Zander's first Christmas Pictures

Zander in his cute outfit that got dirty before we left the house

stopping to see Zander's Grandpa Jim (my dad)

Zander and his Grandma Kristi

Opening gifts

Zander an his cousin Beau

our family

christmas morning

Zander with his gift from us

Then we went to Micah's uncle Greg's

Then on the 26th we had the Allen Family Christmas at my Aunt Jackie's House

Kids played dice game, Micah with my newest cousin-Caden

Zander, Rose, Ben, Cora and Caden

Cousins;Zander, Rose, Cora, Caden, Audrey and Ben

Zander played with his 2nd cousin Ben

My cousin, Ben Carpenter

We got snowed in at the Carpenters........

We learned how to play the Wii and had a lot of fun

Here's a few after the snowstorm

we didnt have much at home!

my family

my family

taken by Katie Simmons at our wedding

10days

only 10 days and i'll be mrs.kral!
kinda stressing.
and thankful for micah, for being my moral support,
my mom for all the help,
katie for agreeing to do my pictures,
tiff for burnind cd's,
all our friends who are musicans
and to the many friends in our wedding.
now can it b th e 18th so i can get married already!~i may have lost my mind

ok...its not a new pic but i figured i better post apicture.

3weeks till the wedding!

sooooooooo much to do.

i never have time

aaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhh

micah's bachlor party is this weekend

im going to the cities with zander to my aunt debbie's for a shower

There are never enough hours in a day

Seems like I never get anything done these days.
My house-is a disaster-dirty dishes
clean clothes in piles (I'm trying to sort out Zander's clothes and put the 0-3month clothes away to store)
Pictures in a pile to put in a photo album.
Address' that I need to find for my wedding stuff.And trying to get everything ready for a wedding is next to impossible with a baby and when Micah is working outta town!
We brought Micah into the ER Sunday night. He had chest pain-pain in his left shoulder and shortness of breath. Hmmmm....sounds like a heart attack....NOPE.....after a bunch of tests-we found out he pulled a muscle above his heart. He still went to work this week because he's stubborn. The doc said that when that muscle pulled that there are the same symptoms as a mild heart attack!
Freaky! So-I still haven't caught up from my sleep from that.
I feel like I need a break!
Just to get away and do something for me-for just one stinkin hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing for the wedding-not for an appointment-just to do something I want-I'd even settle for an hour to just sleep in the middle of the day!
lol
like thats ever goona happen.
I just wish Micah would find a job closer to home. I feel like a single parent and I am getting tired. Don't get me wrong-I LOVE ZANDER but it gets old being the one who does everything minus 6 or 7 diaper changes in the last week!
Gotta go-do wedding stuff and head to my friends' daughter's 1st birthday party

Mommy hood

Micah bring Zander on his 1st 4-wheeler ride (Left)

The picture of Zander and I is from mothers day

So here's some new pictures of Zander! I figured it was about time I updated this. I don't get much of a chance to go on the computer these days, just when I'm at my moms and I'm not doing anything else. Zander is keeping me very busy! I enjoyed my first mothers day. That was kinda cool. I spent the day with Zander and Micah. We celebrated it at my parents house the day before for my mom along with celebrating my dad's 51st birthday! -We always end up with a busy fishing opener.

I've been trying to work on wedding planning and I'm feeling overwhelmed. Seems like so much to do, and so little time. With Micah working outta town every week it makes it hard for me to get much done. I haven't gone back to work but for now I think Zander is a job. A good one though. Like a 24 hour a day job.lol

I'm glad summer is getting closer-because that means I can bring Zander outside more.

Wednesday my mom and I took Zander to Duluth to find her a dress for my wedding (planned for July 18th). Then we stopped in Cloquet to bring Zander to see my grandparents. (I haven't uploaded any pictures of that yet)

I'd keep writing but Zander is fussing!

I had a baby boy

Its been a long time since I've blogged

on January 26,2009

I had a beautiful baby boy- Zander Roy Kral

7lbs 14oz 20 inches long

Life has definatley changed!

