Papa, Mama, and the Terrible Three

Emme 6 months

2012-02-10T20:28:00.004-07:00

Height: 27 1/2 inches 96%

Weight: 16lbs 5oz 57%

Emme is a lot like Reagan was, tall and chubby :) I can't believe she is 6 months already! She started rolling over at about 4 months but she is a lot better at it now and she moves in circles to get where she wants to go. She is starting to get up on her knees so I'm sure crawling is right around the corner. I noticed at the doctors office that she is cutting her first tooth which explains the fussiness she's had the past few days. Nights are still an issue. She is still getting up 2-3 times a night wanting to eat so needless to say I'm pretty tired but I do get help when Tim is home and when Matt gets home from school he always wants to hold and play with her til I make him do his homework. Matt and her seem to have a special connection which is fun to watch.

Overall Emme is a healthy happy baby growing up way too fast but I enjoy going through it all again and remember what it was like with Reagan since my memory is horrible. I really need to do better at blogging and journaling to remember all these things!

I don't have many pictures lately, just what I have taken on my phone because I lost our camera when we took the kids bowling last month. I'm still so mad about it. But we just got a new one a couple days ago so hopefully I wont lose this one!

Matt's birthday

2011-10-29T15:07:00.003-06:00

Matt's 10th birthday! I can't beleive Matt has turned 10! It doesn't seem like he's been with us for 3 1/2 years already!

Well for his birthday Matt decided he wanted to go ice skating, something that he had never done before but we thought it would be fun for him. He invited a friend Kyle to come with us. The first few times around the rink he stayed against the wall but then he got brave and tried it on his own. He did pretty well! Reagan went as well and with the help of daddy she had a blast but Tim's poor back was pretty shot by the end.

Matt also got to pick where we went to dinner so it was Red Robin this year which is a change from the normal Red Lobster.

Matt is such a good big brother to Reagan and Emme, he has learned the art of feeding Emme her bottle which is a huge help.

He's been really busy lately with school and scouts and soccer. Soccer ended today with him scoring his record high of 5 goals! Go Matt, we are looking forward to the day he goes pro! He will start wrestling next and he's excited for that.

Happy birthday Matt, we sure love your guts!

taking a break from the ice

staying close to the wall

Reagan and daddy

Matt feeling adventurous

opening presents

Emmeline's blessing

2011-10-29T14:43:00.003-06:00

Emmeline's blessing day: October 9th 2011

This is a picture of Emme(top) and Reagan on their blessing days, I think they look a lot alike!

Reagan always needs to get in the picture

Family pic

Reagan birthday

2011-10-28T19:18:00.004-06:00

I can't believe Reagan is 3! I have to say that besides the tantrums that 3 is such a fun age. She's such a good helper and so fun to have conversations with. She always has an answer for everything. I keep telling myself I need to write down all the funny things she says through out the day. Her new kick she's on is going to Disneyland, yesterday while in the bath she asked if we were going to Disneyland and I told her not yet and she said because we need to get dressed first and I said no and she said oh because we have to pack our bags first? How can I not take her now? Hopefully next summer we can make it.

For her birthday we took her to her favorite place....the merry go round at the mall. Whenever I have change and she finds it she tells me it's for the merry go round.

Tim also got her tickets to the live Max and Ruby show that came close to town so he took her and she had a blast, I was sad I couldn't go and see her facial expressions but he did get some good pictures.

We seriously love this little girl to pieces and I'm so glad I get to be her mom!

dancing at the Max and Ruby show

Daddy and Reagan ready to go into the show

Sitting at the "little table" enjoying her ice cream

The arrival of Emmeline aka Emme

2011-08-12T19:13:00.018-06:00

Emmeline Elyse Masias

Born: 8/8/11

Weight: 7lbs 6oz

Height: 19.75 inches

I went to bed on Sunday night feeling pretty good, I knew my mom was coming to town and then I would feel good going into labor anytime after that. I woke up about 4 and went to the bathroom and went back to bed but was feeling some back pain. I didn't think too much of it since I had been having back pain on and off for a couple weeks. After about a half hour it didn't go away so I decided to go out to the couch and try to relax. About 10 minutes later I noticed that the pain was getting more intense so I started to time the contractions. The first one was about 9 minutes apart then the next was 7 then 5. I thought that was weird and thought maybe I was timing wrong but the pain was getting bad so I went and woke up Tim telling him I thought it was time. Anyone that knows Tim knows that he didn't get up the first time I woke him up. I went and started getting my stuff together and went back and woke Tim up again. I knew it would take him awhile to get ready so I got Reagan up and ready to go. I had Tim get Matt up and call our friend to ask her if we could bring the kids over. After that Tim asks me if he had time to shower. I was frustrated at him for being so slow by this point and told him no he didn't have time and that we really had to get going. We left the house about 6:30am and dropped off the kids and got to the hospital about 7. We checked in and I got into the room where they determine if they will admit you or send you home. They checked me and I was at a 6 so they took me back to the labor and delivery room. The nurse I felt was taking her sweet time getting all the paperwork ready and getting my IV and all I really wanted was my epidural. My contractions were on top of each other and I couldn't deal with the pain anymore. The doctor came in and checked me and I had progressed to a 7 and she called for the epidural and then she went off duty and a new doctor was on his way in to check on me. By this point I was feeling like I was going to die from the pain. The new doctor came in a few minutes later and I told him I thought I needed to push. I think the doctor and nurse thought I was crazy and didn't believe that I was serious but he said he would check me. He then tells me he has good and bad news. Bad news...no epidural. Good news I was at a 9 and after he broke my water I could deliver the baby. All I said was I couldn't deliver without an epidural but no one seemed to care and said I had to anyway. RUDE!! So after about 5 pushes I delivered Emme and I survived! So we got to the hospital at 7 and Emme was born at 8:25am. That's the condensed version since I don't really want to talk about what a baby I was being :) but the main point I would like to make is it's a good thing Tim didn't take that shower or I may have delivered at home or in the car! Hopefully this post makes sense because I had to redo it like 3 times due to technical difficulties!

