You would think I would make time for this, however I obviously don't! It has been so much fun being a mom that I can't seem to do anything except hold and look at Jordyn. I know you don't want to hear me babble, but see pictures of Jordyn...too bad you get a little of both. :)
Labor was not too bad (praise the high heaven for epidurals). I was 2 days overdue, so frustrating...my mom had to tell me that I was in labor cuz I didn't notice that I was. I celebrated Jordyn's due date at work with the doc and my manager and then the next day 'celebrated' by cleaning my house and cooking dinner for my family. Not long after they left, my contractions started being about 5 mins apart consistently. I was too stubborn to leave, but Mark insisted on it, so I followed. He made me sit on a walmart sack in case my water broke on our 100 mile drive (please laugh if you know mark). We got to UVRMC at 1030 and I was dilated to a 3 and 80% effaced. My mom didn't think they would turn me down being that far...surprise they did. They sent us home at midnight. Luckily Marks brother lives 20 miles away. But we got there and went back to the hospital at 4 am...grudgingly...we actually sat in the car for an hour cuz we didn't want to be sent home again. They ended up keeping me, thank heavens...and little baby Jordyn was born at 302 pm, without a doctor at my feet! We enjoyed, mostly I enjoyed seeing all of my friends who came to visit us at the hospital, even though I looked frumpy.
Life has been great since then. Jordyn has been a great baby, sleeping in the night well since we got home. There has been a few nights that we have got 6 hours of continuous sleep :) At her 2 week check up she was in the 25th percentile for height and weight...we are hoping she starts growing like a weed soon (kinda). She also weighed 6 lbs 7 oz :D She loves to be snuggled and likes bath time until she is man handled. Mark likes her alot, he is such a great dad! She is officially a month old...and I can't believe how time flies. She is adorable, and yes she still has all of her hair! On the 19th we were doing our daily tummy time...and she rolled over...twice! It is so fun to watch her grow.
Jordyn is also spoiled and has got 2 new cousins the past month...although they are boys she can't wait to meet them. They are both bigger than she is...one born 3 weeks after and the other born one month! We can't wait to meet them both!
As for me...work starts in 2 weeks and I have started back doing a little bit of clinical. I can't wait to be done with clinicals :) Hope you enjoy the pics and have some happy holidays!!!

The first week home!


Jordyn and I like to snuggle and she likes to sleep on her side...

my favorite picture so far!

If you ask her questions, she raises her hand...lol

one month old

How can anyone not love her...JOKES!

Jordyn Lynn Hughes!

Jordyn was born on Sunday afternoon at 3:02 PM. Mandi would like everyone to know that she guessed the exact time the baby would be born when we guessed times during the middle of the delivery. She was 5lbs 15oz and 17.5 inches long. Everything went very well and the baby is healthy and has had no problems despite how small she is.


This is her first picture after getting all the YUCK cleaned up






The car ride home after a long few days at the Hospital.

Sorry this post is short, but wanted to get these pics posted for everyone to see all the HAIR :)

Procrastination

I am really good at this...considering the only people that probably read this are my long lost friends from Provo. I would say that life is the same, CRAZY! I think during this last 6 months I have tried to stress myself out to the max...pregnancy, school, work, moving, buying our first home and remodeling, a new job...and who knows what else! But here are just a few things that have kept me sane the past month.


My GREAT x-ray school friends all went out to dinner! It was so fun to get together again and probably will be the last time in forever

My great office friends from Provo threw me an awesome baby shower as well. I miss these gals like crazy...3 1/2 years and then I move!

All of these girls have given me a reason to be happy to come down to Provo to do clinicals for CT and to come to the doctor. It makes the drive much better when I get to see faces of those I LOVE!

Our remodel is coming along...kinda slow, but seems more quick now. I guess I shouldn't have expected alot moving at 28 weeks and thinking I was wonder woman by working, doing school, and growing a baby full time! But we have almost got the upstairs done (just need one more coat of paint in the hall). We have painted, tiled, grouted, and moved in upstairs. Thank heavens for our families, or else we would probably still just be painting the first bedroom. Here are a few glimpses of what we have done. The final pictures won't be as fun if I post what we have done without the complete project!

