a day of blessing ~

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January 6, 2012 - Roka's Blessing Day

So grateful for my wonderful husband being able to bless sweet Roka!  All who were in the circle:

Grumps (Grandpa Raymond)
Papa (Grandpa Gibbons)
Dave Callister
Michael Gibbons
Eric Larsen
Luke Flinders
Ben Raymond
Justin Chidester
Dave ZoBell
Bishop Matthew Chidester

It was so fun to have family there!  My dad bore his testimony about Great-Grandpa Tingey (I'm pretty sure it was him... i'll have to double check) who served a mission in New Zealand and met a sweet Maori girl named Roka - named his daughter Roka, and now my baby is Roka!  Guy also bore a sweet testimony.  I love my family!  





We had crepes at the studio afterwards (thanks to my family members!  Namely Lucie, Momma Ray, Megan, Aymee, and Cha - and their spouses :).  Here are some of the decorations -


and here is the sweet pea herself.  Mimi (Lucie Gibbons) made her BEAUTIFUL flower she is wearing.  A great day to be thankful!


Roka Lee has so many nicknames like such as :

Sniglet
Snig
Tika (the twins - Lucie and Lily - can't say Roka, so they say Tika)
Roka Boca

can't think of the other ones.  i'll put them down when i remember.

and ... she's 1 MONTH OLD!

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Roka is 1 month old!  Can't believe it.  Time sure is flying by.  She is getting so big!  I swear she was posing for these pictures.  She was being SO good, just looking at the camera and staying still.  Or, as you can see -  her princess pose (the pink picture).  She stayed in that position for a little while, and giving us some gems.  What a cutie!

Today it snowed like 15 inches.  It is freezing outside.  Since we could not drive anywhere with the awful weather, we had to think of how to take the pictures at home.  So, these pictures are brought to you by the help of cheap equipment at our own apartment.  Guy used his camera, and we used a light bought from walmart  covered with a white shirt.  She is laying on a cheap green sheet - you'd never know with my husbands magic!

Sweet Roka Lee**

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 Our sweet Roka Lee came to us on December 11, 2012.  Her due date was 12/8/12, so she was waiting to come on her daddy's birthday (her ultrasound on the first doctor's visit said she'd come 12/12/12, so we don't really know if she came "early" or "late").


right after she was born - when they put her on me.  They originally put her a lot lower than that, but she used her strong leg muscles to crawl up me!  She finally stopped when she had her cute head nestled into my neck.  She is a snuggler already!  She was 6 lbs, 14 oz, and 20.5 inches.  Long, skinny, and super cute!



                                      daddy finishing cleaning after giving Roka her first bath.





taking her home 12/12/12 in her cute outfit that is too big for her! :)  I love her to death.  She is the cutest thing in the world.  We are so blessed to have such a beautiful princess!

11/25/11 - 11/25/12

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                                               WOWZERS - what a handsome man!


Happy Anniversary to my love!  We have been married one whole year.  What a great thing!  I woke up to the yummiest breakfast in bed, and a single beautiful red rose.  I love having our Anniversary around Thanksgiving.  We get to focus on all the things we are grateful for, and what an amazing blessing it is to be married to your best friend!  I am excited for many more anniversary's to come.  I love you, Guy Richey!

If you ask a vampire where they're from, they should tell you "Farmington, UT"

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Did I mention how much I LOVE to teach piano?  I love seeing things click and my students being able to read music better and progress!  I wish I could teach all day long.

I am getting SO PREGNANT!!!!
31 Weeks and 4 days pregnant (today)


Guy claims I don't look pregnant from behind, so he took a picture to show me. - I definitely don't look like what I used to, let's just say that (been packin on the lbs! 21 to be exact).
(I just really love those cute boots Guy bought me on our honeymoon last year!)


This week has already been awesome.  For those who don't know, I get the opportunity to watch 4 little girls (usually not at the same time due to school and such) most week days.  They are SO SO cute.  I've been getting to spend some extra time with Olivia (2nd oldest) since Ava goes to school later, Sophie naps, and Ivy usually is just a sleepin' cute baby.  Olivia has been telling me the most AMAZING stories such as how vampires exist and where they came from.  Apparently, they are from Farmington, Utah.  They come from a different "Earth."  It was WAY more elaborate than that, I just don't remember it because it was making zero sense.  Amazing I tell you.  I get to hear awesome stories like this every day.  


             This is on Family Night (Monday) about to go sing for a family (friends of the Gibbons).

Bon "Kuy Kuy"

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Today we had our Dr. Appointment!  Listen to this . . . our appointment was set for 3:30, and we didn't see the doctor until 5:15!  We got to the office at 3:10 - 3:15 ish, so we literally WAITED for two hours to see our doctor (by the way, the office closes at 5 so there wasn't even anyone there except for us). All she personally did was check our baby's heartbeat which takes about two seconds, so let's just say that didn't make me very ecstatic to be waiting that long for a two second thing.  This same thing happened last go 'round, so we're going to get a midwife in SLC.  Highly recommended :)  We're so excited to finally be taken care of!

 I got a flu shot today, along with Guy, and it was a lot better than I thought.  Just a quick little poke, and then it was done!  Thank goodness!  Apparently, when I get the flu shot, it enters my blood stream and my baby's bloodstream, so she essentially is getting the flu shot without having to actually get it (which is good because she won't be allowed to have one when she's born anyways . . . too tiny and cute!).

I can't even wait to have our baby girly.  We currently don't know what to name her!!!!! AHHH!!!!  We are going through names like crazy.  We can't talk about names without joking how hilarious it would be naming our child names like such as:

 - Lieutenant Santa Claus Gibbons
 - Kuy (pronounced like Bon Qui Qui) Gibbons
 - Jumbalaya Gumbo Gibbons (classic)
 - Guy (french pronunciation) Buttersnaps Gibbons
 - Shoelace Gibbons
 - Robama Gibbons
 - Garbagecan Gibbons
 - Eugenia Olga Gibbons
We can't get through a "what shall we name our baby" conversation without a name like this coming up and then us laughing about how amazing that would be, then the conversation ends without any groundbreaking.

WISH US LUCK.


                                                                     30 WEEKS


So... I am 30 weeks and 5 days pregnant today.  I thought to myself that I should probably post my 30 week picture before I am 31 weeks( which will be in 2 days :)  so...   here it is!  (30 week mark was last saturday)

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