Here are some pics of our new love...

Oh Reagan...

2011-05-07T21:08:00.002-06:00

For those of you who don't know, Reagan is quite the character who says the most random things for example the other day I asked her to go get a diaper and she looks at me and says "Mommy, I too sick to get a diaper." Or the other day she saw her binky and said "oh binky I missed you!"

But today takes the cake. I was sitting on my bed watching TV and Reagan comes in and lays by me and says with the saddest face, "Mommy, Daddy not like me anymore." I was like what!! So I ask Tim to come into the room to ask him what happened and why she would say that but Tim was just as baffled as I was and I could tell it just broke his heart that she said that. We're still not sure why she said it or where she learned to say that but like I said she picks up the most random things. She's a little too smart for her own good but we don't know what we'd do without her!

The addition...

2011-01-26T16:18:00.004-07:00

We are happy to announce that we are adding to the Masias clan!! I am a little over 12 weeks along and due around August 9th, although I am shooting for earlier to avoid having another 9 pounder. :)

The first 10-11 weeks were pretty rough as far as being sick but I've been feeling much better the past week. I'm pretty sad about having to go to a new doctor and delivering in a new place, we've even considered going back to Utah for the whole summer so I can deliver there but I think I'll just suck it up and deliver here.

Matt was a little shocked when we told him but he said he just hopes it's a boy so the baby wont boss him around like Reagan does. LOL!!! Reagan knows there is a baby in mommy's tummy and is learning to be a little softer and not jump on me all the time.

We'll keep you posted on the pregnancy.

gu suck!!!

2011-01-04T11:49:00.003-07:00

So I decided to buy a PS3 for my after Christmas gift. I also bought Call of Duty. I am not, nor have I ever been someone that is into playing video games. I love to play them when I play but I have never went out of my way to play but thought that it would be fun to get a PS3 and start playing. I thought Jasmine was going to get me one for Christmas because that's what I hinted to her that I wanted but I got other great gifts instead. We decided that I could use some of our gift cards and cash that we recieved for Christmas and put it towards a PS3. Jas was very nice to let me do this but she did have one condition...play it and don't just buy it and let it sit. I have played it. With all the passion that my heart can send to my finger tips, I have played it. With the exception of the last couple of days I have played it for about 4 hours per day. The problem is that I do not think that I am getting any better. I feel bad for my teammates because I am not very good. For those of you who have never played the game, you can hear other people's voices that are playing with you or even the players that are playing against you. I am always being heckled. I even checked my messages the other day and someone sent me a message that just said "gu suck". I am pretty sure I am being put down by 10 year olds. I have got news for you gamers. I am proud of my poor gaming talents. For those of you that are good (you know who you are...Isaac) get a life! I want you to know that I will continue to play but now I play for me. I am not sorry if I get put on your team or if we lose...deal with it!

New Flip For Christmas

2010-12-27T09:14:00.004-07:00

I decided to get Jasmine a Flip camera for Christmas. I thought that this would really help her blog more often and help you, our readers, stay updated with our little family. So I encourage one and all to harass Jasmine if she decides to stop blogging. You can do this in a variety of ways including...texting her, calling her, emailing her, facebooking her, or even coming to Iowa and confronting her in person. I thank you all in advance for your help.

Please enjoy this little video featuring Reagan!

Christmas

2010-12-26T14:06:00.003-07:00

So I had just finishing posting our Christmas post and I went to attach all the pictures and it erased my whole post. Do you see why I don't blog very often! So because I am frustrated I will just add some pictures from Christmas and call it good for now. UGH!!

Day before Christmas in our

front yard.

Reagan's favorite show

Matt opening his motorscooter which had him

saying this was the best Christmas ever!

Getting ready to tear through the gifts!

Updates from Iowa

2010-12-26T13:36:00.004-07:00

I know most of you have probably given up that we would ever update our blog but since we moved I figured this would be the best way to keep people updated. :)

So far we have adjusted well to moving to a new state. Tim has been doing really well in his new job and is enjoying it. He's on the road alot traveling to different high schools in northeastern Iowa.

Matt is enjoying his new school and making new friends. He is involved in cub scouts and we have signed him up for basketball and wrestling that will start in January.

Reagan keeps me very busy. Her favorite thing right now is to watch Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. She could watch them all day if I let her. She is also very bossy and expects everyone to listen to her, especially Matt and Matt is nice enough to give in to her and take her bossiness in stride.

We have started meeting new people and making new friends but we sure miss all of our friends and family back home.

We stopped at Winter Quarters on the drive out here

Who Votes That Jasmine Should Work Harder On This Blog?????

2009-11-02T11:18:00.002-07:00

I do. High 5 Jaz!

Sleeping Beauty, Both Of Them...

2009-07-28T09:46:00.003-06:00

Personally, I like her next to me. I get to wake up next to that cute face everyday. Jasmine is the selfish one that wants to kick her out.

But now that Reagan and Jasmine are sleeping the whole night in their own beds, Jas is a whole lot more friendly throughout the day. Plus she may have the energy to do more housework.