Meet dad, he is an AWESOME painter

Meet mark sideways, (yes I am too lazy to go flip it) this was the first wall he had painted

Meet meg and I...we were an excellent painting team...mark thought we had to tag team it so we could use both brains while inhaling paint fumes!

Baby update:
Well baby is still growing and so is mommy. I am getting completely uncomfortable, and almost useless with this remodel thing (I really jsut want the painting done before she gets here, but Ill take what I can get). The doc says not to plan on the baby anytime soon. I am anxious to see my progress every check up to know if I am getting closer! We still have no names except baby, but I don't think the boys will dig that in high school :) Until my next post after procrastination...maybe the cute little mini mandi will be here :)

New

Everything is new...
*I LOVE my new job...its pretty chill, I address my doc as Brian cuz he doesn't want to sound old and "crochetty," I can't wait for x-ray in the clinic and real $$
*I miss all of my old friends at work :( I can't wait to come down and show off this cute baby in my belly
*Our new place is a wreck! Mark is still trying to work on one project...he has ripped up flooring in all but one bathroom to tile(I have to go downstairs to pee before I can take my shower upstairs). I have primed our bedroom...which is half the size of the house, and I have picked out the color, we hope it looks hot! If baby doesn't come to see us early, we have 9 weeks to finish what we want.
*Baby loves my ribs and she especially seems to love them when I have to drive long distances
*School is so unmotivating being kinda far away...I need someone to force me to come and slave labor

I will post pictures soon, when I have the internet at home...so you can see how high my stress level is...too much change!

Megs wedding!!

2 weeks ago, meg got married!! It turned out to be a beautiful day, just kind of cold! I was able to take the day before off to help calm the storm before it happened and help with the little details. My mom is so good at doing it after 4 girls, that they had pretty much everything taken care of. I had the chore oAlmost f making these picture blocks, cuz Meg really wanted them and she was getting really ticked off cuz they weren't perfect.

My Aunt from Vegas helped me make these, we were a little tired of seeing Megan and Tooter's face by the end :D jokes!

We also had a little rehearsal that night cuz none of us knew what we were doing, we still didn't and it worked out! Following the rehearsal, we came back and if anyone knows my dad, he LOVES his music. Every year he does music for the Highschool volleyball and basketball teams, which is funny...maybe in the next life he will be a DJ. He was so stoked about his PA system he borrowed that he had to crank up one of his all favorite songs BARBIE GIRL!

Meg and my dad singing...so funny!

The day was great, because they had a decorator come decorate and we were in charge of the chair covers and bows (I suck at bows, don't ever ask me to help), they totally made the wedding beautiful!

The ceremony was great, my dad actually got to walk Meg down the aisle as well as perform their marriage. It was so neat to see how much honor my dad had in doing that. My dad is a crier, which made meg cry, when I see meg cry I consequently cry. It was great though. It was so fun to see all of our old friends from highschool and neighbors too at the reception. It was defintely AWESOME! Here are a few pics so you don't have to listen to my blabber mouth :D

Me and my sis Jen doing Megan up for the big day! Isn't her dress amazing...she looks great in it!

Me and toots brother starting the walk...I had to post the pics to prove I wore those nasty pink heels!

Me, Meg, and her good friend Cassie all ready!

Megs cake, I am just so impressed with it! My mom did a great job and I am impressed with her modern skills!

Meg and Toot cutting the cake. The funny thing is that when they fed it to eachother, they got it all over...Meg even got a bloody nose! It was great!

My cute niece digging in the cake!

Meet mom and dad!!

Happy wedding! (PS, sorry the pics dont go big, I promise they are cute)

July...

Summer has been crazy of coarse! Instead of a huge post, I decided I will do it over a few! In July I started school at the University of Utah, only driving up to class once a week, and suffering through another 450 hours of slave labor.

