New Addition to the Family

Disclaimer: This post is pretty lengthy, feel free to skim :) I mainly did this for family but feel free to read!

Friday Novemebr 7th, 2008 I received a phone call at about 2:30 a.m. from my sister Keitra's husband Isaac (mind you dom and I had only been asleep for about an hour because Dom works until 1 a.m.), but I was really excited! My sister was going into labor and I was going to the hospital with them. The best part was that my one class on Friday had been canceled so I didnt have to skip class :)

I am going to do a little backtracking, Keitra had been having really strong contractions the night before (thursday) and really wanted the baby to come so her and Isaac decided to go on a long walk (keitra had been told by a few co-workers and friends that if you walk around alot, the baby will come quicker. Gravity maybe?) Never the less, it seemed to work! The babe was on her way.

So, once we got to the hospital (around 3 a.m.) the nurse hooked my sister up to a machine that monitored her contractions as well as the baby's heartbeat which was kind of cool. Keitra was only dilated to a 3 at the time so the nurse called the doctor on call to ask if we should be sent home or if it would be better to stay. The verdict was to stay, luckily.

The nurse had us walk around the hospital to see if the contractions were legitamate (I guess if you walk around and they go away they are false contractions? I think, this is all really new to me too). Needless to say, they didn't go away, in fact they got stronger... a lot stronger.

We finally were brought to the birthing suite where Keitra was to have her baby. She kept having contractions and they kept getting stronger and stronger until she couldn't take it anymore ( I don't blame her at all, that whole process looks extremely painful on its own). She them proceeded to get an epideral. After that , it was smooth sailing, well until it wore off.

At around 12:30 p.m. the doctor came in and told my sister that he was going to have her push at 1 p.m. which was pretty exciting. What wasn't exciting was the fact that most women, especially for their first child usually have to push for about 2 hours to get the baby out, or so the doctor said. So the doctor came in at about 1:30/1:40-ish and had Keitra start pushing. After pushing for about 20 minutes that baby was out! Amazing? I think so. Good job Keitra!

We now have a brand new beautiful baby neice! Her name is Gabrielle (Gabi for short) Lynn (also my sister's middle name) Knight. We are so excited. She is probably the most adorable baby I have ever seen. And she most definetly did not look like a newborn but that could have to do with the fact that she was 8 pounds and 10 ounces straight out of the womb. She is darker complected like her daddy, has dark brown hair and blue eyes with the cutest chubby little cheeks. She is absolutely gorgeous and is such a good baby!

What is so awesome is that we only live about 2 seconds away from my sister. We live in the same apartment complex and only one floor above them so it is really convinient for the both of us! Not ony that but we get to be the designated babysitters when Gabi is a little older! How sweet is that?! We don't even have to have our own kids yet, we can just play with theirs. Not to worry, we do plan on having kids in the future, this just gives us our baby fix until we have our own.

Oh, one last note. My mom is in town for about two weeks and is staying with Dom and I in our spare room, we love having her here, it i really fun! I know Keitra really appreciates the help as well having a new babe and all. We look forward to seeing my brother and his wife (Ryan and Jennie) over Thanksgiving. I never thought I would ever be having thanksgiving in Rexburg! But it will be nice not having to travel.

Sorry that this post is so stinkin' long, but what I wrote probably doesn't even contain half of what happened, but I think i pretty much got the essentials down. Anyways, here are some pictures that have been taken this past week. Gabi is now officially 1 week and 1 day old today! Happy Birthday Gabi Girl!

Keitra and her pregnant belly!

She is the cutest pregnant lady I have ever seen.

Lucky devil only gained like 30 pounds being pregnant, I hope I

got those genes too.

The knight Trio right after delivery.

Proud Daddy with his brand new Baby Girl

Little Sweet Pea Gabi

Keitra says that this picture was taken right after she finished eating and she just laid like that on my sister's belly. So satisfied.

Baby comming home all cute and swaddled with her bunny.

gabi all cozy taking a nap, this is one of my favorites.

Gabi holding Isaac's hand, precious.

Grandma talking to Grandpa with little Gabi Girl

Keitra, Isaac and Gabi

Gabi girl in her cute little purple jumpsuit outfit

Baby Burrito!

Mama and Baby. Keitra, you look dang good!

Another Picture of her cutle little purple jumpsuit!

This is another one of my favorite pictures. She is starting to

crack a smile here.

Homemade Goodness

Recently Domenic has been teaching me how to make fresh pasta and can I just tell you how incredible this stuff is? Fresh pasta wins my vote hands down. Not only have we made homemade gnocchi, but linguini, lasagna and ravioli as well!

We made a TON of gnocchi at one point and have a couple of customers interested in buying it from us. Whether or not we will make much money is still in question, but the fact that we are learning to become more and more self sufficient in my opinion is much more valuable. And it tastes so stinkin' good!

Here are some pictures of some of the pasta we have made so far:

Homemade Gnocchi

Homemade ravioli (raw), yeah I know they were beasts!

...cooked they were even bigger I swear!

Our pasta machine(s). Dom looks good in a polka-dot apron!

Homemade linguini...yummmm

The pasta drying rack

Wedding Reception Pictures

As promised, here are some of our favorite wedding reception pictures!

If you want to see all of them, visit this site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/912869@N21/

Sorry that the pictures are out of order sequentially, that is just the way they were uploaded.

