do a fohawk so I feel like it's kind of meant to be. I want your input so let me know if you think I should do it or not. These are the best pictures of could find of one that I wanted to do.

1 month stats

Weight - 65% (9 lbs 13 1/2 ounces)

Height - 60 % (21 1/2 inches)

Head - 70% (15 inches)

She had her 1 month check up yesterday and we were much happier with our new pediatrician. Liz loved her and didn't cry at all. She did get one of her shots and she did really well. She gave me a cute little pouty cry afterwards.

I'm posting a video mainly for my sisters to see because I can't e-mail them. You can act interested if you want but it's long and kind of boring.


She is very patriotic. We taught her how to say the pledge too
First Sunday to church. I thought she looked pretty cute/irritated that we put her in a dress
Baby girl loves her mamma's milk
Life is rough around here. We eat and sleep
First attempt in the bumbo. She did really well.

3 weeks and still alive

We have hit our 3 week mark and I must tell you, it has been the longest 3 weeks of my life. I feel like Liz should be 6 months by now. We're having lots of fun and getting through some of our trials of parenting. Feeding has been an issue for us and we're trying to get through that but luckily with the help of a lactation specialist I think we have it under control. She has been a really good baby and we're so happy to have her in our lives. I'm just excited for that 6 week mark that I hear about where everything goes back to normal. Joe has been very busy with school and work so we don't get to see him much but when we do see him it is all about Liz. He definitely loves his little girl. We got to give her her first bath last night which she hated at first and then she got used to. She still doesn't like it when we put lotion on her, crazy I know. Anyway, here are some recent pictures of baby girl. Notice that i'm not in any of them, ok I take that back, my face isn't in any of them. I laugh because everytime Joe is holding her he wants his picture taken with her. It completely cracks me up. I guess I just don't think about it or no one is around when I'm holding her. Anway, enjoy!



Liz's BFF Brynlee

I promise she loves being held this way

Our first attempt being alone and me needing to shower, I think it turned out pretty good.
Thanks for the cute headband Aunt Aubrey
Our first walk
She fell asleep while feeding so we had to start stripping her of her clothing. Still didn't work

Liz Aubrey Tribett

I'm a bad mom and waited until my child was a whole week old before blogging about the adorable little thing. We had our baby girl last wednesday at 9:50 am. She weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 3/4 tall. We went in at midnight on Tuesday and I was given a cervidil, at 5:30 I asked for pain killers through an IV which came with phenegran, which knocked me completely out to where I don't really remember most of the day. 6:30 I was given an epidural, which I slept through. 8:30 my water broke while they were checking me and I was dilated to a 5-6. 9:05 I was complete and ready to push. I pushed but don't remember much again because of the phenegran. I slept in between pushes and then at 9:50 she popped out, litterally thats what it felt like. We are loving having her home and can't get enough of her. She is spoiled rotten already and she knows it. We are having to stay low for awhile and are pretty much confined to our home due to all the illnesses out there so we sleep alot. She loves her boppy and will sleep hours in it.

The pictures are out of order and i'm too lazy to fix it but enjoy the pictures




this is what she thought of the doctor we had to see on monday. I'll have to save that for another post.


The best doctor ever! I highly recommend her.

37 weeks

I am 37 and 5 today and thought i'd update you a little on what's about to go down with this whole pregnancy. Exactly one week from today, Sept 9, I will be induced and Joe and I will be parents. I'm not gonna lie, I am completely stressing out and I don't know if I am going to be able to handle it all. Obviously it's gonna happen so I just need to prepare myself. It's been fun and we can't wait to see Liz. We have pretty much everything done except for our own bags packed. I wouldn't say i'm nesting because what I normally would enjoy doing i'm dreading because i'm too tired to do anything but i'm pushing myself through it and getting it done. My last day of work was last Thursday so I am just enjoying my last week and a half off for the rest of my life. Wish us luck!

Baby Shower

This past Saturday my bestest of friends threw me a baby shower. It turned out great with lots of good food and great gifts. I also had the privilege of having my two sisters here for it. Even though it was a short trip it meant the world to me that they were here for it. Thanks everyone who helped out and thanks everyone who came.


The AWESOME cake that Melanie and Katie B. had made just for me. It looked amazing and even tasted even more amazing.

I hate the fact that it looks like either A. I could eat one of them or B. it looks like I already did eat one of them.

