Introducing...(drum roll please...) Jovie Shay Kimball

Wow...you know why I've been absent for the last week and then some...this past week my husband Blake and I had our first baby- we had a girl- Jovie Shay Kimball (pronounced JOE-VEE) ...and if you're wondering if I'm a huge Bon Jovi fan...no, I am not THAT butt rock. We liked the name of the girl in the movie "Elf"- that is where we got it from. Plus it is a shortened version of Jovial (meaning happy- which suited our situation). Her middle name is a tribute to our mothers by combining their names- Shauna and Kay= Shay! Just FYI.

Jovie was born 8/28/08 (last Thursday) at 9:57 pm, weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and 21 inches long. Her birth story to follow...


There have been some pretty awesome times in my lifetime...especially ones while livin in Provo (For memories sake)- I didn't think my summer of 2001 could be topped (being unemployed- going camping at Squaw Peak- making crepes for "the boys", going to the Lama Festival at the Hari Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, sleepovers at Kent's house, Musikfest being changed from Sunday to Thursday in observance of the Sabbath, rendezvous with Sarah to every Taco Bell in the valley to see which ones still carry Cheesy Gordita Crunches and Mountain Dew Code Red, getting practically drowned by Micah "The Alpha Male" while playing "ball" at the pool, driving Larry and 63s scooters around the roundabout on Center Street while not letting cars enter, prank calls at Ab-dogg Crom-dogg by Larry listening to Cher's "Do You Believe in Life After Love", going to Park City and riding the alpine slide, endless nights playing Phase 10, weekends at JT's warehouse playing murder in the dark, Provo dance parties, road trips to Vegas with Sarah on a whim and SO...MUCH...MORE...)

Then when I met my husband while on a road trip to Arizona (to where I'd never been before and sworn I'd never go back since I hate the heat!) and then got married to 7 months later....I thought that was pretty amazing too...

And then trying to have kids for 3 years with no avail and miraculously getting pregnant before starting fertility treatments....that just about topped the amazing list for me...




But now that Jovie is here with us she has truly been the rainbow after the storm for us. She was actually born when it was storming outside- and the day we left the hospital was saw a beautiful rainbow! She is a beautiful little spirit brought to us and we just love her to pieces. I never thought I could love someone SO much...I'm sure you parents (or aunts and uncles- if you don't have kids of your own) can understand what I mean. It's a different kind of love you have for your spouse...it truly is just amazing! She is the most calm baby ever- she very rarely cries and is just the sweetest. From the tiny fingers, toes, smiles, stretches, yawns, sneezes, burps, twitches, cries, wimpers, stares, grunts, and holding of fingers- she is THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED!



So with all that being said, here is a lovely song, by a lovely band- a tribute to my "beautiful rainbow" Jovie (our little Jo Jo). (login=musikfest, password=yonkers)

The Elected
Beautiful Rainbow

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PS-For extra listening pleasure- in case you don't already have this... which you should...


The Flaming Lips
Do You Realize?

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With love,

Blake, Mandy, and Jovie Kimball