Before all you women get mad at me, and write your I hate you Tim comments, I want you to know that I was just kidding. I realize that I married a girl that is so far beyond me and that I am lucky to have her in my life. She is a great wife and mom. I could not ask for anything more.

4 nights and counting

2009-07-27T19:22:00.005-06:00

So most of you know that I'm a bad mom and let Reagan sleep with us because she wouldn't sleep in her crib. Well 4 nights ago I knew I couldn't have her sleep with us, she was completly taking over the bed and it was getting more difficult to sleep. I called Tim at work to let him know that Reagan was going to sleep in her crib and to prepare for a long night of crying. So that night I get her to sleep and put her in her crib sure enough she started crying but by some miracle she only cried for 15 minutes and stayed there the rest of the night! It was like Christmas! Now every night she is crying a little less and I am sleeping better! I know this may not be very exciting for all of you but I'm telling you this is major in my house!!

Sure, Reagan will sleep at Lagoon

Just reading a book, she's so smart

She loves to play in the kennel

The 4th and Mesquite

2009-07-25T21:52:00.005-06:00

For the fourth we went to the fireworks at Granite High. We had fun hanging out with friends and family. It was Reagan's first time to see fireworks but she ended up falling asleep right before they started...there's always next year!

Reagan hanging out with daddy before the fireworks

just waiting for the firework show!

We also recently went down to Mesquite for my brother's wedding, minus Tim who was in Boston for work. We had fun hanging out at my Grandma's and going to the swimming pool to try and keep cool from the 110 degree weather!! hot hot!! Reagan absolutely loves the pool, she would get really mad when I took her out of the pool. We also headed over to Vegas for a day and of course ate at in-n-out!! Delicious!! We mostly just walked around and window shopped since I had a 10 month old and a 7 year old following me around. I mean really who brings their kids to Vegas?! :)
It was nice to get away for a few days but it would've been better if Tim could've joined us but on the other hand we probably saved money from him not hitting the casinos!! lol

Matt outside Harley Davidson

Hanging out in the pool trying to stay cool

Nothing to do with our trip but I love that Reagan is drawn to coke already, she is truely my child!!!
Speaking of Reagan...she is starting to walk!! I can't believe it! It seems like everyday she's figuring out something new to do. Right now she loves to talk on the phone and wave bye bye and she loves to play peek-a-boo. Tim recorded a cute video on his phone of her doing it that we'll try to get posted soon. I'm having a lot of fun watching her grow and learn new things. Who knew being a mom was so fun and rewarding?!

My little accessory

2009-07-14T12:21:00.002-06:00

This is my new favorite picture of Reagan.

Finally an update!!

2009-06-20T13:53:00.005-06:00

Once again I've been bad at updating. A lot has happened since the last time I updated but I wont bore you too much with it all so I'll give you the highlights and pictures...Tim got a job, very exciting. He's had to travel a couple times which he enjoys.
Matt passed the first grade and is enjoying being out of school for the summer and just had his last baseball game today in the rain. He mostly plays at the park or goes to his cousins house to play. Yesterday he told me I was a mean mom for not letting him drink coke but I figure he's hyper enough without the help of caffeine. And yes I realize that I drink my fair share of coke but I really do need all the caffeine to function!!
Reagan is now 9 months and very very active! At her appointment she was 29 inches long (97th percentile) and 18 lbs 15 ounces (50th percentile). She crawls everywhere and figured out the stairs. She's also learned how to stand, her record is about 10 seconds.

At the zoo

Our annual mother daughter lunch, Snow White came

and read her story to the little girls.

Matt at a Splash park in St. George

Watching Matt at the splash park

1st time swimming.

More Cuteness

2009-03-24T22:04:00.001-06:00

Life in March

2009-03-24T20:20:00.004-06:00

Life has been crazy for us lately, we've been busy and I don't know where the time has gone but as I sit here ready to update everyone on our lives I'm not really sure what we've been doing (obviously nothing too important!!).

Reagan is 6 1/2 months now. At her 6 month appointment she weighed 15 lbs 6 ounces 50% and she was 28 inches long 97%. So she is still on the tall side. It's hard to buy clothes for her because she is so tall, right now she's in 9 month clothes and quickly outgrowing them! She's been sitting up on her own for about a month now but she still refuses to roll over unless she has something to hold on to but she's way into spitting now which is cute until she has food in her mouth which gets sprayed all over your face!

Matt is being a 7 year old, learning how to talk back. His newest thing is a classic that we all did as kids...he'll ask to me to maybe go to the park or play at a friends house, I'll say no and he'll go find Tim to see if he can get a better answer. He's in turn learning that's not in his best interest to do if he doesn't plan on being grounded! But he's a great big brother to Reagan and loves to play with her and he's one of the only people right now that can get her to laugh.

As some of you know Tim is spending alot of time at home these days due to the economy and needing to find a new job. I'll admit it's been nice in some ways because he can watch Reagan while I get things done around the house but on the other hand he's quickly wearing out his welcome at home from the hours of 9-5!

As for me I've been trying to get some spring cleaning done. It's exhausting!

Well I'll be done boring you for now and I'll post some cute Reagan pictures!!

And the worst mom award goes to...

