Mama bird

I think i am now in that they call the "nesting" stage! That darned nesting stage.

I have the urge to BUY EVERYTHING! I want it all! Shelves, cribs, colors, and more and more and more! Obviously I dont need it all but I want it all. Ha. I went and picked up all the stuff from Kristin's and now we have a full closet of things for her. I cant wait!

So... for Christmas Juan and I thought long and hard on what we wanted to give Andrea. She is my baby sister after all and she means the world to us. So after talking it out we decided that we were giving her a ring with our babies name engraved inside. She would be the very first to know babies full name. We made her a card. and along with the ring we gave her a card that informed her that we wanted her to be babies Godmother. Ok.. so I know that we are not Italian, but.... I love this idea and I wanted to do it with each of my kids sense I was  younger. It doesnt mean that she will be responsible of her if we die, but it means that we want her to be a spiritual guider for baby. The one that baby will go to for spiritual guidance. Andrea would be in charge of planning out the baby blessing, baptism, and be there for all of babies big things. She loved it!! and I couldnt have asked for a better sister!

So... now that she knows the name I can announce it ...... and .... its...... baby Makaila Callait Diaz de Leon. Juan wants to call her Kai (ky) and I want Callait. We will see who wins. haha but that is what she will be called.

Now that we have her name I want to find the letters to put on her wall.... Where does one find those? ive looked and cant find some that im in love with yet. We want just white. no colorful ones, just white white. If anyone knows where to get them let me know!
We have colors picked out and crib picked out and name picked out... so we are on our way to beign ready for Makaila to come home! 4 months left!!!!! yay!!!

Yours Truly

Good tithings to all

I was being so good at this blogging thing until I got preggos and now I'm terrible, my apologize.

But as for updates
Well... living with the in laws has been nice. Im really grateful for them and all they do for us sense they really didnt have to do all this for us. They are awesome.

I had to quit jetblue, I couldnt do both. My job at alpine air was in trouble so I had to just stick to one for now. But im thinking about finding something small during the day around here somewhere close to home. traveling all the way to slat lake was a little to much and the weather is bad this year around.

Juan has been working well his on break at this dog resort by the house. Im fully jealous of him. He gets to play and feed dogs all day long!! ummm is there a better job?? So he has been busy as well with his that.

One of Lindas puppies we got to keep... Our in laws wanted a puppy so we ended up gifting him to them. He is soooo super cute! but he is a wild thing. Now that we live together I get to try and train him a little which is fun, but I miss my layla mae. I cant wait for the day that I can take her with me to our home where ever that might be.

pregnancy is sooo much better! no complaints really... last night was a little rough. I had serious pains on the lower part which seemed like contractions but I dont actually know how contractions feel like. But other than that. I can now eat, im not as tired all the time, and my head aches are at a minimal. I just can bend down as easy now days. And the kicking!!!! omg the kicking is incredible. I told Juan that she will be like him sense she is constantly awake and kicking. But its beautiful. She is my baby so I couldnt be any happier.

Christmas was a blast! We were able to spend time with both families and open present with both. Baby got tuns of things which I am so grateful for because as a mommy now that is all i want
I still haven't gotten Juan his gift but his birthday is the 5 of January so I figure ill give myself a little more time and do all presents at once. Im still trying to figure out the perfect present!
At the end of all our christmas fun I am just so grateful that we have this amazing and strong family that we do. My loving and supportive parents and his giving and understanding parents. Baby is super blessed to be coming to tihis family and I am so super excited to have her here with me next year!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Truly

Working hard? or hardly working???

O man I hate that saying....
Working hard??? or hardly working????
Its annoying...


But... here is why I say..
I got a job. Another job.
I had applied at Jetblue Airlines about a month ago, and I got the job!!!
I was thinking of quitting my job right now. Working at night is slightly a bumber. And hubby wanted me to quit and find a normal job.
So before just up and quitting, I found a new job.
The more I thought about it though, I realized how much this job benefits US right now.

*Side note:

I AM SOOOOO PROUD OF HUBBY!!! Im lucky. I know that everyone says that about their spouse, but im seriously lucky lucky lucky. He is so hard working and does his best to be his best. He is doing so good in school and with finals around the corner he has been working so hard. He just got chosen to be the TA for his dentist class which is hard to get. And His GPA is high so if he gets A's this semester then we are almost there to being able to go to any dentist school he wants. And what does he want??