I am really good at the free slave labor, but its getting real old real quick. I gladly have 350 hours left and counting!


I get to see these picture all day through the ct scanner. I actually have really enjoyed learning it and I think its alot of fun. I can't wait to get more experience and also for 350 more hours to be done :)
I also was officially offered a job as a tech in flouro in July. It took like a month for them to do it, but its great I work 3 days a week, no weekends! I enjoy it most days...some could confirm days are better than others due to the people I have to work with.
Mark is still commuting up to good ol' E-town, for a FEW more weeks. I am anxiously awaiting so I can spend more than weekends with him and not have to come home to a dark, empty house.
Besides life that went on, we did get to go camping for a few days with Mark's family. It was colder than the dickens, but alot of fun. We usually go 4 wheeling, I went once, my pelvis didn't handle baby's weight and bumps very well. I was also very cautious with what I did camping. In early July Mark and I went on a 4 mile hike, the next day my body didn't think it was a good idea that we had gone, neither did my OB, cuz he sent me to L&D. Up camping, we love to play games...thank heaven I have learned how to play pinnochle, or else I might have died of boredem. I had forgotten my camera in the car we didn't take, so this is the only thing you get!
Sorry in advance, if you are offended.

Meet stumpman! When Mark and I dragged it back to camp, we almost couldn't carry it cuz we were laughing to hard. Stumpman describes the Hughes family so well! Until my more more exciting August post :)

Life...

So life has been full of change for us, not like you don't know. Mark has officially started commuting up to Evanston for work, a drving time of 3 hours a day :( It has only been a week and I am pretty ready for us to settle in one place. He loves staying with his family and I love staying here to work. I have had one job offer that I turned down and am waiting for another. It will be a great opportunity while finishing school. So needless to say we are anxious to see how work works out for the next few months and my school.
Some great news that will has caused another change is we are having a baby GIRL! We are expecting her a week before Turkey day (stay in a little longer so I can eat for two), jokes! Mark is guessing I will come early with work part time and school full time...my guess I will go late and become a humongous pregnant person. We are SO excited...she looks adorable in her US...I really can't wait to meet her.
I have nothing else fun to say...cuz nothing compares to a new baby...when I do anything fun by myself I will be sure to let you know!

Escapes from the real world...

Mark and I both had Wednesday off, the joy of working at a hospital and being done with school, and the joy of the stress of Mark and him starting a new job. We thought it would be perfect if we weren't home bodies and went and explored Provo canyon for the first time in more than 3 years of living here! It was amazing how beautiful it was up there, lots of trees and water. We hiked up to Bridal Veil Falls, (its about time for how many times we have driven past it) and we were like thats as close as you get...lame! We found a trail and started hiking towards it, which meant up. It wasn't a bad hike at all, and there weren't many people up there, just 2 kids. Mark wanted to continually hike higher to the falls...which heights aren't quite my fancy and wet rocks don't make it better. All I could think is we were going to be the breaking news on at 5. It was quite an adventure. While we were sitting next to the fall, getting a nice shower, these 2 boys have hiked up...BAREFOOT! Don't you remember the days of playing outside and them not hurting, not no more! They were getting ready to climb down and one asked if we would help him, I said of coarse cuz I am chicken too (probably not the best self esteem booster, DUH!) I thought it was funny! I then got brave while Mark helped him. But he was so good cuz he didn't help him he just told him where to hold on, he is such a good helper! We ended up hiking for 3 hours along the river and I saw my first beaver! My feet and other things were tired so we left. We left and ended our escape at the chiropractor. Now he is playing his wonderful game with his brother and I am being completely unmotivated. But come on...an updated blog twice in one week!


Bridal Veil Falls

I always tend to give great cheesers!





Here is Mark trying to help the boy I called chicken, oops!

bored...boards...party!!