2009-03-20T13:48:00.006-06:00

So we'll start this story off at 5 am this morning when I wake up to Reagan pulling my hair and grunting. I have a pounding headache so I just try to ignore her and I can tell Tim is awake also trying to ignore her. We both lay there waiting for the other to get up with her, I win and Tim gets up with her and takes her downstairs. Point for Jasmine!! So I go back to bed and I wake up and look at the clock and it's 8, I obviously missed my alarm at 7. I jump out of bed because I'm supposed to take Matt and the neighbor girl to school at 7:45!! oops!! I run to his bedroom and he's not there, just fat Toby laying on his bed. So I go to the kitchen assuming he's in there, no luck! So I run downstairs and Tim is asleep on the couch with Reagan so I wake him and ask him if he knew where Matt was and he said he didn't and he thought I took him to school! CRAP!!!

I run back upstairs and check his room again to only find fat Toby sleeping. I go back to the living room and see that the door is unlocked. I go find my phone to call my neighbor and by now I'm really starting to panic! I get a hold of my neighbor and I ask her if she knew where Matt was and she tells me he made it to school and was fine. Apparently he got up and didn't bother to wake me and got all ready for school and walked up the street to get Cambridge and tells her "Jasmine slept in so I had to walk". Are you kidding me!?! I'm going to have to have a little talk about this with him when he gets home!

I mostly felt like an idiot but my neighbor was so good about it and saw the humor in it!
So all is well, Matt is apparently just very independent!

PS- I know I've been slacking lately but as soon as I can figure out how to get these pictures off our new camera I will give a life update!!our new camera I will give a life update!!
Mr. Independent

4 months

2009-01-21T15:37:00.003-07:00

Weight: 14 pounds 3 ounces 75th %

Height: 26 inches 97th%

Kansas City Trip

2009-01-20T22:54:00.007-07:00

So Jasmine and I finally decided to take a small trip together to go see some old friends who left Utah a while ago. The Stott's Family. We had planned on going to see them in Chicago but never made it out. Stotts (Daniel) is one of my old mission companions and even though I still do not like him Jasmine and Laci have become good friends. He is from K.C. and was able to take us to see some of the church sites such as Liberty Jail and AdamHere are a few pictures of the trip.

P.S. Reagan had her first plane flight and did really good on the way there with the exception of a crying spell right before we landed. Jasmine said that she was even better on the way home.

Jas and I (Liberty Jail)

Adam-ondi-Ahman

This is all of us at Liberty Jail -- Jas and I at Far West

Liberty Jail

Randomness from the past couple weeks...

2008-12-29T19:52:00.004-07:00

As I've been too lazy to post the past couple weeks and still don't have the energy to do it I'm just going to put on a few pictures!

Reagan opening her present

Reagan making her build a bear

Matt with his build and bear and some of his cousins

Tim and Matt shoveling after the big storm

Reagan out in the snow for the first time.

Since it's taken forever for me to load these pictures on I'll do the rest tomorrow, if I'm not too lazy!

Our Little Human

2008-12-16T13:18:00.005-07:00

(Reagan,3 days old and daddy)

So you know how sometimes you'll have a "wow" or "that's amazing" moment? Like for example I'll sometimes look at Reagan and just think wow, I can't believe she's mine.
Well the other day Tim was holding Reagan and I came downstairs and he says to me "wow, she's like a little human."
All I could reply was "yes, Tim she is a little human." I'm still laughing about it because I get was he was trying to say and he said it with sincerity but it just sounded so funny. I'm not trying to make fun of Tim because it was really cute but very funny!

Thank You, Tim...

2008-12-04T11:24:00.003-07:00

for letting us get back to normal. I don't really have much to blog about these days: laundry, cleaning, cooking. Obviously the funnest and best part is hanging out with baby Reagan!

I'm not looking forward to Christmas shopping, I hate crowds and long lines and also that Tim is the hardest person to shop for on the planet.

Tim and I did go out and do the whole black friday thing for the first time this year, I haven't decided if I'll do it again next year.

My time is up, Reagan is "calling" for me.

Back To Normal

2008-12-01T08:01:00.003-07:00

After turning my family's blog into a BYU fan page it's probably time to change it back. Now Jasmine can start posting about Reagan again.

A letter from Max Hall to the Bawden Family

2008-11-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Bawden's

I can win the big game. One of my fondest memories is of me winning the big game. Let me take you back to 2007. 4th and 18. I cannot say more than that I acknowledge the unsatisfactory play this past week. Your Utes deserve more...

Good luck against either Florida or Alabama come the Sugar Bowl. I will be the first to thank you for the fat check that we here at BYU will cash as soon as we get it. We will use the money wisely.

Please pass my regards to Brian Johnson, who in my mind was the better QB last week. Too bad that you will never make it past Utah. How are you going to make it if Alex Smith could not and he was pick #1.

And to you Kyle W., BYU doesn't want you, doesn't like you, and thinks that you look fat on TV.

Bronco, thanks for keeping the faith. We'll see you next year.

You too Bawden's...

Max

P.S. Tim, I am glad that you are a BYU fan but let's face it, your friends suck!

Good Job Utes...

2008-11-24T08:29:00.002-07:00

1 out of 3 seasons is not that bad I guess. See you in 09'

P.S.

Dear Max Hall,

Thanks for a great season. I forgive you for having the worst game of your life last week. Better luck next year.

Sincerely,

Tim Masias

Lest you forget!

2008-11-19T14:40:00.006-07:00

Just so everyone knows that in our household we root for the Y. This is rivalry week and it is the same week that my Ute Fan friends become enemies. Just until next week.

Tim vs. The Deer

2008-11-18T18:24:00.004-07:00

Last night on his way home from work Tim calls me and informs me that he has just been in a hit and run accident! I was like "Oh my gosh are you ok, what happened?" And he tells me that a deer hit him and ran away. Looking back now it's pretty funny, the "hit and run" thing but at the time I was thinking is he hurt, how's the car and what happened to the deer?!!!