Here is our exit picture to the car, isn't the bird seed really cool looking? I Just love it.

Here is Domenic Singing to me from the balcony. So cute, he sang and played on his guitar Michel Buble's "Everything"

Our first dance

The Garder Toss, Domenic's brother Joe caught it ha ha.

Me in line, I am talking to my Grandma Horne at this point I think, she must be saying some thing really interesting. I think she was telling me about the recipes she brought for me :) you gotta love grandmas, especially ones that cook!

Domenic and his mom's last dance

After i smashed the cake in his face, he still wanted to kiss me! Amazing. I think he really just wanted me to get a little messy too.

The house where our reception took place

the live band, At the mics are Domenic's Friends Michael (left) and Greg (right)

Cutting the cake.

Daddy, daughter last dance. I bawled.

Some of the reception decor, Beautiful.

Becoming Blog Obsessed

Yes, I played hookie today and skipped class. Actually both Dom and I did. We are bad, I know. There is a legitimate excuse though. Domenic and My sister Keitra's husband Issac have been going out 1-2 times a week for the past couple of weeks to hunt for elk! So here I am, spending my lonely days sitting on my bum and blogging. Not that there isn't dishes or laundry to do, I just prefer a little R&R sitting on my bum :)


I have also recently discovered "freecycle". It's like a D.I. but people can advertise things they want to get rid of, and the best part, it is all for free! It is kind of fun to look at some of the stuff people are getting rid of! even if you don't want anything, and it is an excellent way to junk your old stuff!


Okay, so I know I am maybe not the best about posting, but I do love changing my background. You may have noticed that I have changed the layout like five times within the last hour or so. Pathetic, I know, but this may just become my new favorite past time.

Now all I need is for people to read it so it is actually worth my time ha ha.

I did add some sweet music, that I am very proud of. The site I used is super cool too! You should check it out, they have almost every song you could ever want on a playlist and it is FREE! Can't get better than that.

Out with the boys

So, believe it or not, Domenic Sanelli went out hunting this year with my brother in law. I wish I could have been there myself to see it, although I know I would not have been able to handle the intense hiking and freezing temperatures up in the mountains. I did however, manage to get Dom to take a few pictures.

I must say, I am very proud of my hubby. After all, he isn't used to this out-doorsie kind of stuff, and this was his first time hunting...ever.

Domenic, Isaac, and Isaac's friend from work Aaron were out hunting for elk and deer, but it seems to have been a pretty tough season. We had 2-3 neighbors who also went deer and elk hunting and no one caught anything! Those dang animals must be pretty smart. Either that or everybody terrible hunters. I prefer the first :)

It would have been nice to have caught something, considering that the meat of of an elk would feed my sister and her husband as well as me and Dom for an entire year! Oh well, better luck next time.

Although, one night while my sister and I were waiting for our hubbies to come home, we saw this white truck pull up, and what do we see in the back? ANTLERS! or so we think, so here we are peeking out of her window and the guy driving the truck was probably thinking we were psycho weirdos or something, but we were so jealous!

So after looking into the bed of the truck for a few more minutes we realized that the things we were getting all jealous over were STICKS! We could have sworn they were antlers. Ha Ha, how embarrassing.

Here are some pictures from a couple of the hunting trips they took:

Isaac on looking down on the ridge.

Above is a picture of one of the ridges they were sitting on. I guess Elk like to hide in the brush so it is easier to see them from up high.

The Grand Teton Mountains!

Aaron (Isaac's work buddy) catching a little shut eye while the other boys were on the lookout.

Isaac Knight/ Bro-in-law (my sister Keitra's Husband)

Dom. What a goof ball. This is one of the only two pictures taken of him. Nice mexi stash huh? That is what you get when you are a guy and wake up at 4 in the morning to get out hunting by 5 a.m.

Some Indian cave painting that the boys found while hiking around. Pretty cool huh?

If nothing else, the sunset was worth the trip.

Home Sweet Home

So we finally finished decorating our apartment (Okay well like a month ago, but I have just been too lazy to put pictures up) in good old Rexburg, Idaho. Thanks to everybody who helped us out! (Cough, Dom's parents, cough) without you guys, we would not have such a sweet apartment and we would probably be sleeping on a blow up mattress as we speak.

So, I just have to put a little disclaimer down before you see any pictures. Our apartment is pretty old, we love it, it is a perfect place for us to start out (and it is dirt cheap!) But, don't mind the baseboard heaters or the carpeted kitchen, it is all part of the experience :) We are just dang lucky that our bathroom isn't carpeted too, Yikes!

Our Kitchen! Oh baby, check out that carpeted floor.

The Kitchen "bar"The Living Room
Thanks to Domenic's Brother Joe for the coffee table and couch, and his parents for the T.V. and brown leather chair.

In-between the living room/ dining room

The Front door (Okay the only door)The Living Room
The Bathroom
The shower curtain is brown, green, and creme. That is kind of the theme we were going for in here.
The Master Bedroom
The Spare Room Take 1
The bed belongs to my sister and brother in law, who conveniently live one floor below us in the same apartment complex! So much fun.The Spare Room Take 2
The Dresser wouldn't fit into our bedroom so we decided to put it it the spare room. It actually works really well. Just a suggestion for anybody who has little room, get hanging closet organizers! They save so much space, we have two of them in our master bedroom closet and love them!Sorry a lot of the pictures are blurred, stupid camera, what can you do?