Thats right, I have finally updated! Life has been pretty chill here, its wonderful! I have officially finished RT school, and passed my BOARDS! I did much better than expected, I was convinced I was going to fail, especially from the first few questions. I don't usually get nervous for tests because I have come to accept the fact that I do ok with tests and I am usually content with my score, but this test was a little different! My heart was pounding the entire time that I reviewed it. I will say that I learned alot through my studies but the only way I passed was through lots of help from my Heavenly Father and the countless prayer from me and my family. It was an amazing experience. Anway...its a relief to be done...now I am just trying to get a job so I can make some real money! We will see how that goes, especially with a few new developments in our lives!

So to celebrate being done with xray school, and meg (she is my twin sister, and yes I obviously talk about her lots) being finished and PASSED her first year of nursing school. Her and tooter (the fiance) decided to take a trip down to HOT Lake Powell! We decided it was also to celebrate Mark and Toot's b.days cuz they are both in May too! But we went last weekend and partied! We just mostly fished because Toot has an amazing boat that is definitely dedicated to fishing.



Mark caught the first fish, thats a 'strippie' he caught a total of 8

His first Walleye, and the biggest fish he has caught in his life!

My fishie! Mark is nice enough to let me fish with him and bait the line and take off those nasty fishes!
I only caught three, none of them were keepers, but thats a ok, cuz I hate dead fish. We all caught our fair share of cat fish...Mark hated them. I tended to catch my fish in the back of the boat with my feet in the water cuz it was so hot. Sadly I didn't get a nice tan cuz I burned so nicely on the first day.


This is Meg, she hopped in to go swim cuz it was so hot, I was too chicken and not hot enough at the moment! She is always hilarious to hear when jumping in the water, as we all are!


Meg tolerates fishes more than me, but this is her right before she kissed the nasty fish! She is gross! Megan just left her pole in a holder most of the days and caught more than me! She is simply amazing!

So I just have to share a hilarious incident that happened in the boat, cuz quite frankly I can't get over it. So I was just sitting in the boat while toot was driving to get to a canyon and I wasn't really holding on the anything. I assume he went over a big wave...and I was almost history. I somehow fell out of my chair into the back of the boat bouncing around like a dead fish. I couldn't stop laughing so I couldn't grab anything, my fingers get weak when I laugh...odd! So Mark is trying to help me up so they don't have to slow down, but neither of us can stop laughing. Meanwhile Meg comes back because she thought I passed out ( I have a hsitory). Toot confirmed i was lame! I hope it wasn't a had to be there moment! We saw lots of lizards doing pushups, it was pretty sweet!

I have a goal of taking more pictures, only when we go hiking though! Mark and I have a date night every week and go hike up Rock Canyon and have dinner once a week. Its great and beautiful...I hope I remember to take more pictures! ...until I have exciting news...

There is always a first for everything

After I finished my clinicals and it was time for Megs spring break, mom and dad asked if I wanted to go to Cali with them. I wasn't sure cuz Mark didn't go. But then I figured I mine as well be megs entertainment!We drove down with the parents and flew back. Here are some of the happenings! So, after 21 years of never riding on an airplane, I finally experienced it. If Meg wouldn't have gone with me I would have utterly been lost. She just has so much confidence, so I followed her. Lets be honest here, I should have listened to my brother in law and got over the fact of not being on one cuz it was like a large bus! So it definitely wasn't what I was expecting, needless to say. But I was so excited! Sadly, Meg and I thought the plane ride was far too long, even though it was 90 minutes.

This is our tray of soda and nuts, nice gesture, but why weren't the stewardess wearing the same clothes and were not nice!


Gambling was another first. If you don't know Megan, you are surely missing out...she bring the little rebel out in you . So I agreed to play $10, same as her...but she won $60 with the money i lended to her, what a freak. There was lots of money won, not by me, dad, and mom, but meg and my favorite Aunts, Koni and Wanda. Between the both of them they won $500.

When we got to California we went to a Pier by my grandpas house, to an utterly Delicious restaurant. The Pier was pretty long and it was quite beautiful. There were alot of people and people were trying to fish off of it, wierd. We didn't see anyone catch anything. It was fun to stayat grandpas house to see him again, he was pretty funny!