Luckily Tim walked away with a couple minor cuts and the deer ran safely away. Apparently it's hoof nicked his window as it jumped over, it could have been a lot worse. Now Tim only feels his "injuries" when I ask him to do something like change the baby or fold clothes, etc. He will remind me that he was injured and almost died and really can't do anything. Anybody who knows me knows that I just roll my eyes and tell him to do it anyway!

We have to get a new driver's side window and the roof replaced.
Here is the $2000 plus damage that the deer caused:

2 month check up

2008-11-12T15:30:00.002-07:00

Yesterday I took in Reagan for her 2 month check up. Tim is out of town so I took her myself, I'm pretty sure he planned it that way so he could get out of seeing her get her shots. He thinks he's sneaky but I'm onto him!

So we get her weight and measurements:

weight: 11 lbs 14 ounces 90 percentile

height: 24.5 inches 97 percentile (she's going to be a tall one!)

So we've got a giant on our hands but she's so cute we'll keep her!

She did pretty well with the shots she only cried for about a minute , until I could get the bottle in her mouth and then when I picked her up she zonked out.

Reagan's Blessing

2008-11-04T16:03:00.002-07:00

On Sunday is was Reagan's blessing. It turned out to be a great day with friends and family. We are so grateful to have Reagan in our family.

Tim, Reagan and Grandma Masias

Our little angel

Reagan with mom and dad

4 generations

Halloween

2008-11-01T22:48:00.006-06:00

It was a fun Halloween this year...A lot of firsts.

1st # 1. Reagan's first Halloween
1st # 2. Matt's first Halloween with us
1st # 3. Tim and Jasmine's first Halloween since 2007
1st # 4. Tim's first Halloween working at Spillman (story to come)
1st # 5. Tim and Jasmine's first Halloween buying 10 bags of candy for trick-or-treaters

Ok there were only 4 real firsts but they were all really fun.

It was fun to have Reagan this year. There is nothing more cute than a 7 weeker dressed as a bumble bee. This is also Matt's first Halloween at our house. He and I had our fun out on the streets for about 2.5 hours last night. It was really fun to watch Matt carry his little sack from house to house. Especially the houses that were decorated to make them look scary. He got a little nervous at a few of them.

At work earlier in the day they threw a big Halloween party for the employees and their families to come and trick-or-treat. They had some 35 stations that passed out everything from large pixie sticks to little toys and games. We loaded up there. Some of the candy looked so good I had to make sure that I got some for Reagan as well!

Here in Eagle Mountain half of our population is filled with kids. There are so many kids here that I could hit one with my car and it divides up into two kids. Strange...Anyway, with all of the kids here we have to load up on a ton of candy. I think that we bought about 10 bags this year. We had maybe a bag to a bag .5 left. Thankfully all of the kids stopped coming at around 8:30.

Tim the Photographer

2008-10-30T12:23:00.003-06:00

Tim spent a lot of time the other night trying to get the perfect picture! It's hard to get a newborn to smile on cue!
I think he did a pretty good job but it does help to have cute kids to work with!!

Happy Birthday Matt!!

2008-10-19T20:13:00.004-06:00

It was Matt's birthday this week. Tim was out of town for work so I took Matt to the movies on Thursday and we met my sister there with her kids.
We officially celebrated his birthday on Saturday. We went to Cottonwood Park(it was very windy!) and met most of his cousins there where they played baseball and ran around the playground for awhile. After we went bowling then to dinner at Red Lobster, one of Matt's favorite restaurants. It was a fun day for the new 7 year old!

Matt and his cakes. Tim did the decorating...no further comment. lol

apparently this was a volcano and the kids were trying not to fall in it!

Matt the bowler!

cake at Red Lobster

Reagan and Asher at the bowling alley

and some more pictures

2008-10-14T18:07:00.004-06:00

I promise my next post wont be about Regan but I couldn't resist showing her off some more!!

1st Sunday

posing

this how Reagan and Tim spend most of their time together, napping

cuddling with Aunt Jocelyn

we took her to get her one month pictures taken in this outfit.

4 weeks old!

2008-10-09T15:19:00.007-06:00

Can you believe it, it's been 4 weeks since Reagan has joined our family! Here are some more cute pictures of her, we just can't get enough!

with her cousin Mimi

loving life

how cute is she!!!!

hanging out with big brother

a rare moment that she's actually sleeping in her

own bed. (i'm a sucker and usually let her sleep with me!)

2008-10-03T18:36:00.001-06:00

we have not posted in a while, it is Jasmines fault. I have been busy with all of my new fatherly duties.

Reagan takes a bath

2008-09-20T21:08:00.004-06:00

Well today was bath day for Reagan. She did a wonderful job at getting cleaner even though I did most of the work. I love the way she smells afterward. Way better than what she smelled like before I changed her diaper earlier today. She did pee on the towel that we had her on but don't worry everyone, I used Jasmine's towel.

Speaking of peeing on the towel...

We took her to the doctor and when she was being weighed (for which the baby has to be naked) she started to pee and poop all over the scale. Let's just say she wasn't as heavy afterwards! The doctor said that she is doing really good. She has another appointment in about a week and a half. We will keep you all updated.

In the meantime look at these!

Welcome my new Baby Belle-uga into this world!

2008-09-14T21:42:00.004-06:00

Reagan Belle Masias was born on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 10:32 AM. She weighed an astounding 9 lbs 3 oz and measured 21.5 inches long.