U of U!!!! YES!!
they just opened a new dentist school!!
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO
You have no idea how amazing that is!!!
Now the pressure is on to get good grades and get accepted..
So wish us luck!! **

Anyway my job helps us right now. And once baby is here I think it will be nice. Juan will be home at night obviously and can tend to baby and I will be home days so no babysitter or day care. I still work, he still goes to school and all is well :)
But I decided I want to at least do the training for Jetblue and then decide what I want to do.
Jet blue would be nice. I work from home and get great benefits with amazing free tickets to where ever they fly! Sucky part is training in Salt Lake for a full month :( but hey ill make it work!

well that is my update for now! all is well

Yours truly 

baby baby baby!

O boy...

Actually o Girl!!

Yep its for sure its a girl. :) I had gone in for an ultrasound at 16 weeks just so I could find out early, but I didnt want to make it public until we got out "real" doctors appointed ultrasound to make sure. She is a little baby papaya girl right now.
She is developing well and is an amazing kicker. Her head is positioned down now and I think it might be getting tight in there sense I can feel her pushing up against my tummy (giving hubby a good laugh to see me belly all lopsided) Its been super exciting to start preparing for baby gal. Buying clothes, looking at cribs, deciding on cribs, and figuring out her name....

How do you decide????
I cant even decide what to eat most days...
let alone baby D name!

I like different names, hubby hates different names
We need a name that sounds good in Spanish and English
And I feel a sense of pressure to decide soon before someone else takes the name we want.

But here is what we have decided...

• colors!! yay!

Im in LOVE with gray, 

Gray with aqua blue

gray with peach

gray with yellow

you name it! GRAY!

So obviously given that I am obsessed with gray, I chose a soft pallet of light pink, peach, and gray. 

• Crib! We know what we want finally, after looking for ever!

We are going with the light walls (not sure if white or light peach) 

and the cool gray color of this crib. 

I like the simple look of no bumper or stuff.. so I want just a white cute girly blanket and a peach 

sheet with some cute stuffed animal of sorts. 

As for a name... we have a small list of a handful we like. Cant decide what one I like the most yet. 

Zoee is my middle name and everyone seems to like that. 

Mae has always been my favorite middle name. 

Makayla/ Mikyla sound good in both Spanish and English so our families can pronounce it. 

and Caillat.. Yes like Colbie Caillat... But just Caillat. 

I might spell it differently... maybe not. but so far that is what we both can agree on. 

Funny though. We have agreed on a boy name. haha even though Its not a boy but for our boy we have it picked out. I cant tell so that nobody takes it. But we have agreed on his name :) 

Well that is baby up load for now. Cant wait to get baby out of the tummy and into our arms! 

Yours Truly,

lights!!!

Can anyone believe that Christmas is a month away??? Its crazy to think that this year went by this fast, yet so many things have changed this year. There is actually more changes this year then in an other year in my life! 2012 was an epic year.

So thanks to all those who had nice things to say to me after my last post. Its so nice to know that there are other people who have felt the same way I have. So thanks guys. things are much better.

Anyway in preparation for Christmas Juan and I went with my family to River Woods in Provo for the turning on of the lights. Which was amazing fun may I add. 

Thinking about what to give to everyone is slightly overwhelming. But I figure we have to time to do some shopping. 

Juan is out of school for the week for Thanksgiving break so it will be nice to spend quality time together preparing for the holidays, baby, and.... 

Moving..

Yep we are moving... 

We love our home and we are sad to move but after a lot of praying and talking Juan and I decided that moving back to Orem is best for our little family. So until we find our place in Orem we are moving in the the In-laws. It will be nice to be close to home and to spend that time with the family. 

Baby-

Baby is ether going to be a pro-boxer or pro-soccer player cuz my womb is always moving. I love feeling all the movement but my goodness, baby wont sit still very often. Doctor says heart beat is good and that growing baby seems fine. So that is good news. I have been losing weight each month which seems odd sense my tummy is getting bigger and bigger. but I get the feeling ill be gaining it all back really really soon.