Along the peir there were tons of birds that just sat there. So Meg and I were watching surfers and this one came up, if you look at it closely, it doesn't have its left leg.

Megs photography of a sunset in a moving car by the ocean.

So we got to go to sea world, and it was so fun! We hadn't been for like ten years, so I didn't remember much. We got to see lots of wonderful sea life. On the whole ride there, my mom was sent to the back seat with meg and i. I don't think we have laughed that hard forever. So the whole drive we were saying sea world in different tones of voice. If you ever have the chance to it with your mother and listen to how high her voice goes. We kept repeating sea world, o it was great! Maybe you had to be there!


Thats right folks this is another first, if you don't know my ultimate fear it is that of fish! So you better look at this and weep, because I am holding a star FISH! I was so proud. Mark disagreed that it couldn't count! So later that day I touched Sting Ray. Maybe by the time I die I will be able to take off my own fish and look at dead ones. Nasty!

Random picture of us. My mom is a great photographer!

On our way back we stopped at the San Diego Temple. Too bad it was Monday or we could have got to actually get closer!!

This picture is kinda odd looking, but it has a great story behind it. So my grandpa has an orange tree outside his front door, so Meg went and got one, and my dad pointed to another one that was bigger and looked better. So they peeled it and we all wanted a bite. Man was it sour. My grandpa comes out and tells us it is a lemon. Thats right we peeled and ate it like an orange. Only people from WY.

This was also our entertainment before going to bed. Trying to get us all in!!! Meet the fam!

So onto real life...on Tueday I went up to the Univeisity of Utah to have an interview for CT school. They only accept 5, so I wasn't expecting anything. They accepted me on the spot and I will be starting in July and be done in December! I am so excited. It better blow Weber's program out of the water! It already has, cuz I applied to them in mid March and know now, but applied to Weber in January and heard nothing!! Mark left his other job, due to hatred...he is so much happier now. He started a new job on Monday at a tech support place (somewhere he didnt want to go, but he knows it will be for a short time until we know what we are doing)! So there is the 411 on life. Hope you all are well!!

GET READY TO HOLD ONTO YOUR BRITCHES....

cuz, I am officially done with my 1500 hours of free slave labor, aka clinicals for school! Don't hold on too tight, cuz I will have more in the fall. Hold on again...cuz I am going on my first airplane next week with my amazing look alike! Hope we dont' get lost!!

Its about time

Here are some pictures of the last little while, you can tell how often I have my camera with me!!



People call me Crafty Mandi cuz that what I am...lol, jk!


This is the first real gingerbread house Mark and I had ever made. We all decided to have a contest, so during turkey weekend the Green family all made the gingerbread and took them home to assemble houses . If you don't know Mark, he is very precise and picky, it was kinda hard to be so precise with frosting. We thought we had the coolest roof with shredded wheat, and our yard had pine trees, a dead pine tree (marks idea), snowman, and ice skating rink. Nikki, my oldest sister did have the coolest roof, individual hershey squares, Jens was awesome very colorful, but I think megs won! she didn't have as much as we did for a house she found out after she baked it so made an out house!! it was awesome a lifesaver breath mint for the toilet and tic tac for tp! LOVED IT!

A puzzle that we did from work, I of coarse didn't finish it, Mark and his bro did.

Mark says hi snowmobiling , he went with his bros cuz i was chicken and it was too cold! It did make for some fun time with sis in laws and Meg!

Me and Meg trying to get Luci to behave-shes so cute

Minus my ever unattractive hamburgler shirt, this is a cute picture of my sister, Laycee, and Charly! Layce is always so good to come say hi when she is in town. It makes Christmas so good. We love talking about the good old times and see my moms face. Charly was the entertainment this time laughin her britches off at Luci!!




Just a couple of reasons it made it worth it to drive to Evanston 4 times in 2 weeks!