We had an induction scheduled on Tuesday at 8 AM and we were told to call the hospital to make sure that they had enough space for us and when we did we were told that we had to wait because they had too many moms in labor. They told us to call back at 10 AM to see if there was any improvements, so we did and they were still full. This continued to happen every couple hours until 4:00 PM when they called us and said that we could come in. The nurse also said that we could not bring anybody that was pregnant and if we saw anyone pregnant in the parking lot of the hospital we needed to run them over. Come to find out on Monday they had 16 moms in labor at the hospital and were over capacity.

So we finally went in on Tuesday at 5 PM and Jasmine got induced around 6. Here is the timeline.

6:00 PM: Jasmine induced

7:00 PM: Tim's dinner time

8:00 PM: We watched Wipe Out on TV

9:00 PM: Matt has a hard time staying awake

10:00 PM: Jasmine begins to really hurt

11:00 PM: Matt and Jasmine's mom go home and Jasmine asks for an epidural

11:45 PM: Jasmine finally gets epidural after being forgotten about

12:15 AM: Tim leaves Jasmine alone in her pain and goes to bed

1:30 AM: Jasmine gets her water broken by nurses and Tim wakes up due to noise

1:35 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a meager 4

2:15 AM: Tim falls back asleep

6:00 AM: Jasmine is dilated to a 9 and Tim wakes up

8:15 AM: Doctor arrives and says that it is go time

8:30 AM: The pushing begins

8:35 AM: The baby crowns and we see brown hair

8:45 AM: The pushing continues

9:00 AM: The pushing continues

9:15 AM: You get the picture

10:15 AM: Pushing has not gone anywhere and Dr. asks Jasmine if she wants help

10:16 AM: Jasmine says heck yes!

10:20 AM: Dr. gets forceps

10:32 AM: Baby is born

It was not an easy time for Jasmine at all but she did it and she did an amazing job. She really taught me a thing or two about what it means to be strong! I cannot believe all of the hard work it took.

It was not an easy labor for the baby either. She was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck 2 times and she also swallowed meconium so the staff immediately had tubes down her throat sucking all the crap out (no pun intended) of her. Poor thing. She was place on Jasmine's chest for only a matter of seconds before we had to take her to the Newborn ICU. She was place under an oxygen helmet for about 12 hours and was given an IV for nurishment. We could not hold her that whole time. She recovered from her breathing problem overnight and another day or so later she was off of her IV. We finally got to have her in our room with us on Friday morning which was also the day that we left the hospital. The first night that we spent with Reagan was on Friday night at home. That story can be saved for another post but I will say that I have never been more worried about something so bad in my life.

I really understand what a blessing this baby is to our little family. I have fallen in love with her and I must admit that she already has me wrapped around her beautiful finger. She is the most precious treasure that I have in my life and I am sure that Jasmine would say the same thing. This last week or so has made me realize how great blessing my family is to me and how much I love my them. I am a dad!

Nursery!!

2008-09-05T15:29:00.004-06:00

Well last night we finally got the rest of the furniture for the baby's room so it is now complete...well almost, we have a few more things to put up on the walls but overall it's done!

I must say Tim worked really hard in here and did all the painting and put up all the cute vinyl animals that my friend Ashley made for us. Tim also put all the furniture together and all of this without me having to "nag" him! Tim got me the rocking chair for my birthday.

Here is the proof that Tim did the work (with some help from Matt)!

Fire Man Tim

2008-09-05T14:30:00.002-06:00

At work today we had the pleasure of hosting the firefighters from the West Valley Police Department. They showed us their software as well as all of their toys. Here is a picture of me driving the firetruck. I am actually not driving it but I got to sit there. I also held the hose. That was not as easy as it looks.

French Friends

2008-09-02T20:19:00.002-06:00

We recently had a visit from some friends from my mission in France. Their names are Magloire and Darlene. They came to the States on vacation last month. I am really glad that they stopped by. I asked them what they wanted to do during the day and Darlene said that she wanted to see the Great Salt Lake and I wanted to take them to the Box Elder County Rodeo in Tremonton that night. What is more American than the Great Salt Lake and a rodeo???

I decided to go out to Antalope Island on the way up to Tremonton. It was about 15 minutes and $9.00 out of our way and when we got there we could hardly open our car doors without passing out from the smell. We eventually made it out to take some pictures and then we shook the bugs off and climbed back into the car. Unfortunatly, we did not shake all of the flies. Jasmine was pretty sick after our small adventure.

Later that night while at the rodeo some of Jasmine's relatives thought that it would be nice to have the rodeo clown announce to the arena that they Magloire and Darlene were in the crowd attending their first rodeo all the way from Africa and France. Poor Magloire thought that the rodeo clown was calling him down to the arena (because he couldn't understand) so he refused to stand up. He was quite embarassed. I think that they had a good time and so did we. Here are some pictures to prove it.

7 More Days At Most

2008-09-02T20:02:00.004-06:00

Well I am officially sick of Jasmine...being pregnant. She is getting on my nerves day in and day out. Just kidding everyone. She has been a magnificent pregnant lady. She is staying very active with Matthew and I.

I wanted to write a quick blurb and let you all know that Jasmine and I went to the doctor today for her last appointment before her due date on Sept. 6. Good news, the doctor said that we are going to have our baby at least by next Tuesday. We set an appointment for her to be induced that day so if she doesn't come by choice we are going to force her out.

We will post baby news as it comes in...