Thanksgiving is around the corner yay! My parents should be going to Arizona so we will be spending it with the in-laws this year. 

Well in anycase, all is well for now. 

Yours Truly, 

Baby news? I think yes...

How long has it been???
Dont know, but its been a while.
Sorry.

So here is the quick up dates...

• Pregnancy is scary and hard
• Im happy for Thanksgiving
• Having parents and In-laws close is nice
• and I really want my dog

That was quick enough right?

Great news though: we are half way there!!! yep yep yep! HALF WAY THERE!!!!! 20 weeks gone and hopefully a little less then 20 weeks to go! Its been a rough 20 weeks. People told me about the morning sickness and how I would get tired, but nobody told me just how hard this is.

I expected the sickness and being tired. I figured I was going to gain weight. I knew that I would have all these things. But Nobody told me just how hard it would be emotionally  Which then scares me because I think "maybe they didnt tell me because its not normal.. Im not normal"
Ive been nervous to share my experience on the blog  because it seems like im missing the "glow". Hence the absence. I havent really talk to mom or hubby or anyone for that matter about it. So this seems like a good place to vent a little.

Dont get me wrong, Im super excited for baby to come! I am so in love with baby already and can only imagine what life will be like when baby is tucked in under a blanket next to daddy and me as we watch T.V. or read or just sit and watch the sleeping infinite that will be ours. But that aside its been hard... emotionally.
My body is changing.. and its sometimes hard to except that it just is. Sometimes hubby wants to hold my tummy and I struggle with being ok in letting that happen. Which then makes him think I dont want him to touch me. Which then makes us both feel... lonely.
Im sick a lot. Im usually very active. Ok I dont like to work out, but I am always doing something. And being sick I have no option but become a sitting lump on the bathroom floor. I work 1 am to 9 am so when I get home hubby is already at school. By the time he arrives home, I have done NOTHING but practice breathing so I dont throw up the prenatal vitamin of the day. Hubby is hungry so I get up to cook... and end up running back to the bathroom. So hubby cooks for himself (Which he does happily) But I sit in the bathroom and become depressed at the thought that I cant cook for him!
I come home after work dead. I am so tired and have just enough energy to make it through the door and crawl into bed. I always lay down thinking that im just going to rest my eyes for a few seconds and then end up waking up at 1 pm in the afternoon. Once again hubby has to cook for himself and on top of that I wake up to the dishes done, laundry done, and even a clean toilet to comfortably throw up in. All done by my amazing and loving hubby! Why does this all not make me happy?? Because I think about how I should be the one doing all this for him. Not him for me. Im sooooo grateful for him, but I feel like an awful wife.
Sense im sick and tired  I figure that getting all prettied up to have a great date with the old toilet is a waist of time. And then again I feel bad for not getting ready as a wife that I should be.
Ok we all know how I got pregnant right? well due to the hard time in having with my body changes, none of that is happening... leaving a gap in our relationship. Im trying to get over this body issue im having but its hard... and poor hubby wants to love me but I wont let him.
SO... after not getting ready, not cooking, not cleaning, and no.. umm... holding hands lets say, Im emotionally drained. Im sad because I feel like the worst wife and then I think about baby... and if ill be a good mommy... and then Im totally broken. I cry and I hide the crying because i feel weak. Then hubby tries to help and I shut down because I dont want to tell him how I feel and then him tell me " well yeah your not doing anything other then sleep in bed and sleep in the bathroom. Try harder"
After a long day of all these "feelings" im officially broken and hubby doesnt know how to help so we get in to bed and we say good night and that concludes our day... with not talking and fighting no nothing. And I feel us growing apart.....

In all this I have to say that I am so so so grateful that I married the man I did. He goes far beyond the call of duty and makes me safe. I dont know of anyone else who would put up with my crazy.

There is obviously days better then today. So sorry to have vented so much but man do I feel better.
Any way this is long and baby is kicking im sure its because sleep is needed :)

Yours Truly,

got lost, but I was found.

HEEELLLLOOOOO!