Since us girls are rarely all together we took advantage of the one day we had together after the shower and went and pampered ourselves. Ty was so good the whole day and let me hold him. I guess I have lots of good cushion because was asleep on my shoulder for most of the afternoon. The best part is when he fell asleep on my tummy. He loves baby Liz already!

Weigh in

Don't worry, I refused my weigh in today BUT we were able to weigh Liz. She has gained over a pound in two weeks weighing in at 5 lbs 9 ounces which puts her in the 65th percentile. My poor body. I'm only 34 weeks pregnant. Looks like i'll be refusing the rest of my weigh ins if she's gonna keep this up. I told work to go ahead and schedule my c-section. Joe's reaction to this all was "I'm excited!" My statement back to him was "My V-gina isn't excited". Then he told me that I needed to lay off the ice cream because she obviously likes it way too much.

wish me luck!

Babycare Basics 101

I thought it would be good for Joe and I to take a class and learn about babies before we, well before I, bring one into this world. We signed up for Babycare Basics since it was just an overview of everything. I'm glad we went, it was very informative and I think Joe really learned a lot. I wish we had not stayed up so late the night before because Joe and I were kind of dosing off but we still got a lot out of it.
One thing I really liked was that she showed/told us what all they would do in the hospital and told us what all to bring with us. Now I don't have to wonder what their doing with my child and will feel much safer. Which by the way, why is it that the women do all the work and then they have to just lay there while the husband gets to go and see the baby, hold the baby, and watch the babies first bath? Have I ever mentioned I hate being a woman......
Joe was cracking me up with the baby doll. He was so gentle and was trying so hard to get everything right. Of course the first time we even get to touch the babies I drop mine and the head hit the table and made a loud noise. I laughed...... don't worry, i'll be gentle with Liz.
Some things I learned were
*don't use ANY type of lotion until 2-3 weeks after they are born. Lotion clogs there poors and causes milam? I think in simpler terms it's baby acne
*we learned how to give a sponge bath and they said to only bath the child every other day
*wash the face first without soap and then wash the the rest of the body with soap.
*hot dogs, marshmallows, and hard candy are the top 3 choking hazards (I knew hating hot dogs was a good thing)
*I finally learned how to swaddle a baby. that is something I have never been able to figure out.
Anyway, it was a good class and now Joe wants to pretty much go to all of them. I think we might try out the baby CPR since our teacher HIGHLY recommended it.

32 weeks, weekend vacation, and updates

So i'm in my 32nd week and growing fast (me and liz both). I am rarely hearing the "oh you look cute pregnant" and hearing more of "wow! your belly is sticking out". I did however hit the 20 pound mark this week in hopes of not gaining more then 30. I had a patient today tell me today that I looked like I was about to pop. I politely laughed and said "not till September". I'm running out of clothes fast and too lazy to go buy some more but I was informed by my doctor today that I needed better fitting clothes.

I had my appointment today and we got to measure how big she is. She now weighs 4 lbs and 7 ounces. Yes I am aware that she is huge. She did however go down from the 68th percentile to the 59th percentile in her size. My doctor informed me that it'll vary each time and also pointed out that's why they don't measure everytime. But she's nice enough to measure for me.

I guess my doctor got sick of me complaining about not being able to go to Florida this summer so she was nice enough to let Joe and I go to their newly built cabin in Heber and stay the weekend. Our only chance to go was last weekend and we could not have had a better weekend. The high was 75 and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. We fished, swam, and just layed around all weekend. We unfortunately are not meant to catch fish because we were out there everyday for hours at a time and did not catch ONE FISH! Joe and I were frustrated but personally I didn't care because the weather was so nice and it was just so relaxing. Thanks again Dr. Johnson for letting us use your cabin!


This is their dock down from the cabin where we fished and had no success. But again, the weather and cabin made up for it.

Funny Story:
As we were pulling out of the driveway Joe told me that he had been eyeing this limb hanging from the tree the whole time we were there and all he wanted to do was swing on it. I laughed and told him to turn and around and have at it. With the most excitement i've seen in awhile he hurried and turned around. He got out and got his gloves out of the toolbox and headed over to the tree. He informed me that he would be safe and tug on it first before swinging. Well.......he tugged and it snapped. He was so upset that it didn't work out but relieved he didn't just go swing on it because what he would have swung over he would have died. I took a picture of it but you can't really tell. There was a huge drop off with tons of rocks. Needless to say, I was dying laughing the entire time.

Joe, so dissapointed......

What he woudl have landed in.