This is the last pregnancy picture of Jasmine that I am going to post. This is her at 39 weeks and 3 days along, or should I say a-wide!!!!!!!

I should be sleeping!!!!

2008-08-31T05:09:00.003-06:00

So it's a little after 5 in the morning and I've been up for awhile laying in bed feeling frustrated that i can't sleep because my mind is racing!! On average I get up about 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom or switch positions because I feel like my hip is going to detach itself from my body, sounds awesome, I know!
Tim and I went to a birthing class yesterday (this is probably why I can't sleep) and to be honest it kinda freaked me out. I thought it would be a really good experience for Tim and I to get ready for the baby but half way through the class when we were dismissed for a lunch break I was highly considering not going back for the second half. Tim was trying to make me feel better and tell me I was tough and I could do this but I'm feeling like a pansy right now. Where's a stork when you need one?! OK I'm done being a baby!
The nursery still isn't ready, we finally got the crib and set it up but we are still waiting for the dresser and rocking chair that we ordered to come in, we're quite the procrastinators. At least she has a bed and the Tim painted the room and it turned out really cute, I'll get pictures posted of that later, I'm too lazy at this unearthly hour to walk back upstairs to get the camera!
Well I feel tired again so I'm going to try to go back to sleep!
Only one official week left! (we'll say two as I know this baby isn't coming on time!)

Baby Shower

2008-07-25T15:23:00.005-06:00

Jasmine recently had her first baby shower. If you were not invited it is because Jasmine asked that you not be. I told you all that she has been more mean since she swelled up. No it was very nice of my sister and my mom to celebrate our baby girl with a nice party. We thank everyone for all the nice stuff that we received. We also thank you in advance for the gifts that you still need to go out and buy. Jasmine has been doing really good. The baby is healthy and growing and we are busy getting things ready for her arrival. My brother and his wife are expecting as well and that is why there is a pink and a blue diaper cake. They shared their shower.

Lagoon Day!!!!!!

2008-07-06T20:31:00.002-06:00

We were blessed to be able to go to Lagoon a couple of weekends ago. I was blessed but I think Jasmine was being punished. Since she became prego she really has not been able to enjoy the finer things in life such as Lagoon. She was able to get into the park and watch us ride rides. She was a good sport. She brought her book The Host by the acclaimed author, and Jasmine's new idol Stephenie Meyer. I think that she read over half the book. Her sister Jessy was also there and she is pregnant as well so while they compared belly sizes Matt and I had a lot of fun.

Matt was really happy to be able to go on all of the big kid rides. The only one that he would not I mean could not go on was the Rocket. He was a couple inches too small. I was suprised to find out that he could go on the rest. His first ride of the day was the White Roller Coaster. He was scared out of his mind. After the ride was over he said, "that ride just gave me a heart attack". He also went on the new ride called Wicked!!! He thought that it was pretty wicked. He and I had front seats on the Collosus. He took that ride better than the White Roller Coaster. At the end of the night we asked which ride he liked the most and he said the White Roller Coaster. We went on it 2x.

We had a fun time. I might have to take him to Frightmares. I love Lagoon.

Texas Rangers and SHOOPA TOBY

2008-05-28T07:20:00.005-06:00

Well I thought since Jasmine made the attempt to write which actually turned out really good I thought that I would put a few words in...

Here is a picture of the Texas Rangers Ballpark in Arlington TX. I went to the game with a thousands of people except I did not know any of them so I sat by myself. It was a pretty fun experience nonetheless. I spent $12 on the ticket, $12 on the parking and $12 on a freaking hot dog and a coke but the time I had by myself in the upper deck was priceless. I left at the 6th inning. The game actually went into extra innings but I missed it. I should have stayed for the 7th inning stretch. Oh well, there will be more trips.

Now for "Super Toby" or as Matt says it, "SHOOPA TOBY". Matt has a cape that he wears that I thought would look better on Toby.

THE LATEST AND GREATEST

2008-05-27T18:24:00.003-06:00

On Friday Matt had his kindergarten graduation, he will be officially moving on into the world of ALL DAY SCHOOL!!!! He's pretty excited so we wont burst his bubble!
This summer he will be able to stop going to day care, his Aunt Jocelyn has so graciously agreed to watch him which will be very helpful to us as well as give him some quality play time with his cousins.

Jasmine had her latest doctor's appointment last week which was for an echocardiogram to check that the baby wouldn't be born with heart problems like me. Everything looks good so far which we are very happy about and the doctor said she was just as cute as can be, which is something we already knew!

We went and registered at Baby's R Us this weekend which ended up being more overwhelming than we were expecting. How do you know what to buy???? i.e. brand, color, on a scale of cuteness?? We will also be registering at Target so hopefully we'll be better at it the second time around! Overall we are just excited about this whole experience and can't wait to have our new edition join our "stupid awesome" family! (anyone watch How I Met Your Mother to get "stupid awesome"?)

BABY BUMP 22 Weeks

2008-05-10T22:36:00.000-06:00

Well Jasmine finally decided to show a bump. We are very excited to get this baby out of her. I think that she is more excited than I am though. This dress is also a maternity dress that we had to buy because she is now putting on the pounds. From now on I have limited her to only shopping at the DI for her "new" things. MOO MOO TIME!!!!! Needless to say she is super excited but who wouldn't be, she gets to wear a moo moo. (you all know I will try them on too.)

No really we are really looking forward to this baby. I am looking forward to painting her room and building her crib with my bare hands.

This just in...

Jasmine will not let me build anything for the baby. Looks like we have to buy the crib now.