                               sorry to all for the silence on my part for the past little while, but as it turns out

GROWING A HUMAN IS TIRING

and

CAN MAKE YOU QUIT ILL 

aaaabbbbbouuuttt.....

100% of the time  

So getting out of bed or having energy to give an update has been more difficult then I thought. But im slowly coming out of the morning sickness and gaining more energy. I figure I can now quickly update as Im at work watching "Americas next top model". 

Baby is growing ALOT. It's now 11 weeks, almost out of the first trimester. Its been moving along quickly, but Im nervous that one day the speed will stop and it will be moving in slow motion. grrr not excited for that.

Morning sickness has hit me hard. It comes and goes. Some days I feel like death and others Im fine. 

We went to our first doctors apt. and  all is good. Babies heart is strong and was amazing to hear. Food looks good now. But keeping it down has been a problem. Otter pops are my best friends!!!! They are fantastic! So Juan has stocked up on boxes for winter :) Love that boy. 

Life updates... Titos birthday came and we did our normal tradition, with white balloons, food and family.

  

Much love to uncle Tito, Hope he got his balloons with our notes up in Heaven.

Two days later we celebrated Grandmas B day. 

I planned a nice night at Spark restaurant in Provo. 

(which I LOVE by the way!)

I went to Cupcake Chic and got the cuties 

cupcakes as her cake! They were soooo cute and 

YUMMY!!!!!!

It added to the up scaleness of her party. 

Love you Grandma!! you are gorgeous!

Ill try and update more often. PROMISE :) 

Yours Truly, 

   

our home of love..

so I had promised that I would post pics of our FIRST HOME!!!! yet.. I just hadnt gotten to it.. but here is it! 

Our Casa..

Its where we will be making memories.

Its where baby will come home to in April.

Its my new home. 

Well this is the living room..

Aang the pet fish.. 

So there you have it the living room.. We dont have anything on the walls yet

im not sure what to put up other then a picture of a temple. 

ill post pics of the rest of the house soon.. just haven't gotten to downloading all the pictures yet. but there you have it! 

the baby bump :)

Baby is the size of Blueberry!!!

How far along? 7 Weeks

Total weight gain: 1 POUND!! agg sad day

Maternity clothes? nope obviously not yet

Stretch marks?  no but o man they are my worst fear!

Sleep: Normal 

Best moment this week: Moments that I get to eat 

Miss Anything? sushi.. :(

Movement: not even close

Food cravings: Lime with cucumber, lime with lettuce, lime with anything

Anything making you queasy or sick: MEAT! gag me.  

Gender: Happy with whatever baby is.

Labor Signs: nope nope nope

Symptoms: morning sickness all day, 

Belly Button in or out?  In :)

Wedding rings on or off?  on

Happy or Moody most of the time:  super sensitive. everything makes me cry :(

Looking forward to:  first apt with doctor! 

long week... Morning sickness is soo misleading. Its pretty much all day every day. Poor Juan has been so patient with me, love him.

Just like that it became small...

...I know I've gotten lost for a while, but with making a baby and Juan preparing for this coming semester we have been a little busy.

Not much has happened
Baby is the size of a blueberry
I'm having morning sickness all day lately and on top I am now suffering from a slight cold.
Meat still makes me really sick to even think about (gag)
And lime is still my main food group
I'm sure Layla Mae knows, cuz well visiting she would not get of the belly... and its like this every time I go over.

Dont pay attention to the way I look... ive been sick.

Other then that I'm not at as exhausted as I have been these few weeks
And I can't get enough of baby stuff..
Time is going to fly by so Juan and I have been talking about our to do list
Poor Juan is now going to be out of his office room so we are deciding if we should combine office and nursery or office and bedroom....
I figure that nursery and office might be better, sense baby will probably be in our room for the first few months during the day well baby naps and baby mama tries and gets some rest in there. So....here is the office now.. Simple not much.




Walking in,

The wall the the left,

Wall you see when you walk in,

Closet doors.. Aka storage

And the extra bathroom.

So there it ... It's funny when we moved in we thought that it was big enough for two of us. We live comfturbly. And just like that... It's now small, Juan's short his own space. but I'm full of ideas of how to make it work.  So I'll keep you posted on our fun ventures of baby making and nursery making!

