chance's room

we finally got chance's room all put together!

details: the name - my bestie christie gave that to me.

my favorite book - love you forever - it is now the only story that will get chance to sleep!

scriptures, one month picture, hope block, and pray often.

on the far right is a cross stitch that my grandma larson (Chance's Great Grandma) made for him. it's adorable!!!

THE CRIB!!!!

we got the crib at wal-mart for $140 and i looooove it!!!

I made the quilt with the help of my aunt lyn and uncle jim.

the two other blankets were made by my roomies - mandy paxton and missy adams.

love those ladies!!

the stuffed animal in the crib is Chance's PUP-PUP. he LOVES it so much!

here is chance on the quilt!!

WE ARE FINALLY MARRIED!!

MISTER AND MISSES STEBBINS

the story is pretty much like this...

on monday may 16, 2011 we both agreed that we couldn't stand living together anymore without being married. so the decision was made. on thursday, we would be wed!

so we asked Shadoe's grandpa, and our friend Clyde to come be witnesses for us and they both happily agreed. and the day was set!!

so, thursday morning - MAY 19, 2011 - we got in some nice church clothes and headed to the court house. it took a total of five minutes, but they were definitely my favorite five minutes of my life so far! the clerk who did it ended up being a friend of Shadoe's mom, so she was so excited to do someone she knew. she compared my ring to married life in that at the top is where we are starting out - it's beautiful and lovely. but as our life progresses, we will go down to the dull part of the ring where things are hard and not pretty at all. but as long as we keep WORKING - she promised it would be work - together, we would always work our way back up to the top, where it is lovely and beautiful! i enjoyed that analogy!!

i was so happy afterwards i was smiling, crying, and laughing all at once!

we are now planning a couple open houses and a ring ceremony for the rest of our family and friends to be able to see! and i will definitely posting when that will be as soon as we decide. it will be a wednesday in july though for sure!!

REASON FOR THE SPONTANEOUS MARRIAGE:

we both want to be a forever family.. and SOON! we hate not being sealed to each other and our Chance bug. may 2012 sounds so much better than july or august 2012. so we have already started our preparation to return the iron rod. everyone can mark their calendars for our temple date goal!

which is:

SATURDAY MAY 19, 2012!!!

we are both soooo happy to finally be mr. and mrs. stebbins!!!

LUMBER JACK DAY!!

i bought Chance this cute lumber jack onesie, before he was born and it fits him now!! too bad its

getting warm. haha. so, since Shadoe had a nic

e beard and a lumber jack shirt as well, i just HAD to take pictures of my two

men. and of course slip some of me in as well!! we just went out into the wilderness of our own back yard and snapped a few shots, so here they are!

chance jonathan stebbins

one month pics!!

there is a lady here in kanab named Becka Ott. she does photography on the side for fun, and she does amazing!!

she was amazing with chance and he warmed right up to her! here are a few of my favorites...

Chance was still super little (well.. kinda) when these were done... i think just over ten pounds.

he was super cuddly at this time. not so much anymore... which makes me sad!! its crazy to think he wasn't really even smiling that much at this time. but he is still just so adorable!

Chance and I moved down to live with Shadoe on may first. and we are all loving every minute of being together as a family!