It has been fun to see Jasmine grow. We are now able to see the baby move when we look at Jasmine's belly. She is quite the dancer.

Don't tell Jasmine that I told you this but I think that the pregnancy is making her more mean to me. I could use all of your support. Please send help!!!!! No, she has been a real trooper and I appreciate her doing this for our baby and I. I love her.

Have you met Toby?

2008-05-10T22:24:00.000-06:00

Well here is a not so flattering picture of myself and Toby, or as I like to call him My Baby Boy, or as Jasmine likes to call him, Stupid Dog I Wish You Would Just Run Away, or as Matt likes to call him, TOBE.

I guess I fell asleep while trying to avoid having to make our dinner, which inevitably turned out worse since I did not help. As I was sleeping Jasmine took this picture. I like how Toby rested his butt against my head. I had the best 20 minutes of sleep a guy could ask for. Thanks Toby.

That's My Girl

2008-05-03T23:13:00.000-06:00

Well here is the latest and greatest from the new addition. We recently went to the doctor's office and had an ultra-sound done to check the baby's health and also to see if we were having a boy or a girl. You all know from the post before of how this turned out but we thought we would post a few pics of the baby.

MY BABY, BABY IS A SUPERMODEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Baby, Baby

2008-05-01T08:02:00.000-06:00

Well here is what you all have been waiting for. Jasmine and I went to the doctor last month and we got to find out what kind of baby that we are having (that is how I usually say it). Jasmine and I have talked about if we wanted a boy or a girl for a while before she was actually pregnant. Both of us, if I remember correctly, wanted to have a baby girl. So the day we went to the doctor I wore a pink shirt. To be honest, I really didn't think about the pink shirt until we arrived but it was like wearing a Jazz shirt at the Jazz game if you catch my drift. I was rooting for a little girl even if it was subconsciously.

So here is how it all went down.

1. Ultrasound Tech was late.
2. We were nervous.
3. Jasmine almost fainted.
4. The goo for her belly was not cold.
5. Jasmine was happy.
6. I flirted with the Ultrasound Tech.
7. The Ultrasound Tech loved it.
8. Saw some baby pics.
9. Found out the baby looked normal.
10. Waited with anticipation.
11. Found out what kind of baby we are having.
12. It is a girl!!!!!!!!!!
13. Pink shirt worked.
14. I teared up.
15. Jasmine cried.
16. Jasmine got sick.
17. The Tech made Jas lay on her side.
18. I flirted a little more with the tech.
19. She still loved it.
20. The end.

P.S. I will post pictures really soon.

Matthew -- Who is he?

2008-04-28T17:31:00.000-06:00

Well as most of you know, Jasmine and I have taken in our nephew who's name is Matthew. He is quite the character and is a good addition to our home. He is a pretty rowdy boy. He is 6 years old and he is in kindergarten here at the local elementary school that is only a short walk from our house. Matthew really enjoys playing with his so called brother Toby who is our DOG. THE DAWG. Toby gets to sleep in Matt's room at night which really gives Jasmine and I a break to ourselves. BOW CHICA WOW WOW.

Matt wanted to tell you a bit about himself...

Favorite Person: TIMOTHY MASIAS!!!!!

Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese with hotdogs mixed in (That is my fault)

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Superhero: SUPERMAN

Favorite Movie: 300 just kidding, It is The Lion King

Favorite Cartoon: Sponge Bob Square Pants

Favorite Sports: Baseball, Basketball

Favorite Sports Team: Utah Jazz, BYU (of course)

Favorite Hotty: Jasmine, oh wait that is mine.

Favorite Subject: Recess, girls, oh wait that one was also mine.

Favorite Fruit: Sheldon Masias, and Pineapples

Matt also enjoys going to church and school and loves to be around his family and friends. He really likes to ride his bike and scooter outside when it is warm. He has a become very talented pooper scooper.

He is also a baseball player. He plays on a local pro team here in Eagle Mountain, his team is called the Panthers. They are currently in 1st place just like the rest of the teams. He has the very best coach who pitches great. His coach is named Tim.

These are our friends

2008-04-14T15:09:00.000-06:00

Stotts (to me Daniel to you) and Laci. Stotts was a companion of mine during my mission to Belgium. We were the worst of friends and the best of friends. He didn't like the way I acted and I didn't like how he smelled. I always told him that after our missions I knew that we were going to be good friends but on the mish. for the most part was a different story. Although there were the rare occasions that he let the real Danny out. For example, in one of my other areas of my mission he was a ZL and he and I were on splits. I told him that we had some rotten fruit in our apartment and we needed to through it out. He was all sorts of excited when he found out that I meant out our window to hit a billboard covered with a not so modest model looking over us. He enjoyed himself so much that he started to throw our good fruit.

He also threw a plant at me once. He'll never make that mistake again.

Anyway, here we are six years later just as I predicted. He and Laci came to town from Chicago to see their family.

She is pregnant

2008-03-16T09:51:00.000-06:00

On January 5th, 2008 we found out that we are having a baby! Jasmine is 15 weeks pregnant and over most of the 1st trimester sickness. We find out on April 11th what we will be having. I am hoping for a baby girl. I think that is what Jasmine wants as well. We are very excited and will keep everyone updated as to how things are going.

A LITTLE ABOUT US

2007-07-03T01:41:00.000-06:00

Jasmine and I have been married for about 2 1/2 years and it has been pure bliss, well for me it has. Jasmine works for a company called Maggie Sottero and I work for Zions Bank. We have a dog (Toby) and a cat (Charlie) and they're our only friends...except for you both.