August 18

Today is the marking of the 6th week prego! It's been so crazy to think some little creature is growing inside of me.. But I can feel it. We have yet to tell the parentals. We are trying to hit for tomorrow at dinner, but who knows. I'm scared... I need my mums help, but I don't know if I want to tell everyone yet sense I'm still in danger of a miscarriage. But I figure I'm taking care of myself and I trust the Lord.

This week I have peed more then you can imagine. Baby seems to not like meat... I can't look at it with out feeling sick, I'm tired all the time and my chest hurts.... A lot. But other then that baby is growing.. Wish us luck :)

Yours Truly , 

August 13 post

August 13:

o man. Its been hard to keep baby a secret. Im now 6 weeks ( well according to thebump.com) and im not showing fully, but its starting. Visiting family was funny. im trying to hold it in. but hopefully we can hide this tell the weekend. :) I started my prenatal vitamins today with an extra vitamin of calcium sense I dont drink any milk unless its almond vanilla milk.

I cant stop looking at baby stuff.. this is so not me, but here I am after all. I really really hope its a boy.

Craving include

• Lots of cheese
• Lime!! Cucumber and lime, rice with lime, carrots with lime anything with lime
• Tai food 
• and im thirsty very thirsty.

Baby is the size of and apple seed :) yay baby!

Yours Truly, 

August 11 post

August 11:
It happened.. We were soo not planning for this. We were taking precautions so this wouldnt happen... yet here it is!! I stood outside the bathroom as Juan went in to find out what our future holds.. And it is positive! We are PREGGO!! How?? well I thought the same thing..

Then I realize that...

Havasupai is now a no go next year

Now what??

And then I realize something even  more important..

our lives have changed.

Just like that.

We are now parents

 Doesnt matter that baby is only a mass of cells.

A few min before it was Juan and Ale

And just like that 

its Juan Ale and Baby..

First reaction was to hug baby daddy... Im scared.. how?? Why? He assures me its ok and that we will be fine. He takes a shower and I sit to cry for a moment. Im so not ready to be baby momma. My body isnt ready. But then I compose myself before baby daddy sees me. 

I spent that night scared. I didnt want to talk about it. I didnt want to think about it.. Poor baby daddy was soo excited and here is baby momma sooo not excited.

Then Today August 11 

I woke up and..  

I held my belly.. 

I just grabbed it

and I knew life changed more then I can imagine.

But I knew that for some reason the Lord felt we were ready

No idea why he would think that... 

But he does, other wise he wouldnt send one of his children

to us. 

So I will do the best to prepare now for baby. 

and....

I couldnt be more excited! 

I have been on pinterest all day

Looking at nursery's 

toys

clothes

and all the fun stuff baby will get!

I cant pin yet cuz it will defiantly give it away 

We have already decided how to announce to our parents that they will be grandparents soon! Im writing this day by day to record our happy news but you wont be reading this until later I just hope I can keep my mouth shut until we announce. :) 

Yours Truly,

August 9th

The next few posts will be different. I must write about everything going on, but I cant quit post them  ill be saving them and then once I can post It will be titled on the date that I write them :)

I have been 

EXHAUSTED

like cant get out of bed

EXHAUSTED

like im falling asleep in my bowl of cereal

EXHAUSTED..

I think you get the point... just 

EXHAUSTED!

I am running to the bathroom

A LOT

after eating

after sitting 

after walking

after talking

I need to pee 

ALL THE TIME!!!

My chest hurts..

NO TOUCHY!!

NO HUGS 

NO FUNNY BUSINESS

But I thought.. Im working to much, Im obviously drinking to much, and my period is around the corner. Then something crazy happened..

I got emotional.

I was working with Juan, and we were watching a movie when i looked up at him and BAM!

It happened... I started crying.. just like that. Nothing happened. Nothing to cry about. Yet here I was crying. And whats worse? I CANT STOP IT! 

I look up at Juan and his face of awe makes me laugh! 

So there I am crying and laugh at the same time!

I have no clue why!!! 

I cant control it.

Juan tries to comfort me by hugging me

and the more he tries the more I cry 

and the more I laugh..

It was unbelievable! 