The things I get excited about-

what I do on the weekends-

the time I go to bed at night!

But its fun so far and I wouldn't trade him for anything!

Angry

Trapping
Tracks on a 4-wheeler
Hanging out with everyone but me
Promising he'll be home for supper but isn't
And people don't understand why I'm upset

Good Day

I met up with a few friends and thier kids today at McDonald.
I had a lot a fun, good to see them.
Started my day off pretty good!

Okay
So I think I've been having contractions-but I'm not sure.
And I think the baby dropped this weekend.
Micah and I have gotton into it every day this weekend so today I left (when Micah was gone checking his stupid traps) and came to my moms. I just had to get away.
Micah's sick-I don't feel good and we're both just ready for the baby to come.
We finally got a dresser but there's nobody to help us get it in the house so its in the garage.Grrr.....Micah didn't even understand why we couldn't just keep the baby clothes in totes!Men
So I was on my way to see my mom (which takes like a half hour) and Micah started calling.
After hitting silence a few times I answered.
ANd he just called me while I was talking to my mom (at her house) a little bit ago to see when I was coming home. I asked him what he was doing and he said that I made him feel bad so he's doing housework (dishes and laundry).
So my mom just left for work so I figure maybe I should head home now

baby

I'm so antsy
I just wanna have this baby
I'm excited,
freakin out,
and a million mixed emotions.
I just wanna know if its a boy or girl,
and what he or she looks like.
Plus its the weekend and it'd be so nice if it happened on a weekend
so I don't have to worry about Micah not being there, since he works in
Duluth Monday thru Friday
leaves at 5:30 am and isn't back untill about 6:30 or later

Trying to prepare myself for motherhood

So I've decided that trying to get ready for a baby is very stressful!
I went to get a carseat from the police dept today and they were helping me get it in my car and what a disaster!
Come to find out it isn't safe to but a rear-facing child seat in my middle seat in the back because I have an arm rest that comes down! And it could kill my kid!
Then my car has leather-or fake leather (I've never bothered to figure that out or to take care of it properly) seats so that means I have to get some type of mat so the carseat won't skid. Then they tell me That I need something wedged inbetween the cheapass carseat they're giving me and the leather seat because its at too much of an angle. What the hell-is my car just bunk!
I'm sorry I drive a 98 Oldsmobile!
And it doesn't have the newest saftey crap-
does that make me a bad mom already??
So the whole thing made me freakin paranoid and I ended up going and getting an infant seat for 65 bucks because than at least I can just put the base in the car and not have to deal with have a crappy seat that you have to carry your kid out to every time.
Stress
And they told me I need to clean my car!
ANd put stuff in my trunk!
Good thing they didn't see my trunk-its full!Oh random crap!
And I don't really have the energy to clean it-and my big belly is in the way.

Gettin ready

As it gets closer and closer to "GO TIME" as Micah puts it, I'm getting more and more excited, and nervous about Labor, Delivery and finally being able to see our baby.
I feel like as much as I try I'm not ready, as in I don't know enough and I find myself ready anything on parenting or babies that I can get my hands on. But I do feel ready to have my belly not stick out so far, so I can see my feet again! And be able to sleep without it getting in the way. Or being able to walk past Micah when he's infront of the bathroom sink without running into him with my massive belly. I'm excited to find out boy or girl!
Micah is working in Duluth now-so I worry that he won't make it back if I have to go into the doctor. I hope he does!
I'm worried I won't know when to go in. And I'v e had no braxon hicks contrations so I'm worried about Contractions becaue I really don't know what to expect.
It seems like I've forgotton everything from Childbirth class-although I read all of the papers they gave us-again-for like the 3rd time, last night.
Trying to find Nursing Bra's has been interesting too!
I've found out my boobs are abnormally shaped because I can't find any that fit!
Micah and I went with some friends to Dulth just so I could go to motherhood and find a bra. I tried on every bra in the damn store and none of them fit me! I ended up with a tank top with a built in Bra and soem sleep bra because they were the only ones that sorta fit. So if anyone see's me in town and my boobs look lopsided pretend not to notice!lol