We later where on our way home and we stopped to get a pregnancy test. I was not getting my period and after my emotional out break we knew something was up. 

I left the test on the bathroom counter and stood by the door as Juan walked in to tell me that..... 

Yours Truly,

Cats out of the bag

It is out!!!!! We told... We couldn't keep it in anymore... To exciting. So we told last night. probably one of the scariest moments of my life. We finished church and went and picked Andrea up went to get Layla Mae and went to take our pictures... Thanks drea for your help

We framed the picture with layla  and gave it to mum and dad


They were a little shocked, but I'm soo relieved that they are just as excited as we are.

So now we wait..

And wait...

Mondays post

Mondays are usually a long day. The start of the week.. a long week.. but today was nice. 

Its nice to be able to spend quality time with hubby. we napped and alas we went to shop..

Its shopping Monday. So we went and FINALLY got food for our fridge. Although it was a nice decoration, I thought we might have better us for it if you put food in it. :) 

We stopped and visited family and now we are home. In casa.

Were we now have cable and are watch t.v. together. He is on the Ipad, and I am blogging. 

Its nice to be married. 

Yours Truly,

Let me explain

His hands...

The day I got my endowments was probably one of the most draining days of my life

(as of yet) 

Its no lie when they say that satin in quick to ruin everything

So getting to the Temple that day was 

difficult to say the least.

But once there i was surrounded with my family, my new family, and my fiance (at the time)

because of my tough day I had a 

MASSIVE

head ache... yet there I was. 

I cant explain much about what happened.

There came a time when I held Juan's hand (he couldnt see me) 

Just then my head ache became overwhelming.. 

and I let go to run to the bathroom to throw up.

gross I know..

I felt awful.

I left him there and he might think im running away.

I quickly regained composure and returned to him

I felt awful.

My head was in so much pressure

My voice was shaky,

I felt like crying 

and I still felt like I could throw up at anytime.

...... but I saw his hand stretched out to me

and I grabbed it

The most amazing feeling rushed over me 

He gave me a tight squeeze and I squeezed it back.

For those moments 

as my hand was shaky, he held it tight. 

I knew he wasnt letting go. 

Not ever.

I remember being scared.. 

but those hands took that away that moment. 

I knew I was safe and I would be ok. 

I never told anyone but I felt truly in love with him as I looked down at his hand.

These hands had already done so much! 

They had brushed of dirt when he fell from high places.

They had help mom in all her need

They had written me love notes

They had taken care of Layla when I was out of town

They had served the Lord

They had blessed many people

These hands were holding me up right then. 

These hands would be holding mine in a few days as we said yes to eternity

These hands would hold my hands as we walk side by side on our journey here on Earth

These hands would whip my tears of my face when I cry

These hands would hold my face close to his to kiss me tenderly

These hands would pick me up when I fall

These hands would hug me when I need love

These hands would someday hold our babies as he tells me how beautiful they are

These hands would give a blessing to our kids on the first day of school

These hands would baptize our kids

These hands would pick up after our dog when the kids dont do it

These hands would work hard to provide for our family.

These hands would serve the Lord again and again.

I knew then that those hands would do amazing things!! But the most special thing they will do for me

is be mine. Forever. 

Yours Truly, 

and i like to smile.

Im happy!! Juan is done with this summer semester and Im happy to get to spend time with him now. Its been two months now! i love him and it has been the best two months yet. We have bumps but after it all O how I love him :) Anyways we have some awesome fun news to share with you all but you will have to wait until we know for sure what we are doing... but for now I feel like....

SMILING

ALOT.. 

:) 

Your Truly,

Get to know Layla

I watched African cats one day with my sisters and my mom. I BAWLED like a little girl!! I watched the oldest female lioness as she hunted to feed her pack and as she protected her cub. If you have not watched this movie and you love animals, PLEASE PLEASE go watch. Actually i found the movie for you! But if you just watch 0:34 to 0:39. Laylas courage the love for her pack. She protects her baby. The love.. Here is where Laylas name came from. This is who layla is for our family!

SOOOOOOO...

Layla is in heat!! Anyone who knows me and reads this mindless rant, knows that I love my baby gal mucho!!! So now that she is all grown up (has been for some time), I spent time thinking about her future as a mommy.
I never got her fixed because I had heard sooo many things about fixing a dog. I know about over population so please save your breath on trying to tell me how awful I am for planning on breeding her. I wont try and convince you that you are wrong so please dont try and convince me of your point of view. I love her and would NEVER EVER do anything to harm her! So when people told me about all the awful thing that could happen to her if I didnt fix her.. I thought about the wild.. and if they can live long lives then so can my Layla.

Yet... I dont take breeding lightly. I would never harm Layla. So what if something where to happen?? and sense I love dogs how will I let them go when ready?  how can I make sure they go to the right family?? and the list goes on.

I got layla from a breeder. So she comes from a great background. I got her tested for all health issues 2 months ago including having her hips x- ray. All checks out. not only does health check out but she is the sweetest baby girl I know. She loves us all and she protects us all. Aubry (my sister) cant sleep with out her.. Nina (my handicap sister)  relies on her as a constant companion. I know that her pups will have a personality of their own but I know that they will have the same love for their humans as Layla has for us.

I talked to Juan and we discussed the pros and cones and at the end I asked myself if it was worth it... to which Juan responded " When you have your child will you fill fulfilled?" Me: "Yes" Juan: "then shouldnt she get to feel that once?" ... Wise man.
So after much thought (trust me ALOT of thought) I decided that we will be having pups by December for Christmas!!!

So those of you coming from my post interested in Great Dane pups Hello! I know this was so unconventional  but when I started posting I realized that I had so much to post about this big decision and adventure that KSL was just not enough room for me. Now that you know a Little about Layla Mae and why I have decided to breed her, I am looking for interested people willing to let a loving giant come and spice up their family.Why am I doing this so soon?? Well I want each family to have time to talk it over and come to a decision together. I want each family to have the opportunity to be involved in the process of getting to know their new family member. My grandmas dog had a liter and I tried something new with her pups. I found families before the pups were born and sent them pictures of the mother as her belly grew and of the ultrasound when it came around. I sent weekly pictures of the pups as they each grew. I saw a great success because each family grew attached to their new family member way before they had them home. Both dogs are still in that home because of that bond.
Some might find this silly and funny. sometimes I think so myself. But dogs are not easy. Great Danes are most certainly not easy. I want each family to bond with their pup, and it was such a fun experiences for the kids! so i want to try that again. Therefor I must start early so that each family can start their bond. :)

411 on great danes:

 I must worn you... Great Danes are amazing, but they are work. They eat ALOT and they go to the bathroom ALOT. I want to make sure that each family knows what they are getting into. Please talk to your kids about responsibility before deciding on a dog. Poop must be cleaned, dog must be feed and brushed, dog needs attention and love( not just when they are pups). Training a Dane was easy! (easier then my 5 lbs poodle) but you must start right way!! I trained Layla as a service dog. So I am willing to help you make your pup a permanent member free of charge ( I want what is best I promise) I will spend time training each one  and I will help each family train their pup for a month, but its up to each family to continue that training. The walking, the potty training, the barking, socializing.
 
Please be aware of the commitment you all will be making.

That being said, you will not find a better dog. I love my dane. people ask about her taking up space.. but she is so mellow that I only notice her when people come to visit and she gets happy. Danes are friendly, loving and mellow. They protect their family when they sense danger but Layla except anyone that I except.
If this sounds like something you are interested in you can text me at 801-787-0047 or leave a comment with your email and I will get back to you! I am expecting no less then 5 but most likely 7-9 pups. This will be first comes first serves bases. I am asking for a 150 deposit to hold your pup, but I wont take deposits tell i have done the ultrasound. But please still contact me if you would like to be a part of this so I can put you on the list. And we can start preparing.

If you would like to get to know Layla Mae more I post about her very often. So feel free to read past posts on her.

Layla at vet apt at 5 months

Layla at 2 months the day I picked her up 

 Layla at 2 months

 Layla at 4 months being trained as service dog

after a long hike.... 

Your Truly, 

Colorado... hello!!

Andres is home!! I am so proud of him and I am so happy :)

our trip went great and Juan and I were able to spend our first 

road trip together. 

His home... and all is well

Your Truly,

Smiles on June 9th